The Ocean : Holocene

Experimental Metal / Germany
(2023 - Pelagic Records)
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Letras


1. PREBOREAL

No grasp on reality, attention shaping identities
We’ve lost our capacities
To construct something tangible
Obfuscate the past
Implode it with the future into
An undifferentiated mass
It’s never-ending
A type of never-ending
Never-ending presence, lost inside
We have all lost our way out long ago

The spectacle is not a cluster of images,
Rather it’s a social relation
Mediated by all those images:
Images are all there is
The quality of life is being impoverished
Embrace the loss of knowledge
And critical thinking

The spectacle is not a cluster of images,
Rather it’s a social relation
Mediated by all those images:
Images are all there is
The quality of life is being impoverished
We embrace the rash degradation of knowledge and
Critical thought, critical thought
We are no longer critical

The spectacle is not a cluster of images,
Rather it’s a social relation
Mediated by all those images:
Images are all there is
The quality of life is being impoverished
We embrace the rash degradation of knowledge
And critical thought, critical thought
We are not critical


2. BOREAL

In absence of reason
Lost all we believed in
We kneel to all-seeing
Decapitators

Cleave to your opinions
We're doomed to agree on
The lowest of common
Denominators

In outlands of reason
Wry notions kindle
The fires of eager
Illuminators

In absence of reason
Lost all we believed in
We kneel to all-seeing
Decapitators

Cleave to your opinions
We're doomed to agree on
The lowest of common
Denominators

In outlands of reason
Wry notions kindle
The fires of eager
Illuminators

In absence of reason
Lost all we believed in
We kneel to all-seeing
Decapitators

Ooh, is this what he preaches?
Incendiary speeches camouflaged as Nietzsche's
To divide the world into two camps
Nothing between "us" and "them"

Find a way
Tame your fear
It rives your brain
Time is drawing near
Find a way
Contain your fear
Grind away
Find a way
Contain your fear
Grind away
Time is drawing near


3. SEA OF REEDS

„The illusory paradise representing a total denial of earthly life is no longer projected into the heavens, it is embedded in earthly life itself.“

They said you came across the sea
The vast sea of reeds
When a strong east wind blew
You came guided by a pillar of fire at night
You walked on dry land
He smothered all your enemies
He smothered all your enemies

Clogged the chariot wheels
Made them flee, made them disappear
What you’ve seen today you shall never ever see again

Clogged the chariot wheels
Made them flee, made them disappear
What you’ve seen today you shall never ever see again

Blow back
Blow back
Blow back
Blow back

I divided the waters for you, not for nothing
Not as a favour, not as a proof of sentiment
Take it all as it seems
Close your eyes and find ways to believe
Cherish the miracle that is so crucial
To satisfy your vanity

I divided the waters for you
I divided the waters for you
I divided the waters for you
I divided the waters for you


4. ATLANTIC

Yes, this one time you've been bold
But don't you get a big head
Remind yourself what you've been told
Don't you get carried away
You were never, ever good enough
Why don't you try harder?

If you can understand all the patterns
That redound to your detriment
If you can understand all the patterns
Why do you keep repeating them?

High, high defeatism
High, high defeatism

Now I see you in another light

Now I see you in another light

Immerse in the dark that you chose to surround you
You're so hurt and so weak and you're so damn afraid of the truth
And you chew on your pain
By denying the past and begriming what used to be your nest
You're filled to the brim with a guilt
That you can't come to terms with

High, high defeatism
High, high defeatism

Now I see you in another light

How can you say that you loved me
When all you seek is revenge?
How can you say that you loved me
When all you seek is retaliation?

How can you say that you loved me
When all you seek is revenge?
How can you say that you loved me
When all you seek is retaliation?

Son, you'll need a radical change
Son, you deserve something better than this
Son, you're in need of a tactical switch in defence
Son, you'll need a radical change
Son, you deserve something better than this
Son, you're in need of a tactical switch in defence

Son, you'll need a radical change
For something better than this
But now you're daydreaming
Son, you'll need a radical change
For something better than this
But now you're daydreaming

Here comes the dark that you chose to be your playground
It's not so hard, with eyes closed, to find your way around
Enter the void of your own imagination
Harvest the fruits of years of procrastination

But now, your daydream is
Over


5. SUBBOREAL

There's a faint longing for something that's long lost and gone
That you remember from another life
Another life, another time
Something quaint, something neat, must have been quite a treat
A shared conspiracy
Something not around, no more
Nothing lives, nothing breathes in this mire of disease
The deniers fled into the night
Don't know what is wrong or right
Something to be relived in psychedelic fever dreams
And cherished memories
Riddled by nostalgia, did you see?
Did you see, did you see this closing in?
Did you prepare yourself for the
Unfathomable, for the day
For the day when this train went completely off the rails
And everything went up in flames
And nothing here would ever be the same

