1. |
The Human Beast
04:20
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In the hearts of humans there's a place for vengeance
The hidden realities of our beings
What makes a man and what makes a beast
A monster only lacks a form
Look inside yourself
Find what it is that you hate
It defines who you are
An aspect of the creature
It lurks within all of us
A spiteful enitity
Capable of causing suffering
The human beast
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2. |
Hope
05:03
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Lay there, upon your deathbed
Or greet the end willingly
Should tragedy strike
And your life be taken accidentally
We all shall have an undoing
And how will you see what you've done
In the time to console yourself
The most seductive word is "hope"
I have hope
I was a righteous person
But the greatness of one
Is made by the pain of others
We will try to make sense of our lives
When our time is through
We will try to justify
How it is that we cause suffering
My time is though
Now I leave you
Remember me
As I saw you
I'm capable
And so are you
Of hurting the ones that we love
Lay there, upon your deathbed
Or greet the end willingly
Should tragedy strike
And your life be taken accidentally
We all shall have an undoing
And how will you see what you've done
In the time to console yourself
The most seductive word is "hope"
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3. |
Ghost
05:18
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Haunted by the very rivers
Tortured by this desolate plane
This is the only land
To which I can lay claim
Nothing on the horizon
Barren and without substance
A dead sun for a dead world
In ethereal resonance
Could this forsaken place
Truly be my mind
Tears roll through my life
Leaving riverbeds behind
This dead sun is me
And I am but the shadow it casts
This wasteland is sorrowful
How befitting my past
This empty place
Has memory of a ghost like me
Like me
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4. |
The Reflecting Pool
05:44
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Dear,
Truly, your agony is lamentable,
Sick,
And bedridden in your state,
Soon,
You shall surely perish,
If,
We don't seek remedy,
I,
Urge you to take my hand,
Come,
Let us seek the oracle
Don't,
Fear for your life,
Paths,
We must now travel,
Great,
Is the wisdom of that sage,
He,
Who gave council for your illness
Therein lies our hope
The elements are strong,
The winds push us back,
Punishing us with every step,
A pale sky, and paler earth,
Blanketed by the bitter cold,
Crawl, upon hands and knees,
Up this insurmountable peak,
Deep, into the black of the woods,
A predator stalking our shadows,
With hope, we tread this bleak course,
With resolution and adversity,
We come upon an alcove in the trees,
Inside, a pool which does not ripple
Look,
Into the Reflecting pool,
Still,
A liquid glass that gleams,
Pain,
Staring back at me,
Worn,
The face that bears my eyes,
Dark,
A cavity in my chest,
My heart,
Putrid in the empty space,
Blood,
Won't wash from my hands,
Come,
Leave this cursed mirror behind
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5. |
Intermission
03:49
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6. |
Effigy
06:42
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I was a young flame
Full of passion and burning strain
A plee for compassion
A desire for a companion
The softness of man was there at my birth
The secrets of his tenderness I must unearth
I'll know what true warmth means
Finally I'll fulfill these dreams
I was a young flame
That dreampt of being a man
I'll make an effigy of me
So that I may stand
The form of humans I take
My fiery passion I keep
I want your tenderness
Give me the warmth of your heart
Come, lay in my arms
Why do you weep
Do you not return my love
Are you in pain
Why do you weep
Why must I destroy everything I love
Is filled with pain
Hatred burns in me again
I only want to love
But everything burns in my arms
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7. |
I, Under Your Sky
03:46
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I call your name, The Winter
It is as it seems to me
That I am a frozen stream
Encompassed by thee
To turn to ice is your command
But anyone can see
If a river does not flow
It ceases to be
It seems not long ago
Since winter has passed
And still, 'til today
I remember your council
The cold words you spoke
Whispered through the frost
"I can never be with anyone
But losing you, I fear"
It's now clear to me
I'm not a stream, nor you The Winter
I am a wolf, and The Moon, you'll be
Hanging in the sky
A beauty I can see
But I can never feel your embrace
You're so distant from me
I can only howl and plea
I
Wither
Atop this plateau
Crying out
For you to notice me
Oh
Your light
So nostalgic
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8. |
Atrophy
03:30
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So long, so very long
I have felt that there's no hope
Our lives a struggle
To find meaning
Always clawing for joy
Without being satisfied
How can we know good without bad
Even suffering can be beautiful
So long, so very long
I have been in pain
I hate this absurd life
So why do I remain
Agony reminds us that things can be better
In that way, even suffering can be beautiful
Even suffering can be beautiful
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