Heavier than most of my songs, but still one of the more accessible ones just because it actually clocks in under 5 minutes. The vocals need to be redone, especially the beginning. Some nice polyrhythm towards the end though.

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This song is inspired by the basic human behavior of forgetfulness. The predisposition within all of us to bury all that which does not suit one's own life.

... memories

The final time
I remember to
The distant past
Of fallen youth

I need a release
From shackles of reality

So close

I'll take your drugs
I will wire my mind shut
Just give me some sense of closure
It's not out of pain
Or an eccentric disorder
But simply to move forward

There's nothing I anticipate more
Than what I will never remember

(Spoken word)

Looking back
The image is black
And soon this will be too
The glimpses of light
Painfully bright
Are my only regrets each time they break through

Erase my...