1. |
Shun
01:50
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WHY IS EVERYONE
SPEAKING IN ABSOLUTES?
WHAT MAKES EVERYONE
CERTAIN THEY KNOW THE TRUTH?
FOR US? FOR THEM? FOR ME? FOR YOU?
CONSTANTLY PITTING A WAR BETWEEN TWO VIEWS
INCOHERENT IN OUR PRIDE
INCOHERENT IN OUR PRIDE
WE'D RATHER WATCH THE OTHERS DIE
THAN UNDERSTAND ANOTHER'S MIND
BLIND TO THE WORLD THAT DOESN'T SHARE OUR VISION
SWING THE HAMMER DOWN AND DECLARE OUR DECISION
DEAF TO THE THOUGHT OF AN OPEN CONVERSATION
WHO'S RIGHT?
WHO'S WRONG?
THROWING OUR VOICES AT A WALL
OUR PUBLISHED OPINIONS
MAKE US ALL FEEL TALL
UNPOLISHED KNOWLEDGE
SELECTIVE MORALS
OUR BIASED SOURCES LEAVE US AT FAULT
SELF-ACTUALIZATION THROUGH OUR OWN LENS
READ A FEW BOOKS AND THINK WE COMPREHEND
MORE THAN ANYONE
A TYRANT OF OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING
INTOLERANT OF ANYTHING CHALLENGING
A TYRANT
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2. |
Medusa
02:08
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STOLEN SOULS HELPLESSLY FALL INTO THE UNKNOWN
WHERE DARKNESS SPREADS LIKE LIGHT
WHETHER ITS DAY OR NIGHT
IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR FACES
AND WE GIVE OURSELVES
TWO CHOICES OF AVOIDANCE
AVERT OUR EYES OR RUN AWAY
DRUGGED, USED, EXPLOITED, ABUSED
SUFFERING A PAIN WORSE THAN THE NOOSE
AUCTIONED OFF TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER
FORCE FED AN ADDICTION AS THEY WITHER
IT'S HELL ON EARTH
AND STILL, WE CAN'T BE BOTHERED
IT'S HELL ON EARTH
REPENTANCE WON'T BE FOUND HERE
WE LET OURSELVES BE
BLINDED BY A GILDED VIEW.
WHILE IT'S LURKING IN THE
SHADOWS OF THE EVENING NEWS
A TRUE MEDUSA
A TRUE MEDUSA HAS CONVINCED US
ALL TO BELIEVE THAT IGNORANCE IS BLISS
A TRUE MEDUSA
A TRUE MEDUSA
STILL, WE REFUSE IT
AS WE RAISE OUR NOSE
TO AVOID BEING PETRIFIED
GAZE INTO THE MIRROR SHEEN
BEHEAD THE BEAST FOR THE WORLD TO SEE
WE ALL SUFFER
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3. |
Residue
02:10
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ALWAYS GIVEN ADVICE FROM A WISE OLD MAN
A FATHER'S FATHER WHOSE GRANDSON
COULD JUST NOT UNDERSTAND
SUCH BOLD WORDS SPOKEN
TO A KID WITH SUCH WIDE EYES
YET SOMETHING SPARKED
THAT HURTING INSIDE
IS THIS WHAT MAKES A MAN?
FOLLOWING CORRUPT AMBITION?
IS THIS WHAT MAKES A MAN?
A PRIDEFUL FALSE ASCENSION?
A COMPREHENSION OF WORDS PASSED DOWN
LEARNING LESSONS THAT WERE DIFFERENT THAN THE STORYTELLERS FOUND
TAKING PIECES FROM THEIR LIFE AND SHOWING RESPECT
HEEDING SUBMISSION TO THE PARTS
THAT JUST DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE
QUESTION EVERYTHING
CHALLENGE WHAT WAS MEANT TO BE
QUESTION EVERYTHING
DON'T BLINK
DON'T BAT AN EYE
DISTRACTIONS CAPTIVATE YOU
THEY ROB YOU BLIND
DON'T TRUST
EVERYTHING IS FINE
TRADITIONS HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO
PULL WOOL OVER EYES
THIS ONCE IMPRESSIONABLE MIND
MIGHT HAVE BEEN BOUND TO REGRESSION
LEFT TO THINK THAT HE WAS LESS OF A MAN
FOR HIS OWN OPINION
IS THIS WHAT MAKES A MAN?
