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Artifact
12:20
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All alone, in this rotting home
No man beside, three years gone
No child born of this barren womb
All alone, in this living tomb
[Evelyn groaned
As her heart grew cold
And her body broke
From the weight of her soul
Evelyn sighed
As her veins ran dry
And her body died]
In dream, my bleak surroundings melt away
All color, bright and vivid, fills my sight
In dream, this empty shell is left behind
I am a new creature in the world outside
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Lucidity
12:19
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Now dead, now alive
My blood runs, vicarious
Now living, now free
She’ll do anything for me
Driver
Occupant of a foreign form
Total control
No resistance
Passenger
Subject to another’s force
Losing control
Inconsistent
My mind swings like a pendulum
Between dream and wake,
But even in times of lucidity
Suffers pain it cannot take
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Obscurity
11:26
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Through my fogless eyes
Pass familiar sights
The ancient domicile
Within which I reside
The invaded mind quakes with fever
Uncertain of its cognizance
An unknown hovel bears
Bizarre attraction
This meeting must be precluded
My dreams must not be realized
I will keep myself secluded
Beyond the path of her wandering gaze
The invaded mind convulses with nausea
Straining to expel its indweller
The fledgling brain turns to battlefield
As two souls war for possession
My mind decays as my body
I have no strength for this struggle
The obfuscation is useless
Come, child, and find your answers
Come, child, and find your answers
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Reunion
10:28
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Walk this road, this is where you shall find me
Take this path, this is where our souls shall meet
With her strength, I carry her body to myself
My only prayer, that she can be released
And I can be free
I lie breathless as she opens the door
I open the door
I lie breathless as she opens the door
I open the door
And in an instant...
In an instant I am known
Clear of mind, she sees her conscious captor
Fair and hale, this child, the daughter I never bore
She holds a part of my soul inside her
Separated until their time is complete
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Liberator
16:52
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My days are far beyond redemption
My time is worthless in this world
My body weakens by the hour
My soul seeks refuge in your youth
Maribel, set yourself free
Return my spirit unto me
Surrender my hiding soul
Maribel, set me free
Give my heart its blessed release
Liberate me from these deceitful dreams
A glass to commemorate what never was
What never will be
Blood rushes to my head
I drink this scarlet to the dregs
And disappear.
(epilogue)
She is free, I am my own once more
Yet our bond remains a mystery
To bear another’s soul with mine
Begs the simple question, why?
Who am I?
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Potmos Hetoimos Baltimore, Maryland
PH is a (mostly) one-man prog/doom/jazz/ sludge/post-metal project from Baltimore, Maryland. PH focuses on music as storytelling, with the lyrics and concept being integral to the compositions.
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The best young metal band going right now. A "Stevie Nicks fever dream", blending doom, jazz, folk, and post-metal into an unparalleled brew.
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