The Mind Electric (Full Version)

Lyrics

[Part I: The Heart Acoustic] [Verse 1] Think of these thoughts as hackneyed and trite Clichéd, depraved, disturbing, and contrived Shallow, cold, wretched, miserable, dark, and any other adjective [Verse 2] Choose to sit safely out of the sun Away from rays so blinding to the eye Singing songs someone's already sung, averting gaze from beautiful light [Verse 3] But as complacency settles, anxieties will rise And part this Soul as Jekyll parted Hyde Now I'm but half of a hollow man's lies: The love, the hate, the еmotional side [Chorus] What's the point in trying if this end rеsult of dying Sits persistently encloaked in dimness? Life can't thrive controlled by digits [Verse 4] "I know I'm weak, I know that I'm vile But sometimes that is needed to survive" That's what I'll say to rationalize "I'm needed if we're to stay alive" [Verse 5] And yet, here I lie with black, sunken eyes My Mind's consigned our sighs to a leaden void The Soul remains tempered. I remain plied Condemned 'til we are both all but destroyed [Chorus] But I know that one plus one can't equal two If happiness is both our truths Our total sum must equal one if we're to find that golden hue So spiraling down entropically, I beg of thee, have mercy on me I am just a boy, you see I plead of thee, have sympathy for me [Bridge] See how it hurts when the sound Begins to ring And you feel it start to rot And you beg for it to stop But you've already dug your lot in the ground See how The Mind tricks The Soul Into being something sickly, dead, and cold As you feel it start to tire and fester so, so slowly Up until the point where it will finally die Just in time to see what could have been [Verse 6] Do what you want, you automaton freak No, I can no longer bring myself to care This hollowed out vessel's beginning to creak So take control, let's see how you fare [Part II: The Mind Electric] [Verse 1] Look who it is, the saddened and weak It seems those beams of light have caused some glare Freakish and dismal, hollow and bleak I could go on, but let's leave it there [Verse 2] Resident Heart is feeble and frail A scourge to purge; due diligence is all Silent, sad outbursts, inaudible wails Dictate he never does as he's told [Verse 3] Fathers of fathers, brothers of sons Deterred from being what they know they can All because Heart refuses to run This creature hardly resembles a man [Chorus] My logic is the absolute His pity parties simply harm these chances at an apt repute: Esteemed regard in place of mockery [Verse 4] I'm sure it seems from his point of view That I'm a simple, cynical machine But is it so hard to see the whole truth? I merely seek a Soul that's pristine [Chorus] I can't claim that I enjoy this, covering for a tortured boy That's slowly tired of all his toys, his wiles and woes ring like white noise And I know that it's hard to see my rhyme behind the entropy But if he'd just once humor me, he'd see we need to live life logically [Bridge] See how The Heart plays profound (See how he lies) But the depth is insincere A pathetic, thin veneer All the pain, regret and fear still resound [HA HA HA HA] See how his feet miss the ground And he falls inside a hole he dug for me The kind of irony you'd read in Bible stories Maybe my existence might be by design A simple fact that he'll refuse to see [Verse 5] Though I seem harsh in all my assessments We each seek a life lived in the light Yet, there lies our Heart, engulfed in resentment Stubborn, pale akaryocyte [Part III: The Soul Eclectic] [Verse 1] Yo Call me The Soul or call me my name Oh, label me whatever you would like Call me your host or call me insane If that will help you stay in line [Verse 2] [(He's a damn madman) [He's a depressed fool] (Is that the one you truly want to be?) Abandon him and we could live so free] Warring all night, abhorrent and trite You seem to forget, you answer to me [Verse 3] Fathers of fathers, I know that I'm vile Let's see how long it takes to murder me Neither is wrong, yet neither is right Condemn him to the infirmary [Chorus] You must be so arrogant to think that either of you Can control The Soul so wholly When to be one whole you can't hold solely [Verse 4] Scattering sparks of thought energy Deliver me and carry me away [Here in my kingdom I am your lord I order you to cower and præy] [Instrumental Break] [Chorus] 'Cause I'm not nearly kind enough to leave you parasites inside me Fumbling slowly down this path In hopes the other's struck by lightning [Bridge] Spiraling down, spiraling down Biting down Lighting rounds Hear the sound ([I am me]) See how the serfs work the ground ([See how they fall]) And they give it all they've got And they give it all they've got And they give it all they've got 'til they're down ([HA HA HA HA]) See how the brain plays around And it splits what once was whole down into three And you fall inside a hole, inside a— Someone help me Understand what's going on behind my eyes Doctor, I can't tell if I'm not me (See how he laughs at you) [Seethe as he snarls at you] (He will never understand) [Watch him struggle just to stand] (A cold and bitter stance) [The weaker half of man] [(What a calculated, degradated hand) Watch him beg and bargain time and time again] See how they fight all day The other half won't hear what's had to say It's just the game they play here in this labyrinth maze [Outro] Screams with no sense for why One more day and more night One more black and one more white One more chance is all you've left to turn the tides Tridential regicide I won't hesitate to kill my Heart and Mind I will abdicate these deviants sat inside I'll take you down in tandem when this rope is tied