written and performed by (in order of appearance):
stranded - kalki - riishii
prod. by jophiel
this track is from kalki's album 'dark ages'
these are my lyrics only:
the subtleties abound
beauty for miles
i drown
fast evolution
my roots in a cloud
as i am being
slowly introduced to the ground
face down
so i can evaluate what surrounds
on my way down
it's not about being changed
but changed how
i remain the same
while being changed around
it's like a rubik's cube
it's always a cube
it's just the larger of the two
remains
while you alter the smaller cubes
i say two in regard to size
one small and one huge
you can't truly talk your mind
it's impossible to
for one's thoughts live their lives
in ultimate solitude
they can only be shared
in part
with a few
in proportion
to who you do and do not offer them to
food for thought has seeds
it's a remarkable fruit
that is plucked off a tree
with inexhaustible roots
be lost in its leaves
i give autumn to you
answer each of the ideas calling to you
may forever your imagination blossom and bloom
don't be a vic
like doctor von doom
following rules
they're trying to keep you in a bubble
fucker pop the balloon
don't let anybody force you into not being you
that's some bullshit
like a male ox when it poops
don't sit idle
paralyzed and confused
like your body's subdued
get on your feet
like a pair of socks
and some shoes
don't inhale the paradoxical fumes
the air should not be consumed
the stars are after
they are not in cocoons
but that is not to say
that they cannot again bloom
for space consists of exchanges
symbiotic balloons
the hypothetical god molecules
conditions under which
the concept of time is removed
not to be used
it is the lies that weigh you down
you can fly with the truth
trees do not die with their leaves
they die with their roots
so provide them with food
and they will survive
no matter what their bodies would lose
they're quite similar
when they're horizontally viewed
the roots and branches
a somewhat symmetrical form
for trees grow in two directions
when they are born
most of you dumb fucks
should have never been born
you don't even grow in one direction
you're better off gone
my hatred for you
is unparalleled
and it's strong
so much so
it can escape and take tangible form
manifest a head
feet
two legs
hands and two arms
possessed
hatred in the flesh
stranded and lost
completely consumed
this is what i am
but i'm calm
see
to trap it once it possessed me
was my plan all along
however malign
when apprehended and used correctly
it provides
a most powerful supply
of fuel
directly
if you think this is a lie
it's not the truth
then correct me
just know if you try
your attempts will be futile and empty
hook(x2)
the sword of prajna
wisdom
forged as a blade
the truth hurts
its wounds
exude
choreographed pain
a complex dance
the likes of which are sustained
specific pain
that doesn't discontinue or fade
perhaps even beyond death
it will remain
for its presence is not expressed
on a physical plane
you cannot get rid of it
simple and plain
wisdom is not given
it is attained
Friday, May 6, 2011
realmofpeace(prod. by aquarius minded)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by aquarius minded
lyrics:
all that would distract
pushed away
in such a way
that a black hole attracts
what is sought is brought forth
while all forms of matter detach
and are drawn towards
a ball of force
that once compacted will hatch
the eggshell resembling
a skull
the walls of a well of energy
thoughts scatter
like stars after they crack
and discharge for stellar centuries
there is an horizon
all
inside it
will dwell eventually
just imagine and zap
braincells develop anything
electric impulses
at low voltage
compel infinity
our brain by itself
independently
without the use or assistance
of unnatural hallucinogenics
can develop high levels of dimethyltryptamine
this may be a central step to lessen entropy
perhaps ascension is death
with convalescent tendencies
what if being alive is a sickness
the human body is an impostor existence
and you only die
'cause you occupy its dimension
humans lie
but the truth can't hide
from curiosity's vengeance
it's just when you explore
the door isn't an obvious entrance
if you don't find it
it must not be of interest
you must not surrender
accomplishment
depends almost entirely
upon your persistence
i am determined
like astinus
writing his words in
the scriptures
he ascribes with assertion
i swallow wisdom
on the mic i exert it
like force
during a cyclonic occurrence
there might be disturbance
but destructive energy
should not be encouraged
for it is centripetal
to what you're trying to nourish
pivotal to if it will
blossom and flourish
like a copy from kakashi
with his left eye insurgent
sudden knowing peaks
with no indication
if you're listening
serenity is the gross realization
it's like neo when he awoke from the matrix
his mind intact
but his body atrophied
from no stimulation
that's the gravity of the whole situation
you alone
control your participation
what good is an umbrella
with holes for precipitation
i welcome no one
for if you belong
there is no invitation
once you're there
you'll know where your place is
it's an innate feeling
the realization of one's fate is appealing
a sensation of inflation,
revealing
exploding transformation
congealing
blood advances to the atrium ceiling
the heart dances to malaise disappearing
to indicate its weight by comparing
it's parallel to hawking
unifying space with a theory
the human mind completely activated
sincerely
to watch with your own two eyes
imagination appearing
volcanic adrenaline
to no longer be stranded like gilligan
could this be an extra planet experience
like perhaps
the home of those
who planted the pyramids
the concept of catacombs
may have spanned from sirius
things aren't so damn mysterious
if you are but to search
the golden compass
doesn't belong to the church
we face deception
like prime
optimus first
god is not of this earth
religion was made
to divide and conquer
it worked
peace is a secretion that an object exerts
a substance released when a body's inert
if you're too active
then it's not going to work
atoms containing aggravated molecules burst
if only i could travel through time in reverse
or would i just be trying to polish a turd
curiosity's an insoluble thirst
...humans have many flaws
biggest of all is their birth
they live without any regard
and it will cost us the earth
prod. by aquarius minded
lyrics:
all that would distract
pushed away
in such a way
that a black hole attracts
what is sought is brought forth
while all forms of matter detach
and are drawn towards
a ball of force
that once compacted will hatch
the eggshell resembling
a skull
the walls of a well of energy
thoughts scatter
like stars after they crack
and discharge for stellar centuries
there is an horizon
all
inside it
will dwell eventually
just imagine and zap
braincells develop anything
electric impulses
at low voltage
compel infinity
our brain by itself
independently
without the use or assistance
of unnatural hallucinogenics
can develop high levels of dimethyltryptamine
this may be a central step to lessen entropy
perhaps ascension is death
with convalescent tendencies
what if being alive is a sickness
the human body is an impostor existence
and you only die
'cause you occupy its dimension
humans lie
but the truth can't hide
from curiosity's vengeance
it's just when you explore
the door isn't an obvious entrance
if you don't find it
it must not be of interest
you must not surrender
accomplishment
depends almost entirely
upon your persistence
i am determined
like astinus
writing his words in
the scriptures
he ascribes with assertion
i swallow wisdom
on the mic i exert it
like force
during a cyclonic occurrence
there might be disturbance
but destructive energy
should not be encouraged
for it is centripetal
to what you're trying to nourish
pivotal to if it will
blossom and flourish
like a copy from kakashi
with his left eye insurgent
sudden knowing peaks
with no indication
if you're listening
serenity is the gross realization
it's like neo when he awoke from the matrix
his mind intact
but his body atrophied
from no stimulation
that's the gravity of the whole situation
you alone
control your participation
what good is an umbrella
with holes for precipitation
i welcome no one
for if you belong
there is no invitation
once you're there
you'll know where your place is
it's an innate feeling
the realization of one's fate is appealing
a sensation of inflation,
revealing
exploding transformation
congealing
blood advances to the atrium ceiling
the heart dances to malaise disappearing
to indicate its weight by comparing
it's parallel to hawking
unifying space with a theory
the human mind completely activated
sincerely
to watch with your own two eyes
imagination appearing
volcanic adrenaline
to no longer be stranded like gilligan
could this be an extra planet experience
like perhaps
the home of those
who planted the pyramids
the concept of catacombs
may have spanned from sirius
things aren't so damn mysterious
if you are but to search
the golden compass
doesn't belong to the church
we face deception
like prime
optimus first
god is not of this earth
religion was made
to divide and conquer
it worked
peace is a secretion that an object exerts
a substance released when a body's inert
if you're too active
then it's not going to work
atoms containing aggravated molecules burst
if only i could travel through time in reverse
or would i just be trying to polish a turd
curiosity's an insoluble thirst
...humans have many flaws
biggest of all is their birth
they live without any regard
and it will cost us the earth
photophobia(prod. by fivesicks)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by fivesicks
lyrics:
i've seen the light
it's just a part of space
perpetually getting dark
a vision i cannot erase
vivid
in a prison i cannot escape
for it's made up of
my collected thoughts
the way out
has been bestowed
upon a distance
i have yet to walk
i'm walking
but along the way
i'm drawn away
distracted
but i'm better off
that's not such an awful thing
curiosity taught me things
i saw myself
he said 'walk this way'
'a hollow world awaits'
i replied 'what world?'
'your mind's current state'
so i followed
and got swallowed
by a swirl of space
arrived at my idea
of the perfect place
but it was just that
an idea
i'm not there
but i'm on the way
up a monstrous flight of steps
and the stairs lead to another case
but i don't care
i'm aware of the existence of peace
for i've experienced the lack thereof
what not relaxing does
so i keep climbing
until they're reached
so someday i may look back above
but what will i have become
i will have gained peace
but by subtracting what
a vampire sees light
from a perspective
that only shadows touch
they turn to ash in sun
in order to eat
they have to hunt
i've known this is how it would be
since my path begun
but i did not let this affect my decision
i was after blood
i took each step with conviction
with the intention to splash my tongue
so there you have it son
i could take my fill
'til the human race is killed
but i fasted months
years
and i will continue to do so
like raizen
when he decided
that he would no longer
continue to consume souls
i will not contribute to this loophole
spiraling down
reliving mistakes
with the knowledge
that while reliving them
few know
so i will spit until you know
but when you receive a gift
you must remove the ribbons and bows
and unwrap it
nothing happens if you don't
what's forsaken grows
becoming what
to he who forsakes
is unknown
so go wherever curiosity may take you
and make it your home
conan
is a strong but slow man
if you catch what i'm saying
then you don't throw hands
instead
you hold your head with both hands
the real war is going on
inside of you
and you're alone man
the only way to change the program
is to find the dullest grain
among a planet
made of gold sand
in other words
you must search
and look for water
only to discover dirt
i know it fucking hurts
but don't complain
take the pain until it doesn't hurt
the truth is out there
but where does it lurk
before we ask why
we must study first
although it's in space
the answer wanes above the earth
but snowballs
and grows large
from slim chance
to sudden girth
where you're so small
you ain't as tall as the youngest smurf
so slake your hunger and thirst
listen to 'thewalkingstick'
and pay particular attention
to the description of the bird
i see everything
on nothing's turf
undisturbed
if you understand
then what'd you learn what'd you learn
prod. by fivesicks
lyrics:
i've seen the light
it's just a part of space
perpetually getting dark
a vision i cannot erase
vivid
in a prison i cannot escape
for it's made up of
my collected thoughts
the way out
has been bestowed
upon a distance
i have yet to walk
i'm walking
but along the way
i'm drawn away
distracted
but i'm better off
that's not such an awful thing
curiosity taught me things
i saw myself
he said 'walk this way'
'a hollow world awaits'
i replied 'what world?'
