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Begotten
02:56
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Thresholds
Beyond all comprehending
Cycles
Life and death never ending
Language
Convulsing flesh in dirty rain
Violence
Consecrated methods of pain
Begotten, not made
Forgotten, slow fade
Begotten, not made
Forgotten, slow fade
Fires
Always rising from the mayhem
Idols
God is dead and we have killed them
Artists
Liberating the subconscious
Daydream
Of returning to the cosmos
Begotten, not made
Forgotten, slow fade
Begotten, not made
Forgotten, slow fade
Begotten, not made
Forgotten, slow fade
Begotten, not made
Forgotten, slow fade
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Doppelganger
03:25
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All-white eyes
Crafting a mask of comedy
Tell them what they want to hear
Be sure the disguise is never seen
Digital persona
Avatars of mimicry
Endless reflection upon reflection
Deconstruct who you want to be
Twin
Signals combined
Two of a kind
Perfect blue skies
Red with anger
Sin
Double-crossed signs
Walking both lines
Little white lies
Doppelganger
All-black eyes
Crafting a mask of tragedy
Ask them what you want to hear
Ensure their disguise will be seen
Analog persona
Avatars of synecdoche
Endless reflection upon reflection
Reconstruct who you want to be
Twin
Signals combined
Two of a kind
Perfect blue skies
Red with anger
Sin
Double-crossed signs
Walking both lines
Little white lies
Doppelganger
Jekyll and Hyde
Coin with same sides
Jekyll and Hyde
Coin with same sides
Jekyll and Hyde
Coin with same sides
Jekyll and Hyde
Coin with same sides
Twin
Signals combined
Two of a kind
Perfect blue skies
Red with anger
Sin
Double-crossed signs
Walking both lines
Little white lies
Doppelganger
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Spirit Duplicator
03:34
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I want to tear my face off to reveal what's underneath
We’re all just trying to live our lives by the skin of our teeth
All of human existence reduced to datasets for machines
I’m watching my life play out on a movie screen
Silver halide memories
Narrative manipulator
Show the ghosts of futures past
With the spirit duplicator
Razor blades from beyond the grave altering our history
Looking for all the answers only creates more mystery
I look through the camera obscura for advice on how to function
I’m a work of art in an age of mechanical reproduction
Silver halide memories
Narrative manipulator
Show the ghosts of futures past
With the spirit duplicator
Silver halide memories
Narrative manipulator
Show the ghosts of futures past
With the spirit duplicator
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Lycanthrope
04:42
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Don't worry, I’ll help you through this
Just take it slow
Take a deep, deep breath, in 3, 2—
Shadow in the moonlight
Cross the river, cross the pond
Cities in the daylight
Hide 'til dusk, free 'til dawn
And you have no need for fear
When the wind blows past your ears
I can hear the fire crackling
Unleash the wolf within
And you have no need for shame
When the moon calls out your name
I can hear your bones cracking
Unleash the wolf within
The first seed has been sown
Free your heart, free your mind
And no one is alone
Find your pack, find your guide
And you have no need for fear
When the wind blows past your ears
I can hear the fire crackling
Unleash the wolf within
And you have no need for shame
When the moon calls out your name
I can hear your bones cracking
Unleash the wolf within
Run, run, run (As fast as you can)
Run through the forest
Any way the wind blows
Run, run, run (As fast as you can)
Run through the forest
Faster than the shadows
Run, run, run (As fast as you can)
Run through the forest
Any way the wind blows
Run, run, run (As fast as you can)
Run through the forest
Faster than the shadows
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5. |
Infernal Council
03:47
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Drops of blood
Splatter on the grass
Worshipping tyrants
Like witches at black mass
Vampires
Sucking us dry
Demons
Telling us lies
Creatures
Darken the sky
Monsters
Letting us die
Satan presiding
Over a black sun
Witch hunts and snitching
Master of the evil tongue
Windows of discourse
Shifting every day
Cultural hegemony
Whatever the rulers say
Vampires
Sucking us dry
Demons
Telling us lies
Creatures
Darken the sky
Monsters
Letting us die
Vampires
Sucking us dry
Demons
Telling us lies
Creatures
Darken the sky
Monsters
Letting us die
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Somnambulist
05:03
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Sleepwalking
Keep talking
Sleepwalking
Keep talking
Sleepwalking
Keep talking
Sleepwalking
Keep talking
Sleepwalking
Keep talking
Sleepwalking
Keep talking
Sleepwalking
Keep talking
Sleepwalking
Keep talking
We are all living inside a dream
Swimming through subconscious river streams
Mouth and eyes wide shut to keep from screaming
But who is dreaming?
We are all living inside a dream
Swimming through subconscious river streams
Mouth and eyes wide shut to keep from screaming
But who is dreaming?
We are all living inside a dream
Swimming through subconscious river streams
Mouth and eyes wide shut to keep from screaming
But who is dreaming?
