1. |
o.hollow city
02:50
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I see the stars align
Out from our fortress, babe
Out from our fortress, babe
Our lives, so divine
Here from our forest, babe
Here from our forest, babe
But I must leave now
I must do thy bidding for humanity
I will be with the cosmos
I will love you forever
The alternative is to become
A space-bearing civilization
And a multi-planet species
The year of 2122
To embark on this journey
To save God
And to save all of humanity
We kind of have to escape
One path is we stay on Earth forever
Um, and then there'll be some
Eventual extinction event, um
Take off will be from O'Hollow City
Their remarkable journey will span decades
Veering through the cosmos
They're really gonna send these people out there?
30 light-years away but at light speed
How is that possible?
Groundbreaking light-speed technology being used for the first time
20th-century science fiction has truly entered reality
Humanity must embark to habitable exoplanets
To ensure survival
Donovan, do you read me?
Captain, I'm here
Five...four…three…two.. one...zero
(Hey yah, hey hey)
(Hey yah, hey hey)
(Hey yah, hey hey)
(Hey yah, hey hey)
(Hey yah, hey hey)
(Hey yah, hey hey)
(Hey yah, hey hey)
(Hey yah, hey)
(Hey yah, hey)
(Hey yah, hey)
(Hey yah, hey)
(Hey yah, hey)
(Hey yah, hey hey)
(Hey yah, hey hey)
(Hey yah, hey hey)
(Hey yah, hey hey)
(Hey yah, hey hey)
(Hey yah, hey)
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2. |
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Starlight in your eyes, they feel so righteous
They fill a void, you can't avoid
Deep in your mind, yeah
And when we find their whole new mind tricks
It's an enterprise
Ma, see your boy, he takes control
He's in his zone, symboling
(Welcome aboard)
Saying
We are, we are, we are, we are
We are, we are, we are
We are the broken, the so emboldened
Executing motives, shifting the focus
'Cause
We are, we are, we are, we are
We are, we are, we are
We are the golden, reign over born kings
Searching for our moment, yeah
We wanna find (Wanna find)
Peace of mind (Peace of mind)
For us, it's priceless (Priceless)
Block out the noise, enlist a voice
Like with the boys, we ride
(Starlight command, let’s ride)
Yeah
The starlight in the crisis, it's an exercise
Witness the rise of our surprise
We're here tonight, it's alright
'Cause
We are, we are, we are, we are
We are, we are, we are
We are the broken, the so emboldened
Executing motives, shifting the focus
'Cause
We are, we are, we are, we are
We are, we are, we are
We are the golden, reign over born kings
Searching for our moment, yeah
And we'll never claim their oppression, no
We'll lead the show
(And we'll lead the show)
And we'll never abandon our inception, no
We deserve home (Home, yeah)
We are, we are, we are, we are (We are)
We are, we are, we are (Ooh)
We are the broken, the so emboldened
Executing motives, shifting the focus
'Cause
We are, we are, we are, we are
We are, we are, we are
We are the golden, reign over born kings
Searching for our moment, yeah
(Initiate lightspeed)
We'll never claim their oppression, no
We'll lead the show
(And we'll lead the show)
And we'll never abandon our inception, no
We deserve home
And we'll never claim their oppression, no
We'll lead the show
And we'll never abandon our inception, no
We all deserve home
And we'll never claim their oppression, no
We'll lead the show
And we'll never abandon our inception, no
We deserve home (Ah)
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3. |
my.supremacy
03:11
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Let me take you back
To my days on Earth
Any one bay; summer, I'm high
Aña, darling, doors are opening
I'd sin, you win; I'm gladly feeling alright
But I wonder what you'd say
You and I commit a crime
And divulge it
Bound to win, again, no limits
Joy, I've been breathing a fire
And I'm feeling just fine
Oh you know I'm so fine
Come and light this fire
Only one will take you higher
That's right
Got something to say?
As I pour a drink of rye
Fantasize, I
Bonn, Ibiza
Fuck in theatres, I feel ya
That's the spirit I like
Shamans pick my brain
Say I want a life of fame
Who's to blame?
I brought an ether
Special features beneath ya
MSG, light up my name
Get up out my way!
