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since we were young, we've watched the skies
searching for wisdom, we prayed for signs
but in the silence, were we defined
alone enlightened, but left blind
to all good sense, and all good faith
that good things come to those who wait
the space between, the silence was
all we ever knew
so I am terrified based on the premise that
if someone's calling out then someone's listening
so haunt the dark, with patient ear
counting the stars as they disappear
but be wary of what you've heard
because you don't know what you'll learn
what if the truth is best left unknown?
because the truth is that we're not alone
the time has come, the message said
let's speak of many things
cabbage and kings, shoes and ceiling wax
come little oysters, come
it's alice and the looking glass
we didn't see
the walrus and the carpenter
the great deceit
the oysters walk
the walrus talks to them
the carpenter just watches
but when it comes
that they should leave that night
they can't because
they'd eaten every one
they'd eaten every one
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Sleepwalker
03:11
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never trusted my dreams of summer
the things i do in slumber
when i wake, the dirt is on my hands
but I don't remember
safe, and quiet
buried deep
in hopes no one will find it
beneath our feet
clean, antiseptic
still bleeding through
bleak, parasitic
still bleeding through
isolated
not long now
the lights all fade and
all reason fades out
so lay your head to rest
don't be too concerned with what comes next
let the quiet drag you down
we'll do the rest
this waking dream
the scent of trees
a light that i breathe
the death of sleep
no trace of me
but in my hands, devices dream
no human hand could make this
and yet it seems
we gather where the lights dim
in circled green
and in time
something will come
and take us
but in my mind
i'm screaming
just wake up
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Virus Culture
03:20
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It's just a sign of the times
you don't know what you're thinking
just put it out of your mind
ignore that sinking feeling inside
there's just this look in your eyes
the way you stare without blinking
so just look into the light
expression blank as minds sync in time
but that's the way the virus gets inside our culture
before we ever even notice that we've changed
it sneaks inside the mind and slowly takes us over
with the promise that conversion makes us safe
it's like i'm underwater
breathing in the sights and sounds
i feel the call of slumber
but if it isn't me, i'd rather drown
rejected
false humanity
this conscious disease
it seems so strange, it seems so quiet, i think they're scared of change
in on the take, they tried to hide it, they should be afraid
don't close your eyes or they'll
convert your mind until
all that's left is to ask
who goes there?
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4. |
House on Hollow Ground
03:07
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now you're alone
the doubt sets in
best you quickly turn
recant your sins
admit you lied
rejoin the faith
there is no truth here
just belief
you should know to build your house on stable ground
something more than just stone and whispers
best learn to love
the taste of dirt
speak around the blood to deny
your prior works
or just stay silent
we have time
your weak defiance
leaves you blind
so stay down
best to let the bruises set
black and blue
stay out
just give in and it will end
all too soon
let's make this clear: we're not asking
we'll take your fear, everlasting
for what you've done to our undertaking
i'll be blunt, the point i'm making is
no one knows what lies below the hollow ground
and no one leaves the house of stone and whispers
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Andromeda, On the Rocks
02:39
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listen, closely, as i tell a story
a message left here from those who came before me
and let me tell you of the things that i have seen
the reasons why I sit alone and dream
Andromeda, call me home
we used to be fearless
we used to be so sure
we used to be careless
well, we're not anymore
cause what we found
would break you down
as it did to us
we built an empire
and searched for truth
in the ruins of those who'd come before
until it came for us too
so you should know
we're not alone
in the universe anymore
i sit alone
and dream of home
Andromeda
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Heliophage
03:16
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This wicked faith, as if it were fate
hold to belief, the sun will rise again
It would be nice to be so certain of permanence
to have the will to face all the emptiness
but if we have a purpose, then I think it's
to stop and think. How does it end?
first comes the light, and then the sound
defies belief, we are left blind and weak
and only then do we finally see
the message sent and how we took the bait
you can't imagine the enormity
we are stunned, yet somehow unafraid
little oysters, come and walk with me
now all that's left is the certainty
they came to sate their hunger, they need to feed
We were played for fools
and we brought home the wolves
our kingdom come
we were promised truth
but in truth they came
to eat the sun
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Icarus Burns...
03:30
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it's not about truth, it's about shame
a way to hide from all the things you can't explain
and if you knew and you did nothing
then that's the bed you've made
so give me wings, and bar the skies
for fear of pain, deny the light
but reaching out, we break our bonds
as we seek truth, we hunt the sun
it's all about fear, that human curse
a clever excuse to escape from all the hurt
but to be free, bring it to sunlight
and if it burns it burns
a flight of fancy built on wings of wax
what's one more body to keep that?
Don't ask me to stand for this
I won't dig my own grave
If i'm going down for this
then I'm going down in flames
it's just the way that we see this
and it's hard to deny
when we're stuck in the framework
we can't redefine
but if we just play coward
how can we ever know
if there's a what comes after
if we don't let it go
and if it smokes and smoulders
just let it burn
and so we let it go
another lie not keeping
if so, the meaning's gone
so self defeating
and so the story goes
look what we've learned
blue sky and seeking sunlight
just let it...
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...And Daedalus Watches
04:02
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lives carefully crafted, to keep us distracted
left on the ground below, limits of human scope
tethers like a keepsake, held down last chance failsafe
blinded by lights above, and what we have become
resent those who defy
covet those who confine
reviled against designs
just to see who looks
contagious, can't take this, deranged if we want more
what makes me flee safety ? god save me from what i've become
stuck in a fever dream, come to beg for mercy
and hope forgiveness comes, for the things we've done
time is running out but we're still counting the stars
dust to dust and ash, this too shall pass
a void in space that brings us
face to face with ourselves
race to erase ourselves
just to see who looks
but we want more
and i want more
no matter what it takes, or what it breaks, we want more
and if they want blood, let's give them blood,
cause we want more
just to see who's
watching, waiting
guiding, betraying
lying and wasting
our precious little lives
believing
searching for meaning
some sign of reason
somewhere within the void
but maybe
there's nothing worth saving
why bother staying
after all we've done
what we could
but never understood
the reasons why we should
heed our calls from the stars
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9. |
Colours
07:01
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I had a vision, i saw the sea
a million miles in all directions, all at peace
i was a witness to shadows the stars had cast
a lonely visitor, the questions asked
why shouldn't it all be so easy?
shouldn't you be the one to know?
just put out your hand and fix this
build the world without a flaw
you'll see a dream of home
so beautiful
can't you see the colours?
this perfect mould
in blue and gold
and all the colours
i was a firestorm, light up the night
burned the dreams of those i don't know, to prove i'm right
I was an offer made, an outstretched hand
to guide the eyes away from what was left so unsaid
and i was so disconnected
so alone
i've heard the stars are calling
and they say 'just go'
yet somehow this intervention
feels so insincere
far beyond comprehension
yet someone called them here?
if the colours are so seductive
what does that mean?
it's all about perspective
what if i couldn't see?
under the auspice of being human
we lead the gift horse to water
as if i don't know what they're doing
look to the hand behind the offer
it's beautiful
but it's all so cold
without the others
it looks like home
but it's all for show
if you can't see the colours
it means nothing at all
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