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Synopsis
03:22
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So you've tuned in to this episode...
Well we'd like to start by telling you
How we think this one is gonna go
A man and and his wife
Who discover that life is not what it seems
And a girl whose dreams spell tragedy
For a man who thinks he's alive
He's already met his demise
Oh yes, in this tale, he dies
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Vanished
04:40
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The world's asleep except for one
She lays awake with thoughts of what's to come
This place, calm and familiar, still bites with cold
And seems filled with anger...
The forest's sounds and its thoughts surround me
Fill me with fear and wonder
They resonate / form as one
This voice whose is it
Calling across some great distance
Yes, I can hear it - I can feel it this time
Piercing through my mind
What is it that calls me so
Pulling me from my slumber
It's rousing me to go...
Somewhere new or a place a remember
A new energy wells up inside
It cuts the facade that clouds my eyes
Remove my eyes from what's behind
See in black and white
Do I know... I think I know this sound
I will follow this strange call out
Keep my focus on my path
Remove my eyes from what's behind
Oh, it's strange that you would claim to know me so
You seem to think I'll never go
Anywhere past my proximity
Then faster and more urgently
I'll leave all my comforts behind
They'll only limit me
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Follow
04:03
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I’m at a loss for words, but it's just fine
It's not the time for such things to stand in my way
This emptiness, it burns me
Cascading fear of death, seconds wasted with each breath
I will go follow alone
I'll travel deep through wood and stone
Let this nightmare end, oh please
As I follow through the forest, may I find some peace
As my efforts grow more bold
My curiosity takes hold
Fear seeps out from worries previously unknown
I will go follow alone
I'll travel deep through wood and stone
There is no telling what will show,
But I’ve got to bring her home.
Mysteries surround my every step,
I can’t be fake or lose my confidence
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The Road
05:55
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Oh Woe is me, Just as failure seems to be
The result of my short and frantic journey
My eyes were never open before
Now they're turned towards something more
Something new, but familiar somehow
Is it intuition (must be intuition)
Or have I been deceived by some shroud
My eyes once blind must turn towards something more
Maybe it's as it was before,
The same one entrancing
Does it hold some grudge against me
Some grudge against me here and now
I’ll move forward on this path unknown
Though it may pull and vex me so
Fighting through the bitter cold,
I’m not so old, so past the
Boldness some say I should hold
I'll Journey deeper down this road
Such horror, such woe befalling
Obstructing use of my will, and ultimately halting
I hoped it wouldn't come to this
As I bow and clench my fist
I must accept it as it is
See things as they are
Clarity is a gift
Surrounded now by even more
Chaos than ever was before,
I must remember that I am
The one who bore this weight this far
My memories pains and guilts
They must become no more
In light of what I know I’m fighting for
This time has come upon me,
Unsure of which step might be
My last or my first now I know what it's worth
I'm walking on not focused on what's passed
What lies within I will hold fast
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Torment
05:54
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What have I found here
Deep in this wild wood
A place I’ve just now reached I
Never thought I ever could
Is this a time for me to celebrate
I must move on, I cannot wait
Upward I still must go,
I’ll dig in hard and make it so
What is this now
My feet are moving but
I’m going nowhere on this ground
My struggling wrought amiss,
A desperate thing this is
What I once thought I saw is
Shrouded now in silver mist
(unintelligible gurgling and shrieking)
The sights before my eyes have changed
The ounces of relief I’d found have gone away
It's all replaced with fear and pain
I’m choking like I can’t believe
Someone save me set me free
Dark and swirling smoky Hell,
It comes around me as it cracks and swells
Tragedy tackles me limits perceptions
Clears my reservations
Calamity handed me cards I could not play
Now the Forest has its way (come have your way)
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The Realm
06:32
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I'm seeing things I've never seen
And I'm hearing things I can hardly perceive
Here and now, I’ve found myself a smile
Someway somehow, I know I shouldn’t be so surprised
It’s just the first time in a while
I’ve felt this way, the excitement of progress
The idea that I’m on fire, or at least hot on the trail
Of the end of this process
They cannot shake the hope I’ve found
They cannot silence my joyful sound
No more looking back at
Each one of my blatant failures
Preceding this discovery
Though unwavering, the efforts of
Fear and doubt no longer beckon me
In this new place no one knows what could happen
What will become of me, of everything
Reshaping reason is a task no man can
Confront alone, but that's a trap I'll spring
I will press on faithfully and claim these
Vict'ries that lie stretched out in front of me
I've finally noticed the innate potential
Within this forest there's another way
The light inside, it screams
You cannot let it hide
Don't be blind, tonight
You may have to give in, oh your sins
Embrace the shame and start to forgive
Or you'll never win. You'll never win
Lay all your guilt aside.
Lay all your guilt aside.
