1. |
Progress
01:13
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2. |
Atrophy
05:12
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"The only thing we can be sure about the future is that it will be absolutely fantastic."
The Unison:
All of our needs are seen to
Death is defeated
Boredom’s the only burden
Of eternal life
The Interventionists:
On and on our legacy will go
Societal stagnation is our greatest foe
The Unison:
Now we lament the waning novelty
Now we endure this growing atrophy
The Naturalists:
Why can’t we just enjoy this endless revelry?
This is the heaven that our ancestors would seek
The Unison:
Never wanting
Ever dreaming
No more progress
All is spoken
The Interventionists:
No way - this can’t be all there is to life
All that can be
Such arrogance to assume we know all there is
Knowing is power
Power is hunger
On and on our legacy will go
Societal stagnation is our greatest foe
The Unison:
Now we lament the waning novelty
Now we endure this growing atrophy
The Chaos:
This is my day to grow
There’s discord to be sewn
The Interventionists:
Explore!
The Naturalists:
Let’s leave it be
The Interventionists:
Conquer!
The Naturalists:
Nothing to see
The Interventionists:
Expose!
The Naturalists:
This ecstasy
The Interventionists:
Convert!
The Naturalists:
Is all we need
The Interventionists:
Why would we ever let those who are less suffer
Knowing is power
Power is hunger
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3. |
Vessel of the Mind
04:54
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The Unison:
Some remember when
Our time was limited
The last of us to die
Were the last to feel pain
The Interventionists:
Yet we suffer still
Even when want is gone
Existential dread
No one is proven right
The Naturalists:
Just be proud of what we have
The Interventionists:
And that is?
The Naturalists:
The city upon the hill
The Interventionists:
But so what?
The Naturalists:
There’s no reason to complain
The Interventionists:
Why bother?
The Naturalists:
Would you bring back misery?
The Interventionists:
It’s pointless
The Chaos:
Close your eyes
See your end
Is it as you envisioned?
Do you really see beyond the vessel of the mind?
The Unison:
Confined to consciousness
There’s no evidence for more
This is really it
Maybe it will come again
The Naturalists:
Someday our faith will prevail
The Interventionists:
Don’t think so
The Naturalists:
It’s a shame you can’t believe
The Interventionists:
We aren’t blind
The Naturalists:
You’ll find yourselves crawling back
The Interventionists:
That’s doubtful
The Naturalists:
Just give in to your feelings
The Interventionists:
Don’t tempt us
The Chaos:
On the edge
Of a cliff
I can see you want to fall
I can make that final push
Just give me control
The Unison:
Tossing and turning
Can’t shake it from my mind
What happens after?
What is left behind?
The Chaos:
Open minds bring the end
Of a worthless legacy
I, Alpha and Omega, come to seal your fate
The Chaos/the Unison:
Unity can’t be forced
There is no infinity
Only cycles of chaos
Against piety
The Unison:
Confined to consciousness
There’s no evidence for more
This is really it
The vessel of the mind
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4. |
The Rift
04:53
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The Unison:
When we traveled out to the stars
We found others like us
Sentient, thinking, lacking our means
How, then, should we proceed?
The Interventionists:
We could intervene on their behalf
It’s only right
The Naturalists:
But no one was there to help us on the way
The Interventionists:
We're responsible
For securing peace across the void
This is why we're here
This is our purpose
The Unison:
Civil discourse has never failed
Until “they” lost reason
Contrasting views will sow distrust
The rift growing wider
“...the effects of change on humans, both the individual and a societal level, and that has mattered very fundamentally since the Industrial Revolution. Until the Industrial Revolution, people tended to die in the society, the same society, as they were born into."
The Stablists:
There’s merit on both ends
Both have done wrong
Let’s table this discussion
The Interventionists & The Naturalists:
Until...?
