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Tokens
02:50
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a mind so overcast and overripe
all moments are eons alone
a wind so overblown and wound up tight
the trials of facing unknowns
You’ve got your tokens
No cash value
Worth more than all the world’s gold
Each of your tokens
Was counterfeit
Cheapening what’s bought and sold
All dulcet bells are cast in flames of hell
a sonorous song sung alone
They’ve rung in my ears so long I can’t tell
Was it years or seconds ago?
You’ve got your tokens
No cash value
Worth more than all the world’s gold
Each of your tokens
Was counterfeit
Cheapening what’s bought and sold
These dark clouds speak to me
While they chatter so callously
I mine the silver from their linings
After years of fool’s gold
That never did pan out for me
All I need is a new beginning
Approaching Fate’s counter
I hope it’s possible to trade
As I hear all the brass bells tolling
Fate won’t make exchanges
For what I’ve found and what I’ve made
Can’t rob the bankrupt freely smiling
You’ve got your tokens
No cash value
Worth more than all the world’s gold
Each of your tokens
Was counterfeit
Cheapening what’s bought and sold
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2. |
Bleeding Indigo
03:54
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Victim of desires
Born from men’s cruelty
Razors like vampires
Drain them veins empty
A need for some control
Some kind of release
Sensitivity dulled
Like the stains on her sheets
Indigo child
INFJ
Gifted empath
Old Soul, Sage
She’s going wild
It all gives way
Sociopath
Chaos, rage
What lies behind wise eyes blinded this way?
Words of affirmation
From crystalline prose
Her manipulation
Is cutting too close
Sex and addiction
The gloaming of hope
Incarceration
Unable to cope
Indigo child
INFJ
Gifted empath
Old Soul, Sage
She’s going wild
It all gives way
Sociopath
Chaos, rage
What lies behind wise eyes blinded this way?
Bleeding Indigo
PTSD
Every level
Ruined, weak
She wants to let go
She wants to be free
A voice to speak
Damaged, bleak
Healer distorted into a needle freak
The equation is simple
You take trauma plus time
Multiply by madness
Reason lost to rhyme
Then divide the whole psyche
To fractions of a soul
Subtract opportunities
A life less than zero
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3. |
Web of Madness
02:02
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Verses:
Head spinning
Thoughts woven into my mind
Heart tangled
Up in feelings undefined
Venomous illnesses -trapped within
Anxiety, Depression
Poisonous perceptions
Post traumatic stress -stuck in
This disorder
I think this could be the end
Chorus:
Web of Madness
(Web of Madness)
Verses:
I’m trying
To experience breakthroughs
Pain mangled
My vitality I lose
A mental straight jacket -writhing in
Anxiety, Depression
Asylum Arachnids
Weave traumatic traps -stuck in
Grinding forward
I can’t let this be the end!
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4. |
Exiled From Hell
04:04
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Trained monkey of tragedy
Looking for loopholes in Pyrrhic victories
Pained heavy with more goodbyes
Even my demons won’t look me in the eyes
I need the familiar
I need the familiar even if
even if
even if
even if
it’s hell
It’s hell
It’s hell
It’s hell
There’s no more familiar
I’m adrift in limbo
You make me ill
by wishing me well
Exiled from hell
Slag dumped from the crucible
Forgery cast in Machiavellian spells
I didn’t want to leave or stay
Why try to mold me just to throw me away
I need the familiar
I need the familiar even if
even if
even if
even if
it’s hell
It’s hell
It’s hell
It’s hell
There’s no more familiar
I’m adrift in limbo
You make me ill
by wishing me well
Exiled from hell
Denied a tribe
I wander onward
a neutral force that
lets life’s pieces
fall where they may
Mankind must stand
by its merits
or burn away
Impermanence
no gods no masters
A nomad drifting
Through a strange land
Blistered by loss
No turning back
Even if it
hurts like hell.
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5. |
Ziggurat of Woe
02:26
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They wear a mask of so-called empathy
Layers constructing
Fake identity
They are a Pisces pescatarian
Where we’ve been before
Here we are again
Stay away from me
It all keeps building
Stay away from me
Get out of my head
Stay away from me
Escape through dreaming
Stay away from me
I’d rather be dead
They curl up in this shrine to falsity
A Woeful fortress
Walled up and empty
They hide within the ruins of a man
Where we’ve been before
We come back again
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6. |
Rotfester
03:53
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Rotfester
I've been told
There's a land that god abandoned
Nowhere to go
It’s called Gentrification
So step up
Tune out
Shoot up
Shoot out
Problems aren't meant to be solved
So fuck up
Luck out
Give up
Give out
See the blooming of your suffering
Industrial womb
Rot flower in bloom
A dour visage
where the skyline looms
A plate of garbage
In a filthy room
No more than a cell
that becomes a tomb
Don't you know
This city's gonna turn around any day now
Nowhere to go
Complacent with corruption
You're homeless
And jonesing
Your options
Are closing
Get that fix at the first of the month
This city
Is so great
Cuz that's what
The suits state
Black and white ideas for things so grey
Industrial womb
Rot flower in bloom
A dour visage
where the skyline looms
A plate of garbage
In a filthy room
No more than a cell
that becomes a tomb
Your suffering is a commodity
Your suffering is a commodity
(guitar solo) until 2:10
Rot! Fester!
