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Life From Purgatory

by Vaettr

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Oh, Forsaken world; Scorched with flames You set ablaze in the name of your sacred lore. Where have we lost our way? Is division unavoidable in the modern age? I refuse to see inequality as commonplace as long as you manipulate everything; You only allow us to see a world so bleak. Don't worry child you're safe with me amidst these streets, At least that's what you think before you're pushed against the brink. I have fed you the truth; it's far too mind-bending. Close your eyes, taste our lies, and just keep pretending. (Death, taxes, and labor; Your inescapable binds True freedom only comes when you realize.) I've been racking my brain over everything that you say; There's no way that we can fight if our population's turned goddamn mindless. No will to live, Nothing to fight for; Nothing to live or fucking die for. It's an easy win if you've got no rivals. Are you fucking kidding me? So, Separation is a way of life (Not mine); Opportunists and perverts rise while kicking down anyone with an open mind. (Stand as one, Divide for none); Together we all could thrive.
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Give and take until your mind leaves you. It's here, (I'm here) but sways like whispers in the wind. What is life without clear eyes to see through? A mind (so blind) can only be warped and stretched so thin. (Transcend again.) Every now and then I'm hearing voices drifting in the wind While catching glimpses of times I swear I've never lived People, faces, and names so effortlessly slip away Whilst everyday I catch myself getting more and more deranged Memories of my life seen through much clearer eyes come flooding in but instantly deteriorate into the light. Learn your place so that the world can fuck you Eat the shit they feed us all, enslave the soul and rot the mind. (Give and take until your mind leaves you. It's here, (I'm here) but sways like whispers in the wind. What is life without clear eyes to see through? A mind (so blind) can only be warped and stretched so thin.) Live each day, endlessly replaying As remembrance to the life you lead steadily fades away and your brain is decaying Undeserving, confused, tattered, beaten, and bruised Locked away for their convenient abuse while dementia takes control of you. Give and take until your mind leaves you. It's here, (I'm here) but sways like whispers in the wind. What is life without clear eyes to see through? A mind (so blind) can only be warped and stretched so thin. Fuck this, how can one begin to say that ignorance is bliss? I no longer want to live like I'm hidden in the mist; A life without memories is a life not fully lived and I've made up my goddamn mind for the last time so; Fuck this.
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Condemned 04:25
Do you fear death? Do you lay awake wondering what lies on the other side? You surely fear death. Thoughts like these are too much for your feeble mind. Trapped beneath a strained mind so weak lies a man who only stands for the life he leads. Live his way, or there will be hell to pay. "Child, avert your eyes" he drunkenly cries as he turns to beat her mother another fucking time. (The last time) I'd like to see this through his god's eyes. A hand for a hand, and an eye for an eye When you live a lie, you slowly die inside. (It's people like you that keep us from being who we want to be. You claim to be a man of God, But in reality you are not a man at all.) Unconscious and internalized Tortured in the kingdom, under Lucifer's reign. Bathed by eternal flames, devoured by avarice. A guilty soul shall never rest. Hell has waited so patiently for you; Condemned Supplicating mercy, at the gates of Limbo. Damned in the shadows, behind the back of God. I will leave you torn and mangled, bound with the souls of the blind. There is no hope left. (Daniel Burris of Gamma Sector;) Hang all the worthless And bring them back to me So i can begin dissection of their minds so i can understand why they would believe in false deities Religion Drink from the pools of insurrection Erosion of this mindset is the only solution
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Fall from a long line of lost souls clinging to what is known As the "truth" of what you understand is pried from beneath your bones Oh how I wonder endlessly if we're legitimately alone Tell me, old ones, for I need to silence my longing soul Are we here to stay null, cursed to try and feed the void within us? Or to connote an anecdote that ascends us to those who come from above? Take me to a distantly familiar place in which my stardust once hath roamed, traveling in this vast cosmic space alongside leviathans ages old Amongst the phantom lights Haven't you ever looked into the sky And wondered if we're actually alone? An omniverse; expanding, evolving, adapting And you insist that all of this is simply an anomaly A whole world of proof is there if you would just look outwardly The secrets of the universe are just waiting to be freed Humanity; stuck inside our lives so blind Drifting along as we're lost in time Open your eyes and look to the sky Witness a universe full of phantom lights
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Changes 04:56
