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The Deep
03:03
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Marked For Birth
02:54
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Memories
05:35
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The snow falls lightly on the ground
And there’s not a soul around
The echoes in the empty halls
Reveal the folly of it all
No shades of grey
So far away
Compassion is subtle in this simulated home
But still he tries to make the grade
Attachment is labored when you only have the phone
And all that’s said’s a masquerade
But still he prays
As ivy slowly climbs the walls
Precision makes the time just crawl
But still it’s never quite enough
Always afraid they’ll call his bluff
Oppressive surroundings they will often leave a mark
A pressing need to fill the void
Unyielding comparisons are kindling the spark
Abundance of wealth devoid of joy
And yet he still finds a way to try and make a mark
The fatal flaw for all to see
Takes all of his strength for him to stay out of the dark
But finding the void will set him free.
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Filling My Soul
07:04
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Running head first at the world
I finally have my steam
Won't see what hit them till its all too late now
To inundate the emptiness
has always been my dream
And I wont stop until I find my soul's been filled up somehow
Once I get to take my chance
Then I'll be master of the dance
Echoes from the emptiness
Reveal my shame and pettiness
The more I try to fill the void
The more hollow it becomes
Guess that I'll just have to double down now
Vacant soul inside you
I wont do it over
Barren soul inside you
Searching for a way to fill the void now
Wasted soul inside you
Trappings have to fill the needing somehow
Fruitless soul inside you
Cannot see the point to even try now
As I start to pull the load it grows with every step
No need for a filter on the flow now
The heavier the load becomes the more I have to prep
Limitations to my aim are something that I cant allow
The burden on me makes me strong
You wont convince me that I'm wrong
The added weight and strain will show how superhuman I've become
Ignore the voice now screaming that
There must be something wrong
The thoughts of losers that I will not allow
Vacant soul inside you
I wont do it over
Barren soul inside you
Searching for a way to fill the void now
Wasted soul inside you
Trappings have to fill the needing somehow
Fruitless soul inside you
Achieve my goals of failure makes it right now
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Wandering the Wilderness
04:48
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Conscience
08:45
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That look in your eyes
Speaking to me of the mis-steps I've made all along
Nothing but that can convince me I'm wrong
I just can’t disguise
Thinking that I could do so much more when I’m alone
But it’s more likely I’d sink like a stone
Well here I go now
Finding a way not to
Swallow my conscience again
Why can't I see it’s a only a sin
Well I just don't know how
A way to avoid anything
Consequential at all
Caring will only lead to the fall
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Riptide
02:46
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Surrendered to the flow concealed from watchers far above
Guided by a force beyond all hate or love
For once I start to see the folly of my common ways
But still can’t find the reason for this general malaise
The light above dissolves into a dark and endless void
All sense of life around me now has all but been destroyed
Black canvas to project the image of my thoughts and fears
An epic painting chronicling the sum of all my long and wasted years
Is this a second chance to see the truth, not just what I desire?
Remove the deadweight kin to so much driftwood burning on the fire
How can I take the chance when there is so much here to lose
Uncertain of the path that I must choose.
