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the destructive character

by Totvm

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1.
What if man is a human creation? A binary construct Of pixels in narration Undergoing constant standardization To eliminate all deviations
 Man The temporary prototype Still just a flawed design Whatever you long for You must become
 The plastic is an exoskeleton 

Implants
 Evolution 
Glitches 
Insanity Radiation that changes identity No object is unique Before it malfunctions Lucky for those That are inherently destructive What if man is a human creation?
2.
You’ve seen a body broken ’Till it can’t stand no more An endless infancy A weightless state like before You walk away You forget Hold on to ice It's a long night before The body forgives the mind To avoid distractions Take a single bow See your cells changing Drift with the here and the now A new pill 
For the first time What a strange way 
 Of staying alive Always bringing the bad weather Always bringing the rain Keep silent And it goes away
3.
:lost time: 04:11
As metal rust before your eyes A speck of dust 
 In a beam of light The oxygen That only borrows life To those who barely cross your mind A cycle reaches its end Takes a while for a new to begin And all of this 
Just feels like lost time Because of all you can’t leave behind Speak aloud Don’t tell the truth Just pretend It never comes to you
4.
A season in hell The planet in conflict Despite isolation Just hold your tongue Try to avoid all confrontation An asteroid that falls Don’t seem the same 
Loses it’s context 
Rises as vapour You levitate
 Then hit the ground
 See the fractures inflicted on nature 
You said your goodbye Then impaled your eyes Do you know what bruises form your outline?
 This is the way the universe knows itself
 Seems so exciting when you’re on the outside
 Matter takes form Gasping for air Pleading for help Or divine intervention A view from above Just something
 To defy explanation (Maybe you got what you need) No matter carries our sounds to the sun What do you seek in between?
5.
cell.memory 04:06
Trauma leaves your side And wander off somewhere If you only knew
 How much they care for you 

What if they make it home 
But you’re not there? ‘Cause there’s nothing for you
 Here is nothing for you
 Who will take your place 
When the future begins?
 Since you revealed
 How your heart’s not in it Would you change your pace? A pulse through the bones You didn’t want to go
 Now it’s too late for you
 You inherited
 Satisfaction 
Still starve Serotonin
6.
I alle verdener
 Hvad skal der til?
 For at se farver
 Der ikke falmer med tid

 Bølgerne brydes Tager mere hvert år
 Finder håb
 Uden fysisk form
 Midt i en by
 Hvor der er stjernetomt 
Og ingen grund
 Til at se op
 Oplyser gaden
 Der hvor solen ej når Når alle famler Og alting forgår
 Vi griner
 Vi græder
 Vi danser og ler
 Vi synger med dem 
Der ikke er her mere 
Atomer samles
 De brydes i storm
 Men fra hvert sit sted Finder de altid en form
 Og hvor du mangler
 Bygges alt der består
 Minder os om
 Hvad vi aldrig formår
7.
[IMPULSE] 03:11
Lilies are growing tall 
A city lost to radiation 
Disguise the glow With pesticide Dodge the rain
 Compromise 
Feel the wild signals
 Nervous systems in action Forgive the failures
 Of conscious behaviour Digitize
 The sensory Randomize The 
binaries 
Vibrate matter
 To synchronise Find the will
 To improvise Future defines the present Weightless in an institution Become a common entity Your empathy
 is brutality A high pitched sound Eat the bodies in motion Exist indefinitely
 Tissue
 Transfer 
Energy Or starve
8.
escapism 03:31
It’s hard to tell The 
muted tragedies The 
lens reflections From memories 

Once your eyes adjust 
You’ll find that the bathysphere Is the perfect place 
For observing life Stay awake through the afterhours If daylight’s so brief At least We have the darkness in common Since you can’t sleep
 Above the water You shiver nervously It condensates To 
keep you warm If you hear the sirens It's time for us to leave 
If you get lost Reach for the highest peak Careless relief
9.
λ 03:10
They see to you
 That you’re well
 Keep singing in a thousand decibel 
Something breaks
 You’re frail as a leaf The poppies are shaking Violently
10.
transparent 04:38
Absorbed into same old patterns 
A denial of the current This withering Of expectation
 Will leave you Transparent

 Abstract figures 
Of an all-time low Strayed from the tracks of reason
 The lack of anger Is the fool’s mark Newfound prophets
 Speak through glass

 You’re always seeking permanence In constant limitations
 But this haze Of situations Will make us
 Timeless

credits

released April 7, 2021

composed, produced & mixed by totvm
except
track 10 composed by metro cult
track 2 & 6 mixed by philip at copilco productions

album mastered by philip at copilco productions
cover picture by sanne de neige
tape print/layout by kinnat (merchbabe)
released by totentanz
copenhagen 2021

thanks to paw bosack of totentanz

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