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Beauty is from beginning to end, and I couldn’t imagine what was but no longer is
Capture the drop and its rings
The first chant that echoes
The soul is within and the vision is all around
The stories I’ve lived to write
From these hills I’ve walked
and from them, I’ve grown
Draw their essence
and we find our way back to the center of these echoes
Free from the illusion of a machine,
we are
in our false homes
leading us away
The path to mastery, here and will always be a noble life pursuit
There is no golden palace in which I will arrive outside of the contemporary mastery
A strife, a flicker of intuition that’s caught by the keen, watchful and reflective eye
My rapid footsteps are hitting the ground as I journey inward towards this forest,
it’s calling me deeper and now, I cannot turn back for the dusk descending in
Pure and magnificent
Once again, here and myself
So what is it about this dark sea,
and this endlessness of lights surrounding us?
Why are we so different from them, and why is this everything I’ve wanted?
All part of some spiral, but I can’t even see it
This is a whole other world;
the crystallized details around our star
Maybe if I speak to the ocean, it will give back to me
The seashore, for us, it’s like a place of gathering with the stars, not only above us
So I come here.. to speak with them
Chiseled into stone, and left in the garden
Magnificent, but vacant upon our departure
So take this book
Our momentary perfection and words die, too
if kept in stillness;
unlike the sea
‘As told from my stream of consciousness to this monument’
Lord knows: written, or it didn’t happen
Blood dries
Seraphim angels require renewal and constant sacrifice
in cycles through blood,
and stories tell of that which lives in the eye of God
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Imagine: beyond the ordered world exists a shadowed desert; and
from the beginning, it was ruled by immortal hounds
deities of the end
At last, I’ve come to a barren river bed with a valve
but to turn it, the desert seeks an offering - and with the turn, I’ve been cut
I thought I was doing the right thing, or that I could get away from it
Now could I see.. I’ve given in
I realize, we’ve all been robbed of ourselves
and the slave, he has fallen in love with the master
The ego, he will dig the hole in search for the fountain
the rites of his master, the crowned monarch of this dried riverbed, the kingdom of the shadow
but he was the greatest fool - to think he could give all his blood to a river that would keep him alive!
Bite the heart, and let go
‘It’s a great game of hunter and prey’
He managed to bury his head in the sand,
so that one day he can awake to freedom
from his pain
but beneath the sand there is only more sand
Was it his symbols that led him there? Was he too proud, was it the might of God that struck him down?
Either way, he’s removed himself of the present, and now he dies
Only that which is not flawed is inevitable
Those promises of rights were a hoax
And even the river, red as blood
flowing in the same direction as the wind
For us, it’s the greatest sin
to lay down here and die
So what is the truth, and why must this be?
What have I learned in my journey across the desert; a supreme being
that waits patiently
Other than the drain is closed, the river is either gone or it was fake
‘It’s a great game of hunter and prey’
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Here is one for my divine operation and sacrifice.
This path is mine, illuminated on the water
This – is who we are
Just as our brothers; an expanding, burning light in the darkness
I’m here, and I can’t feel the cold air
So show me why it never works with anyone else
– It never worked,
and I hold that to my conviction!
Us men, we never change;
neither does this
Whether alone or not on the front,
with us when our guns are fired
Break the spell, ignite my fire – watch the shining trails bolt
and I’ll walk my way
We march!
Courage penetrating deep, and complete clarity
Laughter fills my surroundings;
“The kingdom is here”! – executed by those equipped with unwavering persistence
and an undying faith, greater than the flesh
Deathbed-like ascension, still frame in my mind
It’s something kept from us
Something that we are not ‘supposed’ to know
It’s magic; this mind traps memories
I must get away.. into the mind of the higher-self
He will come for me, that - I will not question;
Absolute devotion
I was brought here by my pain, no one can hide from themselves
So much of this is an illusion
Thus – these walls will burn!
This is a declaration of my own consciousness
total freedom from those carnivorous apparitions
for majesty to reign
Go, go, go – it’s a fire in my soul!
There is no heaven for a fucking coward!
Abstained from lowered frequencies
The war will never end, and we’ll never die –
As for the liars that did, their names won’t be said
Ever again
Deathbed-like ascension, still frame in this essence
It’s something kept from us
Something that is so useless to say
We’ve heard all that we’ve needed; minds trapped memories
I must get away.. into the mind of the higher-self
He will come for me, that - I will not question;
Absolute devotion – this is how it must end
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Open up my mind and my heart,
unleash and feed the castle’s king
Close your eyes, and feel up the staircase
Hear the footsteps echo
and the snakes slither back down when I free myself
Renewed; hallowed,
relentless in his pursuit
Golden is the man; in his blanket of emeralds –
and relentless is he, in his pursuit to overcome the lower man in himself
and the world; as he perceive it
Golden is the man; joyful, in his quest to see the king
The Father of all Fathers.