Yeah, bound tight, the sight
The touch of my flame
Don't work just play
Today this the birth of a saint
No you'll never be the same
What a beautiful sight
To be blessed by my name today
Cinderella story reborn in glory
No, it's not what you think
The serpent's holding my gaze
Coming my way
Way, way, coming my way
Way, way, coming my way
Way, way, coming my way
Way, way, coming my way
Way, way, coming my way
Way, way, coming my way
Way, way, way, way
Way, way, way, way
Let's just simmer down
I will now exalt my soul
I will now exalt my soul
I will now exalt my soul
I will now exalt my soul
I will now exalt my soul
My soul, my soul
Ah
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4. |
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Nine parsecs until arrival
This is her space
I wanna enter your space
I wanna enter your brain
I wanna be in your gaze
Wanna never be the same
Yes I’m flying into her space
Is it all a facade?
Is this life a mirage?
Who’s really calling the shots?
As I scratch and I claw
Yes I am flying into her space
There’re some that call me deranged
That I don’t have what it takes
But this my only fate
I say I’ll die ‘fore I fail
If there was summer in space
The suns, they’d scribe your name
Inked holy gold embroidered plates
Like the hair that you braid
Yes I am flying into her space
I hear you calling my name
But not in words that you say
But in frequencies in our domain (Supernova sage)
Yes I’m flying into her space
There’re some that call me deranged
That I don’t have what it takes
But this my only fate
I say I’ll die ‘fore I fail
When my home’s away
When my soul’s in pain
The world must know the notes
Notes that I’ve wrote
Yes, my songs will be known
If there was summer in space
The suns, they’d scribe your name
Inked holy gold embroidered plates
Like the hair that you braid
Yes I’m flying into her space
I hear you calling my name
But not in words that you say
But in frequencies in our domain (Supernova sage)
Yes I’m flying into her space
There’re some that call me deranged
That I don’t have what it takes
But this my only fate
I say I’ll die ‘fore I fail
Cause when my home’s away
When my soul’s in pain
The world must know the notes
Notes that I’ve wrote
Yes, my songs will be known
I feel you on my screen
I long to kneel at your feet
And I hope to bring you some peace
‘Fore they change your scenes
Yes I’m flying into her space
Mirror chocolate eyes, right as I open mine
No need to count down the time
Like queens you played
Yes I am flying into her space
There’re some that call me deranged
That I don’t have what it takes
But this my only fate
I say I’ll die ‘fore I fail
Cause when my home’s away
And my soul’s in pain
The world must know the notes
Notes that I’ve wrote
Yes, my songs will be known
They will be known
And she will hear! (Supernova sage)
(My supernova sage, my supernova sage)
(My supernova sage, my supernova sage)
(My supernova sage, my supernova sage)
(My supernova sage, my supernova sage)
(My supernova sage, my)
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5. |
her.kiss
04:01
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Her beauty was perfection in bloom
I will always long for her kiss
How come your touch cut so deep?
I spend infinity in my minutes with you
Can you seep in my arms tonight?
Feathered pain with an ounce of rain
Telescope me to your lips tonight
So I feel this belonging again
Castaway far from our home
Yesterday is all but gone
Masquerade her kiss today
Can I dream in your eyes tonight?
As we sail across our sea
The last voyage in our life, you see
View the scene, our being complete
Fantasy is all we’ve got
Cause yesterday is all but gone
So masquerade her kiss today
Fantasy is all we’ve got
Cause yesterday is all but gone
So masquerade her kiss today
If I can’t reach you in time, I must leave you
Alone we will be in the sea
The feeling that I
I won’t see you again
But I need you, my love
I’m so high, I’m so high
From the pain, your heart’s fleeing me
Ah
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6. |
other lifeforms
02:42
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Donovan, gather everyone
Attention, crew
Starlight Command lost sight of us at 15:44:00 UTC in her space
We’re alone going forward
Well now is not the time to drift in thought
You must sharpen your edges, steady your stance
We’ve weathered this cosmos as one so far
And we will do so ‘til we touch soil on Onirique
Do not peer too deeply into the unknown
We are oblivious to the other lifeforms wandering these nebulas
The beings that await just beyond the horizon of our knowledge
Other lifeforms (Other lifeforms)
My imagination (...nation)
Other lifeforms (Other lifeforms)
Could we meet along the way?
Other life stories (Other life stories)
Crossed in timelines they run (They run)
Other life stories (Other life stories)
That I could hear or understand
How do I fight boredom? (How do I fight boredom?)
Lost in cosmos, they should (They should)
Send me lifeforms
So I could spread their wisdom
Ooh, I hope I’m not annoying (I hope I’m not annoying)
To their alien civilizations (...zations)
How can I show ‘em (How can I show ‘em)
That I just wanna be their friend
Any other lifeforms? (Any other lifeforms?)
