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Impermanence (Pre​-​Order Exclusive)

by One Gone Thus

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1.
There is a place some men have said Where even devils fear to tread But captivated by the sound and scent Most lose their way and fail instead Enraptured by the light While shadows dance like silhouettes We yearn to see the world beyond These dusted eyes and veiled lens Then one day! When your heartbreaks! And you find out! The hard way! You have everything to mourn When you have nothing left to lose And oh how often we forget The ones we love the most are dying too Susceptible to suffer all the follies of a fool We’ve crafted temples out of sand Only to see that we were building tombs So peer through this illusion Let compassion be your home Lament and pain are always there But to suffer is optional Our lives are all ethereal But part of so much more We’re all waiting to awake Upon the sands of distant shores A selfless soul can make you whole Self and Soul! Tomorrow you might wake to find Your life was just a dream So pull the blinds and sleep in BUT REMEMBER WHAT IT MEANS!
2.
She used to cry herself to sleep at night And lie up wondering where things went so wrong And she would find every smile that much harder to fake Everyday left in doubt by the ones she loved Alone and afraid she bore the saddest of eyes And the makeup she wore is just a clever disguise And although beauty's skin deep it underneath what she hides It’s lament and despair that left their scars like a knife What a forsaken lonely soul She is…. Just like a gravestone grey and cold And then… In time she'll crumble, crack, and fold But now…. There stands a girl who turned to stone A marble cast remains above a shallow grave It seems the hardest part of living are the bonds we make She used to look at herself in the mirror To see reflecting back a ghostly hue Merely a face without a name because nobody knew her She was passed by everyday 'Cause they could see right through her We still carry on and never wonder why There stands a figurine ever eroding with time But she was more than just another monument on display It's like her name and epitaph were only ever bound to fade A marble cast remains above a shallow grave It seems the hardest part of living are the bonds we make/break
3.
I Disappear 04:26
4.
Just like porcelain clay That shatters to pieces upon the floor Every heart's made the same With endless desire, always craving more Though we know that nothing lasts Like a promise bound to break We bury the truth to keep hidden away Just to spare ourselves the pain Of falling apart... Deep in dust covered shrines that once hailed the divine Lie the statues of angels condemnably cast aside Loved by none mere remnants of our past We've become sickened it seems with amnestic disease For this body's a prison; perversion of verity Self is but a myth, "so what are you?" Here's a clue! 'Cause from head to toe it feels Like I'm falling apart at the seams And there's nothing you can say to save me (save me please) 'Cause from head to toe it feels Like I'm falling apart at the seams Do you feel the same? When your heart is made...
5.
I soaked myself in gasoline with a smile upon my face And I made my seat on a crowded street Where men in robes prostrate and pray One match in hand they'll see me as I set alight this pyre A self-less act; to immolate Now watch me as I breath in fire Watch me as I change just wait and see what I become Don't shed a tear for what I've done My heart burns brighter than the sun Take refuge in this flame, embrace the truth and know it well That we paved the way to hell but found it in our-selves People stopped and stared though they assumed I was insane To horrified to close their eyes but couldn't look away My body be consumed, I have no “self" with which to grieve My brothers stood with sober eyes as I ignored their pleas My heart is empty of form and my flesh is no different from yours There’s no wisdom to seek and there’s nothing to gain Free your minds of aversion, delusion, and hate So let go of your fear and desire to cling I was no-one before and soon no-thing I’ll be With one match I'll be slowly set free One match I'll be slowly set free You can watch me change. Watch me change You can watch me change, you can watch me change I soaked myself in gasoline. With hearts of love my brothers sing
6.
The world seems so against you But you know just what you're worth And perseverance matters more than self defeating words Can strangers eyes prevail to convince you that you're wrong They'd smile to see you fail but inner purpose keeps you strong Your lungs feel oh so empty and you're struggling just to breathe The weight of hope is heavy and it can bring you to your knees Some people never change they just grow old and die Spreading their sickness to the next of those in line Their dreams lie empty on a shelf eating away the hands of time/wasting away the sands of time But some people never change they never even try Despondence and uncertainty, your future's so unclear Will you stay the course, avail, or will you give into your fears And I become the dreamer of a dream that's all so real My heart will be my armor, be my sword, and be my shield Faced with a mountain there are those who'll always find The goal is not the peak my friend, the goal is more the climb

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With this $1.00 purchase you will receive a bonus track as a pre-order "exclusive" in addition to the full EP. Thank you so much for your support!

“Though not a ‘concept’ album in the traditional sense of the word, thematically the whole EP is a pointed exploration into the notion of impermanence and of the suffering endured via our inherent confusion regarding the true nature of all things. What we wish to convey is only what we observe. It seems as though all the world is burning and that we would rather go about our lives in quiet, naive acceptance of the flames. We want to confront, investigate, and illuminate this 'great matter' in the only way we know how; through music. This EP is merely a finger pointing to the moon; so often we become solely transfixed upon the finger, all the while ignoring the moon itself"

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released June 3, 2016

All songs written, performed, and produced by One Gone Thus:

Greg Eagle - Vocals & Guitar
Ryan Sabouhi - Vocals, Guitar, & Programming

Featured Artists:

Ben Corona - Vocals, Drums, & Co-Writer (tracks 1 & 5)
Danny Hernandez - Vocals, Bass, & Co-Writer (track 5) Co-Writer (track 1)
Jazzy Gutierrez - Vocals (track 4)

Ryan Sabouhi - Engineering, Mixing, & Mastering

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