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The Great Disturbance

by Martyrs

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1.
Intro 01:21
2.
The Mirror 02:39
We have a tendency to seek out our validity From those who hold a perspective from without Fight the urge to make others your mirror Lay claim to your locus of control Why do we so foolishly look for our sense of stability To be built upon a foundation from without? Fight the urge to make others your mirror Lay claim to your locus of control I’ll endure until we reach the day On which we all can stand on our own two feet Fight the urge to make others your mirror
3.
Limited 01:57
It puzzles me that as you state these limitations You expect us to count on your ability To play a crucial role in addressing these situations That demand us to push beyond what we can see Stand tall on your own Or with the ones who share your tone But when it comes to the real fight We’re truly in this and you’re clearly not This conversation’s been a long time coming And it’s time that you know If you plan to share another’s burden, It’s a weight you can hold
4.
If I believe these words I share Carry a meaning that you’ll respect Is it enough that I am clear? Or will you judge these words by how they appear? It’s time to focus more on what we say And a little less on the calibration Substance has worth Beyond its charm My hope is that once I reach you I’m not expected to falsely front A bunch of lines for you to read through To make this worth your precious time If we just took the time To harvest more meaning from our minds Then I suspect, we’ll lose the need To serve this obsession with how we’re perceived It’s time to focus more on what we say And a little less on the calibration Substance has worth Beyond its charm My hope is that once I reach you I’m not expected to falsely front A bunch of lines for you to read through To make this worth your precious time
5.
Passage 1 01:44
6.
Has it ever occurred to you That you’re measuring a person’s worth By the value of their education Yet bigotry bothers you? Judgement is all you’ve got Has it ever occurred to you That you’re measuring a person’s worth By the value of their creations Yet bigotry bothers you? Judgement is all you’ve got And that’s great that you may give a fuck Concerning issues such as gender and race But when it comes to the average person Your treatment of others is a total disgrace
7.
What’s with this whining That your feelings are hurt When you’re simply just a victim Of your own foolish thoughts With every person That you hunt down to blame You just strengthen your belief That you’ll never be safe You say they need to Treat you just as you want Yet they’ll continue To give just what they’ve got It’s not Their fault We all may eventually face The harsher side of sticks and stones But when it comes to words Our false beliefs inflict the wounds If you’re still wrestling With the ghosts from the past Please know that their destruction’s Solely in your grasp And if you choose To ignore this fact You’ll just keep pulling the trigger Your neurosis holds in tact You say they need to Treat you just as you want Yet they’ll continue To give just what they’ve got It’s not Their fault We all may eventually face The harsher side of sticks and stones But when it comes to words Our false beliefs inflict the wounds
8.
Echo Chamber 05:32
Beneath the echoes from others’ shouts There exists a voice Running risk of distorting The value of its thoughts Can we know that what has been said Will still hold its power in time? Or will it fade as the shouts go away And wither away into nothing but noise? Then those with reason confront the crowds To expose the flaws As the foundation shatters Most start to doubt its core Can we know that what has been said Will still hold its power in time? Or will it fade as the shouts go away And wither away into nothing but noise? With every heart that has turned sour So slows the pulse of a dying cause And once the feast has been devoured Their hunger turns towards their own kind I plan to stay here by your side In pursuit of truth But my voice will draw power From my thoughts alone My voice will draw power From my thoughts alone
9.
Passage 2 01:25
10.
Saviors 04:30
You’re wasting time down on your knees In search of someone to end your grief This precious messiah you hope to find Is more likely someone who’ll rob you blind You’ll find these groups to hide behind Then grant them access to your mind They’ll drive your thoughts into the ground And once it’s over no one’s left around It’s hard to understand With your head shoved in the sand That unless you plan to open your eyes You’re bound to go nowhere If you fail to finally see That you’ve been living a fantasy Where you’ll get all that you deserve And it’s up others to make it so You’re bound to go nowhere Since the very beginning we’ve sought the answers to it all And in light of their absence we’ve still managed to push forth So what’s stopping you from grabbing the torch and working with just what you’ve got? Rather than running in circles until you finally accept Our Saviors are not likely coming at all It’s time we told ourselves another story Because it’s not looking like our saviors are coming at all Our Saviors are not likely coming at all
11.
The Tower 05:05
It all starts a familiar way A few choose to have their say With no one near to hear their words They find each other and a tribe is born Other tribes emerge in time Each marked by their own style A common spirit flows through their core They find each other and a nation is born This lingua franca poisoned their tongues Giving birth to an ego bound structure made for them to soar above Rekindle the flame that burns deep down within your hearts Shake loose the foundation and watch the rest fall The nation grows in power with time Losing touch with its founding tribes To taste the glory of the status quo It seeks the masses, an empire’s born Last step, introduce a faith A way to keep it all in place They package up the sacred words And expose what we once earned This lingua franca poisoned their tongues Giving birth to an ego bound structure made for them to soar above Rekindle the flame that burns deep down within your hearts Shake loose the foundation and watch the rest fall Watch it fall!
12.
Maladaptive 03:40
You’re just gonna wait around for something to be so And when it fails to come you’ll then pack up and go Did you ever stop to think that what you want is there? So please put an effort forth and wrestle with despair And if you find yourself conflicted With life’s conditions everywhere you go You’ve better take on the position That to adapt is to take control Or just wail at the unknown And if you’re at the point where you’re inflicting pain On yourself or others who share in your life’s domain A simple rule of thumb is if it’s at that point You have an affliction that’s worthy of regard And if you find yourself conflicted With life’s conditions everywhere you go You’ve better take on the position That to adapt is to take control Or just wail at the unknown
13.
It’s better that I come to accept Whatever’s living deep down within the shadows And save my strength For what I can handle And I may do things that I’ll regret But who I am is neither good nor bad It’s shallow to think my whole Is made of one value As my thoughts start to flow right through me I’ll save my grasp for what I hold true So what I feel cannot control me And how I live will be how I choose Some deeds of others I won’t respect But who they are is neither good nor bad It’s shallow to think their whole Is made of one value And if life gives me what I don’t want I’ll still embrace what’s emerging from the shadows I’ll save my strength For what I can handle As my thoughts start to flow right through me I’ll save my grasp for what I hold true So what I feel cannot control me And how I live will be how I choose

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released May 2, 2017

These songs were recorded with Jay Maas at Getaway Recording in the month of August 2016.

Artwork by Michelle Dugan

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