1. |
Epiphany
06:44
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A sense of existential dread
Permeates my aching head
It sounds a deafening alarm
A ticking timebomb to disarm
My breaking point
Has come and gone
I have no choice
But to move on
I brace myself
For what’s to come
CHORUS
I just can’t take it anymore
This is killing me
This isn’t what I signed up for
This is misery
I just can’t take it anymore
This is killing me
The nadir I could not ignore
My epiphany
A creeping sense that something’s wrong
Has followed me for far too long
Awaken, sleeper from your dream
That flickers dimly still onscreen
My breaking point
Has come and gone
I have no choice
But to move on
I brace myself
For what’s to come
CHORUS
I just can’t take it anymore
This is killing me
This isn’t what I signed up for
This is misery
I just can’t take it anymore
This is killing me
The nadir I could not ignore
My epiphany
How did I let it get so bad
With all the chances that I had
Why did I let this wait so long
When all it ever felt was wrong
My breaking point
Has come and gone
I have no choice
But to move on
I brace myself
For what’s to come
CHORUS
I just can’t take it anymore
This is killing me
This isn’t what I signed up for
This is misery
I just can’t take it anymore
This is killing me
The nadir I could not ignore
My epiphany
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2. |
Factory
05:04
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Don’t cry
You’ve got to hide
Your emotions inside
You can’t appear too weak
Cold steel
There’s nothing to feel
You must never reveal
The damage these emotions wreak
You’d better not complain
About what you’ve sustained
CHORUS
We do a great disservice to our young
And feign surprise at what one day they become
We reap a consequence we don’t intend
We build a factory for broken men
War
Its what you’re meant for
Destroy the ones we abhor
For all that we hold true
Back home
You’re on your own
Left to suffer alone
With the demons you brought back with you
You’d better not complain
About what you’ve sustained
CHORUS
We do a great disservice to our young
And feign surprise at what one day they become
We reap a consequence we don’t intend
We build a factory for broken men
Confined
You’ll do your time
Your existence a crime
Caged like a common beast
Your worth
Lower than dirt
Your future inert
If you ever get released
You’d better not complain
About what you’ve sustained
CHORUS
We do a great disservice to our young
And feign surprise at what one day they become
We reap a consequence we don’t intend
We build a factory for broken men
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3. |
Bloom
05:18
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Destruction sounds like rain
Hissing in liquid whispers
Laughter can sound like pain
When you’re going nowhere
Derision in their eyes
Cast down on all beneath them
A thin, grotesque disguise
That’s fooling no one
Each new indignity
A penance for existence
You crave stability
When you’re going nowhere
CHORUS
But there’s a light that shines for me
That’s always barely out of reach
That lovingly guides my way home
A distant candle sheds its bloom
A balefire burning through the gloom
Reminding me I’m not alone
Tied in an endless knot
The days hard to distinguish
Collapse is all you’ve got
When you’re going nowhere
Exhaustion in my bones
Dragging a heavy anchor
It feels like you’re alone
When you’re going nowhere
CHORUS
But there’s a light that shines for me
That’s always barely out of reach
That lovingly guides my way home
A distant candle sheds its bloom
A balefire burning through the gloom
Reminding me I’m not alone
Bloodless monotony
Cycles of repetition
You’ll sell your autonomy
When you’re going nowhere
The clock a callous thief
Its face a grim reminder
The time that’s left is brief
When you’re going nowhere
CHORUS
But there’s a light that shines for me
That’s always barely out of reach
That lovingly guides my way home
A distant candle sheds its bloom
A balefire burning through the gloom
Reminding me I’m not alone
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4. |
Anxiety
04:50
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A fist that hammers in my chest
A rising tide that fills my lungs
A forceful blow that takes my breath
A scavenger that steals my tongue
CHORUS
Anxiety
Anxiety
An avalanche of baseless fears
A hurricane of pure distress
A steady ringing in my ears
A strange compulsion to obsess
CHORUS
Anxiety
Anxiety
A monster waiting in the black
A chain of worries round my spine
Subtle as a heart attack
Debilitating by design
CHORUS
Anxiety
Anxiety
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5. |
Confession
05:36
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I needed to be loved
Just like anybody else
When I found that I had none
I got lost in myself
I shrunk away from life
I pulled away from friends
I wandered down a path
That I could not defend
CHORUS
This is my last confession
I need back my life’s direction
Pick up the scattered pieces
Pain releases only if you change
I stumbled through the dark
That I had helped create
At risk of being crushed
Underneath its weight
CHORUS
This is my last confession
I need back my life’s direction
Pick up the scattered pieces
Pain releases only if you change
I acted like a fool
For all the world to see
When the answer all along
Was right in front of me
CHORUS
This is my last confession
I need back my life’s direction
Pick up the scattered pieces
Pain releases only if you change
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6. |
Dissonance
05:23
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Colliding thoughts disturb the peace I once enjoyed
A sense of balance that has long since been destroyed
And in the ruins all that’s left are tears and hurt
A deep and perfect pain I surely must deserve
I’m not looking for a savior
I arrived here on my own
I’m not asking for forgiveness
I’m just looking for my home
CHORUS
I hate this dissonance
This discontent
That strangles me
Strayed far from innocence
So how could I
Be so naive
At odds with who I am and who I want to be
Against the grain of individuality
Choices were made and consequences settled on
A fatalistic game in which I play the pawn
I’m not looking for a savior
I arrived here on my own
I’m not asking for forgiveness
I’m just looking for my home
CHORUS
I hate this dissonance
This discontent
That strangles me
Strayed far from innocence
So how could I
Be so naive
Sometimes we have to lose It all to find our place
Sometimes another chance means falling on your face
But wounds will heal and pain’s a teacher in the end
Life goes on and time gives us the chance to mend
I’m not looking for a savior
I arrived here on my own
I’m not asking for forgiveness
I’m just looking for my home
CHORUS
I hate this dissonance
This discontent
That strangles me
Strayed far from innocence
So how could I
Be so naive
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7. |
Welcome, Apocalypse
05:12
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Ghost town
Not a soul in sight
Empty
Streets and darkened lights
Hello from Doom
Welcome, Apocalypse
Contact
Only in a dream
Faces
On a tiny screen
We’ll see you soon
Welcome, Apocalypse
CHORUS
Welcome, Apocalypse
What’s taken you so long?
