Dichotomy

Becoming The Archetype Dichotomy Lyrics
1.Mountain of Souls

I am a ghost
A phantom in a solid world
Standing at the foothills of forever
With no strength to carry on

Every step I take
Shines light on my defective state
But I won't ever fade away

Eternity is black and white
And I've been living in between
(Another shade of gray)

Put your arms around me
Lift me up so I can see
The mountain of souls
The river of blood
The mountain of souls
The river of blood

Bury me in the river
That flows with blood forever
Carry me up to the mountain
Where the sacrifice was made

Where now a pool of light
We experience (new) spaces


2.Dichotomy

IN THIS HOUR THE TOWER SHALL FALL!

Initially they rationalized with futile speculations
Which brought about their ultimately fatal calculations
They sewed their own eyes shut
To protect them from the light
Closed the doorway of their minds
Barred and sealed it tight

Their foolish hearts were darkened
Their vacant minds deceived
The lies that they exchanged for truth
Became all that they believed
They exchanged the incorruptible
For the image of fallen man
Worshiped creature rather than creator
The image rather than his hand

The heavens wait in silence
For the coming of the end
As man perfects his own imperfection
Destruction closes in

In the grave they chose to make their beds
Now all that they've created
Comes crashing down, down, down upon their heads
Death is waiting

IN THIS HOUR THE TOWER SHALL FALL!


3.Artificial Immortality

Technology will conquer, biology will fall
Machines provide the means for the chosen few
To rise up and be 'immortal'
Discard the body to elevate the intellect

Remove the head, remove the soul, implant the artificial
Remove the head, remove the soul, dehumanize... NO!

Shake off the chains
The constraints of your mortality
This new evolution puts 'perfection' within our grasp
Discard the body to elevate the intellect

Remove the head, remove the soul, implant the artificial
Remove the head, remove the soul, dehumanize... NO!

I am not a mechanism
I am part of the resistance
I am an organism
An animal, a creature, I am A BEAST!

I am not a mechanism
I am part of the resistance
I am an organism
An animal, a creature, I am A BEAST!


4.Self-Existent

Into the darkened tomb
I walked but only found it empty
My mind is tormented
My soul is shaken
As a flame is tormented by the wind and rain
As the earth is shaken by an earthquake
My heart has accepted
What my eyes could never have believed
I watched Him die
I watched Him die
I watched Him die
I watched Him die

In the silence death is defeated
In my spirit the battle rages on

And then I stepped into the light
I heard His voice, I saw His face
And then He stood there before me
A man buried but never dead

My heart has accepted
What my eyes could never have believed
I saw Him rise
I saw Him rise
I saw Him rise
I saw Him rise


5.St. Anne's Lullaby


6.Ransom

The sky grows pale
And the sea turns black
Solid darkness falls all around me
Makes it hard to breathe
Makes it hard to think
But the darkness is not empty
It is bearing down upon me
Makes it hard to breath
Makes it hard to think
And I know this can't go on

Oh death my worthy adversary
You've tormented me for far too long
He leapt into the arms of hell itself
That gave birth to corruption
And battled with the undead corpse
Until it's face was smashed beyond recognition

My hands have taught me terrible things
His hands have SET ME FREE!
My hands have taught me terrible things
His hands have SET ME FREE!
My hands have taught me terrible things
My hands have taught me terrible things
His hands have SET ME FREE!
His hands have SET ME FREE!


7.Evil Unseen

There is a pattern of deception growing
Feeding off of our ignorance
IT WON'T LET GO! Until we let go
IT WANTS CONTROL! Just take a leap of faith

So many times we doom ourselves
But the root is always the same
We exchange our faith for rational thought
We trade our conscience for advanced reasoning
But there's no love in thought
Nothing that lasts in deduction
There's no hope in justifying wrong
Just death in rationalism

I am not of this world
And science cannot explain me
I will transcend death
This body will not contain me
I am not of this world
And science cannot explain me
I will transcend death
This body will not contain me

This evil unseen must be defeated
This pattern must be destroyed
It hijacks the mind
Distorts our perception
Perverting the truth 'til it's gone

IT WON'T LET GO! Until we let go
IT WANTS CONTROL! Just take a leap of faith

Compromising faith will doom the generations
The cancer of mind-worship leaves the spirit to decay
Compromise your faith and doom your generation
The cancer of mind-worship will leave your spirit to decay


8.How Great Thou Art

Oh Lord my God
When I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
And when I think that God his Son not sparing
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in
That on that cross my burden gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin

When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow in humble adoration
And there proclaim my God how great Thou art

HOW GREAT THOU ART!
MY GOD HOW GREAT THOU ART!
HOW GREAT THOU ART!
MY GOD HOW GREAT THOU ART!


9.Deep Heaven

Awakened from the shadows

Leaving behind that cold and silent planet
Moving through infinity
Into the embrace of heaven
Eternity has overtaken me
Eternity is inside of me

Eternity has overtaken me
Eternity is inside of me

My eyes have been illuminated
To reality; the fallen state of earth

Revelation penetrates the silence
Cuts to the center of my spirit
Destroys my previous conception of existence

Until this moment all that I have known
Is death's attempt at imitating life
(And for the first time I am truly alive)

Eternity has overtaken me
Eternity is inside of me
Eternity has overtaken me
Eternity is inside of me


10.End of the Age

The earth is shaking
Because of His wrath
The mountains tremble
At the sound of His voice
He pulls down the sky
To crush His enemies
He descends upon them with fire
He is clothed in greatness
His voice resounds throughout the earth

His vengeance no longer is contained
His light destroys the darkness
If He speaks the earth will crumble
If He moves the universe will fall
He is clothed in greatness
His voice resounds throughout the earth
He is clothed in greatness
His voice resounds throughout the earth

With the valleys of the seas exposed
And the surface of the earth laid bare
He reached down into the void
HE REACHED DOWN AND TOOK HOLD OF ME!
HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH!
HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH!