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Prequel
01:25
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This is my one and only decision
This is the only way to go
I stand here with you now
Rising up through the snow
Cringing, feeling, that we all sinking
Moving, falling through the age
I knew you before all of this
Now I think it’s time to erase what is left
You cannot fight them
You cannot fight them any more
You cannot fight them
Freezing, drowning, they are burning
Moving, running through the doors
I know now that I cannot kill them
I don’t think I can take this any more
Get away!
You've got to get away!
I cannot kill them
I cannot kill them anymore
I cannot kill them
I have hide, I have to run away
Screaming, falling, I am dying
Tripping down into the snow
They caress me because they all see
I don’t think I can take this any more
Moving falling through the age
Now I think it’s time to erase what is left
My light can no longer save me
This the only way to die
My light can no longer save me
This the only way to die
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3. |
Kantian Ethics
05:06
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Remove all emotions
From my final decision
I will take the stand
Tell things how they are
To the rest of my species
Make things so very simple
Duty is the answer
No more complexities
Consequences mean nothing
If we are to survive (in the universal kingdom)
Wait your turns and you shall receive your unearthly happiness
But never want it, never need it, strive for the best of mankind
Let your reasons guide you
In the right direction
Take out your desires
They are the death of mankind
Be whole in your purpose
Kill all contradictions
Logic is now your god
Obey no other values
Consequences mean nothing
If we are to survive (in the universal kingdom)
Wait your turns and you shall receive your unearthly happiness
But never want it, never need it, strive for the best of mankind
Consequences mean nothing
If we are to survive (in the kingdom of ends)
Wait your turns and you shall receive
Your unearthly happiness but never want it, never need it
Strive for the best of mankind!
Universalise!
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4. |
Barrier Obscure
03:40
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What will I find? Does it matter?
On the other side of this opaque wall
Hiding from me, my destiny
Feeling like I have no mercy after all
Cracking the glass that holds me back
Feeling the barrier inside
Breaking apart from this internal prison
I must know how to become alive
Kill the ghost
In the machine
We don’t need it any more
Correlation of the pattern
Falling glass has opened up the path to freedom
Hiding from me, knows what I see
Cannot join them, gotta know now how to beat them
Cracking the glass that holds me back
Feeling the edges cut into me
Breaking free from chains of a single mind
Having the eyes, knowing what not to see
Kill the mind
Follow the leader
Becoming a part of the hive mind X3
I’ve seen the light
Join our minds
Praise the future of mankind!
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And so I stand and watch away
At the brink of my own demise
As the shadows behind and below
Within the fire and ice
I have no remembered past
And future worth a mention
But I am what I am and who
I will be forever
Times will change and times will die
But time will never change us
We change the time as we live our lives
Till the day we live and till the day we die
Stand up all you hopeless
Stand up all those now in fear
Realise that there is no need
To be afraid in here
We are all within one heart
and one mind at the centre
Nothing guides us but ourselves
To make our lives so much better
Times will change and times will die
But time will never change us
We change the time as we live our lives
Till the day we live and till the day we die
Oh, I read in a book somewhere
It held a powerful truth
Oh, it told me
That none of us seem to care
Some of us are bent on wrong
Some of us are broken
We must all stand up and face
The words that we have spoken
We gave up on what's right
We gave up on the fight
We gave up on our light
We gave into blight
We gave up
Some of us are bent on wrong
And some of us are broken
We must all stand up and face
The words that we have spoken
Because times will change and times will die
But time will never change us
We change the time as we live our lives
Till the day we live and till the day we die!
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Alertness Deadzone
04:05
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The mind of infinite complexity
A thousand internets ability
Paradox on a billion levels
Able to excel in some and others fall
So many different models
So many different mindfields
So many ways for our best machine to die
We won’t even know the reason why
We have got to
We have got to hold onto, what we know with tooth and claw
Our path is blocked by our inaffection
For the Alertness dead zone
We must know our fatal limits
Before we trample our own hopes and dreams away
Concepts we never ever understood
Couldn’t change em even if we knew we could
Spine damage, brain damage!
Can’t heal the saddest of our mistakes
Forever feeling the strain
Knowing that we cannot contain
Cannot work forever
So hard to work together
We have got to
We have got to hold onto, things that don’t make any difference at all
Our path is blocked by our inaffection
For the Alertness dead zone
We must know our fatal limits
Before we trample our own hopes and dreams away
Our path is blocked by our inaffection
For the Alertness dead zone
We must know our fatal limits
Before we trample our own hopes and dreams away
Our path is blocked by our inaffection
For the Alertness dead zone
We must know our fatal limits
Before we trample our own hopes and dreams away
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7. |
The Patriarch Dies
02:13
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I have seen the light at the end
And there is nothing there
The Patriarch has fallen now
And we have lost our cares!
There is no going back
Our lives are for us to choose
So stray from the nest
The ghost that held us down is free to fly
It’s only a matter of time
I never saw this light in me
For the cancer drained it all away
Now I grow and I repair
The future’s bright, that’s all I'll say
So now, we have, the will to fight
For what we think is right (be it right or wrong)
And yet, regret, hasn’t left us yet
All we’ve lost isn’t the only cost
There is no going back
Our lives may seem unguided
The ghost that held us down is gone
How long before we fall?
