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Decline
07:07
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So many times it would break my mind
Spend every second to fall behind
Thinking the worst is yet to come
A call of duty to my decline
Sinking and drifting away
A life rotten to the bone
Is it a dream, a fearful slumber
I don't remember the last time I could
Retain, my memories trying to feel
The turmoil that is lost
Reflection in the mirror
I don't recognize this face
Would you regret the one that will fall?
Or is it too late to make it worth?
For all the things that I've done
And all the ones I never did
It's a simple deal that doesn't add up
I'm running out of people to blame
So many times it would break my mind
Spend every second to fall behind
Thinking the worst is yet to come
A call of duty to my decline
Sinking and drifting away
A life rotten to the bone
The temptation of the void
The light that never shone
A dreadful presence, a creeping feeling
Quietly growing by my side
Leave it! And write my farewells
Engulfed by these wicked thoughts
Losing ground after each other battle
And oddly I know how to lift the curse
But once again it’s the same deal, the same way
The same I could wait for the same day
I stand corrected, another failure of my disarray
For the night will keep the pain at bay
So many times it would break my mind
Spend every second to fall behind
Thinking the worst is yet to come
A call of duty to my decline
Sinking and drifting away
A life rotten to the bone
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2. |
Wonders
08:39
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So many tears dropped at bedtime
From those who can only wait
Looking back to a bitter time
Thinking they are born too late
Any sense of purpose
Falsely supplied by religions
Has been proven worthless
And here we are, fucking pigeons
Blessed are the busy
For theirs is the real comfort
The only ones to be merry
When so many are just inert
I spent so much energy
Trying to ring this bell
But this was just an agony
That kept me in a cell
And
Now I ain’t scared if
Nothing keeps me alive
So much sorrow and hate
In the comfort of their mind
Dreaming a world they don’t create
How can we be so blind?
I spent so much energy
Trying to ring this bell
A beatific reverie
It needs to end
Farewell...
So many wars fought in the name of fate
For a reason to give birth, to perpetuate
So many ones killed for glory
For nothing but a name in the story
So many idles who craved for death
Seeking Heaven after their last breath
So many twisted ways to find relevance
Nothing but blind arrogance
So many wonders hidden around
Without a soul, without a sound
So few simple ones to remain
To give hope and keep me sane
Blessed are those who wander
For theirs is the real splendor
Blessed are those who care
For them I would fight my despair
And
Now I ain’t scared if
Nothing keeps me alive
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3. |
Ruins
05:19
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Life is a game piped and cruel
No winners allowed, hidden rule
A never-ending cycle of failure
And no one to search for the cure
Posterity as reward for the braves
Hasn't changed the size of their graves
Puppets played like cheap toys
Worms struggling for fake joys
Filling their minds with wind
Pretending they aren't dead within
Fighting fire with fire
The only outcome they desire
Vacuous beings in disguise
In the end, only ruins arise
Aiming for a five-star afterlife
An endless worship strife
Insects idolatrous of better insects
Giving meaning to their intellects
Posterity as reward for the braves
Hasn't changed the size of their graves
Puppets played like cheap toys
Worms struggling for fake joys
Filling their minds with wind
Pretending they aren't dead within
Fighting fire with fire
The only outcome they desire
Vacuous beings in disguise
In the end, only ruins arise
Puppets played like cheap toys
Worms struggling for fake joys
Filling their minds with wind
Pretending they aren't dead within
Among them in this teeming anthill
I want to crawl out, try to heal
Selfishly enjoying their misery
They will quickly end their history
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4. |
Hope
07:40
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Leave
Me
Now
Isolated among the living
Forced to deprive myself from silence
All I can think about is leaving
A solitary absence
I welcome you, Mother Nature
Allow me in, I feel like a stranger
I welcome you, giver and taker
These impostors can’t be your creatures
I lost touch with my kind
Running away from them
Not many to leave behind
But many to condemn
