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ANOINTMENT! THE DEATHLESS ONE
The first of all came to be
Gaia bore both sky and sea
Light and dark bore night and day
The sum of which now gone away
The Scent, the touch, a taste unknown,
Sound of that voice through a shattered dome
The scent, the touch, a shape unknown,
Sight of the world through a shattered globe
Dream on and
Breathe on
Dream your tears away
Like the way it was before
(Like the way it was before)
Dream on and
Breathe on
Breathe your fears away
Like the way it was before
(Like the way it was before)
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Gustance! The Mandible
08:52
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GUSTANCE! THE MANDIBLE
Laid beside a cesspool, a sluggish stream, the vultures circling, but he is yet to cease breathing
Starvation, appetence and famine made flesh, filled with insatiable hunger
Starvation, appetence and famine made flesh, filled with a craving of emptiness
Breathes upon him, filling herself in his mouth
Starvation, appetence and famine made flesh, filled with insatiable hunger
Starvation, appetence and famine made flesh, filled with a craving of emptiness
Breathes upon him, filling herself in his mouth
Channeled through those hollowed veins, the craving of nothingness
Filled with the unquenchable thirst, and a hunger that drives him to devour himself
Parchment skin reveals the bowels within him, channeled through those hollowed veins
The craving of nothingness, filled with the unquenchable thirst, he must devour himself
Starvation, appetence and famine made flesh, filled with insatiable hunger
Starvation, appetence and famine made flesh, filled with a craving of emptiness
Breathes upon him, filling herself in his mouth
Starvation, appetence and famine made flesh, filled with insatiable hunger
Starvation, appetence and famine made flesh, filled with a craving of emptiness
Breathes upon him, filling herself in his mouth
Channeled through those hollowed veins, the craving of nothingness
Filled with the unquenchable thirst, and a hunger that drives him to devour himself
Parchment skin reveals the bowels within him, the overhanging hew where hunger lies within
Wasted jaws and a shame too late, Hiding guilt on a burdened face
“To explore an unpeopled night, through vacuous realms and regions void
One’s path in the woodland winds, beneath the moons receiving light
When Jove has mantled his heaven in shade, and night seals up the beauty in the world
At entrance to the abyss, vengeful cares on couches lie, Old age abides, pale diseases, hunger, a temptress to all of the crime
Want, base and vile, two dreaded shapes to see, then Sleep…deaths next of kin”
The dole-bringing owl utters its cry, the sad omen of the screech-owl sounds, dread stalks there with looming fear, and crushing pain
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Sentience! The Amygdala
06:48
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SENTIENCE! THE AMYGDALA
What is penance for your solitude? Introspective to your servitude
Chemically imbalanced joy and grief make comforts obsolete and you will be consumed
When you get up from your knees, you’ll see the forest for its trees
As you rise up from your knees, you’ll see the forest for its trees
You’ll see the flame that singed their leaves
Barren, chasm, a crevice in the mind, seral, encircle, make fruitful, exposed, the human tragedy
What is penance for your solitude? Introspective to your servitude
Monitored, imbalanced, self-abuse, shift inertia from its state of rest
When you get up from your knees, you’ll see the forest for its trees
As you rise up from your knees, you’ll see the forest for its trees
You’ll see the flame that singed their leaves
Barren, chasm, a crevice in the mind, seral, encircle, make fertile, exposed, the human tragedy
Carve my body in two, and I shall consume with you
Place my guise in the fire, and throw me unto the wolves
To look outside and dream, or look inside awakening?
The paradox of life, the paradigm of space and time, unique form and being
Stripped limb by limb and the breath inside your lungs, are you still proof?
Of thought, emotion, sense of truth
The paradox of life, the paradigm of space and time, unique form and being
Stripped limb by limb, are you still proof?
