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The Calm, The Chaos

by Tocsin

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1.
(Omen) 02:10
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I, Harbinger 06:06
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Inside my soul, unwhole A place where I can roam Through the unknown I’d like to change There’s so much more left to see An entity, strewn in obscurity But willing to arise I, the Harbinger Foreshadow my morrow due I, the Martyr Regard my feel, though overdue The Wanderer Abandoned and alone Or a delusion forged through time Inside my soul, unwhole A place where I can roam Through the unknown I, the Harbinger Foreshadow my morrow due I, the Martyr Regard my feel, though overdue
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The Calm and The Chaos 04:44
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I’ll give you my best knife So you can cut me in half Cut me in half, as steady as you can Deeper and deeper The further you go, the stronger the fever A trial for the leaver Your words, they feel like stones Music to fragile bones Shackles searching for sin “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe”, from your intent Crush my smile, it’s dead Disconnecting “I” from Lethe “Let me breathe, let me breathe” I’ll give you my best knife So you can cut me in half
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Heresia 07:19
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Isn’t it what we intended as our way to live I know you won’t give something that you can’t forgive, or one you couldn’t be What did you expect After all silence is your scream They’ll never hear your pleas What did you expect After all silence is your scream It’s never what it seems Unnative to the core and here we go again Right times are foul lines for the downfall of men Seek what I am after, dug in my own skin Reaching for an answer, a home where I can live A home where I can live What did you expect After all silence is your scream They’ll never hear your pleas What did you expect After all silence is your scream It’s never what It seems
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The Alienist 07:12
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I’m so glad I came, but can’t wait to leave When I felt like a burden, you were there to heave Can I trust myself or the foreigner inside A simple mask that cloaks the unwanted Crying the tears of joy and discomfort But at the end of the day, it’s my cross to bear Trapped inside this forgetfulness rained upon my body Such an organized disaster, when everything seems alright I’m a nightmare, I’m a dream I am something made of nothing But at the end of the day, it’s my cross to bear Let this comic hand take control of my being, Turn me into someone else that I didn’t think I knew Confusion, the mother of all my multitude Oh Balance, the father who slowly disappears But at the end of the day, it’s my cross to bear You’re never alone in your sorrow There’s no shame in grieving your own pain
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Proem/Perorate 09:47
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Don’t hold my hand, don’t hold my hand Don’t hold my hand, I don’t need your aid My debt is paid, I won’t confess my desire to know the way Though I know where it ends (It never ends, It just begins) The end is a beginning, as the beginning is an end Never-ending succession The end is a beginning, as the beginning is an end Never-ending cycle Now I’ll walk my line of fate In the end we’ll take what we deserve (What we deserve) It’s just begun I sense the spire Those bygone have suppressed, every breath we took in vain You know you’ll be there from the start And I know I’ll see you at the end Now I’ll walk my line of fate In the end we’ll take what we deserve Now I’ll walk my line of fate In the end we’ll take what we deserve What we deserve The end is a beginning, as the beginning is an end
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(Dirge for the Forgotten) 01:29
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Escuto o absoluto vazio rugindo como o mar, Daqui, dentre os meus lençóis, consigo ouvir seus passos Tic, vejo um banho de mangueira sob o sol quente, Tac, beijo de vó em abraço rente, Tic, tac… vejo-a vindo em passo solene Não em vestes pretas e faces de marfim, Mas sob o irreparável desespero ao encarar o fim, Pés pequenos, o sabor do macarrão, risos pela mesa, mágoas em vão Memórias lavadas pelo suor frio que banha meu corpo Amor em todas suas faces besuntando como manteiga minhas circunvoluções cerebrais Ali quero retê-lo, em toda sua plenitude Deixa-me guardar apenas a imagem daquele sorriso, Eu imploro, por quê não me ouve? Tic, tac… olho para ela e peço por ao menos uma recordação, Mas é vão, tudo em vão, O rugido já se cala, pois sou vazio, Sou terra, sou grão.
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Sever 05:22