Rochester!
Rot! Fester!
Rochester New York!
Rot! Fester!
Rochester!
Rot! Fester!
Rochester New York!
Industrial womb
Rot flower in bloom
A dour visage
where the skyline looms
A plate of garbage
In a filthy room
No more than a cell
that becomes a tomb
Your suffering is a commodity
Your suffering is a commodity
Rot! Fester!
Rochester!
Rot! Fester!
Rochester New York!
Rot! Fester!
Rochester!
Rot! Fester!
Rochester New York!
Do I have to scream this from the crumbling rooftops or beg on my hands and knees about the need to fix this broken machine full of systemic suffering?!
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Why you gotta be so motherfucking toxic
Every damn day it makes me sick
Why you gotta be so motherfucking vacant
Every damn day you lie and bitch
You sit on the couch killing time like a loser
Every damn day it makes me sick
Drink another vodka but tell me that you’re sober
Every damn day I’m sick of it
I'm sick of it
Why you gotta take advantage of my feelings
Every damn day the knife you twist
Drink another vodka but tell me that you’re sober
Every damn day you piece of shit
You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts
You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts
You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts
You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts
Why you gotta be so motherfucking stupid
Every damn day it makes me sick
You think you’re sexy Cupid but you’re fucking putrid
Every damn day You take the piss
Causing all the fighting with all your Gaslighting
Every damn day it makes me sick
Your drinking and your lying and all your Backbiting
Every damn day with this bullshit
This is bullshit
Why you gotta hurt me and everyone around you
Every damn day the same old shit
Why you gotta make it fucking suck to love you
Every damn day you’re the worst pick
You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts
You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts
You Kicked My Heart In The Nuts
You Kicked My Heart In The Goddamn Motherfucking Nuts!
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8. |
Siberia
03:41
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black boots
black hair
black nails
black heart
fishnets
corsets
leather
& latex
This ice queen has been paid to be mean
on your knees
worship your mistress
pray to the predator
she’ll break you
& you’ll say thank you
you want a cold bitch
she’s Siberia, baby
black boots
black hair
black nails
black heart
fishnets
corsets
leather
& latex
This ice queen has been paid to be mean
on your knees
worship your mistress
pray to the predator
she’ll break you
& you’ll say thank you
you want a cold bitch
she’s Siberia, baby
Siberia I need your discipline
True submissive love my wish for your command
With glowing flames and candle wax,
You whip me into shape
I’m all tied up,
Siberia, please step all over me
Goddess you are gloriously mean
Siberia, please step all over me
Siberia, please step all over me
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9. |
Las Patónas
04:41
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instrumental
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10. |
Your Arms (My Sanctuary)
03:13
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In Your arms
I’ve learned how safety feels
For so long
I doubted this was real
You’ve opened your doors to me
Now I open up to you
My sanctuary
In Your arms
Vulnerability
Does no harm to me
In Your arms
In Your arms
I’ve learned what is true wealth
For so long
I’ve guarded my true self
You’ve opened your doors to me
Now I open up to you
My sanctuary
In Your arms
Vulnerability
Does no harm to me
In Your arms
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11. |
New Way
05:15
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New Way
Each life contains light and shadow
So close to that place
(so close to that place)
Love elegant and powerful
Things I need to face
(Things I need to face)
Fill my empty soul with real joy
Change this dark ending
(Change this dark ending)
All these intentions to employ
It’s all depending
(It’s all depending)
On a new way (new way)
Find a New Way (new way)
On a new way (new way)
Find a new way (new way)
Fear is a shield; Anger a sword
And I just cannot afford
For life to be an endless war
I need to find a new way
The darkness is not missed by me
I control my life
(I control my life)
The light inside keeps guiding me
Through valleys of strife
(Through valleys of strife)
The mountains I will move in time
Streams forming canyons
(Streams forming canyons)
The people I will soothe sublime
Stable companions
(Stable companions)
Wrapped in a warm blanket of hope
Cold world can’t kill me
(Cold world can’t kill me)
Perception’s a Kaleidoscope
Shifts intensity
(Shifts intensity)
Shown in the sunrise of a smile
Concrete beyond dreams
(Concrete beyond dreams)
Reality’s more worthwhile
More than what it seems
(More than what it seems)
On a new way (new way)
Find a New Way (new way)
On a new way (new way)
Find a new way (new way)
Fear is a shield; Anger a sword
And I just cannot afford
For life to be an endless war
I need to find a new way
On a new way (new way)
Find a New Way (new way)
On a new way (new way)
Find a new way (new way)
Fear is a shield; Anger a sword
And I just cannot afford
For life to be an endless war
I need to find a new way
I need to take my life back so
I can move forward (a new way forward)
I need to take my life back so
I can move forward (a new way forward)
