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Mask
05:02
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Keep, yes keep your pain
Hidden lies and false securities
Scarred from a mask worn too long
A face no longer recognized
No I'll opt not to try it on,
Afraid it may fit too well
The need to rise above that
Face the ghosts of this shell!
Mask! Hides the anger
Mask! Hides the pain
Mask! It's suffocating
Mask! Bear it's strain
I! Will face my demons
I! Will ease my pains
I! Will breathe in this life
I! Will break those chains
No I don't want wear it,
No need to try it on again.
This mask is past
No need to hide anymore
Behind the mask. . . .
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2. |
Poison
05:03
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All I ever wanted, was to open up your mind. . .
But you're like a rusted trap, stuck shut and in a bind.
Look at all the moments, we killed off so much time. . .
Now you wanna tell me, that my eyes have gone blind?
I've seen more
Beyond these eyes
And I am over
Those lies
Like darkness
Hides demons
That sweet taste
It's poison.
So have another piece of your pie in the sky
But when the sugar rots and decays your very life
Don't call life unfair, cuz it really doesn't care
The truth my little friend is what has us scared
We all dance the part in this thing we call life. . .
Straining to hear the rhythm. . .
But the song is in our mind
Hear the change?
It makes no sound
Yet, vibrations
Tear us down
To feel something
Our addiction
It takes over
Like poison. . . It's poison
So have another piece of your pie in the sky
But when the sugar rots and decays your very life
Don't call life unfair, cuz it really doesn't care
The truth my little friend is what has us scared
It's poison.
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3. |
Dear Mother
03:56
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It's been a while and struggles are the norm
Lifestyles flashed around me just like porn
Pictures painting a life that's always better
But those lies leave me drained and bitter. . .
Dear mother,
Thought I'd write you a letter
Put pen to paper and drop you a line
I chased
Bad dreams
And they turned and bit me
And I fear I'm losing my mind!
Disinterest
In everything
Everything
That was shoved at me
But I'm takin
A piece a day
I'm changing course
And finding my way
I Tried to paint by the numbers
I Tried to run with hoard
But it left me empty,
Broken and bored!
Dear mother,
I write this letter
Because you always listened
No matter
What my mood!
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4. |
Walk Alone
04:01
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Words and concepts only touch the surface
The road runs empty, showing one no grace
Treading heavy, stumbling with no sense of safe
With many struggles this path has been paved
When I walk, I walk alone
Scrape the earth, discard the stones
With each step the seeds are sown
When I walk, I walk alone
Within this journey lives liberation
And yet blankets of emotion are suffocating
With each step the infinite path it grows
But on this journey we all must walk alone
When I walk, I walk alone
Scrape the earth, discard the stones
With each step the seeds are sown
When I walk, I walk alone
Another step, the load she lightens
With each effort the darkness slowly brightens
As I breathe. . .
Each step shall pass. . .
It's not the distance traveled. . .
Its learning from the path. . .
Step by step. . .
Time is the path. . .
Between the ticks. . .
We learn to walk the path. . .
Along this journey. . .
Scraped to the bone. . .
Take another step to rise above it all and walk alone!
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5. |
Break In
03:26
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Sometimes it seems as if there is no time at all
In the valleys, up on the mountains we stumble and we fall
The wise man once said a prayer for our sins
But from the valley's of despair we're gonna break this open and break on in!
Levies break and waters overtake without a reason
No escape so it's time to overtake and break in
Nothings closed or binds you when your open
Shut it down and step on up and break in!
Over time and brick by brick we build upon our walls
Stuck alone inside our boundaries we strain until we crawl
We look out to the world for answers that lie within
Assault your boundaries and break in!
Levies break and waters overtake without a reason
No escape so it's time to overtake, it's a break in
Nothings closed or binds you when your open
Shut it down and step on up and break away, break through and break on in!
Just a riddle that's boundaries are reversed
Locked outside our gates, distracted and dispersed
The task is to awaken and arrive
If we are to ever journey in from the outside
Levies break and waters overtake without a reason
No escape so it's time to overtake, it's time to break in
Nothings closed or binds you when your open
Shut it down and step on up and break away, break through and break on in!
