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Digging for Zeros

by Sonus Umbra

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1.
Zero 02:03
Seek the null beyond the half-ley line Seek the null beyond the half-ley line Seek the null beyond the half-ley line And you will see me...
2.
Scream 02:53
Scream at the face in the mirror Scream at the greed that made you a whore Scream as you fall back in line with the pack Wasted all your chances Now they're gone! Trampled in the treadmill Where zombies run Chasing dreams But not your own Scream at the face in the mirror Scream at the beast with no self-control Scream as the last ray of hope fades to black Scream at the face in the mirror Scream at the void that devoured your soul Scream all you want but you won't get it back! Wasted all your chances Now they're gone! Trampled in the treadmill Where zombies run Chasing dreams But not your own
3.
Sleepwalkers 02:16
Just another broken dreg of night Surfing on a wave of coca flowers Haunting shadows, dressed in neon light Running from the nothing that devours Running in circles With barely the strength to stand He falls through the cracks of this land Nobody helps him Nobody can hear his cry Sleepwalkers sleepwalk by... Growling like a wounded feral cat Street magician, lost without his powers Doves and hares evicted from his hat Time to face the nothing that devours The invisible monster The shadow the eye can't find Out of the depths of his mind Used up his nine lives Sucked dry and left to die As sleepwalkers sleepwalk by...
4.
Blinded by every voice Deafened by light Making the easy choice Eager to fight We are the children of Cain Lost in the darkness Like bats without sound Hiding ugly answers We hope we had not found But hope is a curse The devil whispered in our ear And hope is the hearse That we rode down here
5.
The hungry roar of static The laughter of the dead The siege of noise that conquers Every thought inside your head Imagination crumbles And leaves a pile of rust And every dream you had Is just a castle made of dust A succubus of lust The noise inside your head The laughter of the dead Listen to the voice That no one else can hear Listen to the voice That whispers in your ear Whispers secret words That scream inside your head Let your scream be heard The laughter of the dead
6.
Foreshadows 02:13
7.
Angry needles feed The emptiness inside Mount the Hypo-steed Take it for a ride Run far away from the pain Run, but you know it's in vain How can you run from a choice Posed by a voice That screams in your brain? A voice that can never be heard A voice from the invisible world Saw it in the mirror Lurking in the silver Calling in the dead of the night Paranoid delusions Parallax illusions Maybe just a trick of the light Maybe my head is not well? Could be I landed in Hell? But maybe the ghost on the wall Beckons and calls To open my cell Open the cage of my soul And roam through the invisible world Free at last! I spread my wings in anger Free to fly from the past Lost in the invisible world Help me to pilot my soul Lost in the invisible world Maybe my head is not well? Could be I landed in Hell? But maybe the ghost on the wall Beckons and calls To open my cell Lost control Tailspin behind the cold glass Lost the grip on my soul Lost in the invisible world
8.
A deep Orwellian fog nestles around me Obscuring my leather-clad being Into a spirit-like silhouette The un-judging Fool Moon Illuminates the cool, moist air Into an eerie glow The emerald boards of the park bench Glisten with condensation As the visions of the scars of initials And vulgarities yield to my imposing torso Would-be heroes trot by In a hurry to get nowhere Scampering along well-herded paths Stagnant couples and naive lovers float past Pretending not to notice my cold eyes Piercing through the fickle shadow A hermit, petrified in his cardboard cave Prays to appease his wine god In barren hope of not being noticed I pry a sinister, crooked grin And exhale a wicked cloud-like breath As I concede to the destiny Of this unholy night I will feed again!
9.
Infestation 07:09
Infestation, Infestation Infestation surrounds you Shine the halo of the street light To reveal your frowning soul Hide in the shadow of the moonlight To conceal my Browning's fatal goal Stalk, surprise You see my eyes Your final memory Ritual, Habitual To set your spirit free Are you sleeping? Are you absent from the world's endeavors? Are you dreaming? Is there light to lead you to forever? Infestation, Infestation Infestation surrounds you Learn the mission of the story In the sonic masquerade Return me to the vision of the glory To accuse my chronic flask parade Angel's creed Or demon's seed, Which path is set for you? A quest to find Eternal time The element of truth Are you sleeping? Are you dormant in a rage that's seething? Are you dreaming Of these serial grounds On which you're bleeding? You, you are my soldier Sent to negotiate The boundaries of existence There were many before you There will be many to follow Cast to face the only thing I fear I must feel the haunting I'm seeking the passage To the dawning of the glory You, you are my victim I care not for your gender or your status Or foundation of your knowledge Although your life did not offend me - Taken! I am sorry for nothing I feel sorry for no one I am indifferent to your understanding Of the burning of my hunger For the glory, the glory Sing, sing as you spread your wings Are you worthy of the light, Or are you wading in a sea of fire? Or is there nothing? Do you crawl your way through Limbo Along with my conscience? I want you to tell me, i need to know Tell me now Tell me now! Infestation, Infestation Infestation surrounds you Are you sleeping? Does your mind expand while you lay silent? Are you dreaming? Is there peace of heart or horrid violence? Are you sleeping? Are you absent from the world's endeavors? Are you dreaming? Is there light to lead you to forever?
10.
Spleen 02:54
Run from the voice in the mirror Run from the choice it lays before you Run - that's the one thing you know how to do Chasing your old footprints down the track Run until you enter the cul-de-sac And the pilot of your soul Laughs, pulls the reins and brings you back Seek the null beyond the half-ley line Seek the null beyond the half-ley line And you will be free... 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13,... Feed your spleen boy Feed your spleen boy
