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01. The Misanthrope's Fable

Welcome one and all
The young and the old
This is now the time to commence our little tale
A fable of kindness that turned misanthropy.
So pay attention
And as our vibrations shake you to your core
You might just find yourself the same no more...

There's a unknown rhythm in the universe
A rhythm that bind all things, and the one who deviates
Will be cursed, will be insane.
And I can tell you this man is "Descarte"

02. The Beginning

A new vibration is born
In the ocean of void
An infant burst into tears
He knows his future drama

A miracle, a wonder
No one has seen before
This cocoon carries sadly,
the bearer of bad news
A miracle, a wonder
No one has seen before...

"God is a fairytale
Where humans fail and evil prevails
Your wisdom soon will spread
As you cross the land
Cause you are divine"

In a blink of the cosmic eye
The earth was meant to change
All life is futile now
but will be meaningful soon
Infant Descarte is harmless
His will is clandestine

"God is a fairytale
Where humans fail and evil prevails
Your wisdom soon will spread
As you cross the land
Cause you are divine"

Thousand years had passed since the Great Bang
Minds on Earth were stale and miserable
In the spiritual field no progress had been made
But DNA evolves and seeks revenge

Thousand years have passed
And DNA seeks revenge

"Who am I
what is this?
Am I the same with all things?
I have some limbs, saliva,
Some eyes (that) can see around
I'm not the same with this
I am supreme, divine
We are seemingly all humans
just wait and you will see
Just wait and you will suffer"

As soon as his 'I' came into being
He realised his oddness
The earth puppets thought that they were free
But he knew he was nothing more than nothing
The key is to know one's self
And he already knew more by comprehending his nothingness

"God is a fairytale
Where humans fail and evil prevails
Your wisdom soon will spread
As you cross the land
Cause you are divine"

03. Realizing The Blindness

...And a new day has come for all the men on Earth
Descarte's DNA was of a higher class
He could enslave all minds, he could trap all your moves
Just by 'reading' your subconscious thoughts

At first glance he was a lovely child
But no man dared to look at his face
He held the whip hand and could hypnotize
Everyone just by staring at his eyes

"Can you conceive that your DNA hasn't changed?
Thousands of years went to waste
Cause you walk blind ('cause you walk blind)
you never dared to exceed (you never dared to exceed)
To exceed what lies (to exceed what lies)
beyond your selfish genes (beyond your selfish genes)"

And as Descarte grew old and turned 25
His whole philosophy was finalised
In his hovel, alone, surrounded (by) ancient books
The age-long wisdom led to bliss and wealth

"Have you realised that your minds never changed?
Thousands of years went to waste
Cause you walk blind (Cause you walk blind)
you never cared to see(you never cared to see)
To see what lies (To see what lies)
beyond your feeble eyes(beyond your feeble eyes)"

"How can you bear all this madness?
Black, white, grey and black and white again
Nothing is new, your nadir is reached
Black, white, grey and black and white again
Nothing is new, your nadir is reached
This pendulum's swing came to a halt...
I disdain to co-exist with you"

"Have you realised that your minds never changed?
Thousands of years went to waste
Cause you walk blind (Cause you walk blind)
you never cared to see(you never cared to see)
To see what lies (To see what lies)
beyond your feeble eyes(beyond your feeble eyes)"

04. Envisaging The Ideal Planet

"There is free energy, motion and life
But we dissipate to feed our entropy
Our destiny is thermal death and emptiness
But who cares, hail nothingness"

"We are stardust, we are some cursed men fallen from grace years ago
We've shaped this world out of our thoughts
We aren't concrete, we only exist
for just tiny moments in time
we vaporise, we'll never be"

"Let's presuppose there is something concrete and let's say this is god
How can then this great God disappears when the mind stops?
If something is dependent on the existence of my mind, how can it be concrete?
Contingent and dependent is the essence of our beings
these strands can not be unravelled
How could it be concrete?
Dependent, mind fabric, dematerialized, we'll always cease to be
We are mind fabrics"

"How could it be concrete?"

"He who is sober and reached enlightenment
Sadness will crush his mind as wisdom
Is a sore that bleeds joy"

"Stars will guide me to your saviour!"

This world was not constructed for a man like Descarte
He failed to adapt his mind to this trivial planet
thoughts like shadows hid the light and poisoned him
and as he drunk his wine he fell in a trance
with the help of Alcohol he fell in a trance
and formed his vision of the ideal planet

"I've found all the answers, my mind is now free
I despise your saviours, your satans, your gods
We came from nothing and to nothing we'll return
Our destiny is nothingness"

"We are stardust, we are some cursed men fallen from grace years ago
We've shaped this world out of our thoughts
We aren't concrete, we only exist
for just tiny moments in time
we vaporise, we'll never be"

"How could it be concrete?"

05. The Murders Of The Young Ones

Flashing lights and rhythmic sounds
They fill this night
People are enjoying a festival
But Descarte is here
He has a plan in his mind
Such an evil plan...

