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This Shell Is A Mess
04:35
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Emptiness, this shell is a mess
this hopelessness, it is endless
darkness encloses peripherally
the clouds are weighing down heavy
have I slipped through the cracks
will I ever come back
is this all there is, forever more
looking down its nose, the sun it sneers coldly
are these walls my cage, or my safety
have I slipped through the cracks
will I never come back
is this all there is, nothing more
motionless I wait, time takes on an uncaring state
embraced by thoughts of failure, all these roads could lead nowhere
But now I am here...
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Existence Makes Me Sick
04:02
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I don't want this anymore/ but you need it
I don't need this anymore/ but you wanted this
No, make it stop/ it will never stop
on and on and on.../please stop, please stop...
this is what you wanted/ it will keep on going
you are not the first/you won't be the last
this is it, forever
Existence makes me sick.
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My life came to a standstill. I could breathe, eat, drink and sleep, and I could not help doing these things; but there was no life, for there were no wishes the fulfilment of which I could consider reasonable. If I desired anything, I knew in advance that whether I satisfied my desire or not, nothing would come of it. Had a fairy come and offered to fulfil my desires I should not have known what to ask. If in moments of intoxication I felt something which, though not a wish, was a habit left by former wishes, in sober moments I knew this to be a delusion and that there was really nothing to wish for. I could not even wish to know the truth, for I guess of what it consisted. The truth was that life is meaningless. I had as it were lived, lived and walked, walked, till I had come to a precipice and saw clearly that there was nothing ahead of me but destruction. it was impossible to stop, impossible to go back, and impossible to close my eyes or avoid seeing that there was nothing ahead but suffering and real death -- complete annihilation. - Tolstoy
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Hopelessly Optimistic
04:25
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Realisation, dawning upon me,
becoming clear, this is it,
nothing else, nothing more,
as good as it gets, forget about the rest,
just lie to yourself,
hopelessly optimistic
cold pale skies that burn eyes,
a paler sun that cares for no-one,
light of day, obscuring the way,
clearing mist, this world should not exist,
stop thinking these thoughts, this pain is not yours,
unchangeable
this optimism is hopeless
remove it from sight,
remove it from mind,
but is this life?
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Inseperable Unity
04:25
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Realisation, dawning upon me,
becoming clear, this is it,
nothing else, nothing more,
as good as it gets, forget about the rest,
just lie to yourself,
hopelessly optimistic
cold pale skies that burn eyes,
a paler sun that cares for no-one,
light of day, obscuring the way,
clearing mist, this world should not exist,
stop thinking these thoughts, this pain is not yours,
unchangeable
this optimism is hopeless
remove it from sight,
remove it from mind,
but is this life?
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Sustained Through Death
06:33
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responsibility, govern your reality
arbitrary, laws in motion
hierarchies based on fraud
secrets, blood, hidden, pumping
undiscovered, unreleased
to this illusion of freedom
baseless concept, distraction
abuse of one - abuse to all
sickening, hidden in plain sight
denial, stubborn, weak
the sordid game continues
new players await destruction, fed on fear
sustained through death
entertained by the same
misery is rampant, unquestioned,
un-contemplated life, attack the thinking
herd animal, pack reaction
deserving the same
treated the same - denial
all this to prevent, self discovery
prevent the seed of consciousness
breeding mass servitude
rule, ruling, control, subservient
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Dissolve The Illusion
04:22
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futility of hope/hopelessness of love
virtues subverted/conquest gain
to think can be tragic/to feel is confusing
manipulation of the soul/prostitute the intellect
in the name of control, power
truths inverted/consolidated/paranoid
the system is not real/substance to their lies
the masses led like cattle/born into slavery
to break out, the greatest aim
the most painful journey
ego death, material suicide
envision the fall/invoke the parasite
work from within/kill from outside
no rules left/self serving
destroy/overcome/disrespect
empire built on bone, empire built by blood
empire built to control, when is it enough
time to end the illusion, end the subversion, invert the paradigm, one more life
end their domination, remove the parasite, kill those who control
end it all, kill the illusion, end it all, dissolve their illusion
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returning
vortex of perception
the eye of the torus
pulling through
to manifest
material, illusory
waking dream
reality of contradiction
void-less
messengers deliver lies
upon which deceits are built
truths inverted, forgotten
energy subverted, unknown
realm of control
dimension of confusion
lessons not yet learned
but how to teach
how to move forward
to reconstruct
to recall the truth
returning
perpetual consciousness nightmare
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One man record label. I dedicated my life to music. And I meant it.
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