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Dance Macabre
04:10
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In pursuit of liberty, I became a libertine,
Jaded by the drudgery of immortality
Now in return for this new life you’ve given me
I’ll I’ll show you the virtue in blasphemy
Not often tempted by the pleasures of the flesh
But the figure that you strike’s as tempting as it gets
Now I’m infected instinct stifles intellect
Under the spell of your unwitting enchantments
A thief in the night, a knight on the lam
Lets make the law man jealous and take each other’s hands
As dusk falls my incantations call forth a cadaverous court to have a ball
And we’ll dance the dance macabre
The dance that never stops
The devil himself has given us this chance to put the romance in necromancy
They say one day every man dances with death but tonight death dances for me
As the sky sheds her wine dark cloak dawns rosy fingers caress her skin
Before she regains her blue composure, she blushes at our sins
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Algorhythm
01:55
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The architects not aware
The archetypes characters without a care
The masterminds the master plan
Carried out by the ready and willing the bleeding hands
The blueprint the vision
The framework of a burning building
What we’ve created is a headless beast without a name
And it’s growing
The creature it overtakes for heaven’s sake for progress’s sake
The warzone the common ground
The difference lies in who’s around
Immaculate conception
A culture that swears by subtle suggestion
The program poorly written
Plug it in now dance to the algorithm
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You claim to care more so I’ll defer and be resentment borne
To an island’s silent shore, build a raft for company’s comfort
Because on the closest of days, you’re miles away
But you can’t stand to face the gulf that separates us
So you send bottled messages smoke signals mirror flashes
Call it conversation and compassion
Caught up painting volleyballs, making help signs with rocks
Never bother to explore what the jungle has in store
There are creatures that whisper so softly from the trees that
You’d scarcely believe it was more than the breeze
As vines caress your each hesitant step; beckon you to lasting peace
Ignore the tricks Plato played and return to the cave: its depths are the substance of dreams
On the closest of days your mind is a maze, but you can’t stand to face
The riddle you’re made of so you settle
To check your reflection in the murkiest of waters
Call it the extent of identity
If I get lost
Hacking swaths
Through tangles of thought
At least I won’t
Have wasted my time
Babbling to an endless sea
And a featureless sky
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Blocked Chakras
02:46
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The eye in the forest the eye I my forehead only seem to show scenes of shame There is a piece missing that keeps me wishing a disconnect in my little brain So throw me a rope or lend me a hand or watch me drown right where you stand Seems like I’m waving from up on the sand but my cry for help is a joke
I’ll never possess that magical touch that separates greatness from deadbeats and scum Intellect and suggestions disappear as they come
Follow me friends for I’m having fun
You can blame me for what I’ve done
You can blame me for trying to run
You can blame me for what I’ve become
but don’t look to me for a cause
Let me be your ammunition Holster me by your hips
and when the time comes draw you six gun I’ll shoot down what’s on your mind Come take my hand we’ll sift through the sand Try to find meaning to meet our demands and I’ll dig, dig deep but the secrets I keep they won’t be able to hide for long
The visions I have are void of meaning Tossing and turning, waking up screaming Useless frames of film fill up my dreaming
Scoffing off awfully big devils
Our spirits will lead us into the evening What dreams hide in Eden my dear?
Let’s go out and see which demons we worship and which demons do we fear
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Dagger's Path
03:02
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I walk a daggers path through a city of masks
Eyes downcast because the walls stare back
Careful not to get caught in the current of the crowd
Mesmerizing sights hypnotic sounds
We know why you came to this part of town
Memories escaped and sorrows drowned
With my case I drop anchor 5 bucks place both bait and bet
My voice chums the waters 5 strings cast a net
Come, come make an offering to the dead
Lest they get restless half-drunk and half-fed
The human tides subsides I’m left alone to collect my catch
And cling to last call with fellow urchins
And the litter the living left
Thought you knew the odds
But the house always wins
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Douse
02:36
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The road to ruin will take its toll, this reasoning reeks of wreckage untold
From deduction to destruction, from our damn dirty souls
We try to piece together a whole
Feeding fire with the flame that rains from the sky as we slowly degrade
First we fail, then we try; storing up strength for some final fight
As we struggle just to get by, the water runs dry and even monsters
Wither and die
Tear the arch of the black hooved beast and nail the wings as a warning above your door
Opposite Crucifix and bleating hearts underneath of the floor boards
Unleash the creatures to do your bidding
On either side of good and evil the monsters are winning
Cut off the head but the eyes still stare
Possess the demons that are haunting your dreams it’s the birth of a nightmare
Kill the host become what you fear
It’s the death of a dream and the birth of a nightmare
Lantern to guide us across the river (Flickering, flickering)
Driftwood inhibits our arc from growing bigger (Confined to our shrines)
Freedom to be can almost be seen but (Hallelujah)
Who blew out the light?
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Obdurate Misanthropy
03:26
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If I could find someplace to rest that would be the end of my incessant protest if I ever meet my goal I won’t even know
Somebody somewhere has all they need as I sing some dreamy speech far out of key There are signs flying high propped up by a self-fulfilling lie
Smashing the state or manifestation won’t deliver us from our great creation
It won’t be so easy to get the gut feeling before we can finally scream freedom and have our brains be persuaded it’s true
Someone with sense must clean up our mess
Averted by allies a burden on friends with a sense of adventure our jest is justified
The only true artists left in this world are collecting their efforts and meeting no goal
This nonsense is a promise I’m starving to believe in
These illusions of squalor they seem so romantic this scheme’s so easy we can hardly stand it
When we realize what we fantasize changes the minds of our neighbors maybe it will feel worthwhile
My body begs for rest but the poison satisfies my mind trying to find profound truth and true lies
As we babble on about Babylon my heart attempts to pump blood
and that’s all that it does
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We Are All Going To Die
03:18
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The rich who give counsel take on gain hear not the starving poor call you
At last you too will cry in vain Death will turn a deaf ear on you
The merchant’s wealth is a worthless thing of others won by lies, the spoils
Death will sure repentance bring snaring the snarer in his toils
Spend you days in wealth, in a moment be in the grave
Woe woe inhabitants of Earth
Death – Death will visit all alike
This very night you shall know Death
Tomorrow be encoffined fast
Tell me fool while you still have breath
Who will have the gold which you’ve amassed
The love of life has ceased in thee
Who long has known this suffering strife
Come along now and rest with me
Death is better now than life
Behold, behold the hour is at hand
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Postdiluvian Triumph
03:14
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There’s holy water in the flood
There’s holy water in the sky
There’s holy water in the blood that spilt
There’s holy water in our eyes
The water it is drowning
The landscape barren and bleak
The ashes are so fertile now
Covering concrete
In stark defiance of blanket grey
Reaching out from a bed of decay
A single orchid rises up
A harbinger of unseen triumph
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