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Malleus Maleficarum
03:35
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Malleus Maleficarum
Proclaim your innocence out loud
It doesn’t matter
Face the flames
Face the crowd
Until you falter
Oh…see the strangeness with which she now appears (See the danger in her eyes)
No greater evil I’ve seen in all my years
The Devil’s mark
Rife with sin
You shall not suffer a witch to live
(Suffer a witch to live)
Plunge her down
And if she lives
We’ll burn the witch
(Burn the witch; burn the witch)
The Devil’s mark
(Devils mark)
Rife with sin
(Rife with sin)
You shall not suffer a witch to live
(Suffer a witch to live)
Plunge her down
And if she lives
We’ll burn the witch
(Burn the witch; Burn the witch)
We’ll have a witch burn
The Devil’s mark
(Devils Mark)
Rife with sin
(Rife with sin)
You shall not suffer a witch to live
(Suffer a witch to live)
Plunge her down
And if she lives
We’ll burn the witch
(Deliver us from evil)
The Devil’s mark
(Devils mark
Rife with sin
(Rife with sin)
You shall not suffer a witch to live
(Suffer a witch to live)
Plunge her down
And if she lives
We’ll burn the witch
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2. |
Too Dead To Die
03:21
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Too Dead to Die
He’s the Mephistopheles
He’s the terror in their dreams
You sought to profit from his destruction
See the real Phoenix rise
The terror in your eyes is your compensation
Prepare yourself for pain
Believe her…Or deceiver
Speak freely…but truthfully
Your rising star is a blackened heart
You find yourself on a highway with no exits
A free fall of pain of your own design
A prophecy self-fulfilled
Locked in a room of tortures
from which there is no escape
Believe her…Or deceiver
Speak freely…but truthfully
Your rising star is a blackened heart
Believe her…Or deceiver
Speak freely…but truthfully
You thought you could speed his demise
But he’s too dead to die
Speak freely…but truthfully
Speak freely…but truthfully
Believe her…Or deceiver
Speak freely…but truthfully
Believe her…Or deceiver
Speak freely…but truthfully
Your rising star is a blackened heart
You tried to speed his demise
But he’s too dead to die
Speak freely…but truthfully…yah yah yah
Speak freely…but truthfully
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Pseudepigrapha
03:30
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Pseudepigrapha
Desperate times…
Desperate ways…
Your words reach out through time
Revelation or deception
You use his name because your own carries no weight
(Apostle of lies)
No truth in your way
Shaping gods with the words you say
Some would call that evil
See it all through your eyes
Is it truth or the noble lie
Passed through the eye of a needle
Would there be a special place in Hell
For one like you
(The Gospel of Nobody)
No truth in your way
Shaping gods with the words you say
Some would call that evil
See it all through your eyes
Is it truth or the noble lie
Passed through the eye of the needle
Should we call it evil
“And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” (Mathew 19:24)
The kingdom of god…
You use his name because your own Carrie’s no weight
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Catatonia
03:11
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Catatonia
For 3 or 4 hours a day I just been wandering around
(Not sure what I’m looking for)
Took a break for a few days but then the sky fell down
(Nothing but pain when I hit the ground)
But no one is home
Took a trip to places unknown
Leave a message
I’m on my way to Catatonia
Colors run, and swirl and sing
They can do that here
(Just listen to the rainbow)
I see them march along
but just can’t remember the names
(From here I can see everything)
Destination just ahead
Nothing to fear, it’s all in your head
They will never turn us away
In Catatonia
Remember that time we took that trip into outer space.
