Autonomy, by Vestals

Autonomy

by Vestals

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1.	Exhume: Autonomy 04:32	lyrics	buy track
There’s truth left to be told Bring to light These misfortunes Unearth your deceivers Exhume their wickedness Smoke and mirrors stand exposed And now they lose control They lose control So now, ladies and Gentlemen, it’s time for the show
2.	Humanize Me 05:24	lyrics	buy track
I feel encumbered By the weight of the world Black mirror gaze to manipulate the brains Of the indoctrinated masses They fed us lies as we starve for our rights To feel humanized The earth is withered, her heart is grieving You are truly blind if you think they give a fuck about you Revolt It’s time for us to come to our senses. Become one mind Stand up Against the hatred As human kind I truly believe that we can learn to live in harmony Wash our hands clean of guilt and ignominy It’s the proletariat creed Be the spark that starts a revolution Stand up for what’s right by moral decree They push for us to be divided and distracted The formula for self-righteous victory Now, up off your knees We stand on our feet against their tyranny They try to push their false charade But we all bleed the same Show them how much we’re unafraid To challenge their infidelity Humanize me I will be seen Humanize me I will be seen The serpents slither around in our heads Their whispers spread hate and dread The serpents slither around in our heads Their whispers spread hate and dread At what cost At what cost They will shed our bloodlines Just for fun Hidden behind laughter And loaded guns They will shed our bloodlines Just for fun Hidden behind laughter And loaded guns
3.	Night-Mare 05:42	lyrics	buy track
These figures They’re shifting like shadows in the corner of my eyes Taunting me, haunting me Knowing that I am paralyzed My body lay stagnant, but my mind is alive The night’s just begun I can’t wait for the sun to rise Wake up, wake up My bones are burdened with pressure Can I wake up from this hell My eyes open wide, I lay terrified From my mind's own illusions I feel chained to a dream where I can’t even scream I can’t close my eyes I’m sleepless at night My thoughts flash like lightning Inside of a storm The nightmares I have seem all to real My frame paralyzed I look in my mind and see a fire burn so bright Can you wake me Wake me from this nightmare that takes me I start to drift back to my dreams Where I’m safe from misery And so I start to feel at peace Until the shadows start calling me, choking me until I can’t breathe I can’t breathe Somebody save me I’m sleepless at night My thoughts flash like lightning Inside of a storm The nightmares I have seem all to real My frame paralyzed I look in my mind and see a fire burn so bright Can you wake me Wake me from this nightmare that takes me I control my own mind Semblance fall untwined I control my own mind Semblance fall untwined I control my own mind Semblance fall untwined I control my own mind Semblance fall untwined
4.	Myriad Moments 06:41	lyrics	buy track
Tired eyes, sleepless nights befall you A voyage through the somber skies Heavy heart, troubled mind Like storm clouds permeate you Hardened bones feel alone and empty When you lose sight of yourself The light inside will blossom bright For you are relevant Let your heart resonate Take me by the hand See that you can stand Soon you’ll be weightless Face your fears, put them to sleep and breathe Leave your woes paralyzed Darkness starts to clear Doubt will disappear Love will come endless Feel the warmth Bathe in the sun Look and see you’re not alone In this world A new start rises with each day Wash your pain away Don’t let go Don’t give up on yourself There’s endless moments that pass us by Just open your eyes I, too, have grown weary of this world Betrayed by those that I once loved Left feeling that I’m not enough But I learned how to love myself My worth is greater than gold’s wealth My riches lie within my soul A dwelling inside me Illuminating A glistening beacon To lead you home The fire keeps burning An endless lantern Cascading like starlight The future shines bright Taking steps from our own failures Is how we grow in life Learning how to overcome our own faults inside Taking steps from our own failures Is how we grow in life Learning how to overcome our own faults inside Let your heart resonate Take me by the hand See that you can stand Soon you’ll be weightless Face your fears, put them to sleep and breathe Leave your woes paralyzed Darkness starts to clear Doubt will disappear Love will come endless Feel the warmth Bathe in the sun
