1. |
PHENOMENA
03:00
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The dark shadow, hanging in the room
Ominous presence, impending doom
The building pressure, maintaining poise
Elevating pleasure to eliminate the noise
Every elements abrasive on the skeleton
Falling down has become the norm
Time is wasted
Real life's adjacent
Tell me now
Now, now, now, yeah
I need to know if I'll be welcomed down below
So tell me, tell me, tell me
Staring in my soul, surrendering control
Facing the darkest of days
I'm gripped by rage
The same grind on repeat
The same routine, biting hard, facing defeat
Change the lens to see a different point of view
The pessimistic optimist who's favourite colours blue
Reflect on sentiment confirm my resolve
Telling hard truths that need to be told
It's written on your face
It's over ya head
Tell me now
Whats the point
Staring in my soul, surrendering control
Facing the darkest of days
I'm gripped by rage
You're standing in your own glass home
And still you throw the fucking stone
When the answer stares you in the face
You turn your back and brace
You're in your own glass home
And still you throw the fucking stone
Struggle for survival
Alone to roam
You've hollowed your senses
And raised your defences
Telling hard truths that need to be told
Another body being sent down below
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2. |
YEAR OF THE RAT
02:31
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It seems emotion is devoid in me
Head pressed to the floor, woke up like dis
Desires expressed which turn to plea's
Gather round everybody follow me
Is this another test being presented to me
From all you fake fucks that aim to please
I'm so removed I just don't care
Look in my eyes someone else is there
As I walk through the shadows and come into the light
It's to bright and it's hide or die
I look inside myself and find a craving that I just can't deny
Where did the day go
It's all black skies that matches this black inside
Littered with lantern light
It sets the ambience as I take flight
You cant deny the hate within
The dark knight, the coming fight will begin
Beware the blank stare, I'm plotting your demise
Avert your eyes
There's no saving my soul
No more hiding in skin
The guise I wore has slipped
I've embraced the animal
The animal within
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3. |
THE LAST WORD
03:06
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Tempting rejection
Not enough seconds to hold your attention
But the devil thats in question
Doesn't need the redemption
It takes a moment to realise
The fires burning in my eyes
As you embrace the horror
Your willing demise
As I strive to stay alive
Take the fucking knife out of my side
I'm trying to weather this storm on the inside
The best course for us to rise
Is for your demise
The daggers in your eyes
Hide the scars in your mind
Theres no soul to find
Will we ever be free
You cant stop the momentum
No holds barred acts of aggression
But the devil that I mentioned
Has taken full possession
Forcing me to lose all I hold dear
For a fragile future that presents so clear
I spit on fate, bitter is it's taste
I'm fucking done running this rat race
Stay there and burn in the flames
Welcome to an early grave
We couldn't be further from the same
Both forced to endure an unnecessary pain
I spit on fate, Bitter is it's taste
I'm fucking done running this rat race
I spit on fate, Bitter is it's taste
Fuck the rat race
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4. |
DUST KING
03:08
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A lonely throne sitting in an empire of nothing
Layers of filth line these untouched walls
A chorus of silence
An echo of violence
Speaks volumes in measures that ring right through these halls
What's left of this building in front of me
A reflection on me and my own dichotomy
I can't see how these forms are taking place
Void of vision the disposition is in my face
Down the stairs and through the halls
A decadent prison, I'm surrounded by walls
Sands run out, no time for self doubt
But what's it matter when you reigning in solitary
Stalking through the spaces
Suspended in stasis
Left to my devices
My humanity erases
Silent vices, made complacent
Fuck my humanity
They wanna keep me faceless
They wanna keep me faceless
A moment in time
Suspended in space
Black eyes in a hollow skull
Skin Stretched on a pale face
So pleased that his war is won
Reflecting on a setting sun
A lonely crown upon the head of a man
Long dead
A front row seat to the demise
You used to have stars in your eyes
To proud to realise
You needed to drop the disguise
I witnessed the bitterness as it took hold
As jealousy set a different resolve
Unable to shake the head state
That laid waste to the faces
Of the many that would have taken his place
A moment in time
Suspended in space
Black eyes in a hollow skull
Skin stretched on a pale face
So pleased that his war is won
Reflecting on a setting sun
A lonely crown sitting on the head
Of a man that's been long dead
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5. |
HALF DEAD, FULL SHRED
02:48
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You're spitting flowers from your mouth
While on the other side you seed doubt
You spread your venom
At the other end of the spectrum
People soak in the smile and lies that pour out
It's all in your head
A smile to hide the resentment
An attempt to refocus the attention
Your a snake in the grass
A scowl instead of a laugh
The coming fire will pass
And cleanse the ground of the farce
All your bullshit that surrounds
Ill watch as it all burns to the ground
Watch it burn Motherfucker
Watch it burn Motherfucker
Burn it to the ground
You're spitting flowers from your mouth
On the other side you're seeding doubt
You spread your venom
At the other end of the spectrum
People soak in the smile and lies that pour out
Embrace the horror in front of your eyes
You'll realise
I am one with the embers around
Enough is enough
I am the fire
Now you see me
I am the fire
Now you see me
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Curses Sydney, Australia
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