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RATHER BE DEAD LYRICS
"Let's Talk About Death Baby" (2006 EP)
1. Ontology (dasein)
2. Djãm
3. Arkham
4. Cross-theory
5. Zeitgeist
1. Ontology (dasein)
ONTOLOGY (DASEIN)
We should be prepared, therefore, for an uncomfortable journey a disconcerting voyage through paradox and inversion, in which we shall always be trying to understand ourselves in our own self-understanding, despite its inherent tendency to misunderstand us - Jonathan Rée
Contrived by conscious landfill
Vanquished by desolate remains of the picturesque
(Failing nature, brow sloped, opinion tested, lucid reigns)
In the true test primordial (beholding)
Created for a purpose (a chasm)...
Uncoil the fuse
Be sure, check twice, IGNITE!
Pariahs, I'd RATHER BE DEAD then retreat to the quaint
So onwards! Leave the carcass of the former behind. To a beckoning call
I saw it in the distance, combusted eyes protrude
(Yet this hydra breeds defection)
Though leaning for evasion into the scenic
Anxiety builds pressure on the ANS
More time spent in face of attack
But maybe this is not my way
(WHERE'S MY PURPOSE)
It's only when the scars define him, the ears prick to define the tone
(Soaring to my pinnacle, sailing above elation)
Mountain...
Sterilised I lay stale and obsolete, psychological contraceptives hinder a rebirth
(What leads hindsight from developing a fear only to contradict and grip divide)
Sailing once again closer to home than abroad without the space to reconcile the trouble with a new isolation.
(I hold dear my assurance, a terminal disease, a quest for luminous quantity/quality)
It's Heisenberg that put the brakes on progress.
It's easy to attack something unfamiliar to us based just upon the fact that it is different. As we live without it, removing it from your life is tantamount to ignoring it all together. However we must understand the motives and origins in order to clear any uncertainty within the act of being and ourselves. Knowledge is power. Arm yourself!
2. Djãm
DJÃM
When we shape ourselves we shape mankind
But now there's only one place left for you to hide
This motion screams its message into me am i profound
Trauma seeps inside to turncoats from the cold war,
Remains of a 1950's witch-hunt switchback reform and see an ending
Without it's self-reports, the lies seep in skin
Granted to charge a full/fool mass proportion, the take, by right you are granted
Does my voice echo into hollowness
WHEN WE SHAPE OURSELVES!
WE SHAPE MANKIND!
The blueprint separates a podium from a platform
What I was granted was stripped from me
Never forget the onus
FUCK THE SCENE BUILD A FAMILY!
Building a right, a way, a home, we're home.
There seems to be a thin line between whats hardcore, what's metal and what's post-modern. People turn to the experts to ask what's ...core and what's fashionable and this leads us into further debate. Instead of worrying about division and labels, lets get rid of the flag bearing and enjoy music and ideas in which everyone is allowed to take part and express. Break down the walls!
A SEVERED FOOT MAKES THE ULTIMATE STOCKING STUFFER
Christmas eve... severed foot FUCK!
3. Arkham
ARKHAM
Yet another black mark to soil our history
Skin deep lies the emerald curse we brought this adversary to our shores (unknown final breath)
Haze draws we fall into unknown territory
A bleeding respite
Forseen your form has fractured
We're all under the bomb
I see a need to avenge (my restoration, see my deepened resolve)
Watch the Centrepoint fall down and pierce the vein of cosmetic capitol
Our time is nigh, our veins have run dry
Home volatile, hope breeding, home entrenched
To sleep in fear of prophecy amongst my enemies
To settle oppose and readdress amongst these friends
Bring us their heads
(I've reclaimed my sovereignty from a nation severed from hands)
Forging a benchmark that soon will no longer apply
They formulate/contradict new ways to educate the ideals of liberty
It seems like no one wants to or is willing to write about the state of the world anymore. Instead of looking oversees about who is going to attack we should be looking at the corrosion within, it's going to affect us a lot quicker. Not just from the perspective of government but in daily life, the way we all relate to one another. WE write this and feel justified that we've made a difference without doing anything at all. We attend a show/rally and believe we are socially aware just for hearing and attending yet we remain static. And in the end all we can do is blame ourselves for being lead to believe this is our only power.
4. Cross-theory
CROSS-THEORY
Brought up in the land of the free, destiny unwinding
For a decade before it's compromise
Such a distinct path now corrodes underneath
The blade looked precious in the moonlight I'm sure
And the eager look on your face spoke poetically to such a fragile frame
We've fallen too far
You sweat with my tears and I've wept for years
Your lusting now for blood
Or perhaps for salvation (deranged salvation)
Staple my hands to this sheet, now show me your deceit
Lay me down and witness my defeat
You smother me with intent suffocate me
Lay me down
I found ways to represent this toxic recourse
I found ways to apprehend this alarming con of innocence
Learning, escaping, accepting
I found ways to represent this cross-theory.
How depressing to watch everything you have disappear until the only sense of ownership you can exercise is to strip someone of their life. Then again, once this has also been eradicated what else do you have? A loaded gun...and a self-destructive cycle. You won't be missed scum [Inspired by events that took place in Hamilton, Newcastle NSW late 2004].
5. Zeitgeist
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