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A Sense of Control

by Tropaion

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1.
Stringless 01:01
2.
Matriarch 03:32
Alone I stand, the worlds weight in the palm of my hand I am god and the devil, a being with no control of its vessel my strings are pulled in opposing ways, a juxtaposition between fear and faith in the form of a monster whose death might be my saving grace oh father, you're the worst of me the brooding devil who crafted my strings in unison with mother whom tied them to me a sense of control is all I crave matriarch dont strangle me, let me grow give me room to breath they possess my mind and tighten the strings im not even the ghost in my own machine I stalk the night and chase the voices away they lurk in the shadows and they know my name paranoid, delusional the devil says as if he cant see the strings that digs those shadows graves I can hear gods laugh I am a pawn in this game she is beautiful in the ugliest way to this day I cant stand the sound that the devil makes, the cackling shriek of their chess game no control They watching every move I make no control, my strings shake *spoken word spinning around and around and around spinning around and around and around* This violence is quiet I struggle to my feet the devil has my hands and his mask is only skin deep look a bit closer notice his hands in me look at the loose stitches splitting at the seam oh father, you're the worst of me the brooding devil who crafted my strings in unison with mother whom tied them to me a sense of control is all I crave matriach dont strangle me, let me grow give me room to breath they possess my mind and tighten the strings im not even the ghost in my own machine matriach dont strangle me, let me grow give me room to breath they possess my mind and tighten the strings im not even the ghost in my own machine I hide in the shadows stalking the night in the places even god cant shine her light she smiles at me, just out of reach a string snaps to our mutual disbelief as our eyes locked all she could see was the horror of death playing my strings I took her eyes
3.
Marionette 03:52
No time to think and no where left to run, my minds a blur and the nights growing thin covered in sweat and blood, I could smell her fear either way my cold indifference is all I feel my mother's dead, her eyes glazed and cold I should feel some sort of sadness but I simply dont it was not my choice to be this way, cold and sadistic she gave me life, I took hers away locked in step, locked in thought all I see is her blink, and the bloods is back on my hands eugh locked in step, locked in thought all I see is her blink again and again and again and again all I see is her oh, devil speak to me tell me what possessed my hands and the purpose it brings and from inside it screams to me a deafening roar beyond understanding my eyes roll into my head and into hell I descend I awake within my mind there is no where left to run I called for the void and it beckoned I am god but the devil has the answers and with a thought the beast began to answer your mother's dead, her eyes glazed and cold you grasp this world if only to watch it choke is it only now that you see, yourself a puppet dangling from gods strings (Breakdown 1) The Devil and god raged inside me the strength of both Creating I,the mighty unholy oh delusions of grandeur i am but a man gone mad with illusions flying to close to the sun my wings melted oh, devil speak to me tell me what possessed my hands and the purpose it brings an internal resentment beyond what I have seen the inner workings of the mind I embodies the void internally these are my eyes, dead and cold my soul is a void, a spiritual comatose I awake to a painful reality that I am god and devil has taken over me the untamed, a beast a slave not by choice suspended in strings
4.
Agony 04:23
Years have passed since the day the rope snapped, plunging creation into decay the choice was made, that a chain of events would bring the two who remain together again I waited, you never came I measured time by the bottles drank Spent the hours carving your name into the walls of this house I made untethered I crawled from the earth let my pain role over the world let none escape Do her bones keep you warm? Does her ghost push you on? Can you see her whole? has the devil found faith after all? is heaven silent, or god just ignoring my laments? forgive me I repent, in response the words: never again I am the failure that followed you home, I am the seed that refuses to grow, I am the hand that drags you down from below, the architect of all you behold coming from a mind that you cant control dont you see the strings are what saved you you beg at my alter to strike a plea that youll live with the agony I have been waiting for the day to end the pain, to take what you crave To drag your coffin straight to its grave stay in your grave, stay in your grave So absorbed in your own pain the devil and god raging inside of you pulling on the strings your suspended by one dragging you to heaven and the other to hell I have been waiting for the day to end the pain, to take what you crave To drag your coffin straight to its grave stay in your grave, stay in your grave we stood for hours as regret creaked through the room if these walls had mouths all you would hear is tales of neglect and abuse I may be the devil but I still feel pain, in this world I am separated marionette, I will pull your strings again. I dance as the devil plays my strings, moving to his symphony. age has left me old I can barely see come closer my son you are the worst of me this is the revenge I seek I take your control, sever my soul from this body I waited, you never came I measured time by the bottles drank Spent the hours carving your name into the walls of this house I made does the house still groan? Does your ghost still haunt these walls? has the devil found peace after all? is heaven silent, or god just ignoring my laments? forgive me I repent, in response the words: never again NEVER AGAIN
5.
Alone 04:51
Death follows me, wherever I go look hard enough and you will see that black cloak flow birds and flowers wither where I step listen closely, you can hear him breathing down my neck a family in ruin, only one left to go stumble down that road alone feel the earth begin to stir it knows its about to swallow me whole I am a product of fate Its a well known fact, I embody decay none hold my hand whilst I hang suspended by my own weight all I ask is you dont save me please dont save me The grains of time slip through my fingers day after day the sun grows dimmer drag my feet along the road with miles to go, I go alone with miles to go, I am dragged alone with worn skin down to the bone I cheated death once I offered her eyes the debt is claimed I payed with my life I climbed a rope into the sky now here I hang my head suspended in perpetual shame a leash for a beast once untamed A sense of control, is what i've been chasing for all of my life, for all of my life now here he stands with the rope in hand He finds a blank piece of the family wall and etches his name like his father before death follows me wherever I go look hard enough you'll see that black cloak flow With the knot above my neck the rope snaps, not even death will take me back I can not live, I can not die no control, again deprived Alone

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released June 28, 2015

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Tropaion Adelaide, Australia

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Vocals - Jack
Guitar - Phil
Drums - Ben

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