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Pilgrimage
08:46
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a landscape of ashen colours
a modern utopia of icy contempt
obsidian walls tower above the grey oceans
majestic creations of inhumane hands
desolation
the chemical sands rise up in rebellion
over the windswept wastelands of men.
i came to beg among the skeletons
here, under the scaffold of futile cultures
scavengers of life claw at the dark doorway
behind the piles of bones and junk.
a revelation,
a reverie,
last hopes fade away in a leper colony
in the sanctuary of towering fears .
i'll miss the motion, the seasons and leaves
here I came as a messenger
from beyond the cinereal lands
behold the twisted flowers of life
swerve the spiritual geometry
anthropomorphism
a curse of regression
in our likeness.
a vacant creator
a messenger from the beyond,
a brooding figure among the dying,
a shard of discarded humanity,
the endlessly fading reverie
in the shade of the massive walls
we share the legacy of the lost,
endless regurgitation of schemes forgotten
by monuments to the departed.
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2. |
Cinereal Lands
06:05
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Through the darkest light I crawled
Drunk with the essence of better days
All of this begotten in the past
All of this shattered the future
Challengers of entropy, begone!
Not a single soul will live on
The world speaks on how to be
Judgement on its own means
Yet still: chase the dream…
Dreams dissolved in apathy.
“Most of you was born mediocre
Most of you will die forgotten
Relinquish aiming for the stars
Reachable - no more”.
Wanted it all.
Loved too strong.
Was too much.
Swallowed the truth of being wrong.
We walk alone by choice
Do not follow
Do not save
Dead weight shall drown.
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3. |
The Ghost Theorem
11:35
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the unknown seems to gather
our humanoid tribe
both gods and animals
religious in defeat
as pile of mass and matter
man hails the deep
a numb and lonely figure
deprived of dignity
a solemn silence
behind the wall of sleep
elevation
clinging to belief
dictating and debating
to die for the unreal
with every word a bullet
and every thought a spear
we will never get out of this world alive
we're not destined to reach the other side
we will never get out of this world alive
we're not destined to reach the other side
all this but a notion
all is to be rid
of doubt and devotion
all is to be freed
all this but a notion
all is to be lost
in doubt and devotion
all is to be rust
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4. |
Starflesh
08:17
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silence - the madman speaks
surrounded by shattered mirrors
choking with his own blood
suffocating in his own filth
a collection of failures
still a creation of a better age
failed process of evolution
a world consumed by burned concrete
it has failed
it has fallen
into freedom and despair
pray for unity
in atrophy of interaction
pray for righteousness
of individual hatreds
broken the nucleotide chains
reshaped the flesh in my own image
with strength of millenia I depart
into the interstellar void
the only way out is up
into untainted infinities
ascend
despise
fear not
never come back
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5. |
Calculated Silence
03:15
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Lost in fractal patterns of subtle gestures
Some things are just better left unsaid
Now you’ve stuffed your throat, pain follows with each swallow
You love to play the long game so don’t break a sweat
Driving on empty for hours now
You look so level-headed
Your fists are white flom clenching
To pacify the urge for confrontation
Always level-headed
Cool, calm and collected
Now it feels like a million years
And you deserve better
So know your worth and walk away
Walk away for good
Don’t bother
This is over
Why bother?
I know that you’ve tried
Disrupted your equation of calculated silence
Imbalance turns your dominion into rage x2
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6. |
Modernity
08:20
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in anger with this burning world
overwhelmed by stimulation
unable to look within himself
focused on keeping up with the pace
growing nihility
is desperate for attention
this metastasis of misery
cultivated on multitude of daily fears
so
let the dread flash on our screens
let the richest feed on our dreams
let our hopes burn
and drown our lives in ashes
let the numbness play its part
let the cold enter our hearts
on the edge of extinction
I’m watching it all fade away
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7. |
Questioning Everything
09:58
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can he reach for his soul
his fascination with the outside
save himself from this sea of grey
or breathe ash and finally die
hidden in our shells
too afraid to admit
that we never killed the child within
that our toughness is made of pain
throw away everything before
the last reach inside
embrace the numbness of finding nothing but
broken meanings in mocked patterns
questioning everything in sight
last attempt to feel anything inside
with disdain he connects to the world
with contempt he cries for help
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8. |
Dissolution
02:50
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eyes are opened, truths are clear
there is no need to waste your breath
to create nor to care
to believe nor to recover.
all shall be lost in this thermal noise
after all those meaningless years
universe fades to grey
Please don't leave me here alive
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9. |
Elegeia
10:47
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At the edge of new day
I am adoring this silence
Like countless others
Who laid their dreams to rest
In a blink of an eye
Their guns, spears and swords
Fell into the marshes
But I carry none of my own
Shallow water
All consuming filth
Vast and empty land
Sparse life, devolving to no end
All I had I gave
Scattered between earth and stars
Nothing has remained
Except my twisted and broken frame
Will you walk away
Or choose to fall and drown
Stay on this somber land
While being none the wiser
Will you walk away
As your pilgrimage is done
With your heart towards none
With your head towards the sun
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