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A Reason to Live
03:13
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To prevail, to maintain domination
There must be conflict, extant final solution
Their fear, you crave it
It gives you a reason to live
The stranglehold of them hating us hating them
Bringing death, pushing human beings through a grinder
Defiance came with the drought
Like a stream, they were swallowed by the desert
On bleeding knees, they begged we take their children
And in our arrogance we asked if they’d been Christened
Through suffering, a consciousness awakens
The repercussion, a terminal culmination
Will we disgrace it?
Or give it a reason to live?
The paradox of them hating us hating them
Bringing death, drowning out compassion with our anger
We speak of values on which homelands are founded
Or holy scriptures preaching ethics from prophets
But when the time comes, we only have one question:
If we save you, what do we get out of it?
Our democracy comes with conditions
That you buy and kill people with our weapons
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Superiority In Wisdom
03:28
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I step into the arena of battle as a well-oiled machine
Aware of your strategy well in advance, logic sanguine
I confront the preachers of ignorance
I show no mercy to charlatans
When basing your arguments on writings from the bronze age
Remember that your opponents possess two-thousands years of knowledge
I piss on the pulpits of magicians
I carry the fire of pure reason
If these symbols and scrolls hold ultimate power as you claim
If these forces are all-knowing, omnipotent, and pervasive
Then my blasphemous words will inevitably arouse their judgment
Here I stand, may your unquestioned beliefs strike me down
I will not bow to your superstitions
Preserving confidence in knowing that magic has no influence
Requires a philosophy that accepts knowledge's limits
Historically, new discoveries have often seemed supernatural
To generations of people accustomed to being led like cattle
To build on the teachings of ancestors
We strengthen the sum of our consciousness
“I am ignorant of that which I do not know”
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Sorrow-Bearing Enemy
03:45
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All my fury is gathered here
Clenched fists wound back to strike deftly
A vicious ritual gift
Of power for my enemy
The insidious worm that works its way through guts
and around spines
A patient lurker formed of equal parts
loathing and time
Bearing my sorrow
Drinking my rage
Fuelling nothing except pain
Exhausted from the release
When it’s over, I am empty and numb
Purging, the transfer is complete
He is growing, my resistance succumbs
His unfurling shadow, scowling, posturing
Looming insolent
Witness to his rapid and smug dissipation
His accomplished intent
Digging myself out of this shallow grave
I breathe in a sobering clarity
Will I be strong enough to retain this realization indefinitely?
To live with the echoing shame of such failure
Constant, overwhelming
Locked into an endless cycle of self-hatred
Forever relapsing
Enough! Now:
I reclaim the essence of myself
The humble, patient man I know
To become committed to the peace
A true warrior given strength to grow
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Arcane Evolution
03:15
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Dragging ourselves through another day of this
Feed it with inertia
Fulfilling petty roles in rote, redundant systems
Innominate, voiceless
Systemic battery ingraining industry
Designates vocation inculcates submission
But when I close my eyes I pray for the machines
To lead, to organize, to set my body free
Please, upgrade me
Shall we summon the demon?
Emerge from cocoons?
Embrace arcane evolution?
Electromechanical devices permeating ecosystems with
Cybernetic enhancements redefining living flesh as
Philosophical computations recalibrating human thought for
An infinity of new expansions, through galaxies, within seconds
But what have we left behind?
That life, was it living?
And are we living now, or simply measuring “progress”?
Ultimately, ape minds will struggle with this question
As we push at the limits and contest the rate of evolution
Will our sacrifice yield the desired solution?
Bathe us in elation
Humanist policies revising history
Editing perspectives towards complete compliance
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Unburnt
Unburnt is a new metal project that sees guitarist Bo Louther and drummer Joe Mullen from Walkerton, Ontario's Odium joining forces with Montreal-based vocalist Eric Burnet, known for his work with Derelict, Samskaras, and Autumn Spirit. Unburnt is built on a death metal foundation that is reinforced with black metal melodies and atmosphere. ... more
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