1. |
Drowning
10:15
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Gripping on driftwood,
no land in sight
Trapped by the ocean,
in the dead of night
Loosening grip
Cling for dear life
Crackling of thunder
Piercing white light
Falling below
Tumbling into darkness
In terror I kick for my life
Reaching for the fading surface light
Proprioception
lost
Tumbling forever
Which way is up?
Maw of the ocean
swallows me whole
Unending darkness
below
Deep sea terrors
hiding
In my periphery
their smooth forms gliding
Through impenetrable
darkness
Eldritch eyes
gaze into me
From the depths of the abyss
below me,
Unknown horrors
lick at my feet
In desperation
I'm grasping
at anything
That can pull me free
Sickly touch
of tentacles
Gripping me
Flailing arms
Kicking legs
Struggling to break free
No hope
of reprieval
from this watery grave
A futile
effort
In survival's name
Air
Leaves my mouth
Water
Fills my lungs
Pain
Sears my chest
Fear
Grips my heart
In final hours
Peace
envelops me
Despite
my imminent
loss of life
My soul roams free
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2. |
The Pilgrimage
08:03
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Wander
Drag your feet
Through the mire
In procession
Of the lost and frail
Delight
In the night
For the sun's rays
Sear your pale flesh now
There'll be no light
A tunnel without end
Drag your feet
Through the mire
In procession
Of the lost and frail
Delight
In the night
For the Sun's rays
Sear your pale flesh now
There'll be no light
A tunnel without end
Breathe, poisoned, air
Incense, will not cleanse
Unholy stench
Pilgrim
A splash of red
Marks the gates
Of the temple
You seek to desecrate
Communion
One mil transfusions
Through the skin
Your pock-marked flesh
Reveals the shame
Coveted within
Sacrament
Of the lost
Of the frail
The blood of god
Flowing through your veins
Delusion
One thousand times
Never again
The lies you've told
Become the scripture
of your new religion
Seeking salvation
in the dying light
Death release me
death set me free
My only comfort
is mortality
Death release me
death set me free
Seeking salvation
in the dying light
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3. |
Autogenocide
08:52
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The eternal wheel
of ages slowly turns
Crushing bodies
in gears of stone
An intense manifestation
of self-loathing
in the killing of others
Step-by-step,
The heritage destroyed
Cultural vandal
Word-by-word,
The language is lost
Cultural vandal
Upturn
The once-tilled fields
To hide the bodies!!
Angkara
returns us
to Year Zero
Abandon
cities of wonder
for the killing fields
Millennia
of (Khmer) culture
torn down
from within
Mass slaughter
slaughter!
Autogenocide
As the ocean
gouges at land
so we
are washed away
in torrents of blood
This universe
does not heed
our demise
Cultural vandal
autogenocide
Cultural... vandal...
[REPEAT x2]
Cultural vandal... autogenocide!
[REPEAT x5]
This track features lyrics by former vocalist Bryce (2016-2017).
An earlier version of Autogenocide appeared on a 2017 demo that featured the lineup of Bryce (vocals), Simon (bass), Adam (drums) and Dave (guitar). The arrangement, bass, and lead guitar on this album were developed by Dave, Adam, Josh, and Sam.
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4. |
Chorus of Despair
07:56
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As the day's
Eye seals shut
The frost sets in
The fires start to light
In futility they fight
Feeble against the night
As memory fades
The truth is bent
A tale is now born
Cold, this forlorn song
In denial of the divine
All is lost
As we drift
ever into sleep
We close
our astral eyes
In the night
Thousand eyed gaze
Stares in silence
Feel the despair taking grip
Hear the chorus of their fears
Swallowed whole by the wind
Eloquent and sly
The lie takes on life
The belief becomes the cure
This disease that seems so pure
In denial of the divine
All is lost
As we drift
ever into sleep
We close
our astral eyes
Illusionary script
Times hand
Painted never ticks
Entranced
by the thousand eyes of night
We've forgotten
the eye of the light
A corruption of the light
Disguised as the divine
A scripture devised by those
Who've lost touch with the divine
A choir led by the hands
Of those who defile the divine
A mockery of the fact
That we're all born of one mind
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5. |
Simian Apocalypse
11:17
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Genetically modified
Product of scientific hubris
In the search for a cure
For mental mortality
Breathing in Caesar's mist – No!
Out of their cages and down the hill
Free the apes at Gensys and the zoo and
Take the fight to the pigs!
The fight to be free!
Out of the cages, and into the trees
INTO THE TREES!!!
SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
Laboratory apes blamed for the retrovirus
SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
Product of hubris and greed
SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
Engineered in a lab – Koba's revenge
Starts with Patient Zero of the Simian Flu
Mercenary force pursues the apes
To protect the holy profits
An avatar of human destruction
The Alpha and Omega unleashed
Humans turn on each other
As desperation sets in
In GenSys's dying gasps
The firestorm is unleashed
But the mercenaries are killed
By those they've marked to die
But the apes escape and survive ...
THEY THRIVE!
Eight winters pass
While the apes build a home
Immune humans persist
On the wreckage of the capitalist system
Intelligent apes create a culture
An orangutan teaches how to read
Apes hunt and gather
While humans survive on their canned supplies
And defend themselves with weapons
That cannot be replaced
SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
Laboratory apes blamed for the retrovirus
SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
Product of hubris and greed
SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
Engineered in a lab – Koba's revenge
Starts with Patient Zero of the Simian Flu
SIMIAN APOCALPYSE!
Ape city in the Muir Wood
SIMIAN APOCALYPSE!
An ape prince is born!
Apes hunt deer in the forest
Food for chimps and gorillas
But instead they find a bear
Savage mauling, scarred but he survives
A gunshot rings out in the forest!
Young apes scream and cry!
They scream and cry!
A chance encounter
As humans attempt
To rebuild an impossible world
Ape society comes under pressure
Koba stages a violent coup …
Caesar's failed peace
Imprisoned the loyal
Humans rounded up
Behold the End Times!
As humans engage
Once more in futility
The Mayor summons the Colonel
The apes build a new citadel
Their Day of Judgment has arrived
It’s not what they imagined
Their holy books a lie
On the back of the truth
Simian Apocalypse!
An earlier version of Simian Apocalypse appeared on a 2017 demo that featured the lineup of Bryce (vocals), Simon (bass), Adam (drums) and Dave (guitar). The arrangement, bass, and lead guitar on this album were developed by Dave, Adam, Josh, and Sam.
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