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Synthesis

by Chiasma

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1.
Again 02:41
Wake and carry the dream Count your losses again
2.
Go down Sit in the dust Virgin daughter Babylon On the ground (Without a throne) Sit in silence Go into darkness No more will you be called Queen of Kingdoms I'm forever The eternal Queen I'm forever These are not coals for warmth This is not a fire to sit by All of them Go on in their error There is not one that can save you I will tell you of new things Of hidden things unknown to you disbelievers There is no peace For the wicked There is no peace Against whom have you raised your voice? (Turn around and flee) And lifted your eyes in pride? Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low Run you cowards, Run, run onto Arrarat Flee to the mountains Beckon to nations Lift up the banners Kings will be fathers And Queens your mothers Life forever You're the chosen Ones Live forever
3.
Frequency 06:55
Find a way to make it stick Before you've been forgotten Terror-stricken, no time left Yet I am not prepared for this Atomic collisions, my breath And a heart that's beating Carrying on in fission Form a thought that's singled out In a collective vision, exist in the lens I offer Deliberate decision You have carved a place for me In a frequency so delicate I'm alive but I barely know it Trying to reach to the pinnacle of the pyramid with a mind not open yet Holding onto my memories as my greatest wealth but then I'm beholden To the weight of my ego Cannot let go to all that I've known My effects, my inputs diffuse Like the ones before me Evidenced in relics of what I connected to Your interests, your being combine what we've offered Reconstruct a new form Create a trace of something new We will find a way to make this worth forever We'll find a way to make this be enough To make it worth forever Find a way to make it stick before you've been forgotten Terror-stricken, better find your place before you've fallen No time left to make a change yet I am not prepared for this I'll find a way to make it stick before I've been forgotten No time left
4.
There's a pool in her room It fills with all the Art that pours out from her eyes And where is she to go But down into the paths that roam those inhibitions? Entertain the miracle of the now. Rearrange the probability of how, here, right now I mind the traps that are set to fall I follow intuitions weakening pulse Crying for a dream Illusions complex and so purifying Speak with Coyote Get lost within the terrifying, awe-inspiring, truthful Unknown Break the wheel Snowfall It's so cold in the cityscape With greying mirrors of your face I never meant to be charmed By fur and warmth with no heart Lights fade, it's over It's over Overcome by reason Too dignified to take the risk Ingrained within your being The possibility to fail Sleeping On and on Crying for a dream It's not over Dawn breaks the dark Don't fail me now Cry for the dream
5.
Is this the moral high ground that you would die for? Is this the dignity that you would fight for? Liar Eyes for yourself Obscure all, A distraction Eyes for yourself Entertain the abstraction Break silver silence Let your eyes absorb it all Turn your back on the world Is this the hollow image that you would live for? Is this the shallow love that you would give for? Liar Eyes for yourself Filter out the distractions Eyes for yourself Consume all the retractions Tread lightly on the narrow path that you follow Erase the evidence of all your sorrow A fracture divides the silver's pale reflection A fragility that you'd failed to mention
6.
Walls 07:14
What lies beyond These towering walls? Do you think we're worthy of the fall Do you think she knows we saw it all? How many secrets lie beyond that door Do you think it's too much to hope for? But now the monsters have appeared And their shadows spark our fears And the walls are crumbling in And all the brave ones disappeared What did he give me as a child? What are the fast Ones doing here? What did he bury in the ground What could a father hold so dear? But did you see her face? Eternity in primal struggling grace Like a newborn child What do I carry in my veins What kind of power lingers here? Why does my sister show restraint What kind of evil forms this cage? Who are the ones we shouldn't trust Who are the ones that we should save? What are the choices that I must make for a city that I hate? But did you see his face? Terrible in comprehending hate Eyes burning like fire I thought that life Outside Was worth the risk, was worth the sacrifice But now I see there's more to lose than my own Freedom (Don't take away/Don't take my) Freedom wasn't worth the sacrifice I thought Outside was worth the sacrifice I bought a lie (Jiyuu) What monsters stir within These towering walls? Do you think they'd see me if I hid Do you think they'd hear me if I cried? Do you think there's good within us all Do you think there's purpose when we die?
