days you were here ran into
one another in bloom
times that you feared leaving home
fade into memory songs
i say what I feel and hurry to
all the pathways I knew
ain't no more tears where you are
let go the time that is gone

brave as you do tremble here
only wounded are near
bright for the ones who never heal
who don't know their moment to yield
gave all your heat in a cheer
all the clutter you cleard
ain’t no more tears where you are
darkness will teach us to love

couldn’t hear what they were saying
didn’t know where it was from
they need you to break like their breaking
over their dread like the dawn
over their dream like the dawn
its over their head like the dawn

days you were here came too soon
all the knowing I grew
same as we dared all along
fading in memory songs
say what you feel and hurry to
all the pathways you knew
ain’t no more tears where we are
fading in memory songs

memory songs (single)

memory songs

state device

we’re running on pavement
yeah we’re running for our lives
saving up for our poisoned bread
driven through our time
keeping up with the tv games
lounging with the fire
the flame of all burning out slowly
the pain you saw bursting through the window
out there shattered wasted plains of romance
out there tell me what your name really is
give yourself to the machine
let it tell you everything 
mimic what the spirit was
spirit is as spirit does
the flame of all burning out slowly
the pain you saw bursting through the window
out there shattered wasted plains of romance
out there tell me what your name really is
why, how can I want to run
how can I walk in too far
i adored the world
illusion so it threw me down
and I remember when 
they were used and reproduced 
give yourself to the machine
let it tell you everything 
mimic what the spirit was
spirit is as spirit does
give yourself to the machine
let it tell you everything 
mimic what the spirit was
spirit is as spirit does

written & produced by Seph Ortha

spirit mimic

spirit mimic (feat. china rose)

fade in 2

fade In 2

your life
your shadow
your time
your crown
your smile
your lesson
your sorrow
your weapon
you wake up in the serpent tide
you lay down with the wolves
pray to the wall
pray to the wall
pray to the wall
your style
your burrow
your light
your crown
your trial
your treason
your trouble
your mission
you wake up in the serpent tide
you lay down with the wolves
pray to the wall
save yourself
pray to the wall
save yourself
pray to the wall
pray to the wall
pray to the wall
pray to the wall
pray to the wall

written & produced by Seph Ortha

pray to the wall

pray to the wall (feat. china rose)

you wouldnt like it

I put the light into your eyes­
that way you wouldn't see me
I put the fear into your god
 that way he wouldn't know me
I saw you coming for a mile
its why you couldn't free me
I kept it dark and perched it high
its why you couldn't reach me

tell me, bind me
tell me your fable again
say it, remind me
tell me again
trick me, confine me
tell me your fable again
tell me deform me
tell me your fable

I ran along your temple stone
in the curtains heavy cover
I came upon your bloody throne
a heap of cold and burden
I saw what you've been keeping there
I knew you couldn't hear me
I saw what you were dripping in
thats why you lay before me

tell me, bind me
tell me your fable again
say it, remind me
tell me again
trick me, confine me
tell me your fable again
tell me deform me
tell me your fable

tell me your fable
tell me your fable again
tell me your fable
tell me your fable again

tell me, bind me
tell me your fable again
say it, remind me
tell me again
trick me, confine me
tell me your fable again
tell me deform me
tell me your fable­

tell me your fable (feat. china rose)

you twist my words like a cobra
I’m prey for the abattoir
a piece of meat on a belt 
packed with two hands in a box
this glory is all yours
this glory is all yours
this glory is all yours
for the taking
all yours
minced meat, minced meat
tell me I’m more than a banquet
a feast, save me
salt and pepper shakers
does it matter dancing cobra
does it matter dancing cobra
does it matter dancing cobra
I dreamed of paradise in a meadow
stir me up your engines running
who is the judge of aptitude
fire your gun, anyway
this glory is all yours
this glory is all yours
this glory is all yours
for the taking
all yours
minced meat, minced meat
minced meat, minced meat
tell me I’m more than a banquet
a feast, save me
salt and pepper shakers
does it matter dancing cobra
does it matter dancing cobra
does it matter dancing cobra
does it matter?
you twist my words
does it matter?
you twist my words
does it matter?
you twist my words
does it matter?
you twist my words
tell me I’m more than a banquet
a feast, save me
salt and pepper shakers
does it matter dancing cobra
tell me I’m more than a banquet
a feast, save me
salt and pepper shakers
does it matter dancing cobra
does it matter dancing cobra
does it matter dancing cobra

