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Drifting in a Sea of Uncertainty

by Lucid Awakening

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These are the end times You must choose a side So bar up the doors and take heed You shall bow to my creed The devil is in bed with the church And he’s spreading his seed They were raised to fear; A congregation full of weeds Skeeving, sickly authority Coaxing into conformity Wheeling, dealing eternity They, they will fall to their knees This is the falling of your ideals Forsaken empathy; for theocracy They may never know what he does behind closed doors They may never care as they stoke the flames to his hellish affair They will run to the polls as part of their rite They’ve been fooled...unknowing victims of his plight Skeeving, sickly authority Coaxing into conformity Wheeling, dealing eternity They, they will fall to their knees I am the God of War Pulling the strings, suffocating I am the God of War I will arise From your deepest fears Manifestation of sheltered ears These are the colors of a false denomination They will rise behind our blind eyes They will rise behind our blinded eyes Will they ever learn? Coexistence is possible Coexistence is possible
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Aphelion 08:05
Stars against the black sky Our names are written there Bound to the orbit of our souls And the lines that are etched above Our old home a memory in fog Rock ground to dust Water spilled into nothing And with it our spirits too Promises of a new eternity Man and machine Man and machine dance across the endless Will I regret this? Give me one last kiss before you go Wish I could follow you through the vacuous abyss My hands will bleed and my back will ache So that Kora can flourish No joy in the day-to-day I’ll die as a corporate slave Scavenge through a gasping Earth It’s a mutual decay Wait, oh wait I found a source of luxury Can I force my own reality? Synthesized reality I can feel your warmth upon my skin I’ll relive this moment over again I wanna feel your warmth upon my skin again Maybe this could be my new normal I’ll piece back together your ghost With our futures further departing I fear I’m becoming the host Of tired memories drowned and rusted A blind prayer I wish I trusted I will never find peace if my fate is sealed Holding onto the hope you’ll eclipse my path again Will you still be the same on the other side? The only thing I had to look forward to was my past and you took it away So now you will pay Dead to rights! I’ll forfeit my life No hope of ever getting off this fucking rock! Stars against the black sky Our names are written there Bound to the orbit of our souls And the lines that are etched above Stars fade into blackness No way to say goodbye Bound to the pain of our choices And no sign from a god above We live in constant flux We live in constant flux
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Ecliptic 07:46
What do we live for? A glimmer of hope in a dying world What would we die for? A world where our children can dream What do we live for? A glimmer of hope in a dying world What would we kill for? A world where our children can dream I am supernova My star will soon be gone Under attack! What are they searching for? I bargain with them and they open up my prison door Opportunistic Trojan Horse Opportunistic Trojan Horse I am supernova My star is born again Layla, how I love you Far away and around the sun Kora, oh my daughter I dream to see all of yours take shape My loves, I will see you Once I get off this dying rock Three souls joined as one Far away and around the sun Running... Faster… In search of… Everafter… Blood spilled by my deeds To pay for my freedom Washed away the rust So I might flee to the stars I will flee to the stars As I go beyond the deep Will they recognize who they see? Rising through the air The world shrinks below me Faster now I can be a new man From water by fire To the unknown To the unknown Layla how I love you Far away, getting closer now Kora, oh my daughter I’ll live to see all your dreams take shape What would we die for?
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I have lost my focus I don’t feel so good today Pinned by my subconscious “Think I’ll stay in bed”, I’ll say Mixing sins for pleasure Anything to dodge reality Can’t seem to stay grounded Disconnect to keep the hounds at bay Drowning in the sea of my insecurities I’m wrapped up in this anamorphic state Petrified Begging someone to clean my slate I don’t wanna go outside today with this delusion in my mind I’m not getting any sleep tonight with these discrepancies behind my eyes Behind my eyes… Behind my eyes… I can’t spend all my days waiting for the weather to change (the gaze) That burns my skin is my own Strive for volition The rain may come, but happiness is born from within From within Porous little mind You let them in Shirking affliction and screaming out victim (2x) I have to purge this ulcer upon my skin I have to prevent all the thoughts from creeping in Just retain normalcy Flee from transparency One weak moment… Lucid moment… Left the door open for a familiar visitor One weak moment… Sends your pedestal tumbling down “I am the slanderer that shares your sacred home Born from the perversion; from crooked chemicals There is no reprieve from your restless, resting state How can you fight against affliction so innate?” I can’t spend all my days waiting for the weather to change (the gaze) That burns my skin is my own Strive for volition The rain may come, but happiness is born from within From within Gather your friends, build your army, you’re not alone in this fight (Don’t buy the lies that you sell to yourself) Even though you’re in the cyclone you can still define your constants (Let go of pride, we could share in the wealth) I am gonna face the world today with no delusion in my mind I am severing the strings tonight from the discrepancies behind my eyes
