I've been listening to metal for 30 years, have had many favorite bands and now they are literally my favorite band of all time, they hit all the right notes in me, thanks for making this, this entire trilogy is a masterpiece! 💗
Lyrics for all parts --------------------- *Part.1* --------------------- I am never truly alone Acceptance is slipping in, gripping limbs Its crooked fingers intertwine They cradle us together A hundred years alone could never make it stop Push it back I cannot fit, I cannot feel They should not see, suspended in time And their eyes are like razors The edges can sharpen the line This is love, this is ordinary life What a thrill stringing up Splendid lights to paralyze They burn to the touch, pretending at God Listen to the blood, razor blade eyes I want a goddamn mess to ignite the fire I want to lie in severance, leave me to cut my teeth Pretending at God is a custom The vessel to siphon my love from Their eyes are a razor to cut me down, cut me down This is love This is love, this is ordinary life What a thrill cheap enough To get caught on the edge this time Razor blade eyes This is love, this is love Make it stop, this is love This is love, make it stop Make it stop This is love, this is love Make it stop, this is love This is love, this is love This is love, this is love --------------------- *Part.2* --------------------- Teeth in crumbs like sand in my mouth Four little fingers keep pulling them out Four little hands, they keep pulling me, pulling me down I try to grin, I try to scream Please say anything, the frequencies ringing it out Where is love, are you ordinary with me now? Meet me down in the mud I will call on you when there's nothing left to say Soon, the hour will come Look over your shoulder There's no need to run anymore, anymore I know I'm easily affected Her arms are like a serpent spinning me around Can she see? Lights go out when there is nothing left to say Soon, the hour will come Look over your shoulder There's no need to run anymore, anymore Mirror me, I'm down here in the mud This is ordinary in my suffering There's no cheaper thrill It's malevolent, can't go unaffected Sing to me, something sweet, threatening You cling to me, blood of ophidian Until me, help me, I'm crippling You won't sacrifice my love, meet me down in the mud --------------------- *Part.3* --------------------- I am a prisoner here Weave the synthetic when wrapping up my wrists I don't truly dream when you're near Loosen aesthetics remain asphyxiated on the paint peeling back from the door Now I can see you for what you are She drew the shape on the floor Now I can see the full spectrum How can I feel existential dread? It's my fear I am eternal Hurt me with your mouth, make me settle down Whispering the words on the wind as they blow Heartbeat in the nest, pressure on my chest Where did all the signs of the dissonant go? And when they tell me they pray for me and they lack a certain empathy The enemy hits me so low So the circles on the ground make me settle down Hurt me, give me something from nothing This is the lie that you come from Meet me down in the mud She is the mother and she loves it when we all hurt each other Proud that her children are weak I am a language that you have hidden in a syllable And now you're refusing to speak I don't even cry anymore I don't even cry anymore Hurt me with your mouth, make me settle down Whispering the words on the wind as they blow Heartbeat in the nest, pressure on my chest Where did all the signs of the dissonant go? And when they tell me they pray for me and they lack a certain empathy The enemy hits me so low So the circles on the ground make me settle down Hurt me, give me something from nothing This is the lie that you come from My skin crawls, my chest heaves Punish me My skin crawls, my chest heaves Punish me My skin crawls, my chest heaves Punish me It's the effect of the Mara It's the effect of the Mara It's the effect of the Mara It's the effect of the Mara (Mara) It's the effect of the Mara It's the effect of the Mara It's the effect of the Mara It's the effect of the Mara (Mara) It's the effect of the Mara It's the effect of the Mara It's the effect of the Mara It's the effect of the Mara (Mara)
According to mythology, Mara visits men in their dreams, tortures them with desire, and eventually rips the very life from their bodies. NAILED IT!!!!!
The more I hear this, the more I become entrenched in the epic journey. It calls me (if that makes sense). Please keep making this type of music for the sake of humanity! This is art in music form.
Watching this has made me realize I REALLY did not process how fucking weird the part three video is when I was 16 and first found this band. Like I love the video but like watching it now I definitely get the sort of unease I think it’s supposed to give you.
I miss this style of their music so much. Their newer stuff is great, but it's missing so much of what this brings that it ends up leaving me disappointed. We have enough pop metal style bands, more female fronted prog bands with good cleans/screams is just so rare comparatively. I hate that I can't even bring it up in the comments of their newer stuff, because people think just because you have a delay effect on your guitar and heavy guitar riffs on a song automatically makes it prog.