'your mind's current state'
so i followed
and got swallowed
by a swirl of space
arrived at my idea
of the perfect place
but it was just that
an idea
i'm not there
but i'm on the way
up a monstrous flight of steps
and the stairs lead to another case
but i don't care
i'm aware of the existence of peace
for i've experienced the lack thereof
what not relaxing does
so i keep climbing
until they're reached
so someday i may look back above
but what will i have become
i will have gained peace
but by subtracting what
a vampire sees light
from a perspective
that only shadows touch
they turn to ash in sun
in order to eat
they have to hunt
i've known this is how it would be
since my path begun
but i did not let this affect my decision
i was after blood
i took each step with conviction
with the intention to splash my tongue
so there you have it son
i could take my fill
'til the human race is killed
but i fasted months
years
and i will continue to do so
like raizen
when he decided
that he would no longer
continue to consume souls
i will not contribute to this loophole
spiraling down
reliving mistakes
with the knowledge
that while reliving them
few know
so i will spit until you know
but when you receive a gift
you must remove the ribbons and bows
and unwrap it
nothing happens if you don't
what's forsaken grows
becoming what
to he who forsakes
is unknown
so go wherever curiosity may take you
and make it your home
conan
is a strong but slow man
if you catch what i'm saying
then you don't throw hands
instead
you hold your head with both hands
the real war is going on
inside of you
and you're alone man
the only way to change the program
is to find the dullest grain
among a planet
made of gold sand
in other words
you must search
and look for water
only to discover dirt
i know it fucking hurts
but don't complain
take the pain until it doesn't hurt
the truth is out there
but where does it lurk
before we ask why
we must study first
although it's in space
the answer wanes above the earth
but snowballs
and grows large
from slim chance
to sudden girth
where you're so small
you ain't as tall as the youngest smurf
so slake your hunger and thirst
listen to 'thewalkingstick'
and pay particular attention
to the description of the bird
i see everything
on nothing's turf
undisturbed
if you understand
then what'd you learn what'd you learn
Thursday, May 5, 2011
starcluster(prod. by 7th galaxy)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by 7th galaxy
lyrics:
i watch light
shoot across the sky
on a dark night
as i approach death
i absolve life
what is its orbit
or is it just a long line
what is the origin of god like
were they war bringers
that adored fights
with no purpose
other than to cause strife
or was their true purpose taught right
were they misinterpreted
by churches and drawn white
or was their image even human at all like
an entire race
turned into a singular called christ
are we evolution of before
right now
becoming something else
subconsciously hiding from ourselves
the roots of truth
hidden under elms
if we were to search
would we discover elves
ogres and orcs
draconians
dwarves
we may not know
but there is so much more
even if it's
just a figment
our brain's depicted
we ordain existence
for what was first
the egg or chicken
while you feign religion
our true nature
strays like jane's addiction
but i'm not here to make you listen
it's up to each individual
to make decisions
i am just exposing things
fuck otc's
and i don't take prescriptions
i heal like her pinky toe
when hayden snipped it
mutation of my dna's intrinsic
to experience new theories
you must change dimensions
and bloom and blossom
an infinite sum of flower petals
that in the wind
become a cloud of several
that absorbs light
at forthright power levels
after this is done
and the subsequent shower settles
beauty will abound forever
heavy mental
like the temples are endowed with metal
but instead
it's the other way around
mountains challenge pebbles
the human mind is like hyde
when he comes out of jeckyl
we are undeveloped beings
bound to vessels
screaming to get out
like steam whistling out of kettles
but most ignore this
content with bullshit
i wish i could place guns on their tongues
and empty full clips
make a million corpses
they think science fiction is not reality
while entire galaxies spin in orbit
starclusters
the opposite of amorphous
vivid structures of constructive forces
7th galaxy beats hold me down
with gravity of such proportion
what i wish for is of so much importance
to explore what is dormant
and awaken nature
we're mother's orphans
caged in a humungous fortress
to escape
we must have endurance
create a staff and take the path before us
from this seed
trees will amass a forest
that will flourish
growth that's infinite
you have but to have the courage
to surrender nothing you hold significant
fight for it
don't relinquish it
and you will see things so different
sight will form
that will not be gone
even when the glow of light extinguishes
eyes that pry beyond
the cloak of night's censorship
there will come a time
when air will swirl in the sky
slinging grit
this sandstorm will arrive
derived from fingertips
cloud and wind
mouse clicks and an ink pen's drips
this is an epic saga
a world in which i will ever wander
pure intent
with every breath i conjure
spells
magic established well beyond the realms
of what has been imagined
felt or pondered
warriors of the rainbow
we will attack and conquer
with a kyuubi mass of chakra
make the impact of earth cracked by monsters
tyler durden after progress
we will not stop
until this democracy lacks congress
so read the book of life
and take heed
to what the chapters admonish
and acknowledge
collect
vastly conscious
neglect and erase the distracting nonsense
watch it unexist
this is astrologic
a chamber of moons
one of which i have aligned with
the gravitational pull is macrocosmic
you are unequipped to escape or move
once you're trapped inside it
enthralled
like you're caught in the fabric
arachnids deposit
from their abdomen pockets
you are preyed upon
the moment we sense the impact of an object
on this web
that emanates at night
and penetrates the light of day
synonymous with darkness
it obliterates the light with shade
the shelter of shadows
indelible black holes
that's how our minds behave
so look within
not without
and concentrate
suddenly
it's as if
like when a ship
drops out of hyperspace
things appear in the time it takes an eye to blink
speed as fast as the mind can think
tacheons
go backwards
time will shrink
just as it expanded
like the fluctuation of water
that abandoned and dried the sphinx
it left an impression
like touching paper when you write with ink
it is suggested
that it was once engulfed by a sea
withdrawn
distinct stars implode
and when tomorrow unfolds
my kind is not extinct
like chef and ghost
iron/linx
we leave marks permanent
like froto
when he carried the ring
like togoro in the dark tournament
with telepathic thought turbulence
we attack false nourishment
disrupt its transmission
so you will learn
what you've observed is no organic vision
you were told things
to hold you in place like a planet spinning
taught you're not supposed to think
panic stricken
so you'll believe to grow
is to inflate and explode
like veins in an aneurysm
but in most cases
what is banned and forbidden
is just another name for the place
where answers are hidden
did god make man in his image
or is it god that man invented
the truth is out there
search for it
don't just lie inert and dormant
we're not here to serve and worship
think about it
that's what the church wanted
they're the ones that benefit
they're getting rich
while the only way to get to heaven
is with a death certificate
but just because there are lies behind the bible
doesn't make it less significant
it was predated
taken from several different scripts
changed just a little bit
they described god as aliens visiting
prod. by 7th galaxy
lyrics:
i watch light
shoot across the sky
on a dark night
as i approach death
i absolve life
what is its orbit
or is it just a long line
what is the origin of god like
were they war bringers
that adored fights
with no purpose
other than to cause strife
or was their true purpose taught right
were they misinterpreted
by churches and drawn white
or was their image even human at all like
an entire race
turned into a singular called christ
are we evolution of before
right now
becoming something else
subconsciously hiding from ourselves
the roots of truth
hidden under elms
if we were to search
would we discover elves
ogres and orcs
draconians
dwarves
we may not know
but there is so much more
even if it's
just a figment
our brain's depicted
we ordain existence
for what was first
the egg or chicken
while you feign religion
our true nature
strays like jane's addiction
but i'm not here to make you listen
it's up to each individual
to make decisions
i am just exposing things
fuck otc's
and i don't take prescriptions
i heal like her pinky toe
when hayden snipped it
mutation of my dna's intrinsic
to experience new theories
you must change dimensions
and bloom and blossom
an infinite sum of flower petals
that in the wind
become a cloud of several
that absorbs light
at forthright power levels
after this is done
and the subsequent shower settles
beauty will abound forever
heavy mental
like the temples are endowed with metal
but instead
it's the other way around
mountains challenge pebbles
the human mind is like hyde
when he comes out of jeckyl
we are undeveloped beings
bound to vessels
screaming to get out
like steam whistling out of kettles
but most ignore this
content with bullshit
i wish i could place guns on their tongues
and empty full clips
make a million corpses
they think science fiction is not reality
while entire galaxies spin in orbit
starclusters
the opposite of amorphous
vivid structures of constructive forces
7th galaxy beats hold me down
with gravity of such proportion
what i wish for is of so much importance
to explore what is dormant
and awaken nature
we're mother's orphans
caged in a humungous fortress
to escape
we must have endurance
create a staff and take the path before us
from this seed
trees will amass a forest
that will flourish
growth that's infinite
you have but to have the courage
to surrender nothing you hold significant
fight for it
don't relinquish it
and you will see things so different
sight will form
that will not be gone
even when the glow of light extinguishes
eyes that pry beyond
the cloak of night's censorship
there will come a time
when air will swirl in the sky
slinging grit
this sandstorm will arrive
derived from fingertips
cloud and wind
mouse clicks and an ink pen's drips
this is an epic saga
a world in which i will ever wander
pure intent
with every breath i conjure
spells
magic established well beyond the realms
of what has been imagined
felt or pondered
warriors of the rainbow
we will attack and conquer
with a kyuubi mass of chakra
make the impact of earth cracked by monsters
tyler durden after progress
we will not stop
until this democracy lacks congress
so read the book of life
and take heed
to what the chapters admonish
and acknowledge
collect
vastly conscious
neglect and erase the distracting nonsense
watch it unexist
this is astrologic
a chamber of moons
one of which i have aligned with
the gravitational pull is macrocosmic
you are unequipped to escape or move
once you're trapped inside it
enthralled
like you're caught in the fabric
arachnids deposit
from their abdomen pockets
you are preyed upon
the moment we sense the impact of an object
on this web
that emanates at night
and penetrates the light of day
synonymous with darkness
it obliterates the light with shade
the shelter of shadows
indelible black holes
that's how our minds behave
so look within
not without
and concentrate
suddenly
it's as if
like when a ship
drops out of hyperspace
things appear in the time it takes an eye to blink
speed as fast as the mind can think
tacheons
go backwards
time will shrink
just as it expanded
like the fluctuation of water
that abandoned and dried the sphinx
it left an impression
like touching paper when you write with ink
it is suggested
that it was once engulfed by a sea
withdrawn
distinct stars implode
and when tomorrow unfolds
my kind is not extinct
like chef and ghost
iron/linx
we leave marks permanent
like froto
when he carried the ring
like togoro in the dark tournament
with telepathic thought turbulence
we attack false nourishment
disrupt its transmission
so you will learn
what you've observed is no organic vision
you were told things
to hold you in place like a planet spinning
taught you're not supposed to think
panic stricken
so you'll believe to grow
is to inflate and explode
like veins in an aneurysm
but in most cases
what is banned and forbidden
is just another name for the place
where answers are hidden
did god make man in his image
or is it god that man invented
the truth is out there
search for it
don't just lie inert and dormant
we're not here to serve and worship
