1. |
Constructive Cannibalism
08:03
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Constructive Cannibalism
( lyrics by Riley Giffin )
From the brink of death,
we were on the edge of failure
Turn it all around, make something better
The solution has always been in front of me
I wonder why I never thought of it before
We can figure this out!
Just need to bring in some reliable help
Shattered glass within us ,
scars and broken bones
Moss has covered ruins
of giants overthrown
A core of three has always been established
And these three will step forward
into the light
from which they’ve often shied
We will gorge ourselves
There are four now
and there may soon be more
Our strength is growing
with each passing day
Gnashing our teeth and ripping the flesh
Our victim is not long dead
and it will bring us sustenance
I have idle days
but when we meet I get the chills
I've got a loaded mind
And nothing but time to kill
I've got all these thoughts
...my guts to spill
It's a lovely concept,
but could I commit to this ?
I hope these words will please you
( I do this only for myself )
I hope these songs impress
The band has changed
we've found a sound of our own,
I think we show growth
The band has changed
Lost some friends but we're not alone
It's time to let you in
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2. |
Lamia
03:27
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Lamia
( lyrics by Riley Giffin )
All that's good will surely pass
I knew this but my heart forgot
in hoping this would last
I fell too hard in far too little time,
my mind was spinning...
contradictions blurred before my eyes
Fooled by a front, a front of fake affection
So I close my eyes and see you for the first time
The scales of your skin
betray a nature reptillian
An embrace that felt so warm,
when warmth it seems was stolen
only from the sun
So kiss me with your serpent tongue!
Assure yourself that I don't know
the damage you've already done
But I've tasted the venom on your lips,
I'm not so blind...
You've held my heart in
your hands for the last time!
I know: That I am not alone,
and I will not be undone
No! I am not alone,
and you will not have me...
Blood sacrifice, for her majesty!
Cold blooded fucking reptile queen!
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3. |
A Small Death
05:39
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A Small Death
( lyrics by Riley Giffin )
Transfixed with morbid fascination
to the burning canvas
that was the infinite impossibilities
in the ever expanding universe of my mind
A thousand galaxies
collapse in a split second
and in this moment (In this moment!)
childhood ends
What does it mean to destroy yourself
with cynicism and experience?
An end to an age, unable to face myself,
I've created a barrier
Never exposed, never truly vulnerable
A false idol is born
The idyllic first son
Only a melancholy hint is left
of a previous intellect
“False sense of detachment
A narrator of his own life
A momentary discomfort
Brought on by recollection”
Is this all that I have become?
This feels fucking hopeless
Doomed to walk through life alone
Eyes down, closed mind
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4. |
Atmospheres
05:03
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Atmospheres
( lyrics by Riley Giffin )
I still see you everywhere I go
don't you know?
I already dreamt my closure ( closure! )
I wear my stress on my face
Looking all directions
but yours (But yours!)
In different atmospheres
So far away from here
I cannot breathe this heavy air,
I'm drowning in all this fear
This is modern life, a sun scorched filthy city
A wretched nest of rats,
caked on make up, never show your flaws
Endless gluttony, clogged arteries
We fill our minds with hi-fructose dreams
I walk through crowded streets,
looking no one in the eyes
Alone with my thoughts,
a paradox in plain sight
I wear my stress on my face
Looking all directions but yours
I focus on my escape
Cause eventually eyes have to meet
the weight of this is crushing me
The words that I spoke tore a hole in my throat
The words that you wrote tore a
hole right through me.
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5. |
Flux Of Spin (A)
01:50
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INSTRUMENTAL
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6. |
Flux Of Spin (B)
02:48
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Flux of Spin (B)
( lyrics by Nate Carlsen )
All this perceived before me,
in resonance with perfectness
At some point it destroys me,
when will it? I won't let it!
This is the time now,
don't let it slip through your grasp
You have forgotten all you have learned,
that's in the past
You have the power within!
Access it's mighty force
A constant flux of spin,
the void provides us with the source
Once you find the self
dwelling within everything
It will show you how to be one with anything
So fucking jump, I said fucking be!
Show this world how alive you are!
This moment is all you'll ever get
Your heart, your mind, entwined
You're mine
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7. |
Mind's Eye
06:38
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Mind's Eye
( lyrics by Nate Carlsen & Riley Giffin )
Word of sound, the sound of words
I mix them with light and the obelisk appears
You ask me how, I tell you it's within
You are your only friend, make life yours
You are your only friend,
what are you waiting for?
I saw him build that monument of stone
The shape and the size
The light according to it's tone
I asked him how he achieved such a feat
( He appeared from the sand,
telling me to breathe
And I breathe for the first time,
then I swim through the stars )
Incomprehensible!
My sights grow dull, my body numb
As I swam infinitely further into the sea of stars,
I had become one with...
Nothingness!
I try to ask him for help, no sign returns
I am one with nothing, It fills me
My memories fade, the darkness kills me
With not even myself to feel the pain,
consciousness remained
I witnessed the void,
structure gave it the name
The shape before me astonished my mind,
a misshapen circle due to the nature of my eyes
These eyes! This mind!
I am alive!
A paradox in disguise
Traveling on the backsides of titans to the sea
A ship awaits me there,
and I know it's sails within me
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9. |
The Observatory
09:56
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The Observatory
( lyrics by Riley Giffin )
Trepanation: To bore a hole in the skull
Letting the cosmic energy flow into your mind...
Blunt force reprogrammed
my intellect to accept discovery
A spiritual trephine,
awakening consciousness long dormant
Suddenly I wonder why I talk to myself
Like I am talking to someone else
Can't look at my own reflection
for extended periods:
Causes discomfort, causes shame...
Floating in space
Darkness surrounds me
Memories have gone blank
What could have caused this?
I woke up at 3 AM
Not knowing the damage done
Life's become surreal
Memories drift in and out
I read the note several times
It is yet to sink in
I must unravel myself
To undo this damage done
Tilt your head back and experience
An infinite journey
Into the stars
My travels have only just...
Only just begun!
Washed in the light of the universe
Ten thousand galaxies expand and contract
In reverie I watch them grow and change
Seemingly random, beautiful patterns emerge
Feel the energy envelop me...
We are just temporary,
though our essence lives on in energy
And so I breathe, I learn, I grow, I experience!
Knowing that meaning exists
Even in the absence of a creator
No fairy tale afterlife,
this seems so much better:
Part of the universe, traveling
FOREVER
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Heart of the Void Los Angeles, California
Heart of the Void is Riley, Ryan, Joey and Mike.
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