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Masque
05:14
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a deity in drag, I've dressed the part
my heart's a thousand different places
I trace them back
the many from the one, where did it start?
I wear a thousand different faces
I fill the cracks
I used to know myself, but now she's someone else
and I'm afraid to ask
"what lies behind the mask?"
I see you in the dark, you're broken glass
a tapestry of stabbed out shreds
a shattered sky
am i the only part that isn't there?
a cold star burns, forgotten somewhere
until it dies
I used to know someone, but now she's somewhere else
beneath the currents
crying, "please!
don't let go!
hold on to me! hold on to me! hold on to me!"
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The Chrysalis
04:44
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to wake alone
a winged thing
from burdened sleep
some other being
or die unbaptized
the chrysalis / the tomb
to see the skies
with burning eyes
all potential realized
or drift back into shadow
devoured in the womb
a bellows stokes a dream
before a blaze we must survive
screaming our ambitions
auditioning our lives
a body aches to bloom
in this chrysalis
a life to be consumed
in this chrysalis
to be released
upon the wind
from silken sheath
now born again
or suffer blind
the coffin / the cocoon
a bellows stokes a dream
before a blaze we must survive
screaming our ambitions
eating us alive
a body aches to bloom
in this chrysalis
a life to be consumed
in this chrysalis
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3. |
Acid Black Window
05:16
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eyes locked in
reflected face
I trace the essence fleeting
I may never reach it
to travel through impossible space
to take light like impossible shapes
to be a thing so secret
i hear someone asking...
mirror, show me haunted
mirror, show me dead
into an image fractured
through unbroken glass, she said
"who are you?
and why are you not me?"
I'm locked in
the crystal cracked
foreign objects - someone's hands
press the picture window
to touch you now
features scanned
to break them down
quartz made sand
you found a way back in
so...
I hear someone answer...
mirror, show me evil
mirror, show me dread
into an image shattered
through unbroken glass, she said
"who are you now?
and why are you not me?"
in acid black, the windows open wide
crawl in to find her where she hides
mirror, show me naked
mirror, show me pain
offer something sacred
let me know i'm not insane
who are you?
and why are you not me?
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4. |
The Gift
05:50
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moving slow
with the old blood in my veins
something wounded, something tame
to let it go
to breathe in something strange
would I be here all the same?
aspect!
come to light! come to life!
render true sight!
aspect!
come to light! come to life!
become my eyes!
what you are
when I peer into the likeness
something here, but still apart
what you know
when the sun's gone and the night hits
will you be there in the dark?
moving through
with a blood that's been renewed
I feel the skin begin to crawl
I'm not my thoughts
I'm not myself inside this body
I'm not anywhere at all
aspect!
come to light! come to life!
render true sight!
aspect!
come to light! come to life!
become my eyes!
what you are
when I peer into the likeness
something here, but still apart
what you know
when the sun's gone and the night hits
will you be there in the dark?
imbued with power
cursed with guilt
the cruelest gift - to be a wild flower
to breathe
itself an act of trespass
inhale
devour
what you are
when I peer into the likeness
something here, but still apart
what you know
when the sun's gone and the night hits
will you be there in the dark?
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5. |
The Return
04:52
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there's a fire
I can't quiet now
climbing higher up my spine
like a wire
charged with all the sound
of a choir that sings through time
(singin')
if this life is just a story
I wonder when you'll turn the page
if our love is like the ocean
II never want to crash the wave
I can't release you
I burn for the embrace
reset the cycle
I will always return
to see your face
If I'm tired
I won't settle down
there's a spire left to climb
though it's dire
I won't lose you now
into the fire! I know you're mine!