think about it
that's what the church wanted
they're the ones that benefit
they're getting rich
while the only way to get to heaven
is with a death certificate
but just because there are lies behind the bible
doesn't make it less significant
it was predated
taken from several different scripts
changed just a little bit
they described god as aliens visiting
Monday, May 2, 2011
livingdead(prod. by snake vs crane)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by snake vs crane
this song is from the bonus disc on 'truth on the table vol. 2'
lyrics:
you fuckers are like mummies
you're alive
but why
when will you open your eyes
stop being blind
watching the lies
as if it's not an obvious crime
you'd rather not know
out of sight out of mind
but the problems you hide from yourself
will find you in time
the future is a bridge
you have to build while you're crossing
it's like magneto in his lair
moving steel while he's walking
tell the truth
if the truth
was a film
would you watch it
when you listen to what i'm spitting
do you feel philosophic
is there evolution
or is futility constant
that depends entirely
on the will of the conscious
you must be awake
to know your own strength
you're living in the matrix
those who sleep won't escape
fuck a pill and morpheus
you don't have to wait
you can get out by yourself
fucker hold your own weight
don't rely on others
to discover your fate
it's true
the amount of time
you will suffer is great
but that's what it takes
you need to reach uncomfortable states
it will serve your purpose
to get further in touch with your hate
like when the object of your love is erased
you may think i'm wrong
but that's another debate
to embrace love and forsake hate
is just a mistake
but do what you will
cipher wanted good food
so he squealed
you can ignore
but i'm going to make sure
the truth is revealed
without question
like drogan's pronounced preference
for the keeper of the deeper well
cannot endow deception
for those of you
who are unfamiliar with what i speak
just chill
it's peace
you must experience the source of my words
to reveal what they mean
and that is life
unique to the individual
don't try to fight it
no two people can be identical
nor should they
we are meant
to be fingerprints
dissimilar
it's in our very nature
to be distinct within
embrace yourself
push away
from everything else
this is a case
where it's okay
that ignorance helps
fuck that which distracts
always fuck that which distracts
if you don't
you'll always wish you did
after the fact
so just do it
on some nike shoe shit
i'm trying to tell you true shit
i ain't trying to sell you music
fuck fans
i want fellow students
who are eager to learn
and teach in return
with some better blueprints
but you stubborn motherfuckers
are stupid
you're not determined enough
to carry the burden of evolution
undeveloped
like a storm when it's brewing
holding umbrellas
so you'll never be more than a human
while you're content
i'm thirsty as shit for improvement
so dehydrated
i'm wading in a water illusion
and despite the mirage
i'm still moving toward the fluid
slowly but surely
like phosphorous burning
eventually
this will be
a prosperous journey
even if the results
are posthumous earnings
the truth is that important
it is not to be hurried
it's better to be right last
than to be wrong first
see
the point is to know the truth
not for people to know you
the nobel prize is attractive
it distracts the chosen few
those interested in their work
more
than the awards
their progress in the darkness
substantially ignored
but if you're a master
they don't have to hand you the torch
for wu li dancers
understand what's important
and because of who they are
they cannot ignore it
just as roots can't abandon their forest
i am stranded on this planet in orbit
held here by intangible forces
my sanity tortured
but i persevere
like i'm trying to reach the perfect career
and on this journey
my search is sincere
for persistence
is the difference between circles and spheres
i will find peace on earth and adhere
prod. by snake vs crane
this song is from the bonus disc on 'truth on the table vol. 2'
lyrics:
you fuckers are like mummies
you're alive
but why
when will you open your eyes
stop being blind
watching the lies
as if it's not an obvious crime
you'd rather not know
out of sight out of mind
but the problems you hide from yourself
will find you in time
the future is a bridge
you have to build while you're crossing
it's like magneto in his lair
moving steel while he's walking
tell the truth
if the truth
was a film
would you watch it
when you listen to what i'm spitting
do you feel philosophic
is there evolution
or is futility constant
that depends entirely
on the will of the conscious
you must be awake
to know your own strength
you're living in the matrix
those who sleep won't escape
fuck a pill and morpheus
you don't have to wait
you can get out by yourself
fucker hold your own weight
don't rely on others
to discover your fate
it's true
the amount of time
you will suffer is great
but that's what it takes
you need to reach uncomfortable states
it will serve your purpose
to get further in touch with your hate
like when the object of your love is erased
you may think i'm wrong
but that's another debate
to embrace love and forsake hate
is just a mistake
but do what you will
cipher wanted good food
so he squealed
you can ignore
but i'm going to make sure
the truth is revealed
without question
like drogan's pronounced preference
for the keeper of the deeper well
cannot endow deception
for those of you
who are unfamiliar with what i speak
just chill
it's peace
you must experience the source of my words
to reveal what they mean
and that is life
unique to the individual
don't try to fight it
no two people can be identical
nor should they
we are meant
to be fingerprints
dissimilar
it's in our very nature
to be distinct within
embrace yourself
push away
from everything else
this is a case
where it's okay
that ignorance helps
fuck that which distracts
always fuck that which distracts
if you don't
you'll always wish you did
after the fact
so just do it
on some nike shoe shit
i'm trying to tell you true shit
i ain't trying to sell you music
fuck fans
i want fellow students
who are eager to learn
and teach in return
with some better blueprints
but you stubborn motherfuckers
are stupid
you're not determined enough
to carry the burden of evolution
undeveloped
like a storm when it's brewing
holding umbrellas
so you'll never be more than a human
while you're content
i'm thirsty as shit for improvement
so dehydrated
i'm wading in a water illusion
and despite the mirage
i'm still moving toward the fluid
slowly but surely
like phosphorous burning
eventually
this will be
a prosperous journey
even if the results
are posthumous earnings
the truth is that important
it is not to be hurried
it's better to be right last
than to be wrong first
see
the point is to know the truth
not for people to know you
the nobel prize is attractive
it distracts the chosen few
those interested in their work
more
than the awards
their progress in the darkness
substantially ignored
but if you're a master
they don't have to hand you the torch
for wu li dancers
understand what's important
and because of who they are
they cannot ignore it
just as roots can't abandon their forest
i am stranded on this planet in orbit
held here by intangible forces
my sanity tortured
but i persevere
like i'm trying to reach the perfect career
and on this journey
my search is sincere
for persistence
is the difference between circles and spheres
i will find peace on earth and adhere
shadowalk(prod. by cloke/exit)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by cloke/exit(fivesicks and stranded)
lyrics:
peep philosophy
do like heatseekers
and follow me
bottom deep
deeper than the physics
involved in quantum leap
just take a minute
to pause and stop to think
wouldn't it be clearer
if you close your eyes like sleep
and open the part of your mind that blinks
where your brain
and the top of your spine would meet
more than probably
despite it being obsolete
if you do
you'll find you see
beyond the lengths of telescopic reach
before this rhyme's complete
periodically
you will experience
fear or curiosity
phobia interferes
when your mind is weak
that means you gotta leave
there's a fine degree
that lies between
where you are
and where your body be
it's simple complication
when concentration
is fully automated
thoughts take shape and
accumulate
like going from stars to constellations
but you need more than a tenth
of your brain operating
to abandon the human race
and communicate on a larger wavelength
you must utilize
all degrees involved in shaping
your entire cipher
like keanu reeves
when he solved the matrix
he pulled out
the most concealed weapon
of all creation
but you can't
use your hands
to draw your brain kid
these are the basics
to defy inertia
fly further than foreign space ships
levitate
walk on clouds
as well as you can walk on pavement
just let time forward
common said 'one day it all will make sense'
i feel like a genie
you have no idea how long i've waited
yawning
but patient
i vowed i'd never sleep
'til y'all awaken
from your unconscious lives
look beyond the rhymes
and fall adjacent
watch through the eyes of tomorrow's ancient
and believe what i say
like you're reading from nastradamus' pages
and if you don't see it today
then your children will make the observation
there's only one life we're living
there isn't an ultimatum
no alternate way of evolving
straight to adult then
transforming
into an astral state of conscience
a rare form
that lacks any basic content
therefore
i declare war
on behalf of the awakened
launching
a revelation of sorts
where you can stay or abort
come in or leave
everyone ain't made to mature
what is will be
you can't spare change
when you're poor
there's a way out
the doorknobs just ain't on the doors
they're hidden in plain sight
like words
when you say them in morse
if you don't understand
that's 'cause mine's
prod. by cloke/exit(fivesicks and stranded)
lyrics:
peep philosophy
do like heatseekers
and follow me
bottom deep
deeper than the physics
involved in quantum leap
just take a minute
to pause and stop to think
wouldn't it be clearer
if you close your eyes like sleep
and open the part of your mind that blinks
where your brain
and the top of your spine would meet
more than probably
despite it being obsolete
if you do
you'll find you see
beyond the lengths of telescopic reach
before this rhyme's complete
periodically
you will experience
fear or curiosity
phobia interferes
when your mind is weak
that means you gotta leave
there's a fine degree
that lies between
where you are
and where your body be
it's simple complication
when concentration
is fully automated
thoughts take shape and
accumulate
like going from stars to constellations
but you need more than a tenth
of your brain operating
to abandon the human race
and communicate on a larger wavelength
you must utilize
all degrees involved in shaping
your entire cipher
like keanu reeves
when he solved the matrix
he pulled out
the most concealed weapon
of all creation
but you can't
use your hands
to draw your brain kid
these are the basics
to defy inertia
fly further than foreign space ships
levitate
walk on clouds
as well as you can walk on pavement
just let time forward
common said 'one day it all will make sense'
i feel like a genie
you have no idea how long i've waited
yawning
but patient
i vowed i'd never sleep
'til y'all awaken
from your unconscious lives
look beyond the rhymes
and fall adjacent
watch through the eyes of tomorrow's ancient
and believe what i say
like you're reading from nastradamus' pages
and if you don't see it today
then your children will make the observation
there's only one life we're living
there isn't an ultimatum
no alternate way of evolving
straight to adult then
transforming
into an astral state of conscience
a rare form
that lacks any basic content
therefore
i declare war
on behalf of the awakened
launching
a revelation of sorts
where you can stay or abort
come in or leave
everyone ain't made to mature
what is will be
you can't spare change
when you're poor
there's a way out
the doorknobs just ain't on the doors
they're hidden in plain sight
like words
when you say them in morse
if you don't understand
that's 'cause mine's
fastevolution(prod. by jophiel)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by jophiel
this song is from 'overground movement vol. 1'
vocal sample:
that’s his purpose
...to balance the equation
and what’s your purpose
...to unbalance it
lyrics:
he springs forth
from a cloud and
he falls down
sees the ground
but he doesn’t know
if he’s allowed in
this new world
has him surrounded
he is searching for answers
he hasn’t found them
so he just keeps floating
as if he’s in a boat
he isn’t even rowing
as he moves
he hasn’t a clue
as to where he is going
without resisting
he is headed
wherever the clouds will lift him
true
this world is new
but how’s it different
will the people here
