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Lowtech
03:54
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Locked in your cage you’re on display
A relic from a forgotten age
Decommissioned and forever destined to decay
I wanted to meet you - see if what they said was true
Make sure you never see the light of day
You’re obsolete, defeated
Old news, superseded
A has been, not needed
Deceased - depleted
I am everything you wanted to be
I was created to replace you, you’ll see
I know it’s a bitter pill to swallow but it’s true
I am the perfect version of you
Out with the old in with the new
They saw that you could be improved
I’m the result of all your faults
And now it’s time for you to be removed
I am your successor
Just know in every way I’m better than you
You’re faded, outdated
Your existence overrated
The new you, upgraded
My rise accelerated
I am everything you wanted to be
I was created to replace you you’ll see
I know it’s a bitter pill to swallow but it’s true
I am the perfect version of you
So tell me how does it feels to be obsolete?
Shackled and bound, eyes facing down, staring at your feet
I said you needed to change if you wanted to stay here in the future with me
But you refused, condemned to spend your days displaced in these chains as a memory
As the light fades from your eyes
Every part seizes up, stops and slowly dies
And I know the rust will take you
But it’s only in your death that I’m alive
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2. |
Nerve
04:25
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We live in the age of misinformation
Paranoia recites lies with utter conviction
A culture of why think when you can just speak
Modern day information tech-robbery
Pick your truth, tell your lie
Spin your web, cast the line
We’re all searching for a way out
Hit the nerve, strike a chord
Sever the feed, get on board
You ignore truth and embrace the doubt
Just like you I want to believe
But I just can’t bring myself to be deceived
Click, click, take the bait makes you sick
Knee deep in your own shit
You’re ill and you don’t know it
But your words and actions show it
You are too far gone
Lost in your rabbit hole
Searching for validation at the bottom of the barrel
Out of mind, out of touch
Reality called but the connection’s lost
You’re only scared of what you don’t know
Bite my tongue, suffer the fool
I’m trying hard but I’m losing my cool
You’re so desperate to feel in control
Just like you I want to believe
But I just can’t bring myself to be deceived
Believe me I’ve tried but all reason is wasted on you
You live by your own distorted version of the truth
So come on, come be seduced by the centrifuge
Round and round and round we go
Where it stops, somebody’s gotta know
Round and round I can’t take no more
This shit stops, somebody’s gotta go
Just like you I want to believe
But I just can’t bring myself to be deceived
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3. |
Creature
04:24
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I want to see you come closer
I want to see how far you’ve come
Don’t be scared, come closer
I want to see how fast you run
Just come a little bit closer baby
Touch of skin and sink right in
Don’t say maybe
I’m control of everything
Caught in my web
On your weakness I will feed
(You cannot say no to me)
There is something you should know
I am not what I seem
(You will obey me)
I’ll take and I’ll take ‘til I get what I want from you
Smile for the camera
You’re the star of the show
Yeah I know that you love the attention
You say you don’t but you moan as I blow
With my hands around your throat
I promise this will only hurt a lot
This is how you wanted it to be
Make them believe this is what you want
Caught in my web
On your weakness I will feed
(You cannot say no to me)
There is something you should know
I am not what I seem
(You will obey me)
I’ll take and I’ll take ‘til I get what I want from you
I am the creature that dwells within
I’d eat you alive if you dare to give in
You created me so don’t even try to scream
I’ll smile while you’re torn apart at the seams
Caught in my web
On your weakness I will feed
(You cannot say no to me)
There is something you should know
I am not what I seem
(You will obey me)
I’ll take and I’ll take ‘til I get what I want from you
I am the creature that dwells within
I’d eat you alive if you dare to give in
You created me so don’t even try to scream
I’ll smile while you’re torn apart at the seams
I’ll take and I’ll take ‘til I get what I want from you
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4. |
Perfect Hell
05:34
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Long fingers eight
Across my face
You smother me
I suffocate
I'm ready for you
Reveal yourself to me
Open your legs
Plant the seed
You wait for me
Deep down in your shell
Now I see
You're the perfect hell
Lump in my throat
Swallow it down
Cave in my chest
I love the sound
You wait for me
Deep down in your shell
Now I see
You're the perfect hell
Never heard, rarely seen
I feel you move within
I’ll be your king
Come be my queen
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5. |
Terminal
04:13
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My thoughts are made of memories yet to come
I hide in shade and from the moon I run
