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Circadian Promise
00:43
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Skyward
04:32
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Through the bleak depths of a darkened, barren hell, we’ll wander with uncertainty as long as
Our sights are fixed, always looking down, down upon ourselves, and all that is around us
If we have any hope of surviving our views must shift, all thoughts must progress forward
Crippled by the fear of failure you'll hesitate to make your way.
We're playing not to lose a hand in this pointless game. So rise up from your grave and look towards the sky
Face to face, confront your executioner
Don the mask of the condemned
A sharpened blade held to the neck
Do you accept or make a stand?
Hesitate – inaction is opportunity
Rise up from your grave
Reach out and grasp the upper hand
Ascension is skyward
Care not where you’re cast your outlook spans the void, turning hell into a heaven
Vanquish the past, live in the now nothing is forever so look towards the sky.
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Cruelty of the Host Star
03:45
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When lying sleepless in the night time, go forth and look into the barren sky
Observe celestial destruction and indulge in the cruelty of the host star
Without a care, a blight on your surroundings just like a terminal disease
Infecting all that comes in contact, a silent famine that eviscerates with ease
The blinding rays of supernova preceding gravitational collapse
Methodically deconstructing energy, an unending dirge of brutality
There is a finite level of expansion before you break under your weight
With constricted vision, you cannot see our laws have no say in this
uncontrollable atmosphere
No lives matter
By the time I see you, you'll all be dead
Event horizon, devours all prerecorded entities, light years away
A fair warning forced to heed the end, is coming for us all so prepare your final hour
The blinding rays of supernova preceding gravitational collapse
Methodically deconstructing energy, an unending dirge of brutality
This is the cruelty of the host star, forever radiating mortality
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Diminishing Returns
06:57
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Follow me close on paths forgotten
Shadow my steps on trails long-trodden
Where are we going?
Deep in the psyche of rational thought
Let it remind me of what it has wrought
Why wont you free me?
What is it worth? (Enlighten me)
What is the cost? (Diminish Me)
Where are we going?
When does it end? (a harbinger sent)
My sanity rend (a harbinger lost)
We are back at the start
At the beginning, it was all so clear, every piece seamlessly fell into place
Now that I draw close to the end, my breath is weary, I am tired
What have I to reflect on, what have I to leave behind,
What wisdom shall I adorn my kin with aside from the truth
There is no room in this world for empathy, there is no time in this realm for peace
Defy this, my friend and you'll die alone
Follow me close on paths forgotten
Shadow my steps on trails long-trodden
Where are we going?
Deep in the psyche of rational thought
Let it remind me of what it has wrought
Why wont you free me?
What is it worth? (Enlighten me)
What is the cost? (Diminish Me)
Where are we going?
When does it end? (a harbinger sent)
My sanity rend (a harbinger lost)
We are back at the start
Lead us there, send us back, where have we gone, lost our way home
Venom you drink, sever the link, before all burns our diminishing returns
In pursuit of diminishing returns
Forever chasing that what holds us back
In pursuit of diminishing returns
Forever chasing that what holds us back
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The Apothecary
07:10
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What ails do you bear
Just how can I help
With your pain? Please do enlighten me
Tell me what brings you into my realm
How can this resolve
How much is this fix
Worth to you, for life comes at a cost
I can give you pure tranquility
Grant me poison
Sell me death
Cleanse my sickness
All is cured when I banish my-self into hell
I am over
This endgame
If I stay here
I will roam the earth alone and revoke my soul
Praise the dead
Curse the living
Feed me death
Your gratitude I will sure hold
Why choose this resolve
What lies have you sold
Throughout life that bring your eyes to tears?
Drink up, this will all end soon
Give up your soul
You will succumb
To your fate, given you trust in me
Brace yourself, you won't survive the fall
No
You fail to understand
I dont want to just kill my body
I want to exit this plane
My sins too many to count
My guilt too crushing to bear
I've taken too much and given too little
This is the last I will share
Grant me poison
Sell me death
Cleanse my sickness
All is cured when I banish myself into hell
I am over
This endgame
If I stay here
I will roam the earth alone and revoke my soul
Feed me poison
Feed me death
Praise the dead
Curse the living
Feed me death, your gratitude I will sure hold
Why choose this resolve
What lies have you sold
Throughout life, that bring your eyes to tears
Drink up, this will all end soon
Give up your soul
You will succumb
To your fate, given you trust in me
Brace your-self, you won't survive the fall
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Archaic Decapitator Connecticut
Archaic Decapitator is a five-piece death metal band from Connecticut, that fuses the aggressive melody of Scandinavian metal bands like Hypocrisy and Insomnium with elements of black metal and thrash. These influences work symbiotically in order to create powerful and emotional sound that simultaneously holds its own message. ... more
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