Heal my imagination (...nation)
Other lifeforms (Other lifeforms)
Could we meet on our journey?
We must march forward!
To Onirique!
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7. |
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Those silent phone calls
How that foam comes
Flowing through the sand
For a moment
Then it slows up
Crawls back from where it ran
What is left there?
Only remnants in place
Where words would stand
We stare from one side to the other
Never bothering boundless ends
Yes, every step is steeper and covers deeper land
But the waters hiding mountains
A range that makes us man
Without the first
There’s zero seconds
Not a minute for a chance
So, I’ll meet you in the middle
In the vastness, we will dance
In the vastness, we will dance
In the vastness, we will dance
So I’ll meet you in the middle
In the vastness, we will dance
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8. |
MASTEMA. prologue
02:09
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Donovan, you’ve visited the off-world settlements in the Lyra sectors before, haven’t you?
Tell me, what is it about this Mastema creature that makes voices tremble so?
The story of Mastema is one of great tragedy
Its presence has ravaged life forms in the hidden galaxies for eons
He is a sentient element… engulfed in his own flame
Every tale of doom that surviving civilizations have passed on
Has alluded to a singular force so potent and so untamed that… that
That what?
His path will not cross ours, it can’t
His hunger has kept him near the larger star systems
For as long as I can remember
So I pray
You know, Mastema was once human too
Born with hopes and dreams
Like all who come into existence
And like most, his were ignored by a world entrapped in constant strife and apathy
His spirit deprived of a love uncorrupted by power and lust
And so he sought to escape through immolation of his organic form
At that, but not his soul, no, his soul remained
And all to search for some perfect Love, too
By the time our people rose to power
He had ventured long past the known frontiers
Still, he is said to roam the cosmic planes
Rolling like the thunderstorm that bred him
His very presence enough to disturb the motion of gravity
I hear the Kings of Centauri had been studying Mastema's evolution from afar
Since his last advent
They claimed that Mastema's final breach to occur on Earth
It would be certain Armageddon, if true
Though the presages remain unfulfilled
There are those that know his final words
“I'll never leave, I'll never leave, and I'll never lead you astray”
“I will never leave, and I will never lead you astray”
“I'm sorry, you know I'd never lead you astray”
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9. |
fallen.angel [chapter I]
05:15
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Born in heaven an angel, midst of summer, yeah
Like the towers that fall, I’ve fallen
On and on and on and on
So tough, so tough to live in my reality
So hard to see what you’re seeing for me
Where you want me to be, yeah
They said that angels would guard us in our slumber, yeah
I see the kids that fall, we’re falling
On and on and on and on
So tough, so tough to live in my reality
So now I heed something calling for me
The serpent’s brought me to sea
My burden burns in the sun
Become another of father’s fallen angels
I’m still at war, the serpent carries my sword
With my body to shore (To shore)
Cause I don’t wanna be forever lost at sea
Another of father’s fallen angels
I just wanna be the star you feed
To all their phones
Mastema is who I’ve become, the sun to my form
Like you are to your god, insignificant
Watch me lead all the stars to oblivion
Then come back to Earth
Nothing I could do to make her happy
My heart was aching for love
I felt it, on and on and on and on
So tough (So tough), so tough (So tough)
To live in my reality
So hard to see what you’re seeing for me
Where you want me to be
They asked if I knew the dangers if I loved her
Cause now I’m caught in treachery assembled into misery
And I just can’t be sentimental so much so that I’ve had
Enough is enough ( Living in reality)
And now I heed something calling for me
The serpent brought me to sea
My burden burns in the sun
Become another of father’s fallen angels
I’m still at war, the serpent carries my sword
With my body to shore
Cause I don’t wanna be forever lost at sea
Another of father’s fallen angels
I just wanna be the star you feed
To all their phones
Mastema is who I’ve become, the sun to my form
Like you are to your god, insignificant
Watch me lead all the stars to oblivion
Then come back to Earth
My burden burns in the sun
Become another of father’s fallen angels
I’m still at war, the serpent carries my sword
With my body to shore
Cause I don’t wanna be forever lost at sea
Another of father’s fallen angels
I just wanna be the star you feed
To all their phones
Mastema is who I’ve become, the sun to my form
Like you are to your god, insignificant
Watch me lead all the stars to oblivion
Then come back to Earth
Mastema, what have I done?
We were in love, and then she was gone
And I think I fucked up
I think I fucked up, whoa!
