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Spiraling
04:17
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BESTOW ON ME YOUR ETHEREAL LIGHT
LET IT FILL THIS SINGULARITY
JUST A FAINT GLIMMER OF HOPE ON EVENT HORIZON
LIKE A NEW BLOSSOM EMERGES
THROUGH CEMENT SIDEWALKS
ECHOES THE RESILIENCE OF SPIRIT
YOUR BENEVOLENCE KEEPS ME HERE
WITH WARM BREATH
RESONATING BUOYANCY
IN SPIRALING CHASMS
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Sharp Teeth
03:00
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DRIVING FORWARD LOOKING BACKWARD
SHE FINDS THERE IS ONLY LOOSE BONDS
BETWEEN TIME AND PAIN
SOME THINGS DON’T PASS
INSIDE THEY’LL LAST
THE MEMORIES WON’T HEAL
THEY MERELY FORM A PLACE IN OUR GUTS
AND IN OUR BONES
TOSSING AND TURNING
BETWEEN OUR KNUCKLES AND OUR RIBS
WAITING TO WAKE AS THE SHADOW GROWS LONG
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As The Crow Flies
05:21
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WHEN THE EARTH DIES
AND THE DEAD RISE
I THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD RIDE
INTO THE SUN TOGETHER
TO BURN IN THE FLAMES
FOREVER
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4. |
The Beast
05:15
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SHADOW CREEPS FORBODING DESPAIR
SCORCHING THROES PAROXYSMIC RETURN
THE BEAST IS BACK
NERVE PAIN PULSING
PRESSURE INCREASED AND HOPE ERASED
CRANIAL BLOOD BOILS AGAIN IN TURMOIL
PACING
ROCKING
HEAD CLENCHED IN MY HANDS
PULLING OUT MY HAIR
THE BEAST IS BACK
RIGHT SIDE OF MY FACE IS A DROOPING LANDSLIDE
UNDERCUT BY SPASMING VESSELS ERODING ME
SEARING FIRE POKER BORES ITS WAY THROUGH MY FACE
WAVES OF PAIN AGAINST ME
I PACE
I CRY
I BREATHE
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5. |
Illumine
03:46
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I WILL BE IF YOU ARE
AND I WILL NEVER FEAR THIS
AND ALWAYS LOVE YOU
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Paradise Hill
03:12
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DEAD LEAVES LEFT THESE VOID TREES
TO FRAME THE LANDSCAPE AS BARE PHALANGES
OUTSTRETCHED ACROSS THE HORIZON
THERE’S A GRIM LIT FOCUS
SURROUNDED BY STARK SHADOWS
VULTURES DRIFT ABOVE US
AND WAIT TO PICK FLESH FROM BONE
HEAD NORTH ON THE WAY PAST
THAT GREAT STRETCH OF THANK YOU MAMAS
VEER RIGHT PAST THE RIGHTEOUS
WEEPING WILLOW
I’M FINALLY HERE NOW
ETERNALLY WITH YOU
LEFT CHASING YOU THROUGH THE SWAMPS OF THIS HELL
ON PARADISE HILL
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7. |
The Sea
02:07
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YOUR SET OF SENSES PERCEIVE THE SEA OF ENERGY
FROM A CERTAIN STANDPOINT
TO CREATE THE WORLD YOU SEE
IT’S NOT COMPLETE OR ACCURATE
INTERPRETATIONS AS WE DRIFT
YOUR THOUGHTS ARE LINKED TO AND THEY DETERMINE
THE END FORMATION OF THIS ENERGY
THEY SHIFT, BUILD, SHAPE AND MOLD THE UNIVERSE
CREATE, DICTATE, GESTATE YOUR INTIMATE EARTH
THE WORLD IS YOUR MIRROR
IT EXISTS FROM WHAT YOU HOLD AS YOUR TRUTH
THE WORLD IS YOUR MIRROR
IT EXISTS AS IS UNTIL YOU CHANGE IT
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8. |
Eidolon
08:22
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RISE FROM MY BLOOD AND COME HOME
DON’T LINGER IN THE FIELD WHERE VIOLET FLOWERS GROW
IN THE BLUR
OUT OF REACH
SUN BURNS THROUGH DOORWAYS
THAT I CAN’T BREACH
SINK INTO DEPTHS
AURAS ARE SEEN
WHERE WILL MEETS ITS END
THE LIGHT HAS PASSED
SIX BELLS THE STAR IS DEAD
SWIMMING WITH THE DOGS
THAT GNAW THROUGH MY BONES
BATTERED BY WAVES AGAINST ERODING SHORES
ELECTRIC SPIRALS
THE CITY CRUMBLES
ASCEND NAKED, UNVANQUISHED
THE ARCHITECT OF THIS WRECKAGE
WRETCHED WOE ENDLESS DEPTHS
SLOW ROARS THE CURRENT
OPPRESSIVE SONG OF MY EIDOLON
A VOYEUR LIGHTS A TORCH
A THOUSAND MILES FROM THE PYRE
WE RIDE THE SPARK WITH HOPE FOR FLAME
TO WARM THE SEAS THAT CAUSE YOU PAIN
DON’T FEAR THE DARK AS SONG REMAINS
TO SEARCH FOR HEARTS THAT BEAT THE SAME
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Maggot Brain Albany
With Illumine, Maggot Brain deliver a painstakingly and meticulously constructed set of songs that explore the liminal spaces between trauma, catharsis, and re-emergence. The band brings the listener through cycles of crushing turbulence that dissolve into passages of calm and even euphoria. On Illumine, Maggot Brain has created a holistic piece of art...pushing back at the darkness with a flame. ... more
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