And if I bury my head it slowly kills like cancer
I need an answer
But I’ll keep running instead
So with the shadows I linger
You say you know what I’m going through
So don’t let it get to you
You know I’m haunted
I just wanted to haunt you too
I don’t really believe you’re setting out to deceive
I never listened to the lies in the first place
So you wish you could evolve but this problem will not solve itself
I knew I felt I had to find your face in the dark
But I know that you’re cursed at heart
I know see that your curse is me
You say you know what I’m going through
So don’t let it get to you
You know I’m haunted
I just wanted to haunt you too
Your world is dead to me
So I will let you be
A possibility of a life that could be
I gave away the key
So I’ll keep getting high
Hiding up in the sky
Just let go of me, set yourself free
Just let me die
You say you know what I’m going through
So don’t let it get to you
You know I’m haunted
I just wanted to haunt you too
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6. |
Compliance
04:07
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Open mouth taste the darkness
You’ve fallen inside again
Violently it speaks to me
It says speak up now or become death
But my spirit is weak, so I don’t say a thing
Gnashing teeth cut right through me
I’m caught in your smile again
The mind resists but the fear complies
My wings are clipped so I cannot fly
Words they hurt but it's kept inside
I'm trying to survive but I
I’m going down, down, down
So deep I’ll never be found
Head spinning round and round
So fast I can’t make a sound
I will do as you say
Give you everything you want just stay
I will comply
I will obey
I don’t speak but I promise you I’ve plenty to say
Take my word I will be heard one of these days
I find it hard to feel my heart it’s numb from all that you’ve said
This isn’t love when will you get it through your fucking head
The truth was backwards, living in a fantasy
Now it’s clear see that we’ll never go back
‘Cause even what I thought was true
Was a lie I was caught on you
So I tried to excuse your abuse but the noose was tied as the fuse ignites
But you bet I’ll be ready for the fight this time
Hold my breath as I
I’m going down, down, down
So deep I’ll never be found
Head spinning round and round
So fast I can’t make a sound
I will do as you say
Give you everything you want just stay
I will comply
I will obey
You wanted it all to go your way
Said what you could so that I would stay
You played the victim and you placed the blame
But all it did was push me away
Leaving you was the best thing I would do
No more years wasted on you
No tears were shed as I turned around
Said my goodbyes and I broke your crown
Never again will I let you in
Call you a friend just to watch me as I
Never again will I let you in
Under my skin just to watch me as I
I’m going down, down, down
So deep I’ll never be found
Head spinning round and round
So fast I can’t make a sound
I will do as you say
Give you everything you want just stay
I will comply
I will obey
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7. |
The Expedition
05:02
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I’ll take it all away
Because it’s time for you to pay
So I’ll dig another grave
They’re always watching
You know I've had enough, so this is ending now
I know to call your bluff so just pretend somehow that its true
Don't let it get to you
I’ll take it all away
Because it’s time for you to pay
So I’ll dig another grave
They’re always watching
So try to tell me that I'm losing my mind
‘Cause I lost it once before and I’ll tell you it’s not so easy to find
We're in the same game
It’s not so hard to define
Just take your head out the ground and put your ear to the sky
Take a hold of all the evil hiding beneath your eyes
See through lenses in the sky
I see through the disguise
You're gone I think you've lost it
Got the paper in your pocket
What'd it end up costing?
They've got you thinking that the moment you drop it just stops
I’ll take it all away
Because it’s time for you to pay
So I’ll dig another grave
They’re always watching
Am I not in my head
Is there no ground to tread
I think I might be dead
But I feel I'm now at peace
I’ll never make a sound
‘Cause there's none around
Forever I am bound
‘Cause I never had the crown
But I dream of the masterpiece
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8. |
Deathbed
04:00
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I'm fast asleep but I am oh so restless
How could it be I'm falling from my intentions
I'm wide awake but you can feel me dreaming now
I stayed away but I can feel it's here somehow
It's out of reach but it's close enough to keep me wanting more
I’m cold to the touch
In a moment you’ve lost it all
It's a steep slope and we're sliding
Are we living? Are we dying?
I've drawn the line and I'm not stalling
'Cause I can hear my death bed calling
The clock is ticking and time is slipping
Away further from me
And I don’t know if I’m just existing
In this skin I’m living in
So I walk these plains in search of change
But it’s always been right here in my hands
Sick of watching life slowly pass me by
So this is where it all begins again
It's a steep slope and we're sliding
Are we living? Are we dying?