5.	Killthewasp 03:11	lyrics	buy track
Aggressive is the nature Of those who hold a sting Their venom is toxic Their intent holds no meaning Parasites with unparalleled minds Shaping you to their designs Architects with outlines to Burn down the world Erupt it in fire Sycophants that pretend to be benign Slaves to their hive, have we become blind Their heresy will be their downfall We will not be controlled Flush out their hives with smoke and kindle flare Their empire will fall along with their greed We’ll become what this world needs to be We’ll be free Kill the wasp Deconstruct its regime Strength in numbers Existence is meaning Kill the wasp Deconstruct its regime Strength in numbers Existence is meaning
6.	Narcissist 04:54	lyrics	buy track
You poor your lies like hot wax into the minds of the feeble Manipulate from the shit spouting from your teeth Your silver tongue, it cannot sing Of anything that could have meaning You reach your hands into the throats of those you claim to love But you only deceive Self-righteous in your heart You’ll never be accountable for your mistakes you create Are you alive Or do you fake you whole existence Cover up your lies and knavish eyes Because I see right through you You cast your blight upon the helpless Smoke and Mirrors Nothing more than a cry for more false vanity Fire-starter Megalomaniac We can see Your words are jaded You cannot clutch Your authenticity Valueless You start to lose your grasp Are you alive Or do you fake you whole existence Cover up your lies and knavish eyes Because I see right through you You cast your blight upon the helpless Smoke and Mirrors Nothing more than a cry for more false vanity It’s hard for you to see what is the truth The fact that you will fall Before you begin It’s never too late for you to start again Don’t become what you’ve created Be true to yourself Find your own clarity Monsters are made to be broken Are you alive Or do you fake you whole existence Cover up your lies and knavish eyes Because I see right through you You cast your blight upon the helpless Smoke and Mirrors Nothing more than a cry for more false vanity
7.	SYZYGY 15:08		buy track
8.	Starlight 05:43	lyrics	buy track
I can’t help but feel like I’m walking in circles You keep slipping away under the night veil I can’t sleep I just stare at the ceiling Feeling your absence It hits deep Like a thousand title waves Filling up my chest The pressure in my lungs is agonizing Will I ever have another chance to see you shine Will I again name you mine Starlight Shine bright As you canvas the sky tonight Don’t let your troubles take control Eyes like Sunrise Heart as light as feathers But you're as pure as silver light Here’s to another lonely winter Where our glass hearts’ fractures start to bleed I’m terrified these clouds will never disappear I’m trying so hard fighting off the thoughts I fear Starlight Shine bright As you canvas the sky tonight Don’t let your troubles take control Eyes like Sunrise Heart as light as feathers But you're as pure as silver light I hold my breath in hopes that you hear the words I sing That the sky will open up And shine again Come back Come back to me I’m slipping away from reality Come back Come back to me I’m slipping away from reality One day we’ll wake up from this dream To feel no pain, only serenity The starts will show us the way Alas the night will succumb to day
9.	Holy Wars 05:19	lyrics	buy track
Xenophobic Justifying the lives they take In the name of their God Crusades through the world Reaping and taking Blood of the pure on their hands War and famine Made for the rich mans pockets Starving those in need No man standing Launching their bombs and rockets Watching the world bleed We are better than all of this hate Nor subjected to this darkened fate Tearing down the world Blinded by their own greed Slaughtering all the innocuous as they force mankind on their knees Tyrants repressing the feeble and banal Behind the writ of their maker Zealots with delusions of grandeur and sovereignty Fondling the chaste with wicked hands Our progeny have come undone Lost to bloodshed, they will never come home A garden of caskets Hollow and destitute Everything they cared for All left behind Tearing down the world Blinded by their own greed Slaughtering all the innocuous as they force mankind on their knees And all will die the day the sirens howl behind napalm skies The chauvinists They coven the world under their thumbs Our skies bleed black Smoldered with smoke from their bombs The bastards Bending our will For dominion Their Holy Wars Fought with the lives Of poverty’s children Tearing down the world Blinded by their own greed Slaughtering all the innocuous as they force mankind on their knees