HUMBLE WITH GOOD INTENTION?
IS THIS WHAT MAKES A MAN?
A RESIDUAL IMITATION?
IS THIS WHAT MAKES A MAN?
EMBRACING IMPERFECTION?
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4. |
Promised
02:16
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WE HOLD THIS SPADE WITH ANXIETY
AS WE DIG OUR OWN GRAVES
CONSTANT PRESSURE FROM SOCIETY
HAS US TIE OUR OWN BINDS
AS WE BECOME
WHO THEY WANT US TO BE
WE LOOK DOWN TO
FIND OUR BLISTERED HANDS
COVERED IN THE
REMNANTS OF TIME'S SAND
FROM WHEN WE BORROWED
THE PROMISED LAND
EACH YEAR WE HARVEST
AS THEY TIGHTEN THE HARNESS
EACH YEAR WE HARVEST
AS THEY REMIND US WE ARE SERVANTS
EVEN AS WE WALK FREE
WE'RE STILL FALLING TO OUR KNEES
MY CIRCULATION'S BEEN RESTRAINED
MY BLACK AND BLUE, PULSING VEINS
MUSCLES WEAK, THEY CAN'T MAINTAIN
RELENTLESS WEIGHT THAT NEVER WANES
THESE UNENDING DUES
WON'T SEND ME ON A PATH THAT WILL SEE ME THROUGH
THEY GLAMORIZE THE LIES
CONVINCING US THEY LET THE BEGGARS CHOOSE
THE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE REAPING WHAT WE SEW
OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE REFLECTING WHAT WE OWE
BRAND NEW SHACKLES WITH PLATED GOLD
A LENDING HAND THAT WE'LL ALWAYS HOLD
STILL EACH YEAR WE HARVEST
WEARING THE CHAINS, WE PURCHASED
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5. |
Obscurity
02:39
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DISORIENTED
THERE'S BEEN A TENSION SINCE THE FALL OF MAN
I FEEL IT SWELLING DEEP INSIDE MY HEAD
DISCONNECTING ALL THE SYNAPSES
I CAN HARDLY MAKE OUT WHO I AM.
I WAS NEVER DEFINED
NEVER DEFINED
BLURRED ALL THE LINES
NEVER DEFINED
AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND
WHO I AM (THIS CAN'T BE)
TO MY SURROUNDINGS
OPEN MY EYES TO ALL
THE PAIN AND SUFFERING
TELL ME WHY (THIS CAN'T BE)
THIS WORLD'S STILL TREMBLING
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6. |
Control
02:19
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I TREMBLE FROM THE PAIN
ENGRAINED IN THE MARROW
I'M TIED UP IN CHAINS
BUT ALSO THE PHARAOH
MY VOICE TRAVELS FARTHER
THAN ANY OF MY ELDERS
STILL I'M JUST ANOTHER NOISE
LOST IN THE MASSES
ACCOUNTABLE
FOR MY TRANSGRESSIONS
A JUDGEMENT NO MAN CAN LESSEN
THE TENSION FROM BOTH ENDS
HAS LEFT ME FEELING NUMB
STILL, I SPIT IN THE FACE
OF THE ONES I LOVE
INFLATING MY CHEST TO OVERTHROW
ANYONE WHO CLAIMS THE THRONE
TURMOIL IS ALL I SEE
WITHIN THE VEINS OF MANY
AND I KNOW
AND I KNOW
IT'S ALL CONTRIVED
BUT I KNOW
BUT I KNOW
IT'S THE DIVIDE
TURMOIL IS ALL I SEE
SO I TREMBLE FROM THE PAIN
ENGRAINED IN THE MARROW
TIED UP IN CHAINS
I'M STILL THE PHARAOH
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7. |
Refuge
03:01
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NOT SAFE IN OUR OWN HOMES
THE PAIN THAT WE HIDE
RESONATES THROUGH THE WALLS
CONFUSED COMFORT WITH FAMILIARITY
MISREAD GOOD INTENTION AS SINCERITY
TOO MANY TIMES WE'VE BEEN DECEIVED
BY THOSE WE TRUST AND THOSE WE NEED
STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS
HAVE BECOME ONE IN THE SAME
WHEN WE HIDE TRUTHS
TO SAVE THEIR NAME
