From The Forest Itself - Distractions

From The Forest Itself
Distractions
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23 сентября 2012
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1. Voice of the Timeless
2. Philistine
3. See Reason
4. A Well-Dressed Cannibal
5. Hallways
6. Undeserved Cure
7. A Thousand Lives

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1. Voice of the Timeless
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Take center stage
Cascade the crowd in a sea of stories
Just as grand as they are false
Another lie for masses

Take center stage
Envelope the crowd in mistranslations
Opposite the truth
Another lie for the masses

Towers rise, but for how long,
When empires have tried to stifle this song?
We are the voices that are being drowned out
We won't stop singing 'til His words resound out again

In a worthless decree

You vow to uphold the truth
Another lie for the masses
An avatar of one 
You clearly never knew

This time, someone speaks up
And calls you out
A determined stance among the baying
Of weakness and false hope
For love is not found
In the lies of men
And faith is not strong
When held up by a book

We are the timeless that are searching for the answers
We tell the truth amidst a sea of cancer
We are the voices that are being drowned out
We won't stop singing 'til His words resound out again

For it's in love
That we find truth


2. Philistine
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Just sit there and watch

As I show you up
And do what you
Could never do
I could swear I see the envy in your eyes

Insults spew forth
In a voice nobody
Cares to hear
Nobody wants to hear

What do you have to show?
What accomplishments are
Yours to claim?
Does anyone even know your name?
The uncultured are unfit to judge
Even the lightest stroke of the brush

Let's see what you've done
Let's see what brings your comments to merit
Let's see what you've done
You have nothing to show for yourself

What lacks in your words
Isn't something that can be faked
I've heard this drivel before

Just sit there and watch

As I show you up
And do what you
Could never do
Could never do

And everytime I hear this
I just can't help but laugh
To have no talents of your own
Yet criticize so fast

What lacks in your words
Isn't something that can be faked
I've heard this drivel before, but
A philistine's mind is his mistake


3. See Reason
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Was there a time when, when everybody knew
What it would take to be a part of this world,
But something more than one of the herd?

I hear it every day
The wailing of incessant decay
My ears bleed from the inside out
Amidst a noise so overplayed

Am I the only one among us
Who isn't blinded by misconception?

Oh, help me, Aristotle
Is your voice so far, far away?

Was there a time when, when everybody knew
What it would take to be a part of this world,
But something more than one of the herd?

I read it every night
The mindless libel, another pointless fight
My eyes, strained from the lack of thought
Of the words within my sight

Oh, help me, Socrates
Are your words forgotten?

Was there a time when, when everybody knew
What it would take to be a part of this world,
But something more than one of the herd?


4. A Well-Dressed Cannibal
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You eat our young
Their flesh still rots away at your teeth
The blood not even dry before you smile and
Speak your lies
"I'm looking out for you" you spew to your herd
Still you can't tell the sheep from wolves

It's been decades since we've seen that light
That light you've basked in your whole life

You've built your strong, hardy frame, all of this and more
By feeding off our flesh, our blood, that you've convinced us so well

We've given to you willingly for our benefit as well
The bloodstained words of a well-dressed cannibal
Stripped us of our flesh and bone, and cast us in a cell
And claim we should be grateful to you

I won't be grateful to you
You've torn at me for far too long
Still you insist you should have more
You've grown so full, yet there's nothing left of
Me, but you still hunger for more

It's time to free ourselves from being consumed
Stop you from tasting the meat you convince us so well

We've given to you willingly for our benefit as well
The bloodstained words of a well-dressed cannibal
Stripped us of our flesh and bone, and cast us in a cell
And claim we should be grateful to you

You've grown so strong
Now there's nothing left of me


5. Hallways
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Unhinged

The clutter surrounds my feet
I dare not to dream or wonder
Lest I find myself ensnared
Can't bring myself to focus
Unless I lose something else in itself
Amongst the storm of attentions

I close me eyes, and the words race across like a river of lies
So cold to the touch, these waters, but I can't stop to garner my warmth
God help me, if I could only stay attentive
These distractions beating down on my neck, mocking me in silent noise

The clutter surrounds my feet
I dare not to dream or wonder
Lest I find myself ensnared

Walls rise and lead me astray
I must shake of my worst doubts
Minotaurs stalk the hallways
I know I must find my way out

No map could help me here
No compass to guide me here

I grasp at anything, anything at all, that could help me through these mazes
And with each step the air grows colder, and the pathways more absurd

The clutter surrounds my feet
I dare not to dream or wonder
Lest I find myself ensnared

Walls rise and lead me astray
I must shake of my worst doubts
Minotaurs stalk the hallways
I know I must find my way out

I turn around
But this could not be from where I came
I set my sights on a path, but it shifts and turns and leads me away

These endless hallways
These tattered walls
Will be the end of me if I let them
I can't let them

Walls rise and lead me astray
I must shake of my worst doubts
Minotaurs stalk the hallways
To steel myself, I shout

I know I'll find my way out (I know, I know)
I know I'll find my way out (I know I'll find my way out)


6. Undeserved Cure
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And I never could let go
Of the vices that I hold
So I sit and stare and wonder
How you found light in my soul

Static and lights were all I knew
I'd turned away for so long, claiming my freedom in chains
Breathing, but air never filled my lungs
I lived my life choking on delusions, never reaching out

And that's all I had to do

And I never could let go
Of the vices that I hold
So I sit and stare and wonder
How you found light in my soul
I had nothing left to forfeit
But had everything to gain
The change is without question
But outside, I'm still the same

Walking alone, but you're still there
Alas, I feel it now, the wind sweeping by
An undeserved cure, to rid me of all my ills
I lived my life limping, never reaching out

And that's all I had to do
And that's all I had to do
My nights spent wondering where I'd remain if I kept this path the same
And that's all I had to do

And I never could let go
Of the vices that I hold
So I sit and stare and wonder
How you found light in my soul
I had nothing left to forfeit
But had everything to gain
The change is without question
But outside, I'm still the same

And that's all I had to do

I live as I walk, but know that I deserve nothing
I live as I walk, but know that I deserve nothing

I felt I had the knowledge of all I was meant to know
My life had more ideas, more truths in which to show
And then you announced your presence, lifting my head to the sky
I knew of death impending, yet you claim I'll never die
I had nothing left to forfeit
But had everything to gain
The change is without question
But outside, I'm still the same


7. A Thousand Lives
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I have walked
Through the verdant fields of Hyrule
And the charred, smoking roads of Reach
Across the Wasteland of the Mojave

I have fought
Against the best wielders of Soul Edge
Against the legions of the Reapers
Against the minions of Neo Zeed

And it never ends!

I've ridden horseback down to Chuparosa
I've been the King of Iron Fist
I've come on top in the Liandri Tournaments
A thousand lives, I've done all this!

And it never ends!

I have snuck
Through an army of Genome Soldiers
Past the Ogawara guard
Past the henchmen of Zhao Yun Ru

I blasted my way
Through countless Robot Masters
Through the troops of the Commonwealth
Through the thugs of Comando Sombra

And it never ends!

I've run at lightspeed through the loops of Mobius
I've knifed the Russians in Paris
Escorted refugees across the Shiverpeaks
A thousand lives, I've done all this!

Jumping through the Mushroom Kingdom
Saving the princess (I've done all this!)
Adventured across Cyrodiil and
Looted every chest (I've done all this!)
I've saved Neo Tokyo from the
Galaxy Gang (I've done all this!)
So many worlds I've stepped foot on
Not one of them the same (I've done all this!)

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