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A Future

by Rare Monk

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1.
If you were to die before me I hope you haunt me forever And if I were to die before you Yeah I’m gonna haunt you forever, with clever puns, yeah If I were to stay, if I were to go If I were to die, if I were to just leave you stranded I don’t want to stay but I don’t want to go I don’t want to die, I don’t want to just leave you stranded If we died would we even know? No, I don’t think so, let’s go together We could fly to every show Unleash some raptors and watch together So if you die before me I hope you haunt me forever And if I were to die before you Yeah I’m gonna haunt you forever, with clever puns, yeah So if I were to stay, if I were to go If I were to die, if I were to just leave you stranded I don’t want to stay but I don’t want to go I don’t want to die, I don’t want to just leave you stranded
2.
Breathe, breathe in the ocean, breath in slowly Dream, dream phosphorescence, dream its glow Sink, sink into sine waves, deep below Drift in indifferent equations’ undertow Aaah, burn the skies away Aaah, burn the stars away Aaah, drown the moon in flames Aaah, watch the waves decay
3.
Golden 03:45
Let’s just pretend we’re golden We’ve found ourselves Don’t need the depths to find the limits Of witchcraft, all the words we know Don’t need a fight to find a friend Beholden We’ve found ourselves No, no, it’s just the cost of living Escalation, of the sins we know So bring the trepanner We’re waiting To excise all the truths we know Bring out the leeches We’re waiting Let’s just pretend we’re golden We’ve found ourselves We only breathe the air we’re given So breathless, we’ve dreamed this hell We’ve found ourselves The only tack’s into the tempest, into fury No we’ve found ourselves Haruspicy from our intestines, while the naemads They’re so hungry now So bring the trepanner We’re waiting To excise all the truths we know Bring out the leeches We’re waiting To exorcise the blood below
4.
Artifice 03:36
It's just an artifact A memory of the past When humanity fulfilled its dreams Electric mastery Of artifice and nature Museums filled with empty screens Chorus: Oh yeah, we're just a proactive waste Yeah, all our future thoughts erased Yeah, drifting to the present Back to cyclical faults and cyclical calls to action Eidetic blasphemy The master was the backup The books were way too hard to clean A pyrrhic victory All human knowledge on a tablet They used for watching porn and memes
5.
We learn the mastery of steam Forget the fires breathed Build up pressure, release Kinetic memories Split, conquer, curing disease Collecting maladies Live, die, write stories for each Laugh at the future as we tear ourselves apart Laugh at the future, at our fissile patterns Laugh at the future as we tear ourselves apart Mitochondrial chains Uncoil and replicate Alpha, beta decay Millennial malaise Colonize and besiege Transcribe, disseminate Live, die, write stories for each Laugh at the future as we tear ourselves apart Laugh at the future, at our fissile patterns Laugh at the future as we tear ourselves apart Laugh at the future, at our fissile patterns Laugh at the future as we tear ourselves apart
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7.
Wait, just wait till it’s over Don’t let the shadows in Penumbra after the moonlight Savor every drop in the ocean Tartini’s waiting for perfection A single drop of emotion Always waiting till you Breathe in, nothing can exist forever So just breathe in You’ll see it’s just the Devil’s trill Anticipation of the void Let go all the thoughts that betray you Don’t let them follow you That’s just a cliff to disaster Break through all the cycles the linger Tartini’s waiting for perfection A single drop of emotion Always waiting till you Breathe in, nothing can exist forever So just breathe in You’ll see it’s just the Devil’s trill Anticipation of the void
8.
Frost 04:06
Brush the ice away Don't think of virtue, only control Sleep, indoctrinate Time is a virus, tighten my hold Occam's razorblade Discard the complex, simple and bold Brush the ash away Your thoughts betray the death of your soul Go slow, when all the strength decays from your bones Go slow, when all the strength decays from your bones Brush the ice away The metal's colder now Occam's hideaway Your logic masks the death of control Go slow, when all the strength decays from your bones Go slow, when all the strength decays from your bones Go slow, when all the strength decays from your bones Go slow, Your logic masks the death of your soul
9.
Power 03:22
Thought we’d seen the worst in ‘03 Oh no it gets darker Abu Ghraib was only a tease Oh no it gets darker Neighbors start to out themselves as bigots Oh no it gets darker Proselytizing hatred to us sinners Oh no no So give me power I’ll rule with vengeance Shoot xenophobics, torture racists Corrupt your daughters With liberal slander A toothy lion pit for every Christian Decadent we gorge our disease Oh no it gets darker Willingly we step into the thresher Oh no it gets darker Censorship exalted as the future Oh no it gets darker Killing the American Dream Oh no no So give me power I’ll rule with vengeance Shoot xenophobics, torture racists Corrupt your daughters With liberal slander A toothy lion pit for every Christian Give me power I’ll rule with vengeance Shoot xenophobics, torture racists Corrupt your daughters With liberal slander A toothy lion pit for each and every one Give me power I’ll rule with vengeance Shoot xenophobics, torture racists Corrupt your daughters With liberal slander A toothy lion pit for every Christian
10.
Leaves breathe, wake from hibernation Twigs crack, dexterous with a vengeful spite Roots twist, a roiling undulation Bows groan, anxious for a murderous night Tear me Rip my arms asunder Tear me in two Rend me Satiate your hunger Tear me in two Leaves breathe, wake from hibernation Twigs crack, dexterous with a vengeful spite Roots twist, a roiling undulation Bows groan, anxious for a murderous night Cleave me Rip my arms asunder Tear me in two Rend me Satiate your hunger Tear me in two Cleave me Rip my arms asunder Tear me in two

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released July 7, 2017

All songs written and recorded by Rare Monk
Engineered and Mixed by Skyler Norwood at Miracle Lake Studios
Produced by Skyler Norwood and Rare Monk
Mastered by Gus Elg @ Sky Onion Studios
Artwork by Chris Bigalke (Showdeer)

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