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The Arrival
01:17
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Lying on my back, waking with a gasp
I stare at the suffocating clouds above me
Pale whispers in my head, just who or what have I been?
I have no memory of my arrival.
I scramble to my feet, had I been running from something?
Echoes lost in this endless sea of grey.
Lifeless dunes roll forever in my mind,
couldn't possibly find my way.
This pit in my stomach
I feel I've been chased
Chased by some apparition
Through time and space
This specter haunting me
Across these umbral plains
The shadows lengthen and
I begin to fear the worst
The faintest suggestion
Hollowing out my soul
This grave abomination
I brought upon myself
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2. |
Scarlet Waves
03:50
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I heard it coming
Creeping in from all around me
The crushing desolation and
the futility it leaves
The unnerving revelation that this is
all that could ever be.
The final disorder of all forms
It will all cease to be
This will pass
through the scarlet waves before me
Intuition eradicates it
as quickly as it came to be
I've reached the absence
Struggling to breathe
In this void I see the truth,
how it all comes undone
The silence is whispering
its incoherent ramblings
Finally our names will vanish
and the dust will have won
This will pass
through the scarlet waves before me
Intuition eradicates it
as quickly as it came to be
This will pass
through the golden days before me
Intuition gives way to
every fighting breath within me
Did I really see the end,
or was it in my mind?
Is it all truly destined
to whither away and die?
If my vision clears
and I see the other side
Will my escape from this
Smothering emptiness be
Denied?
Will this pass
through the blackened skies before me?
Pressed to cross this chasm
a thousand lives wide
Could I exist
within this great divide?
Could I outlast the end,
the ravager of time?
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3. |
Triad
01:16
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Different parts with
different means to
different ends
Once unified
But too much damage
over too much time
The pieces tore away
Be it by
Land
Order
Temper
Be it by
Betrayal
Ignorance
Fatigue
It crumbled so fast
Volatile, complex minds
Rotting each others' unstable cores
All sides seek allegiance
Be it by
Hearsay
Half-truths
Lies
Be it by
Factions
Call to arms
Cries of war
Three lives
Three paths
Three destinies
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4. |
Midnight Silk
03:45
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Timelines intertwined
Midnight silk flows
Framing a star not soon forgotten
Your familiar eyes travel
My hand in tow
Our emerald valley bathes
in the violet sky below
Your flaws are forgotten
Your faults are forgiven
Imperfection-free
Rendering you incomplete
Our emerald valley
Will forever wait
Timelines unraveling
Tangled and suffocating
The Foundation cracking
The beginning is fading
This ocean I built
Childish dreaming
Our emerald valley
Crumbling fantasy
Your flaws are forgotten
Your faults are forgiven
Imperfection-free
Rendering you incomplete
Our emerald valley
Will forever wait
Remove these nails from the splintering frame
Let the whole thing reduce to ash
Had I known what it was built upon
I would have torched it to the ground myself
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5. |
The Bonelands
01:37
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6. |
The Tide
00:55
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7. |
Halo
03:28
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Unbridled fire
Shimmering essence
For one brief moment
I was one with all
Fragile ring of light
I grasped too tight
I couldn't contain it
I lost it all
Begging for its tangibility
Awaiting my return to reality
Halo
Your light is far too bright for me
But I have my burns
and your name written in ash
They serve their purpose
They remain to remind
Your monolithic beauty
is as out of reach as it is divine
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8. |
Crystalline Malice
01:36
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Across the ages
Vague instincts whispered
Shadow catalyst buried deep
Built to annihilate
Long dormant gateways
Hidden in the blood
The cracked future
Forged to decimate
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9. |
Scorched Beyond
03:30
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The flames of the desert always burn brighter
when a conclusion has been reached
The dying sands whisper through
and the smoke is frowning upon
The answer lies in the mirage
Damaged and trying to survive
I look into the blurred charade
and I see where my black heart lies
The surface of the bedrock always burns hotter
when the truth is so close
Trying to save myself
When there is so little left
The answer lies in the mirage
Frothing and taunting and leering at me
I strain to see my fate unfold
My precious answer is the mirage
The fires of the sand resonate louder
throughout a time long dead
The answer is clear
and its caressing me
But can you feel the searing heat?
Am I evolving?
The dreams had become my reality
And I am just awakening
The dunes of forever reaching toward me
A thousand screams released
My melting husk sheds away
And my new flesh is freed
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10. |
Figure Eights
04:04
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Time and reason atrophy
Circulating endlessly
A road of discontent
To wander in Infinity
Fighting to reach an end
Stand your eternal ground
Drain away into the black
Just to loop back around
Bite the snake's tail
Trying to End it before it transforms
No more withdrawing, No more waiting
Patiently, obediently
Only to find I've done it again
I promised myself
It doesn't end
It won't end
It can't end
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11. |
Rights to the Flesh
03:03
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Irrelevant fading specter
Damned to your own delusions
Bypassing life's portals
Immobilized by your fears
Fractured failing wraith
Although you may deny
You have a natural ability
For manifesting lies
I bide my time
and hold my ideals high
I was mistaken
but I didn't fall far this time
Your shamble through this desert
Has truly sealed your fate
And when you finally falter
I'll feast on what is mine
I've chased you to this point
Gnawing on the back of your mind
The shield of your denial
Can only hide you so long
I bide my time
and hold my ideals high
I was mistaken
but I didn't fall far this time
I feel your jaws
and I will not yield
I reject your accusations
and embrace nothingness
You're expected to take the path
That path is lined with poison
That road was lain before you
Past it, I saw the depths of shame
You used to yearn it
The truth made me despise it
So your choice is carved in stone?
Until my grisly end
You think this about you?
Is my guilt not enough?
How do you justify your hurtful words?
I didn't really mean it...
She will carry it to her grave
I didn't know
And the blame will be yours forever
I didn't know
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12. |
Wrong World
05:37
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None of it fits
Years of wandering found nothing
This place is haunted with the shadows
of what should have been
Dreaming execution in other times
Breathing vindication in former lives
I missed it
Every time, upon my return
Its all broken
The pieces dissolve in my eyes
And I forget what they are
Impossible shapes
I try to absorb
They reject me
and dismantle all reason
I was born into the wrong world
It mangled my erratic DNA
The very fabric of my being
is laying waste to all around me
I pierce through my surroundings
In search of anything to validate me
I once thought as a god
In parallel lives, I was one
I am not long for this plane
I will be sure of it
Detached from other living realms
Disillusioned by the shades and their tricks
Forgotten fabricated memories
Left behind in the wrong world
I demand escape
Every shred of every thread
of this paralyzed existence
I will savagely rip apart
Through the pain and absolution of death
This reality and its scathing lies
Will burn forever before me
And I will resurrect
As I was meant to be
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Pyract Albuquerque, New Mexico
Combining influences from the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and Ministry, Pyract creates plenty of noise that still remains accessible.
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