be bothered
by the number of children
that die of hunger
each time they count a minute
this is precisely
why he’s floating around to begin with
he had to distance himself
go to the outermost limits
of the pitiful hell
that he found he lives in
he couldn’t ignore
he had to explore
the power within him
his hatred
has become
second nature to him
he’s become so numb
he doesn’t realize how painful it is
for a brief moment
he sees a leaf blowing
away from its limb
he’s aware that there is a path
it’s on its way to the end
but just for a second
for the sake of pretend
what if it could be reattached
put back in place at the stem
what if he could remove death
unbalance the equation to live
such are his thoughts
he knows
that’s not the way that it is
he isn’t naive
he just doesn’t believe in ’take what you get’
he won’t just sit back
and wait like a bitch
he will approach
rather than go away
life’s a bitch
he hates it
it’s not like he’d wish
it’s not even close
so he will design a remote
that will take him to any station he picks
travel the distance
of a slight difference
of time and space in a blip
that quick to a new dimension
i’ve been insane for a bit
if you’re like me and not like you
this planet’s making you sick
so support jophiel
buy what he sells
start saving some kids
jackhammer the ground
and pave it again
every few days
you should try to unendanger what’s dim
restore its natural glow
air has to blow
that’s the way of the wind
the rotation
the spin
push away from without
to embrace what’s within
....revolution
don’t say it
make it exist
without evolution
change
the human race isn’t shit
they are insignificant specks
and they will go unnoticed
over the course of time
when your world and mine
have both exploded
if boundaries were meant for my mind
it would have overloaded
the moral of this story
is the mind should be wholly open
with antenna movements
reception
what comes after a human
the change in reception
is less than
the actual movement
it’s the perspective of a master
with the lack of a student
when there’s nothing to do
but stimulate growth
fast evolution
antenna movements
reception
what comes after a human
the change in reception
is less than
the actual movement
it’s the perspective of a master
with the lack of a student
when there’s nothing to do
but stimulate growth
fast evolution
vocal sample:
isn’t it interesting
how the truth
...is even harder to absorb than light
prod. by jophiel
this song is from 'overground movement vol. 1'
vocal sample:
that’s his purpose
...to balance the equation
and what’s your purpose
...to unbalance it
lyrics:
he springs forth
from a cloud and
he falls down
sees the ground
but he doesn’t know
if he’s allowed in
this new world
has him surrounded
he is searching for answers
he hasn’t found them
so he just keeps floating
as if he’s in a boat
he isn’t even rowing
as he moves
he hasn’t a clue
as to where he is going
without resisting
he is headed
wherever the clouds will lift him
true
this world is new
but how’s it different
will the people here
be bothered
by the number of children
that die of hunger
each time they count a minute
this is precisely
why he’s floating around to begin with
he had to distance himself
go to the outermost limits
of the pitiful hell
that he found he lives in
he couldn’t ignore
he had to explore
the power within him
his hatred
has become
second nature to him
he’s become so numb
he doesn’t realize how painful it is
for a brief moment
he sees a leaf blowing
away from its limb
he’s aware that there is a path
it’s on its way to the end
but just for a second
for the sake of pretend
what if it could be reattached
put back in place at the stem
what if he could remove death
unbalance the equation to live
such are his thoughts
he knows
that’s not the way that it is
he isn’t naive
he just doesn’t believe in ’take what you get’
he won’t just sit back
and wait like a bitch
he will approach
rather than go away
life’s a bitch
he hates it
it’s not like he’d wish
it’s not even close
so he will design a remote
that will take him to any station he picks
travel the distance
of a slight difference
of time and space in a blip
that quick to a new dimension
i’ve been insane for a bit
if you’re like me and not like you
this planet’s making you sick
so support jophiel
buy what he sells
start saving some kids
jackhammer the ground
and pave it again
every few days
you should try to unendanger what’s dim
restore its natural glow
air has to blow
that’s the way of the wind
the rotation
the spin
push away from without
to embrace what’s within
....revolution
don’t say it
make it exist
without evolution
change
the human race isn’t shit
they are insignificant specks
and they will go unnoticed
over the course of time
when your world and mine
have both exploded
if boundaries were meant for my mind
it would have overloaded
the moral of this story
is the mind should be wholly open
with antenna movements
reception
what comes after a human
the change in reception
is less than
the actual movement
it’s the perspective of a master
with the lack of a student
when there’s nothing to do
but stimulate growth
fast evolution
antenna movements
reception
what comes after a human
the change in reception
is less than
the actual movement
it’s the perspective of a master
with the lack of a student
when there’s nothing to do
but stimulate growth
fast evolution
vocal sample:
isn’t it interesting
how the truth
...is even harder to absorb than light
Sunday, May 1, 2011
surrender(prod. by nosleep)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by nosleep
lyrics:
with tyler on the beats
i don't want to sleep
even though
i always want to dream
alone
in the world beneath
with such an allure of peace
and an absence of disquietude
nothing to distract me
while i improve
and grow
like a forest of trees
from tiny roots
a humanoid being
having anthophila views
in regards
to the swarm of bees
the 'i' includes
although separate
they function
as a united group
they don't act alone
ignoring what they affect
like armed forces
parading death
for oil that they collect
that's the wrong way
but it's not their fault
they are a flawed race
they should have died
and gone away
but instead
they lived
and tried to fit twice as much
in a smaller space
they were supposed to evolve
like ice when it thaws
alter states
change
but not quite all the way
scars represent life
not decay
cancer is a mutation
what do think would happen
if you try to remove
a creature from its cocoon
before it changes
that's just a little food for consideration
it's up to you
whether you chew
or ignore information
but you should store information
like a squirrel
using the world as its basement
people
were the power source
for the matrix
how could you not want
the dormant brain to awaken
when our minds combined
could support such a creation
life is a proverbial
metamorphosis
shapeshift
evolution
humans avoid any changes
that's what garners my hatred
which is bottled up
and shaken
like the ground
when tectonic plates shift
and quakes hit
causing the pressure to ascend
and explode
like flames in
the middle of water
with no H's
that's the summation
of what i'm holding in
on a daily basis
that's why
i want to venture
into the vast ocean
sailing a spaceship
somewhat alone
and grow old
like milk on alien nation
collect birds
and return to earth
with a full scale invasion
individuals
with several different interpretations
who observe all things
and build
with instant reverberation
what constitutes a group
is mutual effort
everyone must do things alone
before they do them together
it teaches you to appreciate
what you put together
before you even put it together
that way
what you do
is not taken for granted
like the way humans
behave with the planet
therefore
saving yourself
is saving the planet
so don't break it
if you don't want
to pay for the damage
hook (x2)
surrender
take your own life
do the right thing
or grow
and adapt to survive
apply change
whatever you do
get the fuck out of my way
or stay where you are
and get accustomed to my hate
humans just get in the way
in every sense of the phrase
it's what they do
they're like a sentient maze
why won't you just get in your graves
and die like men
trying to get rid of their grays
extinguish your flame
from funeral to birth
this is a pivotal stage
in the evolution of earth
it's at the end of its days
there's been so much pollution
it's worse if it's gone
than if it stays
the universe's tomorrow
depends on today
prod. by nosleep
lyrics:
with tyler on the beats
i don't want to sleep
even though
i always want to dream
alone
in the world beneath
with such an allure of peace
and an absence of disquietude
nothing to distract me
while i improve
and grow
like a forest of trees
from tiny roots
a humanoid being
having anthophila views
in regards
to the swarm of bees
the 'i' includes
although separate
they function
as a united group
they don't act alone
ignoring what they affect
like armed forces
parading death
for oil that they collect
that's the wrong way
but it's not their fault
they are a flawed race
they should have died
and gone away
but instead
they lived
and tried to fit twice as much
in a smaller space
they were supposed to evolve
like ice when it thaws
alter states
change
but not quite all the way
scars represent life
not decay
cancer is a mutation
what do think would happen
if you try to remove
a creature from its cocoon
before it changes
that's just a little food for consideration
it's up to you
whether you chew
or ignore information
but you should store information
like a squirrel
using the world as its basement
people
were the power source
for the matrix
how could you not want
the dormant brain to awaken
when our minds combined
could support such a creation
life is a proverbial
metamorphosis
shapeshift
evolution
humans avoid any changes
that's what garners my hatred
which is bottled up
and shaken
like the ground
when tectonic plates shift
and quakes hit
causing the pressure to ascend
and explode
like flames in
the middle of water
with no H's
that's the summation
of what i'm holding in
on a daily basis
that's why
i want to venture
into the vast ocean
sailing a spaceship
somewhat alone
and grow old
like milk on alien nation
collect birds
and return to earth
with a full scale invasion
individuals
with several different interpretations
who observe all things
and build
with instant reverberation
what constitutes a group
is mutual effort
everyone must do things alone
before they do them together
it teaches you to appreciate
what you put together
before you even put it together
that way
what you do
is not taken for granted
like the way humans
behave with the planet
therefore
saving yourself
is saving the planet
so don't break it
if you don't want
to pay for the damage
hook (x2)
surrender
take your own life
do the right thing
or grow
and adapt to survive
apply change
whatever you do
get the fuck out of my way
or stay where you are
and get accustomed to my hate
humans just get in the way
in every sense of the phrase
it's what they do
they're like a sentient maze
why won't you just get in your graves
and die like men
trying to get rid of their grays
extinguish your flame
from funeral to birth
this is a pivotal stage
in the evolution of earth
it's at the end of its days
there's been so much pollution
it's worse if it's gone
than if it stays
the universe's tomorrow
depends on today
thespeedofsight(prod. by anabolic)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by anabolic(bhd)
lyrics:
what happens
when you close your eyes
do you go to sleep
or do you think
what the future brings
is way beyond
what you have seen
everything you're waiting for
done came and gone
metamorphed
into better
more
and that was a while ago
nowadays
all of that's nostalgia old
i'ma put you in the delorean
and accelerate
to 88 miles per ho
u r
'til you are
back to tomorrow
show you the light
illumine
like lighter fluid
on bags of charcoal
take you deeper than what happens
within the time
before and after stars glow
bottom line
i know what y'all don't
so shut up
listen damn it
pretend that you're schizophrenic
i'm the voice that's been implanted
you have no choice
you've been enchanted
so don't resist
withstand it
or you'll cease to exist
and vanish
end up like the result
of what goku and frieza
did to namek
today that is no planet
you may be content with everything
but i'm living famished
i hunger for knowledge
the size
of scooby and shaggy's biggest sandwich
i won't rest
until i'm powerful enough
to make a wish and grant it
if only i could smoke marijuana
without the tissue damage
and regenerate cells
like tails with a lizard's advantage
then i could at least
find some peace
while my goals are being reached
record my progress over beats
'til i'm no longer incomplete
but instead
my cells diminish
and i approach death reluctantly
as lifelessness touches me
i smack it's hand away
if you think that immortality
is something that i can't attain
then you forget
i am insane
which is to attempt
the same actions
in pursuit of new results