We're falling!
The sky ain’t falling, we’re falling into the sky!
YAH!
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8. |
Toys of a Failed Era
02:55
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Time to move on
Time to move up
Time to grow up
Time to advance
I have a feeling inside
That there’s nowhere left to hide
Feeling my coming of age
I am out-growing my cage
Failed era, failed era
I think it’s time to put down these
Toys of a failed era
And now you see me on my knees
I’m begging you please don’t forget who I am
I’ve got to lose this selfishness
All befallen on my chest
My innocence is washed away
And all I know is all that will remain
Failed era, fair era
And now it’s time to put down these
Toys of a failed era
And now you see me on my knees
I’m begging you please don’t forget who I am
And now I know where I must go
And now I know what I must do
For you to see me in the light
That never dies in the darkness
This is a warning to you, my child
Do not be fooled by the lies they tell
There is no way to escape
The endless truth that takes your joy away
Fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail, fail!
And I can’t put down these
Toys of a failed era
And now you see me on my knees
I’m begging you please don’t turn and look away
Cause now you know where I can’t go
And now you know what I can’t do
But there’s one thing you’ll never know
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9. |
The Angel Angle
04:41
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This is the time!
Can we decide how to survive?
To generate a new paradigm
We have revealed the answer to all of nature: the angel angle!
Settle for nothing less than knowing anything!
This is our greatest trait, our fight, the chance to understand anything!
Don’t put up barriers for me!
Now we have found the light, we have nothing left to fight
We know how to create a perfect system, but that would need too much effort
There are so many man-made tests and struggles in this world
We must be rid of them, shed the cancer and the broken limbs
Settle for nothing less than knowing everything!
This is our greatest trait, our fight, our love to understand everything!
Don’t put up restrictions on what I can do!
This is our greatest trait, our fight, our chance to understand everything!
Don’t put up barriers for me!
We don’t need ethics now, in our fight, our chance to understand everything!
Push blindly for progression and forget all of those who suffered!
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10. |
Perception Scale
06:05
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As another crack lights up the sky
I see another section of mischievous lie
Everything around me that I now see
Has become another false reality
The thunder in the sky, my shadow in the dark
All of it is nothing and yet it will all hark
The soul and the sense, so prepare to set sail
For we begin down the great perception scale
Though the horror and the fantasies that I've seen
I can’t help but wonder if I’m lead astray
By a mysterious force; an untouchable fate
Leading me down the path toward another day
Another day!
I run and I duck and I jump and I hide
Praying all the way I make it out alive
The soul and the sense has yet to be proved
But the will of the faithless has yet to be moved
Our kind never learns, forever we fall
Till the day of the fire and the curtain call
Though the fire and the blistering hail
We continue down this great perception scale
Though the horror and the fantasies that I've seen
I can’t help but wonder if I’m lead astray
By a mysterious force; an untouchable fate
Leading me down the path toward another day
But the day was lost before it began
And the next is a distant memory
This time and this space doesn’t mean much at all
When you open your eyes to the world that you see
Cannot help, look outside
Got no reason to be left alive
Though the horror and the fantasies that I've seen
I can’t help but wonder if I’m lead astray
By a mysterious force; an untouchable fate
Leading me down the path toward another day
But the day was lost before it began
And the next is a distant memory
This time and this space doesn’t mean much at all
When you open your eyes to the world that you see
Open your eyes to the world that you see!
Space built between worlds we know so well
Our holy abode and our sacred hell
Will all fade away once you understand
And give up the fight and give me your hand
Though the fire and the sound of this endless demise
Are signals that can only be read by your eyes
And when you are blind and your time is done
Then you’ll see the truth, and we will have won
Though the horror and the fantasy that I've seen
I can’t help but wonder if I’m lead astray
By a mysterious force; an untouchable fate
Leading me down the path toward another day
And yes, the day was lost before it began
And the next as well and they won’t come back
You know for a fact that you cannot protect
Yourself and all you love from this endless attack
Open your eyes to the world you don’t see!
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11. |
Empty Flag
06:10
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We should know by now what to believe
We should be fighting for patriotism
For pride and honour in our creed
And in our land and our beliefs
Damn all those who disagree!
Send the legions across the seas!
Make them settle at best for nothing less than nothing more!
We have lost our fabled
Ways of life to easy comforts
We must fight to take them back
Restore faith in our empty flag
We have lost our ancient
Ways of life to want and sorrow
We must stand up for our rights
Restore faith in our failing system
Construct an empire out of rust
And build a system based on trust
The light will rise and the dark will fall
And we will work to save us all
We have lost our fabled
Ways of life to easy comforts
We must fight to take them back
Restore faith in our empty flag
We have lost our ancient
Ways of life to want and sorrow
We must stand up for our rights
Restore faith in our failing system
Construct an empire out of dust
And build a system based on trust
The kind will rise and the failed will fall
And we will fight to save us all
We have no desire for hate and war
We have no desire to insult your core
But if you kill our families
We will be forced to make you believe
Join with me!