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10. |
lonely. [chapter II]
02:59
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Along the way, I fall into dreams of loving
I’ve been lonely
I know my way has led me to the end of nothing
I’ve been lonely, I, oh
And all my days are lost, thrown out the window
In the cold and I don’t know how I could hide
But I don’t wanna run away
And on my way, I fall into dreams of loving
I’ve been lonely
I know my way has led me to the end of nothing
I’ve been lonely
(I’ve been lonely, I’ve been lonely)
(I’ve been lonely, I’ve been lonely)
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11. |
funesta. [chapter III]
03:04
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My coffin burns, it’s smoking
Couldn’t fight the urge like morphine
I fall into their deep sleep
Holding shadows on my shoulders
Born kings judge me slowly today
What was my home when the war came?
Smoldering meadows, bespoke shallows
It haunts me, I lose today
And far above, the pain was holding me
“Just throw me away”
Is what I said that day
So they threw a shawl on me
The shawl of heartache molds me
Frozen in the hellscape, here for all, for all to see
A thousand doors are closing today
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12. |
MASTEMA. epilogue
04:00
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I’ve got you trapped in my matrix
(Won’t let you go)
Your human souls are so tasteless
(That I would know)
I never thought I would make it
(Out the prison home)
You love your god though, you’ll take it
(And I’ll keep my throne)
I’ve got you right where I want ya
(You’re all alone)
I’ll keep your blood for my vases
(Tastes so magical)
My rule as the fallen angel
(Or as I’m better known)
Mastema, and I’m in tune
The Kings of Centauri do not know Mastema well enough
The power that emanates from his wake has surpassed any prior findings
His whereabouts are unknown
Let us rest, it feels like it’s been a longer journey
Than the lives we knew on home world
These evocations in the far reaches, they have left us weary
Activating cryogenic chambers now
Ensure all necessary preparations are complete
Before entering sleep sequence
The chambers not only preserve the entirety of you in the state you are now
But they will also emit the required brainwaves to induce a perpetual dreamstate
Throughout your hibernation
You’ll feel like you’re living in parallel universes
If you’ve harnessed the capabilities to lucid dream at will
Well, then your experience could fill additional lifetimes
In the decades of your hibernation
I will dream of… Onirique
Her beauty, my bare feet on her soil
Need not worry about your crew
For when they wake, it will have been but a blip in the timeline
And you know with our dream sequences
We’ll all be as comfortable as we need to be
It’s not my crew I worry for, it is our home
The universe is shuffling its cards, do you feel it too?
He who still seeks the love our universe could never provide?
That is his curse, the human curse
He will never be satisfied with what exists in the present
He has been played by his own desires
Just like every other lifeform there is
Time punishes those that disobey it
If the universe has brought us this far
To be absorbed into some Velestial entity’s prophecy
Then so be it, at least I gave my time here everything I have
But this mission, this mission
Is the debt I owe death for giving me time to try
So we seek, Onirique
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13. |
onirique - interlude
03:57
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N/A
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14. |
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I placed the world in your hand
Did the best that I could
We threw it all in the trash
But I keep it all in my head (Head, head)
I thought that our love was a miracle
Home was when we shared our breath
When you rested your face on my head
Lonely souls dissolving stress
There’s nothing more in the tank
But so much more I could say (Say, say)
There’s not a heart left to break
Was already gone before the day (Day, day)
It starts and it ends in a circle
Life does what it does best
No goggles to swim with the whirlpool
Sinking to our brand new test
I thought that our love was a miracle
Home was when we shared our breath
When you rested your face on my head
Lonely souls dissolving stress (Stress, stress)
I thought that our love was a miracle
Home was when we shared our breath
When you rested your face on my head
Lonely souls dissolving stress
Ready for takeoff
We leave here today two souls intertwined
Dead in a lonesome fire
I know there is a universe out there
Where we found our happy ending
I see it in my dreams
Where we overcame all that stood in our way
But here, in this reality, I failed you
I couldn’t be the person you needed me to be
I couldn’t save you from your pain
I’m sorry
I just wish I had one more minute with you
Just to make sure you knew
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15. |
run away with you
04:54
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It’s alive!
You could never break my heart
You could never break my heart
Run away with you
Run away with you
I become an otherworldly star
But it doesn’t matter where we are
Run away with you
Run away with you
To all the friends I made back home
Just know that you’re never alone, we oh, we oh
It’s a love that’ll never depart
Junior high to this journey I start, we oh, we oh
After school driving in the Hyundai
You know I’ll always reminisce on those days, we oh, we oh
Remember Oracle and The Pathway?