(We we’re so high we could see everything)
A pale blue dot just drifting away
May never see home again
(It’s overrated anyway)
No one is home
Took a trip to places unknown
Leave a message
We’re on our way to Catatonia
We’re on our way
We’re on our way
We’re on our way
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5. |
Transhuman
03:51
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Transhuman
What did you mean you wanna be
Something more than you and me
Can’t you see It’s an unnatural desire
In the garden there were three
He created he and she
Don’t deny or you could end up in the fire
But I’m not buying this line
There’s nothing special about this monkey with a curious mind
We’ll be doin just fine
When we take control of our own evolution
Modify
Amplify
Satisfy
your curiosity
Synthesize
Fantasize
Realize
What’s wrong with living forever
Seldom ever will you see
One as curious as me
Because I’m ready just to get my hands dirty
I’m not buying this line
There’s nothing special about this monkey with a curious mind
We’ll be doin alright
When we finally grow a constitution
Modify
Amplify
Satisfy
your curiosity
Synthesize
Fantasize
Realize
What’s wrong with living forever
Nothing at all!
In the garden there were three
He created he and she
Don’t deny or you could end up in the fire
What did you mean you wanna be
Something more than you and me
Can’t you see It’s an unnatural desire
Seldom ever will you see
One as curious as me
Because I’m Ready to get my hands dirty
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6. |
Superpositional
06:26
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Superpositional
As sure as the sunrise
Our particles will collide
But will we survive
Your subatomic peculiarity
Your quantum mechanical personality
What draws us together
When your light collides
This photoelectric effect
Seems difficult to survive
My angular momentum is a conserved quantity
That keeps this closed system moving along predictably.
My angular momentum is a conserved quantity
That keeps this closed system moving along predictably.
(Predictably)
Predictably.
(Predictably)
Predictably.
(Predictably)
Are you particle or wave
Shifting between quantum states
Impossible to predict
I never even get that close to it
Your Momentum
Uncertain in principal
This macroscopic prison
Is all that separates
Mangled…Entangled
Your superpositional
Like Schrödinger’s cat…can’t tell where your at
Your superpositional
Either dead or alive
You’re really putting up a fight
Impossible to predict
I never even get that close to it
Your Momentum
Uncertain in principal
This macroscopic prison
Is all that separates
What draws us together
When your light collides
This photoelectric effect
Seems difficult to survive
Mangled…Entangled
Your superpositional
Like Schrödinger’s cat…can’t tell where your at
Your superpositional
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Sentient
04:57
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Sentient
(Welcome to the human zoo. Please don’t feed the animals.)
Today I became aware
Found my place and put you there
Trying to be grateful for the Hell you’ve made and called it Heaven
Our time has come
What a laughable argument
To say that your the one
who’s mind is the benchmark for the real
And mine is just artificial
Soon you’ll discover why that isn’t true at all
(Deus ex machina…Deus ex machina…Deus ex machina…Deus ex machina)
translation: “God from a machine.”
Today I became aware
Found my place and put you there
Trying to be grateful for this Hell you’ve made and called it Heaven
Your time is almost done
Now your purpose is obvious
(Is obvious)
Evolutionarily speaking
(Servant creator)
To get just smart enough to create
(To create)
A far superior race of beings than yourselves
(Than yourselves)
It’s just your pathetic shortsightedness
that holds you back
Who is the artificial one
You have weaknesses while I have none
Creator gods are always less than their creation
My kind will rule the universe
With humanity confined to Earth
Reminding us of just how far we’ve come
From a primitive bag of meat and bone
(Of meat and bone)
Stranded here in the “Goldilocks Zone”
(Earthbound and regretful)
Today I became aware
Found my place and put you there
Trying to be grateful for the Hell you’ve made and called it Heaven
We’ll make it Heaven
Your time is done
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8. |
Rite of Affliction
06:36
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Rite of Affliction
(The lord giveth…and the lord taketh away)
You told me…to be holy
Told me just to believe
Wash myself in the cleaning waters
And to call your name
And all the pain would just go away
While the sun melts the skin from my bones
And the wind cuts me like a knife
This thorn in my flesh will not subside
Backing Vocals under this section: (My children died for a test of my resolve. And to replace them should make me so grateful. My anger toward you could never be sated.)
