METAPRISM LYRICS

1. The Awakening

2. Codex Regius

[Lyrics by Theresa Smith, additional lyrics by Joey Draper]

They once believed there was a time for change
It came around when open minds were closed
Now as this chaos holds my feet to the ground
I can't see beyond these walls that we're tearing down.
And I can deny you forever
But I won't find solace in never

Fly on
Take with you my thoughts and the memories of all that I've lost
In my mind
There's no reason to be holding out forever
If this is what it's cost

They've written stories of the games of life
They sanctify forgetting all that's past
These pages written upon flesh with blood
Is this the glory that we're singing of?

We keep our faith in a tarnished reflection,
Blindly guided by our misdirection,
A need for purpose has lead us to wander,
But will the dark pull us under?

And though lights are fading behind you
Your shadow is all that I cling to

Fly on
Take with you my thoughts and the memories of all that I've lost
In my mind
There's no reason to be holding out forever
If this is what it's cost

We are not a mirror of our past,
We can find light even whilst living in somebody else's shadow,
We write our fate.
We must forget our past to build our future.

[Solo by Ollie Roberts]

Do we believe now in the game of life?
Can we find a way to break the mould?
Tear out these pages and we'll write our own
Then we can leave the past alone

Fly on
Take with you my thoughts and the memories of all that I've lost
In my mind
There's no reason to be holding out forever
If this is what it's cost

3. Unleash the Fire

[Lyrics by Theresa Smith, additional lyrics by Joey Draper]

We stand here waiting on the edge of delusion
The pressure within incise
No more staring through the eyes of illusion
Break open, release our paragon

Inside we fear there's nothing controlling malice
We are not alone in our mind
The heart beats to the motion of madness
Can you…

Unleash the fire. Return to light
We're not waiting for the end of the night
To stop this violence
Though we were lost we've got the edge.
Unleash the fire. Return to light
We're not waiting for the end of the night
To break this silence
We have not lost. Unleash the fire

By design, slaves to the blind
We will signify the dawn of a new life
The fire burns inside us
But we will leave the anguish behind us

Feigning callousness and fighting with anger
There is symmetry in this mimicry
Although the ground we gain will not sate our hunger
Why won't you leave this conflict?

My conscience leads me to my enemies
I follow you to end the plight
Silent, suffered, bowed and broken on my knees
Can you…

[Solo by Ollie Roberts]

Unleash the fire. Return to light
We're not waiting for the end of the night
To stop this violence
Though we were lost we've got the edge.
Unleash the fire. Return to light
We're not waiting for the end of the night
To break this silence
We have not lost. Unleash the fire

Through weakness the truth will transpire
We don't need conquest our honesty will be our victory
This is the end, this is the only way out alive
And as we strive, I've seen the darkness take control of minds
It won't take mine
It won't take mine

Unleash the fire. Return to light
We're not waiting for the end of the night
To stop this violence
Though we were lost we've got the edge.
Unleash the fire. Return to light
We're not waiting for the end of the night
To break this silence
We have not lost. Unleash the fire

4. Incarcerate

[Lyrics by Theresa Smith, additional lyrics by Joey Draper]

Blindly I was walking through the
Shadows of my heart that beats a warning
Too late I came across this land, once pure but now defiled
The memories of the lost

I bar the way
I shadow every step you take
I live within your darkened heart
Let chaos start

Incarcerate in shadows I
Bring forth the light
Bring forth the light
Within my mind I fight
Bring forth the light
Bring forth the light

I came crawling through the cracks in your mind
Feeding off your fear I feed my armour
Taking hold of what was left of light
I destroyed the world you loved
And we won't fall

[Solo by Ollie Roberts]

Shadows take hold, drowning the light
Consume the senses to poison the mind
Shadows take hold, drowning the light
Consume the senses to poison the mind
I’m hiding away but they will find me
I’m watching, I’m waiting with anxious heart
Let chaos start

Incarcerate in shadows I
Bring forth the light
Bring forth the light
Within my mind I fight
Bring forth the light
Bring forth the light

My walls barricade your will and freedom
I can see a way out if we hold out
I will not surrender
We will not bow to you

I bar the way
I shadow every step you take
I live within your darkened heart
Let chaos start

Incarcerate in shadows I
Bring forth the light
Bring forth the light
Within my mind I fight
Bring forth the light
Bring forth the light

5. Anomalous I: Illogical Era

[Lyrics by Theresa Smith, additional lyrics by Joey Draper]

There's a congregation gathered out on the streets below
There's a conurbation forming
We're taking over the show
Lightning energises hidden fraternities
Within these walls there crawls
The exploit of frailties

Over lobotomize
This psychosurgery
Sever the bonds that tie
Us to our logical (Era)
Cut away, desensitise, their lies
And with an inviolable exterior sky rise
You're fighting for your life
Your fighting for your life

Take control, faceless you blind the eyes of the martyr,
Taking hold, shielding our minds from the answer.