Of thought, emotion, sense of truth
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Cognizance! The Epiphany
05:50
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COGNIZANCE! THE EPIPHANY
It fed upon the meek, then spread it amongst the weak
Sadness to make them slaves, the Captor of our souls
Persuasions of burden, in body maintain their grip
Beloved castration, resentment of our Earth
Gift us a heart of oak, its roots still flow through the earth
Grant us a true belief, our branches scale the abyss
Gift us a heart of oak, its roots still flow through the earth
Grant us a true belief, our branches scale the abyss
Filthy contagion, transmitter of neurosis
Filthy contagion, the false belief
Soul gardener, the bringer of our tears
Misery and sadness, mourning and lamentations
Filthy contagion, misery and sadness
Filthy contagion, transmitter of neurosis
Filthy contagion, the false belief
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Aurora! The First Light
08:04
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AURORA! THE FIRST LIGHT
I’ve crawled along my belly, made way through the forest rough, Face buried in the earth, lost and alone
Gazed upon the heavens, longing to see, bright glowing eyes, in a moment the world ceased to be
Crawled on my belly, made way through the forest rough, Face buried in the earth, lost and alone
Tired body, the restless reborn, an amorphous beginning, from which life can take form
Like strokes of caribou fur, and spirits dancing in the night sky, Like spirits dancing in the night sky, like spirits dancing in the night
Rosy fingered dawn, the falling flames, Bring daylight in the night, in flowing streams
Oceans surrounded, by vast flames, flares of the sun, circle to the night side
Rosy fingered dawn, the falling flames, Bring daylight in the night, in flowing streams
Tired body, the restless reborn, an amorphous beginning, from which life can take form
Like strokes of caribou fur, and spirits dancing in the night sky, Like spirits dancing in the night sky, like spirits dancing in the night
At the start only chaos, then out of the void, Erebus
The unknowable place where death dwells, all else was empty, silent, endless, darkness
From nothing we’re born, and to nothing we’ll return, Night alone brought death, and all that came to man from darkness
From nothing we’re born, and to nothing we’ll return, Night alone brought death, and all that came to man from darkness
A great red dragon shining, in the night light, like heavens open eyes, and stars like rain fell from the sky
Great red dragon shining, in the night light, like heavens open eyes, and stars like rain fell
From nothing we’re born, and to nothing we’ll return, Night alone brought death, and all that came to man from darkness
From nothing we’re born, and to nothing we’ll return, Night alone brought death, and all that came to man from darkness
A great red dragon shining, in the night light, like heavens open eyes, and stars like rain fell from the sky
Great red dragon shining, in the night light, like heavens open eyes, and stars like rain fell from the sky
In the beginning we thrive on chaos, in the end only death can save us
In the beginning we thrive on chaos, in the end only light will save us
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Audience! The Hollow
09:55
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AUDIENCE! THE HOLLOW
I’ve got none; I’ve got no answers, convoluted by what was witnessed
Perplexed by the turn of events, cities crumble as serpents are fed
Blood red, blood red are the beaches, humanity falls
Blood red, blood red are the features, the landscape devours their souls
Carnivorous consumption, autonomous compulsion
Blood red, blood red are the beaches, the panic unfolds
Blood red, blood red are the creatures, as shepherds devour the world
Disarm your intellect, disregard and react, mechanize to defend, voluntary extinction
Bare testament, as your world unfolds, resound in the hollow echo of your faults
I will oppose all who impose, I will never surrender, I will retaliate, retaliate in resistance
Bare testament, as your world unfolds, resound in the hollow, resound in the hollow echo
Disarm your intellect, disregard and react, mechanize to defend, voluntary extinction
You built your empire tall, watched it slip away, watched it slowly fall, you built your empire tall
Turned soil into clay, then washed it all away
Build your empires, burn your empires down, watch it burn
I will oppose all who impose, I will never surrender, I will retaliate, retaliate in resistance
Bare testament, as your world unfolds, resound in the hollow echo
Bare witness, (As your village burns); rejoice in, (The shallow memories of your home)
You build your empires tall, watch it slip away, (Watch it fade away), you build your empires tall
Turn soil to clay, (Watch it slip away)
Bare testament, as your world unfolds, resound in the hollow echo
The demons you feed, now occupy the earth
Exchange the gift of life, for the chemical birth
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Tangency! The Defilement
04:28
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TANGENCY! THE DEFILEMENT
Hoarding gold on the quest for life, removed us from the light of day
The end of nature’s work was known, judgment is absolved alone
No pain lays hold on the dead, dread, divinities, never does the sun cast its light upon them
No pain lays hold on the dead, dread, divinities, never does the sun cast its light upon them
Darkness falls under palest moonlight, sorrow we’d bled for the empty spaces
