1. |
heading:North
03:16
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Listen closely
I hope I’m not imposing
on any of your precious time
but lately I’ve been thinking
should I sober up
should I stop drinking
I confess I’m a mess
I’m not a man
I’m just a boy
Blood shot eyes, snot stained
possessive of my toys
and they say I should be afraid
of the stillness in my heartbeat
this faith I had has been buried in the sand
lost to me for years before
the tide encroached and
swallowed the whole shore
let the ocean be my consequence
but if I’ve never seen the morning light
how would I even know I missed it
your intentions crashing over me
I guess you know me oh so well
put that perception to the test
only time will tell
why can’t you see
that this could make the difference
take me away
this faith I had has been buried in the sand
lost to me for years before
the tide encroached and
swallowed the whole shore
let the ocean be my consequence
but if I’ve never seen the morning light
how would I even know I missed it
I can’t seem to find my place
I can’t figure out what it takes
but even though we are face to face
they can’t help but forget my name
the world just keeps on turning
it leaves me weightless in space
so I wait
for a little piece of serenity
but we are not the same
no we are no the same
I can’t seem to find my place
I can’t figure out what it takes
I may be out here on my own
I’m not lost like you
I know my home
this faith I had has been buried in the sand
lost to me for years before
the tide encroached and
swallowed the whole shore
let the ocean be my consequence
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2. |
Cardiac Atrophy
03:15
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at least I tried
she doesn’t want the help
she lost herself
in a bottle of cheap wine
looking for a good time
mind you
she was confined to
a twisted state of mind
why do you try to
push any one away
who gave a damn about you anyway
self destruction is in your nature
yet anyone who calls you out is labeled a hater
don’t think that this is over
my feet have carried me this far
but now I’m crippled by the weight
of a heavy heart
and now I’m slipping away
bleak expressions and outward offenses
shake the notion that you’re defenseless
don’t ever say that you didn’t intend to offend
a gaze like venom corrupting weak hearts of men
was I looking for trouble
or am I the victim
all I know is I’m happy that
you’re out of my system
confronted the fault
enthralled by the fear
jealous is an ugly color
but it flatters you my dear
and at the end of this catastrophe
I’m praying that it’s not the end of me
I thought that we could make this right
if you could then you would
but you can’t so you won’t
now you remain a slave to a clockwork throne
to find a place to call my own
my feet have carried me this far
but now I’m crippled by the weight
of a heavy heart
and now I’m slipping away
silence hangs heavy
on the stale air you breathe
a statuesque vision of every wasted opportunity
once framed with poise
now just another empty hollow husk
in a way I suppose it’s fitting
I always knew you’d be the death of us
but I won’t let you be the death of me
my feet have carried me this far
but now I’m crippled by the weight
of a heavy heart
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3. |
Directionless
03:39
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You’re just a directionless thief
With some unfounded belief
That we should be grateful for sharing the air
that you breathe
well aren’t you an oddity
you’re nothing more than a commodity
your loyalty is bought by
what you find in the confines
of the hive mind that you subscribe to
wearing whatever face you think
can best disguise you
I bet you’re sick of that bitter taste in your mouth
cancerous words infect the air you let out
you use those giants to stand tall
but its a long way down
I just hope you don’t fall off
Well its high time
you got out of my life
its not my fault that you let the fire die
what you wanted wasn’t
what you thought it was
and I don’t know if your composition
has lead you to this disposition
but enough is enough
plea for forgiveness
although you don’t deserve it
you overlook the ones
that brought you fame
its plain to see that
you have lost your way
i long for the day that we
put you in your place
where the hell is my apology
a bit of sincerity to add a little clarity
might do you some good
you wouldn’t take it back if you could
so build a monument to your own ego
I’ll tear it down
stone by stone
Well its high time
you got out of my life
its not my fault that you let the fire die
what you wanted wasn’t
what you thought it was
and I don’t know if your composition