LIVING IN A PLACE
WHERE ONLY DEMONS REMAIN
CONVINCED THAT IT'S ALL A PART OF LOVE
BEING TREATED LIKE YOU'RE NEVER ENOUGH
ENVISIONING STONES YOUR FAMILY WOULD NEVER THROW
DISREGARDING STRIFE AS YOU TRY TO ENDURE IT ALL ALONE
ESCAPE THE PAIN
YOU'RE NOT TO BLAME
THE ARMS THAT NURTURE
BEAR HANDS THAT TORTURE
DENY THE GUILT
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT
THE ARMS THAT NURTURE
BEAR HANDS THAT TORTURE
BLURRING THE LINES
OF THEIR TRUE NATURE
DRAGGING YOU THROUGH
THEIR ABUSE AND BETRAYAL
LET GO
LET GO OF THE ROPE
THAT STRANGLES ALL OF YOUR HOPE
"THERE IS NO GREATER AGONY
THAN BEARING AN UNTOLD STORY"
LET GO
LET GO OF THE LIES
THAT LEAVE BRUISES BEHIND YOUR EYES
GET OUT
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8. |
Implicit
01:35
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WE HEAR THE WHISPERS
IGNORE THEIR INTENTIONS
PERMIT THEIR ENDEAVORS
AND FORTIFY THEIR ASCENSION
REPRESSED DEEP DOWN
POLISHED AND BURIED
BENEATH FRESH GROUND
THE VOICES STILL CARRY
QUIETLY WEAVING
THROUGHOUT OUR SUBCONSCIOUS
GUIDING OUR THOUGHTS
WITH INSIDIOUS MALICE
WE'VE BEEN DECEIVED TO BELIEVE
IT'S HOW WE SURVIVE
THROUGH THE SUBTLE REMINDERS
JUST ONE AT A TIME
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9. |
Senseless
02:11
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WHAT'S THE COST OF ALL MY
SELFISHNESS?
I WALK WITH TUNNEL VISION TO AVOID
THE AMISS
I BUY EVERYTHING I WANT
I TAKE ALL THAT I CAN GET
TO SATISFY MY MIND
THE HUMAN LIFE IS NO LONGER
MEASURED BY THE SOUL
BUT VALUED ON THE SPEED
THAT THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY'RE TOLD
FORGET THE MIND
AS THE STANDARD OF MAN
WORK TO PROVIDE
SACRIFICE ALL YOU HAVE
PRODUCTION AND GREED
TO MEET MY EVERY NEED
MY SATISFACTION IS VAIN
I LET MY BLIND EYE SUCCEED
MUCH SOONER IS MY SECOND DEATH
IF I CONSUME IT ALL
WITHOUT A SECOND GLANCE
UNCONSCIOUS
UNRESPONSIVE
DENYING THE BLOOD ON OUR HANDS
UNCONSCIOUS
UNRESPONSIVE
INTEGRITY, HAVE WE LOST IT?
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10. |
Wither
03:11
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HAVE WE MISTAKEN ORDER FOR PEACE?
TREMBLING IN FEAR OF A NEW DISEASE
A MODERN STRAIN THAT LEAVES US WEAK IN THE KNEES
AND ALWAYS QUESTIONING IF WE SHOULD SPEAK
SINGLE FILE TO GET OUR RATIONS
WE LET PENT UP AGGRESSION
TURN INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION
AND WE KEEP QUIET TO AVOID
CONFLICT AND PRESSURE
APPEASING THIEVES
WHO LEAVE US VOICELESS
(WE SUFFOCATE)
CONCEIVING PLAGUES
THAT LEAVES US HELPLESS
(WE ISOLATE)
DIVIDING THOSE
WHO FEEL DESERTED
(WE SEPARATE)
REPRESSING OUR WORTH
REGRESSING OUR CULTURE
FORCING SOCIETY TO BECOME ANOTHER
CORRUPTION INSIDE
WITH NOWHERE TO HIDE
BUT IT'S EASY TO FIND
AN ESCAPE FROM THE MIND
IS THIS HOW IT ENDS?
LEAVE THE WORLD JUST AS IT IS?
CLOSE OUR BLINDS
LIVE AND LET LIVE
JUST ACCEPT THE INHERENT HATRED
SHUT OUR EYES
AND EASE OUR MIND
IF WE ARE SATISFIED
IT MUST BE FINE
I HANG MY HEAD
WITH FOLDED HANDS
THIS CAN'T BE
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