As consciousness returns I'm jolted from this eternal slumber Unsure of the present where and when, my body shakes and black is all I see A flood of memories, the torrent of emotions are too much to contain within My mind begins to tremble, where the hell am I? Fear for what's to come As visions fade away The darkness that was once inside Surrounds me like an endless void Fearing the spider that creeps its prey, I'm trapped within its eternal web Stalked and teased, poked and prodded, I'm lost at sea Can not get out I'm out of the pan and into the fire I trade one nightmare for another An aphotic life of ambiguous distortions Causes senses to falter as if stuck in a typhlotic trance Visions that were once so clear begin to slip away Through the cracks of a fragmenting mind I franticly claw at the memories that I have left Remembering faces, remembering places Of fearful eyes that were raw with despair And argent skin with malignant scarlet reflections The way down: No way out Mind bound: Restrained and confined Alone: There is nowhere To Go: Lost at sea Twisted thoughts: Invasive A sure memory of two //knife in hand// Twisted thoughts with dark intentions A sure memory of two? //fearful stare// Invasive, a lingering shadow of deception I try to climb from the depths, to break free of the void and find the shore I fight with all my being, to survive the monsters that would have me drown -Enervate//Cupidity//An insouciant cacophonous lullaby- Fear for what's to come As visions fade away The darkness that was once inside Surrounds me like an endless void The endless void closes in, I sink beneath the surface As blackened waters fill my lungs, I see.

As I lay, bound and confused Alone I stare into the void of my past An emptiness to call my own I'm lost at sea The door cracks open A figure looms at the threshold With a face familiar yet different Like a nightmare she creeps to me She speaks to me, my eyes are locked Do you know who you are? Do you know what you've become? These questions that I don't have the answers to tear at my soul Who am I? What have I become? She meets my stare, her eyes are raw Do you not remember me? You're back to the open world Back with me, broken free Woken up... It can't be The one who was there in the nightmares A familiar face I stood overhead and watched her die With my knife in hand, I watched as the fear left her mortal eyes Was it all a dream? My vision I saw now stands right in front of me How can this be? Reality or illusion? Internal conflict The mind rebels against the eyes perception An urge deep inside of me to break free of my confinement To understand the rippling world To find out who I am and what I've become Upon yourself Upon myself The pain you feel The pain I feel Pale and void Broken and confused Your minds desire My downward spiral A fear for what's to come I must break free of my confinement I stare into her eyes, escape is my only option I break free from the binds that bound me I jump through the barrier of shattered light To find the answers that I seek To discover what I have become

--Enervate//Alexithymia//Peregrinate the sensory overload-- --Enervate//Alexithymia//Enigmatic cognitive distortions-- Swimming: Through blackened waters Under: Drowning in noxious vexation Rushing: Dizzying from recast epicedium Currents: Spiraling optics conceal sight Dance through the strings, elude vibration Chased by thoughts, hide from the eyes Fleeing from the eyes that lock -Watching:Sleepless:Malice:Sinister- --Enervate//Alexithymia//Peregrinate the sensory overload-- --Enervate//Alexithymia//Enigmatic cognitive distortions-- Swimming: Through blackened waters Under: Drowning in noxious vexation Rushing: Dizzying from recast epicedium Currents: Spiraling optics conceal sight All around me, it's all wrong Familiar yet unknown Designs, foreign and unsettling Shifting and adjusting Is this just a dream? A break in the web, a lane to haven I enter the veil, until the eyes move past Sound of wings drawing near Perched it rests and meets my stare "Run away" my mind screams, eyes are locked It speaks to me: --Do you know who you are?//Do you know what you've become?-- Fleeing: Through blackened waters Escape: Drowning in noxious vexation Running: Dizzying from recast epicedium Vanish: Spiraling optics conceal sight I see the way to scarlet shores To find the way, to find my past

As I move towards distant alpenglow I feel a calm push me along, guiding me through the falling sky To where my mind desires No longer lost at sea To find the shore, to find myself Rise above the currents Must stay afloat Must find my way As the fear leaves my eyes I can feel the sand beneath me grounding my thoughts Questions without answers are bound within my mind Who am I? What have I become? A sure memory of two? Reality or illusion? As tranquility soothes me I feel a presence familiar yet sinister A nightfall with ravenous intent, it surround me -Watching:Sleepless:Malice:Cynosure- As sand turns to ebonized glass Strings like shadows emanate dividing me from my guiding light I must not be contained! --Enervate//Devitalize//Enmesh//Dominate the mystified cognizance-- --Enervate//Devitalize//Beguile//Machinate sempiternal apperception-- I must stay afloat! Swimming: Mortal stands Under: Eyes are locked Rushing: Knife in hand Was it all just a dream? Moving: A will to feed Nearing: A twisted desire Drawing: A ravenous mind Dreams or thoughts? The glass burns my feet as I run Guided by nothing but the scarlet light through the falling sky Leading me to the answers that I seek Thoughts in mind: A cognitive dissonance Watching: Mortal stands Sleepless: Eyes are locked Malice: Knife in hand Was it all just a dream? Watching: A will to feed Sleeping: A twisted desire Malice : A ravenous mind Dreams or thoughts? Atop a hill I notice a colour, so ominous yet welcoming Difficult to see, but still I make my way The light that guided me has all but faded, leaving behind a verdant outline that is Boundless in height it holds up the nocturnal sky, fracturing under the endless tension I put out my hand Drift through ones dreams (Enter the light) (I must contain) I feel calm A sense of haven (Must not hate Must not break) Free from eyes (Must not fear Must not crack) A sense of joy (Must not drown Must not fall) Free from the web (Must not fail Must stay afloat) A sense of freedom The blackness all around reflecting my path, my fate The rippling with all the hate and desire, a sight to behold I stand atop the world the web closing in I must find my salvation before it's too late Before it comes crashing down A figure appears from troubled sight Familiar yet unsettling A light whirls around, encasing me ---------[Luminous Enigma Starts]--------- My eyes are locked