I need to take my life back so
I can move forward (a new way forward)
I need to take my life back so
I can move forward (a new way forward)
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12. |
䷐ ䷀ (Hexagram Hexagram)
04:22
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Casting stalks of yarrow
Crisis is opportunity
Read the changes
The joy, the sorrow
What is, What will be
Find the joy in following
Guided by this cleromancy
fates random plan
The good things it brings
What is, What will be
Resistance is futile
Persistence is worthwhile
Persist
Persist
Persist
Maturing removes excess
From struggle into success
Stillness
Stillness
Stillness
Natural transformation
Follow the flow of becoming
Embracing change
The creative man
What is, What will be
Harnessing the dragon
Upward to heaven it’s pulling
Cast off childish
things that hinder growth
What is, What will be
Resistance is futile
Persistence is worthwhile
Persist
Persist
Persist
Maturing removes excess
From struggle into success
Stillness
Stillness
Stillness
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13. |
Chronocide
05:15
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Clock’s ticking life’s slipping through my hands like grains of sand
I’m killing time until I know what to do
But I’m killing it, chilling with you
I’m killing time until I can find my next steps to take,
and see what I destroy and what I make
I’m killing it, chilling with you
And right now there’s nothing else I’d rather do
The juggernaut of forward motion
Hand in hand with entropy
A pointless lofty abstract notion
Means nothing to you and me
It’s Chronocide
We’re killing time
Until our time
Is up
Grains trickling life’s sinking into hourglass quicksand
This temporal cloche is big enough for two
I’m killing it, chilling with you
I’m killing time until I can decide how to react;
I’m killing time that I cannot get back
But I’m killing it, chilling with you
And right now there’s nothing else I’d rather do
The juggernaut of forward motion
Hand in hand with entropy
A pointless lofty abstract notion
Means nothing to you and me
It’s Chronocide
We’re killing time
Until our time
Is up
Nothing good or bad will stay
Forever only lasts today
Nothing good or bad will stay
Forever only lasts today
Nothing good or bad will stay
Forever only lasts today
Nothing good or bad will stay
Forever only lasts today
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Slouching Towards Doomsday
VERSE 1:
The first act is usually used for exposition, to establish the main characters, their relationships, and the world they live in. Later in the first act, a dynamic, on-screen incident occurs, known as the inciting incident, or catalyst, that confronts the protagonist, and whose attempts to deal with this incident lead to a second and more dramatic situation, known as the first plot point, which (a) signals the end of the first act, (b) ensures life will never be the same again for the protagonist and (c) raises a dramatic question that will be answered in the climax of the film. The dramatic question should be framed in terms of the protagonist's call to action, (Will X recover the diamond? Will Y get the girl? Will Z capture the killer?).
CHORUS:
As we’re slouching towards doomsday
I’ll be moving forward
On My own terms & in My own way
Becoming old and bored
I don’t know what to say
As we’re slouching towards doomsday
VERSE 2:
The second act, also referred to as "rising action", typically depicts the protagonist's attempt to resolve the problem initiated by the first turning point, only to find themselves in ever worsening situations. Part of the reason protagonists seem unable to resolve their problems is because they do not yet have the skills to deal with the forces of antagonism that confront them. They must not only learn new skills but arrive at a higher sense of awareness of who they are and what they are capable of, in order to deal with their predicament, which in turn changes who they are. This is referred to as a character arc.
CHORUS:
As we’re slouching towards doomsday
I’ll be moving forward
On My own terms & in My own way
Becoming old and bored
I don’t know what to say
As we’re slouching towards doomsday
(Guitar solo)
VERSE 3:
The third act features the resolution of the story and its subplots. The climax is the scene or sequence in which the main tensions of the story are brought to their most intense point and the dramatic question answered, leaving the protagonist and other characters with a new sense of who they really are.
Wouldn’t it be GREAT if real life worked like that?
BRIDGE:
When everything you wanted
Isn’t everything you wanted
When everything you wanted
Isn’t everything you wanted
Trottier, David: "The Screenwriter's Bible", pp. 5–7. Silman James, 1998.
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15. |
Muditā
02:47
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Muditā
Boundless empathy
Finding inspiration
In the universe
As it moves towards enlightenment
This sympathetic joy is limitless
It’s always available
It’s hard to cultivate
That’s ok
We’ll develop it day to day
Slake all thirst at this endless well
Delighted in the joy of others’ joy
Calm the mind
Open the heart
We are all part of this cosmic drama
The sky is big enough for everyone
there's always someone somewhere discovering something
The whole world is lifted by that
maitrī-karuṇā-muditopekṣāṇāṁ sukha-duḥkha-puṇyāpuṇya-viṣayāṇāṁ bhāvanātaś-citta-prasādanam
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