Loüm

Consciousness resuming at a deeper level Forgotten realms remembered, false constructs revealed Unhindered reflexive intuition, abstract insights: revelations Scrape away the mundane dross Glimpsing higher insights Trusted self reflections - gnostic introspection Buried deep and hidden inside, we feel the truth but hear the lie The self deceit, our thoughts clouded by fear and doubt Lost in a world of confusion, disillusioned Deluded into disbelief of our own nature The voice inside is speaking but we’re deaf to it Lying to ourselves, lie to each other Hiding from ourselves Hiding from the other, empathy is smothered Distrust one another War in our minds, wars in the world In this flesh prison drive to supersede in endless ego As if every synapse struck out to rule, to be king.

Little man is rank mankind Common people’s worthless lives Little man, you’re useless to me I hate you, you have no value Here to serve the likes of me Businesses built on your backs and your toil Fills the pockets of those with hands too good to touch the soil Rank Mankind x 4 Stuck in this game of their creation They made the rules and declared themselves the winners We bought and sold your dreams since before you took your first breath We’ve owned you since your birth, and we’ll own you ’til your death Our power is immutable, we are the modern kings And we’ll always have a piece of you you’re all just our playthings We are the secret masters and you are our slaves

Static regression, a life maligning force Entropic stagnation, continuous decline Global demise is encroaching Eternal capitulation Progress reversed De-evolution, no absolution Zero sum solution Building and building and building towards what? Retrogenesis A kingdom of fools ruled by a tyranny of greedy bastards Exaggerated fears gives them their power through division Retrogenesis x 4

Loüm the giant black obelisk stands before me Nothing left behind, nowhere but forward No way to go forward but up, up The mighty wall seems to touch the sky There’s no way around, or stay and die The forces behind me are drawing ever closer No choice left, I must climb the ancient black monolith Climbing, climbing, ever higher Foothold by small foothold Careful not to fall from the growing heights Making haste to escape what lies below Feeling the presence of evil nearing its way toward me Ascending the titan Loüm is the only path to sanctuary Half-awake, half-dead, exhausted and half-crazed Has this crossing been hours or has it been days? Hungry, tired, in a trance, yet I must push on With bloody hands and feet and knees I near the crest of Loüm As this odyssey nears its close I fear what lies beyond

Distrust, fear Separation is the division that binds us Broken minds in a distorted world, out of balance Incongruous and tenuous The fear that permeates this world is a sickness A plight on mankind, a blight to our world This monstrosity of creation moves forth Earth constantly threatens Age constantly beckons The looming is beyond tangible