Music - Seph Ortha
Lyrics & Vocals - China Rose

cobra (feat. china rose)

demoralised

"sends out, or transmits, a signal
to slaves who carry out that signal"

"oh that is so uncool"

how can we know who you really are?
you stole your world from the way it was
what can be found in the wake of it?
in the result we see the reason
now we lose the spell it's making
i don't care anymore
i'm not standing for
anyone with chosen blood
it's been a lifetime in the way of us
our body signalling for nutrients
should we refuse the gifts they offer
call a wapenshaw lads
it's a secret war
all for chosen blood
call a wapenshaw lads
it's a secret war
i don't care anymore
i'm not standing for
anyone with chosen blood
call a wapenshaw lads
it's a secret war
all for chosen blood

wapenshaw

"you're a little late
there's nothing left but me
and the lower forms"..
we are forsworn
we are forsworn
i don't care what you make of it
i don't care what you take away
i don't care that you're faking it
i just let em own their way
we are forsworn to the wonderful world
i can feel it
i don't know who they are anymore
can you feel it?
"heha there goes some of me again.."
"oh does it hurt you?"
"oh no i just keep picking it up..
..and putting it back in again"
think i see what its getting at
think i see whats in the way
always frustrating it
it only knows one thing..
war..
and the story for
our rising sun
"heha there goes some of me again.."
"oh does it hurt you?"
"oh no i just keep picking it up..
..and putting it back in again"
war..
and the story for
 our setting sun

cover art: https://www.instagram.com/p/DG44i5Sprta

reel 1: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHEseLsT_8O
reel 2:https://www.instagram.com/p/DG7bwwrv6Cm

written & produced by Seph Ortha

forsworn

stay out of the whirlwind
show up to our burden

cover art: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHQZWreP_no

reel 1: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHgBEpLvTEd
reel 2: https://www.instagram.com/p/DHul_qlv8Qt

written & produced by Seph Ortha

show up to our burden

these bits, these sticks, this crucifix
stones through the window
upon your neck protect
like a widow at a funeral
these nightmares parallel (padded cell)
whats going on over there
hanging on to chains
catch a stare
pull down these underwares
leave ya hangin on my lovin
leave ya hangin on my dream
leave ya hangin on my lovn
leave ya out there in the sea
gold throne a barrel and tomb
these prostitutes are destitutes
saving your kingdom 
bent upon your throne
your diamond castle moan
forbidden trinkets
condemnation
dazzling maverick
hanging on chains
catch a stare
pull down these underwares
leave ya hangin on my lovin
leave ya hangin on my dream
leave ya hangin on my lovn
leave ya hangin on my dream 
heretics washing hands clean
scarlet bleeding into the dead sea
heretics washing hands clean
scarlet bleeding into the dead sea
is this the remedy is this the remedy
is this the remedy is this the remedy
leave ya hangin on my lovin
leave ya hangin on my dream
leave ya hangin on my lovn
leave ya hangin on my dream

hanging on chains

hanging on chains [demo] (feat. china rose)

the ages fading slowly
the patients gone in the dark
the river parting for me
the neighbour poisons their darling child
always known
hold the hour forewarned
wage their will undone
place the power forward
wage their will undone
I won't follow I wont follow
I won't follow I won't follow
the pleasure falling from me
the formless one that you are
the clever craft you play in
the neighbour poisoned the darling child
always known
hold the hour forewarned
wage their will undone
place the power forward
wage their will undone
I won't follow I wont follow
I won't follow I won't follow
I won't follow I wont follow
I won't follow I won't follow

written & produced by Seph Ortha

I won't follow

Featuring China Rose

these bits, these sticks, this crucifix
stones through the window
upon your neck protect
like a widow at a funeral
these nightmares parallel (padded cell)
whats going on over there
hanging on to chains
catch a stare
pull down these underwares
leave ya hangin on my lovin
leave ya hangin on my dream
leave ya hangin on my lovn
leave ya out there in the sea
gold throne a barrel and tomb
these prostitutes are destitutes
saving your kingdom
bent upon your throne
your diamond castle moan
forbidden trinkets
condemnation
dazzling maverick
hanging on chains
catch a stare
pull down these underwares
leave ya hangin on my lovin
leave ya hangin on my dream
leave ya hangin on my lovn
leave ya hangin on my dream
heretics washing hands clean
scarlet bleeding into the dead sea
heretics washing hands clean
scarlet bleeding into the dead sea
is this the remedy is this the remedy
is this the remedy is this the remedy
leave ya hangin on my lovin
leave ya hangin on my dream
leave ya hangin on my lovn
leave ya hangin on my dream

hanging on chains 2.0

hanging on chains 2.0 (feat. china rose)