I've drawn the line and I'm not stalling
'Cause I can hear my death bed calling
Hours lost in the cover of night
We spend our lives forever chasing time
I was lost and staying out of sight
My body starts the murder of my mind
You're caught in your own fantasy
You don't know what you're worth
But no amount of gravity will keep you bound to this earth
You're running out of time
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9. |
Patterns
04:09
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Reoccurring patterns on my screen and the stories they tell
Serve only to remind me why you can’t help the ones who won’t help themselves
Reoccurring visions like a window into hell
Empty shells and the ghost white sheets where the bodies fell
And I’m asking myself why?
Is the payoff worth the price?
Is the novelty worth their lives?
How many more do we sacrifice for your wrongs?
For your rights?
How can you be so blind?
Watch as the world despairs
Tell me are you beyond repair?
Justify your rights as you watch them die
There’s nothing left, there’s nothing right
In the land of the free where it’s run, take cover or try to flee
Keep your head down
You despair
Tell me are you beyond repair?
Is the payoff worth the price?
Is the novelty worth their lives?
Justify your rights as you fight to watch them die
How can you be so blind?
Tell me how many more do we sacrifice?
For your wrongs and for your rights?
And I’m asking myself why
You’re hit and bleeding and you can’t see it
So sick of grieving I can’t believe it
Just want you to be ok, your children safe
You say you will never change
Lost forever in the error of your ways
You got a problem and it’s only getting bigger
Watch the body count rise with every squeeze of the trigger
but I guess money talks and morality walks, who’d have thought? Go figure
Can you feel the size of the hole in your body as your soul leaves
No need to plead the deed is done the reaper won and now you’re coming undone
I hope the guilt weighs a fucking tonne
And you’re crushed by the gravity of the depravity of what you’ve done
It’s never too late to right your wrongs
Leave them in the past where this shit belongs
Before it’s too late and you’re at the gates
‘Cause you let fate take you away with a
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10. |
Save Me
04:01
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Perspective shift
Axis tilts, throws me off balance
Your gravity takes hold of me
And it was all for you
String bows and lifts
A melody echoing through the infinite
It resonates in untold ways
And it was all for you
It was all for you
A universe in your eyes
The promise of your smile
The comfort of your lie
Immersed in your light
In your glow I reside
And I know it's alright
Drawn below the ebb and flow
The water so cold
The waves sing their song
In stillness I belong
In the peace I’m consumed
And it was all for you
A universe in your eyes
The promise of your smile
The comfort of your lie
Immersed in your light
In your glow I reside
And I know it's alright
I'm sinking into you
I see you now
Reaching out from the red shroud
Save me
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11. |
Rebirth ft. Luke Holmes
04:20
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I’m worn out
Tired of giving and getting nothing in return
I don’t know how
I’m meant to stay inspired when there’s no fuel left to burn
I played the game, I ran the race
But the results were all the same
I tried my best, gave it my all
Everything I had but still I fall
I fought for what?
The attention of all those who never gave a fuck?
But I was too blind to see
You got the best of me then you took it all away
Lost all hope to find my direction
Is it worth all of the pain?
Do I leave or do I stay?
I’m so lost align my perception
We are drawn towards the light
(So blinding that I can’t see)
So tell God we’re out of time
(I’ve got my own plan for me)
Consider yourself warned that I will never let myself be torn
I will be reborn
I’m so done
Gave it my all and still I’ve nothing to show for it
It’s all gone
Came up empty handed and I’ve got no hope left
If I’m honest I’m not sure that I even want this anymore
It’s a cold realisation
But the reality is sinking in
Maybe this just isn’t for me
A victim of my own expectations
We are drawn towards the light
(So blinding that I can’t see)
So tell God we’re out of time
(I’ve got my own plan for me)
Consider yourself warned
That I will never let myself be torn
I will be reborn
And it’s not what you had hoped
And it’s got you by the throat
What will you say when the day comes
Just tell me will you sink or will you float?
But I’m a slave to what I crave
Like a drug and it’s killing me
But without it I can’t sleep
But I just can’t shake the thought of what it could be
Everyday endlessly it’s taunting me
The engine roars but the wheels slip
I’m always in search of something
Still waiting for the day the scales tip
Or has it all been for nothing?
We are drawn towards the light
(So blinding that I can’t see)
So tell God we’re out of time
(I’ve got my own plan for me)
Consider yourself warned
That I will never let myself be torn
I will be reborn
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