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Precursor
02:20
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Quote by Terence Mckenna
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Half Dead
04:37
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The needle in your skin, like a drawing pin
Drawing blood, draws you in
You want to change, to get away
It makes you sick so you decide to stay
Hold the cold bottle close, in a warm embrace
Every mouthful you take, screws up your face
The half empty cup goes down, and you waste away
Every mouthful you take screws up your face
You want to break free and leave this place
But once you’re out, will falls away
So a new friend helps you, with your next purchase
Feeling half dead, coldness in my bones
Let’s not do this again, leave me alone
It’s a feeling I can’t ignore
And when I get it, I still want more
I love you too much to let you go
You mean more to me than you will ever know
But I forget the reasons why
I can’t remember no matter how hard I try
But yes it still escapes me
You’ve left me tired and oh so lonely
I love you too much to let you go
You mean more to me than you will ever know
Feeling half dead, coldness in my bones
Let’s not do this again, leave me alone
It’s a feeling I can’t ignore
And when I get it, I still want more
It couldn’t be possibly worse
So set a controls for another universe
You want to break free and leave this place
But once you’re out, will falls away
So a new friend helps you, to get off your face
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3. |
Venture
05:10
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Welcomed in with opened arms like everyone’s been waiting
The breakthrough has come at last and vision is vibrating
Now my wings have fully grown
Discovering things I’ve never known
I rise, take flight
I’ve left you all behind
Freed my body, with my mind
Hold on and see where this takes me
Departure lounge for my reality
Stars look like a million eyes
Planets hang ripe like fruit on vines
Grown within the mind’s confines
Space spreads out like endless night
Stars look like a million eyes
Planets hang ripe like fruit on vines
Grown within the mind’s confines
Unleash now it keeps you blind
Expanse of the mind spreads out and I’ll find where it takes me
Estranged from everything I know and I feel like I’m crazy
I try to tell you what I see but words seem to escape me
Feel my senses overload, full meltdown I am facing
Breakdown
Unleash now it leaves you blind
Start the trip there’s not much time left
I’ve left you all behind
Freed my body along with my mind
Hold on and see where this takes me
Departure lounge for my reality
Far beyond the edges of all that I’ve known before
Freedoms found, space feels warm
Twisting, floating and falling in to a world that welcomes me
Healing the scars that covered me
I am now free to roam
The outer reaches become my home
I feel surrounded, yet so alone
Just know this, I’m never coming home
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4. |
Mystery X
05:43
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We have a problem, we knew it came with risks
They always have them, real life has ceased to exist
Confused and dazed, riddled and amazed
It’s time to jump ship and see if I can still be saved
Sound beyond sound
Drives me to the ground
I writhe defenseless, deafened senseless
No strength within to be found
Am I a prisoner or slave?
I guess I’ll have to wait
Booms so loud that they rattle the walls
Those screaming sounds that reach in to my core
Not left for dead but taken for little more
And now I’m caught in the middle of war
Was there something I missed? I’ve never seen this before
It never looked like this, I’ve never seen this before
It never looked like this, I’ve never seen this before
Was there something I missed?
I can’t even cope, I’ve given up all hope
A broken man barely breathing, nothing left for me to believe in
Day after day, imprisoned and enslaved
This is not another case of save or be saved
Booms so loud that they rattle the walls
Those screaming sounds that reach in to my core
Not left for dead but taken for little more
What do they hope to gain? What do they keep me for?
Like the betrayed and the lost
I’m forced to carry my cross
Far and away from my home
Separated from all that I’ve known
I’ve been dragged around for what seems like days
I can’t even understand a word they say
Do you understand what you have in this cage?
The trials and tests, exams and probing
What they do not know now is not worth knowing
I kick and I scream
I scratch and bite
I resist with all my might
I have nothing left but to keep up the fight
And then it came to me like dawn before the night
Fight tooth and nail but stay alive
Tomorrow’s a brand new day to die
Die
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5. |
Mystery X Pt. II
01:19
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<Instrumental>
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6. |
Mystery X Pt. III
04:56
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Freedom reaches out
Its hand and shows me almost certain death
Free to die right here as I lie
Left to bleed all alone
Scared of what I’ve never known
I cannot stay here
Finally freed from my cell
Straight in to a brand new hell
If I survive the night
I won’t waste no more time
To seek relief is all I need
A capture that will set me free
Shits getting critical
It’s time to fucking go
Don’t you make any fuss
You’re coming with us
I’ll do as you tell me
No surprises there
The outcome that I’m faced with
Can’t be worse than this
Too much time to sit here and obsess
When will it end and what will happen next?
