Reflux : The Illusion of Democracy

Metalcore / USA
(2005 - Prosthetic Records)
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Letras

1. ABOVE THE PYRAMID AND THE EYE

I won't let you keep killing off my prophets.
I'll do all I can to stop you, to bring an end.
The deceit will face defeat
Together we can end their reign.
The deceit will face defeat
Together we can end their reign.

Born in blood!
Forces that be!
Brought to their knees! (there's nowhere to run)
The time is now! (they know they're the ones)
To redound.

History is (repeating)
They must explain (the bleeding)
On our ignorance (they're feeding)
We can't let history repeat.

We must not be afraid, but we must be aware for all to rise above the pyramid and eye.
If we don't demand the truth, their justice will never be served.

Beg bread from a murderer (I won't)
Beg bread from a murderer (I won't)
Beg bread!
Beg bread from a murderer
Beg bread from a murderer
Beg bread from a murderer
Beg bread!

Call me a pariah, it doesn't matter what you do to me.
Can't kill the desire to find the truth that sets us free.
Call me a pariah, it doesn't matter what you do!
Born in blood (they rule by secrecy)
Born in blood (the 33rd degrees)
Call me a pariah, it doesn't matter what you do to me.
Can't kill the desire to find the truth that sets us free.

I won't let you keep killing off my prophets.
I'll do all I can to stop you, to bring an end.
The deceit will face defeat
Together we can end their reign.
The deceit will face defeat
Together we can end their reign.

You're monitored. We're all monitored.


2. THOUGHTS DICTATE REALITY

Surroundings do not define you
Against indolence, all things are relative (things are relative... relative)
Only actions can speak truth
You define what you perceive

You control what happens next
Will it be what you expect?
You control what happens next
And will it be what you expect?

There's no scapegoat, shift the focus
There's no scapegoat, shift the focus
Shift the focus, there's no scapegoat
Shift the focus, there's no scapegoat
Shift the focus, there's no scapegoat
Shift the focus

Surroundings do not define you. Only actions can speak truth
Surroundings do not define you. Only actions can speak truth
Don't throw it, don't throw it away.
Don't throw it, don't throw it away.
Don't throw it, don't throw it away.

Surroundings do not define you
Against indolence, all things are relative (things are relative... relative)
Only actions can speak truth
You define what you perceive
(Perception and environment go hand in hand)

It's not a gambit if it's all that you want
It's just a damn shame when it doesn't work out
It's not a gambit if it's all that you want
It's just a damn shame when it falls apart
It's not a gambit if it's all that you want.
It's just a damn shame when it work

Nothing that I could do could save yourself from your future.
You manifested this existence
Now find the will to endure. Find the will to endure.
Find the will to endure.
Find the will to endure.
Find the will to endure.
Find the will to endure.

Surroundings do not define you
Pilot your fate through tomorrow's shade
Only actions can speak truth
Pilot your fate through tomorrow's shade

You control what happens next, will it be what you expect
There is no scapegoat.
Thoughts dictate reality.
Thoughts dictate reality.
Thoughts dictate reality.
Thoughts dictate reality.


3. AN ODE TO THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS

An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind
We are all one, the only race is human
An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind
We are all one, the only race is human

Life is more precious than land
Both sides must see
Life is more precious than land
Both sides must see

Choose your colors, pick your side

Products of society that promote vindication
Lost sense of morality, murder is not salvation
Let your demons die for love
Let your demons die for love

Choose your colors, pick your side.
Secure what makes you feel alive.

What will it take for you to see?
Murder is not salvation.

We must go past the past. Mankind is in our hands
We must go past the past. Mankind is in our hands

We must go past the past. Mankind is in our hands
There is no way to peace. Peace is the way
Peace is the way
Peace is the way

Acknowledge the massacre
Open your eyes to the slaughter
Acknowledge the massacre
Our last chance to evolve
Our last chance to evolve


4. THE SUDDEN REALIZATION...

So this is how you wish to portray yourself to the ones you love and to the ones you have just met?
This is not a desire reflection
This is just and easy way for you to regress

This relentless mirage, will cause you to subside
Your perception will be cured, as clarity arrives

Time to disband the hubris
Disband the hubris
Disband the hubris
Let go, let go, let go
Disband the hubris

This relentless mirage, will cause you to subside
Your perception will be cured, as clarity arrives

So this is how you wish to portray yourself to the ones you love and to the ones you have just met?
This is not a desire reflection
This is just and easy way for you to regress

Nothing can speak louder than silence when all you want
Is to understand yourself. I cannot hold you hand

