Watch the Official Music Video here: https://youtu.be/04d-thRK38A

Paradigm – Defense Mechanism

Single Black Male, 31 – Elliot Davis

Avoidant Personality Disorder. Employed. Lives with parents. Never been married. Not comfortable in most social situations. Feels unwelcomed. Takes criticism as a personal attack. Forcibly inserts himself into social situations resulting in irritability and agitation. Isolates for long periods of time. Trust issues. Found out his insurance covered these sessions, so he’s “taking advantage of them.”

Mental Truancy

Paradigm

Mental Truancy is officially available digitally on all platforms! To accompany the release is the official video for our second single "A Bleak Scenario" You can watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/LK_ow92GpIE

You can get the album at the following links and is available everywhere music is available!
https://mindlesshope.bandcamp.com/album/mental-truancy
https://www.amazon.com/music/player/albums/B0B4BTPLCX
https://music.apple.com/us/album/mental-truancy/1631633881
https://open.spotify.com/artist/29DP0iP6egEJCV9UedHkvD
https://www.pandora.com/artist/mindless-hope/ARjt9jtfhXtdmbw

A Bleak Scenario – Pessimism

Single White Male, 45 – Jacob Levin

Dysthymic Disorder. Highly Educated. Successfully employed. Both parents deceased. Never been married. Socially withdrawn. Overweight. Extreme pessimism. Borderline narcissist. Short-tempered. Arrested after escalating an argument with neighbor. Threw one of the neighbor’s many hubcaps at him and sliced his head pretty good. Court-Ordered Anger Management Sessions (10).

A Bleak Scenario

Void

An undisclosed observatory, high up in the mountains, reveals catastrophic implications for an entire civilization. An internal struggle ensues on how to relay this information and the ramifications of what it means…

Caught in a truth that’s threatening me
Planning to wreck and hinder me
Salt on a wound that’s festering
Continues to burn while coming clean

Facing the guilt the truth creates and it still stings

Forcing a smile that hides the pain
Insurance for all your vicious claims
Caught in the truth the only gain

Pointless to accept the blame of what you accuse
Suffer through this, put my head through the noose
Now you leave me hanging while you 
keep on singing 
Bout your righteousness leading to happiness

Hiding the lies your truth conceals defies the logic the truth reveals
So start to think about shedding the lies and set the truth free

Realizing how these desperate tricks are deceiving those closest to me.
And they listen. They swallow every word that you say. 
They’re helpless. They believe.

Smile and nod, follow your lead. I’m locked in a cage that you create.
Suffer your deeds of pure intent, all while spinning a yarn of malcontent
Start breaking the chains that I’ve been in. Releasing the demons deep within.
All of your lies you thought were true get thrown in your face and start to bruise.

Despise the lies of this truth I must hide, unspoken rules to which I abide
Justified is my surprise when you deny the proof before your eyes
Such a shame to play this game, the objects change they’re never quite the same
Hard to tame what you can’t contain, so insane it’s happening all again 
Reflections of perceptions are blurring the lines of reality
Contorting, distorting all these images that flood your vision
You’re complaining and straining to keep your virtuous side from staining
Misconceive thoughts to deceive of the truth that you refuse to believe

Excuses said to disguise a myriad of truthful lies
Suspicion through the roll of your eyes leaves little hope to compromise

Don’t know what to say, don’t know where to begin
Everything you’ve said I’ve shrugged it off with a grin
Your topsy-turvy world spins out of control
The aces in your hand you no longer hold
Someone tells you something and you take it as fact
When I tell you something different it just rolls off your back
Start to stand my ground I face you alone
Caught in the truth these chains are broke

I’m free now, do you finally believe?
A hidden flaw you did not see, a prejudice you should remedy

Time’s a fickle thing that ticks evenly onward
How about a choice that’ll let us move forward?
Gonna choose the lie that’ll pump up your pride?
Or will you accept the truth of which I hide?

It’s your decision to make, how much time will you take?
Free your mind before you decide, just weigh all the facts and look inside
Blinded by what you’re convinced to be true, creates the illusion surrounding you
You made up your mind, it didn’t take long. Here’s my response now you look, then I’m gone

Don’t know what to say don’t know where to begin 
Had as much as I can have no more patience to give 
Breaking all these chains has left me starving and thin 
My life’s not yours, you will not win 
Choking on your lies suffocating not breathing
When the body dies your views will mean nothing
Believing all these lies has led to your suffering
So take your lies and catch this truth

Unlocking a New Realm of Existence

01 Caught In The Truth

A column of delegates head to the top of Skull Mountain to debate recent findings of calamity. Those with the ability to act refute the findings as heresy and banish the Discoverer…

02 Darkness Atop Skull Mountain

Having been through an incredible ordeal marked by regrettable actions, the Discoverer attempts to rest. His dreams encapsulate those regrets. They coalesce into an inescapable feeling of being torn apart…

06 Majestic Nightmare

This is a selection of songs from our debut album "Verbatim".
All songs are remixed, remastered, and have vocals added to them, as well as, some new lead work from Rob Covello.

All music performed by Matt Grosse James Rivera, Tom Dilliplane, William Lohr, Rob Covello
 
Vocals written, arranged, and performed by Mark David & David Elliott III

This EP is available for free (download card enclosed with booklet) when you buy a physical copy of our new album "Unlocking a New Realm of Existence".

06 The Hornets' Revenge

05 The Antikythera Mechanism

04 What's Left

03 Trepidation

02 The Weeping Souls

01 No Pressure

Mindless Hope is made up of five unique personalities that bring their eclectic influences to every song. Soaring, multi-part harmonies combined with a driving progressive metal sound, bests describes this Philly area band. Each member plays their own orchestrated piece in every song, while individually weaving their unique style into the cohesive fabric that is Mindless Hope.

“...the band blends solid harmonies and dynamic riffs with the drums and bass that bolsters each song…” said John Doan of musicfrenzy.net when describing the “8-minute bludgeoning titled ‘War Wagon.’”

To date, Mindless Hope has released two full-length albums titled “Verbatim,” (2013) and “Unlocking a New Realm of Existence,” (2016) as well as an EP called “Speechless,” (2017) where six instrumental songs from “Verbatim,” were remixed and mastered with vocals added. They are currently preparing for the release of their third full-length album entitled “Mental Truancy” with an expected release September 23, 2022.

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