if this life is just a story
(just a story)
I wonder when you'll turn the page
(don't turn the page)
if our love is like the ocean
(the ocean)
II never want to crash the wave
(don't crash the wave)
I can't release you
I burn for the embrace
reset the cycle
I will always return
to see your face
there's a fire
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6. |
Teeth
05:01
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feel the touch of an unfamiliar hand
feel the pulse of an unfamiliar heart
feel the breath
in and out
in and out
of an unknown source of air
feel the beat
in and out
in and out
of an unknown source of thought
here I am, here I am, here I am
the tongue now numb
the teeth now set
here I am, here I am, here I am
the eyes now see
the limbs now stand
here I am, here I am, here I am
and the rain falls warm
and the wind blows still
here I am, here I am, here I am
and the sun burns black
with an inverse will
in striking fear
of teeth I've grown
I'd sink inside, I'd sink away
I strike the fear
these teeth my own
I sink them deep and steal my prey
feel the touch of an unfamiliar hand
feel the pulse of an unfamiliar heart
feel the breath
in and out
in and out
of an unknown source of air
feel the beat
in and out
in and out
of an unknown source of thought
here I am, here I am, here I am
the tongue now numb
the teeth now set
here I am, here I am, here I am
the eyes now see
the limbs now stand
here I am, here I am, here I am
and the rain falls warm
and the wind blows still
here I am, here I am, here I am
and the sun burns black
with an inverse will
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7. |
Whispers
04:50
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the language of light
as spoken by a suicidal sun
set to destroy itself...
and everyone
and so what's after
but darkness and laughter
and a hushed confession
written out of sight?
whispers in the night
they call me out upon the vast array
bodies in the sky
identify
words that I can't say
the conflict of time
as chosen by
the eye that flickers on
set to expire before the thrill is gone
whispers in the night
they call me out upon the vast array
bodies in the sky
identify me
by your secret name
a silent wish rehearsed
sent up in coded verse
upon the heavens to take flight
i hear the final call
just as the curtains fall
"you've got to leave yourself behind
and find me"
whispers in the night
they call me out upon the vast array
bodies in the sky
identify me
by your secret name
a silent wish rehearsed
sent up in coded verse
upon the heavens to take flight
one pallid petal falls
the final curtain call
"you've got to leave yourself behind
and find me"
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8. |
Word of Warmth
05:02
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there's a certain pain
to the soft still time
it's the tick of my heart
when I'm tricking my mind
with these sick swimming thoughts
and slick one lines
the acid tongue
festering lies
and who am i now
with these withering dreams
whimpering sighs?
and who are you now
to be twisting my words
from the inside?
and who were we then
to be who we are now
to be here where we lie?
with our dim lit thoughts
with our dark outlines
watching each other die
and I don't want to live
in this moment
feeling morbid
feeling strange
and I don't want to live
in this moment
in the sense that all of this was prearranged
the unbearable pain
of these bended knees
of this bedridden love
from the endless search
for the word of warmth
but there's none to speak of
the unbreakable bond
the unquenchable throat
the mouth full of sand
when the word of warmth
is a suckle of blood
from a severed hand
and I don't want to live
in this moment
feeling morbid
feeling strange
and I don't want to live
in this moment
in the sense that all of this was prearranged
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9. |
The Final Act
04:17
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...so comes the drug
the coiled form engaged
a serpent on the stage
behold! an offer on his tongue
communion's come
with venom in the grail
assailed with a sense of twisted purpose
in the furnace of my lungs
like a change of religion
I turn the eye inside
no more time for revision
the bright lights burnt to black
no going back on the mission
the driven heart presides
bet it all on a vision
to go blind in the final act
so comes the turn
in diabolic dream
how deafening the scream
now ringing out beyond the sphere
it's all I hear
a tragic voice delayed
a coiled worm displays
where once was certainty and strength
is only fear
like a change of religion
I turn the eye inside
no more time for revision
the bright lights burnt to black
no going back on the mission
the driven heart presides
bet it all on a vision
to go blind in the final act
this is the stand
a claim to who i am
but i can't see her anymore
so what's it for
the dagger in my hand
the dagger in my hand
carves out the image
it's not me
not anymore
like a change of religion
I turn the eye inside
no more time for revision
the bright lights burnt to black
no going back on the mission
the driven heart presides
bet it all on a vision
to go blind in the final act
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10. |
Phantom Dark
04:14
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I am all of you
not one of you is me
not one of you can see
the way back to the heart
to burn bright
the glory of suns
to take worlds
now I am become
the hollowed form
the phantom dark
the hidden hand that plagues the ark
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12. |
Masque II (Bonus Track)
03:13
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Kill Scenes Chicago, Illinois
Kill Scenes are a dark dreampop project from Chicago, IL.
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