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The Chariot
05:13
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I’ve been around the world
I’ve read a thousand words
Nothing strikes me now
Can’t put the apple back on the tree
Once I’ve seen it all, I can’t unsee
One, one two three
A religious being
So holy and pristine
Maybe the holy land isn’t a place
But a space inside your head
I think I’m on another planet
And I’m Doctor Manhattan
I’m spiraling like the nautilus shell
Under a mediterranean spell
My cards are read
The chariot, the chariot
My destiny is said
The chariot, the chariot
Down in the desert I can hear my silence screaming
Is it a lust for life
Or am I just running away, running away
I’ll let my spirit soar over the sands of the Sahara
I caught the sunrise at Angkor
I see it still in my eyes, it’s always in my eyes, the face of Bayon once upon a time
I climbed, the face of Bayon once upon a time
I’m alone, alone alone alone alone alone
I’ve been around the world, I’ve read a thousand words
I’ve been around the world, I’ve read a thousand
I’ve read, I’ve read
Can’t put the apple back on the tree
Once I’ve seen it all, I can’t unsee
I’m alone alone alone alone alone alone
One, one two three, I am losing me
One, one two three, I am losing me
My Saharan sands are running out of time
My hourglass, my hourglass
I’ll watch my spirit soar over the sands of the Sahara
I caught the sunrise at Angkor
I see it still in my eyes, it’s always in my eyes, the face of Bayon once upon a time
I climbed, the face of Bayon once upon a time
Is it a lust for life
Or am I just running away
Is it a lust for life
Or am I running away
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There's no backspace key for the words that I speak
Another language on repeat, I view you through your silver screen
Always something in the way, always something out of place
Ctrl alt delete, ctrl alt delete, ctrl alt delete. Control
I make the same mistakes, I feel automated
Copy and paste, it’s happening again and again
I think there’s a flaw in my code
Breaking through the firewall
Flaw in my code
Connection lost, connection lost
“You have reached the voicemail box of Jen Janet. Please leave a message after the tone.
I’d love to tell you that she’ll call you right back, but, well, she probably won’t.”
Running low battery, no more energy
What does it mean to be, human
I wanna write the world on my skin
So I can be sure it’s the real one I’m living in
The ink of the needle
Carves symbols eternal
Pain just reminds me
Piercing anatomy, are foreign tongues, a part of me?
I need to feel connected, to the system
I’m stuck in a loop, stuck in, stuck in, stuck in
But this flaw, this flaw in my code
I’m broken
I think there’s a virus, deep inside us, I think there’s a virus, deep inside us
I think, I think
I think there’s a virus, deep inside us, I think there’s a virus, deep inside us
I think, I think inside
There’s a flaw in my code
There’s a flaw in my code
Ctrl alt delete, ctrl alt delete, ctrl alt delete. Control
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3. |
The Mirror
05:24
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A mirror image
If I bend the light
Will I reflect, will I gain insight?
Into the very soul, that I’m afraid is mine
The very soul that I’m afraid is mine
Dispersion, and a colorful diversion
From the monster inside, the one ashamed of the light
Resplendent, magnificat
Leroux had it right
The monster’s in the darkness, in the music of the night
Libertine, hedonistic dream
Running Wilde
No one ever stopped to think
That the beauty and the beast were the same damn person
Look at me, look at me
Trembling, crumbling
This porcelain mask of skin
Is slowly dying
Dying dying dying dying dying
Slowly dying
If I smash the glass, can I paint my own portrait?
Or am I stuck in this hell
Stuck in this shell
Stuck in this hell
Stuck with myself, with myself
Beautiful creature, selfish creature
A masquerade, a lying charade
I’m past the point of no return, no return
A mirror image
If I bend the light
Will I reflect, will I gain insight?
Into the very soul, that I’m afraid is mine
Very soul, that I’m afraid is mine
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4. |
Gravity
04:53
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I wish you could see who I really am
Who I really am
Give me purpose, so worthless
Are we on the same frequency?
I can’t help but worry
Are you repressing the feeling
Is there something I’m not seeing
Gravity, I feel it in me
I am the moon, and you are the tide
Gravity, I feel it in me
I am the moon, and you are the tide
Water turns to vapor
Boiling consuming changing
I feel the heat, I feel, I feel you
Making my way through your ocean
A tourist in your hidden world
Rewiring what you believe
Dividing, temperature’s rising
Melting me, I’m changing, expanding
And then we’re floating
Electricity, I feel it on me
We create our own, galaxy
Don’t be afraid of black holes, black holes
I feel, I feel, I feel
I feel free
With you beside me, with you beside me
No one else can fix me
Delicate machinery, circuitry
Let me be
Now we connect, join in our gravity
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Metamorphosis
06:20
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What once was weak, has reached its peak
A cause and effect, it’s changing, changing
I am the butterfly
Clip these wings, so many have tried
I’ll keep a weather eye
I’m not afraid to look to the sky
Well I’m not satisfied
Living a simple, easy lie
I’m not satisfied
With the simple life
I don’t need your affirmation for this transformation
If you want another victim, well, I don’t ask permission, no I
I take what I want, now, I ignite the spark
Of the wildfire raging within
Catharsis, I shed this, chrysalis
The rise of one, the lowliest of pawns
Into a queen, the most powerful piece
Chaotic, hypnotic
In theory, you made me
And I become, what you fear
And when I’m done, I promise you’ll never forget me
With enough pressure you can make a diamond
You thought, you thought, you could put the fire out
You thought, you thought, you could put the fire out
Feel the thunder ahead, my blood is bled
I will never bow down ever again
Feel the thunder ahead, my blood is bled
I will never bow down ever again
I am the storm, I am the storm
I am the sound of thunder
I take what I want, now, I ignite the spark
Of the wildfire raging within
My metamorphosis, I’m not so delicate
I am the butterfly
Clip these wings, so many have tried
I’m not satisfied living a simple easy lie
I’m not satisfied with the simple life
I am the storm, the storm, I am, I am
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Mimesis San Francisco, California
Mimesis is a San Francisco, CA based progressive metal/avant-garde project created by Jen Janet and Dr. Gore. They released their debut EP in 2019, and their second EP will be released in May 2022.
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