Lyrics:

Self-sacrifice, the ultimate price, sublime and never in vain
		Never in vain
		Example is set, never to forget, defying the norms of Cain
		Norms of Cain

Between two fires that won't ever cease
Only fools are dreaming of peace
Now
There's no backing down

You’re at a loss, can hardly see
Deep-psychological policy
Of hate
Until it’s too late

This is for the lost as we count the cost

Abandoned – desperate – discouraged – defenseless
Freezing – starvation – dementia – bleeding to death

		Self-sacrifice, the ultimate price, sublime and never in vain 
		Never in vain
		Example is set, never to forget, defying the norms of Cain
		Norms of Cain

		Hired con artists can't extract catharsis from our tragedy
		Unworthy endeavor
		Whether they show us scorn or compassion
		Glory at the price of moral concessions –
		Never!


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The Second Stage of Grief

Martyrdom

Lyrics:

We might have seen it coming, the catastrophe
But we did nothing to make things any better, you see
Again I think of how it could have been now that all is through:
I’m dreaming of that island where the sky is always blue

I don’t care if it’s not true

No, it shouldn’t have ended this way
I never knew why our world was grey
Oh, let some blue sky in – 
Just for once, in these moments of dying

Funny how we’ve unlearned happy endings as we grew older
Was it really us getting more cynical or was it the world getting colder?..
If I could have another try, I know what I would do
I’d take you to that island where the sky is always blue

But there’s no more sun shining through...



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The Horrid Truth Still Untold

No More Sun Shining Through

Lyrics:

Switch it on, get connected
New perspectives every day
Your virtual heaven
Is now just a few clicks away

Day in, day out
Log in, log out

Knowledge is replaced by information,
We only rely on the news, not on facts
A new generation of degeneration
Will carry on 'til there's no turning back

Log in, log out

Befriended by the whole world
And yet all alone
Not even a human anymore,
Just another clone

Day in, day out
Log in, log out

Knowledge is replaced by information,
We only rely on the news, not on facts
A new generation of degeneration
Will carry on 'til there's no turning back

Log in, log out



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Knowledge Is Replaced By Information

Lyrics:


Big wide blue sky

Do you still remember how it used to be?
We lived our lives easy and clarity was the key
Time’s changed as we grew up and one thing is for sure:
Not much has remained of what we knew before
Sometimes when I’m alone late at night I recall
And I wonder if the past was for real at all
Now and then, even if the truth remains unseen,
Beyond the dark horizon there’s still a perfect dream:

Big wide blue sky

Big wide blue sky

So I opened up my eyes on that day I took a look to the sky
It was so bright it almost blinded my eyes
I even thought I heard the one sitting beside me say
Something about a place where people see this every day
Well, it didn’t last for long, it disappeared behind the clouds
And it was the last I saw of it without a doubt
But since then, even if the truth remains unseen,
Beyond the dark horizon there’s still this perfect dream...

Big wide blue sky



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Interface To Nonexistence

Lyrics:

Winds of war blowing cold,
The horrid truth still untold:
Stories long forsaken
Of innocent lives taken

Who would believe? No-one to recall
No questions – no answers at all
No-one to testify,
Only a few are asking why

Shallow graves, moving ground
Murderous times' sepulchral mound

Shallow graves, moving ground
Signs of life without a sound



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Shallow Graves, Moving Ground

Lyrics:


From their roots, from their past
People have been torn
By the Wonder of the world
And the Purple-born

Centuries too many
Phantom age, forgery

The time machine once out of control,
Back and forth without an end
(Bellowing out in rage)
Is now about to break down for good,
It's time to make amends
(Unveiled the phantom age)

Vilify our storyteller
And believe our foe – 
How much lower can we go?

Centuries too many
Phantom age, forgery

The time machine once out of control,
Back and forth without an end
(Bellowing out in rage)
Is now about to break down for good,
It's time to make amends
(Unveiled the phantom age)



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Phantom Age

Erase

Lyrics:

I’m gonna take that gun
Yeah, time to get it done

Glad to see you all again, yeah, it’s been a while
I am back to reclaim what’s mine, no longer in denial
Slave for a lifetime or hero for a day?
I have made my choice, you know, so I will have a say

They thought I was a miscalculation, an error in the system
Now I’m here to take them down, no one will ever miss them
The whole world stands on trial before me in this final phase
Martial law’s gonna take effect, all that’s left to do is erase

Is it for fortune? Is it for fame? 
What does it matter? Your end will be the same
The system made me what I am, it’s understood
Now it’s payback time and I’ll finish them all for good


I’m gonna take that gun
Yeah, time to get it done

I’m gonna take that gun
Yeah, time to get it done



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The Death Instinct

Lyrics:

Toxic rain
The ultimate blow
All in vain
There’s only one place left to go

Sure ain’t no wonderland
It’s easy to understand
Things got out of hand
Lord show us pity

Survivors, just a few,
Striving to carry through,
With nothing else to do
Raised this new city

Our existence is punishment
Is this what God has sent?

Safe inside,
Engineered to survive –
While the exiled,
Out in the wasteland, they struggle for life

Refuge, sanctuary
Causing lethality,
Acute toxicity – 
Lord show us pity

Sure ain’t no wonderland
It’s easy to understand
The same mistakes... Not again!..
Murderous city

Our existence is punishment
Is this what God has sent?

Existence is punishment
Isn’t what we meant
Existence is punishment

Existence is punishment
To our own detriment
Existence is punishment



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O.E.I.P.

Our Existence Is Punishment has been founded in 2007 as a periodic side project of Nadir members Norbert Czetvitz (guitar, see also Ghostchant), Viktor Tauszik (vocals, see also Enter The Void) and Szabolcs Fekete (drums).

Right from the start, the aim of the musicians has been to create something special and unique. This endeavor already showed on the first recordings in the shape of a musical direction – the easiest way to describe it is industrial doom metal – that is totally different from the style of Nadir, colder and more mechanical than that. Then the style completed itself on the first full length Our Existence Is Punishment album, „The Horrid Truth Still Untold”, recorded in Autumn 2010 and brought out in early 2011. The musical concept and the sound are similar to those of Will Haven to a certain extent and also influenced by Prong or innovators of the late 1980s / early 1990s like Godflesh and Morgoth.

The songs are based on a particular atmosphere instead of riffs (although there are quite a few heavy and brutal riffs) and the band departs from traditional song structures on several occasions. Concerning the lyrics, there is no concept to connect the songs, the different dark and gloomy topics, harmonizing with the music are inspired by history and the present times –or sometimes science fiction / utopian sources.

Meanwhile, Our Existence Is Punishment, completed by bassist / vocalist Dániel Kósa (Planet Void, Ghostchant, ex-Nadir), played a couple of shows. Future live performances will depend primarily on the current activities of Nadir. The two albums of OEIP – „The Horrid Truth Still Untold” (2011) and “The Second Stage Of Grief” (2013) –, however, can be downloaded for free via http://oeip.bandcamp.com/ (similarly to the distribution of the Nadir releases).

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