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All the Same
06:16
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Its another day
And I don’t know if I can still maintain
If I've misjudged by heart then nothing will remain
My mind starts to stray
And I don't know if I can take the pain
Decisions turn to outcomes driving me insane
But if its all a game and there's no point to stomping out the flames
I'll set the funeral pyre and watch till all but ashes will remain
Was it a waste of time to build the paper walls in which I hide
I do not think that I can face the world outside
Its another day
And I believe that I can bear the strain
Its either that or find a way to face my shame
Weakness on display
The only option I can't entertain
Imperfection is a truth that I disdain
But if we're all the same and weakness is just part of our refrain
If everything I thought I knew has only served to cause me pain
If I allow the next tide to dissolve the walls that I have built
Exposed and powerless left only with my guilt
I can’t believe how weak you've become
without my voice to choose your path
What made you believe that feeling would
ever make you be a better man in the eyes of anyone
These ideas don't mean anything
They just make you weak and want to avoid the
Fights of life
Treading water with the weight is the only think
That will let you get ahead now
Its another day
And I've removed the doubt that held me back
Renewed intent to gather all that I still lack
I wont fade away
New energy to restart the attack
A firm foundation for a megalomaniac
I just wont contain the drive to capture all I can obtain
My greatest joy comes from knowing that I don't have to explain
With newfound will I choose the passage
I believe wont drag me down
With blissful ignorance I'm on my way to
Drown in the rising tide
If there is a path to triumph
First you have to know the ends
Stepping back from tunnel vision
Will help to understand the mission
Balance in your life
Yes in your life
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I Don't Know
04:22
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Why can't I fill the growing void
It just doesn't matter anymore
Why am I now so paranoid
I just don't have the words to say
I don't know how to make it go away
And I'm not sure why
I don't know what to do from day to day
I just keep holding on
I can't show how I really feel inside
No matter how I try
All that I once believed in now had died
A never ending con
I just don't know if there's a way to grow
But it doesn't matter anyway
I just don't know the things that I don't know
I just cant say it matters anyway
I just don't know if there's a way to grow
But it doesn't matter anyway
Even knowing what I didn't know
I just cant say it matters anyway
I don't know how to make it go away
And I'm not sure why
I don't know what to do from day to day
I just keep holding on
I can't show how I really feel inside
No matter how I try
Even with ignorance identified
It just keeps holding on
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In This World
05:30
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There's a chance that I can make it in this world
Maybe not just keep my head afloat
But finally find my way onto the shore
I don't know if I can find tranquility
But I am starting to believe I can
Make a final push to get back home
But in this world
There's not much to believe in
I can't be sure
I'll make it on my own
And if there is a chance
To find my way back home now
I just cannot say
That I will find the way
And in the world
There's not much to believe in
And in this world
There's not much to believe
What's the chance that I can make it in this world
Should I spend the time and risk the hope
Or drop beneath the waves and drift away
But now what if I can brave the mist and swim
Do I have strength enough to pull the deadweight
Venturing to places yet unknown
Stepping back I see the rope that's tied around my core
I start to think that I could cut it
Let the deadweight fall into the void
But soon the dark fog obstructs the distant shore
I strain to see the beacon light
But I don't know if I can still hold on
Cause in this world, there's not much to believe in
I'm just not sure I'll make it on my own
And if there's hope to finally find my way back home now
I just can't say if I'll go all the way
And in the world
There's not much to believe in
And in this world
There's not much to believe
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Another Chance Today
09:28
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Once you soak in all of this
Stepping back from the abyss
Now you’ve set your ballast free
Think you see the ends you can’t attain
But you just can’t stand the pain
Once you think you know it all
You’ve never had so far to fall
Scream again your safe refrain
Another sunken chance to act humane
Cause you just can’t stand the pain
Once you’ve set your mind to it
You give up more than you’d admit
Despite your chances to explain
You try but you can’t always make it rain
Cause it’s too much fucking pain
But in the middle of the dance you start to recognize the flaw
“It doesn’t matter if I understand the point at all”
“The things I clung to in my past to make sure I could stay afloat”
“Did nothing but distract me from the safety rope”
“If I’m a different man then I don’t know if I can take the shame”
“Of never really knowing when or where to lay the blame”
“But it’s another chance to cut the deadweight loose and find my soul”
“Will I take it or drift to a distant shore?”
It’s another chance today
It’s another chance to put the lighthouse in your sites
Loose the anchor and reclaim your life
It’s another chance today
It’s another way to find it on your own again
It’s not too late to set your world alight
It’s another chance today
It’s another chance to finally fill your heart and then
Empty it of all that held you back
It’s another chance today
It’s another way to let the deadweight fall away
Never looking back to see it go
Your backbone is hit or miss
Can you really handle this?
An outcome you can’t dismiss
Comfort is not easy to obtain
It just might be worth the pain.
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Inspired by the likes of Dream Theater, Opeth, Pain of Salvation, Riverside, and Spock’s Beard, Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) delivers their own style of Heavy Prog Rock with a modern aggressive punch.
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