Feeling blue rewinding those days, we oh, we oh
It’s harder now as we’ve grown old
Yeah life got real, so material
When nostalgia hits it’s ethereal
Yeah I miss it all, now it’s serious
And I love you all, don’t get it wrong
But I never thought it would take this long
So when my statue’s carved
I’ll say I did it all, I did it all
Yeah, I did it all for you
But you could never break my heart
You could never break my heart
Run away with you
Run away with you
I become an otherworldly star
But it doesn’t matter where we are
Run away with you
Run away with you
Boulder with my boys, good for my soul
VROS in Keystone tripping alone, we oh, we oh
Trips and travels were my favorite forays
Love that acid, yeah I thank God for that acid
Yeah we oh, we oh
From the beaches out of San Jose
To the quarters down in NOLA, we oh, we oh
Apollo in the stu’ with caution tape
Shows at COATI with Rory those too, we oh, we oh
Yeah, water your eyes and shed your tears
You know the end is growing near
But I'll never leave so don't you fear
Memories live on forever in here
And I’m always here, you can always call
Even though in space I think the signal’s gone
It’s okay though look, I’ll say I did it all
I did it all, yeah I did it all for you
You could never break my heart
You could never break my heart
Run away with you
Run away with you
I become an otherworldly star
But it doesn’t matter where we are
Run away with you
Run away with you
You could never break my heart
You could never break my heart
Run away with you
Run away with you
I become an otherworldly star
But it doesn’t matter where we are
Run away with you
Run away with you, you
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16. |
army.of.vermilion
06:40
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Attention crew members, we are approaching our destination
Expected atmospheric entry point T-minus one song
All cryogenic chambers have been successfully deactivated
Crew members have been awakened from dream sleep
Do as you must to prepare landing procedures
It is the beginning of a new era
I’m flying away this time
The white light’s astray
They try and
And tune your reflection and wait
As you die on a lonesome road in your mind
Where do all our souls reside?
Will my life wipe ‘fore my eyes?
I’m in tune
Ooh
And I won’t be afraid, my destiny awaits
Paradise needs my presence, utopia in my name
I’ll always be okay
With my Army of Vermilion
My Army of Vermilion
Army of Vermilion
Army of Vermilion
I’m in tune, I’m in tune
My Army of Vermilion
My Army of Vermilion
My Army of Vermilion
My Army of Vermilion
I’m in tune, I’m in tune, I’m in tune
O’Hollow City, this is your captain speaking
Locking in orbital parameters with Onirique now
It–This is the beginning we needed
This will be my final transmission
This is Rex Vermilion
My Army of Vermilion
(I just want this to last forever, I just want this to last forever)
My Army of Vermilion
(I just want this to last forever, I just want this to last forever)
(I just want this to last forever, I just want this to last forever)
My Army of Vermilion
(I just want this to last forever, I just want this to last forever)
(I just want this to last forever, I just want this to last forever)
My Army of Vermilion
(I just want this to last forever, I just want this to last forever)
(I just want this to last forever, I just want this to last forever)
And I don’t want to say goodbye
(Army of Vermilion)
(I just want this to last forever, I just want this to last forever)
(I just want this to last forever, I just want this to last forever)
I don’t want to say goodbye
Army of Vermilion!
(I just want this to last forever, I just want this to last forever)
(I just want this to last forever, I just want this to last forever)
(My Army of Vermilion)
(And I don’t want to say goodbye)
(My Army of Vermilion)
(You know I don’t want to say goodbye)
Good morning, world
We have breaking news to share from our Interstellar Communications Department
It is now May of 2152, and the O’Hollow City mission
(My Army of Vermilion)
(You know I don’t wanna say, say goodbye)
A 30-year interplanetary quest to find planet Onirique
(My Army of Vermilion)
(Yeah no I don’t wanna say goodbye)
That has captivated humanity’s attention for decades, has come to an end
The mission crew led by Rex Vermilion has begun their descent
And with their arrival, brings a bittersweet promise of hope for us all
The ones who risked everything to ensure that our species' legacy
Would live beyond the confines of our doomed world
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REX VERMILION Denver, Colorado
22nd-century space captain, pilot of the mission to planet Onirique. A revered man in the future with the help of artificial intelligence, ready to lead humanity to new frontiers, and save all civilizations while he's at it. The story of "MASTEMA." details this intense and emotional journey through the deep cosmos. ... more
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