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The Human Paradox

by Fractal Cypher

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1.
Lost 08:23
I am lost in a world that's scaring me to death Lost in a crowd that cannot hear me screaming in the dark But when my mind winds up and I can't get through it When everything seems to drift away out of control There's no choice to make No chance to escape Long lost to life Dying on my own Behind this veil forever, lost in time Beyond my mind my dreams are caged I know I'll never find Lost in the skies of October like fallen leaves Lost in my thoughts, lost in the dark Waiting for a new dawn Can you hear my calling? The calling of the ones Praying for something new to show up Something from above or from down below To open your eyes, fly away Long lost memories They're just a dream A fantasy, in agony Lost family and lost poetry Gone now, yet I'm full of hate And I am falling away From the dream that I once had My spirit has stopped to dream Nothing to hang on Nothing to wipe my tears Your eyes My fall It's like a nightmare every new day cycle The void, to fill And in the grip of fire, to reborn Lost, lost I am the one to reborn Lost It's like a nightmare every new day cycle Am I to blame for that insane decay?
2.
When I see all those people Face down, lying to the floor Paralyzed by the fear of a dreadful invader When I see that the fire and the flames are burning everything I can't help but to wonder, what is this decay? Don't play the hero There is no past, there is no future This open wound will kill us all The blood on our hands will dry before the sunset And recall us the price to pay For freedom, in a place that is no home to us Come and see the blood on the streets The children playing through the dead A circle with no end, with no God Because underneath different skies We are all born the same The only difference that I see Is the rulers from above Don't play the hero There is no past, there is no future This open wound will kill us all The blood on our hands will dry before the sunset And recall us the price to pay For freedom, in a place that is no home to us Step aside and see The price of fake democracy The path that they know to follow We can't behead the king for them They know the way
3.
As a child, he used to let the light shine for a while Before the sandman came to sprinkle his eyes By the window, he felt the wind carry his fears away Far beyond from what he had ever prayed The sorrow's gone, his demons could wait Cause the heaven he found, belonged to his own faith No matter how far from the dreams that he had He knew that everyday could be one to be glad And by the moonlight, he thought about his life What it would be ten years from where he was Carry on wise man, don't worry you will find And he believed himself after all We're not alone for the the ride As a man, he shuts the light down as fast as he can Even the starlight cannot sooth his great pain By the window, nothing but the phantoms of his past Haunting the design that he's trying to reach Why is it gone? Innocence and faith In a life that goes on, every day without any aim Will we ever have the strength, to find back what it takes? To let the sandman come again And feel the wind embracing our skins Every day taking time to relieve from our sins Listening carefully to the signs that Show us where to go Unconsciously, time feeds from our dreams Until all that remains in an empty gleam And consciously, we let our childhood disappear The child inside us grows We stand in line and and are the next one to follow Can your just remember, the last time you laughed Until you lose your breath, instead of faking smile Can't you just try to sleep, without falling so deep? And be glad to wake up, when the morning has come Open your eyes on a world, where everything is possible And let your light shine for a while And let your light shine for a while
4.
The world is delusion, an illusion The scourge is down on us and eats us like a parasite The worms have made their home into our brains Sowing fear, hunger, misery, destructive agony We have to run and hide or we will fall The scourge is down on us and eats us like a parasite The world is illusion and delusion Don't you look back, only pain you will see Just show us the way to go So we have something to believe Something that we can reach Something that we can dream That we've been longing for so long We need to find a place home On this prison planet No turning back, the motion is constant The relics of the past will remind us of our dissent The fall of one, the ascent of the next The end of an era The aftermath of our demise Can you hear the loud ticking of the clock? It's the great mystery The great mystery of our time What will we do? When will we change it all? Don't you look back, only pain you will see Just show us the way to go So we have something to believe Something that we can reach Something that we can dream That we've been longing for so long We need to find a place home On this prison planet Words are idle without a cause Meaningless without actions We've signed with blood the epitaph On our enemies' graves They will not choose who I am Even if I stand on the edge And would you dare to take my hand No matter what's there at the end The means we need to make it right Are not so far away from us The will to fight The strength to stand To unite under the same banner Just show us the way so we become The mankind that we wish to be And take our hand to bring us to The deepest of horizon We need to find a place home On this prison planet
5.
From love to hate, from life to death Is existence itself a pledge of sorrow? A straight path to hell, drawn by a bloody flood In the corpse of time, only my voice will shine Surrounded by the ghosts and thousand years of cries Mankind has finally consumed all of its faith Into what they call wealth Taking it all within me Until only the void remains They are lying beside me, dead bodies of a useless life Am I the only one to feel that emptiness? The only walking dead to realize our blindness? The almighty has already given up on us And he shall let us die into the chasm we dug False love and real hate, black gold and golden faith Look around, see for yourself, it's not enough to prove that it's the end? Imminent extinction See the shadows we've created, we will all fade into their haze We are the pawns on the chessboard, the devil was right when he has bet on us Imminent extinction Now that our lives belong to death, all you can try will be in vain Imminent extinction Cause every time you join your hands together Remember that sometimes the greatest gifts Are unanswered prayers Don't wish for something that can't be granted Look around, see for yourself, it's not enough to prove that it's the end? Imminent extinction See the shadows we've created, we will all fade into their haze We are the pawns on the chessboard, the devil was right when he has bet on us Imminent extinction Not that our lives belong to death, all you can try will be in vain Imminent extinction