No use in trying to pretend
So many things that my brain can’t comprehend
I must shut it down
I must shut it down
Nothing to gain from going insane
Bide your time and rest
Save your strength
Left to bleed all alone
Scared of what I’ve never known
I cannot stay here
Finally freed from my cell
Straight in to a brand new hell
If I survive the night
I won’t waste no more time
To seek relief is all I need
A capture that will set me free
I’m barely breathing but I’m still alive
I’m going nowhere, (I’m going nowhere)
I want to reach out to someone (reach out to someone)
Who knew me when I was just a child
Just a child, (just a child)
Who knew me when I was just a child
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Dear mortal, I’ve let you survive
You should be grateful you still have your life
Allow me to introduce myself
I am the ruler of this cosmic realm
I chose whether you live or die
I’m the reason you’re still alive
You’re her to worship me
Now get down on your knees
And I bow to no one
And I worship none
I know I’m not a god
Because I killed his son
You’ve got some fight, yes I’ll give you that
You will entertain nicely, but don’t forget
I choose whether you live or die
I’m the reason you’re still alive
I guess I should feel privileged
I guess I should feel Blessed
Stripped of liberty
Kept here as your pet
I choose whether I live or die
I’m the reason I’m still alive
Bowing to no one
I worship none
Bowing to no one
I worship none
Your persistence is the best I have seen
But it gets harder to resist the machine
You’ll soon realize I’ve got what you need
You would be wise not to bite the hand that feeds
I guess I should feel privileged (Yes you should feel privileged)
I guess I should feel Blessed (And yes you should feel blessed)
Stripped of liberty (I gave you liberty)
Kept here as your pet (Kept you as my pet)
I choose whether I live or die (I choose whether you live or die)
I’m the reason I’m still alive (I’m the reason you’re still alive)
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I’ve resigned myself
That I cannot change what fate is dealing
Good times coming in, and then leaving
A part of myself not worth revealing
This will only keep peace away
To move forward let go of the pain
This will only keep peace away
To move forward let go of the pain
I can’t bring it with me
So I am leaving it behind me
Trouble is it comes back creeping
I can’t bring it with me
So I am leaving it all behind
The only way to move on
I’d guess you’d say it wore me down
And now it looks like I’ve turned it around
I rebound back to feeling right
And it helped bring me into the light
I said “Look at his fight”
“He is willing to bleed"
“I won’t have him go to waste”
I said “Bring him to me”
Oh,
You were always right, how could you know?
It didn’t break the skin
So the hell did you get in?
I am your freedom
Your imprisonment denied
Darkness and light
Give in to me and become a new beast
I’ll help you forget what you don’t want to be
Bow before me
I cannot change what fate is dealing
A part of me, not so appealing
A part of myself, still worth concealing
This will only keep peace away
To move forward let go of the pain
This will only keep peace away
To move forward let go of the pain
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9. |
The Cost of Death
06:19
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Trapped in the trapping of a hard earned luxury
Five star prison cell, can never leave
Only way to get out of here is to die
I’ve become something that I don’t want to face
I must erase it all and re-arrange
I can’t take it, I can’t take it
I can’t take it, got to make it stop
I can’t take it, I can’t take it
I can’t take it, got to make it stop
And every time that I think of you
Gives a reason to hate for what you put me through
And what I turned in to
And every time I look at you
I’m sickened inside for what you made me do
I’ve had enough
Of being kept as you pet
I will not let it end like this
I’ve found a way and I am gonna resist
I’m going to pick up where I left off
Devolved to doing what I’ve done before
I will not expect a different result
They’ll think I’m mad for sure
Mad for sure
I’ve become something that I don’t want to face
I must erase it all and re-arrange
I am beginning to change
I’ve read the book and I tore out every page
And the only question left after all this time
If the price is death, then what is the cost to die?
In control of my own destiny, I’d like to think so
And when you think its shot it manifests right on the spot
In control of my destiny
I like to think so
And every time that I think of you
Gives a reason to hate for what you put me through
And what I turned in to
And every time I look at you
I’m sickened inside for what you made me do
And every time that I think of you
Gives a reason to hate for what you put me through
What I turned into
What you made me do
Now I’m dead inside from you
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10. |
Finale
05:46
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Don’t you leave me I need you here
There’s so much I’ve wanted to say all these years
Can you hear me? I need to make this clear
But no sound leaves my lips
You don’t even hear
You’ve got to let me out
I’ve had enough and I want to go home
You’ve got to let me out
I’ve had enough and I want to go home
These people dressed in white
Such a familiar sight
I hear a voice
It knows my name
A corridor of white
Takes me towards the light
I’m not alone
I’m not afraid
Remember before I told you
“I am the reason that you’re still alive”
I take it back now
I change my mind
You’ve given me no reason
To want you here anymore
You’ve reached the end of your season
And from the limb you will fall
These people dressed in white
Such a familiar sight
I hear a voice
It knows my name
A corridor of white
Takes me towards the light
I’m not alone
I’m not afraid
Don’t you leave me I need you here
We've got such little time, and it’s taken us years
Can you help me? I hear you loud and clear
But no sound leaves my lips, you don’t even hear
You spent your time and you bought some more
And it’s sad when you’ve had too much
You left me, you left yourself
And you shit on everything that you love
I cannot continue down this road
I’m getting closer to the end of my rope
Before I realized time had changed
Nothing will ever be the same
I thought I kicked it for sure
I left it all behind
But it returned to my door
Came knocking time after time
Time after time
Kept knocking time after time
Don’t you leave me I need you here
We’ve got no more time, the finale is here
Can you hear me? I need to make this clear
But no sound leaves my lips
You don’t even hear
I tried to run just as long as I could
I’m so sorry that I let you down
Even though you always knew that I would
For all the ones that I’ve loved
Left behind
The pain I’ve caused you
Regret I can’t resign
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Venture Mount Gambier, Australia
A 3 piece Metal band hailing from Mount Gambier. If you enjoy brutality, grooves and a little progressiveness, you are in the right place.
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