1. |
Unnatural Selection
05:01
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The heightened - they walk among us in the dawning age of enhancement
For medicine - For perfection
It's evolution of unnatural selection
With human-like structures to compensate
Or completely overhaul a failing mental state
Cybernetic amplification
A fabrication of the extreme supernatural
Post-industrial abominations absorbed in every facet of life
Walking miracles of modern science
A flawless creation of the mind
For some, an opportunity to overcome
For some, a blasphemous transgression
Sacrilegious insult to the gods
Profanitory disrespect
They are modernized
The are more refined
They're remodeling their DNA
Augmentations wired in seamlessly withing the inner workings and mechanics of the mind
(The augmentation of society)
With connections rooted in curcuitry, machinery will bear communication with the hive
(The augmentation of society)
We are paving the way
Is it life-saving, or source of a weapon?
We are playing god
Inhabitancy, a means to control
Cloud mind, cyber eyes, limbs of steel
With curcuitry paths to the heart
Mankind redesigned - industrial
Utopian state-of-the-art
They are modernized
The are more refined
They're remodeling their DNA
Augmentations wired in seamlessly withing the inner workings and mechanics of the mind
(The augmentation of society)
With connections rooted in curcuitry, machinery will bear communication with the hive
(The augmentation of society)
The curse of mortality past
A perfect society in our grasp
Augmentations wired in seamlessly withing the inner workings and mechanics of the mind
(The augmentation of society)
With connections rooted in curcuitry, machinery will bear communication with the hive
(The augmentation of society)
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2. |
Adaugmen I: The New Age
04:10
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It's an historical landmark
Your every dream is now reality
Unlimited choices
The key to your new life
There isn't a wrong that can't be made right
With this new technology
Open your mind to possibilities
(Self Reborn)
As we look on to life awakened
You have control over your futures
(Self Reborn)
Science now making history
Rewriting the laws of nature
(Self Reborn)
Free from the restraints of humankind
Advancing the standards of life
(Self Reborn)
To redeem the courage
Healing to relieve the shame
Revealing a purpose
A new life ascertained
To demolish the wanting
To diminish the curses of jealousy
To overcome evolutionary failures
(Self Reborn)
As we give in to satisfaction
As we give in to instant gratification
Augmentations expand the brain
With limitless streams from the hive
(Self Reborn)
Education spontaneous
Creating utopian minds
All desires
All deformations
All injustice
Can be unmade
The only affliction that can't be denied
Is the natural instinct, the plague that we call "man-kind"
As we succumb to augmentation
We've lost control of who we are
(Self Erased)
To redeem the courage
Healing to relieve the shame
Revealing a purpose
A new life ascertained
Deceiving the masses
Missleading to regain control
Concealing the purpose
A new age of darkness has come
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3. |
Malfunction
04:30
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Waves of a malfunction
Sweep across like a webbed tsunami
Crashed by a glitch in the system
Mass confusion, a loss of command
A fusion of conciousness
A violence without resolve
We're losing possession
I abandon the will to restrain
We're losing possession
I surrender the strength to control
We've lost all control
All at once, the cybers turn
In an instant, an extermination
Mindless commitment to mass extinction
A violence without resolve
We are one mind, body, power
We are the world
Oh, without a sound
It's quiet now
There's nothing but you and me, love
Her empty eyes now filled with tears
Their beauty marred with regret
With broken hearts and broken trust
Her grasp opens to embrace him
He stumbles down
His face is pale
All feelings now turned to fear
(And just as quickly as it began,
our nightmare has come to an end)
(But I don't know who you really are,
how can I trust you again?)
Regaining possession
I'm reclaiming the will to restrain
Regaining possession
I recover the strength to control
Oh, what have I done?
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4. |
Fear & Justice
04:50
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All we need to know about the augmented
Was revealed to us on that night
Hear these true words
Face this new terror
They are dangerous
They are murderous
They are threatening our way of life
They are not human
They are counterfeit
They are manufactured to destroy our world
I've seen the hearts they break
I've seen the lives they've torn apart
And it cannot be denied
The truth has been revealed
Reality has come to light
And the world will not forget
How the times have changed
Things won't be the same
With this threat looming on our minds
Now divided
Stand united with us
They are dangerous
They are murderous
They are threatening our way of life
They are not human
They are counterfeit
They are manufactured to destroy our world
I've seen the hearts they break
I've seen the lives they've torn apart
And it cannot be denied
The truth has been revealed
Reality has come to light
And the world will not forget
Outrage and accusations
Thrown around in a mass histeria
Conviction with confidence
But blind to the larger picture
What caused the malfunction?