6.
Final Abode 08:32
I want to know what is awaiting for me I want to have a dream to believe in Those who don't know the past will repeat it That's not the path I want to follow We are being replaced one at a time Artificial intelligence rages on No more allegiance is good to hold It is every man for himself Critical times have arrived So, here we lie, here we cry Within the ruins of our lives We are slipping away Welcome, stranger To this new world It's the terminus Last destination The last haven Seek no heaven No community Final abode Open your eyes Cleanse the nightmares out The loner that you are has no place to go The land is scorched and the river runs dry The shelter that you seek has been swallowed up These are the remnants of our kind Critical times have arrived So, here we lie, here we cry Within the ruins of our lives We are slipping away Do you feel it growing on you! The light is fading away The night is dragging us down If we ever fall under this dark spell If we ever let this grand scheme take control Over our will to fight Behold this new reality We choose to live We choose to die The choice is ours to make The road ahead is empty and will be waiting for us
7.
Awakening 06:20
A sunrise, a flower in bloom, its beauty is love That's cut at the stem, and given to save A hidden, bittersweet hope That dwells deep within us all Waiting to be awakened A cloudless night A starless sky The darkness, a relief For the one who hide its tears The cry of the lonely The cry of the lovely The loss of me The rose of May Will reborn and thrive As the memory goes on Softly, the night goes away to a new day A sunrise, a flower in bloom, its beauty is love Waiting to be picked, to be awakened The cold morning dew Embracing the innocent's skin Withering and dying But waiting to be reborn To hear the melodies of life To smell the sweet perfume of hope And to come back to life A sunrise, a flower in bloom, its beauty is love
8.
Idle Words 07:52
Maybe it’s not a place for me in the end. The cliff is ahead, keep on marching, Until we jump into the void, Until the black of our hearts prevails. Until what remains disappears. The words they are too hard to say. The fear that muzzles us to silence. Dare to speak your mind Can you hear the gunshots from afar? Never mind if it is not for you It is the freedom of speech, That is dragged into the mud once again Run away if you still can. What is there left in here to believe anyway? Whenever you are lost With this strange feeling That your words are idle Believe in something That’s worth to defend Whenever you feel empty Remember where we belong And I live my life To find my own way And to fulfil my duty As true as a man can be Brave and valiant It’s a hard choice But I will not be silent The blood and the hate won’t be forgotten It is a fight that goes far beyond good and evil Cause every time you run away Every time there’s something that you cannot stand Will you step over and watch the show? Can’t wish upon the stars to make the final miracle They’ll make the barricades fall The blood and the hate it won’t be forgotten It is a fight that goes far beyond good and evil The blood may be dry But the wound is still open What is there left in here In here to believe anyway? Whenever you are lost With this strange feeling That your words are idle Believe in something That’s worth to defend Whenever you feel empty Remember where we belong Whenever you feel empty Remember where you belong Why is there always something to fear? Why is the powerful starving the weak? Am I weak? I am
9.
The path is dark, the light is out The curtain is down on my life This is my final bow This is the final act The play is over and everyone in the crowd is gone As quiet as I am I could almost be the ghost of myself To leave behind the ones who love me Is something that I cannot stand I wish to live To live and see The things that are yet to be seen Rise up and let it shine Because there is no tomorrow With open heart and eyes ablaze I gaze into the eyes of death As quiet as I am I could be the ghost of myself Hidden somewhere within my mind Into my dreamer's hideaway Little hideaways for our lonely soul With open heart and eyes ablaze I gaze into the eyes of death As quiet as I am The beautiful that lies within And the innocence of a child Imagination that goes beyond mortal things Those are the memories that you will keep of me The love of a father I give you the ghost of myself A sacrifice for all I give you the ghost of myself With open heart and eyes ablaze I gaze into the eyes of death As quiet as I am I could be the ghost of myself Hidden somewhere within my mind Into my dreamer's hideaway Little hideaways for our lonely soul With open heart and eyes ablaze I gaze into the eyes of death As quiet as I am As quiet as they are For you I have And for you I will From life to death My spirit will remain I have written the story of my life With the things I've done Just remember my song... Turn the page, burn the book and let it die Memories they will finally collapse Live your life As your own No rules to restrain the melodies of life

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released September 7, 2016

- Songs performed by: Fractal Cypher
- Songs written by: Ludovick Daoust
- Lyrics by : Simon Lavoie
- Recorded at : The Grid by Marc-Olivier Fréchette and Christian Donaldson
- Produced by: Ludovick Daoust and Christian Donaldson
- Mixed by: Christian Donaldson
- Mastered by: Christian Donaldson
- Artwork by : Silent Q Design
- Special Guests : Julie Jasmin (Violin) and Sara Jasmin (Viola) on the song Awakening

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