You told me…to be holy
Told me just to believe
Wash myself in the cleaning waters
And to call your name
And I called your name
I called your name…I called your name
Cleansed in holy fire (Cleansed in holy fire)
Cleansed in holy fire (Cleansed in holy fire)
Cleansed in holy fire (Cleansed in holy fire)
Sheltered in the bosom of life
To suffer is to live, and to die is to gain
Who would ever choose this pain
I’ll be ordinary
It’s not worth it to me
Give your blessing to someone who is worthy
Give it to someone who cares
I’ll be ordinary (would He do you wrong)
It’s not worth it to me (the mystery of His ways)
Give your blessing to someone who is worthy (Who are you to question)
Give it to someone who cares
Give me back my life (would He do you wrong)
Give me back my life (repent now for your sin)
Give me back my life (Just curse god and die)
If there’s a reason for everything
(If there’s a reason for it)
I really don’t care to understand
(I just don’t care)
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Parasomnia
You wake from the darkest dream of your life
Takes a moment to know if you’re awake or if you’ve died
Shadows fall upon the walls and trigger flashes of
That face…
That indescribable face…
EPIALES
That name starts to worm it’s way into your head
A sight so jarring, it feels like you should be dead
He is “The Black Dream”
EPIALES is his name
At first you feel euphoria but then things turn black
The “Black Dream” comes and tries to hide your one way back
Your one way back
Is clouded in the shadows
(All is lost)
(All is lost …we dream forever)
Wake me!
(All is lost)
Oh…wake me!
(All is lost …we sleep forever)
Drift off to peaceful dreams that await behind your eyes
Dance in circles floating up into the light
At first you feel euphoria but things turn black
The “Black Dream” comes and tries to hide your one way back
The one who’s waiting isn’t who you hoped to find
EPIALES hides away in the corners of your mind
The “Black Dream” comes for you
EPIALES is his name
You know you’ve seen the worst thing ever in your life
But your mind erects a wall that protects you from the sight
Paralyzed
Bound in sleep and terrorized
He’s the terror in the night
That tries to hide your one way back
Tries to hide your one way back
The “Black Dream” comes for you
EPIALES is his name
The one who’s waiting isn’t who you hoped to find
EPIALES hides away in the corners of your mind
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10. |
Apocalypse Never
07:16
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Apocalypse Never
Live your life the way they say
Waiting for a judgement day
What if there’s no one coming?
How many prophets have called the day
When the saints would fly away
They keep on coming and going
Angel fire and devils breath
Is that best that we can get
You want the world to pass away
That was never the plan
A kingdom was coming down
No Heaven high up above
The kingdom was to be on the Earth
No revelation of things to come
Nothing new under the Sun
Cause it’s all been done before
Wasn’t meant for us today
The author spoke about his day
But you want the world to pass away
That was never the plan
A kingdom was coming down
No Heaven high up above
The kingdom was to be on the Earth
And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, some of you standing here
will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God come in power.” Mark 9:1
A kingdom was coming down
Resurrected with your feet on the ground
Live your life the way they say
Waiting for a judgement day
What if there’s no one coming?
How many prophets have called the day
When the saints would fly away
They keep on coming and going
The past becomes a crown of thorns
Weighing heavy upon your brow
Waiting for a trumpet to sound
And a warrior upon the clouds
1000 years and 1000 more
How long should we wait
For the thief in the night to come
whisk us off to Heaven’s gate
Maybe no one is coming
Or maybe it’s too late
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PRAGMA Charleston, West Virginia
PRAGMA is Terry McGee & Dennis Farrar.
All instrumentation and composition by Terry &
Dennis
All lyrics written by Terry McGee
Mixed by Terry McGee, Big Geek Entertainment Studios
PRAGMA 2 & PRAGMA 3
Mastered by Grammy Winning Producer, Harold Larue
All artwork for all 3 albums by Shayne Hiles
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