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6. |
Butterfly
04:18
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Wings can be so fragile, delicate and yet so capable.Movement so subtle, the winds of change are beautiful.
Take to the skies, release those binds
Energy flows without directions. . .
Like butterfly's
Crossing lines, spread those wings and rise!
Butterfly X2
Rocks roll into any valley
Waters flow unto the seas
Sound waves blow like winds through the trees. . .
Cause, effect and change. . . life's trinity
Butterfly X2
Conditions feed conditions
Sparks are born of fires
Conditions feed conditions
Life rarely misfires. . .
Raise those wings and rise
Rocks roll into any valley
Waters flow unto the seas
Sound waves blow like winds through the trees. . .
Cause, effect and change. . . life's trinity
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7. |
Going Home
03:02
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The day breaks, the mind wakes
From the numbing night
A rambling rollout
As I take flight
I'm going out X2
I'm groggy
It's winning
I'm missing before I arrive
Living for no one
A celebration
Too much, too soon
Can you say bakin?
I'm going home
Please take me home
Who am I?
Where are we?
Do you know where I live?
Home, please take me home
Lay me down, before I drown
Home, I'm going home
Painted the town, now lay me down
Home, I'm going home
Lay me down, before I drown
Who am I?
Where are we?
Do you know where I live?
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8. |
Rumi's Song
03:05
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I've always heard
The grass is greener
On the other side of the door
If only I
Could swing it open
And just step through!
It's not so fucking easy!
When you desire the other side
Always banging upon the fucking door!
In hopes of getting on the other side
Entry is only a word
When the view and the desire
Are selfishly blurred
If I can't find the way. . .
Then who? Yes who?
Knuckles scarred from banging on the door!
Eyes on the other side
The door swing opens and then I realize
I've always been on the other side!
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9. |
Solstice
03:56
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Quietly we lay together
Pondering time and the spaces that we share
Life flows through us like a rhythm
The song we write is all that matters
But time she has a way of changing hearts
Spaces grow between
What once was like a beautiful machine
Slowly breaks down
Separate is no decision
It's something that simply shows its ugly head
It takes no prisoners
But leaves the scars where dreams once tread
Solstice
Never standing still
Solstice
It's time against my will
Separate is just an illusion
Connected by unseen ties
Life it holds no confusion
Some things never truly die!
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10. |
Worthwhile
05:21
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She was a little girl, quite and reserved
Never really fitting in, but she persevered
Always reading, always reaching, always trying more
This little girl she rose above and opened up a door. . .
She's making
A difference
She's taking
Everything in stride
Momentum
In motion
Makes it all worthwhile
He was a little boy, bound within himself
Misunderstood and voiceless he lived inside a shell
Then the day came when he stood tall, standing on his ground
This little boy stood for something, now no longer bound. . .
He's making
A difference
He's taking
Everyday in stride
His efforts
His caring
Makes it all worthwhile
We all can make a choice to stand for something more
To be a key that fits the locks and opens up the doors
We're making
A difference
We're taking
Everything in stride
Our efforts
Our conscience
Makes it all worthwhile
We're making
A difference
We're taking
Everything in stride
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11. |
Veritas
03:13
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Look into the void and tell me what you see
The hopes, the fears, the truth
Of what this just might be
There really is no there
Only the truth of here
And we're all trapped somewhere
In between. . .
Veritas
Look upon her face and tell me what you feel
The starkness of her beauty so surreal
And in her silence we lose ourselves
And in her silence we gain it all
Where have you gone?
Veritas
Where have you gone?
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Soleus Atlanta, Georgia
Soleus is an alternative rock band from Atlanta GA.
Evoking a heavy dense sound that aims to unify musical
experimentation, sonic structure, and musical evolution in a world of sameness. Soleus is generally described as a style-transcending act and part of progressive rock, psychedelic rock and art rock. Cerebral and visceral, soft and heavy, they embrace a tangle of contradictions.
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