You stand out in my memory
I trace back the time
Before my heart flee
Undig the travesty
Alice and her majesty
You'll never die
Don't ask why
I could never say goodby
You've got my attention
You've got my love again
What have you done
Ive lost touch
You've got my attention
You've got my love again
What have you done
Ive lost touch
Reprimand all the fast mistakes
When time was irrelevant
It doesn't make sense
Where's wally in his red cap
You're standing in my open hand
A dark beauty hologram
I could never understand
You've got my love again
What have you done
Ive lost touch
You've got my attention
You've got my love again
What have you done
Ive lost touch
For all those times 
I didn't see you
See eye to eye
All that was in my way
Evaporates
Caught up in the next escape
Whatever might be in your way
Im not there anyway
You've got my love again
What have you done
Ive lost touch
You've got my attention
You've got my love again
What have you done
Ive lost touch
You've got my love again
What have you done
Ive lost touch
You've got my attention
You've got my love again
What have you done
Ive lost touch

Music, Vocals & Lyrics - Seph Ortha
Vocals, Lyrics - China Rose

touch (feat. china rose)

Culture Altar

like a burning husk
she flew herself to dust
flew herself to dust
as the old craft must
she burns it all to love
burns it all to love
(I listen to the dead)
burns it all to love
shadow bring me roses
tawny glasses and morning earth
guarded all your horses
for no reason i let them go
like the pillar ash
that sparkled under pan
sparkled under pan
as the old craft can
she’s burning down the man
burning down the man
(I listen to the dead)
burning down the man
shadow bring me roses
tawny glasses and morning earth
guarded all your horses
for no reason i let them go
i was calling out
to something in the darkness
i was sorted out
and now i don’t remember
the name i gave it
I’m trying to remember
the name i gave it
shadow bring me roses
tawny glasses and morning earth
guarded all your horses
for no reason i let them go
shadow bring me roses
tawny glasses and morning earth
guarded all your horses
for no reason i let them go

written & produced by Seph Ortha

shadow roses

lost friends (a trick)

Free

all the words you took under double faith
will return another way in your service
all the sand you threw in our tired way
the wind blows into place to preserve us
holy maiden dance your lonely fire
olden days were just a strange desire
save me your wars.. leave me alone
break all my heart.. leave me my love
burn the year in all the dreams that never came
I’m glad you took my faith.. it was useless
all your tears and I’m not usually this way
I don’t know how to make you feel grateful
holy maiden dance your lonely fire
olden days were just a strange desire
save me your wars.. leave me alone
break all my heart.. spare me my love
teach your rocks to bend, your seas to dry
force the world to fall under your eye
teach your rocks to bend, your seas to dry
force the world to fall under your eye
save me your wars.. im not under your eye
leave me alone.. im not under your eye
break all my heart.. im not under your eye
spare me my love.. im not under your eye
save me your wars.. save me your wars
leave me alone.. leave me alone
break all my heart.. break all my heart
spare me my love.. leave me my love

holy maiden

"You're Not Real”
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         (lyrics)
you're not real
barely human
foreign seal
on your windows
glowing wheel
in your children
in your cause
you're not real
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© 2017 Seph Ortha ⚘
www.culturealtar.com
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Cover Art by:
CyberCityPunk
 www.cybercitypunk.com 
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You're Not Real

you're not real

i got a new machine
cause that’s what it takes to make me happy
i think I’ll use it when you’re looking at me
and you can either follow me
or stand in your filth until my new machine cleans you up
cause I’ll survive at all cost
woe to the vanquished lot
thank god for relativity
that i may enjoy the price of silence
i’m writing out the creed
let them walk their distances of antinomy
they’ll never find me
proud of my genes to be
how can i make this given world i see
more like me
and I’ll survive at all cost
woe to the vanquished lot
thank god for relativity
that i may enjoy the price of silence
i stand alone and watch you tremble
i stand alone and watch you tremble
i standalone and watch you tremble

MUSIC-VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgw0zPgTLVs
GIF-COVER-ART
https://giphy.com/gifs/fk2ZHm72FD7SzBQTJm
COVER-ART
https://sephortha.tumblr.com/image/706424040591589376

monkey in a hotspring

𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭
𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐭

Seph Ortha ⚘

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