Federal Hill

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I have seen across the city to the hill.
Curiosity of the darkest kind, in my mind instills.
The tower black against the sky it imposes.
I know inside that I have to get closer.
It’s not as if I don’t know what I’ve gotten into.
My fate is mine alone to bestow.
A monument to celestial worship.
Radiance from the angular stone.
Have I come this far to betray the only instinct I know?
Could it be that the shadows are calling my name as I give into the glow.
So hard I try but I can’t look away.
A visionary imperfection of purpose.
The nebulous surface, amorphous display.
Will I come to my senses or will I remain captivated.
It’s too late now, obscurity has now relent as it spills forth from the being unknown.
In the darkness I see the things I’ve never known.
It begins demanding sacrifices.
Wearing thin, subject to strange devices.
Now to see beyond the black horizon.
Now I have only myself to blame.
And as the presence approaches I give in to the fear of the end.
Light no longer protects me.
Surrender to the darkness, oblivion.
The shrouds of ancients surrounds me so I give in to the fear of the end.
Across the city to the hill I can see where in the dead of the darkness lies the tower, unclean.
Do I dare close my eyes to find myself in that room where the stone gave me sight and where it brought me to doom.
Have I come this far to betray the only instinct I know?
Could it be that the shadows now know my name as I give into the glow.

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from Identity, released April 29, 2016

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Fortress

Apr 2018
The Optimist

Feb 2018
Identity

Apr 2016
Storm of the Century

Jun 2011
Vultures EP

Jul 2010

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