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Monolith

by The Unobstruct

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1.
Catalyst 03:52
In this current state of affairs I fear for the worst This reality, overwhelming me Immobilized by the atrophy of my reasoning And I have suffered the stigma Shaped to your calculated design Secluded in the confines of your mind It's not like I ever had a choice I've remained a silhouette A jaded coward in the depths Longing to be the catalyst Close the distance, open the floodgates, eradicate the boundaries Misguided attempts to control the outcome Transcending ideals that go beyond your vision So reminisce, and seek refuge in your failed existence Fear for the worst Choke on the words of a worthless oath Exist in an empty world In retrospect we're just another trivial statistic Shrouded in a collective conscience, an augmented apparatus I've remained a silhouette A jaded coward in the depths Longing to be the catalyst Close the distance, open the floodgates, eradicate the boundaries
2.
Tell me, is this all in vain? Every single breath I take I know I'm approaching my last Time is of the essence You placed a crown upon your own head And declared yourself king Corrupting the common man You painted a portrait of ruin It was a masterpiece You made us believe that violence and progress are one and the same You will be exposed for what you really are Relay the message We can't live like this Carry the torch as we strive for the perfect balance I've hollowed out my chest in a desperate attempt to make sense of this So tell me, is this all in vain? Will we ever have the upper hand? Bridging the gap between what we're born to believe and all the fabrications that go unseen Can we summon the strength to resist? Day in, day out It's all become a vicious cycle You will be exposed for what you really are Constructing a right of passage for a self-proclaimed prophet But the road ahead is desolate So when it's all said and done Will we summon the strength to resist? Or is this all in vain? Relay the message We can't live like this Carry the torch as we strive for the perfect balance So when it's all said and done We can make our presence known Can you carry the torch?
3.
Subservience 03:56
Engulfed in sporadic recollections Blinded by immersion, devoid of compassion Just going through the motions The sole intention is to obey Peeling back the surface, revealing the culprit A product of man, an absence of life Hollow minds predisposed to consume Premeditated, unprecedented A continuous source of ordinance We flee to past mistakes in a last ditch effort to salvage any remaining substance We thought this was the age of a dying discord But history just repeats itself These futile endeavors only falter the masses So know your place Subservient We are all subservient Born to burn, live to serve These futile endeavors only falter the masses Pragmatic solutions drift out of reach Engulfed in sproadic recollections Blinded by immersion, devoid of compassion Just going through the motions The sole intention is to obey We flee to past mistakes We flee to past mistakes in a last ditch effort to salvage any remaining substance
4.
We sense them inside our way of life Take a number, stand in line Like sheep to a slaughter Laid waste before our eyes This is mass hypnosis Systematic extermination now Seeping into my conscience, unknown pathogens So captivated, infatuated by these masquerades Submerged within our veins We can't escape, we can't escape The salt of the earth now lies within the dirt Buried beneath a barrage of misinformation Preserving the illusion of the infinity We sense them inside our way of life Take a number, stand in line Like sheep to a slaughter Laid waste before our eyes There's more to the story, so let's set the story straight Patiently awaiting an understanding But certainty only lies behind lifeless eyes
5.
Paralysis 04:13
It’s an unconventional path But I’ll find solace in truth Paradigms have realigned You are no longer the archetype This is your way out Colors of a spectrum once so profound Fade to gray, as remnants start to decay And if it were all to end I could finally feel content Only in the end In the end Abstract thoughts, nostalgic illusions This is your way out I am the most elaborate mastermind Controlling what's yours and mine Manipulated, by the puppeteer that you have created And if it were all to end I could finally feel content Only in the end Colors of a spectrum once so profound Fade to gray, as remnants start to decay
6.
Behind the lines of misconception Answers are always few and far between It's killing me for you to see any glimpse of weakness as I struggle towards an exit An escape artist with a blank canvas And I have always failed to see the innocence surrounding me Holding on for dear life to these words inside me This is not the first time I've fallen captive You fall captive Our time is up Attempting to abandon every memory What lies underneath scarred hearts and calloused hands? We wait for everything and nothing all at once Until we're numb Leaving us hollow shells of our former selves We both long for better things, so leave me be So I can see this life in a whole new light So I can see this life in a whole new light I'll leave you behind, amidst the sorrow Been holding on for dear life and it's time to let this go I refuse to let you haunt my mind, vacate my conscience Wrapped your arms around a moment, and now it's fleeting, fleeting away Behind the lines of misconception Answers are always few and far between It's killing me for you to see any glimpse of weakness as I struggle towards an exit An escape artist with a blank canvas
7.
Intentions 05:06
Breaking the norm of misfortune My intent on awakening visions permeate the spinal chord Reaping, with no sense of remorse Forcing the undertow It's gone Rescinding sense of fictitious names I pull the strings of your heart's contention Forcing the undead resolution Fall away, fall away from the norm My intent on awakening demons Permutation suicide Reaping your own sense of remorse Forcing the undead realm to talk Undead realm to talk And with this final mistake I fall back down Off the records Wherewithal, the unkempt and uncanny fall to the ground And with this final mistake I'll burn to the ground Besmirched unmasked enslaver Clairvoyant vagrant ties In this relentlessness For now what's left in you Predates your punishment For all time My intent reaping on muted skies at my expense Now, how do I turn the tables back around? Asphyxiating my heart every second For I've become what I've been born against The shadow of this life will repent, repenting on You wont believe until you repent, repenting on Left in this world to die alone My intent
8.
I.T.S. 01:19
9.
Better Off 02:08
You know I thought you were better than this I thought you were better than this One last drag now ash yourself out on the concrete Blow with the wind and dissipate into nothing Blow with the wind and dissipate We carry the burdens of this life you take for granted One last drag now ash yourself out on the concrete Blow with the wind and dissipate into nothing So anchored to your beliefs They only seem to sink you further You know I thought you were better than this I thought you were better than this
10.
How can it be that we've given up already? Your demeanor is so revealing And I won't make the sacrifice to be the only thing you need What was loved is now lost, and we can never rebuild This is something greater than ourselves Your eyes widen, glistening with disdain I feel them forcing me to admit defeat Consequently stained with animosity There is no resolution I was never a man of many words, but I won't hold my tongue anymore My choice has been made Your eyes widen, glistening with disdain I feel them forcing me to admit defeat I've been looking for an exit, and I know you did the same Plagued by an uncontrollable fear of what's to come We've given up on this Sever the ties and let the disconnect take over now Sever the ties and let the disconnect take over
11.
Awaiting validation as the epiphany sets in Where is your destination? Walk hand-in-hand with me into the oblivion Fixated on potential purpose This novelty has run its course Understand me Among the chaos of this futile world Among the broken aspirations We remain catatonic I'm at a crossroads And this parasite has intertwined with my state of mind Free me from this mindset Make me comatose Free me from this mindset Make me comatose We remain catatonic Awaiting validation as the epiphany sets in It sets in
12.
Monolith 04:34
This is the product of who we are Our foundation built upon expression The blueprints have been drawn A newfound admiration of artistry casts over me The sheer beauty of each and every intricacy has left a lasting impression within me It's a bittersweet completion Is this the crowning achievement? What happens now? What will become of this? Intrigued by new beginnings A fragmented timeline stretched into eternity Only the future can piece it together What happens now? What will become of this? We'll have to see where this takes us now It's all within our grasp The target is in our crosshairs This is the life we lead This is the product of who we are This is the end result, the final culmination This is the life we lead

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released April 12, 2016

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by The Unobstruct

Artwork by Caelan Stokkermans

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