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The day has gone by, but still I lie here Weak and shrivelled with pain Feed me, I feel the drain Bare naked angst, and still no tears Verity: owed to appear Remedy: shoved down the gutter Heavily: like water to stone Severity: as I should know Forsaken in the rain Waiting for a sign to open up again To feel you again Plant your scars on my soul You have the seeds But like a tree I’ll die standing still Fix my present havoc Can you smell the decay? Can you see my dismay? Can you feel my touch? Sever the ties Enter my mind Forsaken in the rain Waiting for a sign to open up again To feel you again I don’t care to wait Sooner or later I will open up again Feel you again
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Reknown 05:43
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They all seem the same, empty faces searching for a shape And now, the consequence of your actions Feeling restless, seeming unknown I grasp for ones I barely know Swallow your pride I won’t confide enslavery Fuck your disguise You aren’t what you could be I am Reknown in the eyes that couldn’t see Know me
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Between The Ocean and The Sea 06:59
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Hiding behind your wall of never ending doubt Only hearing silence every time you shout That sinking feeling you dread to understand The current shall pull thee Between The Ocean and The Sea I will find my way to that haze of blue in a distant space Between The Ocean and The Sea I will find my way to that haze of blue in a distant place Offer me your perseverance And say it will be OK Drill a hole into my head and rip out your influence on me Rip out your influence on me Say it will be ok And I’ll keep screaming, so you can hear me Between The Ocean and The Sea I will find my way to that haze of blue in a distant space Between The Ocean and The Sea I will find my way to that haze of blue in a distant place
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Cri de Coeur 05:09
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I lie where the air scathes Slitting through time and space Endless pain An overwhelming sense of strain How can you carry us when your let yourself fall Don’t seek a friend in me I’m not a remedy I’m just a memory Make me your enemy, a tenebrous clarity Give my heart serenity Lay me down, one last time Bury my existence in the saturation known as our liaison Be my compass, guide me home Attenuate me when I roam Am I helpless, or just alone Avail me, carve this path I own My heart cries Indemnified lies While your mind dies when you look into my eyes Don’t seek a friend in (me) I’m not a reme(dy) I’m just a memory Make me your ene(my), a tenebrous clari(ty) Give my heart serenity
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Dust 02:38
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"How does the fact that we will die, affect the way we live? Letting ourselves become lost in the light, and found in certain types of darkness. With angst embedded in shattered shells, hanging by a rope, or simply dwelling in our veins, you seem to lose all amended ways, and in the end, only flesh remains. Our mortality puts the question of whether we should put an end to our lives. More so, the ability of death, the fact that we can control how long we live. Does this validate any circumstance of whether ending our life makes sense? And where does this truth lie?" Resting hands over lament shed scars (I wither) Screaming through the pillows’ thread (Your comfort) Laying down in regret for all that they have done But what have they done, do they even know Breathing the same air, but seeing different skies, different days, different nights... They smile, but inside They’re still breaking
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Like Crows 07:02
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Like crows they surround me A suffocating persistence inside of me I know that they’re dead, but still feel alive An imaginative sickness that still plagues my mind Liars and thieves disguised as relief They feed off my strength though I am weak, cover my form to show what they see, kill me inside... That’s just what I need My mind, I lied Like Crows Inside, I died Like Crows Below earth, over all Between knives and walls Below earth, over all I feel my nous fall Below earth, over all I know they’ll hear my call They lay right beside me Comforting the waste of my debris I know that they live, and don’t want to die An imaginative sickness that still plagues my mind It still plagues my mind My mind... My mind, I lied Like Crows Inside, I died Like Crows Below earth, over all Between knives and walls Below earth, over all I hear my nous fall Below earth, over all I know they’ll hear my call
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(Renaissance) 03:12
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Be my compass, guide me home Am I helpless, or just alone Feeling restless, seeming unknown I say this is not who I am You say it’s who I have become So take me back Or let me go again

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released February 28, 2023

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