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Lost
05:53
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Sinking down, sliding back to square one
The further down that I go, the closer I feel back to home
Here I lay, all my efforts seemingly undone
The unfolding of my expectations seems to have come,
It seems to have come
Will all our songs to be be left unsung
This feeling that I can’t disclose
All I've ever wanted is just to know
I believe though they cannot manage to believe me
And though they cannot see,
My eyes they still serve me clearly
This torturous thing that has occurred
Why this, why now, why me, why her?
I cannot find the words
This feeling that I can’t disclose
All I've ever wanted is just to know
How will these happenings unfold
And when will I find her again
I should have never let go
(I should have never let go)
[Don't Let Go]
The sanity's slipping from my mind
Am I running out of time
[Don't Let Go]
I'm shaking, I'm losing all control
The further down I go, the closer I get to home.
The closer I get to home.
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8. |
Through The Forest
05:15
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Is this the place to ask for help
Isolated and forgotten separated
From a vital fragment of myself
Where could I begin to ask
What does it take, what are the means
What is it that I lack to
Cut adrift the recent past
Split into pieces, broken and confused
You pick me up and tell me
I may still be of use
I know you, your likeness
Your face runs through my dreams
I hope the things I utter
Can be taken, unexplained
Help me to my journey's end, assist me
Rid of me of this blinding pain
You ask me now if I can muster up the strength
To check my insecurities and leave 'em at the gate
To face my truest form, to open every door
I’ve never trusted the unknown
But now I see there could be so much more
Must I reconcile my many sins
Just to go back and try to begin again
What if my truth isn't found within
What if all I must achieve
Is under lock and invisible key
What lies in store for me
I've met your requests, step after step
But still I cannot see through
My wool-covered eyes, remove the disguise
And tell me how much more I must do
You say the path unto the things I seek
Is laden thick with death
The peril and steepness of falling below
Now clings at my every breath
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Sacrifice
05:08
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It seems you've been once again
Brought past your wits and fooled
As easily as one who’s blind
Used and abused like an unwary, misshapen tool
Things aren't as they appeared
Being controlled by what you
Want to see and hear
Will leave you off your guard,
An awful lot worse than you
Found yourself at the start
Betrayal and lies are cutting your ties
As all signs of hopes and dreams fade from your eyes
Oh, no, silence your pathetic screams
Everything you thought you knew was me
I am the manufacturer of tainted fantasies
Everything you thought you could perceive
It was all as I created it to be
Tell me would you try again, huh?
Would you try to find another way
To follow through the Forest?
What would you do different, huh?
Leave her here all alone abandoned?
Isn't it a perfect fit, huh?
That you thought you had a friend
Or someone to believe in?
Only to discover, HA,
Could've saved your daughter, HA
IF YOU'D BEEN THE SAME TO HER!
Your sacrifice will be in vain unless
You can choose which one will remain
Well beyond a doubt,
I had everything planned out
You can't reprieve this pretty little scheme
Can't you see what I mean?
It's a well-oiled machine.
Things may not have been what they seemed
But fate has a way of turning back for those who dream.
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I would sacrifice myself,
Condemn myself to Hell
If she could live; this tale to tell
I'd empty out, I'd empty out my soul
I'd leave behind this empty shell
If she could live, if she could live to tell
I'd do what I could, give what I could give
To make this all end well.
Oh, I'd let my blood be spilt,
Consume, drink away
My courage can't be killed
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(Guest vocals and lyrics by Rody Walker)
"You're just another beggar at my feet
And the ends don't have to justify the means
But that groveling's unsettling
And that useless shit you're peddling
You're just another beggar at my feet
One after a-, one after a-, one after another
Just another beggar at my feet
And I don't have to justify the means
Oh, your puny fucking peasantry
Driveling shit incessantly
You're just another beggar at my feet."
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You'll see, you'll see what I have done,
You'll think you've finally won
But as things turn about for you
You'll see, your planning will not go through
Cruel beast, chaos sweeps through you now
A shame, you were so proud
You cannot harm what I have made
You cannot harm what I have made
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11. |
Alive
11:25
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When at first you were lost to me
I couldn’t speak, I could hardly breathe
I wondered what would happen then
I saw no chance for something new, only a bitter end
Desperately my search began
Through these dark and dreary lands
I flinched I faltered, thought occasionally
I may have to quit
My sense of wonder it stayed fully intact
In the madness of it all
My head held high, I clenched my fist into a ball
Their voices only pushed me faster towards the fall
In this world of new discoveries,
There is no lack of things I thought could not be
My search was not of her, nor hers of me
Yet all the same she stole the innocence you gave to me
Journeying on, with guilt and doubt in tow
Oh it mattered not, harder I fought how far could I go?
I can breathe again, everything feels real again
My eyes are new, with them I am able to view
Worlds where I can find myself ,and save you
We'll travel searching for all time
We will all be whole again, finally and fully alive
SO WHY DON'T I FEEL ALIVE?
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