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Building Bridges

by Dystopia

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1.
Free-Fall 04:05
You’ve been in the ocean for quite a long time now. You know you gotta get out before dawn comes. It’s been a while since you last found a reason to take the risk with the outcomes. You’ve seen so much pain, so much fear that it blinded you. You think the answer is always a hit-and-drive. So your life’s just a chair you subside into. Take a strong grip and try to survive! Free-fall… I see the fields unfold inside. A drifting ghost is waiting ashore for the storm to calm. Why do I see everything’s dying near you? Have you forgot how to choose between right and wrong? Who brought the infinite fall that you got into? How do I tell you you’re not all alone? You think you’ve already seen it all. Your blindfold you’ve worn so long. Your truth is waiting right before your eyes. Free-fall… I see the fields unfold inside. A drifting ghost is waiting ashore for the storm to calm. Fireball… I see you’re throwing your chains aside. Draw your share from the river of purpose for the days to come!
2.
I live inside a tangled site, so many ways I can confide. I could stray away sometime but I don’t know what i would find if I answered this desperate call of a long abandoned door. What on earth could reveal itself? Would it be something I’ve been waiting for? Each door is open but the first one’s still closed. I know the light inside is a life I have long disposed. Be cursed for every dream you stole! Another good reason to justify my escape plan: To spare my soul, and never find out what’s behind the door that never opened. I should be grateful for my wisdom. So many years I moved with stealth. I rather find a roundabout to pretend that I have never felt this tickle in my phantom limb, this breath that I long held…’cause I don’t want to hurt you and I don’t want to hurt myself. All is wide open. Why do I still feel confined? I always roam out far, but revoked by this sight. Don’t know if I’ll have more lives or just one but I need to resolve this before I am finally gone.
3.
How could the distance of just a few particles be more than we could ever mend? We just can't break the circles. “Someday we'll find a better place” - It's what all we've been told. Sometimes it’s more than a soul could hold. Why should I move to save you from your destiny? Why would you feel the need to find the best in me? They say: “it’s what you do, and all the rest is insignificant” - Just a blanket of vanity. But hey! There must be an angel somewhere! To stay until we’ve prepared our farewells. -Say! I’ll be around till it’s over. -Wait! I’ll just be a stranger right there. The line of least resistance takes just a few particles. Timeless coexistence of self-crossing circles. And if it’s worth fighting for we’ll return another time. Another life.
4.
As all these years went by a fading stream of shadows kept hanging on your shoulders. Paralizing! You slowly realized - walking through your hall of mirrors - Your sanctuary's burning from the inside out. The weight upon your mind is what you've chosen. The moment 'till its broken, you cannot leave behind the shade upon your light. It's why you're frozen. It's what you need to let first go. Then, you can find your way out. You can't escape this fight. Someone will have to die today. It’s up to you to decide who's going to stay. Your beast's identified. He's been waiting deep inside you. A part of you that always lied. It’s time to purge yourself. And from what you’ve found inside there’s no one here to pull you out. It’s time to purge yourself! Let your darkness show you the light!
5.
How could I see from behind these walls? Will I fear from the shadow if I knew where it falls? Everything used to be black or white. Now, my vision is crushed by the shades as they come to light. Shredding my endless raving to pass along my beliefs, my rigid frame is fading, but I feel no grief. Ran out of stories to tell myself. I scratched down the layers disguising my holding cell. I finally see where it all went wrong. To be free, I needed to know where I still belong. Show me a reason to follow! To see things as they are, not just a shadow. There’s no more time left to borrow. My shell, I leave it all behind. Don’t let me fall off the tower at the edge of the battle-line! I’m still stranded and confined. The only reason I’m fighting is my soul to realign, as I let my fears subside. Leaving behind my sorrow, I see things as they are, not just a shadow. My old state I must outgrow. My shell, I leave it all behind.
6.
Fight or flight. More is more. These rules apply inside my soul. Wait till my engagements entail! Mailbombs of fear… and they are here to stay. Mark my words or you’re destined to fail! We better hear: What does the beast say? Building worlds to hide inside, ignites my thirst for genocide. What Does the beast say? - “You’re destined to fail!” What Does the beast say? - “My words are here to stay!” What Does the beast say? - “It’s time for you to hear!” What Does the beast say? - “Nowhere is better than here!”
7.
Why search what’s behind the stars? Dive in where the water falls? Reach out - where it ends or where it starts? Just to find that the only thing we do is building bridges. Lay them down across our wounds to defy our lane into emptiness. One more time we’re building bridges, holding together once more that was meant to depart into nothingness. Erase all your faulty question marks. Release all those biting ancient shards. Solder! Those will be your golden scars. It’s about time you realize that the only thing left to do is building bridges. Those will be your scars of gold You’ll be a part to hold on as we’re building bridges.
8.
Now that all is said and done for good, it wouldn't take that much, only if we could... I know we both were seeking our answers. Sometimes it turns out to be such a pain what attracts at first. Oh, I think I did my best while trying to protect just the one that I used to know. I’m not mad, I don't feel the anger that I used to feel before. Found peace, I’m back on earth again. Hate is not part of me anymore. It's kind of sad to have all this this wasted time behind my back, but I’ll keep on trying. I left my sting in you and you left one in me. The fever lasted long, it burnt eternally. No more tails left to bite, no more poison to swallow. It’s time to leave it behind, head for a new tomorrow. Oh, I think we did our best while trying to protect what is left of a fading foe.
9.
Imbalance: An echo that whispers the unshackled screams of the fearless. Defiance: A weighted reflection to turn satisfaction to distress. Wait until the anger takes your breath away! What they took in years you reassemble in seconds. You know your way. You Know Your Way! I am the engine. I am the remedy. I am the answer inside that’s calling me. I am your ally, yet, I’m the enemy. I’m in the corners of your insanity. Headrush: If it feels like a nightmare just embrace the conflict to wake up! Warlust: You know you’re built for this! Just engage the switch that is built right inside us! Don’t you wait until your anger turns to sorrow! What they took in years now you’re claiming back. Right now, it’s the only way. You Know! It’s in the blueprint. It is the counterweight. Shattered to pieces and then reanimate. To be just torn down and then re-elevate. I Am THE ENGINE.

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Building Bridges invites you to a spiritual journey. It guides you through 9 stages of the human soul on the path to self-consciousness. From it's incarnation to the first conflicts; asking itself the important questions; facing its worst fears; leaving behind its inherited belief system; taking responsibility and finally finding peace and purpose again.

The front cover artwork ventures upon combining the japanese tradition of Kintsukuroi (golden repair) with nature's inherent tendency to create self-repeating patterns - order from chaos - seemingly violating the 2nd law of thermodynamics, contravening the arrow of time to eventually create life itself.

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released July 12, 2018

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Gábor Vári at Miracle Sound - Szeged
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Produced by Gabor Vari & Dystopia

Cover artwork by Barnabás Kókai for Barber's Art
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