Transcendence through complacency. Perfection through conditioning. Nothing matters but "the promise". Despite your health, your body, your mind. Hustle, work, produce, repeat, repeat, repeat. Should slivers of doubt enter your mind, wipe them clean and focus on what will be attained. This is just part of the mechanism of "progress".

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The inside feels the same as the outside feels the same on the inside
I can feel
The mechanism

I'm staring at the center of the hole in the world
And it speaks to me
“What do you see?”

A thousand different answers leave my tongue
It's pouring out of me
“Are you afraid to be?”

I kind of like it here
I like the lack of surprises
There's nothing to fear

I think I'll stay in here
But I can feel something hiding
Inside my eyes

The inside feels the same as the outside feels the same on the inside
I can Feel
The mechanism

The inside feels the same as the outside feels the same on the inside
I am a part
Of The mechanism

You cannot let yourself hide inside
Accept the truth and rip yourself away from the lie
You will fail, you will be denied
So you can redesign

The mechanism
I am falling closer to the end of the world
I'm kind of excited
“What do you like?”

I want to be drowned in the cold of the void
Because it feels so good to me
“Liar”

I think I'll disappear
Into the nothing of silence
There's nothing to hide

I think I'll stay in here
But I can feel something hiding
Inside my eyes

The inside feels the same as the outside feels the same on the inside
I can Feel
The mechanism

The inside feels the same as the outside feels the same on the inside
I am a part
Of The mechanism

You cannot let yourself hide inside
Accept the truth and rip yourself away from the lie
You will fail, you will be denied
So you can redefine

The mechanism

Can you take me there?
I want to be everywhere, I can feel
The mechanism

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Credits:
Ondrej Tvarozek (Judge Drejj) - vocals, arrangement, performance, all instrumentation

Mechanism

Each individual's environment shapes and molds their outlook, persona, and psyche. While simultaneously forging one's determined path, the systems in place also pull against what is being sought after. This tension is unsustainable.

You cannot reach for the sky while your body/mind are dragged beneath the ground. So you claw for that "unattainable"...

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VERSE

I made sure I have my affairs in order
maintain sharp focus as my gaze grows colder
I can feel them laughing now
Their grins bellow our loud
But inside the bustling crowd
I remain irrelevant

I'm taking care not to get too excited
My feelings bare, I'm afraid I can't hide it
I can feel the rush inside
The adrenaline runs high
I think I'll enjoy the ride
But I'm still restraining

Chorus

I'll run as far as my body will take me
Though I'm shattered none of this can break me
Down
You think I'll turn around
Go ahead and make me

I have stripped all of the excess
Now my fuel is the broken dreams I drag
Behind
I'll find
What will elevate me

VERSE 2

I stand upon all of the bridges I'm burning
My world is empty yet it keeps on turning
So much that I could be
But will they remember me?
Only one way to really see
I remain free of consequence

My skin is broken and my body is bruising
The things I love and hate they seem to be fusing
So what do I do now?
I gotta get through this somehow
There is only one way out
I think I'll take it

Chorus

I'll run as far as my body will take me
Though I'm shattered none of this can break me
Down
You think I'll turn around
Go ahead and make me

I have stripped all of the excess
Now my fuel is the broken dreams I drag
Behind
I'll find
What will elevate me

I stand against the attack
As all my senses snap me back
My patience strips away
I'm losing all the things I lack
I cannot be strong for you
I can barely have any strength for myself

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Credits:

Ondrej Tvarozek (Judge Drejj) - vocals, arrangement, performance, all instrumentation

Sky Scraper

After years of working in the darkwave/synthwave world as well as the progressive metal realms, I wanted to get in touch with music that I spent a great amount of time listening to in my formative years - trance and progressive trance. I wanted to see how that inspiration would meld with my sound and this is the result.

CAUSTICISM

Diving into some slow-trance with a bit of Depeche Mode's attitude.

Judge Drejj

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