1. EXISTENTIALIST

How do I endure all the pain of this world
When we're all so far astray?
We are disconnected
Trapped in a maze

I keep my eyes open to change
Oh, what a burden
When everything stays the same
The cycle that never ends
This new-found crisis is existential
Consuming all our lives
Blinded are the seekers and muted are the wise

This soul must stay
I'll go away
I'll go away forever

I may still have a choice
A choice to fight
These forces upon me
Above all life
But I'll go away
I will leave this place
Leaving behind
What may never die

I will not feel complete again
Until I lift the veil before my eyes


2. HE WHO DWELLS

This shadow offers no protection
They seek retaliation
As I burst into pieces
To be fed to the vultures

O solipsist, why can you only see horror in what you portray?
You've created a picture that's unbearable to the eye

But what's the use of it?
To use every thought as a weapon
You could always look the other way
But then again, you are just that curious

(What do you say?)
(Tell me, tell me, tell me why)
Tell me something that would justify the wreckage

They took my voice as their own
As I'm left to rot in the unknown
Tell me why I must commit to a path so unclear
(Tell me how do I justify)
Dwell not on epiphanies
Dwell not in misery

So open the gates
For all that is and all that will be
My sight is consumed by all the horror

This shadow offers no protection
They seek retaliation
As I burst into pieces
To be fed to the vultures

I lost my faith in thee, O Almighty Darkness
The shadow in which I lay offers no protection
To abide under your wings brings but dismay
Don't deliver me for I'll deliver myself
A sense of liberation for those who dwell

They took my voice as their own
As I'm left to rot in the unknown
Tell me why I must commit to a path so unclear
(Tell me how I do justify)
Dwell not on epiphanies
Dwell not in misery


3. SAMSARA

It was long overdue
The stray from the path
The march towards a better land
The bits and pieces clinging to the soul
All the pleasures and indulgence of their own
But at this point, I must confess
The lack of balance was sickening

My own two eyes would not keep sight
They could not bear with the cravings
Unsatisfied
Am I willing to leave it all behind?

Lost at sea
Trapped inside a reverie
Steering idly
Drifting through the endless stream

Had I had any faith
Would it have been different?
I’ve learned that nothing escapes the force of life
An ongoing slumber
To be awakened is to die

Release me
Serenade me to sleep
What if it was destiny
To be clinging to every dream?

They say I will own my fate
But they don't understand me
The chances for all that was or what could be

Lost at sea
Trapped inside a mindless dream
Steering idly
Drifting through the endless stream


4. ZENOSYNE

These bones have an eternal ache
Longing for an instant's peace
I can't help but to see everything in decay
Or so it seems

It may be useless
All of this suffering
If I ever thrive it will be temporary
I keep counting all of the days

And I'm slowly sinking in as it all slips away

In every single moment I am certain
Don't let it fade away
This single moment

I wander aimlessly
Before the empty seas
A glimpse of eternity
When will I begin to realize there is beauty?

They say the rain will wash it all away
The grief, the pain, will all go to a better place
They say the rain will wash it all away
The guilt, the shame, will all go to a better place
They say the rain will wash it all away

In every single moment I am certain
Don't let it fade away
This single moment

My eyes have failed me
For I can only see the darkness
As I watch time consume it all without mercy
For how long have I failed to be aligned with reason?
When will I realize that there is beauty?


5. THE LUCIFER EFFECT

I walk through the darkest corners of the mind
Guided not by faith nor reason
Yet it still feels like treason
I hear the ghosts calling out my name
Are they really a part of me?

Clarity, come to me
I seem to have lost my way
Sanity is all I have left in me

I feel them watching from afar
The sense of self is fading in this odyssey
Entangled in fear, I can hear their calling
Oh how I wish I could be brought back to the light

I can hear them sing
(I can hear them sing)

I've been immersed into this bleak realm of broken dreams
To answer their summons, as so many faces stare at me
The thoughts I was repressing only backfired 'til I ceased to resist
Is this the price I have to pay to end my innocence?

I can hear them sing
All I see is dim
As I keep sinking

I've felt enough
Too much is grey
I cannot bear another day
To escape this eerie state
Another night, another day
If only I could find a way

Clarity, come to me
I seemed to have lost my way
Sanity was all I had left in me
I thought I'd touched ground
but I keep sinking
I've become one of them
I have become a demon

For too long I've gazed into the abyss

I have become the martyrs
I have become the wicked
The Lucifer Effect sails inside of me
And I gaze into all your suffering and make it my own
You are all the saintless
You are all a part of me


6. EVASION

I ran away with so much to see
I ran away with so much left to see

And I shall fade
Without knowing
What could have been of this

And I shall fade


7. OUT OF SLUMBER

I must have been asleep
This picture is not what I meant it to be
The colors look so vivid
The roses are no longer grey

I used to be in a maze
But in this awakened state
I see through different eyes
I find it all in place

Everything's in place

As I realize that nothing can touch me
I detach from this body
Motionless, my silence is sacred
I regain control of my senses

All that came to be was part of the process
A lesson to be learned in the deepest pits of hell
I look around and I no longer feel the burden
I walk into the fire but it no longer burns

It all made sense over time
As I was sinking
I could see it bright coming back to sight
Carrying the weight of my blackest days
To find my place
'Til I find my place

And time will tell
If through the darkness
I make my way to see the light

Out of slumber
I am awake
Out of slumber
I am awake
Out of slumber
I am awake
Out of slumber
I am awake

Was it all just a dream?
A dim illusion?
An entertainment for my psyche?
And as all paths begin to align
The time has come to lift the veil