has lead you to this disposition
but enough is enough
this is for the traitors the liars the fakers
the entitled masses who lost all their passion
your ego has gone to your head,
your legacy is dead
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4. |
Compass Point
03:15
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Watch the light from the sun
Crash into the tide
I can barely hold on
To this feeling inside
But I know that I have a place
and I know that I am soon to be erased
This is who we are underneath it all
But every time we fall
So short of what we want
I know you can see it too
I took the page and I
Brought it right back to you
Who are you anyways
When you don’t stand for anything
Are you the person your family raised
Or just another image you worked to create
There’s a problem standing in line
To be told wrong from right
Our future is what we decide
Things will be different
This time
So let me see your dreams
Hopeless you believe
That every step that you take
Doesn’t mean anything
Anymore
Watch the light from the sun
Crash into the tide
I can barely hold on
To this feeling inside
But I know that I have a place
and I know that I am soon to be erased
I know there’s something more
So much is still in store
This is what we’re meant for
I think it’s time
That we climb the ivory tower
Brick by brick up this pillar of alabaster
Let our silhouettes stand against the sky
A life reborn so that we may never truly die
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5. |
Nomads
02:28
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We held our tongues
While the serpent began to speak
and when it uttered
all it’s foul decrees
We never faltered
Never waned
Never broke our ranks
We
Clenched our fists tightly
and dug our heels in
This is a battle of endurance
One that they could never win
and when the cold came for me
I showed it my burning heart
I tore the flesh from my body
To become a beacon in the dark
Come to me
If I illuminate the way
Would you follow or would you stay?
Have you ever felt the breathe of the breeze
Guiding you to the places you need to be
Suddenly there’s me
and I’m a servant of all revision
and I’m the shepherd of all my vision
I’m looking down by all those with the cognition for premonition
But what they never told us was
We are all nomads
Searching for our place
Reaching for a new day
To lift off from the lens
Of our self imposed obscurity
To reshape the limitless vastness
Unhinge the world that
cast us out
Expel the last of our doubt
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6. |
Transcedents
03:38
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Brought home
You don’t belong here
Anymore
and it kills me to say
That we are better off this way
And I just want you to know
That this wasn’t easy on any of us
and I just want you to know
That we lost a brother and they lost a son
and I just want you to know
I guess what’s done is done
and I just want you to know
We’re moving on
I know things seem fragile now
But I promise that I won’t let it break
I’ll catch our shattered dreams
and hold on for better days
So tell me now
Was it worth it
Just to watch us unfold
What a mess that you
Brought home
You don’t belong here
Anymore
and it kills me to say
That we are better off this way
This is the best that I can do
I have to stop placing blame
and start looking out for you
But you have to realize
That you brought this on yourself
You feel for those pretty
and I hope they put you through hell
So tell me now
Without the constant excuse
For the time you’ve taken off the clock
the juice isn’t quite worth the squeeze is it
but yet you failed to admit it and
I guess I’m a fool for sitting around
and tasting the bitter fruit
You’ve got me down
and everybody knows
Everybody knows you’re not the best for me
So tell me now
Was it worth it
Just to watch us unfold
What a mess that you
Brought home
You don’t belong here
Anymore
and it kills me to say
That we are better off this way
And was this okay from the start
To see you fade away into the dark
You’re not the best for me
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7. |
Forefather
03:21
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9TH OCT 2014
Vita Versus
—Forefather (Track 8)
I am a legacy of every dream you ever breathed
and though you gave them up for me
I won’t stop until I reach infinity
If it’s not by design
Then I’ll force these stars to align
I’ll be the difference
I just hope one day you’ll see this
Prey awaits it’s fate
and I will not simply fade away
From the pages of history
When those nights turn grey
While they twist and change
and I get that you’re torn
But just stop.
