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A Parting Current

by Caecus

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1.
Servant of pure hate Spills himself into lifeblood The twisted bleak visage Standing before me An empty shell Gripping forgotten life Tainting our essence Poison the well We blindly drink Sleep, the breathing curse Repetition of an echoing verse There is no calm I'd give my name Forlorn in silence I'd put out this flame That has singed All that I touch Cracks in my skin My eyes weaken Crawling forth Spreading the disease within Cracks in my skin My eyes weaken Spirits sink Poison the well We blindly drink Sleep, the breathing curse Repetition of an echoing verse There is no calm Before my storm Entrance of dark Sick malformation of the soul I can't let go This feeds the need To disconnect Cycle evolved Earth I've moved Bones I've broken Rend my flesh So that I can Help you heal Earth I've moved Bones I've broken Still it seeps This bleeds from me So I must sleep So I must sleep So we must sleep So we must sleep
2.
Exorcising my right to live Steadily I search for meaning In a reflection That I do not recognize This face I can't remember Is the fractured piece of me Withholding tranquility Cut drain and pour This river of red overture When the water recedes Waves stretch in fear Finality Wash away Faults I made Bring me prosperity Gaze into the black under water Wounds never heal Even as we grow stronger Predetermined effigy Of who I am Predetermined effigy Who will I be Predetermined effigy Of who I am Predetermined effigy Symptom of humanity Consequential ultimatum Challenging my inner sanctum There is a line Once we choose to cross That will define The meaning of loss Turning of the tide I choose to move forward A feeling that had died Hanged drawn and quartered
3.
Memories haunt my dreams Deafening Crippling Each step I take Another loss Taken with time Merciless Without a rhyme Without a reason It's here we lie Can you suffer Through the absence Can you move The mountain Extension of regret Promises never kept Sounds of dying As you laugh Looking back There's nothing left Can you suffer Through the absence Can you move The mountain
4.
Deny to survive Away from the light I await your return I will not survive The cold of the night I await your return I held infinity in my hand I drug humility through the sand You, your presence still lingers Your lividity scars What we thought was forever Could never be ours Deny to survive Away from the light I await your return I will not survive The cold of the night I await your return Pain of a lifetime Weighed down by the power of thought Take in this moment Or be broken by what you did not Life is fleeting Peace will be exchanged as the cost Time, now or never Those who wander may not be lost Deny to survive Away from the light I await your return I will not survive The cold of the night There will be no return Pain of a lifetime Take in this moment Life is fleeting Time, now or never There will be no return
5.
Ill Fated 05:20
Will you draw the line Even if its in blood Truth cuts like a knife Bringing forth the flood Reborn to the silence Of a life no one remembers Scars of years left to fate And I will suffer under The sound of feet shuffling The beat of the pretender Broken hands, sunken eyes The mark of repressed anger Will you draw the line Even if its in blood Truth cuts like a knife Bringing forth the flood Play the hand They have dealt No resolution To feelings I've felt Break apart Retread this Unending circle Of ignorant bliss I have left So much of Myself behind Bent to your will Reprogram My senses Ignite the spark For your own thrill Reborn to the silence Of a life no one remembers Scars of years left to fate And I will suffer under The sound of feet shuffling The beat of the pretender Broken hands, sunken eyes I am repressed anger Will you draw the line Even if its in blood Truth cuts like a knife Bringing forth the flood With this intent in mind Into the day I go I'll soon forget all this and I won't even know After it's all over I'll know I failed again I'm still the same person As when the day began The battles and trials That I lived through today Will be the strength tomorrow To peel the mask away I will draw the line Even if its in blood Truth cuts like a knife Now I face the flood I have lived this life In pursuit of an end Shackled by the curse To my wounds I will tend Redefine reality Bleeding out for destiny
6.
Paralyzed by the sight Conjuring the want Of a final flight Take the plunge Suspend belief Decimate time Your undying grief Paralyzed by the sight Conjuring the want Of a final flight Take the plunge Suspend belief Trace the current back To your relief Looming eyes that pierce Never knowing sorrow The wisest man's words Will not stop tomorrow I'll tie a hanging rope To a rafter in the stable I'll get this out my system Just as soon as I am able The colors that they paint me When all is said and done Your art holds their levy We'll watch the river run I'll take these muddy boots And leave them on the table I'll have this out my system Just as soon as I am able Drag this corpse To the edge of the shore Tell myself It won't hurt anymore This is our parting The vision that we seek A lifetime drowning Your crest of the peak I split the scream Dive through a dream With each mistake The mind I awake A mortal gift To the heart adrift In time decay Will we die this way Dream Drift Drown Drown Dream Drift Drown Drown
