HIVEMIND EP

Conceptually this song is describing a prisoner's journey in the state of incarceration, with their eventual escape. Inspired by Bargate Prison (Fable) and The Shawshank Redemption.

Lyrics:
Sunken apprehension in me, grips me like a vice

Time stands still behind these bars of dread and steel combined
Seething sorrow echoes through rusted chains

Torturous seclusion has ruined me
Covertly, I'm breaking free
Toss these captive chains into the abyss
Only time will ease the pain

Ease the pain
Ease the pain
Ease the pain
Ease the pain

HIVEMIND

Incarceration

Incarceration - HIVEMIND X

Lyrics:
You put to death my salvation, now there's nothing left of my heart
My wounds can't heal while the torment of your memory lasts. Begone from me
Expunge the past to forget you. Cease my suffering now, you faded wraith
Wait for the dawn when I purge the void you left in me, cruel legacy 

You slip through the cracks of resolve
You make your way past the barriers of cold
You stripped back the threads of happiness old
If poker cards were memories, I would fold
You are the pest that I cannot destroy
Undying curse for which there is no cure
The heartless phantom I'd rather ignore
Deliverance from you now

You put to death my salvation, now there's nothing left of my heart
My wounds can't heal while the torment of your memory lasts. Begone from me
Expunge the past to forget you. Cease my suffering now, you faded wraith
Wait for the dawn when I purge the void you left in me, cruel legacy 

Release me from this pensive state (Release me, set me free)
Release me from this pensive state (Release me, set me free)
Release me from this pensive state (Release me, set me free)
Release me from this pensive state (Release me, set me free)
Release me from this pensive state (Release me, set me free)
Release me from this pensive state (Release me, set me free)

Deliverance

Deliverance - HIVEMIND X

Lyrics: 
Trapped amongst a sea of robot minds
Solemn figures watching all the time
Broken independence locked away
The hive mind tendrils weaving through the clay

Metal casings break your spirits down
Ash to ash, since born in chains we drown
Toss and turn the ocean in my mind
Part of machine, now enslaved and blind 

No escape from the circuit board in your hand
No escape from the circuit board in your hand

Plug into the web of lies spun all around us
There's no breaking free from our eternal prison
In time you will see the lies, they're never ending
Now I'm ready to martyr, my voice is fading
Silence me before I start to comprehend it
Progress for the sake of progress has deceived us

Plug into the web of lies spun all around us
There's no breaking free from our eternal prison
In time you will see the lies, they're never ending
Now I'm ready to martyr, my voice is fading
Silence me before I start to comprehend it

The Hive Mind

The Hive Mind - HIVEMIND X

Lyrics:
Where am I right now? 
Awaken me from this terrible sleep
Hypnagogic fatigue, maniacal screams
The beast in my dreams, it calls to me
I see the release, lies out of my reach
I'm stuck in this purgatory
Paralysed by demons, I pull the trigger
The screams disappear, I feel reprieve

Tell me, is this real, or a dream? 
Guess I'll never know
Shadows creep
Crushing me, to the depths I go

Drifting down to eternal dark insanity
Poltergeist in my head warps this reality
Peer into the mirror, my features distorting
Demonic tormentors encroaching behind me 
My face is melting away
Can you hear me?


The ghost of my conscience cannot wake me from this comatose state
But I see a light in the tunnel of despair
I drift towards it
Now my eyes are open
I am awake

Narcolepsy

Narcolepsy - HIVEMIND X

Lyrics:
Fear, like a plague bearing down, soldiers drop like flies
See the sands of your lives blow to ashes
Vikings raiding the earth, hand of Odin
Set ablaze countrysides, will of Thor

Take me away from our barren land
To the west, with an oar in my hand
Sail away for the gold and renown
Then return and claim my crown

Steel, blood and fire in the mist, yields Valhalla 
Valkyries bring your doom, with a sword
Desecrate monasteries, blood eagle
Set ablaze countrysides, will of Thor

Take me away from our barren land
To the west, with an oar in my hand 
Sail away for the gold and renown
Then return and claim my crown

Vikings

Vikings (Remastered) - HIVEMIND X

HIVEMIND X is the solo project of Dr Hamish Mackay: Songwriter, Guitarist, Vocalist, Bassist, and Music Producer from Melbourne, Australia. His original music is a unique experimental blend of Progressive Rock incorporating multi-genre influences of Metal, Indie, Folk, Classical, Ambient, Electronic and Orchestral music.