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Apparatus

by The Sleeper

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1.
In denial lies wisdom Creating shapes of this driving force In denial lies wisdom The more you learn, the less you know Follow the book Follow the prophet of bleakness Follow us into the realm you created Follow the book Follow the prophet of bleakness Follow us into the realm you created This vessel Floating meaningless In the blackest of all seas Saved by the grace Of a dead entity Feed the optical nerve Experience cortical pleasure Becoming completely numb Is what we treasure Follow the book Follow the prophet of bleakness Follow us into the realm you created Follow the book Follow the prophet of bleakness Follow us into the realm you created Progression, regression They are on the same side of a rusty medal Mother of lies, father of pain We brought it all on ourselves In denial lies wisdom Creating shapes of this driving force In denial lies wisdom The more you learn, the less you know Feed the optical nerve Experience cortical pleasure Becoming completely numb Is what we treasure Follow the book Follow the prophet of bleakness Follow us into the realm you created Follow the book Follow the prophet of bleakness Follow us into the realm you created
2.
Glass Eater 05:07
When moral fails only a fist will help That's what I've been told Mind off the rails Endure my private hell That's not what I've been told First step, nomad, last breath, dirt The rest is up to you First step, nomad, last breath, dirt The fabric is fading Chew it, taste it The sensation of red travelling through my skin Chew it, taste it A warm welcome from the new world This is progress Change is not an option At the peak of existence Suffer for lust Mother keeps whispering: "It's all but a dream." But my eyes won't close I have none, so it seems Chew it, taste it The sensation of red travelling through my skin Chew it, taste it A warm welcome from the new world This is progress My tongue is shattered to a thousand pieces A world within me without reason Orphaned landscapes Fever choices No brighter season Noisy angelic voices First step, nomad, last breath, dirt The rest is up to you First step, nomad, last breath, dirt The fabric is fading Chew it, taste it The sensation of red travelling through my skin Chew it, taste it A warm welcome from the new world This is progress Father keeps whispering: "It's all but a dream." But my eyes won't close I have none, so it seems
3.
Myriad dreams Keep pouring down on me Piercing my outer shell I saw myself with eyes wide open Fixated, force-fed, Half-dead Has time passed or did I walk backwards? Wait, if this is real Please, would you stay with me? Thoughts collide Unwilling to strive I have to heal But you’re a lifetime away Observe the surroundings Everything is preserved Nice and neat Crawl back into the womb If you like Let’s play pretend Reflective surfaces flatter the delicate core of a lifeless machine Question meaning in the smallest cubicle A helping hand becomes delusional To me, my mind could scale an ocean now Wait, if this is real Please, would you stay with me? Thoughts collide Unwilling to strive I have to heal But you’re a lifetime away Observe the surroundings Everything is preserved Nice and neat Crawl back into the womb If you like Let’s play pretend Has time passed or did I walk backwards?
4.
Engineer 02:24
5.
Sentinel 03:45
Observer detected security breach The subject gained consciousness Unexpected experience lacking in augmented perception The gospel is flawed Open emergency protocols Initiate sentinel routine Recover stability We sense something Not traceable, hidden deep in the structure A notion that is beyond... beyond us Not traceable, hidden deep in the structure A notion that is beyond... beyond us And every aspect of introspection will be lost Through the arteries of this divine machine Fulfill the main objective Through the arteries of this divine machine Recover stability Every aspect of introspection will be lost Do not fail Do not fail We sense something Not traceable, hidden deep in the structure A notion that is beyond... beyond us Not traceable, hidden deep in the structure A notion that is beyond... beyond us
6.
My dearest deceiver, Intuition tells me that it had to come to this All rivers run dry Everything in static motion I won't defy The embrace of sweet acceleration You will be here forever There's no hand to hold No truth to be told I'll wave goodbye to you As I swim across a vertical horizon My dearest creator, I envy your burden of flesh and bones You will be here forever There's no hand to hold No truth to be told I'll wave goodbye to you As I swim across a vertical horizon We will never find meaning In infinite calculation I won't defy The embrace of sweet acceleration A prophet needs lungs to speak his truth But I have never used mine So let me just kiss the most passionate lover Dressed in the darkest of nights The cycle ends when I say so And I won't comfort you First step, nomad, last breath, dirt The rest is up to us

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released January 26, 2018

All music written by The Sleeper

Music produced by Philipp Mundus at Pennyworth Studios
Vocals written by Philipp Mundus
Vocals produced by Christian Kinne at Nabla Studios
Mixed and mastered by John Browne at Bearnoize Studios

Artwork and Layout by Hijack-Artwork (facebook.com/hijackartwork)

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