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Apex​|​Nether

by Venture

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1.
Precursor 02:20
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Quote by Terence Mckenna
2.
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
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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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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Mystery X Pt. II 01:19
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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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The Hand That Feeds (Ft. Jake Turner) 04:20
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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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Willing To Bleed (Ft. Katelyn Lapatha) 04:44
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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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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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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's first and last conceptual album following a man's drug-fueled struggle within himself that takes him on a journey into space, on to a distant planet and back again. Alien wars, evil queens and inner demons. This is his venture.

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released July 8, 2018

Written by - Karl Laube, Brett Leggett and Charlie Matthews

Featuring Guests - Jake Turner, Katelyn Lapatha

Recorded by - Brett Leggett and Charlie Matthews

Produced and Mastered by - Brett Leggett

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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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