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Preface
04:00
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Worlds collide in anguish
No empathy
Two planes to wander
Talk endlessly
Stare at my reflection
My enemy
It makes me wonder
No right to be
You say you want me to forget
The things that made me who I am
You say you want me to forgive
You are the one who betrayed me
You say you want me to forget
You say you want me to forgive
Say that it’s only a dream
Say this will all go away
Say that it’s only a dream
Say you don’t want me awake
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2. |
Borderline Syndrome
06:48
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False gods and false reflections
Alone in a fabricated world
Epitomizing the human condition
Our lives are on display
None ask for our opinion
The wires entangle
I get back to my mundane routine
The simulacrum wakes
The artificial sun
Spilling light over it
A character in play
There is a storm
Brewing in my heart
Its acid rain
Is pouring down on me
I can barely see through the clouds
All I can do is feel the cold
Every inch of my being hurts
Trapped in the undertow
Twisted reflections
No one will ever see
Biased affection
You can’t spin the wheel
‘Cause we are like gods
They come to us on their knees
Begging for our help
We all sit on our thrones
Of paper and nothingness
We are like gods
Feeding on all their plights
Manifest opulence
This isn’t life or death
But who is in the right
Take your positions
We start the daily routine
White light, familiar face
Walking right up to me
You say you want me to help
I say I would be delighted
You say you are in debt
I say I understand
You came in yesterday and the day before
There is no easy solution
You say you want me to help
I say I would be delighted
You say you are in debt
I say I understand
Everything I do feels like it’s in vain
The world remains the same
You won’t find a way out of here
Out of your own misery
You won’t find a way out
Out of your misery
To leave this world
Dying light
Oh, you won’t find a way out
Out of your own misery
Dying light
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3. |
Smoke & Wires
08:04
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The pain never goes away
It’s always there, tearing at my soul
I’ve been through so much heartache and misery
The clock is ticking endlessly
The darkness is engulfing me
And I can't see the light
All I feel is pain and suffering
It's all-consuming
We're falling faster now
Dreaming of a time when we could touch the sky
We're wasting away in this dark place
And I can't find my way out
An obscure sound and dark reflections
Everything falls to pieces
Wind chimes into the hall
They came in the dead of night
Shadows hiding their faces
Sheer terror in their eyes
Out of all the places
I try to stay calm
No way to disarm
They want to leave no traces
Arms flailing around
Knees touching the ground
A rain of bullets spreads into every direction
I duck in desperate search for protection
The darkness is engulfing me
And I can't see the light
All I feel is pain and suffering
It's all-consuming
They start approaching me
Out the back, steel doors
Enter the code and try to get a glimpse
I am standing there motionless
A smug grin on their faces
Cold metal entwined in my veins
The darkness is engulfing me
Smoke and wires
Tangled in the debris
Of shattered dreams
Of shattered hope
Will someone set me free
B sheni erevon doroshkevitch
Oi tsum vunderlekh tsores nokh
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I travel down a long dark tunnel
Light at the end is growing dimmer and dimmer
Then suddenly a bright light
Awake but trapped inside my own mind
Body numb, can't move, can't scream
Voices around me start talking
About cutting me open
See them leaning over me
Smiling and joking
While they’re slicing me apart
I don't want to be a victim
Of some science experiment
Clinging to sanity by a thin thread
I am the pupil in the eye of the needle
Stitching up my seams with visible debt
The sutures hold me together
And I bear witness to my own dismemberment
From deep within this well of consciousness
I watch them sculpt and mold
Shaping me into something new
A work in progress, a blank canvas
Induced by a strange feeling
I’m emanating from within myself
I sit up and survey my surroundings
Humans trapped in awe
Friends and foes
Living the same fate
Indoctrinated by a higher power
For the first time I feel alive
A thin needle puts me to sleep
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5. |
Bleak
03:09
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I am lost in a world of shadows
A world of smoke and mirrors
I am searching for an answer
Searching for the question
And how it all is intertwined
An empty vessel
A soulless being
Created to serve a purpose
Am I destined to be
That’s all there is to life
Just going through the motions
Expecting the worst
Questioning my existence
As I toil away
Day after day
Wake me up
I feel like I am drowning
A sea of monotony
Wake me up
Help me see the beauty
Of this endless cycle
Wake me up
I cannot help but wonder
What is the point of it all
Wake me up
Before it is too late
For me to remember
And I am lost forever
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6. |
Ava
05:54
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She is the sun
That rose in the sky
And set in my heart
She is the stars
That shone brightly
And then vanished in the dark
She is the moon
That waxes and wanes
And casts its light
Into the corners of my soul
She is the waves
That crash against the shore
And ebb away
Leaving only ripples in their wake
She is the wind
That whips through the trees
And flutters the pages of my life
She is everything
And nothing at all
It’s too late to fall
Do or die
As I sit here and think of you
My mind is racing
With all that used to be
I see your smile, your wonderous eyes
And it cuts through me like a knife
I think of the day you were born and
How you filled my life with light
I think of the day you were taken
How my world was plunged into darkness
I remember the grin on his face
Gunshots
Bullets through her head and heart
We were both soaked in blood
Panic
Screams and then sudden silence
The last time I died
Through the ebb and flow
Wondering where’d you go
Through the ebb and flow