Show me the way I loved the way things used to be, life was genuinely interesting, Everyday the plan was never the same But eventually all good things have to (change) They say that everything happens for a purpose It's hard to agree when you feel worthless When all that you hear and see screams "you mean nothing to me" (Trying to build self-esteem isn't as easy as you would think) I'd been searching for relief in people that only wanted to use me They said that I couldn't be what I'd always wanted to be so watch me (Eventually) Open your mind to more than your simple life Everyone's not the same nor are you always right Some people's minds differ exponentially from mine But I still can't understand how someone can be so blind so Fuck you I'd been living my life, wasting time Watching with glass eyes as each day passed me by. Try and try as I might, I couldn't seem to find a reason why Why try in a life where no one's by your side? In time I found a place that I fit in With friends on which I can genuinely depend And have adopted a new outlook on life These days I keep my head in the clouds and my eyes on the sky (Kevin Bronner of Candlelit Coronation;) Show me the way (These) situations, they take more than I'd ever bargained for. It darkens my soul Take hold of this life and burn it inside What you see of the world is all in your eyes These changes are killing me (Austin) Changing your life will always take time But it's always much easier with true friends by your side If any of these words get stuck within your mind, Let it be to keep your head in the clouds and your eyes on the sky
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Everything you hate in someone else is reflecting all the things that you hate about yourself. Drop the fucking act. I've spent my life on the outside looking in On the better things in life that I know I'll never get Years wasted on false statements from those I called my friends My patience for this hell I live in is drawing thin again, my friend. (Everything you hate in someone else is reflecting all the things that you hate about yourself.) Dreams of dreadful days I once thought were years away have been coming into play as of late (fuck, fuck, fuck) Every night when I close my eyes another piece of the puzzle falls into place (I've been fighting with all of my fucking mind, I've got to stay awake) I saw the look on your face the last time you said you loved me; Sincerity cannot be faked Why do we hate the ones we love, and love the ones we hate? Fuck it; Existence is bleak. I am and always will be in control of my own fate. These nights have taken my mind To a place that I have not been in quite a long time Oceans away and octaves below, the tide takes hold so I let go, I've got to let go Washing away the dirt from my face I fully remember the person that I used to be Oceans away and octaves below, the tide takes hold so I let go, I've finally let go Finally... I'm finally free Fuck you, fuck the memories Fuck everything you meant to me I'm free
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Now we know that God fucked everybody. Pray for the rain again as bodies litter the forests In waste lays Alberta, destroyed before we knew it Collapsed Plowing her way downtown, obliteration in her wake Through a city full of sinners that pose as righteous everyday If I should die before I open my eyes, Burn my fucking body at the stake Release the demons from my carcass so they no longer spread their reign Blackened behind the sin of lust and filth; of our own goddamn human nature In waste lays Alberta, god's wrath has rained upon us. In waste lays Alberta still to this day. Collapsed Mother Earth still bares the scars of our transgressions How long will it take for humanity to learn this lesson? A city built on evil; Population fueled by sin. Howling winds leveling fields Families cowering in fear that she will return again Now we know that God fucked everybody Pray for the rain again as bodies litter the forests In waste lay our homes, destroyed before we knew it In waste lays Alberta, gods wrath has rained upon us Plowing her way downtown, obliteration in her wake Through a city full of sinners that pose as righteous everyday If I should die before I open my eyes, Burn my fucking body at the stake Release the demons from my carcass so they no longer spread their reign
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A.C.I.D. 10:04
Everything is mundane, and I think it's time to say Fuck it Life has grown stale, and it makes me hate these dreadful days This will show you living if you're prepared for what you're doing Take a strip and wait for the trip If you think you're ready for it This is just the start Crashing like waves as I begin my escape into an altered mind state Breaking away from a society bound and built by hate Deconstructing everything I've ever known The answers to everything we seek lies within the core of our bones But beware of the fakes, and for those who are afraid of what they know Contort your mind Better your life Open your eyes You're not fucking blind Release reality The walls awaken from their ancient slumber, Whispering of an insatiable hunger Am I one with them, I wonder? Or are they one with me? Breaking the boundaries, a figure beckons me "Release me" Calling my name in unfamiliar tongues Reality has shifted, or should I say exposed? The underlying truth behind everything we know This train is off its course, crashing through every memory so coarse Revisions of the past block out everything in my path But who is the man in the black mask? Down the rabbit hole and it's far too late The wind brings a warning of a grave mistake Take me to a distant landscape Anywhere but where I currently lay Take me far away God help me What have I done I wasn't ready For what this would become Social construct dissolved and biases relieved Dissection begins of all that I believe A mind set free I see the beauty in things we can't normally perceive I've become one with braving the surf, so it seems Commanding my inner self through the anomalies that have become the norm Relief lasts as long as smooth seas, for this is just the eye of the storm. (Andy Knight of O.M.A.A.F.