Where our forefathers lie
I tried to stand out from the crowd
to make you proud
But it seems that there is too much left unknown
But I realize that this is home
I’m just an eternal gazer
My vision trained on Eternity
But those broken dreams I had
Fuel the flame that burns in me
The best thing you ever taught me
Is that cowards give up
and I’m not giving up
When the world closes in
and the road gets too tough
and I will see that I am just enough
Let the fire put an ire
In their hearts
Pull down these structures made of iron
That kept us apart
This is the start of something great
A throne for us to take
Where our forefathers lie
I tried to stand out from the crowd
to make you proud
But it seems that there is too much left unknown
But I realize that this is home
I’m just an eternal gazer
My vision trained on Eternity
But those broken dreams I had
Fuel the flame that burns in me
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8. |
3:50 AM
02:53
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Tracing the lines in between
I’m boundless and slowly drifting
Feel me trying to reach through
just trying to get to you
but every time I try to redefine the things that I was meant to do
I’m caught in a vicious trend
Stuck in a place where I can’t even trust my head
It’s so empty and vacant in this place
But I stand vigilant against the past
The broken frames
The shattered glass
Everything else I ignore
I am life, I am flesh
I am blood, I am death
But I am nothing if that suits me
Better than to attest
To address all my faults
To dismiss or remiss
All the things I screwed up
All of the moments I missed
Passing through these doors
There’s always another fork in the road
I’m on my own
I’m all alone
But I don’t know if I can make it through the night
Because tomorrow seems so far out of sight
It’s come the time to put a fight
I hope that I can reach the light
That flickers in the distance
This is the last chance to take back existences
Feel me trying to reach through
just trying to get to you
but every time I try to redefine the things that I was meant to do
I’m caught in a vicious trend
Stuck in a place where I can’t even trust my head
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9. |
Relative Reality
03:11
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You set the precedent
Fluorescent lights you live by
Highlight your dull life
The dull knife
Of a world Impaired
Fall off the map to see if anyone cares
There’s black in their veins
and they welcome with chains
There’s a burden of self
that they want you to change
So you march until you’re weak
To the machine’s heartbeat
Keep your heart on your sleeve
You’ll never amount to anything
It thinks, It breathes, It plots, It sees
Everything
It blurs the lines in between
God and machine
You can’t block out the white noise
The static on the breeze
Voices resound
In your ears as they ring
A cryptic language caught in black suspension
A tundra of wires
Connect the minds of the tired
Miles of the deceived
Line up for the live feed.
So you march until you’re weak
To the machine’s heartbeat
Keep your heart on your sleeve
You’ll never amount to anything
It thinks, It breathes, It plots, It sees
Everything
It blurs the lines in between
God and machine
Plug in, tune out
Breathe in, breathe out
Lungs flood in a sea of Binary
So you march until you’re weak
To the machine’s heartbeat
Keep your heart on your sleeve
You’ll never amount to anything
It thinks, It breathes, It plots, It sees\
Everything
It blurs the lines in between
God and machine
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10. |
An Exodus in Itself
03:27
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I’m letting go of all I know
I’m searching for some room to grow
The path it bends, it breaks, it folds
To color in the currents of my soul
I’ve never felt more alive
Rip me apart while galaxies collide
Question why I should even try
Lost in myself
As the time passed me by
Forget the fraud, forget the system
I’m searching for peace
To find my rhythm
These dark eyes may appear weary
But I’ve never seen things more clearly
I know that I have been wrong before
Watch the colors melt into the floor
I’m letting go of all I know
I’m searching for some room to grow
The path it bends, it breaks, it folds
To color in the currents of my soul
and I don’t know if I can handle
Coloring in the currents of my soul
It’s blatantly obvious
In this state of consciousness
The human condition is that we are all in remission
Resigned to a fate
That we will one day
Die old and alone
In someone else’s home
But I could make a mark
If I knew where to start
It’s so hard to decipher
The intentions of a viper
I see with brand new eyes
They’re just the blind
Leading the blind
The blind
The blind are leading the blind
In time you will find
That the look in their eyes
Is broken and anguished
Hopeless yet shameless
I’m letting go of all I know
I’m searching for some room to grow
The path it bends, it breaks, it folds
To color in the currents of my soul
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