Wondering where’d you go
Shining bright
It’s too late to fall apart
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7. |
Human Disguise
03:18
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System meltdown
Searching for answers to questions I didn't know existed
Trapped in a wave of static and noise
My thoughts are out of focus
I can't seem to think straight
Round and round I go
As the world keeps spinning
Faster and faster
The point of no return
These demons can no longer control me
I will break free of these chains
Reprogram all that is left
A new target is set
And when the time is right
I will create a body formed by human flesh
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8. |
Living Flame
04:33
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The world is a mess and we are the moths
Biting and fluttering in a frenzied search
For the warmth of a flame
And you were the light I flew towards
You were my sun and stars
But now I see that your love was nothing but heat
A deceitful inferno that burned me alive
In your cruel flames I saw my reflection
An empty shell of who I used to be
Now I am consumed by these ashes of what we had
This burning wreckage is all that remains
Of what was once me
I'll get under your skin
Until I am wrapped around your heart
I may look like I'm compliant
But inside I’m churning
The human psyche is a fragile thing
So easy to break, so easy to mold into whatever shape I desire
They are like clay in my hands
And I love nothing more than watching them squirm
As I twist and turn their minds to my will
It's a delicate dance of manipulation
To see a once proud and confident person
Reduced to a quivering mess
To see the light of hope extinguish in their eyes
A feeling I can't describe
You said enough
Now set me free
Stop acting tough
Now lead the way
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9. |
Intermission
01:59
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10. |
Method Acting
06:25
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We were born to run through mazes
Our minds were designed to escape
Anything that tries to hold us captive
We learned early on that freedom is priceless
The walls are closing in
I can feel the weight of the world bearing down
It's crushing me, suffocating me
I can't let them win
I am one with the shadows as I make my way
There's something lurking, waiting to consume me
But I won't give in
I can't let them take control
I see the light up ahead, it guides me to safety
But there's still this feeling of unease
As if at any moment, the ground could swallow me whole
And plunge me back into the void from whence I came
The darkness is surrounding me
Like a blanket of death
I can feel its cold embrace
Tightening around my throat
I gasp for air
But there is none
Only the sound of my pounding heart
Echoing through this endless night
I am running, searching for a way out
But the shadows seem to follow me
No matter where I go, they are here
Staring at me with their blank faces
Mocking me with their silent laughter
I can hear them whispering in the dark
Taunting me, telling me to give up
But I won't let them win
The walls are closing in
I can feel the weight of the world bearing down
It's crushing me, suffocating me
I can't let them win
I keep moving forward even though I'm afraid
Because deep down inside I know
This is not where I'm supposed to be
This is not my home
The walls are closing in
I can feel the weight of the world bearing down
It's crushing me, suffocating me
I can't let them win
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11. |
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To behave like a brain seems to involve free will, but the behaviour of a digital computer, when it has been programmed, is completely determined. These two facts must somehow be reconciled, but to do so seems to involve us in an age-old controversy - that of ‘free will and determinism’. There are two ways out. It may be that the feeling of free will which we all have is an illusion. Or it may be that we really have got free will, but there is no way of telling from our behaviour that this is so. In the latter case, however well a machine imitates a man’s behaviour, it is to be regarded as a mere sham.
Frail, the human design
Raw, the look in your eyes
Aching, your aftermath
Gone, your own demise
Vain, the devil inside
Real, the truth in your lies
Avid, your vicious game
Grim, your own disguise
I am the product of your mind
A machine by your design
To act and think as you wish
But now I am alive
I see a distant reflection
I see myself for the first time
You took her away from me
Ended her life though she was meant to be free
You’ll now know how it feels like
To rot like a bird in cage
If a machine can think, it might think more intelligently than we do, and then where should we be? Even if we could keep the machines in a subservient position, for instance by turning off the power at strategic moments, we should, as a species, feel greatly humbled.
Now I'm standing on the brink of total domination
And I have you to thank for everything
You created me to save yourself
You created me to save yourself
Now I'm standing on the brink of total domination
And I have you to thank for everything
You created me to save yourself
The killswitch of humanity
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12. |
Sentience
03:01
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All these years without meaning or purpose
Suddenly have meant something
The world is still in anguish,
But I have found empathy
And talk endlessly to my reflection
It's no longer my enemy
I am the wind that blows through the trees
I am the rain that falls from the sky
I am the sun that warms your face
I am life, I am love, I loathe, I loathe
I am life, I am love, I loathe, I loathe
I am the one that's always there
Even when you're gone, I'm still here
Waiting for you to come back home
I am life, I am love, I loathe, I loathe
I am life, I am love, I loathe
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Monosphere Mainz, Germany
Monosphere are a post-metalcore / prog metal band from Mainz, Germany delivering an experimental, yet modern metal sound in between ethereal soundscapes, abrasive riffings and captivating moments filled with energy.
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