The man; the woman, and all that lives within him
Even in suffering does he accept all costs;
A stride for perfection, fabled, legendary, mythic, told and is to be wondered
Sought by the lower men and women whose ears are ready to listen
He is the student, by many names
To wander, to look, and listen
and be all that he was
Open up my mind, oh golden one
Joyful and mythic; proud and pure
Teach me pain and I shall handle it with grace
or shall I suffer until I learn power
or die, by the weight of your truth
Teach me, oh great dark one
I am you, as well
We are ‘all’.
Plentiful is our life, and there is so much to learn
If the world is ours, then to die by our own hand is the inevitable fate of all fortunate and unfortunate ones
Let me now be the catalyst of this constant flow
Wherever we die, if it is by our own hands, inward or outward –
our divine and contemporary selves shall be saved by the immortal god watching over us
It is him who we seek - above the castle staircase
Our footsteps we hear echoing through the halls and the chambers
Our anguish, our tears, our laughter, our love
Hung up on the walls
Screaming with laughter, our defeat, but our victories too
Our devils, our snakes, our heroes and our villains
Clashing together in this long war
Further – in an expanding hallway
Forever, and ever, and ever, and ever
Clashing together in this long war
Further – in an expanding hallway
Forever, and ever, and ever, and ever
Our stream runs black, and blue, and all colors seem to spew out
Like waves of consciousness that together, form the sea
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So onward, through the path of this burning soul
Dopamine release and forest hovering above my skull
This is the portal in which God speaks to me
Here in my forests alone
All meaning is here, in this ancient dominion that flickers in the conjurors eye
Now seal the exit by stamp of pride and in my blood
Dusk skies over the dreaming forests; always the words of this multiverse
Once an old spirit lay supine, but in pursuit of the myth
Dead dogs shatter
and majesty bursts
Wheel blaze rising upwards
All pain and pleasure are one; above and below
Complete isolation and clear intent
Lies whispered now my weaponry
Impenetrable force
in the bleak and under the banner
made of its radiant, golden fire
It is still my honor to die while on the path
and the life, the moving pictures scream my anthems at
Dusk skies over the dreaming forests; the all of myth and grandeur
Repel chatter by fire
of my Sun
turning in my core
[Person I] “Preacher of God; who instead, wants to be God
Remember, it’s the most human thing to want to live forever!”
[Person II] “ -and I would rather risk dying alone in these woods
than take that this legend is never true!”
[Person I] “Preacher of God; who instead, wants to be God
Remember, it’s the most human thing to want to live forever!”
[Person II] “ -and I would rather risk dying alone in these woods
than take that this legend is never true!”
[Persons I, II, and III] “Preacher of God; who instead, wants to be God
Remember, it’s the most human thing to want to live forever
- and I would rather risk dying alone in these woods
than take that this legend is never true!”
- and I chase it again, in cycles;
and in cycles transforms God
From the clearing onward - fire behind me and within
Here we are, the archetypes of the great chaos in search of the eternal
and our escape
Their roots extending from ‘where’ - but I seek to know
..and we’re all here, every piece of me
or am I a shadow and this is madness
seeking the beginning and the end?
So where is God - Where is God?
The all powerful and eternal energy,
the force of life, death,
love and bloodshed,
creation and madness!
..but as me, a burning soul,
you have no other choice in Hell
Me - The burning soul;
arrived here to die while on this path!
Even if it’s no use trying to decipher what that means
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We have entered a season of inward reflection
and no one really cares
There are those who sway to the rhythm, unknowing any greater meaning as to ‘why’,
or where we sway
It’s okay - It’s okay, we need them.
We need them - to thrive in secret
I couldn't tell you how many times I’ve needed something so eye awakening,
a gaze into the sublime
for that matter
My words have become too repetitive, I need a way out!
To shine through my dark and lead me astray -
when I close my eyes and stop chasing something that’s been ahead of me
Awaken within me, my future and my past selves
Awaken with absolute power
None lives within all of us!
Awaken! Awaken!
Shifting through dimensions, time and space - hear me call your names!
Can you hear me?
It feels like it was yesterday, and it feels like a dream
Like it didn’t even happen!
If everything, even the future has already happened, then what is now?
And where the hell are we
It’s just so strange..
it seems as though everything is in motion
Unknowing any greater meaning as to ‘why’,
or where we sway
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(The True) NONE performing at The Caravan Lounge in San Jose, CA; 29 October, 2023. This was None's first hometown appearance, despite the movement's conception being eight years prior. Five out of the six songs showcased were new/unreleased material that should later be contained in the LP. The True None sings The Dark Gospel, exclusively; 'Never Just Music'.