cause you and me both
don't have a clue
what the future holds
prod. by anabolic(bhd)
lyrics:
what happens
when you close your eyes
do you go to sleep
or do you think
what the future brings
is way beyond
what you have seen
everything you're waiting for
done came and gone
metamorphed
into better
more
and that was a while ago
nowadays
all of that's nostalgia old
i'ma put you in the delorean
and accelerate
to 88 miles per ho
u r
'til you are
back to tomorrow
show you the light
illumine
like lighter fluid
on bags of charcoal
take you deeper than what happens
within the time
before and after stars glow
bottom line
i know what y'all don't
so shut up
listen damn it
pretend that you're schizophrenic
i'm the voice that's been implanted
you have no choice
you've been enchanted
so don't resist
withstand it
or you'll cease to exist
and vanish
end up like the result
of what goku and frieza
did to namek
today that is no planet
you may be content with everything
but i'm living famished
i hunger for knowledge
the size
of scooby and shaggy's biggest sandwich
i won't rest
until i'm powerful enough
to make a wish and grant it
if only i could smoke marijuana
without the tissue damage
and regenerate cells
like tails with a lizard's advantage
then i could at least
find some peace
while my goals are being reached
record my progress over beats
'til i'm no longer incomplete
but instead
my cells diminish
and i approach death reluctantly
as lifelessness touches me
i smack it's hand away
if you think that immortality
is something that i can't attain
then you forget
i am insane
which is to attempt
the same actions
in pursuit of new results
cause you and me both
don't have a clue
what the future holds
sandstorm(prod. by lost soul)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by lost soul
lyrics:
my blood's cold
so much so
that i am feared
like the unknown
i am not as i appear
but if you must know
if you listen
what you'll hear is untold
it is less
what is actually said
and more what is suggested
you must put forth effort
there is a much larger story
this is just an excerpt
a random chapter
when you're hurt
you can't abandon laughter
to dwell
is to stand in a quicksand disaster
if you struggle without resolve
you'll only vanish faster
lack of pain
will leave a man fractured
when there is nothing inside
you are hollow
you will crumble and die
that is the only path to be followed
you will become unalive
when you are forced down
and you push up hard enough
you will fly
with the sudden removal
of what's obstructing your rise
not to justify
but my hatred has no effect
on where my love is applied
it is a matter of perspective
you don't determine touch with your eyes
these matters are separate
the two are to remain uncombined
they should not be in a single relationship
they belong in independant matrices
why invent
the virulence that makes you sick
i close my eyes
no rapid jerks
i'm awake
but i drift
i unimagine earth
dissipate
unexist
reemerge
reintegrate
swim through space like a fish
the vast ocean
dark matter and light
in fast motion
the whole between
those extremes
my mind is passed open
all happens
spheres form
and balls shatter like glass broken
words are heard
long after they are last spoken
transmissions float
never getting old
they remain what they are
throughout the life and death
of occasional stars
i have a brainful of scars
human behavior tears it apart
because most of what it absorbs
is unnecessary and large
i often think
and stare at my thoughts
trying not to blink
i glare in exhaust
my eyes
weary but staunch
despite the fact
i know where i am
i am lost
for this is not where i belong
i drift aimlessly
like weightless debris
it's like a planet explodes
and i am what remains when it leaves
pain is all i feel
i am all but killed
torn from my world
like an orange peel
i suffer torment as strong as steel
hatori hanso builds
blades tempered
by pure heart and will
i will not ignore my scars
i'll heal
i'm a soldier
like chicago's field
i will know what my skull conceals
i won't rest
'til death's flaw's revealed
you can ask wizdomgod
that's real
until the result's captured
it will be sought after
it's the most pressing of all matters
on my mind like a skull fracture
being born to die
is a false pattern
during life
my thoughts scatter
collapse in the sky
absorb the world and rewind
pouring light into dark matter
but only for sight
pointing like long daggers
like christopher loyd in roger rabbit
if you do not seek
then you do not see
those who ignore are blind
the borderline of this lost cavern
you must close your eyes
in order to find
what the dark gathers
explore your mind
'til you're (inside your skull)'s master
deep within each
there is a staff
a walking stick
that carves a particular path
it alters the vision
of the one
in whose palm it is grasped
it's up to you
how long it will last
for to receive a question's answer
you must consciously ask
evolution or death
future will be the present
for he who conquers the past
when your time is up
you can flip it
and pour it all back
but you must survive the storm
while the sand
swirls in the glass
prod. by lost soul
lyrics:
my blood's cold
so much so
that i am feared
like the unknown
i am not as i appear
but if you must know
if you listen
what you'll hear is untold
it is less
what is actually said
and more what is suggested
you must put forth effort
there is a much larger story
this is just an excerpt
a random chapter
when you're hurt
you can't abandon laughter
to dwell
is to stand in a quicksand disaster
if you struggle without resolve
you'll only vanish faster
lack of pain
will leave a man fractured
when there is nothing inside
you are hollow
you will crumble and die
that is the only path to be followed
you will become unalive
when you are forced down
and you push up hard enough
you will fly
with the sudden removal
of what's obstructing your rise
not to justify
but my hatred has no effect
on where my love is applied
it is a matter of perspective
you don't determine touch with your eyes
these matters are separate
the two are to remain uncombined
they should not be in a single relationship
they belong in independant matrices
why invent
the virulence that makes you sick
i close my eyes
no rapid jerks
i'm awake
but i drift
i unimagine earth
dissipate
unexist
reemerge
reintegrate
swim through space like a fish
the vast ocean
dark matter and light
in fast motion
the whole between
those extremes
my mind is passed open
all happens
spheres form
and balls shatter like glass broken
words are heard
long after they are last spoken
transmissions float
never getting old
they remain what they are
throughout the life and death
of occasional stars
i have a brainful of scars
human behavior tears it apart
because most of what it absorbs
is unnecessary and large
i often think
and stare at my thoughts
trying not to blink
i glare in exhaust
my eyes
weary but staunch
despite the fact
i know where i am
i am lost
for this is not where i belong
i drift aimlessly
like weightless debris
it's like a planet explodes
and i am what remains when it leaves
pain is all i feel
i am all but killed
torn from my world
like an orange peel
i suffer torment as strong as steel
hatori hanso builds
blades tempered
by pure heart and will
i will not ignore my scars
i'll heal
i'm a soldier
like chicago's field
i will know what my skull conceals
i won't rest
'til death's flaw's revealed
you can ask wizdomgod
that's real
until the result's captured
it will be sought after
it's the most pressing of all matters
on my mind like a skull fracture
being born to die
is a false pattern
during life
my thoughts scatter
collapse in the sky
absorb the world and rewind
pouring light into dark matter
but only for sight
pointing like long daggers
like christopher loyd in roger rabbit
if you do not seek
then you do not see
those who ignore are blind
the borderline of this lost cavern
you must close your eyes
in order to find
what the dark gathers
explore your mind
'til you're (inside your skull)'s master
deep within each
there is a staff
a walking stick
that carves a particular path
it alters the vision
of the one
in whose palm it is grasped
it's up to you
how long it will last
for to receive a question's answer
you must consciously ask
evolution or death
future will be the present
for he who conquers the past
when your time is up
you can flip it
and pour it all back
but you must survive the storm
while the sand
swirls in the glass
...whendiagnosedintheshade(prod. by kayoss sonn)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by kayoss sonn(bhd)
lyrics:
thoughts are nightbreed
monsters that like to feed
darkness
biting false light
until it leaves
the pursuit of long life
by any means
to escape
the two worlds i'm in between
by embracing
being immortal in my dreams
safe
in the way
that a forest extends its leaves
the trees speak
the voices serene
a peaceful storm of sticks and leaves
that swirl and behave
like a world
of organic machines
it's as if they morph into beasts
a race that's pure
formula free
too complex
to be defined
to such a normal degree
their understanding
is beyond your corporeal means
food for thought
in order to eat
one must hunt
for primordial seeds
the roots of which
explode
below the soil so deep
it would take ages
just to explore the debris
no matter how many stories i read
additional chapters pour from my ink
i pick up where the authors
left off when i think
i don't sleep
i just close my eyes
and don't blink
and experience a minute's time
as a whole week
knowledge so deep
it compresses itself into a size
you need a microscope to see
my mind is open
free to focus chi
we are
who we're supposed to be
those who know
are those who don't believe
by definition
that's what knowing means
with kayoss on the beat
disorder is pouring over me
i arrange it
in the order that it's supposed to be
and spit it like blood
when bitten while in a cobra squeeze
i search for significance
the likes of honeycomb to bees
we're all dying
the human body is just a slow disease
divine logic
combined with the symbiote's release
the things you humans cling to
become augmentingly obsolete
despite the fact i speak
with argumentative diplomacy
and you realize what i'm saying's true
you all pretend you don't agree
lost within your own beliefs
an inmate
'cause you won't beseech
a creature with a mind
is by design
supposed to think
yet
you question nothing
other than your own instincts
hook x2
i love nature
more than i realize
plants and animals
make me feel alive
but i am decaying
so i steal time
i adopt a perspective
that is contraceptive
in that i'm protected
when i think of death
i substitute 'die' with 'exit'
why
in order to experience peace
must i be resting
or is death convalescence
is what i think of
as life
a disease
am i infected
perhaps
that's why it's not pleasant
prod. by kayoss sonn(bhd)
lyrics:
thoughts are nightbreed
monsters that like to feed
darkness
biting false light
until it leaves
the pursuit of long life
by any means
to escape
the two worlds i'm in between
by embracing
being immortal in my dreams
safe
in the way
that a forest extends its leaves
the trees speak
the voices serene
a peaceful storm of sticks and leaves
that swirl and behave
like a world
of organic machines
it's as if they morph into beasts
a race that's pure
formula free
too complex
to be defined
to such a normal degree
their understanding
is beyond your corporeal means
food for thought
in order to eat
one must hunt
for primordial seeds
the roots of which
explode
below the soil so deep
it would take ages
just to explore the debris
no matter how many stories i read
additional chapters pour from my ink
i pick up where the authors
left off when i think
i don't sleep
i just close my eyes
and don't blink
and experience a minute's time
as a whole week
knowledge so deep
it compresses itself into a size
you need a microscope to see
my mind is open
free to focus chi
we are
who we're supposed to be
those who know
are those who don't believe
by definition
that's what knowing means
with kayoss on the beat
disorder is pouring over me
i arrange it
in the order that it's supposed to be
and spit it like blood
when bitten while in a cobra squeeze
i search for significance
the likes of honeycomb to bees
we're all dying
the human body is just a slow disease
divine logic
combined with the symbiote's release
the things you humans cling to
become augmentingly obsolete
despite the fact i speak
with argumentative diplomacy
and you realize what i'm saying's true
you all pretend you don't agree
lost within your own beliefs
an inmate
'cause you won't beseech
a creature with a mind
is by design
supposed to think
yet
you question nothing
other than your own instincts
hook x2
i love nature
more than i realize
plants and animals
make me feel alive
but i am decaying
so i steal time
i adopt a perspective
that is contraceptive
in that i'm protected
when i think of death
i substitute 'die' with 'exit'
why
in order to experience peace
must i be resting
or is death convalescence
is what i think of
as life
a disease
