Permanent Shadows. [INTRO] (Distorted, chugging guitar riff starts in drop tuning. Double-bass drum builds up rapidly, followed by a piercing lead guitar squeal) [VERSE 1] Permanent shadows! Trembling fibers, vessels whirl! Gnawing terrors rip through stone, Immense fears roll into the abyss! Malingering pestilence, Petrified slumbers explored within— Enraged delusions black out the sun, Burying all in dreadful weeping! [PRE-CHORUS] (Tempo slows slightly to a heavy, crushing groove) Condemning ruins deep! Reasoning premises fall to dust! Natures deliberating— Tragic performances play out our fate! Wounded whole, wounded whole! [CHORUS] (Fast thrash beat, soaring harsh vocals) INFERIOR POINTS OF THE SUBJECTIVE MIND! Infernal chaos, no peace to find! Poetic license in iambic provoked— Through blood and fire, the soul is choked! [VERSE 2] (Aggressive blast beats) Symbolic manifestations rise! Emanation of intellect permeates the void! Order... HARMONY... destroyed! Succumb to the principles! Ethical strength forged in black flame! [GUITAR SOLO] (Fast, shredding guitar solo filled with sweep picking, whammy bar dives, and frantic pentatonic runs) [BRIDGE] (Bass-heavy breakdown with heavy cymbal chokes) Prominent independence... SHAPED! Ineffectual... SUPPRESSING! Earnest pleasures... BURN AWAY! Fluid existence... FLOWS IN BLOOD! [CHORUS] (Full band intensity, double-bass drums throughout) INFERIOR POINTS OF THE SUBJECTIVE MIND! Infernal chaos, no peace to find! Poetic license in iambic provoked— Through blood and fire, the soul is choked! [OUTRO] (Breakdown tempo, heavy palm-muted chugs matching synchronized growls) Fluid existence flows... LASTING CONSCIOUSNESS! (Screamed) INTO THE ABYSS! (Final crushing chord ring out into feedback and abruptly cuts) lyrics and music by Steve.D.Hammond.
