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Versus Entropy 4:320:00/4:32
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Infinite Dread 4:230:00/4:23
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Terminal 4:020:00/4:02
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Workhorse 3:000:00/3:00
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Attunement 5:050:00/5:05
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Dans les Dents 2:230:00/2:23
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Spectrum 3:590:00/3:59
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Derelict 4:110:00/4:11
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The Escapist 4:150:00/4:15
01. Versus Entropy
Music: Burnet / Lussier
Lyrics: Burnet
Cold, clear perspective
Highlighting all the nuances of my dread
Of fathomless, inescapable entropy
Denial of this animal form
Fertile, productive, ever ripe
Anxious, selfish human life
Narratives persuade, compel
Exhausted, overburdened, overwhelmed
Denial of cellular decline
Toiling and building ever high
Co-dependent rival empires
We are obscuring the truth that lasts
We are rotting, we're decaying
We are all ash
May I find peace as I grapple futility?
Destiny? Creation and crumbling
Entropy comes for me, endlessly
Nostalgia for infinity
Righteous and fearful beg pardon from Gods
But time proves them wrong and it comes for us all
Time comes for us all
Solo: Burnet
Solo: Lussier
It's me... It's me... It's me...
Versus entropy
Can we stand tall still, in the face of ruin?
Is there meaning until it takes the last of us?
I ask nothing more than this: acceptance at the end
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02. Infinite Dread
Music: Lussier / Burnet
Lyrics: Burnet
Unending chaos
Infinite dread
Predicting collapse
Expecting death
State of tension, no outlet for
Full lifetimes of pent up emotions
Capitalized anxiety
Basest fears now are the product
Disaster worship
Eloquent smut
Circular theories
Eroded trust
Admonishing futility
Useless both in form and function
Powerless yet... democracy!
Fails us and sets the stage for tyranny
Solo: Lussier
The myths crumble as the stories they tell cease to exist
Flailing in our search for meaning we turn to our instincts
Our attention is quantified when our gaze is the prize
Algorithms deliver fear that we internalize
I said: FEAR!
Exponential feedback leading to a state that we can't predict or prevent
Search, and find meaning in nature and your ancestors
Rejoice, in kinship with the roots of the universe
And if you find happiness, fucking monetize it
State of hustle, more trending memes
Addicting and isolating us
A standardized new frequency
Basest fears are my new normal
Exponential feedback leading to a state that we can't predict or prevent
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03. Terminal
Music: Burnet / Lussier
Lyrics: Burnet
Core terminal spewing the data that feeds the machines
It records all movement
As the ocean level rises
Swept up in currents
Wet bulb, no limit
Not even through sweat
Slowly cooked to death
Such evident folly... to deny the colour red
Though it flows bright in our veins
As our blood investment gushes
Tracking contrails, watching leaders fly
Moving closer to monopoly
As the topsoil turns to dust
Lead: Lussier
Abstract and volatile
Fail-safes too slow to react
As the storm surge hits the village
No adaptation, no competition, no transformation, only risk
Global calamity before real progress is made
The first to see the swell are at the bottom
Here at the bottom
Solo: Burnet
Solo: Lussier
Core terminal spewing data in panic and awe
Shouting orders to evacuate
As the ocean level rises
Alleged to be arcane and yet all can see the facts
As the smoke plumes reach new summits
More townships to burn
Equity to earn
Pave over the land
Profit, grow, expand
Before the flood
Solo: Lussier
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04. Workhorse
Music: Burnet / Lussier
Lyrics: Burnet
Repressed, held inside
No room to move and nothing else to think or be
This is the path you're on
Miss once and you're done
Listless, struggling
Adrift, mislaid, gone astray
Luck has at last run out
What will you do now?
Sold a workhorse fantasy
In which sweat and blood would one day lead to something
This is the lie you bought
Lock, stock, and a barrel mouthful
Docile proletariat
Building a tent city
Reduced to base survival
While the Gods trade futures of bone and blood
A slow march together towards that fated day
When everything we were taught to hope for is laid bare to decay
...they should not have left these tools here...