Words once voiced fell on deafest ears now; pray as you may that we find our way out
No pain lays hold on the dead, dread, divinities, never does the sun shine its light upon them
No pain lays hold on the dead, dread, divinities, never does the sun shine its light upon them
With fire in our eyes, we’ll leave this world behind
Set the sky alight, as we sever coil from mind
With fire in our eyes, we’ll leave this world behind
Set the sky alight, as we sever coil from mind
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TANGENCY! THE MIDAS TOUCH
With fire in the eyes, I’ll leave this wretched world behind, set fire to the sky, as the tunnel split the coil from mind
Fortuna’s horn once overflowed, cornucopia of misguided souls
A touch that once turned all to gold now tears the very flesh from bone
Day to night, and night to day, in slumber the worm has changed
When I awoke and took to flight, the sky my only plight, no longer in my sight
The worm is gone and won’t return, the ground below a sea of dirt
The river that once overflowed, now a barren wasteland to behold, the worm is gone and never will return
With fire in the eyes, I’ll leave this wretched world behind, set fire to the sky, as the tunnel splits the coil from mind
Fortuna’s horn once overflowed, cornucopia of misguided souls
From day to night, and night to day, in slumber the worm has changed
When I awoke and took to flight, the sky my only plight, no longer in my sight
What is in front of me? This place I have longed to see, a world unlike my own, a world I’ve never known
What is in front of me? The space and the time between, dream or reality, this is now home to me
What is in front of me? This place I have longed to see, a world unlike my own, this is now my home
The scorch of the sun how it blisters the skin, the warmth of the air rots the flesh from within
The scorch of the sun how it blisters the skin, the warmth of the air rots the flesh from within
On the horizons magnificent show, a lasting oasis where life can still grow
Will the soul live, will the soul die, can the soul bleed, can the soul thrive, can it find a way to survive?
Will the soul live, will the soul die, can the soul bleed, can the soul thrive, can it find a way to stay alive
The worm has gone and won’t return, the ground below a sea of dirt
The worm has gone and won’t return, the ground below a sea of dirt
The river that once overflowed, now a barren wasteland to behold
The worm has gone and won’t return, the ground below a sea of dirt
The river that once overflowed, now a barren wasteland to behold, the worm is gone and never will return
With fire in the eyes, I’ll leave this wretched world behind, set fire to the sky, as the tunnel splits the coil from mind
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Voyance! The Spectre
11:28
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VOYANCE! THE SPECTRE
Grovel in the earth beneath, beg for extrication, embrace the oath, abandon hope, await the condemnation
Turn your eyes to the sky; your selfish arrogance is the route to all your pain
The origin of all, inherent, repressed, return to it, what has been owed, absolved into the void
Unto the former restored, your substance removed, retract the astray
All composition comes to pass, retract your sustenance
Grovel in the earth beneath, beg for extrication, embrace the oath, abandon hope, await the condemnation
Turn your eyes to the sky; your selfish arrogance is the route to all your pain
The origin of all, inherent, repressed, return to it, what has been owed, absolved into the void
Unto the former restored, your substance removed, retract the astray
All composition comes to pass, retract your sustenance
Honor what must come to pass; your composition will come to pass
Remove the spectre of death, restoration of the vitreous, revolutions reveal it all, the deprecation of morality, unveil your iridescence
A prophecy foretold, before the first light had dawned, decaying radiance
A prophecy foretold, before the first light had dawned, decaying radiance
Stand at the precipice of the gaping wake, with the eye of providence, perceptive precognition, cursed consciousness
At the precipice of the gaping wake, with the eye of providence, perceptive precognition, cursed consciousness
Wakefulness, emptiness, render us useless, part the blind and the enlightened, consummate, divine conception
The first of all came to be, Gaia bore sky and sea, the first of all came to be, Gaia bore sky and sea
Night and dark bore light and day, the sum of which…now gone away
Remove the spectre of death, restore the vitreous, revolve to reveal, unveiling iridescence
The first of all came to be, Gaia bore the sky and sea,
Night and dark bore light and day, the sum of which…now gone away, night and dark bore light and day
For life to exist all must cease to be
Primordial vision eclipsed all hope of salvation, Methuselah uproots
Primordial vision eclipsed all hope of salvation, Methuselah shall fall
Remove the spectre of death, Restore the vitreous, revolve to reveal, unveiling iridescence
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Mezzanine Floor Gqeberha, South Africa
Mezzanine Floor are a 5 piece progressive metal/hard rock band from the coastal city of Port Elizabeth, South
Africa.
Members
Dixen 'Cuzin-Itt' van Onselen - Lead Vocals,
Dylan van der Merwe - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals,
Lourens van der Merwe - Rhythm Guitar,
Tyran van der Merwe - Bass Guitar,
Kyle Allen - Drums.
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