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Human Supremacy Illusion
07:12
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We are the reason for the changing of the tide
It saves itself rendering us defenseless
Fleeting chances for us to value our lives
It frees itself preparing for tougher times ahead
Hard to tell if this is surviving when we fabricate
On a fine line when all signs indicate
We’ve overstayed life
Our goals in cheating death have left piles of reeking flesh
(Cheating death at the bottom)
Down at the bottom, all I see is a mess
Our goals in cheating death are left in piles of reeking flesh
(Cheating death at the bottom)
They’re down at the bottom of the sea to collect
We are the reason for the failing of our kind
To save ourselves invites a wrath relentless
Selfish advances, not past one day in our lives
You leave us with reflection through tougher times ahead
They’re down at the bottom of the sea to collect
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Terminal
07:30
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Come of age, we will know
And all refuse to believe
Selling short the soul
Try to quell this fear
Softening these bones
I can’t repel this premonition
Losing sight of home
Rewind - what mark have I left behind?
A fingerprint on the world
No blame as to why I’m circling the drain
Time is up, terminal, time is up
Changes in predetermined mortality
Puts in perspective, a useless agenda
What’s been taken for granted comes to the fold
And when I’m called on, I attempt
To consolidate my abridged existence
Try to quell this fear
Softening these bones
I can’t repel this premonition
Losing sight of home
Take a lesson here
When precious time is sold
Bodies in broken condition
The strongest I behold
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Until the Dust Clears
04:15
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Surely I’ve been tested enough
I can handle anything your depraved god gives me
Not a blessing if it’s taken away
I’m in dudgeon that you still pray
I have concluded we are not one and the same
Nothing happens for reasons we cannot explain
You must accept this
We are not one and the same
In reality, there’s a place in my heart for you
I can’t expect you to know what I feel
I speak to a stone out of superstition
In hopes my voice can carry to her on its own
Not addressing that I’m fooling myself
In times I think I cannot be helped
I learned I could love more in four days
And resent the world forever
I learned I could love more in four days
And resent the world
In reality, there’s a place in my heart for you
I can’t expect you to know how I feel
I harbor no ill will
There’s still a place in my heart for you
I can’t expect you to know what I feel
Expect you to know what I feel
This is what I feel
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4. |
Rainy Season
03:42
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5. |
Of Conviction
08:40
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This was who I was
Talking the talk to convince myself
But the actions, in turn, spoke so clearly
And it wasn’t all I did
Mostly what I could not bring
Myself to do by refusing to trust what I said
Man of conviction
Or so they say
My own volition
To find the way
This is who I am
And guiding all that I strive to be
The substructure of what is me
Everyone I admire
In the aura surrounding
Stitches the gaps and expands the scope of the headspace
Dig in deeper, hold in, reach out
Beings mutually connected in the aether
I don’t want to wait for the answers
To arrive at my door
This mind on a course inward bound
I don’t want to think for a moment
I can turn a blind eye
For there is sun beyond the clouds
Hindsight breathes after the ‘now’
And life keeps moving on
Oxidize the gear
And age the lasting cord beyond repair
Weakening with every hesitation
There’s a swelling fear of failure
Aphantasia
I’ve been a reeling prisoner for so long
Now I’m standing high above me
And I’m seeking healing behind these deceitful eyes
And all of you are real inside this dream
I’m moving on
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Deeper
05:40
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Stuck inside the hour of thirteen
Loss of sleep
Futile vice, the warm embrace, crowns me
king of nigh
Plead for awhile as the mind descends
I’m trying to hold onto the light
Therapy finds us in varied forms
Cryptically
Matted ground - the cycle has played out
Where I reside
In here I long to feel alive again
I’m trying to hold onto the light
Where do we begin when it falls apart?
Bitter truths have been unveiled
Where do we stand when it falls apart?
Try to hold onto the light
Where do we begin when it falls…?
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Anabasis Syracuse, New York
Anabasis is a progressive metal outfit formed in 2016 based in the Central New York area. Members of Spire (NY), Perpetual Burn, Steep, and Glass Skeleton Death March.
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