7.
Erase broken borders Lift the imagined veil Distracted by difference A delusion Our species suffers From this dark depravity Unified by flesh and bone This truth like gravity A conceited migration of the self A need that I need to fill Need to feel Consume what consumes us Directionless stardust Addicted to Predicted you An empty room Enjoy the view Bodies follow mass order No progression of man We walk in the footsteps Of duplicity Still breathing Not achieving Increase the quantity Still breathing Not believing Venomous mentality Erase broken borders Lift the imagined veil Distracted by difference A delusion Our species suffers From this dark depravity Unified by flesh and bone This truth like- Conviction Poison from which the ego drips Recollection Ownership where memory slips Suspension Relief from what subsists Direction Line of fault dismissed Erase broken borders Lift the imagined veil Distracted by difference A delusion Our species suffers From this dark depravity Unified by flesh and bone This truth Your reality
8.
Dim Lights 04:57
The doors are locked The windows closed No light shines Nobody knows This is death In disguise Hide away And close my eyes Beginning of life Lucent and pure No regret of the weight The pain or constraint Now we kneel Hoping to feel Keeper of hate As we destroy We too create Gasping for air Pushing the limit Rinse and repeat Death is imminent The feeling comes in waves Like the beat of a river Still drowning forever Swim with nothing left A precognition so vivid Dim Lights outline my path to ascension A realization we live in Dim Lights outline my path to ascension Synchronization the balance complete Exhaust these lungs or live in defeat The lesson is learned, we'll carry the fire Bridges are burned, dark days retire A precognition so vivid Dim Lights outline my path to ascension A realization we live in Dim Lights outline my path to ascension Just one taste of your malefic darkness And I'm lost deeper to the madness Just one taste of your malefic darkness And I'm lost deeper to the madness
9.
Hear the devil in your corner The blackened tongue he speaks Whispering dreams into your ear Bargaining thoughts The mind unwound Living in fear Your conscious drowned Conversation in my head Consolation dreaming dead Consummation of my fear Cold elation brought you here The bringer of death The taker of life Your crutch is the light It's lead you blind I see your face when I sleep Avert my eyes, in too deep Conversation in my head Consolation dreaming dead Consummation of my fear Cold elation brought you here Contortion of pain My loss is your gain I'll give this my all to walk not crawl This Phantom Offer From the ephemeral gates I'll trade my soul For what the future awaits Conversation in my head Consolation, dreaming dead Divinity pass erode Consummation of my fear Cold elation brought you here The testament of my provision Conversation in my head Consolation, dreaming dead The parasite lost control Consummation of my fear Cold elation brought you here I stare into the twilight Death will come for those who beckon the end But even he who strays from the void cannot outrun time For death and time move together Eternal forces in the race of nature We are dying from the start Time holds us still
10.
Bastard 04:28
Born to shadows of favored sons Eclipsing torment Pain brings wisdom But we live on our knees Built to suffer As you please Scared Flesh Bastard Claim what was taken from you Own what you know to be true All life Questioned Hollowed heart awaiting All this time you've learned nothing But to escape To false sanctuary Blind eye Forced to see There was a change Turning me Project Reject Deflect Correct Blind eye Forced to see There was a change Turning me Blind eye Forced to see There is a change Inside of me Loosen my grip On what's at stake The will to give More than to take
11.
Scion 03:19
12.
Choking Remembrance of the past New day Reflection of the last Writhing Mercy of the tide Your way Letting go of pride This is the power that you held inside Now is the time to come alive Broken bits of ire Truth behind your desire Clutching embers Let it wither and die Tempting my wrath Malediction Riddles align a twisted narrative Come close Are you near Whisper This is the power that you held inside Now is the time to come alive Broken bits of ire Truth behind your desire Clutching embers Let it wither and die Choking New day Writhing Your way Choking Despite my faith Or lack there of I'll find a home And something to love Despite my faith Or lack there of I'll find a home Give Up the Ghost Despite my faith Or lack there of I'll find a home And something to love Despite my faith Or lack there of I'll find a home Give Up the Ghost This is the power that you held inside Now is the time to come alive

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Written - July 2015 to February 2017
Recorded - April 2017 to July 2018

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released April 5, 2019

Evan Dale - Guitar & Vocals
Kenny Johnson - Guitar
Dakota Harrison Roberts - Bass
Kaleb Luebchow - Drums

Recording, Mixing and Mastering by Roberts
Artwork by Dixon Jong of Intuitive Designs
Produced by Caecus

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Four extreme metal enthusiasts, carving out their own corner of the modern death metal collective.

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