The Vanguard

by PseudoSignal

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Have we lost ourselves in the midst of senseless disequilibrium?
Our hands locked tight round each other’s throats while marauders break down the door
From these trenches I can see the sunlight trying to sneak through the opaque clouds
Dispersed and fragmented ash and sulfur dioxide pervade the shroud

Breathe the air
And embrace your malice
Tear them down and sustain division
Taste the air
And embrace the chaos
Tear them down to sustain yourself

This is the call at the heart of it
Primitive and wild
There’s no way to escape from this instinctive decay
Archaic and impetuous
Cling to its nature
Clutch the itch like a lifeline and run to the vanguard

Erase the obstinacy
And find amidst this disorder – a light through mist to safe harbour
The way to something new
The devil you know’s better than the one you don’t
These notions of utopia can hardly make us whole
Can hardly make us whole
But if we don’t try something we’re lost in here forever
Doomed like the ouroboros to consume itself in a fruitless endeavour

This is the call at the heart of it
You can never escape from it
Archaic and impetuous
Clutch the itch like a lifeline and run for the vanguard

I am your surrogate
I am like you in so many ways
Falling between the cracks like children lost in a maze

I am your surrogate
I am like you in so many ways
Falling between the cracks like children lost in a maze

I am your surrogate
I am like you in so many ways
Falling between the cracks like children lost in a maze

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released November 4, 2021

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PseudoSignal Melbourne, Australia

Bone-crushing metal. Heavy bass sound design. Occasional cello.

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