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Introduction
01:58
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2. |
Existence/EOL
07:46
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When you feel like you’re living a lie
And you find yourself questioning why
Defeated before you can try
Your dreams slowly wither and die
When you greet each new day with disgust
And you feel you have no one to trust
Despite how you try to adjust
Your world seems to crumble to dust
Have you ever felt your trials had gone unrewarded?
Have you ever felt you were no longer supported?
You’ve been end-of-lifed
When nothing you do turns out right
And fulfillment is nowhere in sight
Depleted of all will to fight
You’re at the end of life
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3. |
The Invocation
07:55
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Dark of the moon, a sacrificial night
Convene at the appointed time
Faces obscured in the shadowy light
Descend into the hidden shrine
Worshippers donning robes of black
The ritual of old begins
Entering into an unholy pact
Committing unforgivable sins
The long-forgotten spell is cast
An echo from the distant past
The distant past
Wards are inscribed, the circle is closed
Ignite the ceremonial flame
The sound of inhuman chanting grows
Calling out forbidden names
The masses descend on an unconscious child
Lain upon the altar of stone
An innocent soul, beaten, raped, and defiled
Offered up to gods unknown
The orgiastic frenzy builds
As sacrificial blood is spilled
The blood is spilled
Out of the light
Lies a hidden evil held at bay
Into the night
An ancient horror is unleashed to slay
By those who dare to open the way
Time stands still, the stars have aligned
The Watcher stands by the gate
In a nightmare dimension with angles unkind
Demonic forces lie in wait
A blinding flash fills the windowless room
Lighting runes of magic on the walls
An unnatural air of impending doom
As eldritch powers answer the call
The laws of nature are defied
Crossing over from the other side
The other side
The curiosity of man
A truth he cannot understand
The human race will be undone
The invocation has begun
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4. |
Virtual Reality
05:02
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Open your eyes
Take a look at yourself in the mirror
The world is passing you by
While the end of your life draws nearer
The comfort you find inside your own mind
Is safer than facing the rest of mankind
Why can’t you see?
You’re living in a virtual reality
Interactive device
Your shelter from civilization
A simulation of life
Like a journey with no destination
The whole world, they say, is a keystroke away
“Where do you want to go today?”
Why can’t you see?
You’re living in a virtual reality
Why can’t you stop pretending?
You’ve isolated yourself in fantasy
Why can’t you see what’s happening?
As we embrace technology
Have we turned our backs on our humanity?
Each of us now exists
In a world of our own creation
We’ll never know what we’ve missed
In this self-imposed incarceration
Designing objects to be just like you and me
The ultimate triumph of our vanity
When will we see?
We’re living in a virtual reality
Reality
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5. |
One Shot
04:07
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Crawling through the brush
Alone against the night, a solitary figure
Five hundred yards to go
Inch by inch, with dirt-encrusted fingers
Dropped off behind enemy lines
A man on a mission, with a target to find
The objective is near, the orders were clear
Take out the garbage, and then disappear
One shot, one kill
By the numbers, it’s just another drill
Lying in the mud
Silent and unseen, frozen in position
Self-inflicted wounds
Fighting off fatigue, he carves a new incision
He tries to resist the paralysis
The rest of the world seems to no longer exist
An exercise in self-discipline
Mind over body, as the waiting begins
One shot, one kill
By the numbers, it’s just another drill
No need to think, no room for guilt
One shot, one kill
Minutes pass like hours
Time seems to expand, and everything is clearer
He knows what must be done
Aim is fixed upon his quarry, coming nearer
Closing the deal seems so unreal
A taste of a power he was not meant to feel
Target acquired, kill shot is fired
Mission complete, another conscience retired
One shot, one kill
By the numbers, it’s just another drill
Squeeze the trigger, feel the thrill
One shot
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6. |
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All that we’ve been fed, all the same lines
Engraved into our money, engraved into our minds
Who’s fooling who? Who’s fucking with you?
I’m losing control, I’m losing my soul
Some still accept everything they’ve heard
Everything they’ve read, hang on every word
No real thoughts to say, living day by day
My disbelief has grown, I’ll make my own
In God we trust? Who’s in control of us?
In God we trust? To save our souls, we must
The demagogues speak, tell us how it should be
Tell us how we should feel, well, not for me
All my life I have fought for independent thought
I will not buy it, I’ve been burnt by it
In God we trust? Who’s in control of us?
In God we trust? To save our souls, we must
What’s real? What’s lie?
Have doubts, ask why
Think twice before it’s done
Trust me, trust in none
What’s real? What’s lie?
Have doubts, ask why
Think twice before it’s done
Trust me, trust in none
What’s real? What’s lie?
Have doubts, ask why
Think twice before it’s done
Trust me, trust in none
What’s real? What’s lie?
