3. Abolition

Title: 2. Abolition [Intro] [Low drone.] [Muted tribal toms.] [Clean guitar harmonics with slow phaser.] [Vocals almost robotic, trance-like, and ritualistic.] Pineal gland activation Pry open my third eye No more spiritual attenuation Watch the ego wave Goodbye [Verse 1] [Soft bass pulse enters.] [Sung almost slurred, half-spoken cadence.] [Strange annunciation, detached and dreamlike.] I am immaterial A being of pure energy My physical body Is only muscle memory Just a ship of Theseus Rebuilding itself And now I'm face to face With a machine elf [Pre-Chorus] [Drums begin shifting into odd meter.] [Whispered doubles widening left and right.] I am not the skin I am not the name I am not the voice Still calling itself sane [Chorus] [Heavy guitars enter.] [Loud, deliberate vocals.] [Layered low harmonies.] Lost the self Gained in spirit Become as one One with many Dissolve my ego Absolve my sins Tear down the temple And let the light in [Verse 2] [Slurred vocals return.] [Tribal toms become more shamanic.] [Bassline grows more serpentine.] Inhale reality Deep into your lungs Exhale the lies They folded on your tongue Feel the words rising From the root of your breath The forbidden names They buried under death [Chorus] [Heavy guitars.] [Loud and deliberate.] [Harmony stack on final two lines.] Lost the self Gained in spirit Become as one One with many Dissolve my ego Absolve my sins Tear down the temple And let the light in [Bridge] [Fierce and aggressive.] [Drums become chaotic but controlled.] [Bass locks into a grinding odd-meter riff.] Face yourself Face to face Mirror to mirror Caught in recursion Deep in the soul The deeper we go The farther we fall The more we know [Bridge Part 2] [Instrumentation drops suddenly.] [Soft cadence.] [Distant guitar delay.] [Whispered harmony underneath.] The abolition of the self From the chosen few Into the mirror Into recursion Down the hall of mirrors Outside the boundaries Past the final doorway Past the need for me [Build] [Tribal toms return.] [Layered chanting begins.] [Guitars swell slowly.] I am not separate I am not alone I am not human I am not gone I am the witness I am the flame I am the silence Behind the name [Final Chorus] [Full band catharsis.] [Heavy guitars wide.] [Tribal toms under double-kick pulse.] [Massive layered vocals.] Lost the self Gained in spirit Become as one One with many Dissolve my ego Absolve my sins Tear down the temple And let the light in Lost the self Gained in spirit Become as one One with many Dissolve my ego Absolve my sins Open the wound And let the light in [Outro] [Soft, almost no instrumentation.] [Low drone and distant breath sounds.] [Heartbeat tom fades slowly.] Fade back in Exhale it out Inhale and hold it Exhale and breathe in Exhale it out Inhale and hold it Exhale and breathe in Welcome... Home... [Silence.] [End]