Bring us the fitting end
That we’ve been counting on
Welcome, Apocalypse
We’ve been expecting you
We brought this on ourselves
Now kindly follow through
Buildings
Boarded up in line
Vestige
Of a normal time
Those days are gone
Welcome, Apocalypse
Food lines
Stretch around the block
Shelves bare
Empathy out of stock
Try to hang on
Welcome, Apocalypse
CHORUS
Welcome, Apocalypse
What’s taken you so long?
Bring us the fitting end
That we’ve been counting on
Welcome, Apocalypse
We’ve been expecting you
We brought this on ourselves
Now kindly follow through
Unrest
Ignorance distilled
Nihilistic
imbeciles
Its what we’ve earned
Welcome, Apocalypse
Return
Workers to your hive
Even
If it takes your lives
Nothing was learned
Welcome, Apocalypse
CHORUS
Welcome, Apocalypse
What’s taken you so long?
Bring us the fitting end
That we’ve been counting on
Welcome, Apocalypse
We’ve been expecting you
We brought this on ourselves
Now kindly follow through
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8. |
Could've
03:59
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Sad people with empty lives
Stick their noses where they don’t belong
Passing judgement and choosing sides
Famished for some grief that they can feed on
CHORUS
You could’ve talked to me
You could’ve reached out
You could’ve listened to me
But instead you chose to run your mouth
Dark moments you will never know
And you will likely never hear about
But you’ve already got your mind made up
Beyond the shadow of a reasonable doubt
CHORUS
You could’ve talked to me
You could’ve reached out
You could’ve listened to me
But instead you chose to run your mouth
I thought you knew me
But you looked right through me
Two sides to every story
It really shouldn’t be that hard
But you’d rather click your tongue at this
Than tend the troubles in your own back yard
CHORUS
You could’ve talked to me
You could’ve reached out
You could’ve listened to me
But instead you chose to run your mouth
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9. |
Tragedy
05:20
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The truth can have
A bitter taste
Reality
An ugly face
Unpleasant though
These things may be
They speak out of
Necessity
Wanted a place
To lay the blame
But in the end
It’s all the same
You laid the ground
You played your part
The root of this
Was in your heart
Pretend its not your fault
Denial worn like comfort
If there’s no witness
Was there even a crime?
CHORUS
Your latest tragedy
A melodrama in three acts
A guiltless fantasy
Devoid of any cogent facts
It’s such a travesty
That you can’t recognize your fate
The greatest tragedy
Is the one that you yourself create
It’s obvious
That consequence
Doesn’t arise
From random events
Choices were made
For bad or good
And yet you played
Your victimhood
Pretend its not your fault
Denial worn like comfort
If there’s no witness
Was there even a crime?
CHORUS
Your latest tragedy
A melodrama in three acts
A guiltless fantasy
Devoid of any cogent facts
It’s such a travesty
That you can’t recognize your fate
The greatest tragedy
Is the one that you yourself create
Ownership of
Sins that were waged
Would surely help
To turn the page
Avoidance means
More pain awaits
Doomed to repeat
Your past mistakes
Pretend its not your fault
Denial worn like comfort
If there’s no witness
Was there even a crime?
CHORUS
Your latest tragedy
A melodrama in three acts
A guiltless fantasy
Devoid of any cogent facts
It’s such a travesty
That you can’t recognize your fate
The greatest tragedy
Is the one that you yourself create
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10. |
This House Is Empty
04:24
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These walls are bare
This house is empty
The floors are worn
The finish dulled
These empty rooms
Once rang with promise
They’re silent now
The light has lulled
CHORUS
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
The sleepless nights
That I once suffered
Can stay behind
I’ll leave them here
No use for pain
Or lonely hours
To weigh me down
My path is clear
CHORUS
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
This door is closed
And locked behind me
The curtains drawn
One final time
Said my goodbyes
I cried an ocean
I’ll lick my wounds
In fairer climes
CHORUS
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
Burn it down
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Assemblage 23 Franklin, Massachusetts
Assemblage 23 is the project of Providence’s Tom Shear. Founded in 1988, A23 would go on to become one of the most successful American industrial acts of the time. Known for poetic, emotional lyrics and irresistible dance music, The band’s latest release, “Mourn” showed the band isn’t slowing down any time soon. ... more
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