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No way to know
No way to believe in my
Lies beneath waves
Facts that I refuse to face
I believe you
I believe you lost faith in me
I know why, eyes
I know why my eyes do not see
No way to be
No way to share the color I see
In my mind, my
never mind, broken epistemology
How can you trust
What you will never get to see
the emptiness they chose
Can’t be my creed
Caught behind the camera I can see
The prisons made for those who believe we’re free
Caught behind the camera I see
Tattoo of skin, naked brand
No pledge for me to say
Plant my Flag in shifting sand
No place for me to pray
Sacrifice the Altar
For an empty chalice, unblessed bread
In the bones I find faith
Because he made me
Made me
Face me
Make me
Fade me
Caught behind the camera I can see
The prisons made for those who believe they’re free
Caught behind the camera I can see
The ghosts our fathers left across the sea
Studio audience,
Laugh tracks,
But we live on their cries
Daylight
Deceive
Lights from...
The Ceiling
The seat of being
Bleeding, weakening
Fade me
Make me
Into
Nothing
Behind the lens seeing through us
In dreams we’ve never had
Breathing air that’s not meant for us
Atoning for our past
The fall is the role made for us
Haunted by failed dreams in the past
A future set before us
The promised land
Caught behind the camera I can see
The prisons made for those who believe they’re free
Caught behind the camera I can see
The ghosts our fathers left across the sea
Behold a divine legacy,
A future not for you or me.
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The Great Stereopticon
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Alone and naked
Man clings
To dreams
He wants so desperately
To believe a drone without a hive
A man with no home
Kill, Sleep, Sex, Eat,
Repeat, Survive
Folly stalks his days,
He needs a story
To end all of the futility
All is permitted
But nothing, but nothing matters anyway
He needs a story
He can believe in
Behold, a myth thats binding all men
(“purpose for all our days”)
The Great Stereopticon
Bathe in it’s peace, blue light
Opticon relieves, my mind
Free from the disease of life
Kill sleep sex eat...
Repeat survive
Of course it might be
A grand conspiracy
But it’s better to believe
Than to
Kill, sleep, sex, eat,
Repeat, survive
So much easier to
Die...Did you hear the news today?
Lie...Did you hear the news today?
Alone and naked
Man clings
To dreams
He wants so desperately to
Kill sleep sex eat!
Did you hear the news today?!
News, breaking news:
The opticon controls your mind
Used, you are amused
The opticon it keeps you blind!
You, you can’t Resist
The prejudice of black and white
Peace, a life of peace
If only you would
Bend the knee
Behold, a myth that’s binding all men
(purpose for all our days)
The Great Stereopticon
We put in a new slide,
Project the brightest days of life
Shadows of memory fall
Were Reborn in ephemeral light
In our past
We have wandered
But now we walk paths of light
Truth like a flame
Burning the lies
You don’t watch the news
The news watches you
Did you see the news today?
News today, it watches you!
Truth like a flame
Burning the lies
The screen is weaponized
Aimed at your mind
Algorithmic AI is
Aimed at your mind, at your mind
Aimed at your mind
I place the worn slide
In the carousel of my life (a lie)
Worship the Gods before me
Fantasies flicker by (a lie)
I offer myself before thee
A willing sacrifice
In my past
I have wondered
But now I see the light
Behold, a myth that's blinding all men
(Purpose for all our days)
The Great Stereopticon
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Morgan Wick Seattle, Washington
Progressive Metal Guitarist and Composer Morgan Wick brings crushing riffs, beautiful melodies, syncopated grooves, modern harmony, and technical playing together with strong songwriting and a clear musical vision
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