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Commencement By Failure

by Reshitivist

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1.
Narrative 03:41
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Now, a glorious time has come A time of bliss and transformation I've come to sing a song to slowly send you off to sleep And steal your thoughts from their presence Alone in the world one seeks a multitude of things Survival is no longer of mass importance Because we have all been misled Misled into stagnation No future, equivalent to death You are nothing. You face nothing You're against knowing your full potential, and I don't know if you'll make it out to see the light (The light that will rise from the darkness. The one that always does and brings life and the possibility of more. The one that's neglected and decaying) I struggle to fathom an outcome that's positive for you Because you've neglected yourselves Now you're unprepared for everything that's coming I do not pity you, but I will mourn as I live
2.
Unified and Destroyed 03:56
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No muse, no inspiration, no energy Fuck you; tangled human You gave my potential to the dirt that is all that you know The dirt you live everyday The dirt you despise You are queen of disease, get on your high horse and ride where you please Stubborn, sensitive and aggressive I just don't like you You fucking suck the life right from me You are a burden But how could you be so capable, savvy and beautiful? You left me out then let me go after many things I didn't mean to do you wrong But what you felt right just wasn't for me I felt frustrated and invincible but that wasn't the truth I'm sad and weak and you showed me this I'm grateful for your teaching but bitter you rejected mine in such a callous way I was there when you needed me (involuntarily) You were there only when you wanted to be, present only upon the presence of your (warped) will I know I broke you but you were cracked to begin with Once you felt whole you left me to fall to the place you crawled up from I'm happy you're on your way now but (ultimately) sad we're so distant now You made me crazy and I forgive you
3.
Smear of Potential 03:36
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And I no longer care I feel like crying You let me down You let yourself down I let myself down By choosing you The thorn in my side Who even are you? Who do you choose to impress? I don't care anymore, I no longer want You've made mistakes and you won't change what matters You are wrong You are beyond a benefit Entirely unsupportive Ungenerous Deceitful Sickening Disease Nothing but against me You do nothing but hold me back Abhorrence for you
4.
Garden of Shit 03:37
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I've been asleep for too long I've let the garden grow wild A world of trespassers surround like vermin Coming and going uninvited I have a golden question I've never asked I don't want what you have Nor what you have to offer Not anymore, you'll just take what's mine I don't believe you Please ignore me Disregard me entirely Spies Sabateurs They that mock and defame Worthless leach like people playing their own games No one helps, no one cares I fucking feel pathetic Too much, too far gone Perpetuate a negative and watch me drown as I struggle Deep. Down. Narrowing. Crushing. I never directly called for help but you could all see I needed it I've been awake for too long and I still have much work to do I have so much but I don't know if I will manage I'll seek in the garden and I will find
5.
Filled With Nothing or Filled with Something? 02:22
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6.
Disrupt Order 02:41
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Beneficial substances Illicit intentions I am fucking done Cease your speaking I pray the worst upon you all I wish you torture I hope that you suffer I have little You have control of an illusion - and only this illusion Eventually the scales will shift and I and we shall have our peace in its entirety But not before much disturbance and destruction towards you and all you cherish You plebs you beasts I have not sympathy for you It's all too evident that exploitation is the name of the game Burn and prosper with me Give of yourself when this universe beckons Seek the underlying intentions Question everything Don't settle for what lacks sense Disrupt "order"
7.
Fabricated and Fucked Up 01:41
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8.
The Deluge 04:21
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Visitors arrive at desolation Transform it into bliss Manipulations of the flesh Slaves created and caged A gift of knowledge, a gift of sin Treachery in utmost flair Destroy eradicate kill the beasts Start again Ungrateful, disgusting, revolting plebs You have demanded a life of nothing and rejected bliss beyond your wildest dreams Abandoned and sent to the bottom of the bottom The deluge will come Dominion given to a stone To instill fear, instill hate and shape you into nothing (worthy) You will suffer For you are subservient You were created by powers you cannot fathom And now you don't even know what to believe You're incapable of such Shaped by the right hand of zero You lack importance and understanding You will never be anything more Than nothing with no hope Unless you make a serpent your savior Always learning but I think I can almost see How utterly hopeless fighting will be There's no other way to survive; alive, without persecution Read what I share, hear what I say, you're free to make your own choice either way
9.
Spawn (Caduceus) 03:34
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Cold Dark Alone and in pain What was I told to remember? I stand and look and I see nothing Nothing but desolation I see nothing. I know it's pointless but I explore Then I return to nowhere The cold nothing I came from I need help There is no one Yet I feel I am being watched
10.
Lethargic, Frustrated, Brainwashed? 04:49
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You're lied to everyday Misled in a multitude of ways and you don't care Cognitively dissonant with your existence Yet I'm sure you care for many other things Changes are being made A man repeating a tale A broken record few choose to hear Yet its sounding louder always I hope you grow tired of it Unite and learn Before you sell your soul for a penance Always against one another You know no better But know no different I bow out You win You are right I hope you enjoy the grand nothingness that comes with winning battles while being oblivious to the war - a war that I'm not going to fight anymore Say with me, now I'm free
11.
Compassion Meets Severe Anguish 02:56
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There are times I wish I just wasn't alive And there are time I wish I could embrace everything There must be more And then I fall down again I invite discomfort It's almost all I know anyway Ridicule me Outcast and shun me Deliver me from this phony concept For I can take no more I suppose this is the best it will ever get
12.
Resign 07:07
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I fucking quit There's no winning for me here Not in this place where I choose not to compete I feel misled I feel taken advantage of I feel as though I've been lied to and used Brainwashed I am so lonely And she won't help me I'm useless and apparently it's all my fault What do I actually do? Not much, apart from struggle and depress those around me Those who are already unstable Those who cling I don't need this But I don't know what I need That's why she torments me I feel like a burdoned burdon On the earth (There's no resolution) I am entirely blown away I leave myself speechless
13.
Conclusion Omni 03:28
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The flame dies without my consent I choose to cross the line Catharsis Inevitable suffering Freedom Something Rise Fall

about

Songs written between August 2011-December 2015
Guitars & bass recorded August 12th -December 6th 2015
Drums recorded September 6th-7th 2015
Vocals recorded October 9th-November 23rd 2015
Keys composed and recorded August 2011-March 7th 2016
Percussion & effects recorded September 7th 2015-March 8th 2016
Storms recorded October 10th-11th 2015
Mixed December 2015-March 18th 2016
Mastered March 18th-20th 2016

All performances, recordings and production were done at the Gradge by Bage August 2015-March 2016

All lyrics and music written, performed, recorded, produced and mastered by Bage 2013-2016.
Art and layout by Bage
All recordings are the property of Bage

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released May 11, 2016

Recidivist is a solo project I've developed over the last 4-5 years while going through many ups and downs in life. Commencement By Failure is a collection of songs that fit a musical concept and lyrics were later written with certain concepts in mind. It's my most personal offering I've ever released in a number of ways.

This is a follow up album to my first solo project Law Breaker - DMT EP.

Recording and mixing most instruments took place between August 2015 - March 2016. Some keys were written and recorded and left on my computer as ideas for when I made something like this "in the future", sometime; I assume beginning from August 2011, and compiled then added to between August 2015 & March 2016.
I originally began recording the project in 2013 (with 8 songs) and re-recorded demos of songs many times while also writing and demoing new pieces as I went.
The finished release has strayed from what I intentionally conceptualized in a few positive ways, and has become an ominous piece of art I'm more than proud of to attach my name to and show to the world.

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