am i infected
perhaps
that's why it's not pleasant
ivoryraindrops(prod. by iron curtain)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by iron curtain
lyrics:
i practice
throwing hidden heart swords
at an iron curtain dart board
i hit the bull's eye
and hit the hilt
with each following sword
when knowledge is born
a cipher is formed
perfectly
this cycle
goes on for eternity
that's what a circle means
no beginning
no end
only what lurks between
life
is more than prior to death
it's also where that journey leads
seeking more than this
i leave the forest
in search for trees
i close my eyes
'cause where i'm going
only the third can see
the outward striking lightning
exciting the bio-circuitry
the other eyes just see the surface
the mind observes beneath
i prefer unique
over the indistinct
who window think
and don't do what they want
they just pretend they're peace
satisfied
with not being satisfied
you must be kidding me
i will not
put being myself
second to anything
words of wisdom
those who listen
are instruments to me
through the mic
what i write
conducts a symphony
a masterpiece
but there has to be
strength independently
before those strengths
can shape anything
ivory shower
wind minus cloud
piano rain drops
my soul
is in an oddly shaped box
inside
away locked
trapped between worlds
like night/day watch
the gloom
a cell
where alone
the parallel roam
this is
best compared to the signal
carried by cellphones
not visibly well known
but nonetheless tangible
just as substantial as bones
flesh
despite distinctions
dimensions can coalesce
the depth
of both life and death
just think
of how they might connect
my body's a deck
i'm a cassete
how do i eject
everything is a puzzle
consider
the integrational struggle
you cannot
compromise integrity
without breaking its bubble
a cipher that is unstable
will crumble
anything one creates
one can undo
but it's not
simply forward
in reverse
let's say
we could explain
the forming of the earth
to determine how it's destroyed
we can't just push rewind
that's not how it works
you were given two paths
to fight club's lye powder burn
there are several steps
one can take
it's like the labyrinth's
elaborate
multi gravity staircase
where the goblin king
had the baby
and made sara chase
my whole life
i've been drawn
away
like pen tears his face
i've had the sense
that i belong
somewhere in space
a feeling
i could never shake
not even with the richter scale's
heaviest quake
someone
or something
just won't let me escape
i'm left in this cage
no chance for parole
subjected to age
willing
but seemingly
not destined to change
it hurts like hell
but i will not
surrender to pain
for between beginning and ending
there is many a page
prod. by iron curtain
lyrics:
i practice
throwing hidden heart swords
at an iron curtain dart board
i hit the bull's eye
and hit the hilt
with each following sword
when knowledge is born
a cipher is formed
perfectly
this cycle
goes on for eternity
that's what a circle means
no beginning
no end
only what lurks between
life
is more than prior to death
it's also where that journey leads
seeking more than this
i leave the forest
in search for trees
i close my eyes
'cause where i'm going
only the third can see
the outward striking lightning
exciting the bio-circuitry
the other eyes just see the surface
the mind observes beneath
i prefer unique
over the indistinct
who window think
and don't do what they want
they just pretend they're peace
satisfied
with not being satisfied
you must be kidding me
i will not
put being myself
second to anything
words of wisdom
those who listen
are instruments to me
through the mic
what i write
conducts a symphony
a masterpiece
but there has to be
strength independently
before those strengths
can shape anything
ivory shower
wind minus cloud
piano rain drops
my soul
is in an oddly shaped box
inside
away locked
trapped between worlds
like night/day watch
the gloom
a cell
where alone
the parallel roam
this is
best compared to the signal
carried by cellphones
not visibly well known
but nonetheless tangible
just as substantial as bones
flesh
despite distinctions
dimensions can coalesce
the depth
of both life and death
just think
of how they might connect
my body's a deck
i'm a cassete
how do i eject
everything is a puzzle
consider
the integrational struggle
you cannot
compromise integrity
without breaking its bubble
a cipher that is unstable
will crumble
anything one creates
one can undo
but it's not
simply forward
in reverse
let's say
we could explain
the forming of the earth
to determine how it's destroyed
we can't just push rewind
that's not how it works
you were given two paths
to fight club's lye powder burn
there are several steps
one can take
it's like the labyrinth's
elaborate
multi gravity staircase
where the goblin king
had the baby
and made sara chase
my whole life
i've been drawn
away
like pen tears his face
i've had the sense
that i belong
somewhere in space
a feeling
i could never shake
not even with the richter scale's
heaviest quake
someone
or something
just won't let me escape
i'm left in this cage
no chance for parole
subjected to age
willing
but seemingly
not destined to change
it hurts like hell
but i will not
surrender to pain
for between beginning and ending
there is many a page
divinelogic(prod. by lost soul)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by lost soul
i will glow in the dark
but first
i will pace the earth like bonapart
with the purpose
of preserving life like noah's ark
i am an exploding star
but you won't see my light
until my soul is gone
for i am an apogee
alone afar
i suffer
but pain is only scars
they replace the broken shards
of serenity
so the memories stay close at heart
the two will never be torn apart
to obtain peace, wars are fought
and for good reason too
light must be removed
in order to explore the dark
that will metamorph
into enormous sparks
explosions
that will open a door that's locked
behind which
the unknown will be hidden
until its form is sought
just because something's forbidden
doesn't mean that it is surely lost
i am persistent
when resistance lies before me
my sword is drawn
and when i swing
blood flies
like caterpillars
when they become butterflies
i administer hatred with such a stride
and i will not waver
in the face of destructive lies
that shields the illumination
of information from the eyes
for it is in my nature
to make sure that the sun will shine
and be embedded
photosynthetic
everyone will thrive
just so you understand
i am known as stranded
because i'm stuck inside
i can't even escape myself
let alone make my way through hell
deep inside me hatred wells
the human body is an ancient cell
if i am to survive the pain that's felt
then i must dream
until it's finally a vacant shell
cast aside like when you break a spell
that is why i stay compelled
this life is pain
that i am driven by disdain to quell
with the extinction of the human race itself
natural selection
evolution
change avails
sure i'm livid
i'm angry as hell
but that doesn't mean
that this isn't the way things should prevail
hook x 2
if you can't see the light
i'll put my hands in your sockets
and pull away to expand your optics
so you can envision
the divinity of intangible logic
making food for thought
an anaerobic glycolic
to be converted
into permanent knowledge
prod. by lost soul
i will glow in the dark
but first
i will pace the earth like bonapart
with the purpose
of preserving life like noah's ark
i am an exploding star
but you won't see my light
until my soul is gone
for i am an apogee
alone afar
i suffer
but pain is only scars
they replace the broken shards
of serenity
so the memories stay close at heart
the two will never be torn apart
to obtain peace, wars are fought
and for good reason too
light must be removed
in order to explore the dark
that will metamorph
into enormous sparks
explosions
that will open a door that's locked
behind which
the unknown will be hidden
until its form is sought
just because something's forbidden
doesn't mean that it is surely lost
i am persistent
when resistance lies before me
my sword is drawn
and when i swing
blood flies
like caterpillars
when they become butterflies
i administer hatred with such a stride
and i will not waver
in the face of destructive lies
that shields the illumination
of information from the eyes
for it is in my nature
to make sure that the sun will shine
and be embedded
photosynthetic
everyone will thrive
just so you understand
i am known as stranded
because i'm stuck inside
i can't even escape myself
let alone make my way through hell
deep inside me hatred wells
the human body is an ancient cell
if i am to survive the pain that's felt
then i must dream
until it's finally a vacant shell
cast aside like when you break a spell
that is why i stay compelled
this life is pain
that i am driven by disdain to quell
with the extinction of the human race itself
natural selection
evolution
change avails
sure i'm livid
i'm angry as hell
but that doesn't mean
that this isn't the way things should prevail
hook x 2
if you can't see the light
i'll put my hands in your sockets
and pull away to expand your optics
so you can envision
the divinity of intangible logic
making food for thought
an anaerobic glycolic
to be converted
into permanent knowledge
pivotal(prod. by pesticyde)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by pesticyde
lyrics:
i float about
as energy
clouds distribute me
rain
that's infinity
seeds sprout instantly
sound turns into trees
towers of sticks and leaves
they're showered
with little beams of light
that's how they get to eat
how do we live and breathe
what do you know about anything?
the chicken or the egg
both would be profound mysteries
the salvation of peace
it isn't free
it comes with a price
not unlike victory
lives lost
lines crossed
like christian (t)'s
holocausts
so many follow false entities
surrendered souls
not given
just simply let go
an endless echo
the allure of death grows
when it rains it pours
winter wars
hills of red snow
chills from head to toe
the questions
cold
will we ever know
i feel like an eskimo
it's a television show
and we may never know
scenes from the next episode
there's nothing left but growth
death will eventually come
until then
what will we become
i for one
will evolve like opposable thumbs
until the day my feet
know where i'm from
as of now
i stand alone like the sun
but i'm far from the only one
stars all over
long to know where they're from
what were we before we died
we left our stories behind
did we read the book
but ignore, forget or deny
or was it ever written inside
how can we read chapters
the authors didn't provide
the answers will surface
by intrinsic design
from where they reside
for they are memories
buried inside
obscured
by deliberate deception
and misdirection
by those
of whom
wish we'd forget this
but there are also
those of us
who are persistent and restless
i was told once
revolution won't begin with acceptance
kaonashi sann
he wears a mask like haku
jutsu with one hand
ice mirror confrontation
sasuke and naruto bond
growth spurt for both
kyuubi's cloak
he tried it on
while sasuke experienced
the first maturation of his sharingan
i watched them all evolve
even zabuza
he changed in the end
because naruto was popping off
he said
how can you stand there
and not do anything
zabuza shed tears
and said
give your kunai to me
then killed gato
without his arms
using his teeth
but when he lied next to haku
he moved his hand to his cheek
at their graves
his sword in the ground
so it protrudes
sakura asked
were shinobi
really supposed to be tools
kakashi said yes
and that that was true
in konoha too
naruto decided
he would live
by his own set of rules
this was the beginning
the blossoming
of flowers to come
pedals from which
the aforementioned
clouds will become
starcluster
thekazenebula
so much rain
you'll drown in the mud
but after the showers
beauty will abound in the sun
i repeat this concept
because it is significant
people are affected
and change perspectives
like a tilt-shift lens
chain reaction
perpetual influence
butterfly flaps its wings
the pond
ripples further out than you think
such a small act could cause
unimaginable things
it's all in how you behave
cause and effect
things trickle
like a small amount
of water down steps
so when you walk
take responsible steps
if you're not careful
you'll trip and fall to your death
so pay attention
inspect\
the fundamentals
are as essential as breath
soak it up
absorb what you can
hold the world in your hand
so as to examine it
as thoroughly as you can
never confuse
insubstantial with minuscule
the details
are what establish what's visible
the micro gathers
and brings the macro into view
dna
is a spiral staircase
that travels to you
prod. by pesticyde
lyrics:
i float about
as energy
clouds distribute me
rain
that's infinity
seeds sprout instantly
sound turns into trees
towers of sticks and leaves
they're showered
with little beams of light
that's how they get to eat
how do we live and breathe
what do you know about anything?
