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Persona

by Upon Thy Waves

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1.
hear me say what a great fucking time to be alive when liberty is cutting like a knife we’re hell-bent on analyzing what lies beyond our comprehension we try to see the sun with our eyes shut yet time is not a game to play couldn’t cheat it anyway tired, bent and grey, we divide our day keeping track of what could or should have been rushing through life like an arrow on the fly with eyes on a target that doesn’t cross our path is it not a sign of great poverty when all we want is more it shows us all the things we lack wherever we go we try to bring back to life what we destroyed on our own path tired, bent down, so grey let’s not try to spread the disease so brothers of the isles, mark my words when the white man arrives, you better lock your doors you’ll find your demise at the hands of the conquerors from the land of no remorse what a time to be alive
2.
Persona 04:28
put on your mask join the masquerade, a bright parade come taste the tale, pick another name you can be who you wanna be 'cause at night we’re all the same in the lying game unite the vow and the lie cross my heart and hope to die the vow and the lie a promise to unify a character born, a new persona unveiled the truth will die and the lie will prevail with our hearts in disguise you can look in our eyes all you want you will never find sincerity with our hearts in disguise it’s just a matter of time 'till you break and submit to the masquerade put on your mask, be my guest at a new day
3.
Misdirection 04:06
I let you go you’ll be where you belong this place I lead you to will be your last welcome to the garden of stone I used to go along this empty road I was trying to get you out of my head I used to think my mind got overflown my conscience screamed but I didn’t want to listen I saw your face, I heard your voice every day still I couldn’t figure out what you were saying it took me years to understand that I didn’t feel, didn’t show, didn’t have to let you go don’t feel, don’t show, nowhere to go inside my shell I paved my road to hell I saw your face, I heard your voice, still I pursued after all this time of misdirection now I start to know my conscience screamed but I didn’t let go don’t feel, don’t show my conscience screamed but I didn’t let go of myself
4.
Last Call 05:39
here we go embrace the abundance, a feast on our future with blatant hubris and a dark sense of humor the straw that broke the camel’s back now all that’s left are human wrecks so stop casting your fishing rods into our wishing wells just because our future doesn’t wear a price tag doesn’t mean it’s without value don’t you think we went a bit overboard here all reason crashed and burned this time you put us into the dumpster thrown away like trash, but don’t lose ground after all it’s called trash can, not trash cannot last call, seize control of this ship it’s about time that we weigh anchor time to weigh the odds last call, bring the shepherd to his knees it’s about time to leave the herd behind time to rectify last call, last call last call for orders, shut this party down last call, last call last call for orders, hit the goddamn road you spared us the moral ambiguity the ethical dimensions as clear as night and day you won’t derail this train of thought we finally escaped this drain of thought so stop casting your fishing rods into our wishing wells time to rectify time to rectify, shut this party down we found ourselves on a sinking boat that no one can leave we found ourselves on a sinking boat that no one will leave alive
5.
Animavore 03:51
empty us of soul and mind determination left behind the man on the screen turns water to wine keep your head down and step in line empty us of a voiceful life seized up and wedged in nine to five empty us of dreams and ambitions why make plans of our own volition in the end I guess we’ll obey a paradigm to betray I think, therefore I follow choke on the lies you swallow this is the art of forgery aestheticize the deceit if you’re blind to the facts admit defeat to their fantasy rejoice and repeat I think, therefore I follow empty us of identity graduate in apathy it’s too late to reverse once it’s all brought into shape keep your head down and plan your way to escape
6.
wake up from this silent dream lay down your self-esteem united in ignorance, we fight our deliverance black or white, what did you learn to see can your mind deny reality fuck your dignity, it’s beyond remedy under the spreading chestnut tree I sold you and you sold me we have passed the year warnings given never so clear we all are the gears moving this machine of faith and fear this desolation swept away all hopes and dreams across the nation black or white, what did you learn to see can your mind deny reality four or five, can you just answer me naivety is on it’s killing spree wake up our land of harmony and hope powering your subconscious mind the builders of our world, fighting, bleeding, dying you know a lie is truth, as long as no one questions you know a lie is truth until you recognize it as a lie
7.
Echo Chamber 01:55
8.
you have one minute, tell me what happened here you have one moment to make this situation clear cut back to the beginning, what have you done blood splatter on the ceiling, glass shards across the floor my eyes were closed just for a minute or two I had my eyes closed, but don’t you turn this on me you’re liable for this catastrophe your words determine your fate your words will be your epitaph you have one minute, convince me that this is not what it looks like to me you have one moment, assure me that there’s another side to the story speak your truth
9.
stuck-up you say your nation can feed itself bury the branches and isolate yourself mister averse to economic entanglements reap what you sow with your line of demarcation you say this world will always stay the same you say your world will always stay the same this line will kill you day by day, resources held at bay just turn one blind eye, erode your own supply time to take your side a life entwined or still persisting on divide isolation is not the answer

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released January 27, 2017

Recorded by Burns Biermayr
Mixed & Mastered by Norbert Leitner
Artwork by Missfelidae Illustration

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