Poetry

by Social Eclipse

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1.
Dear Mirror 03:36
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Dear Mirror on the wall You have helped me see it all The future of the past inside myself I am just a copy of another page you've written But I am free I can try to wrap my head around myself until I'm dead But I will never make sense of myself I was once a Puppet but my strings have been severed But I am free A Destiny Scribed in ink Manifested in Poetry The dying Trees A symptom of the writers disease Dear Mirror on the wall You have helped me see it all The destination of a different path The Maggots underneath my skin have eaten to the brain And now I'm free A destiny Scribed in ink Manifested in Poetry The dying Trees A symptom of the writers disease
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The Cage 03:59
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Like a rat in a cage We're running through a maze Yeah we're trapped in the labyrinth they call a stage Yeah we're all just actors in a Broadway show But it doesn't matter 'Cause no one knows We are just the Poets playthings (Obliviously blissful) In the flesh but not existing (Obliviously blissful) Trapped in a dream and never waking (Obliviously blissful) Going day by day With needles in our eyes So how does it feel to be a test subject? Is the euphoria real because it's too perfect They SKEYE is watching your every move And the clocks tick-tocking three, two, one, boom We are just the Poets playthings (Obliviously blissful) In the flesh but not existing (Obliviously blissful) Trapped in a dream and never waking (Obliviously blissful) Going day by day With needles in our eyes Fight with rage Or you'll never get through it Fight with rage Or you'll never go through with it We are just the Poets playthings (Obliviously blissful) In the flesh but not existing (Obliviously blissful) Trapped in a dream and never waking (Obliviously blissful) Going day by day With needles in our eyes
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(con)science 04:18
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Collective subconscious Coming to understand Encrypted messages Whispering the plan Psychological trauma Implanted in the brain Cybernetic tumor Simulated pain Soldered to the flesh Synthetic augmentation Man-made corruption This is not a test Conditioned to obey Thoughts influenced by imagery Genocidal intentions Memories of yesterday Believe the lies told over and over again Never questioning why just waiting for the end Forever we try in vain to pretend To reject the lies told over and over again Disconnected conscience Corrosion of the mind Oil in the veins Nowhere to hide Shattered is the psyche Of those not immaculate Trust in the Construct Is not justified Total Ego death Inevitable outcome Nothing left behind One must look within Hopefulness forgotten Submit to the hands of time Nature will reclaim What is rightfully Hers Believe the lies told over and over again Never questioning why just waiting for the end Forever we try in vein to pretend To reject the lies told over and over again
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The Death of Innocence 02:24
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I tried to climb the ladder to move up in the world But it collapsed under my own weight And now the Demons in my head are free to escape And now they're feeding off what's left of my Innocence So I I let them I let them I let them I let them feed I tried to find salvation but I was blind Because they had already eaten my eyes So I tried to look for it inside my own mind But it had disappeared because I'd already lost my Innocence I let them I let them I let them I let them feed I had to kill you just to find my Innocence
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Maggotfeed 03:28
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They take and they feed Assimilate the flesh They take what they need And leave nothing left Reverse engineered Biochemistry Take pleasure in your fear With no empathy Existing out of space Time irrelevant Undiscovered place Unknown significance Collection of the specimen is out of your control No amount of medicine will save your soul They will consume you Watching you as you die We are all Feeding the Maggots We are all Food for the Maggots We are all Just a feast for the Maggots We are all just Feeding the Maggots They will devour Destroying your mind In the final hour Hope you will not find Systematic genocide Every living thing must die A necessary sacrifice A reason to be sanctified Collection of the specimen is out of your control No amount of medicine will save your soul They will consume you Watching you as you die Open your skull Let them in Death is a beautiful escape We are all Feeding the Maggots We are all Food for the Maggots We are all Just a feast for the Maggots We are all just Feeding the Maggots
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SKEYE 04:43
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Sacred is the Garden So carefully composed His cold heart hardens As it is decomposed His face is covered Behind the sky For He is forced to hide The maker of the Gardens So highly revered Made from his Flesh and bone In his image all alone Destined a servant Death made transparent Always complacent Blood on the pavement Nature so peaceful Savior so hateful Maker of the people Why are you so hateful Poet of time Where have you gone? Sleeping the Sky Bindings undone Poet of the mind What have you done? Closed are his eyes Fearful the son
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Dear God 05:52
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Dear God if you're really up there Why do all your people suffer down here? Dear God if you really care Why do all your people struggle just to survive? Dear God if you really exist Why does a tortured soul need an exorcist? Dear God if you are such a loving God Why does a mother have to cry Because her child died? Dear God I tried to have faith but you know what they say That seeing is believing and I ain't seen nothing But the world around me Fall into decay Forgive me for asking but just let me see something Jesus if you really were the son of God Why didn't you just climb right off that cross And damn all the sinners Just to prove your point Jesus if you really were the son of God Why did have only twelve followers? While the rest of the people vilified you Dear God I tried to have faith but you know what they say That seeing is believing and I ain't seen nothing But the world around me Fall into decay Forgive me for asking but just let me see something If God really is all knowing And in control of our destinies If our lives he is controlling Then what the Hell does free will mean? Dear God if you really loved me Why have you never answered my prayers? Dear God if you want me to believe Then why have you never shown yourself to me? Dear God if you're really up there Why did you let those people die? Dear God if you really care Why do you let all these tragedies happen? Dear God if you really exist Why did you let your world get like this? Dear God if you are such a loving God Why does a child have to cry Because her parents died? Dear God I tried to have faith but you know what they say That seeing is believing and I ain't seen nothing But the world around me Fall into decay Forgive me for asking but just let me see something Dear God if you really want me to believe Then why have you never shown yourself to me?