I felt growing this sadness
An hatred so profound
Blissful madness
This incurable wound
I find myself lost
Beneath these elder trees
This sunless frost
Carrying my disease
Without a living soul nearby
Blessed escape from this masquerade
I’m no longer afraid
To live, to die
I welcome you, Mother Nature
Allow me in, I feel like a stranger
I welcome you, giver and taker
Among you I will safely venture
And there I rest, hoping to save myself from a dreadful endless spleen
Wishing my life was something more than a convincing smoke screen
I drowned so deeply I can’t even raise my head
I drowned so deeply I’m not even sure there’s something ahead
I welcome you, Mother Nature
Allow me in, I feel like a stranger
I welcome you, giver and taker
The irony of this world defies mesure
I find myself lost
Beneath these elder trees
This sunless frost
Carrying my disease
Without a living soul nearby
Blessed escape from this masquerade
I’m no longer afraid
To live, to die
Without a living soul nearby
Blessed escape from this masquerade
I found a pale hope
A bit of strength to cope
I find myself lost
Beneath these elder trees
This warm sunlight
Carrying a new fight
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5. |
Apathy
03:24
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6. |
Escape
07:16
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You can see it with just a glance
That you don’t stand a chance
Bear this burden alone
Regrets you won’t ever atone
Nights feel like a haze
And bring even bleaker days
Month after month, year after year
There soon won’t be a thing to repair
There’s no escaping this meaningless end
Watching your dreams decay
Bury your anger, begin to descend
Let your hopes go astray
Killing time, ‘til it’s over
Until you’re nothing more than a leftover
Wasting hours, numbing your soul
Acting surprised when it takes its toll
Once a coward, always a fool
Bending over to play by the rule
And maybe you had your chance
It could have worked in another circumstance
You would like to be another man
Disappointing since your life began
You don’t want to care but you do
You’ll never be able to pull through
Killing time, ‘til it’s over
Until you’re nothing more than a leftover
Wasting hours, numbing your soul
Acting surprised when it takes its toll
Stumble upon the lies you told
Why is it that you’re so cold ?
It’s time to shine, take off your blindfold
Deep down you know you won’t ever grow old
Once it takes the hold of you
It’s not going anywhere
Always a part of everything you do
Hidden in your stare
Nights feel like a haze
And bring even bleaker days
Month after month, year after year
There soon won’t be a thing to repair
There’s no escaping this meaningless end,
Watching your dreams decay
Bury your anger, begin to descend
Let your hopes go astray
Burn the candle, forget to sleep
A grimful fate that runs deep
Every road ahead is too steep
This empty feeling, let it creep
Chasing happiness you will never find
A quest for purpose that made you go blind
Every step forward felt like falling behind
Sorrow and grief to fill up your mind
There’s no escaping this meaningless end
Watching my dreams decay
Bury my anger, time to make amend
Hurry down the hallway
Grab these bottles to drown down a few pills
No need to write my wills
Put my head up and tie down the noose
Let my life go loose
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7. |
Vacuity
08:54
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Tried to reach happiness
And stumbled once again
Shrouded in indifference
Just to cure the migraine
Tired of pursuing a ghost
An idea of a better place
Grown men swallowing their truth
Drown secrets to erase
Dreaming of the fallen ones
Who were lost in the stream
Already gone, while trying to feel
The sweet touch of bliss
Finding comfort in excess
To revel in ecstasy
Only wanting to regress
And doing so desperately
Put out the fire
That is raging in my eyes
Lay down my arms
I will see another sunrise
A desire of salvation
While fighting against hope
The cause, the consequences
Never able to commit
Been able to pull away the madness for a moment
But why would that matter, if no light is here to shine?
Been able to pull out the gun in a quest for atonement
But why would that matter, if no courage is there on deadline?
I will remain right where I belong, rambling and
I would say it’s what I was deserving
A lonely sinner
Nestled somewhere in time
A miserable ghost
No meaning, no goals
Far away
As I wander standstill
A lonely sinner
Nestled somewhere in time
A miserable ghost
No meaning, no goals
Vacuous shell
A mortal barely alive
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