The Unison:
History’s on our side
When we can agree
Let us dispense with our pride
And then we’ll be free
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5. |
Echo Chamber
04:09
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The Naturalists:
Don’t expect me to perceive the way you do
Don’t expect me to know in the way you knew
Unity does not mean that we should conform
It obfuscates the diversity with which we are born
The Stablists:
Power corrupts even those who have gone without
The Naturalists:
Can’t mistake my silence for complacency
I don’t want to do my part just so you can see
The Stablists:
I feared this day would come
Blinded by a singular narrative
We must include the sum
Opinions taken to be objective
Freedom of thought
Let’s not lose who we are
The Interventionists:
Grant me freedom to express what’s on my mind
Grant me freedom to defend the people who you bind
You are no better than those who you would denounce
Just because you don’t agree does not mean you renounce
The Stablists:
This is not the time to undo our progress
This is not the hour to fan flames of unrest
The Naturalists & the Interventionists:
Don’t expect me to perceive the way you do
Don’t expect me to know in the way you knew
Unity does not mean that we should conform
It obfuscates the diversity with which we are born
The Stablists:
We can all work towards the same end
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6. |
The Use of Violence
03:55
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The Interventionists:
Unsuspecting flock
They sleep their days away
They'll no longer mock
Once they see things our way
Let the battle commence
If only out of spite
Even though they're kin
They must be shown who's right
As proven with our might
The Naturalists:
The use of violence
The last resort for fools
A broken promise
Had seemed so miniscule
The Chaos:
Watch how quickly they fall
So much for their resolve
The Interventionists:
They have forced our hand
Diluted who we are
Together we must stand
Enter the abattoir
The Naturalists:
How can we help the rest
When we can’t help ourselves?
The use of violence
Was never an option
Interdependence
Had kept the rage within
The Interventionists:
Death to those who would stand by
The Naturalists:
The use of violence
The last resort for fools
A broken promise
Had seemed so miniscule
"Why do we always assume that if there is life on another planet that it's superior?"
"It's hard to imagine the reverse."
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7. |
Paradigm
02:34
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The Narration:
Victors emerge from the ashes
Of their fallen brethren who could
Never understand this concept:
Selflessness is beneficial
The Interventionists:
Instill the paradigm
Our path is clear
We bring you paradise
Utopia will be yours
The Chaos:
Conflict has fortified
Peace was already tried
The Narration:
Now free to introduce their wealth
Of all the knowledge they have gained
All can enjoy eternity
Except those who hinder progress
The Interventionists:
Instill the paradigm
Our path is clear
We bring you paradise
Utopia will be yours
The Chaos:
This virus seeks new hosts…
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8. |
Distant
06:33
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The Interventionists:
It's not thought but emotion
That shall guide our devotion
Our just cause to end all pain
All shall stand to grow and gain
The Others:
Though we can't deny
That we've come so far
Yet we can't decry
That you've cut a scar
We'll never know
If we'd have made it on our own
You can justify
That’d we’d stand no chance
You can rectify
That we might advance
Our choice is gone
Perhaps we'd write a better song
The Interventionists:
Don’t feel bad because we came
There’s no cause to feel ashamed
It can’t hurt you to accept help
Know we only would wish you well
The Others:
There is no divine
You are mortal after all
There is no benign
One of us must bear the fall
It all must end
Even you must not pretend
The Narration:
It came to pass over the course of thousands of years that all fellow sapients would be forged in their image. Prosperity reigned. The universe was a warm, safe place. But what of creativity? What of imagination?
The Unison:
Why do you resist?
Those left behind might have resolved their ire
The Others:
When the spark has died
Only the ashes remain
When ours worlds collide
We are told not to complain
The Unison:
Now we’ve absorbed everything that’s living
All that is left is to wait for the answers
Haunted by ghosts who live on in memory
Someday we’ll know what it’s like to die
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9. |
Legacy
05:16
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The Unison:
One final mystery unresolved
Nothing has changed; we’re back to square one
No coming back from this ultimate dive
Into the void we go
This too shall pass
Why do we hold on
We’re responsible
For ensuring death will never come
This is why we stay
There must be a reason for it all
Looming, hollow, formless…
Some will go by choice
Others remain
We’re responsible
For preserving our long legacy
It’s an empty gesture
We can’t stop it from being erased
But it’s okay because we loved
Which is better than nothing at all
We’re at the mercy of our spatial cage
Who’s to say we won’t grow beyond?
I feel the panic coming back again
What kind of force would let this be?
I can’t cheat death
All must come to an end
It’s now or later for me
Universal entropy
Spiral down
Lunacy
Can’t compute
Game over
*unintelligible primal noises*
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