"I will grant you some pain
To help you exceed yourself
Pain will excite your brain cells
You are numb, you are a slumberous trivial being but I show no contempt
I will assert my authority to guide your steps to cosmic balance"

The music stops
people stand still, they are hypnotized
Now it's time to make them weep
He will assail their young ones
And teach them a lesson

As soon as Descarte whispered "now you are free to move"
screams and moans flooded the skies, the tragedy was complete

"Lord look at my wondrous deeds, they breathe my gorgeousness
A single knife is like a paint-brush for my art, my grotesque art
I am the onset of Hell in their lives"

"I will grant you some pain
To help you exceed yourself
Pain will excite your brain cells
You are numb, you are a slumberous trivial being but I show no contempt
I will assert my authority to guide your steps to cosmic balance"

'O God why you flee in panic? Where is your grace?
Innocent flesh dissolved into pieces, now we are forlorn
Our demons will make our people wiser"

06. The Empire Of Mind

...And soon his fame spread, they all knew he was to blame
the smell of blood was fresh, so Descarte left this place

"My plan has come undone and pain didn't cure their mind
They are effigies of men, they never dreamt, they never wondered"

"Without respite I'll go on, failure won't thwart my schemes
Under compulsion their minds will conform with mine
And I will build the Empire of Mind"

This genius porter, this bold villager
Would unfold his most devious plans
And soon he'd claim the throne

"I have to charm the princess now, I'll mesmerise her, make her a puppet"

...And she was powerless to battle Descarte's charm
The princess was struck by his aura and his mind
Their marriage took place with befitting resplendence
And one day oddly enough, the king died a sudden death
And Descarte became the King...

"Without respite I'll go on, failure won't thwart my schemes
Under compulsion their minds will conform with mine
And I will build the Empire of Mind"

"I hold the power now, you will all obey me
I'll burn down temples, churches, gods
These things hold men down to earth
Your spirit should transcend the barriers
Of your animal past and your superstitions
My academies will provide knowledge to everyone"

Under compulsion men were instructed to study the arts
Descarte's schools acquainted them with the secrets of every science

And yet they were unhappy, they remained fools

"Despite of my efforts, they rebelled against me, they're doomed"

"Beauty is revealed, stars will soon bleed"

"I know, you all seek the same: short-term happiness
You can't see beyond your blind eyes and so you'll stay cursed"

"Once I had a dream, to bequeath my knowledge to these people but damn!
They're but slaves to their fake lust and they'll never fathom me"

"And I will build the Empire of Mind"

07. Descarte's Wrath

There is an unknown rhythm in the Universe
A rhythm that binds all things
And the one who deviates
Will be insane, will be cursed...

"I revolt at the sight of these creatures
but no one will avoid chastisement
My wrath now governs my body
Their deeds are an insult to the king"

Their future was preordained
And their hybrids will now turn against them
Like a bolt

"Who are you men? Why you think you worth more than a worm?"

"Disgusting men, you live in shame
you can't see more than your eyes
your only concern is your damned vanity
Try to flutter your wings and you'll fall
Consigned to your delusions, you have shaped a world where you are the only King"

"Who are you men? Why you think you worth more than a worm?"

The throne is wreathed in mist
This wisdom's Mathusaleh
His attitude would soon change
His Love has turned to Wrath

The Empire of Mind has failed
Their hybrids will now turn against them
Descarte's deadliest wrath
would descend upon them

08. Broad Daylight Misanthropy

"Void, through kaleidoscope eyes
Reveals no earthly reflection
Shining black, shining white
in the Spheres of finite perception
Bounded by flesh in theory
Unleashed through great words of wisdom
Emptiness clings to logical rules
A Void that was born of reason"

"There is no Image, nor shape nor form
Just tracts of flesh slumbering deeper and deeper
In broad daylight misanthropy
Void is crowned the Victor"

"I doubt there was ever a temple
No force behind colours, no magic
Collective bliss, the absolute peace
In broad daylight deceit"

Hail the hollow body belief!
Hail the fake clever design!
Coiled the pitch black nothing
Blooms in the king's Misanthropy
...A wounded wolf, the once gracious Descarte
a devoted servant of reason
had now realised this world won't ever change
the Empire of Mind is utopian

09. The Return To Nothingness

"Gather around me, my Children
For one last display of my fist
I'll offer these men-drones my lattermost act
before the void devours me, before the void devours me
This is the place where the meek rule the divine
Proven hopelessly wrong, (fools), unworthy of my Empire"

"Descarte No Heart"
I hear your petty screams
And indeed I don't
Give a damn for you anymore!"

He washed his hands
In Infants' blood
Still they made him indifferent and cold
Filth dubbed ignorance bliss

"And so they lived...
they joined the world's hidden rhythm
and became stars..."

"Surrender your subconscious, let me guide you by the hand!
I'll hypnotize all living men"

The will of one In the mind of billions
His seed for a radiant world

He washed his hands
In Infants' blood
Still they made him indifferent and cold
Filth dubbed ignorance bliss

"And so they lived...
they joined the world's hidden rhythm
and became..."

His last mighty plan was to hypnotize all beings
The instructions were precise
"Live and let die, obey your fake Gods
never doubt, never wonder"

This was his utmost punishment
To a humanity that hurt him deep inside
They'd go on living their lives... hypnotized (hypnotized)

"...To bequeath my knowledge to these people but damn!
They're but slaves to their fake lust and they'll never fathom me"

And so they lived...