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The Misanthrope

by Keeper of the Gloom

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1.
Existential Crisis 01:32
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2.
The Caged Bird Sings 02:28
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Defeated and completely frustrated Put me behind your iron bars Your inner mental cage My wings are clipped But yet, I sing my song of freedom Let me out…I want out Put me in your inner mental cage I was meant for so much more Why give me wings With nowhere to fly?
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(Ex(In(E)))ternal Struggle 03:16
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Blank expression Abandoned voice Traceless imprint Jaded enthusiasm Scream into the void Preach your poison gospel Fear fills your frame and flows through your veins Anxiety is your life blood You crippled, broken beast You pathetic excuse for a man This is not me You are not I I owe myself life So many crave the life you condemn Anxiety is your life blood Two egos trapped I owe myself life Yet all you know is silence
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Collapsing Perdition 02:29
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I walk with weary eyes Tired of seeing, no longer willing to hear My head spins from the smoke of your conflagration Burn me down from the inside out Lungs of ice trap the filth Make sure the essence becomes my own I try to scream but cough out words of rancour A whirlwind of smoke and embers My ashes block the sun Nothing can grow here
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Midlife Crisis 02:33
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Sick of this fucking life Sick of this fucking world Everything I once loved has lost it’s meaning Joy has been decimated by a crushing sensation of sadness, hopelessness and despair Limitations once knew no bounds but now the strongest limit is my own mind The crushing weight of human freedom and responsibility builds like a massive wall of feedback, enveloping me in a static field of negativity that acts as a sort of cocoon transmogrifying any happiness into dread, anxiety and depression, and I can’t take it anymore Sick of this fucking life Waiting for the end
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The Misanthrope 03:04
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Drowning in a sea of disappointment Swept away by the undercurrent Into the depths of my own hatred The weight of my heart Set in stone and cast in steel Kick me down Complete submission I reached for the stars as a last desperate attempt to be part of the light But you extinguished the sun And you swallowed the moon And by the time that I had finally made it The stars had all died
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The Antithesis of Light: Swallowed by the Shadow of the Universe 03:07
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You are the antithesis of light Bottomless black hole Swirling black mass stealing all life Rape me of my will Deprive me of my strength A tear in the essence of freedom Drive a stake through the heart of happiness Erase all life Forget what came before Your shadow all encompassing There is nothing more There is nothing less You are what is and what always will be Forsaker of life Destroyer of worlds Devour my soul Annihilate my spirit Smother me in your darkness Go on, go forth! Destroy all the known worlds Your shadow all encompassing There is nothing more There is nothing less You are what is and what always will be You are the absence of light
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The Void 05:46
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9.
Existential D(r)ead: The Metamorphosis 06:30
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Sleepless, lost and wandering Wondering what it all means Beg the heavens for an answer But silence is the only response from an overcast sky The chain slackens and the cage drops Cerebral bars block the paths of elated reflection Contentment occasionally slips through the clefts But is instantly devoured by sharks of agony Grief, heartache, passion and sorrow The artists toolbox Blood, sweat and tears Causation of our desire to die Is what gives our work life

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released October 2, 2016

The Misanthrope was written and recorded between May 2014 and September 2016.

All music and lyrics written and performed by Max Southwood.

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