A swift march together towards the halls of power to enlighten them
Hostile proletariat
Burning down a city
Pushed beyond the breaking point
While the Gods retreat behind fortress walls
...they should not have left these tools here...
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05. Attunement
Music: Lussier / Burnet
Solos 1 and 2: Burnet
Solos 3 and 4: Lussier
Solo 5: Pittet
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06. Dans les Dents
Music: Lussier
Lyrics: Lussier
Un autre trip’ qui s’annonce à soir
Stimulations, sensations fortes
Divertissement aléatoire
Dans les dents
Connection sans faille, sans contrôle
Se brûler constamment sans s’éteindre
L’appareil sonne : notification
La machine repart : validation
C’est dans ma tête
Pour me faire pomper le sang
Un buzz, un rush
Qui rentre dein’ dents
Un autre trip’ qui s’annonce à soir
Stimulations, sensations fortes
Divertissement aléatoire
Dans les dents
Gratification instantanée
Virtuellement réalisée
Concrètement simulée
C’est dans ma tête
Pour me faire pomper le sang
Un buzz, un rush
Qui rentre dein’ dents
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07. Spectrum
Music: Lussier / Burnet
Lyrics: Burnet / Lussier
Solo: Lussier
Solo: Burnet
Like a phoenix rising up from ashes
To ignite a new firestorm
Burning bright, the full spectrum of colours
Of the rainbow
Strength, not of body but of harnessed emotions
To be vulnerable and powerful
A growth blossoming beyond old restrictions
Unbound is what I've become
Myself is good enough for me
I'm not the man they wanted me to be
But I am enough
Unwavering acceptance
Allegiance to difference
Belligerent harbinger
Of tolerance and love
Myself is good enough for me
I am the man I fucking want to be!
And I am enough
You can embrace it or you can choose to ignore it
The expectations placed upon us all
Stray the path or make it yours
As long as you choose
Solo: Lussier
When my heart fills with dread, I shed tears with my brothers
These men of good conscience hold me close and we're safe with each other
Because we... we are enough!
Myself is good enough for me
I am the man I fucking want to be!
And I am enough
Health, of the body, mind, and spirit in motion
Free flowing and powerful
Discovery of self, no limits, no faking
Unbound is what I've become
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08. Derelict
Music: Burnet / Lussier
Lyrics: Burnet
If we had wanted to fold
We'd have done so long ago
We have no fear of the winding road
To soldier forth, to uncertain ends
The truth is elusive still
And to seek it has led us through strife
But still we assemble, to celebrate life
There is no option, no other way
Temptation, but the structures are derelict
Exaltation, a life or a moment's release
Degradation, are we still what we once had been?
Ego inflation, rushed motions with no moment to breathe
The enticement of fleeting dreams
Quickly brought down by hard truths
An endless supply of those who would use
Deep disillusionment beckons
There is an army of audacious creators
Toiling in darkness, birthing diamonds from pressure
That we could march, among their ranks
Is an honour for which we will ever give thanks
For the Gods of metal
Through the storm, together
Solo: Burnet
Solo: Lussier
For the Gods of metal
Through the storm, together
For the love of metal
Through it all, forever
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09. The Escapist
Music: Lussier, Burnet
Lyrics: Lussier
Daring you to let it all go
Consume your burden, let it drown
Draw it back down
To alleviate the tide
It stands, idle and free
Glory, freedom, pleasure unbound
Dull the senses
Is this inspiration? Romantic fantasy?
Tragic emotions we misunderstand?
This is trepidation. This is denial
This is the escapist feeding
This is resignation. This is fright
This is the escapist leading
Solo: Lussier
The game is over, an exit in sight
This is my hurdle, and solemnly I fight fear
Fight my lust
Escape
Dare to let it all go
Lead: Lussier