The afterimage

Prologue

Lyrics:

I am motionless.

The currents they seem to call to me.
But all I hear are the voices of the dead.
I have scoured the earth without direction,
Only to find my fate was severed, anyway.

I have no intention of leaving this water untouched.
Another day, another fucking night.
I'll leave my dreams with the ocean.

Ideas inflamed, roar through my brain.
Drown my hollow hopes so I'll learn to look ahead.
This is the truth that was relayed to me.

The currents they seem to call to me.
But all I hear are the voices of the dead.
I have scoured the earth without direction,
Only to find my fate was severed, anyway.
I will scour the earth.
I will scour the earth without direction.

I will be rewarded for my cowardice.
I'll fade with the rest of this fucking world.
Return to dust.

Tears of regret cannot turn back the hands of time.
Nonetheless, we do not deserve to call ourselves the kings and queens of this world.

Open your eyes and look upon those who have broken you.

Open your eyes.
And look upon the broken.
Open your eyes.
If you want to stand a chance.

You are but dust carried on a desert wind
Why do you cling so desperately to your humanity?

Shallows

Lyrics:

We're all forgotten
We're all forgotten

Enveloping my mind in a wasteland of suspicion
Compassion twisted and defiled leaving only hatred
I'm fastened in by the chains of discontent
I'm fastened in by these fucking chains

White walls closing in
White walls closing in on me

I'm growing weary of the front that I've established for myself
I'm resenting anyone who begins to assume they can know for themselves
I don't care about them and I'm unmindful of infection of those who rely on sentiments
I never cared about them

Carefully calculated explanations
(I don't need them)
Dismissing errors of emotion

I choose to regard them for who and what they are
They are nothing but a fabrication
They never meant a thing to me

Just an illusion
A distortion of the senses
Just an illusion
A distortion of the senses

I'm growing weary of the front I've established for myself
For myself, now

As I progress I've watched the things I've been taught
Decay and fall to pieces 
Right in front of me
I'll never be the same again

I'm fastened in by the chains of discontent
I'm fastened in by these fucking chains

White walls closing in
White walls closing in on me

We're all forgotten
We are all forgotten

The air is filled with the foul stench of death

Pathogen

Lyrics:

Now is the time to reach out before I find myself on the edge of existence 
(The edge of existence)

Evolving from an agonising birth 
Dark days eclipsing draining all self-worth 
Dreams of hideous splendour begin 
Conceal the faith and seek redemption

Dark days eclipsing draining my worth 
Dark days eclipsing

I’m growing weary of destroying all the evidence 
I'm growing uncertain of the outcome 
With all these constant reminders of where I've gone and what I've seen

When you said you were searching I hoped that you’d find me

When you said you were searching I hoped that you’d find me now 
(When you said you were searching) 
When you said you were searching I hoped that you’d find me now 
(When you said you were searching)

Searching

Living in oceans of assaulted tranquility, 
Only a shadow, I have inaudibly fallen through

Everything that I longed for was right before my eyes 
(Before my eyes)

Neglected, abandoned

As you walked away and called back my name 
I knew then I had made a mistake 
Crashing into the harsh reality that things will never be the same 
(They won’t be the same)

I'm dead to you 
I'm dead to you forever

I can never get back what I chose to throw away 
Dreams of bliss repeat my name 
Choices made without the heart, now despised 
Choices made without the heart, now despised

When you said you were searching I hoped that you’d find me

I know you're seeking more 
I know that you're searching 
I know you're seeking more 
I hoped that you'd find me

I know you're seeking 
I know that you're searching 
I know you're seeking 
I know that you're searching

The Seeking

Lyrics:

Now I can see the only thing that's keeping me from you 
I've tried to make the best of this time 
But no one seems to know why you're making the same mistakes 
And you know they're bringing us closer to a senseless end

In the midst of transition distant memories begin to emanate 
You wish you had not begun this endeavor 
Now the light begins to fade

Take a chance alter your destiny 
Distant memories begin to dissipate 
Take a chance alter your destiny

I hear the distant echoes of forgotten choices 
Waiting patiently for a moment of inspiration 
Trusting reflections of short duration 
With the passage of time my opinion becomes useless 
Am I wasting my time? 
You've become the scattered remnants of who I thought I was 
Am I wasting my fucking time? 
Finding myself asking questions without answers 
Am I wasting my fucking time now?

You wish you had not begun this endeavor 
Now the light begins to fade 
Reach into the unseen, seek to understand 
When you said you were you searching I hoped that you'd find me now 
When you said you were searching 
When you said you were you searching I hoped that you'd find me now 
When you said you were searching

I was chosen by name, generated by those who built me up again 
But still, I refuse to let go without restraint 
You're a part of much more than this

Now tell me, what the fuck was the point of this self-inflicted misery 
Your reality is shifting from one moment to the fucking next

Now I can see the only thing that's keeping me from you 
I've tried to make the best of this time 
But no one seems to know why you're making the same mistakes 
And you know they're bringing us closer to a senseless end

The Unseen

Lyrics:

I felt the presence of hate but I never thought I'd embrace it.
Here is the enemy that has taken control.
An enemy that has haunted my soul.

I am absent minded.
Free me from myself.
Free me.

I burnt these bridges.

Show me the way out.
Then show me the way out.
Show me the way out.
Show me the world.

I'll be rid of this world. Free me from myself.

Who am I to say everything will be alright when we've ruptured the foundations.

I have become so bitter.
I don't think I can create my own destiny.
Who am I to say everything will be alright, when I've ruptured the foundations.

The countless times we'll fall.

You've become, you've become.

You've become the Void in my life.

But you had all the answers, you had them.
You had all the answers.
You have a sense of formless importance.


The Void

Lyrics:

In this walk of life, we reveal our need to satisfy.
We built up these walls.
Foundations of shame, jealousy and pain.

The thoughts, the memories they flow away with time.
You live in fear. You live on illusions.
But the question of guilt lies on your fucking hands.

I called out your fucking name.
Where have you been?

Rest in peace.
Redemption is far.
Redemption is so far away.

My heart has become leaden with your thoughts.
My heart has become leaden.

This place shall become your grave.
Your entity, it strives on defeat and pain.

I've been given two options but I'm sorry I won't take both.
I will pour out my soul into one call.

The afterimage

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