Coincidental or intentional?
No heed to the voices of reason
Fear is blind injustice profound
I've seen the hearts they break
I've seen the lives they've torn apart
And it cannot be denied
The truth has been revealed
Reality has come to light
And the world will not forget
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5. |
Unrest
04:30
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A culture divided
The battle two-sided
Humanity's starting to riot
The masses cohere
Motivated by fear
Hate fills the streets
Apprehension forevermore
Never again
We fight for our peace of mind
A violent call to arms
Trial by fire, as we set all hope aside
For reasons unknown
And beyond our control
We lost all we love
And we carry the burden
We fight for our rights
And we fight to survive
Inescapable sentence
But we never asked for this
Never again
We fight for our right to life
A violent call to arms
Trial by fire, as we set all hope aside
Injustice contemptuous
No reparation can undo the damage done
As we stand together
And gaze upon the disarray
Her gaze, it turns to lock with mine
But I turn my eyes to look away
I know that she can feel my pain
She can sense my apprehension
I can see the heartache in her face
A face that I don't recognize
Though we stand together
I have never felt so far from you
How can I trust the one I love
When she can't even trust herself?
A violent call to arms
Trial by fire, as we set all hope aside
Injustice contemptuous
No reparation can undo the damage done
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6. |
In A Different Light
04:00
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Closing my eyes
And turning away
Hoping my tears don't show
Now there is fear
Replacing compassion
Catching my breath
And chasing my thoughts
To find the right words to say
I'm losing my mind
And slipping away
And on the horizon
A storm in the sky
Rains doubt and confusion
And submerses love's fire
I can't forgive
(You put the blame on me)
I can't forget
(I'm not ashamed to be)
What you are is less than human
(What I am is more than human)
Let me go
(Don't let go of me)
It can't go on
(How it used to be)
Now that I see you in a different light
(And now you see me in a different light)
Take all we had
And cast me aside
I've run out of words to say
You've broken my heart
And torn me asunder
And on the horizon
A storm in the sky
Rains doubt and confusion
And submerses love's fire
I can't forgive
(You put the blame on me)
I can't forget
(I'm not ashamed to be)
What you are is less than human
(What I am is more than human)
Let me go
(Don't let go of me)
It can't go on
(How it used to be)
Now that I see you in a different light
(And now you see me in a different light)
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Echoes from a fading song
A flash from a dying light
A cry from a class once exalted
Now cast aside
All ambition and purpose has withered and died
What was once seen a blessing
Now cursed as a plague
What's against our control
Needs a demon to blame
We are lost in the world
We're condemned and defiled
We are people like you
Forced to live in exile
We can beg for forgiveness
And fight for the truth
But it's gone way too far
And the world has disowned us
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8. |
Abandoned
05:17
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Carry this around
Can't escape anxiety
Hopelessness surrounds
Can't release it's hold on me
Wandering abandonded, to shadows I keep
Bound to the alleys and empty streets
Weak to move on as I keep on looking back
Betrayed by myself
Give me a reason to live
Or a second chance to be desired
Always on the run
I can feel their eyes on me
Can't trust anyone
And why should they have trust in me
God, what have I done?
This wasn't how it's supposed to be
I didn't have a choice
Augmented life was forced on me
Falling apart, I just want to be numb
Strung out on meds, what have I become?
