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01. Rise

Realize
You're living in a lie
Satisfied?
Is it what you're hoping for?

Nod to lies
Afraid you'll be cast out
You know what's wrong
Are you content with what you're allowed?

Society always preaches
Consume like everybody else
The more you do, the better
Thrive, society, thrive!

In the expense of your weaker ones
Being crushed under capital's feet
Kill, society, kill!
Feed the monster that you hide underneath.

Wake, you need to wake
From this state of passive apathy
See, you need to see
See who wins by inactivity

You deny what you have
And get what's been denied
We will stand upon our feet
The time has come to rise

A hollow titan's laughter
The spark that lights our rage
You have been mocked and ridiculed,
lied to a sickening point

Wake, you need to wake
From this state of passive apathy
See, you need to see
See who wins by inactivity

Learn, you need to learn
Learn the power that you idly hide
Rise, you need to rise
Rise to oppose, rise for your life

You deny what you have
And get what's been denied
We will stand upon our feet
The time has come to rise

Awaken your mind from
The culture that numbs you
Care for one another
Open your eyes and rise

02. Drown In Apathy

Why?
Why should I care for all of them?
Why should I give a fuck about society?
This question's always in my head
The devil on my shoulder, but I find

Myself
Screaming against the tide
I can't let myself
To drown inside apathy

The one that leaves me cold inside
The serpent's tongue that tells you
"Leave them helpless",
"Survival of the fittest is the game"
It slithers in my ears

Everyday
I lose my faith to people
Humankind,
Is it a lost cause?
An endless fight,
Stand on a razor's edge
Right or wrong?
I'll make a change, I will find

Myself
Screaming against the tide
I can't lose myself
To ignorance, I find

Myself
Trying to dam the sea
Trying to fight my urge
My impulse to apathy

The protectors, the destroyers
Create and kill, love and detest
Internal, forever
The duality of man

03. The Favourites Of God

White flavor tones
The favorites of god

Lesser demise,
Looks insignificant
No burden, no remorse

Reapers chose sides
Delete the frames
The frames that force the rage

Embrace the lies
And weave them in
The fabric of reality

Paralyzed in silence
Under a white blank veil
Televised for consciousness
Choose your fucking empathy

Poor timid rat
Will you roll another dice?

Bury the dead,
You will without a touch
No burden, no remorse

Pray for yourself
For winds to come
And cleanse the rot inside

A seed to raise,
A child to bury you
When your life turns to dust

Paralyzed in silence
Under a white blank veil
Televised for consciousness
Concealing worthless deaths

Paralyzed in silence
Behind the screen of slumber
Guided charity for sale
Choose your fucking empathy

Tragedy only close to us
Third world - we call them casualties
Ranking human lives
Tell me, how important is yours?

04. A Chance For Heaven

Forgive me father, for I have sinned,
I have a question for thee
Can a sinner like me be accepted?
Will I own the key to eternal bliss?

You have a chance, a chance for heaven
But you have to pay the price
Maybe you'll meet, meet your savior,
Empty your pockets for your Christ

An uphill struggle for the many,
The Pearly Gates are open for the few
Obey the cardinal, the mouth of the Lord
Once in a lifetime grant, miss it and burn in Hell

You have a chance, a chance for heaven
But you have to pay the price
Maybe you'll meet, meet your savior,
Empty your pockets for your Christ

I tried so hard to please the Lord,
my hands are drained from labor
Am I not worthy of his grace
Have I not suffered enough?

Not enough
Be afraid
Hell awaits
For your soul

You're only thieves in holy robes
False merchants of a paradise
Not worth my blood, not anymore,
I exorcise you from my life

05. Moral Panic

Innovation became a trend
Codified, broken to pieces
A subculture's about to end
Nailed with a dominant framework of meanings

Progressing in reverse
A clockwork universe

Otherness served with old mindsets
Trivialized, domesticated
Modern aliens turned into pets
Moral panic round our hands and necks

Progressing in reverse
A clockwork universe

It feels so odd
It feels so odd to the odd-looking one
It feels so wrong
(In this time of modern age)
It feels so wrong that my life's on display
It feels so odd
(In this time of constant change)
It feels so odd to the odd-looking one
(So odd to the odd-looking one)

Integrating reaction
Spitting back enlightened minds
Blessed are those who mourn
For they will be comforted

06. Lydian Colours

[Instrumental]

07. Stand In Line

Modern deathstyle
Living our life through zeros and ones
But we want more
An endless sea of brand-new nothings

Bigger
Better
Faster

A modern deathstyle
Where all slaves are free
Hostile, a man that cannot be
Hollow, progressive middle age
Modern pet demands a modern cage

Bow to the screen
Checking in to find out we are still alive
We aim high
But the arrows cannot reach the sky

Bigger
Better
Faster

A modern deathstyle
Where all slaves are free
Hostile, a man that cannot be
Hollow, progressive middle age
Modern pet demands a modern cage

Standing in line
For hours and hours
When your turn comes
You will be dead

08. White-Coat Mafia

Can someone make it right?
Someone take my pain away
The man is dressed in white
The man says it's okay

More, more, I want it all
Give me all the luxury I long for

Pharma pockets get filled at once
Pills are swallowed as fast as you can

You gave an oath to heal
But now your greed is all you see

White coat mafia
It's their word against yours
Trust is shattered
Time for the vultures to feast

More, more, I want it all
I'd sell my life for just another dose

You gave an oath to heal
But now your greed is all you see
Immerse your patients into lethargy
That soon will turn to misery

You stand on the ruins of a life
That misguided choices destroyed
Dependent to the drug
Let the poison flow freely

09. Stigma

Descendants of right
Your dreams become their prey
Dictatorship of the few,
They reap, they burn the hope

Call of consent
The guilty one has to pay
Trapped in canvas
And dressed in colors of shame

Branded for life,
The arrest only matters
Abused, abased,
Let's talk about your moral codes
Pushed, enforced,
To get you in their trap
And be marked...

To be a criminal
Beaten, kneeling on the ground
To be repentant
Facing the law, fair as it is

People say "hate is blind"
But it's got a perfect mark
Stabbing over and over again
Your skin, your soul, your mind

To be a criminal
Beaten, kneeling on the ground
To be repentant
Facing the law, fair as it is

"Social misfits
You need to be conformed
As humbled, obedient
Lambs of god

Future's already carved
With unbroken laws
In your DNA
In a perfect world"

10. Martyrs

A useless system without any effect
Created just for show
Appeasing citizens

In danger times, when people cried for help
You disappointed
You came up short

Helpless and forsaken
Victims murdered by neglect
Wide-eyed in their final hour
Betrayed and left on their own

Tragedy means TV time,
shedding crocodile tears
Nothing to offer now,
Nothing to ease the pain

Living off our own expense,
Just like a parasite
Idle to the suffering
Do you think we need them still?

Helpless and forsaken
Victims murdered by neglect
Wide-eyed in their final hour
Betrayed and left on their own

A barren desolate wasteland
Seared bodies lie all around
Petrified in a begging stance
Children forever in their mother's arms

Helpless and forsaken
Victims murdered by neglect
Wide-eyed in their final hour
Betrayed and left on their own