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The discovery of this missive from beyond the stars was a catalyst that instigated incredible leaps forward in both scientific theory and technological advancements. Things that had previously been relegated to the realm of the fantastic suddenly became not only plausible, but possible. And all of these bold and complex achievements coalesced within the internationally developed orbital space station the U.N. Nebulaen. With construction completing just one decade after the discovery of the anomaly, this station would become home to the cosmonauts that would shortly delve into the mysteries of the enigmatic, interstellar cipher. The future, like space, seemed boundless…
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Soma Lulling
04:58
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This blasted plain I walk is not the one we’re meant to tread
Cracks split the desiccated ground - expose the dead
The bruised clouds
Rolling ever so slowly above my head
Full of pregnant portent’s shroud
Drooping from the weight of what we’ve done
Will we give pause to consider the victims crucified
Left in the dust to die in our righteous haste?
Soma lulled another taste
This case
Our vaunted figureheads lie with bloated rapacity
Leading us to war and strife due to their own fragility
So fear flows
Spreading out a contagion in the night
Seeps through our windows barred
Virulent onslaught of what we’ve done
Will we give pause to consider the victims crucified
Left in the dust to die in our righteous haste?
Soma lulled another taste
This case
The talking heads on the TV screen
Spewing their vitriol and sharp-toothed screams
Sweet soma lulling us to sleep
While around us piles a midden heap
Suffocated by stories we half believe
This soma’s taste is oh so sweet
Broadcast into my brain (anesthetizing)
Electric Novocain (anesthetizing)
Sanitizing tragedy (anesthetizing)
Won’t let you abuse me, confuse me, use me
I walk a hundred miles and then I walk one thousand more
I stalk from sea to boiling sea and blighted shore to shore
The winds howl
Carrying the voices of the condemned
Ground under heel and toe
Oh God, what have we done?
We stare insensate
At black mirrors that flicker and try to scry
Truths a million words belie
Will we give pause to consider the victims crucified
Left in the dust to die in our righteous haste?
Soma lulled another taste
This case
Soma lulling
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Demiurge
04:38
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I awoke cold alone. What I see - a nascent everything
Bones, tendons, cartilage, and ligaments
Scaffold of this edifice of man
Weave veins with twisting perplexity
Create this creature because I can
Iron, gold, copper, saltpeter
So much to place, so much to grow
Such a skein of snarled encumbrance
Just add the spark of light, watch it go
I am the Demiurge
The prime archon and architect
Bow obeisant before my throne
I am the Alpha, the Omega so genuflect
The shaper, the maker
Behold all that my two hands hath wrought
My sweat
And my breath
Filled the seas and the skies you pitiful wretch
This clay I shape between my palsied hands
The firmament and earth are mine to command
My pet, my toy, my puppet plaything
Call it to life to ease my suffering
Blood flows, eyelids now flutter
Homunculus of my design
Born from the basest materials
From the dust and shit realign
In your brain I scrawl out my doctrines
Set the trajectory of your lives
Don’t stray from my iron dictums
Mine are the nooses, swords, and the knives
I am the Demiurge
The prime archon and architect
Bow obeisant before my throne
I am the Alpha, the Omega so genuflect
The shaper, the maker
Behold all that my two hands hath wrought
My sweat
And my breath
Filled the seas and the skies you pitiful wretch
I am omniscient and omnipotent. I am everything
I know all your words and the secrets that you hide
I sewed your soul. I made you whole. And I breathed the breath of life
Prostrate yourself, beg forgiveness, and I will ignore your trespass
You are worthless and formless. You’re nothing
You crawl in the dirt and on your knees you pray
I sewed your soul. I made you whole. And I breathed the breath of life
Prostrate yourself, beg forgiveness and I won’t destroy you in my, in my strife
I am the Demiurge
The prime archon and architect
Bow obeisant before my throne
I am the Alpha, the Omega so genuflect
The shaper, the maker
Behold all that my two hands hath wrought
My sweat
And my breath
Filled the seas and the skies you pitiful wretch
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signal_loss_01011000
00:56
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Fractured
06:02
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Liar
Liar
Thoughts in my head – anticipating
Turning in my bed, and ricocheting
Shut up. Shut up. Shut up.
Convoluted my thoughts (I know)
Spinning inside my brain (You know)
Contradictory this place (This place)
Doubt rotting me away (Away)
Left or right, or up or down, or in or out - I can’t embrace these pieces now
Betrayer
Betrayer
Visits me each night in light receding
Laughing at my plight while he is feeding
Get out. Get out. Get out.
Convoluted my thoughts (I know)
Spinning inside my brain (You know)
Contradictory this place (This place)
Doubt rotting me away (Away)
Left or right, or up or down, or in or out - I can’t embrace these pieces now
Fracturing in my wake
Why do I even try?
I don’t know what I have lost
In this mirrored maze of mind
All my eyes have now gone blind
My self-deception takes its tithe
Remove this bandage now to
Quickly find the blood within
Pouring out from self-made holes
And calculated tragedies
Oh, and indignities
In this echo chambered symphony
Fucked up world inside my memories
Fracturing
Now I lay me down to sleep
Convoluted my thoughts (I know)
Spinning inside my brain (You know)
Contradictory this place (This place)
Doubt rotting me away (Away)
Left or right, or up or down, or in or out - I can’t embrace them
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Wicked Little Pieces
06:56
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Why do I always end up here?
Why do we always end up here?
What will it take to change?
Well they always say it’s better out than holding it inside
To tear the veil off all this doubt
So if you haven’t yet figured out
Bittersweet, these things I mean to say
Wicked little pieces leading me astray
Froth on my tongue, but never go away
In my throat
All these jaded little lies
Getting caught within my creases
Each one I kindly euthanize
Euthanize
Well they always say it’s better out than holding it inside
To tear the veil off all this doubt
So if you haven’t yet figured out
I’m gonna purge this poison that I always try to
Bury deep down and hide before eats me full alive
Save myself and find my self-forgiveness
To make me whole
To make me whole
Make me whole
Why do I always end up here?
Why do we always end up?
When will I change?
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Goodnight satellite
Now the time is right
Go to sleep tonight
Look out the window
Stars all shine below
Decaying orbit slows
Fall into the deep
Vastness that yawns beneath
Just turn out the light
Drift on endless flight
Goodnight satellite
Goodnight satellite
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Nebulaen Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles progressive rock band summoning inspiration from astronomy, technology and mythology.
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