the chicken or the egg
both would be profound mysteries
the salvation of peace
it isn't free
it comes with a price
not unlike victory
lives lost
lines crossed
like christian (t)'s
holocausts
so many follow false entities
surrendered souls
not given
just simply let go
an endless echo
the allure of death grows
when it rains it pours
winter wars
hills of red snow
chills from head to toe
the questions
cold
will we ever know
i feel like an eskimo
it's a television show
and we may never know
scenes from the next episode
there's nothing left but growth
death will eventually come
until then
what will we become
i for one
will evolve like opposable thumbs
until the day my feet
know where i'm from
as of now
i stand alone like the sun
but i'm far from the only one
stars all over
long to know where they're from
what were we before we died
we left our stories behind
did we read the book
but ignore, forget or deny
or was it ever written inside
how can we read chapters
the authors didn't provide
the answers will surface
by intrinsic design
from where they reside
for they are memories
buried inside
obscured
by deliberate deception
and misdirection
by those
of whom
wish we'd forget this
but there are also
those of us
who are persistent and restless
i was told once
revolution won't begin with acceptance
kaonashi sann
he wears a mask like haku
jutsu with one hand
ice mirror confrontation
sasuke and naruto bond
growth spurt for both
kyuubi's cloak
he tried it on
while sasuke experienced
the first maturation of his sharingan
i watched them all evolve
even zabuza
he changed in the end
because naruto was popping off
he said
how can you stand there
and not do anything
zabuza shed tears
and said
give your kunai to me
then killed gato
without his arms
using his teeth
but when he lied next to haku
he moved his hand to his cheek
at their graves
his sword in the ground
so it protrudes
sakura asked
were shinobi
really supposed to be tools
kakashi said yes
and that that was true
in konoha too
naruto decided
he would live
by his own set of rules
this was the beginning
the blossoming
of flowers to come
pedals from which
the aforementioned
clouds will become
starcluster
thekazenebula
so much rain
you'll drown in the mud
but after the showers
beauty will abound in the sun
i repeat this concept
because it is significant
people are affected
and change perspectives
like a tilt-shift lens
chain reaction
perpetual influence
butterfly flaps its wings
the pond
ripples further out than you think
such a small act could cause
unimaginable things
it's all in how you behave
cause and effect
things trickle
like a small amount
of water down steps
so when you walk
take responsible steps
if you're not careful
you'll trip and fall to your death
so pay attention
inspect\
the fundamentals
are as essential as breath
soak it up
absorb what you can
hold the world in your hand
so as to examine it
as thoroughly as you can
never confuse
insubstantial with minuscule
the details
are what establish what's visible
the micro gathers
and brings the macro into view
dna
is a spiral staircase
that travels to you
theweightofascension(prod. by nix)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by nix
lyrics:
as soon as i decide
to disappear
i dissolve
rapidly fade
like alcohol
into the sky
evaporate
like the water
that creates
the clouds abroad
i am never
not about to evolve
thoughts
stellar in nature
dwell in their chamber
a skull
for i obtain knowledge
in the counsel of stars
and i'm surrounded
by galaxies
taught
instructed in
incalculable arts
by professors
with methods
only found in the dark
my mind
is an amalgam of scars
they are flowers
and my brain is a vase
a warrior struggles
and should
for the war he wages
is long
but
when your sword
is brotherhood
the blade never dulls
ryan afternoon
demonstrates with a song
the three tasks
as conveyed by a faun
to a little girl
who only wants to stay with her mom
evolution in the labyrinth
the path is patternless
for there are no means
by which
to map it with
the way distinct
for each who travels it
hidden doors
and secret passages
the maze lives
it hungers
and eats its travelers
most
make their way to the end
i prefer to inhabit it
and be digested
forever
absorbed by happiness
with the intention
to live in the world
as i imagine it
rather than
as it is
fuck a road block
i deviate
for i will not accept
what i do not appreciate
chained by time
held in a secret cage
to the naked eye
earth has a deceitful face
but if you
see with blades
sharp
like an eagle's gaze
stare daggers
on a cerebral plane
what you witness
is ubiquitous
so much so
it seems vague
it's like the matrix
when there is a glitch
things change
the blur dissipates
sight becomes uniform
so vivid
it seems mythical
like unicorns
you'll have power
over the invisible
like susan storm
but with power
comes responsibility
you've been warned
but do what you will
your destiny is just that
when the road forks
and you go forth
you can always come back
but there is no erasing
what's done in the past
you must live with your decisions
in addition to adjusting your path
the difficulty
represents your remorse
proves your sincerity
in switching your course
embrace singularity
with no support
and stay
rigor mortis
stiff as a corpse
with independence
of the mesmo delivery sort
a furry water
chemical torch
that explodes
with solar centrifugal force
to light the way
for creativity dwarfs
for stimulation
of what's typically dark
gives one the power
to render physical thoughts
bring shadows to life
for thoughts are but matter
in the absence of light
one should gather
rather than ask for advice
there is no substitute
for having insight
it's up to you
to have an appetite
you only taste the fruit
after you bite
fruition is
a product of initiative
a distinct path
you walk to get to it
my path will cross the infinite
for i resolve to experience
like one does
when one is curious
one love
to all who are hearing this
i come bearing gifts
an esoteric vocabulary dish
a recipe prepared by nix
it tastes so good
your pants will barely fit
he makes fire
like rubbing a pair of sticks
very quick
over a pile of dry leaves
this beat is beautiful
like muhammed ali
when he floats and stings
like a butterfly and a bee
and when i rhyme
i only compliment beats
that line
is not derived from conceit
it's an honest belief
listen to my songs
and try not to agree
to say you don't
you'll have to lie through your teeth
with microscopic deceit
my mind's not asleep
it's open wide
so as to find what it seeks
the weight of ascension
is the debut album by killah priest
prod. by nix
lyrics:
as soon as i decide
to disappear
i dissolve
rapidly fade
like alcohol
into the sky
evaporate
like the water
that creates
the clouds abroad
i am never
not about to evolve
thoughts
stellar in nature
dwell in their chamber
a skull
for i obtain knowledge
in the counsel of stars
and i'm surrounded
by galaxies
taught
instructed in
incalculable arts
by professors
with methods
only found in the dark
my mind
is an amalgam of scars
they are flowers
and my brain is a vase
a warrior struggles
and should
for the war he wages
is long
but
when your sword
is brotherhood
the blade never dulls
ryan afternoon
demonstrates with a song
the three tasks
as conveyed by a faun
to a little girl
who only wants to stay with her mom
evolution in the labyrinth
the path is patternless
for there are no means
by which
to map it with
the way distinct
for each who travels it
hidden doors
and secret passages
the maze lives
it hungers
and eats its travelers
most
make their way to the end
i prefer to inhabit it
and be digested
forever
absorbed by happiness
with the intention
to live in the world
as i imagine it
rather than
as it is
fuck a road block
i deviate
for i will not accept
what i do not appreciate
chained by time
held in a secret cage
to the naked eye
earth has a deceitful face
but if you
see with blades
sharp
like an eagle's gaze
stare daggers
on a cerebral plane
what you witness
is ubiquitous
so much so
it seems vague
it's like the matrix
when there is a glitch
things change
the blur dissipates
sight becomes uniform
so vivid
it seems mythical
like unicorns
you'll have power
over the invisible
like susan storm
but with power
comes responsibility
you've been warned
but do what you will
your destiny is just that
when the road forks
and you go forth
you can always come back
but there is no erasing
what's done in the past
you must live with your decisions
in addition to adjusting your path
the difficulty
represents your remorse
proves your sincerity
in switching your course
embrace singularity
with no support
and stay
rigor mortis
stiff as a corpse
with independence
of the mesmo delivery sort
a furry water
chemical torch
that explodes
with solar centrifugal force
to light the way
for creativity dwarfs
for stimulation
of what's typically dark
gives one the power
to render physical thoughts
bring shadows to life
for thoughts are but matter
in the absence of light
one should gather
rather than ask for advice
there is no substitute
for having insight
it's up to you
to have an appetite
you only taste the fruit
after you bite
fruition is
a product of initiative
a distinct path
you walk to get to it
my path will cross the infinite
for i resolve to experience
like one does
when one is curious
one love
to all who are hearing this
i come bearing gifts
an esoteric vocabulary dish
a recipe prepared by nix
it tastes so good
your pants will barely fit
he makes fire
like rubbing a pair of sticks
very quick
over a pile of dry leaves
this beat is beautiful
like muhammed ali
when he floats and stings
like a butterfly and a bee
and when i rhyme
i only compliment beats
that line
is not derived from conceit
it's an honest belief
listen to my songs
and try not to agree
to say you don't
you'll have to lie through your teeth
with microscopic deceit
my mind's not asleep
it's open wide
so as to find what it seeks
the weight of ascension
is the debut album by killah priest
thegraygalaxy(prod. by rpm the brown robe)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by rpm the brown robe
vocal sample:
let us consider
that we are all insane
it will explain us to each other
it will unriddle
many riddles
lyrics:
it's like walking through liquid
cognitive quickness
the opposite of the loss of the senses
electrical impulses in constant suspension
to encounter altered dimensions
where the ratio of time over distance
to which we oblige is much different
every so often like pinch hits
books are read
like hot sauce on a biscuit
they are absorbed
in direct proportion to interest
almost always
stories
are so much more than what's written
they move forward within
entire worlds in my head
i devote most of my life to my imagination
and largely ignore what's outside its habitation
do you imagine
or are you a prisoner
an inmate
to the desire to be similar
not wanting to be alone
to be noticed by who you differ from
true
it's difficult
but there are two directions to every pendulum
in the future you'll regret
if you neglect what you were inches from
but you and i step to different drums
so perhaps i am wrong
but perhaps not
perhaps you abscond
perhaps you would so aptly withdraw
frightened by such an accurate song
just the thought that you belong
blows a hole straight through the back of your skull
it's too overwhelming to be attractive at all
what supports your world collapses and falls
like when a wrecking ball
comes crashing through walls
but in order to make improvements
you must sacrifice pawns
this concept is correct
it's the perspective that's wrong
nobody is helmed
everyone decides for themselves
for the betterment of their kind
they'll give their lives to propel
where faith fails
science avails
because religion only follows itself
deliberately plotting its trail
the study of knowledge that's there
science isn't trying to sail
it simply floats
on the ocean of space all by itself
it goes where it goes
its destination
nobody knows
the water's deep
deeper than inaudible tones
you may reach the bottom
but you'll never make it holding your nose
and what i mean by this
is when oxygen goes through a hose
even the strongest submarines
on the globe would implode
pressure of which
is not meant
to venture or go below
but strides differ
mother nature is time's sister
each age will see changes
in the sublime picture
all of which culminates in a unified figure
wind/cloud coming soon
the future provides winter
sand will move through the sky
with a huge eye in the center
i'll ball up my fist
apocalypse
included in five fingers
and spit through the mic and splinter
the roots of the not remembered
to speed up evolution
so humans will die quicker
mutants will rise hither
it proves apt
to adapt
for when you're threatened with extinction
you have to attack
your weapon's there on your hip
like indiana harrison's whip
you must change your parents to live
again
the chess comparison fits
pawns evolving
to and from the pieces
they are involved with
lethargic
is life
in the wake of a star's darkness
but nonetheless
like a flower opening up
it will awaken
it takes time to grow and construct
some volcanoes will erupt
others will slowly be shut
there's a balance
things are both folding
and unfolding at once
an infinite string of basic fluctuation
energy's behavior in space
is just exchanges
its contents created
by sudden and subtle shapeshifts
so much is forsaken
wake up and unplug the matrix
doing nothing's contageous
others become complacent
it's a paradox
you keep each other
reluctant to change shit
butterfly effect
you can change the world
with one tiny step
for how's a spider fed
if nothing gets stuck inside its web
don't wait for your food
a predator chases its food
he may trap it
but that's only after making some moves
the ultimation
of a preparation cocoon
what crawls out
is a well thought out
plate to consume
swallow it
feed yourself with violence
like the king on lord of the rings
the fire drenched
i don't provide a shit
you simple minded
nursery rhyming kids
can row row row your boat
but i will drift
and go where the tide permits
nowhere that i insist
although
i decide myself
how my time is spent
for if my future is decided
then i do not exist
there would be no reason
for me to exercise my consciousness
i may live a stranded life
but i won't live a stranded death
for i will have abandoned flesh
the prison in which man is kept
nature happens
it does not manifest
it knows that if we let the sky die
the planet's next
so i will expand and stretch
envelop what i can
protect
can one person make a difference
with persistence
the answer's yes
but take what i have to offer
and do what you will
use it to destroy
or use it to build
the illusion's revealed
but what does the illusion conceal
escaping the matrix
takes far more than choosing a pill
for once you're outside
the sentinels shoot to kill
so if you fulfill
your wish to remove the veil
i suggest
you don't get caught
like a blooper reel
prod. by rpm the brown robe
vocal sample:
let us consider
that we are all insane
it will explain us to each other
it will unriddle
many riddles
lyrics:
it's like walking through liquid
cognitive quickness
the opposite of the loss of the senses
electrical impulses in constant suspension
to encounter altered dimensions
where the ratio of time over distance
to which we oblige is much different
every so often like pinch hits
books are read
like hot sauce on a biscuit
they are absorbed
in direct proportion to interest
almost always
stories
are so much more than what's written
they move forward within
entire worlds in my head
i devote most of my life to my imagination
and largely ignore what's outside its habitation
do you imagine
or are you a prisoner
an inmate
to the desire to be similar
not wanting to be alone
to be noticed by who you differ from
true
it's difficult
but there are two directions to every pendulum
in the future you'll regret
if you neglect what you were inches from
but you and i step to different drums
so perhaps i am wrong
but perhaps not
perhaps you abscond
perhaps you would so aptly withdraw
frightened by such an accurate song
just the thought that you belong
blows a hole straight through the back of your skull
it's too overwhelming to be attractive at all
what supports your world collapses and falls
like when a wrecking ball
comes crashing through walls
but in order to make improvements
you must sacrifice pawns
this concept is correct
it's the perspective that's wrong
nobody is helmed
everyone decides for themselves
for the betterment of their kind
they'll give their lives to propel
where faith fails
science avails
because religion only follows itself
deliberately plotting its trail
the study of knowledge that's there
science isn't trying to sail
it simply floats
on the ocean of space all by itself
it goes where it goes
its destination
nobody knows
the water's deep
deeper than inaudible tones
you may reach the bottom
but you'll never make it holding your nose
and what i mean by this
is when oxygen goes through a hose
even the strongest submarines
on the globe would implode
pressure of which
is not meant
to venture or go below
but strides differ
mother nature is time's sister
each age will see changes
in the sublime picture
all of which culminates in a unified figure
wind/cloud coming soon
the future provides winter
sand will move through the sky
with a huge eye in the center
i'll ball up my fist
apocalypse
included in five fingers
and spit through the mic and splinter
the roots of the not remembered
to speed up evolution
so humans will die quicker
mutants will rise hither
it proves apt
to adapt
for when you're threatened with extinction
you have to attack
your weapon's there on your hip
like indiana harrison's whip
you must change your parents to live
again
the chess comparison fits
pawns evolving
to and from the pieces
they are involved with
lethargic
is life
in the wake of a star's darkness
but nonetheless
like a flower opening up
it will awaken
it takes time to grow and construct
some volcanoes will erupt
others will slowly be shut
there's a balance
things are both folding
and unfolding at once
an infinite string of basic fluctuation
energy's behavior in space
is just exchanges
its contents created
by sudden and subtle shapeshifts
so much is forsaken
wake up and unplug the matrix
doing nothing's contageous
others become complacent
it's a paradox
you keep each other
reluctant to change shit
butterfly effect
you can change the world
with one tiny step
for how's a spider fed
if nothing gets stuck inside its web
don't wait for your food
a predator chases its food
he may trap it
but that's only after making some moves
the ultimation
of a preparation cocoon
what crawls out
is a well thought out
plate to consume
swallow it
feed yourself with violence
like the king on lord of the rings
the fire drenched
i don't provide a shit
you simple minded
nursery rhyming kids
can row row row your boat
but i will drift
and go where the tide permits
nowhere that i insist
although
i decide myself
how my time is spent
for if my future is decided
then i do not exist
there would be no reason
for me to exercise my consciousness
i may live a stranded life
but i won't live a stranded death
for i will have abandoned flesh
the prison in which man is kept
nature happens
it does not manifest
it knows that if we let the sky die
the planet's next
so i will expand and stretch
envelop what i can
protect
can one person make a difference
with persistence
the answer's yes
but take what i have to offer
and do what you will
use it to destroy
or use it to build
the illusion's revealed
but what does the illusion conceal
escaping the matrix
takes far more than choosing a pill
for once you're outside
the sentinels shoot to kill
so if you fulfill
your wish to remove the veil
i suggest
you don't get caught
like a blooper reel
thewalkingstick(prod. by imax)
written and performed by stranded
prod. by imax(bhd)
lyrics:
as life fluctuates
primates sleep
and butterflies wake
that’s an odd face for a human being
what do you mean?