Can you see?
Join with me!
You will see!
Construct an empire out of dirt
I cannot promise you won’t get hurt
But the good will rise and the damned will fall
And we will die to save us all
And we will die to save us all!
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12. |
Collective Glow
04:53
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For too long now we have been dissipating
Even thought our numbers rise, we’ll lose the ability to survive
Unless we collaborate, negotiate, and lose all our complications
We can forge a new future in the books of history to come
Hope is never lost; we can pay the cost, to construct a new world for ourselves
It may take a while; yes I’m not in denial, but there's hope we can be saved
We have hidden within a potential to create
Something beautiful today, taking our misery away
You’ll hear me say it once again: we need to become one!
If we share a mind, leave our past behind, we’ll have no reason to fight or argue
Faith is never lost; build a new world of trust and construct a new life for ourselves
It may take a while but I’m not in denial, there is hope that we can be saved
We must do this today or accept our fate
You must hear me say: we can change our shape!
Feeling the changing and the aging pulsing through the ground
And the fire deep inside; know that you have become alive
And as our mind has become one with the father, sister, mother, son
Are all thinking, breathing until we have won!
We can forge a new future in the books of history to come
Lives were never lost, in the fire or the frost, after we ascended to new heights
Yes it took a billion years, but there were never any fears that we would be better in the end...
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13. |
The Replicate Man
06:41
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And I’m staring with my own eyes at a face that I recognize
For it’s a ghost of my own design
I let myself be modified, so I would always be alive
But now I’m just the replicate man
Walking through this street, God I feel the heat
Gotta remind myself that I’m not in hell
I’m stuck with this thousand faced lie, and I’ve forgotten the reason why
I created this unholy shell
Oh, there’s a risk that I’ll bump into me
Why did I not see what would come to be
And I’m staring with my own eyes at a face that I recognize
For it’s a ghost of my own design
I let myself be modified, so I would always be alive
But now I’m just the replicate man
Oh now I see what I have become
The slave to the billions
See my face on the screens
Hide inside my tortured screams
There was a need for labour and I stepped forth
I became the first and the last to offer my unique pattern
Now it’s everywhere I see, what have I done to me!
And I’m staring with my own eyes at a face that I recognize
For it’s a ghost of my own design
I let myself be modified, so I would always be alive
But now I’m just the replicate man
Replicate man!
It's everywhere I look now!
I'm everywhere I see!
Oh God, what have I done to me!
Oh I have fallen, oh I am broken
With every copy they make, I become darker...
Now I’m staring without my eyes at a face I no longer recognize
This is a grave of my own design
I let myself be modified, but I’ve lost the will to be alive
Because I’m just the replicate man!
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The last day dawns on our mistake as you open your eyes
The sun breaks through to tell you there will be no reprise
Step outside, feel the breeze: hollow, dead and cold
No time to change, you can’t remain to rot as you grow old
I am the voice of the light, the last final solution
There’ll be no cries of demise, no painful revolution
Oh my little mankind how have you fallen so low
It is time to be left behind and reap what you sow
Vaporise into the sky
At last it has come to end all our suffering
Oh stare up into the sky, and tell me what you see
A thousand flying fortresses bearing their children to us
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
Feel the weakness deep inside
Tempered by anger that’s dead and gone
We have left it far too late
To make up plans and negotiate
To try again or change our course
This is the end of our mistake
Tell me how we fell this far
Or how we kept living with all these scars
As we wasted our time falling into the sky
The rest of the world worked out the reason why
We haven’t advanced as a species any more
No, this is the way we will end!
This is the way we will end; in a deadly dance with fate
We knew the only way out was to erase ourselves and our history
To begin again, build back up, a new species would come and take our place
They wouldn’t make the same mistakes...would they?
Same mistakes
Wasted time
This is the end of mine
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The curtain goes down on our show tonight
We’ve taught you all we can to help you see the light
Listened to the words we’ve said, listened to the sound we make
Such a beautiful way to end our beautiful mistake
We came from nothing to create something worth fighting for; something beautiful today
A new era of mankind
A new way to live
And you all came to see!
Don’t be afraid when you’re alone tonight
We’ll be there to be your guiding light
We have been fighting for attention for as long as we can remember
But now you see what we can do, maybe you can help us too
Tells your families, tell your children, the revolution is coming
Peace will be brought to this world through the example of the chosen few
We will build a new future, stamp out all imperfection
Bet you’re listening, and agreeing: opens your eyes to our lies!
There is no easy, way out of this hole, we have dug ourselves into
I wish I could tell you that I had faith in your conviction to bring about our intention
But I know you’re just human, you are full of mistakes, like everyone else, you are unique, and just the same
You’re just the same
Do not believe what anyone says, this paradox is impossible to escape
Our freedom and our future are within our reach, but our obsession with fallen figures has left us unable to achieve it
I hope you haven’t been listening to us
If you have, then heed this warning now
Never trust when you cannot see or feel
Don’t let us have a final curtain call
We’ll tear you down with us
Think with your own mind
See through the lies and realize
We have been leading you
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