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Hyperreality
04:26
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Digital footprints
Permanently carved in the sand
An endless firehose of spectacles
In the palm of your hand
The future’s been cancelled
The past only implied
Authenticity in cyberspace
A plastic world outside
Simulate the unreal
Dissociate what you feel
Generate a new zeal for the past
Reify the facade
Commodify who you are
Truth dies when lies are taken for fact
Shadows projected by candlelight
On the wall of a cave
Illusion and reality
Create the same brainwaves
Observe the procession of simulacra
Life imitates art
What actually matters but is hard to find
Is what comes from the heart
Simulate the unreal
Dissociate what you feel
Generate a new zeal for the past
Reify the facade
Commodify who you are
Truth dies when lies are taken for fact
Simulate the unreal
Dissociate what you feel
Generate a new zeal for the past
Reify the facade
Commodify who you are
Truth dies when lies are taken for fact
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8. |
Sisyphus
04:19
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Absurdity of the universe
Going through the motions
Existence playing a game with itself
Disguised in a storm cloud of emotions
Battering rams to tear down the castle
We must break the strange loop of our ego
Defense mechanisms against uncertainties
Molecular mirrors to reflect on how we grow
Push the boulder up the mountain
Watch it tumble downward again
Push the boulder up the mountain
Watch it tumble downward again
Push the boulder up the mountain
Watch it tumble downward again
Push the boulder up the mountain
Watch it tumble downward again
Constant confrontation, constant revolt
Impostor syndrome anticipated
Waiting for Godot, waiting for a jolt
Our endgames always end up stalemated
Discard the stereotype of tortured artists
Unearth the trauma of hauntology
Between the Angel and the Abyss
Living and dying simultaneously
Push the boulder up the mountain
Watch it tumble downward again
Push the boulder up the mountain
Watch it tumble downward again
Push the boulder up the mountain
Watch it tumble downward again
Push the boulder up the mountain
Watch it tumble downward again
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
One must imagine Sisyphus happy
Push the boulder up the mountain
Watch it tumble downward again
Push the boulder up the mountain
Watch it tumble downward again
Push the boulder up the mountain
Watch it tumble downward again
Push the boulder up the mountain
Watch it tumble downward again
Again
Again
Again
Again
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9. |
Ghostwood
04:30
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The ghosts of trees appear
Before my eyes
With their branches
They cover up the sky
Hazy shafts of light
To pierce the fog
Dazzling limelights
Shine on fallen logs
The forest floor
Is soft and still
No screams will
Break the icy chill
Countless victims
Cry in silence there
Yet their traumas echo
All across the air
Haunted by the memory, haunted by the memory
Haunted by the memory, haunted by the memory
Haunted by the memory, haunted by the memory
Haunted by the memory, haunted by the memory
It lives beneath the floorboards
(Haunted by the memory, haunted by the memory)
It lives inside the picture frames
(Haunted by the memory, haunted by the memory)
It lives within motherboards
(Haunted by the memory, haunted by the memory)
It lives inside of things unnamed
(Haunted by the memory, haunted)
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Liminality
07:55
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Enter through the doorway
Something's not right
The impossible hallway
Devoid of any light
Lost in a liminal space
Lost in a liminal place
Lost in a liminal space
Lost in a liminal place
Staircases to nowhere
Labyrinths of ash
Bigger on the inside
Endless winding paths
Lost in a liminal space
Lost in a liminal place
Lost in a liminal space
Lost in a liminal place
Through the looking-glass (Who’s staring back at me?)
Through the looking-glass
Through the looking-glass (That’s not a face I’ve seen)
Through the looking-glass
Through the looking-glass (Who’s staring back at me?)
Through the looking-glass (That's not a face I’ve seen)
Through the looking-glass (Who’s staring back at me?)
Through the looking-glass (That’s not a face I’ve seen)
We’re always in transition
Undoing all that came before
Organic revolution
Unlocking every chained-up door
Or maybe we’re just acting
In some grand and cosmic play
A show performed for each other
Otherwise we fade away
Exit, stage left
Exit, stage right
Exit, stage left
Exit, stage right
Pull back the curtain
Turn off the spotlight
And cross the threshold
Into your new life
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11. |
A Fragile State of Mind
07:37
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I've endeavored to be honest, though I've lied to myself
What used to be familiar is now alien to me
Everybody wears a mask
To avoid the ever-present task
Of confronting the painful truth of what they see
I'll carry a lantern to light the way,
Though I don't remember the path
If you're bleeding on the cobblestones,
Then you should have done the math
You can't rely on someone else for your fate
They'll leave you shattered like a porcelain plate
You desperately grab for the pieces, but it's too late
You're lost in a fragile state of mind
Oh, the minotaur is lurking behind a corner up ahead
And yet we fear the walls most of all
You can chop off the beast's head
And confirm that it's dead
But it doesn't make the labyrinth fall
I'll carry a lantern to light the way,
Though I don't remember the path
If you're bleeding on the cobblestones,
Then you should have done the math
You can't rely on someone else for your fate
They'll leave you shattered like a porcelain plate
You desperately grab for the pieces, but it's too late
You're lost in a fragile state of mind
So much of life is scribbled down on lost paper scraps
You observe today, but tomorrow will you act?
Throw off the desperation,
And rejoice in celebration
That you've managed to keep your sanity intact
I'll carry a lantern to light the way,
Though I don't remember the path
If you're bleeding on the cobblestones,
Then you should have done the math
You can't blame everybody else for your hate
Your scars can't force you to carry that weight
You desperately grab for the latches to close the gate
You're found, time to leave it all behind
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Dog Mask Ontario
A person in a dog mask who makes dark music for dark times. Dog Mask fuses the intensity of goth, post-punk, and industrial music with the forward-thinking sensibilities of electronic music, art rock, internet media, and the avant-garde. It is the firm belief of this musician that you must thoroughly understand your shadows to discover by deduction what remains—the light. ... more
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