My eyes are locked -------[Transition from Equanimous Attraction]--------- As I stand entranced in an endless stare Everything that I sought is right before me In a state of ataraxia and curiosity I see within her hands a glow of wonder and endless boundaries A wall to protect from the growing darkness She smiles with a glimmer of hope The scarlet light reflecting in her eyes Eyes that are no longer raw, and rags no longer torn Is this the point of no return? Do I reach for my desire? Do I trust the unknown to find the answers I seek. With every fiber of my being drawing me in to know and reach out for the answers She takes my hand as her eyes meet my stare Do you want to know who you are? Do you want to know what you've become? Is this the point of no return? Do I reach for my desires? Do I trust the unknown? My mind begins to swirl My head splits, feeling like my thoughts trapped within a deluge, an internal war Sound of wings enter my sight, perching on a bleary outcrop Its stare, lidless and unsettling as its body quivers with unnatural movements The light spirals into a single place Forming a shape strange yet comforting I must not concede --Enervate//Enshroud//Obfuscate Percipient Celestial Cognition-- --Enervate//Environ//Annihilate Intractable Mindset-- Is this the point of no return? Do I reach for my desires? Do I trust the unknown? What will I become of me? As she takes my hands, I can feel the calm again "Come back with me to where you belong" Her hands touch my face, she smiles "Unleash"

Mind bound, restrained and confined within myself! Caught in the web! An unbearable pain shoots through my skull, the fangs of the spider have found their mark The webs that encircled, have now tightly wound into an agonizing restraint Limbs numb from constant contraction, mind breaking from endless tension As dismay begins to take hold, a light tethers me to my own thoughts Internal peace A moment of clarity I will not break I will not fear Must break the grip Can't control Can't contain A flood of memories washes over me as if learning all at once A torrent of emotions of twisted thoughts: invasive and unstoppable Pressure from two is crushing down on me: memories and reality I scream, I try to run I'm frozen, caught by retribution Swimming: Through blackened waters Encased: Within an constricting vexation Illusions: Safeguard from intrusive lullabies Iced fangs: Mind splits From prying hands Eternal web: Labyrinth of infinite designs Cognition: A complex for fatal genesis revival A glorious kingdom upon abolished pedigree Swimming: Through blackened waters Encased: Within an constricting vexation Illusions: Safeguard from intrusive lullabies Iced fangs: Mind splits From prying hands Eternal web: Labyrinth of infinite designs Endless stare: Eyes of malice intent I must control I must contain I must break free As the memories return I'm given sight once again Clarity of mind with a sense of purpose I must not fail Her eyes burning with hate With my mind centered I break the web I lash forward, my only chance Across the neck, into the chest I retreat to the top of the hill To where it all will end The mind rebels Must keep control (Must find the light, my only chance) The only option A sense of my salvation, knowing what I must do I see the path of the embracing scarlet light Flash from the hands blind their senses Focus mind, form the shape to guide my way Creation born of light, a sphere of my own being To preserve the life and start a new To serve as shield and monolith, the martyr (Eternal slumber) (Dreams they showed a twisted soul) (Dark intent, fill a void) (Re-genesis, genocide) I will live on within the earth I will survive and hold the sky --Eyes focus-- (Within myself, a desired knowledge) (Within yourself, a remedy of mind) (Must survive to hold the sky) Unveil! Celestial body Angelic reveal The dark blanket has lifted Exposing the heinous intent Illusion of the stare is broken A sure memory of two was incorrect From looming shadow Eyes fixate The eyes of a third nauseate the mind and flood the senses A spiraling lullaby emitted from crescent teeth A plan of three, a deathly deception. To usurp my being and become creators Twisting thoughts to cloud the sight Mixing the signals of desire She screams my name: Avanthian The pain in her voice, cracking with anticipation It fills me with sadness, a just reprisal A desire to become a god, a one-way path to an endless anguish, an eternal Sorrow To recreate the existence of those long gone, to fill the void I left Enclosed (Surround him!) Ravenous demons (Feeble mortal!) My demise The end of my (his) existence! The pain in her eyes, reliving a nightmare It fills me with such misery, a just cause I drop to my knees, and look into her eyes A compliant stare An inevitable outcome of an aggressive obsession To hide away, to survive extinction The thoughts deeps inside, a foresight of life The emotions of many, and the twisted desires She stands right in front of me Do you see what you've become? (I'm a god from the stars above!) Come back with me (I am where I belong) Eyes tear, a smile of madness (You will answer for your transgressions!) I do not fear (Become one with the void around you) I love you