10.	Skin 05:54	lyrics	buy track
Tell me I’m a sin Cast me out in your ignorance Convoluted hypocrisy Take your insolence Bury it with your false pretense I am who I’m supposed to be I am not afraid To live how I’m shaped Flesh standing exposed No threats can impose upon our existence Stand with me Set yourself free Don’t try to change who you should be For the sake of others The ignorant will crash and burn Love who you love Be who you see In your true reflection Live in the skin that you discern In heart, we are one Anima of the rising sun Our voices will resonate We will carry on Hear the masses sing this song We live on indefinitely Don’t try to change who you should be For the sake of others The ignorant will crash and burn Love who you love Be who you see In your true reflection Live in the skin that you discern You don’t get to change me I don’t need your saving The skin I wear is not for your comfort Your callowness will shatter asunder The skin I wear is not for your comfort Your callowness will shatter asunder Accepting others has never felt so captivating So wear your blindfolds And drown inside your defamation Burn Inside your own despair as you wear away Turn Against your better judgment and disappear Burn Inside your own despair as you wear away Turn Against your better judgment and disappear
11.	Atelophobic 06:28	lyrics	buy track
A sea of waves crash against my face As I trace the guilt inside my veins And a whisper cries You are unworthy My lungs lie heavy like hardened concrete Slow my heartbeat Put me to sleep Should I even care to try Faded marks embroidered on my skin Like razor-blade peppermint Sometimes I wish that I’d just die Can you hear me Am I worthy Carry on this life inside me Uncage the thoughts within my mind Rectify my aberrations Leaving all mistakes behind Sitting alone in a room, detached Encased like I’m locked inside a cage I swallowed the key so I could never flee Cacophony inside my brain waves Need to escape to a safe place Cut off my wings, now I can’t fly Carry on this life inside me Uncage the thoughts within my mind Rectify my aberrations Leaving all mistakes behind I close my eyes and dream Of my life’s own meaning And see my own agony I’m haunted by my deeds Demons that live in me Help please Someone set me free Carry on this life inside me Uncage the thoughts within my mind Rectify my aberrations Leaving all mistakes behind
12.	1:08 01:08		buy track
13.	Virgo II 09:00	lyrics	buy track
Dear Mother I’ve felt untethered Since you’ve gone to sleep Four winters and three springs to hide my pain so deep One breath of silence A noiseless scream As if my heart was torn apart at the seams Cut my tongue with despair Void my lungs of their air Be with me In my heart and my mind Eternity In gentle sleep Fill the night With stars across the barren sky And I’ll find my way Back to you one day I don’t want to feel this way anymore Incomplete down to my core Nothing can replace your faultless glee Burdened by this heavy heart of grief A somber ode Of what you have left behind Caliginous Are the songs that the nightingale sings The blood that courses through my veins Embellished with your benevolence The memories inside my head Flourished with the sound of your voice Still now, all my heart is filled with pain And all of my mind it starts to wane No, No Why have you left me alone Sadness and anger Nest inside my bones I turn to stone I can’t stop screaming inside my head I’m afraid that in time you’ll fade away And my memories will die and fade to grey And so I write you another melody to keep your fire bright A luminous lighthouse to drape the ocean when I feel lost at sea For no possession could replace your love you’ve given to me Cast out the darkness embracing your spirit As I take on the world I’ll never forget you reside in me I’ll never forget our perfect memories You live inside me and remind me how to share peace I’ll never forget how you always thought of me Held high in your heart from the moment that I could breathe