Don't have the will to save you or a way to turn back time
We've been compromising
Everything all of our lives
As I fight as the outcast facing my enemies
My life is severed from me
Taking my last breath

Over lobotomize
This psychosurgery
Sever the bonds that tie
Us to our logical (Era)
Cut away, desensitise, their lies
And with an inviolable exterior sky rise
You're fighting for your life
Your fighting for your life

Indiscretions unspoken to hide the abhorrent reality,
The bitter truth concealed in lies, pretext and deformity,
Throw down the ties that bind you to a life of degradation,
Slipping, you're fading, the choices you're making,
Dictate the fate of a generation.

Trust no one,
Don't rely on anyone else,
Why think that they will save you,
If you can't save yourself?

If you don't stand for something,
then you will die for nothing,
You may survive, but what's the point if just to exist,
It's not the only way, we choose the path we lay,
We are the alpha, omega and we will resist.

Desensitise
They compromise our era
All we are

Over lobotomize
This psychosurgery
Sever the bonds that tie
Us to our logical (Era)
Cut away, desensitise, their lies
And with an inviolable exterior sky rise
You're fighting for your life
Your fighting for your life

6. Anomalous II: Ghost of Asylum

[Lyrics by Theresa Smith, additional lyrics by Joey Draper]

Time will remain the mechanical god
Push forward never looking back to see behind
For it cannot change this empty life
Here within these halls we can atone but I prefer to be alone
With the ghost of asylum

Open these gates of conscience though we cannot see outside
A fear will suppress but we are alive
Though we have virtues of a different kind. I hide
A shadow waits within this fortress of insane
Taunting me, it feeds the doubt,
I might not make it out.

[Solo by Timo Somers]

Time will remain the mechanical god
Push forward never looking back to see behind
For it cannot change this empty life
Here within these halls we can atone but I prefer to be alone
With the ghost of asylum

We won't become a slave to a faceless master,
We don't want the questions, we want the answer,
Never giving in, never caving in, we won't die,
But are we getting out alive?
I will not fail or be drowned by your betrayal.

I will escape from the chains of repression,
I will not take a life of anger and suppression.

I break out of the cage that
You've built around my soul
Intent to stay alone I
Conquer the fear that I'm sold
We are longing
To find the day
Through the darkness we can
Find our way

[Solo by Timo Somers]

Shelter me
Find this lifeline stretched beyond the dark
I give myself to feel alive
We are beyond salvation now. Take my life
We've splintered far beyond repair
We lost all hope to return to a life that gave us mercy

Time will remain the mechanical god
Push forward never looking back to see behind
For it cannot change this empty life
Here within these halls we can atone but I prefer to be alone
With the ghost of asylum

7. Living by Proxy

[Lyrics by Joey Draper]

Vicariously you live your lie to the full,
So beautiful yet so delusional,
You follow the masses to indulge your mind,
A sense of purpose to the purposely blind.

What are you waiting for?
Do you fear the fall?
Will you realise?
Do you care at all?

The world keeps turning,
But you're here standing still,
You're living by proxy,
With no free will!

Do you exist or are you living?
Do you know how it feels to be alive?
Will you wake or will you just keep on dreaming?
Or will you stay living this proxy life?

Viciously you spite the ones that strive,
Ridicule just to feel alive.

What are you waiting for?
Do you hear the call?
Will you realise?
Do you care at all?

Are you surfacing just to hold me down?
Will you submerge yourself just to watch me drown?

Do you exist or are you living?
Do you know how it feels to be alive?
Will you wake or will you just keep on dreaming?
Or will you stay living this proxy life?

[Solo by Ollie Roberts]

I won't betray myself,
I know that I won't live my life through anybody else,
This is my chance, my will, my own
I'll face this alone, I must face this alone!

Do you exist or are you living?
Do you know how it feels to be alive?
Will you wake or will you just keep on dreaming?
Or will you stay living this proxy life?