7.
Phajaan 06:48
Falling in line The tusks trust the hooks you offer To make a living Humanity's not a luxury offered On a birthright that affords nothing to eat Call on the ancient dreamer Herald in a most prosperous age With ivory bringing in the most criminal pay And silver minds remembering happier days Six rides today Stealing the secrets to open a way (a shameless game) Garnering faith to deliver a prayer (a primal trade) They will pay you No doubts, no proof Your survival can't be wrong Carry on A beast, he's just a calf without a mother And his will is just a liability Phajaan, the crush The fear that does our bidding It would catch us all unaware Surely you wouldn't dare to.... Call on the ancient dreamer Herald in a most prosperous age With ivory bringing in the most criminal pay And silver minds remembering happier days Six rides today Two tricks to turn the tide And two thumbs to bring it all to life A re-imagined slate to entertain desires So with the ignorance of our forefather's pride Let's go for a ride Take what you desire You're not alike Defend a greedy stewardship That can't survive This can't be right God help the bear who regrets his own strength Pity the cheetah who laments her speed Foolish the monkey that rues his own wit God help the human that fights what he is
8.
Grounded 06:30
Bare feet on the ground Firmly planted Call its sparkling ridges home Sunlight calls you out The wind whispers your name Thoughts run mountain river clear But then it starts to slip away Carry on, carry on You've been here before now Carry on, carry on Tomorrow comes somehow Memories wash ashore The past tries out new shades Fear their hues misunderstood Reflections betray all Disjointed pieces Can't remember what is home But carry on, carry on You've been here before now Carry on, carry on Tomorrow comes somehow Time spent Waiting for your skin to stick in place To recognize your own face Try again Learning how to breathe when all you need is just to let your lungs fill Longing just to be, To exist without belaboring the finer points of meaning To truly see What has come before, is yet to come To feel alive as wholly one
9.
Wind-up 05:35
Training taking over Tik Tok, the clock has stricken one I can handle it Is this what I was created for Serving your purpose no more To stutter to your amusement For you to wind up, wind up In a world that has severed Its will to see a day ahead New dreams take shape to deliver us but There's nothing new under the sun A sky so grey maybe I can handle it A falling ash maybe I can handle it The view so bleak maybe I can handle it The fire so hot maybe I can handle it The touch so cold maybe I can handle it The guns so loud maybe I can handle it A dark despair maybe I can handle it A fear so real, I can handle it Genetics tainted to further Squandering hands and murder Strength coded but not intended Intended to free me, save me They may call me subhuman But I am superior Like clockwork, arms reaching for the sky A triumph born out of regress I will be fine without your grooming I'll get by without you Don't fear for me, my master can't you see How perfect I've become? Fire burns beneath my skin as I see All that's been kept from me You tossed my life aside You didn't try to speak my name And ruthless as the burning sun You wouldn't remember anyways All fall to safety with like kind Don't bother trying to run away
10.
Impetus Lost 06:50
All we are we are Where we are we are Would you like to play a game? Its rules are really fairly plain. Take a step or stay the same, Gamble time or waste it all away. And there's many ways to win- I can't begin to list them here. Take a step and we'll begin, The only obstacle's autonomy With eyes closed you just begin to see All the time spent waiting for change I lost myself, I lost my impulses All the time spent waiting for change I lost myself, I lost my impetus I was such a fool to fall for this Truth be told I'd like to blame Every wasted minute on this game And the world that spins us round Expecting each next day to best the last. But that would be a lie, I can only wonder why I allowed myself to trade my very spirit for this safety. With eyes closed you just begin to see

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Debut album of Indiana prog rock band, Chiasma

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released October 3, 2014

Mastered by Spectre Studios
Tracked and mixed by Derek Steele
Copyright Chiasma 2014

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Chiasma Indianapolis, Indiana

Melodic prog with some vocoders, squealies, and plastic vegetables throughout- Chiasma is very excited to be releasing their second full-length album on 04Nov2016!

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