Psycroptic - Ob(Servant) lyrics
Tracks 01. Ob(Servant)
02. A Calculated Effort 03. Slaves Of Nil 04. The Shifting Equilibrium 05. Removing The Common Bond 06. Horde In Devolution 07. Blood Stained Lineage 08. Immortal Army Of One 09. Initiate 01. Ob(Servant)
Waking each dawn if it was the first
Sleep eroding all trace of a past With only vivid dreams intact I foresee all that will become A prophet unaware, a reluctant oracle I remain naive and innocent Tainted only by the knowledge of a sinister future Memories: for me they are non-existent The concept is alien Carrying clouded prophecies for the future I see time moving in the opposite direction Visions becoming clearer as they move toward fruition Each second sees another vision fulfilled A mind overwhelmed All knowledge I possess dissolves as time passes A mind purged The future cannot be changed With mine or your actions Every act has already occurred The future is complete, all outcomes final You cannot choose Unchangeable! Unbiased! Exact! So without a past How can I be defined? I do not possess a life, I only exist My mind a window I wish I could shatter Not free to choose a path to travel As I already see its end With a perpetual view into the void that will become I am the observer to the future, Watching the crumbling timeline unfold in reverse 02. A Calculated Effort
To cull the weak, the strong must be removed
Abducted, discarded, disabled By whatever means required Nothing is sacred in our eyes We leave only those who will follow without questioning Following, but oblivious to where Your kind has always been in plague proportions And must be contained It is a calculated effort to guide the future For it must be carefully structured There is order to all we do Nothing random, nothing left to chance We are the architects of this existence you revel in Without our guidance, you would not exist You owe all to us without even knowing You are not all equal, therefore a balance must be enforced It is our responsibility, the weak must outnumber the strong Your kind would never commit to such actions Yet its necessity is obvious Our actions are etched in history Past, present, future Our actions wide reaching Our brethren stretch across time Our brethren creating the world you know We worship our actions only, not your false idols We are mortal, yet our purpose is not We are autonomous, yet linked for efficiency Our motives are clear We are the next step in the evolutionary process And you are our life's work 03. Slaves Of Nil
Inactive genes awakening
The maturation process triggered A rebirth of sorts: drones of a now-forgotten conflict Rendered null, void by time Lost, still searching for the idealistic purpose Their hierarchic positions cannot change Future victims of their one function Tools for war Nil Abnegation At the mercy of their own hands Slaves still, to a long defunct master A discarded and forgotten race Unaware of their purpose; they create one More wrong they could not have been Shackled to hostility Blissfully ignorant to that which is stirring Caustic, malignant, beneath the skin That which cannot be removed, Sentient weapons, primed for their purpose Subtle changes will remain unnoticed Gradual acceptance of a tainted morality History shunned Yesterday's insanity will prevail as today's norm Clearing the way for the downfall of the monarch of one Thirsting for deprivation, turning on their own Natural behavior for the matured breed Truth unraveling, shattering the accord In time they will understand Yet change they cannot enact Witness of their own unraveling Guiding their way towards the completion of the species Motivated by the higher calling in extinction The legacy of Nihil born 04. The Shifting Equilibrium
Mocked and discarded
Treated as an inferior byproduct By a society drunk on the power of progression "Collateral damage" in a patronizing age A multitude of the newly evolved They are the bright beacon of a dark future A glimpse of what will become The peak of mankind is lower than assumed A new genetic equilibrium is forming As nature corrects itself Discarding core functions that mankind have neglected Arrogance and apathy the culprit New generations replace the values of the old Non-essential human elements enhanced As the correction takes place A slow and cruel process, this cannot be reversed They will create a twisted balance of power Becoming the majority, their numbers multiplying Gradually outnumbering those who deem themselves as the norm Uprooting all that is held sacred to an ego Driven mass Nothing can curb the spiral effect Your future kin will become them Tainted decedents will usher in the new era 05. Removing The Common Bond
Manipulation of evolution
Against all that is natural A course uncharted Creating that which was once revered by all Becoming the one to oppose what has always been The pinnacle! Reconstructing the elemental nature of life A transcendence with no recourse Time, no longer the restrictive force Time, no longer the constant The pendulum has stopped By removing the balancing factor I rise about the homogeneous We are equals no more With the common bond of death removed I stand alone! Alone in power! Alone in stature! Alone Time is now irrelevant The invisible structure long ago destroyed I cannot undo what has been done A selfish dream that has turned Into an unwanted reality Waiting for that which will never come Without an end, how can life exist? Now I just am... I am eternal I am nothing 06. Horde In Devolution
Confined within an archaic shell
One not offering protection It is the epitome of imprisonment No heed taken to the ever cracking facade Slowly collapsing Unable, or unwilling to seize the truth Apathy: the only foe Blinded by antiquated ideals Relics of a naive age Lured by self-created prophecies Feeble addicts to the euphoria of self-importance Reveling in myopic fantasies Righteous, yet without a throne Deaf to the inherent calling An ignored motivation not acted upon Primitive minds will forever be distracted by primitive needs Eternally the walking dormant Symbols of the devolution process Transcendence for the taking The implements of change await those who look Yet no hand will rise for the grail The worn path will continue to be trodden By the week generic horde A procession of the lost, blind and frail Becoming the pallbearers of their own condemned future 07. Blood Stained Lineage
Correct mistakes of blood
Follow the ruler to usurp the crown Take what is not bestowed by lineage Take what can never be handed The averted gaze of arrogance Ripe for the knife Flinch not! Carve a new future Forge it by force! Hesitate now and forever wait For that which will not come again A lost opportunity to sculpt a new hierarchy To become the catalyst, not the witness Blood stained hands can be cleansed Indictable traces removed, disposed Neither black nor white exists when you dwell in the shade Answerable to none A forced superiority The universal effect The transfer of power absolute Slaves will forever remain slaves Kings will forever walk among kings Standing alone, never as one For the weak will drain all from what they covet Become the ruler of all and want for nothing! 08. Immortal Army Of One
Waging a battle where there can be no victor
An immortal army of one Myself! The enemy: a truth that cannot be faced Controller of fate? I'm its feeble servant! Free to choose anything that my will desires Yet no alternatives exist I do not want this What defines a god -- The ability to create. . . .Or destroy? I am in possession of both Not of my will, nor discretion A mere passenger of chance Unlucky to be the chosen one Undesirable omnipotence A god confused serves no purpose Denial is a powerful ally And my only confidant If all is burned, will I be caught in flames -- Or stand alone in the ashes of the void? Timeless and ageless in a self-created abyss I know the answer Yet to it I cannot concede I am above all Yet, still I'm a slave 09. Initiate
Stripped of all that is unique, it is redundant
You have joined us... Welcome Embrace the new freedom of which you have never felt Embrace the nothingness The sinister burden of individuality lifted Embrace us! You need struggle no longer We offer what you have long yearned for You will become complete Now part of our family Revel without our created monotheistic system All else is false You have chosen what is right You have chosen what is true You have accepted the inevitable Adorned with the sacred cloth You are now our brothers and sisters Forget your past, repent We forgive you For you knew nothing else Pure savages now tamed We will guide your future Together we move toward All outsiders must fear us! Icons of dissent must fall, the great unclean herded Those suitable: welcomed Failures: discarded Our invitation needs no reply Vengeance awaits the chosen who doubt Refuse or mock We insure this, you will insure this We cannot be faulted, we are immaculate Values bond us closer than blood Our family is ever growing We will continue to do what is right: Cleansing the profane |