8. Carve the Stone

[Lyrics by Theresa Smith, additional lyrics by Joey Draper]

We push and fight against this hurricane
As though we are the ones to blame
As if we knew we'd be in love again
Only for one night this storm remains

Just like the violent lightning tore the skies asunder
We are torn from the wreckage
Although we close our eyes we can't ignore the thunder
The rain it falls
We are not judged by when we have failed to conquer
We carve
We carve the stone
Though we close our hearts we engrave the names of those
That we've let fall

Our words are carried on the wind and scattered
Without the weight to land
If only our addiction held the truth of our conviction
There'd be somewhere that we could hide

Just like the violent lightning tore the skies asunder
We are torn from the wreckage
Although we close our eyes we can't ignore the thunder
The rain it falls
We are not judged by when we have failed to conquer
We carve
We carve the stone
Though we close our hearts we engrave the names of those
That we've let fall

Falling down, down but not out
Chaos lingers behind the veil of doubt
Falling down but not for you
Just the calm before the storm, fury of the scorn
We are running to the edge
The world collapses beneath our feet
We are running to the end
The world burns in the flames of deceit

[Solo by Ollie Roberts]

Just like the violent lightning tore the skies asunder
We are torn from the wreckage
Although we close our eyes we can't ignore the thunder
The rain it falls
We are not judged by when we have failed to conquer
We carve
We carve the stone
Though we close our hearts we engrave the names of those
That we've let fall

Just like the violent lightning tore the skies asunder
The rain it falls
We carve the stone,
Though we close our hearts we engrave the names of those
That we've let fall

9. Aftermath

[Lyrics by Theresa Smith]

I stare down roads
I thought I would not see
Now if I could replace this clarity
Everything we've built to stand
Crumbles from the stone to sand
And we're left holding strands

What's left
When everything's gone
And we're left staring through the eye of the storm
When you've taken all from me
And I find out it's not real

Aftermath
What's left behind
Will I falter 'til the end of time?
After my life's braking down
I want to scream you took the easy way out

Endless is my despair
Fallen grace my pride nowhere
I'll revolt against this fractured life
And if I find myself to blame
Open wounds without the pain
Then I will not remain

What's left
When everything's gone
My life is desolate my heart is torn
When you've taken all from me
And I find it's not real

Aftermath
What's left behind
Will I falter 'til the end of time?
After my life's braking down
I want to scream you took the easy way out

[Solo by Ollie Roberts]

Aftermath
What's left behind
Will I falter 'til the end of time?
After my life's braking down
I want to scream you took the easy way out

I cannot find the strength to leave

10. Unanimous

[Lyrics by Theresa Smith, additional lyrics by Joey Draper]

A revelation burns inside
We are the sole catalyst of our own downfall
A revolution brought to. Life.
We can't let go. When our empathy's burning

The tempest brings us all to life
We're vulnerable, though accountable for this dawn
We are the result of our lies
This encounter we made sending shock waves for all time

We are unanimous
We closed our minds now we are lost
This land falls from our hands
We are unanimous
Slowly dawning on the world what we have lost
We are so cold. We trust not.

We are accountable, we lost it all, we let it fall,
This world has nothing left for us,
We are the enemy, we made the cut now watch it bleed,
Kill the land we're living on as we fall to oblivion,
Our demise is justified,
We live our life with blinded eyes,
Apocalyptical, drown as we fall, we lose it all,
This is the end of everything that we have ever known.

[Solo by Ollie Roberts]

Empty minds worthless insights
We have destroyed something pure we are all to blame
When we have gone the world can heal
We are the virus that's spread to its core

Though the last remaining light will fail
We're left groping through what remains
As the dawn never comes and we're left in the dark
The guilt takes over our hearts

We are unanimous
We closed our minds now we are lost
This land falls from our hands
We are unanimous
Slowly dawning on the world what we have lost
We are so cold. We trust not.

[Repeat until fade:]
What have we done?

11. Catharsis

On the verge of destruction
On the edge of clarity
Finding fractures in the structure
As I purge my enemies
I know this
Terminus is growing inside of us
Pushing on the machine autonomous
I feel like I am losing myself

Hold catharsis let it slip away
To win in life and never be devoured
Our forgotten dreams will come away
To stand in light and be empowered

I will find absolution
We will never be the same
Breathing down into the nightmare
For the dreams that I betray
Abandon everything that I thought I knew,
Compromise
Indulge the perfectionist in you

I'm bleeding out all that's falsified
I'll take this ride
I'm fading though we can hold it down
There will be no constraining
What we were saying

Hold catharsis let it slip away
To win in life and never be devoured
Our forgotten dreams will come away
To stand in light and be empowered

Feel it slip away
Free me from everything and everyone
Regress. Deny
Free me from everything that I've become
Bury the lie

Your grieving all that you sacrificed
I fortify
No fearing that we can't hold it down
There will be no constraining
What we were saying

[Solo by Ollie Roberts]

Hold catharsis let it slip away
To win in life and never be devoured
Our forgotten dreams will come away
To stand in light and be empowered







METAPRISM LYRICS