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Reconciliation
05:25
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Deconstructing sadness
For subjugating pain
To turn another page
For those who carry it, the burden a conscience
A curse from evolution that allows to self-reflect
Seldom are we gifted with redress or vindication
Rather, in confusion our foes besmirch our names
Severed lines best left severed
Only fools wish for reconciliation
Severed lives best left severed
Rebuild stronger through lithification
Touching live wires is a shock to the system
Witness to the fading of a vague imagined past
Glimpsing into new, unimagined disappointments
Transcending to new plateau of haemorrhaging wrath
Deconstructing anger
For subjugating hate
To burn the fucking page
Just shove it down
There’s no place for this
Pathetic feelings that resurface
There’s no grace in this
Hard labour is the only option
Trust, not
Don’t look back
Burning oil can't take water
Lest the fire is to grow
Only pressure can relieve it
Growing layers, building stone
Magmatic overtures at hellish depths
Churning raw tissues into tempered metals
The heart that emerges... invincible
Buried deep but beating still
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As Warriors
05:11
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The primacy of rage, overpowering
An endless list of lines that were crossed
A battle never fought but remembered
Opportunities to kill that were lost
Tap into that inner wild animal
He’s pacing at the bars of his cage
Tempted, salivating
So stunted by the codes that define us
Disconnected from the physical, the visceral
We deny ourselves the right to be human
To taste adrenaline and blood that would soothe us
Let. Go.
Your cancer is the self that you don’t fulfill
Using your potential against you
We have weakened our society, our culture
Atrophied our senses with comfort and structure
Patience kills lust and will
We’ve transposed independence for submission
Willingly suppressed our defiance with contrition
Obligated to pursue broken solutions
Operated by the frivolous, the whimsical
Biding time until the critical mass
Ready to administer destruction at last
Tap into that inner barbarian
He’s pacing at the boundaries of his land
Tempted, salivating
Wait long enough in silence
You’ll normalize compliance
Sheep will follow a shepherd
And dogs will lick at his hand
It’s the wolf who follows no master
In disgust he turns from the “man”
Sacrifice…
The creature comforts, the science of flesh
To wander wastelands as warriors
The once pariah now walks at the head
But shuns disciples and innocents
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Alignment
04:03
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I breathe deep to bring myself into alignment
The day’s burdens on the tally
Of my inner being
Composure draped over me like a veil
Unstable, taken to disturbance
By the slightest breeze
Unnatural pressures testing boundaries
Of our primal structures
The contract to keep the peace
Is mandatory
In the face of baser needs
The warrior falters
And over time, social conditions worsen
Foundations crumbling underfoot incrementally
Then to resolve private yet shared despair
We turn to vices, entertainment, vile philosophies
Power: the Gods bought and sold the ground you’re standing on
You’re just a puppet in a game of capital accumulation
Unnatural pressures testing boundaries
Of our primal structures
The desire to lose control
Is ever-present
Giving rise to violent thoughts
The warrior falters
Day after day we the walk the lines our fathers towed
Chasing the buck, pushing down the pain
But if we look our suffering right in the face
We might bring ourselves to find another way
We breathe deep to bring the world into alignment
Our lives’ burdens on the tally
Of this whole species
Reinforced, anchored deep, now immovable
A mental foothold representing
Hallowed victory
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À Deux Mains
04:29
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Aussitôt débarqués sur cette splendide terre volée
Baptisés le cheap labour des géants financiers
Isolés, assiégés, morts de fatigue, vide de sens
Façonnés en conformistes par les prêcheurs d'obéissance
Bâtissez-leur un empire
L'bon Dieu vous remercie avec des vies qui s'empirent
Ensevelis du tintamarre des bouches qui doivent manger
Gardés naïfs par l'obscurantisme des aumôniers
Délibérément aveugles à la corruption flagrante
Enchantés par les beaux leaders d'la démagogie savante
Aimez-vous la, votre empire?
L'bon Dieu vous remercie avec des vies qui s'empirent
N'êtes-vous pas tannés de vous faire définir?
De vous faire taire, de vous faire calmer, de vous faire mentir?
Endurer pour quoi, donc?
Destiné à suivre?
Regarde enfler les cochons
En refoulant tes désirs
Endurer pour toi ? Non.
Décidé à vivre
Une nouvelle révolution
La volonté de survivre
Enflamme ton cœur de Vallières, mon fils
On a pas fini de bâtir icitte
Ravive ton cœur de Vallières, mon père
Poignes ton mal à deux mains et pis vires-le à l'envers
La corruption banalisée
Nos plus grands penseurs ostracisés
Un prolétariat fier ignorant
Nécessitant un profond réveillement
Qui suivre ?
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Samskaras is made up of Montreal-based musicians Eric Burnet (Derelict, Unburnt) and Alexandre Dupras (Teramobil, Unhuman).
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