Give me a reason to keep on looking back
Betrayed by myself
Give me a reason to live
Or a second chance to be desired
My love, my love
I witness the beatings
The hate without meaning
I'm losing the strength to fight
I'm fighting the pain
As I cover my shame
And I'm losing the strength to go on
As I reach for the sky
And beg for an answer
I scream to the night
It echoes in silence
It withers in the cold
It suffocates the soul
And reminds me of the truth
That we're all alone
Betrayed by myself
Give me a reason to live
Or a second chance to be desired
My love (Give me a reason to live)
My love
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9. |
Desiderium
04:59
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Drowned in regret
Cold, beading sweat
Is running down my spine
Nights without sleep
Restless, I weep
But the tears can't wash away what I've done
I feel it fall
Everything I ever knew
It's crumbling to dust around my feet
I've lost it all
Everything I ever loved
She's a stranger, and it's all because of me
Voices softly whispering in my head
Haunting me - I beg for silence
I beg for a peace that I don't deserve
I feel it fall
Everything I ever knew
It's crumbling to dust around my feet
I've lost it all
Everything I ever loved
She's a stranger, and it's all because of me
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10. |
Anarchy
04:47
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We have to do something
They left us with nothing
Anarchy and a state of unrest
Our power's dissolving
A new revolution
Objection to the freedom to coexist
Slaves to fear and distress
Segregation, a knee-jerk reaction
Chains of political gain
A public facade of damage control
Damn them, curse them, cast them out
Kill them, waste them, justice for the real mankind
To give in to
A climacteric cry
To seal it off
An order to maintain control
Maintain control
Maintain control
Do what is needed to maintain control
Maintain the law
Maintain the law
Do what is needed to maintain the law
To give in to
A climacteric cry
To seal it off
An order to maintain control
Damn them, curse them, cast them out
Kill them, waste them, justice for the real mankind
To give in to
A climacteric cry
To seal it off
An order to maintain control
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11. |
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Run away from all of your sorrows
Paradise: a better tomorrow
All like minds, community unopposed
A place where we can all live as one
Away from all prepossession
And all preconception
Here to stay
The way of the future
Is on the horizon
A perfect place
City of lights
A castle upon the hill
A gift of grace
Province of dreams
A call to the promised land
Don't hide
There's no need for secrets
No more shame
Escape from a world so cold
Embraced by warm arms of welcome
All mistakes, lost and forgotten
Peace will exceed in the garden of eden
A life with new meaning
Secured for safe-keeping
Your every desire
And all you require
Endlessly met
And you'll never haunt us again
A perfect place
City of lights
A castle upon the hill
A gift of grace
Province of dreams
A call to the promised land
A sacred land
City of hope
A fortress under the sky
A gift of peace
Province of dreams
Welcome to the promised land
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12. |
In The Distance
05:33
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As I search for you
Are you searching for me?
In my fear, I was blind
But now I see
Did you hear the amazing news?
A haven for me and you
Amnesty, a brand new start
I hope it's true
Will you come to me?
It's not too late, can't you see?
There is only history to leave behind
I look out to the setting sun
There, the ruins of home
What it was, what it is
What could have been
But I carry a broken heart
Filled with whispers of hope
I see your face, it strengthens me
And gives me faith
Will you come to me?
It's not too late, can't you see?
Picking up the pieces that we left behind
And I see you in the distance
I run to you
You don't need to say I'm sorry, but I do
Our eyes meet across the darkness
Come take my hand
As we run together to the promised land
Then the fire meets the sea
And disorder meets deception
As you're pulled into the distance
I call to you
Fall asunder, as my soul is torn in two
As you fade into the darkness
Gone from my view
You are all to me, and I will follow you
You are all to me and I'll follow you
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14. |
Where I Can't Follow
09:42
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I follow whispers
As I stumble my way to you
Blind in confusion
Absorbed by illusion
Afraid to expose the truth
I'm startled by
A flashing light
Revealing a picture framed by my worst fear
A panic arises
This pure paradise is
A prison camp to contain
Our sisters and brothers
Our friends and our lovers
The horrors of history repeating
Frozen in silence
I'm calling your name
I'm chasing the hollow
Through fire and flames
To where I can't follow
- Follow you
Face-to-face through the iron gates
Overwhelmed with fear and passion
Emotions abounding through me
Helplessly I stare
Separated from what I want the most
I muster the strength to cry out
And I'm calling your name
I'm chasing the hollow
Through fire and flames
To where I can't follow
Gather the captives of this sacred land
We let this go way too far
And have to take a stand
We have the power to take our life back
We are the heightened augmented
And this is the turning point
We're going on the attack
War and justice
Revolution rising with the sun
Genocide halted before it begins
We're more than human
And we have the right to exist
Civil war!
And I'm calling your name
I'm chasing the hollow
Through fire and flames
To where I can't follow
War and justice
Revolution rising with the sun
Genocide halted before it begins
We're more than human
And we have the right to exist
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Recode The Subliminal
Ryan - Vocals
Jaro - Guitar/Mixing
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