We've gotten used to the cues
Waiting for the next batch of bad news
Another bolt out of the blue
We're waiting for the next batch of bad news

We've gotten used to the simple fact
All we hold dear is hanging by a thread
And every haven that we fabricate
Can only be an intermittent space
We've gotten used to the simple fact
All we hold dear is hanging by a thread
And every haven that we fabricate
Can only be an intermittent space
We've gotten used to the simple fact
All we hold dear is hanging by a thread
And every haven that we fabricate
Can only be an intermittent space

We've gotten used to the cues
Waiting for the next batch of bad news
Another bolt out of the blue
We're waiting for the next batch of bad news

It's clear that you do have a strong tendency
To fall for conspiracy theories
Have you ever noticed the myths you believe
They grow on the soil of your own inner fears?

Brace yourself for the worst
Brace yourself for the worst

Now you're done
You've built your castle
All alone
To live in it
Now you're done
You've built your castle
All alone
To rot in it


6. UNCONFORMITIES

Soon I cannot see the shore
Birds circling above
Nothing is like it was before

I hear a voice talking, is it talking to me?
It says, "Just a little moment longer and, and then you'll be free"

And I'll be free

Lift the curse
Baptise me
The dream is broken
I want to be reformed
Let the light shine bright
I am just a child
In a twisted lullaby

My friend
The moon doesn't rise until late
Despite my sleepy eyes
I haven't slept yet
Half day and a night and now another day
I am clean and ready
Waves rise high around me now
But my legs are steady
My legs are steady
Arms to the sky

Lift the curse
Baptise me
The dream is broken
I want to be reformed
Let the light shine bright
I am just a child
In a twisted lullaby

Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on

Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on

Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on

Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on
Just a wasteland

Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on

Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on

Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on the bright lights
Don't turn on

Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on the bright lights
Just a wasteland
Don't turn on

I'm clean and ready
Waves rise high around me now
But my legs are steady
Arms to the sky


7. PARABIOSIS

„Our task is not to rediscover nature but to remake it.“

Release
Revive
Reverse
Retire
The hearse
Give grace
It’s tough to stay in shape

Regenerative medicine
We’re so focused on extending our lifespan
We mustn’t want everything
We mustn’t want everything we can
Methuselahs of depravity
Obsessed with youth and longevity
We must embrace the brevity
For the only way to end eternal life is suicide

Let it all begin
Just another time
Sweet dreams…
Let it all begin again
And never ever learn from our mistakes
Let it all begin

Picture a world when anybody, anywhere
Anytime can rebuild an entire organ
All the way from a stem cell and regenerate
On command any metabolic process
Revert back to pluripotent cells
And halt for good the aging process
Overcome, bend the laws of nature
Parabiosis

Reverse the curse of aging
Regrowing hair and youthful skin
Instant rejuvenation to a younger state
Parabiosis

Regrowing hair and youthful skin
Instant regeneration to a healthy state
Ambrosia for each and for everyone of us
Fix any part as often as you must
Any broken part

Homo deus
By removing death
From our lives
How different has our world become?
We stay young ’til thy kingdom come

Face death, effacing death
From our every day lives
Tell me just how clean have we become?
How safe have we become?
How bleak has it become?
How dead have we become?

This is our earthly kingdom
We’ve settled down here to stay
For we shall live forever and a day

Replenish, recharge our batteries
Eternal youth at our fingertips
We mustn’t want everything
We mustn’t want everything we can
The illusive promise of paradise
Representing a denial of earthly life
Is no longer projected into the heavens
It’s embedded within earthly life itself

Let it all begin
Just another time
Sweet dreams…
Let it all begin again
And never ever learn from our mistakes
Let it all begin

Picture a world when anybody, anywhere
Anytime can rebuild an entire organ
All the way from a stem cell and regenerate
On command any metabolic process
Revert back to pluripotent cells
And halt for good the aging process
Overcome, bend the laws of nature
Parabiosis

Fix any part as often as you must
Any broken part


8. SUBATLANTIC

„The spectacle is the sun that never sets over the empire of modern passivity. It covers the entire surface of the globe, endlessly basking in its own glory.“

Take heed
It's getting warm
Pay heed
To the alarm
Take heed
You'll be disarmed
Pay heed
Time has come

Hey mate, this ain't going away
Death before surrender
Wipe your slate clean

Take heed
It's getting warm
Pay heed
To the alarm
Take heed
You'll be disarmed
Pay heed
Time has come

Hey mate, this ain't going away
Listen to the wise old men
Listen to what they've said
From the beginning
Over and over again

Don't act as if you were
Unaware of what lies ahead
Squeeze the last drop, lick it up
Grow a better crop, use it up
We've had time to develop the plot
And to plan our new home
A new colony
Prepare for departure

Cities of sand
Under glass
This is our new civilization
And the sun always shines
Bright

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