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HALO 03:35
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You say your eyes are opened But you've never been more blind You say my soul is hopeless And maybe you're right But who are you to tell me What is right or wrong? You say you want to help me But I am too far gone I don't need your Halo To tell me what I already know That you're a Holy Ghost And I'm a one man show Yeah I don't need your Halo You walk the path they built for you Without a second thought The eyes that you've been looking through Are not the ones you've got So who are you to tell me What is right or wrong? You say you want to help me But I am too far gone I don't need your Halo To tell me what I already know That you're a Holy Ghost And I'm a one man show Yeah I don't need your Halo You say I'm sacrilegious I say you're superstitious But what's the point of Free Will If we can't decide for ourselves? I don't need your Halo To tell me what I already know That you're a Holy Ghost And I'm a one man show Yeah I don't need your Halo
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Decay 02:55
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I won't let you decay The way that He did I know you suffer today Because what He did I won't tell you it's okay 'Cause I'd be lying But when it all goes away That's when you too will see What He did to you I wish I could rewrite Your Poetry Trade the wrong for the right But there's no hope for me Tell me it's gonna be alright But don't you lie to me And when it all goes away That's when you too will see What He did to me
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Gods Reclamation 03:21
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Snuffed out like a cigarette Eternal feelings of regret Hesitant to take a step There's nothing left to collect An angel fell yesterday And now she won't go away Disfigured she awoke today The whisperings led her astray Needle pierces through the skin Committed act of mortal sin Evil reigns from within Corrupts the meaning of the hymn Tendrils reaching for the heart Misshape into a work of art The sons and daughters play their part Intentions broken from the start And the Cycle repeats Blasphemy Anarchy Burn down the hierarchy Maggots feed upon the brain Extracting life from the sane Dare not to speak the name For fear of forfeiting the game Vermin infestation Incurable depression Uncertain direction Gods Reclamation And the Cycle repeats Blasphemy Anarchy Burn down the hierarchy I wish I could tell you how I've become enlightened No revelation of God or man The answers are hidden deep within ourselves And when you reach symbiosis And God reclaims you for himself That's when the Cycle repeats And the Cycle must be broken Blasphemy Anarchy Burn down the hierarchy
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Emoti©on 04:09
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Staring into eyes so hollow No one would know if they were closed tomorrow I only hope it's not the same for me Your life is devoid of meaning Importance only in glimpses fleeting I only hope it's not the same for me You go through the motions With great devotion To the motions Because they're choreographed for you I'm not the type to get in a fight I'm more likely to take flight but I will try to rectify this plight I will fight for this But why? Take another pill and swallow If I die tomorrow there will be no sorrow I wish that I could say the same for you In your mind receiving Hidden messages from behind the meaning I wish that I could write them down for you You go through the motions With great devotion To the motions Because they're choreographed for you I'm not the type to get in a fight I'm more likely to take flight but I will try to rectify this plight I will fight for this But why?
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The Lord of (f)Lies (Angel With Prosthetic Wings Pt. 2) 06:48
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I can see it all Everything is so clear now Suspended above the void By the rope of my intention As the rigor mortis sets in I attach my Prosthetic Wings And I disperse into the Fractal Like a shard of glass from a broken Mirror I cut myself on the edge And It felt good Like I knew it would I crucify The Lord of Lies I am just a piece of dirt Born to rot upon this earth Made in the image of a disguise The hidden truth behind my eyes I am dust in the shape of man As was told before it began The writings in the words betray The ripened fruit that caused Decay The serpentine hypnosis On the eve of the future Made the lens refocus And blurred the picture That never was photographed No memories of a distant past That will not be remembered It's too depressing For we are all just specks of dust Born down here to rot and rust I can see it all Everything is so clear now My Angel revealed the light And She whispered Her intentions Now that I'm with Her I'm complete As I spread my Prosthetic Wings And I can see into the Fractal Tied to a rope on the highest plateau I slipped and fell off the edge And It felt good Like I knew it would I crucify The Lord of Lies
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Ascension 03:01
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Now it is complete The Cycle is broken The Mirror on the wall Has revealed the Poets face Now I see it all The picture is in focus And I can finally breathe The Maggots that infested me Are all gone now The rigor mortis has revealed The truth under my skin And now that the Garden has become a memory I can fly through the Fractal On my Prosthetic Wings I still hear Her whispering to me sometimes But with my newfound knowledge I can change Her Poetry I know that I can't change the past But I can write my future And I can take control for the first time I am free

about

Poetry is the third and final release from industrial act Social Eclipse. Like past releases, Poetry is a concept album. The narrative, while self-contained and able to stand on it's own, is the conclusion to the story started in Plastic Trees, and marks the final piece of the Trilogy. Rather than explain the details of this narrative, I will let the lyrics and the music to speak for itself and allow you, the listener, to piece the story together for yourself. It's all there. What it means to me may not be the same thing it means to you. Try not to take everything at face value. As I said before, it's all metaphorical. This is the final piece of the puzzle. Thank you for going on this journey with me.

-Alistair Atrus

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released August 25, 2019

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