well the way the stern lines
correspond
with thoughts being dispersed from your mind
are you thinking?
i’m always thinking
then you’re not a human
you’re a conscious being
and who might you be?
truly
i can’t exactly tell you that
you see
i’m sort of a spell you cast
i’m here to give you this
to take with you
as you seek intelligence
a staff?
what’s this for?
to guide you on your path
it’ll take you to the answers to questions
that you’d never ask
and it’s powers will ever last
but I must leave now
he began to walk away
i’m like, no, don’t go yet
there’s so much that I don’t know yet
he stopped for a whole sec
and cast me a sideways glance
then he vanished
before I could advance
that was the past
this is the present
in reflection
i now know it was me
that answered my questions
i came to myself
to give me guidance
for the knowledge I seek
and give encouragement to find it
my thoughts disperse from my mind
travel the size of atoms
when they’re not combined
and reintegrate at another time
in a book of rhymes
moving away from the spine
or perhaps, years ago
written backwards on nostradamus’ third eye
you ever see a bird fly and wonder why?
not why he’s flying
but why he’s flying at that specific moment in time
where is he headed?
or does he still have to decide?
they’re just like us
in that, they lead their own lives
maybe, he’s going to his man’s nest
or maybe, he wants to transgress
treat his brain like spandex
and expand, stretch
the limits
of a bird's given
nature of living
and go to a place that no bird’s supposed to visit
you can also give in
to your curiosity
even if it’s
just periodically
it doesn’t make a difference
'cause once you did it
you can’t say that you didn’t
it’ll always be there
in the back of your mind, sitting
waiting
for you to access your imagination
you’re trembling and shaking
but you can overcome that fear if you face it
you’re scared
because your life appears to be changing
it is
that’s what happens
you must go astray
from your older ways
turn your back on your friends
or go play
do what you want
but you can’t have it both ways
it’s one or the other
and once you adjust your
life’s structure
you can’t influence others
not even your own brother
he ain’t going to change 'cause you tell him to
yes he will
no he won’t
he has to do it of his own free will
you can teach
provoke him to think
but you have no control
over the outcome that he will reach
you can hand him a feather
but he has to dip it in the ink
i must admit
the situation is usually bleak
as soon as you speak
cats go into defense mode
and slam the door
on you and your info
like when the wind blows
through a room with an open window
you have to improvise
the door can’t close when the hinge broke
you can’t treat your friends, foes
or your kinfolk like your kinfolk
they’re going to take everything for a big joke
you’ve got to sit them down
tell them shut up and listen
then you can go
when you’re finished
that’s the end of the road
leave them alone
they’re going to do
whatever they’re going to do
after you talk to them for an hour or two
you can’t stress it any more powerful
now, let’s go back
like drowning in the fountain of youth
back to you
have I reached you?
are you going to change the way that you think?
let all that water run out of your brain like a sink do
or are you going to sink to a lower level?
out of spite
'cause you won’t settle
for anyone to tell you
to spike the treble
in the vessel
that nestles within your skull
i know it’s hard
why not choose
to overcome a pebble before a stone wall?
when it’s so tall
and that small rock requires no effort at all
you don’t have to walk before you crawl
i don’t expect you to come that far
after this one song
it don’t have to happen instantly
but that pinnacle should be reached eventually
don’t you find it odd
that for the past 8 or 9 centuries
probably longer because I don’t know my history
that human beings are considered lucky to live a century?
how come we’re still using medicine to cure injuries?
by now we should be able
to do that type of thing mentally
we should be able to do everything mentally
that’s probably what we were meant for
since our race’s infancy
we’re just living machines
only living
because we make decisions independently
if we taught computers
that they needed electricity
to stay in activity
and built them
so they can reproduce on their own and thrive
make one of their goals
to survive
then they’d look at electricity
as the food they need
in order to stay alive
then they’d be alive
as far as they’re concerned
the ones we use don’t do much of this
and they carry germs
viruses
that destroy documents
and shut down entire units of central processing
the same thing goes on inside of men
but you stupid motherfuckers
won’t even open your minds a bit
that’s why you’ll never go
to half of the places that I have been
'cause you’re determined
to further your unconsciousness
never to return the opposite
direction
and step with
your walking stick
prod. by imax(bhd)
lyrics:
as life fluctuates
primates sleep
and butterflies wake
that’s an odd face for a human being
what do you mean?
well the way the stern lines
correspond
with thoughts being dispersed from your mind
are you thinking?
i’m always thinking
then you’re not a human
you’re a conscious being
and who might you be?
truly
i can’t exactly tell you that
you see
i’m sort of a spell you cast
i’m here to give you this
to take with you
as you seek intelligence
a staff?
what’s this for?
to guide you on your path
it’ll take you to the answers to questions
that you’d never ask
and it’s powers will ever last
but I must leave now
he began to walk away
i’m like, no, don’t go yet
there’s so much that I don’t know yet
he stopped for a whole sec
and cast me a sideways glance
then he vanished
before I could advance
that was the past
this is the present
in reflection
i now know it was me
that answered my questions
i came to myself
to give me guidance
for the knowledge I seek
and give encouragement to find it
my thoughts disperse from my mind
travel the size of atoms
when they’re not combined
and reintegrate at another time
in a book of rhymes
moving away from the spine
or perhaps, years ago
written backwards on nostradamus’ third eye
you ever see a bird fly and wonder why?
not why he’s flying
but why he’s flying at that specific moment in time
where is he headed?
or does he still have to decide?
they’re just like us
in that, they lead their own lives
maybe, he’s going to his man’s nest
or maybe, he wants to transgress
treat his brain like spandex
and expand, stretch
the limits
of a bird's given
nature of living
and go to a place that no bird’s supposed to visit
you can also give in
to your curiosity
even if it’s
just periodically
it doesn’t make a difference
'cause once you did it
you can’t say that you didn’t
it’ll always be there
in the back of your mind, sitting
waiting
for you to access your imagination
you’re trembling and shaking
but you can overcome that fear if you face it
you’re scared
because your life appears to be changing
it is
that’s what happens
you must go astray
from your older ways
turn your back on your friends
or go play
do what you want
but you can’t have it both ways
it’s one or the other
and once you adjust your
life’s structure
you can’t influence others
not even your own brother
he ain’t going to change 'cause you tell him to
yes he will
no he won’t
he has to do it of his own free will
you can teach
provoke him to think
but you have no control
over the outcome that he will reach
you can hand him a feather
but he has to dip it in the ink
i must admit
the situation is usually bleak
as soon as you speak
cats go into defense mode
and slam the door
on you and your info
like when the wind blows
through a room with an open window
you have to improvise
the door can’t close when the hinge broke
you can’t treat your friends, foes
or your kinfolk like your kinfolk
they’re going to take everything for a big joke
you’ve got to sit them down
tell them shut up and listen
then you can go
when you’re finished
that’s the end of the road
leave them alone
they’re going to do
whatever they’re going to do
after you talk to them for an hour or two
you can’t stress it any more powerful
now, let’s go back
like drowning in the fountain of youth
back to you
have I reached you?
are you going to change the way that you think?
let all that water run out of your brain like a sink do
or are you going to sink to a lower level?
out of spite
'cause you won’t settle
for anyone to tell you
to spike the treble
in the vessel
that nestles within your skull
i know it’s hard
why not choose
to overcome a pebble before a stone wall?
when it’s so tall
and that small rock requires no effort at all
you don’t have to walk before you crawl
i don’t expect you to come that far
after this one song
it don’t have to happen instantly
but that pinnacle should be reached eventually
don’t you find it odd
that for the past 8 or 9 centuries
probably longer because I don’t know my history
that human beings are considered lucky to live a century?
how come we’re still using medicine to cure injuries?
by now we should be able
to do that type of thing mentally
we should be able to do everything mentally
that’s probably what we were meant for
since our race’s infancy
we’re just living machines
only living
because we make decisions independently
if we taught computers
that they needed electricity
to stay in activity
and built them
so they can reproduce on their own and thrive
make one of their goals
to survive
then they’d look at electricity
as the food they need
in order to stay alive
then they’d be alive
as far as they’re concerned
the ones we use don’t do much of this
and they carry germs
viruses
that destroy documents
and shut down entire units of central processing
the same thing goes on inside of men
but you stupid motherfuckers
won’t even open your minds a bit
that’s why you’ll never go
to half of the places that I have been
'cause you’re determined
to further your unconsciousness
never to return the opposite
direction
and step with
your walking stick
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