Proceed to progress
Proceed to progress
Proceed to progress
Proceed to progress

Nothing can speak louder than silence when all you want is to understand yourself
Nothing can speak louder than
Silence when all you want
Is to understand yourself


5. ...OF WHAT YOU WERE MISSING

When I was young I used to think I had it all figured out:
The physical didn't lie, and the lies I knew were true
Fed on that common set of beliefs that my school

Then my job, and a little routine would be my everything
But when I started to reflect on my own passions
Something inside me started to cry
All of a sudden everything in the physical was just a mirage

And I knew the only thing which was forever real was already inside of me
No more compromising with the material world
Meeting the demands of those living as ghosts

Not in this lifetime would I watch from the sidelines
As my true ambitions would be silenced
I knew that the only thing that was forever real was already inside of me
I was my essence
My Soul

I will not fall victim to your will.
I will not fall victim to your ways.

This flesh and bone is just a fraction of what we are
This flesh and bone is just a fraction of what we are

I will not fall victim to your will.
I will not fall victim to your ways.

I will not fall victim to your will, your ways, to your web (to your will, your ways, to your web)
I will not fall victim
I will not fall victim


6. =[*]=-

(Instrumental)


7. SINGLE FILE TO BLISS

Who are you to label blasphemy
When you try to redefine veracity
My soul will not be manufactured

Only a blind soul could think that these stories could be the answer to all
History alone cannot enlighten your soul to be one with god

You can't bear witness to the cure of your own disease
You can't bear witness to the cure of your own disease
Involuntarily adamant, synthetic sense of attachment
Involuntarily adamant, synthetic sense

I must step aside (just follow)
I must step aside (just follow me)
I must step aside (just follow)
I must step aside

Single file to bliss. Just follow
Single file to bliss. Just follow me
Single file to bliss. Just follow
Single file to bliss. Follow me
I must step aside
Single file to bliss. I step aside
Single file to bliss. I step aside

Praise the ones who pave the way to our graves
The only hope left now is revolution.
Praise the ones who pave the way to our graves
The only hope left now is revolution.
Revolution
Revolution

The time has come
I know that our goal is for every man to atone
For I won't condone those who don't want to see all men grow
Decide: bombs or Christ. You cannot be for both

The innocent cannot be spent filling the pockets of guilty men
You will wear your stigma alone.


8. THERE'S NO SUNLIGHT IN MY CUBICLE

Don't force regret
This is a coup d'Etat of your systematic failure
This is a coup d'Etat of what you've made
I will sacrifice all of your traditions
So that I can fulfill my own dreams

What you glorify... the perfect orthodox
It's just another way... of keeping me blind
What you glorify... the perfect orthodox
It's just another way... of keeping me blind
To what could be... keeping me blind to what could be me

Don't force regret upon my ears (don't force regret)
Don't force regret upon my ears (do not glorify this)

The only path that I'll walk down is the one my heart lays
The only path that I'll walk down is the one my heart lays

You cannot replace happiness with status
There's no sunlight in my cubicle

Those who abandon their dreams will be the fist to discourage yours
Those who abandon their dreams will be the fist to discourage yours

Don't force regret upon my ears
Don't force regret upon my ears


9. THE KEATS PERSONA

(Instrumental)


10. 1984-2004

(Instrumental)


11. MODERN DAY BABYLON

Turn over your, your dollar bill
Translate the words

They have painted this picture
Painted it so well but the colors do run
They have painted this picture
Painted it so well but the colors do run

Turn over your, your dollar bill
Translate the words

"In our battle against those that detest our free and prosperous society, we cannot
Sacrifice any of the pillars our nation stands upon, namely respect for the
Constitution and the rule of law. We must demonstrate to the world that America
Is the best example of what a solid constitution with properly enforced laws can
Bring to those who desire freedom and safety. If we become hypocrites about our
Own legal system, how can we sell it abroad or question legal systems different
That our own?"

Force-feeding this artificial pride
As our freedom is tossed to the side
Force-feeding this artificial pride
As our freedom is tossed to the side

How can we liberate others, when we can't liberate ourselves?
How can we liberate others, when we can't liberate ourselves?
How can we liberate others, when we can't liberate ourselves?
How can we liberate others, when we can't liberate ourselves?

When they said that it was legal, they took it all away
And when they took all of it away, freedom died that day
When they said that it was legal, they took it all away
And when they took all of it away, freedom died that day

And we watch as they dry the blood on their hands with the flames of the constitution.
(All lies. They sold us illusions and promises.)

Our amendments are dropping like flies
Our amendments are dropping like flies

It's all part of the novus ordo seclorum
It's all part of the novus ordo seclorum

Modern Day Babylon...
Give us back our rights.

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