Have doubts, ask why
Think twice before it’s done
Trust me, trust in none
Coincidental, confidential
Cover-up, lie
Set up, made up
Ruled, hands tied
Long arm, strong arm
Control denied
Persistence, existence
Struggle or die
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7. |
Requiem
10:15
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Wasting every moment of your life
Insanity creeps into your conscious mind
Boredom opens up the door to your inner self
Not so far away are the burning gates of Hell
Solitary depression gradually builds inside
Alone until the end, until the day you die
Day by day, wisdom is lost inside your brain
Confusing thoughts rule you, driving you insane
Reality is hard to handle, so you cope with drugs
Fly higher than a kite, you’ll fall in the pit you dug
Lost long ago, your eyes are blinded by ignorance
No one can help you climb this barbed wire fence
Lost, your mind is gone
Life, it did you wrong
Hate the human race
Kill without a trace
Lost, your mind is gone
Life, it did you wrong
Hate the human race
Kill without a trace
Thoughts of homicide won’t leave your head
All you hear is music and the screaming dead
They call from the grave, they want you to kill
They’ve dominated your body, now they’ve taken your will
You shake with anxiety as you approach your prey
Defenseless human being stands alone today
Slash his throat, stab him through the heart
Sadistic butchery, you rip him apart
Death smells like fresh morning air to you
You laugh as you watch his blood spew
Splattered with gore from the dismembered carcass
You know you can’t hide this murderous mess
Lost, your mind is gone
Life, it did you wrong
Hate the human race
Kill without a trace
Lost, your mind is gone
Life, it did you wrong
Hate the human race
Kill without a trace
Hell is where you’ll go
Animosity is all you know
Thrive to hurt and kill
Eliminate the soul and will
Listen to voices that alter your mind
Twist your perceptions, leaving you blind
Obey without question, only to find
The voices have gone, and left you behind
Alone to die
Life imprisonment is not for you
You flee from society but what can you do?
Stop for nothing, running on for days
You’re getting weak from the sun’s shining rays
Suddenly you fall down to your knees
You feel a burning pain that makes you freeze
Shot in the back, brought down by a cop
Your body and mind go numb as your heartbeat stops
The next thing you see is your fiery grave
No pearly gates, you’re Satan’s slave
Eternal agony is what you deserve
You’ll rot in Hell, and Satan you’ll serve
Lost, your mind is gone
Life, it did you wrong
Hate the human race
Kill without a trace
Lost, your mind is gone
Life, it did you wrong
Hate the human race
Kill without a trace
Hell is where you’ll go
Animosity is all you know
Thrive to hurt and kill
Eliminate the soul and will
Hell is where you’ll go
Animosity is all you know
Thrive to hurt and kill
Eliminate the soul and will
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8. |
Premature Burial
03:34
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Six feet underground you sleep
In the earth with worms that creep
Laid to rest before your time
Now you slowly lose your mind
Premature burial
Eternal rest, prolonged agony
Premature burial
No escape, struggle frantically
Silently dwelling on your fate
You will soon asphyxiate
Wonder how much time has passed
Every breath might be your last
Premature burial
Eternal death, grim reality
Premature burial
Man v. himself, silent soliloquy
Claustrophobic solitude
Left to die, no air, no food
Waiting for this dream to cease
Buried alive to rot in peace
Premature burial
Eternal rest, prolonged agony
Premature burial
Only death can set you free
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9. |
Own Life
10:38
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I don’t know why
I can’t conceive
We’ve lost ourselves
We’ve been naïve
We have our lives spoon-fed, the blind by the blind are led
Why can’t we learn to stand without someone to hold our hands?
We ask no questions of the ones we hold so high above
I won’t lay down and die, I’ll fight ‘cause I own my own life
Own life
Turn on, tune in
What do we see?
Of course it’s true
It’s on TV
Believe it when they tell us that we need the shit they sell us
It’s the thing to do—for those who have no fucking clue
Afraid to make a choice, we’re guided by that gilded voice
I won’t believe the lie, I’m free ‘cause I own my own life
Own life
And all the people say, “What’s wrong with our lives?”
And those in power tell us how to live our lives
And all the people say, “What’s wrong with our lives?”
And those in power tell us how to live our lives
And those in power tell us how to live our lives
And all the people say, “What’s wrong with our lives?”
And those in power tell us how to live our lives
And all the people say, “What’s wrong with our lives?”
Why can’t we see?
When will we learn?
Within, without
All things in turn
We can’t survive without someone to ease those nagging doubts
Unsure of who we are, we seek an answer from afar
Rely on church and state to be the masters of our fate
I scream up to the sky, “Fuck you!” ‘cause I own my own life
Own life
Own life
Own life
Own life
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10. |
?
05:34
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Another day begins, full of fear and doubt about my life
What have I done, and what is to come?
I look into the past and question the decisions that I’ve made
Where would I be if I chose differently?
Could things have changed, or is life preordained?
Regrets fill my head, as I lay awake in bed
What have I done wrong?
Another day begins, uncertainty pervades my deepest thoughts
How do I know which direction to go?
Pondering my life, feeling some pride at just how far I have come
But is this all I am, a shell of a man?
The dreams I pursue, will they ever come true?
Is this really I, where my destiny lies?
Where do I belong?
Another day begins, a fresh new start to work towards inner peace
Or is it my fate to live with this hate?
I reflect on life and death, balancing the line between the two
Why should I live? Life has nothing to give
Why should I try? Either way I will die
Death is better somehow, I’ll just end it now
As another day begins
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11. |
Reinvent
04:37
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Just let me get this off my chest
Are you frightened of success?
Are you scared to be your best?
Are you happy with your so-called life?
You say you want to ride the wave
You say you live to take the stage
You say so much, but where are you tonight?
You came along just for the ride
He never failed who never tried
To reinvent, push on, survive
Do not relent, adapt and thrive
What the hell is wrong with you?
What the hell else will you do?
What the fuck was going through your head?
You could have swallowed up your pride
You could have chosen to decide
You could have, but you chose nothing instead
Too old to try, too young to care
Good fortune smiles on those who dare
To reinvent, push on, survive
Do not relent, adapt and thrive
Who is it you think you are?
Who has carried you this far?
Who, in fact, is your worst enemy?
Just let me get this off my chest
Just let me show you who knows best
Just let me make it clear for you to see
When times were tough, you ran away
I held my ground, I’m here today
To reinvent, push on, survive
Do not relent, adapt and thrive
Just reinvent, hard though it seems
Do not repent, stand by your dreams
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