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Fragments
06:11
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EVERYTHING OF WORTH MEANS NOTHING IN THE END
ALL THAT IS REVERED WILL BE LOST TO THE WIND
EVER DRIFTING INWARDS, NEVER GAINING GROUND
INSULAR PERSPECTIVE, DROWNING IN OURSELVES
TIME IS AN ANCHOR, BODY IS A TOMB
A LIFE FORGOTTEN WHEN THE HOUR IS THROUGH
INSIDE THE WALLS OF TIME, WE CANNOT GRASP ITS ENDLESS DIRECTION
CAUGHT WITHIN THE TIDE, WE CANNOT KNOW THE SIZE OF THE WAVE
SEEING THROUGH OUR EYES, WE ARE BLIND TO PERSPECTIVE
WE MUST REALISE, WE ARE MERELY RIPPLES IN A VAST SEA
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Burial
05:03
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IN FOLLY YOU WILL REST
DIRT PRESSED AGAINST YOUR CHEST
DESTRUCTIVE LIFE, THROUGH AND THROUGH
NOW THE MOUTH WILL SWALLOW YOU
LOVE BEQUEATHED BY THE WOMB
LAYING IN A LAVISH TOMB
BURDEN IN DEATH, AS IN LIFE
CASKET PIERCES LIKE A JAGGED KNIFE
YOUR DEPARTURE, YOU HAVE PREPARED
DISMISSED THE LIVES YOU COULD HAVE SPARED
FINAL ACT DEVOID OF GRACE
SELF IMPORTANT RESTING PLACE
BURIED DEEP YOU WILL STAY
AN OPEN WOUND WHERE YOU LAY
WHEN I’M LOWERED INTO THE GROUND
WRAP MY BODY IN A SHROUD
DON’T LAY ME NEATH PRODIGAL STONE
LET THE EARTH FEED ON MY LIFELESS BONES
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Moment
06:13
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HERE WE RESIDE
FOR A BRIEF MOMENT IN TIME
ILLUSION OF AWARENESS
TO OUR BODIES CONFINED
GIFT OF CONSCIOUSNESS
PROJECTION OF THE MIND
TO OUR REALITY
WE ARE BLIND
THERE IS NOTHING MORE
NO ETERNAL PLAN
THE ARROW OF TIME
FORETELLS OUR DECLINE
TEMPORARY VESSEL
GIVEN TO THE GROUND
OUR LIVES AMOUNT TO NOTHING
NO SALVATION FOUND
WE MUST COMPREHEND
THAT THERE WILL BE AN END
WE SPEND OUR LIVES
SERVING SENSELESS DESIRES
COUNTLESS LEFT BEHIND
WE HAVE BROKEN THE TIES THAT BIND
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Plague
04:54
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RUINOUS TRAIL OF MAN
GREED IS THE CATALYST
DESTRUCTIVE PATH PERSISTS
ENDLESSLY
ENSLAVED, SUFFERING
DECAYING LAND
WE HAVE DEVOURED
APPROACHING THE FINAL HOUR
WE ARE THE MALIGNANT WOUND
ALL THERE IS WILL BE CONSUMED
WE IGNORE ALL THE HURT CREATED BY OUR HANDS
PARASITES BLEEDING DRY THE LAND ON WHICH WE STAND
DROWNING IN THE LIFEBLOOD OF THIS WORLD WE HAVE SLAIN
WHEN WE’RE GONE WE WILL LEAVE AN EVERLASTING PAIN
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Passing
02:14
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Confined
04:42
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DO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO EXPLOIT LIFE?
FORCED TO SUBMIT, THEY SURRENDER TO THE KNIFE
HIDDEN; OUT OF VIEW
VICTIMS OF APATHY
FREEDOM, THEY NEVER KNEW
CYCLE OF MISERY
SHACKLED, ABUSED, A LIVING HELL
A LIFETIME CONFINED TO A DECREPIT CELL
SACRIFICED THEIR NATURAL LIVES TO FULFIL OUR MEANINGLESS DESIRES
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Detachment
06:37
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BORN ENSLAVED, TIED IN CHAINS
THE GREAT DIVIDE WE HAVE MAINTAINED
INHERITED A WORLD OF SCORN AND SORROW
WE OFFER THEM NO HOPE FOR TOMORROW
WILFULLY BLIND TO THEIR PAIN
WE SHOW THEM NOTHING BUT DISDAIN
FROM EMPATHY WE HAVE RESIGNED
OUT OF SIGHT AND OUT OF MIND
THEIR DESPERATION WE IGNORE
BECOMING ALL THAT WE DEPLORE
UNRESPONSIVE TO THEIR CRIES
SEVERED OUR HUMAN TIES
COMPASSION HIDES BEHIND A VEIL
APATHETIC THOUGHTS PREVAIL
SELFISHNESS HAS SOWN THE SEED
CONSTANT CYCLE, ENDLESS GREED
IN SEARCH OF ABSTRACT DESIRES
ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE
ARTIFICIAL WEALTH WE PURSUE
A NARROW MINDED POINT OF VIEW
HOW CAN WE CLOSE OUR EYES TO THEIR ENDLESS SUFFERING?
HOW CAN WE TURN AWAY WHILE THEY’RE LIVING IN PAIN?
HOW HAVE WE LOST OUR SENSE OF MORALITY?
FORGOTTEN THOSE LEFT BEHIND; WHERE IS OUR HUMANITY?
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Decay
04:35
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EVILS OF MANKIND, DESTINED TO REPEAT
VEIL OF PROGRESS, MASKING THEIR DECEIT
DEALING IN DECEPTION; OPPRESSIVE REGIME
ECHOES OF THE PAST ARE NOW SURFACING AGAIN
NOTHING LEARNED FROM DAYS OF OLD
OUR CURRENT PATH HAS BEEN FORETOLD
ARCHAIC DOCTRINES THEY DEFEND
EXPLOIT THE LAND, MEANS TO AN END
CRIMES OF THE PAST THAT WE CONDEMN
COMMITTED TIME AND TIME AGAIN
AGAIN
AGAIN
AGAIN
AND AGAIN
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