11.
Blind little mole Deep in your hole Digging tunnels away from the light The light hurts your eyes Labyrinth of lies, crumbling Crushed by the weight of the evidence That you prefer not to see Deep in the dirt of indifference Digging away to be free Free of pain Free of stain Free to walk Without a chain But you will never be Free of pain Free of stain Free to walk Without a chain If the dirt that veils your eyes Cloaks the bloodstains in paradise Hiding in the trenches of your soul Praying at your sunken totem pole Digging in the dirt Until your tunnels Crisscross tunnels As you dig away from light Away from sound You'll dig until you're sure You won't be found Dreaming in the cold embrace of dirt Hidden where the truth will never hurt Dreaming of a day When you're not lying in the dark Until your lies Feed other lies That breed like flies Until the truth becomes A fading dream Within a dream A silent scream Another bloodstain in your veil of lies Blind little mole Deep in your hole Digging tunnels away from the light The light hurts your eyes Labyrinth of lies, crumbling Crushed by the weight of the evidence That you prefer not to see Deep in the dirt of indifference Digging away to be free Free of pain Free of stain Free to walk Without a chain But you will never be Free of pain Free of stain Free to walk Without a chain If the dirt that veils your eyes Cloaks the bloodstains in paradise
12.
13.
Dead Numbers 01:53
14.
A cold pewter frame The dust has collected Encircles my gaze The distance reflected Results are the same Advances rejected I conjure your name (no answer) My spirit's defected from me Goals have a need for progress Ambition spoken to me Hope makes me heed your promise Promises broken to me Furious blame Emotion dissected Lured by the flame Your cold kisses A coldness directed towards me Left me here alone You can leave here with me Leaving me alone Leave this behind with me All alone - with me I've been broken down I have been broken hearted I've been broken down I have been broken hearted
15.
Aleph 03:28
Red follows grey In waves that ebb and flow Cold shadows laugh Behind the silver glow She was a sphinx without a secret She was a song the glass will soon forget Echoes of regret Day buried night And all her dying throes Death follows life And so the spiral grows I am Aleph, the secret number I am the null beyond the half-ley line Evil and divine
16.
I know you dream Of sin in a holy place A monster that wears your face You've crawled Alone through the maze But the prize you seek Is hidden, oblique The path will destroy the meek You hold the key The gate is the mirror, but You're standing with eyes wide shut It's time Open your eyes Won't you take my hand Walk through the glass Enter the promised land You can't fight your destiny Just one step: Set the monster free! The moors are cast Sail into the void Forget the past Let it be destroyed
17.
Welcome my son, welcome home Wayward in your tired cage of flesh and bone You fell off the edge of your mind Lost inside your maze of symbols Third eye blind Looking for salvation In the music of the primes To hide your crimes Welcome my son, welcome home Welcome to the land beyond the looking glass Burst through the cold, silver womb Fill your lungs and scream The pain of birth will pass Listen to the darkness As it whispers in your ear It's only truth you fear Lost in the white noise roar Deep in a trance Prime number drumbeat Pulse resonance Sift through the chaos In Reimann land Digging for zeros Deep in the sand Blind little mole Dig another hole Dig another grave And you will be saved! Thought that what you heard Was the voice of God Calling to guide your search Through the mud? Thought your mind could grapple With infinity Creature of idiot fleshed vanity! Don't you understand? You're living in a dream Everyone is damned To dance for the memes Feel the monkey on your back Pushing you, gaining control Searching through your bric-a-brac For the last piece of your soul Searching for the secret (Dance for the memes) Patterns in all things (The broken mirror sings) Numbers hold the secret (Dance for the memes) Pulling at your strings (Pulling at your strings) Don't you understand? You can't wash the blood off your hands
18.
Evicted from paradise Before you were born A stray dog in man's disguise Looking for a home Poor, lonely bastard of Cain Wasting a prayer To a deaf God above Your only savior Unconditional love And love is a phoenix From the ashes you have sown You reach for his cage But this bird has flown
19.
Pariah 03:26
Dark ages swallow The fires of Rome Empty and hollow Your mind aches to roam Long shadows follow The lone pilgrim's march back home Marching round in circles Down the paths of yesterday Chasing his old footprints For the millionth time today Locked into an orbit Of eternal deja vu Same old calculation Dervish numbers whirl askew You're the pariah An outcast of man Challenged Jehovah To show you his hand Number messiah That no one can understand Listen to the darkness For the secrets that were lost Thought you tuned the answer But the signals did get crossed Dialing for the secret Lying on your bed of nails Tune to revelation's Idiot wind and fill your sails The words of Deuteronomy Losing war with entropy The demons of infinity Your secret numerology Ply your abacus Fly like Icarus The harlot in your bed Stained the walls in red The crucible sublimes The music of the primes The voices in your head The laughter of the dead The words of Deuteronomy Losing war with entropy The demons of infinity Your secret numerology Hidden in these walls Where the darkness calls A creature void of form Sought shelter from the storm Buried in the hail Bleeding on the trail Lost in the unknown The ashen bird has flown All you touch All you feel All you hear All you see Tainted by heresy Leave your soul Hanging by the door You won't need That traitor no more...
20.
Infinity 02:10

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released November 29, 2005

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We are a progressive rock band: currently geographically dispersed between Chicago and Abu Dhabi, but established in Mexico City, back in the 20th century. If you want to hear shadows made of sound, we invite you to join us, take the great fall inwards and listen. ... more

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