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Epiphany 07:47
I feel my pulse and like a metronome, the tempo quickens And I hear my ghost beckoning me To come to grips with reality To come to grips with reality Crawl, as the whispers of fate whittle away at my resolve And the sands of decay permeate my brain Thoughts creep in through the night I’ve lost all my fight in the daze I’ve tried orchestrating my woes But I’m biding my time to the feasting of the crows I’ve found there’s power in letting go But it’s easier said than done I know the journey has just begun Platitudes no longer grip my mind No more searching to find a higher meaning in this life I’ve found that there can be beauty in the static But I can’t escape the skeletons in my attic; In my mind. It grieves for the souls that are lost to time And so many more in time I’ve tried orchestrating my woes But I’m biding my time to the feasting of the crows I’ve found there’s power in letting go But it’s easier said than done I know the journey has just begun Questioning the great decider; giver of the ultimatum The great divider Of the ether and the flesh You are never the wiser Questioning the great decider; giver of the ultimatum The great divider You are never the wiser Live in the give and take or perish in the midway Find a balance in the waves Stability is what we crave I’ve tried orchestrating my woes But I’m biding my time to the feasting of... I’ve found there’s power in letting go But it’s easier said than done I know... There’s love, even in life so brief Love immortalized in the memories we leave (without timestamps for uploading purposes) I feel my pulse and like a metronome, the tempo quickens And I hear my ghost beckoning me To come to grips with reality To come to grips with reality Crawl, as the whispers of fate whittle away at my resolve And the sands of decay permeate my brain Thoughts creep in through the night I’ve lost all my fight in the daze I’ve tried orchestrating my woes But I’m biding my time to the feasting of the crows I’ve found there’s power in letting go But it’s easier said than done I know the journey has just begun Platitudes no longer grip my mind No more searching to find a higher meaning in this life I’ve found that there can be beauty in the static But I can’t escape the skeletons in my attic; In my mind. It grieves for the souls that are lost to time And so many more in time I’ve tried orchestrating my woes But I’m biding my time to the feasting of the crows I’ve found there’s power in letting go But it’s easier said than done I know the journey has just begun Questioning the great decider; giver of the ultimatum The great divider Of the ether and the flesh You are never the wiser Questioning the great decider; giver of the ultimatum The great divider You are never the wiser Live in the give and take or perish in the midway Find a balance in the waves Stability is what we crave I’ve tried orchestrating my woes But I’m biding my time to the feasting of... I’ve found there’s power in letting go But it’s easier said than done I know... There’s love, even in life so brief Love immortalized in the memories we leave
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Dystrophy 07:56
Burn. Down all the banners that still fly to honor the sins of not-so-distant times Flames will arise, when voices fall short A sign of frustration; a final resort They’re on the run, there’s fear in their eyes But have we confronted the beast in our minds? It still resides; it hides in the shadows and bids us to follow It kills with its eyes It rears its head in subtle ways Stepping on their necks and telling them to obey There will always be an Other But what will you say to his mother? You speak of a distant reality as if it’s what’s for dinner Your reality is his fantasy Will he make it home for dinner? Will he make it home... Who are we to decide That the disease has surely died Cherry picking pretty numbers and stats So you can drown out all their cries Their cries! Open your heart Bring down the relics that serve to remind them (to) Stay in their place This attachment to material; (is) such a disgrace You may be an advocate But will you cross the red line Or will you deem it dangerous To sacrifice your comfy life And if you see the bigotry Would you speak up for what’s right ‘Cause if the wound’s not addressed Then it will never cease to... Burn. Down all the banners that still fly to honor the sins of not-so-distant times Flames will arise, when voices fall short A sign of frustration; a final resort They’re on the run, there’s fear in their eyes But have we confronted the beast in our minds? It still resides; it hides in the shadows and bids us to follow It kills with its eyes Will we ever see the beast in its entirety? Will we empathize or live with our dystrophy? Will we recognize when our lungs can’t breathe? We could be the tailors of a nation This tattered fabric torn in two Sewing love into a generation A love so colorful and new Colorful and new So colorful and new All the stories half-told To save our pride Wings of our nation burnt She’s not our bride Take a look inside Where do all our loyalties lie Open heart and mind For the ones that were cast aside
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Void 03:53

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released August 20, 2021

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Melodic and dynamic math metal on a cinematic scale with an ethos that cuts to the heart of the human condition. | FFO: BTBAM, Dream Theater, Haken, The Contortionist

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