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12 04:54
Who are you to decide what you feel is wrong or right when it only fucking applies to another person's life? Take your hypocrisy and your whining to go wallow amongst your kind, we don't need this in our lives and if we're wrong let us regret it when we die. (Open up your goddamn mind) I don't need a false idol to decide what I feel is wrong or right, Nor do I need the hypocrisy of most followers of Christ. I respect your beliefs but it's just not the path for me I'm content with myself and the agnostic life I lead (Live by laws ages old, stay in line and do as you're told To lose Faith's hold in a mind is too lose control of a soul) Lose control Sacrifice your life for something you know nothing of, So that you, too view the world through tainted eyes. Get on your knees and pray to your lord above For the Devourer of souls' return is nigh. Fuck it. You've been given the signs. There's nothing we can do if you've wasted your time. We feel no sorrow Ignorance will not be bliss when you stand to face "judgement" Thy conqueror, in his omniscience will obliterate existence as we know it. (We feel no sorrow) Why do you even give a fuck about my fate? Talk your shit, throw your shade, spread only precious hate If your beloved deity is actually reality Why would he be worried about anyone's spirituality? Your religion is false, and your logic is shit. Make the most of the days that you spend here.
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Anti Pt. 2 03:19
(War is imminent) We've become cowards to the system; (Slaves) Brain dead. Focusing; (Brain dead) At our screens This world is fucked, but we're too blind to see it. You want a change? Wake the fuck up and be it. Taking lives to reach serenity, Powers laugh at our name. Putting guns in the hands of the enemy; To the ones that dig our graves. This world is fucked, but you're too blind to see it. You want a change? Wake the fuck up and be it. We're weak, Confused; Don't even know what bathroom to use. Vets in the street with no food to eat, Still taking lives to reach serenity and putting guns in the hands of the enemy, Force fed to believe in the one false trinity. (Oh god, we're dying) Can't you hear that your children are crying? (This world is fucked, but you're too blind to see it. You want a change? Wake the fuck up and be it.) So do you really know what it means to be free? Live your life in our binds, chasing the American Dream. Struggle to survive in a land built on genocide, While we thrive on your money and hide behind our lies.
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Mankind has become its own apple of Eden, Swallowed whole by their greed and confusion They know not what they do No wonder god abandoned you Consume their home and burn their brothers Afraid to exist with one another Yet, they know not what they do But this is nothing new to you Spawn of heinous creation Harken upon my ancient words The life you've been given Is but one grain amongst a world of dirt The visions within your sleep Of a world desecrated (bleak) Predictions of a common fate Among billions, hearts frothing over with hate Oh dreamer, follow me To fly through the night on wings of anxiety Oh dreamer, how can this be? Everything you've known is now uncertainty Digress as one, cursed to relive existence for all of eternity.

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released April 1, 2017

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