Roundabout: Volumes I & II

by Archana

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released 19 August 2011
Produced by Ryan Wert and Archana.

Additional producing/moral support by Will Wood

Recorded by Ryan Wert with the help of Karl Fleck at Elm Street Recording in Lansing, MI.

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Track Name: I'll Rot
How am I to say
That this will never, never survive?
How am I to say that I will go on?
Never remembered.

I can’t swim
deep enough.
Built to break.
Take and take.
I can’t run
far enough.
Built to break.
Take and take.

How am I to say
That this will never, never survive?
How am I to say that I will go on?
Never remembered.

How am I to say
That this will never, never survive?
No one can see it.
I’ll rot and they’ll pay me no mind.
Track Name: Getting Away With Faking A Friendship
I’ve created a monster about you.
With you, without you, I’m free and I’m bound to
Feelings left over from a fall to grace.
A starry eyed stare into starry skied space. Oh no.

So is this art yet? (No!)
Is this fucking beautiful? (Not yet. Try a little harder.)

You’re a sad kid up in his room.
Think twice before you try to be happy this soon.
So is this art yet?

I’ve created a bomb to defuse you.
Lies designed to break words like “us” and “you”.
Pointing the lights as to not cause a glare,
and we’ll stand back while all the young kids stare. Oh no.

So is this art yet? (No!)
Is this fucking beautiful? (Not yet. Try a little harder)

You’re a sad kid up in his room.
think twice before you try to be happy this soon.
So is this art yet?

I’m getting away with faking a friendship.

Wrap your mind around me now.
Return the favor, please.
I’ll die soon. I know that.
I hope you’ll die before me.
Track Name: Dust
The time you walked away.
The banishing of slaves.
I never wanted to be free.
Cage me.

Let me stay.
Don’t send me away.
Break me down.
Spinning slander all around.
Hearts unknown.
All alone.
By myself.
Dust collecting on a shelf.

The time you walked away.
The banishing of slaves.
I never wanted to be free.
Cage me.

I’ll climb up.
I’ll climb my way out.
Weaving words.
You won’t drag me down.

You won’t sing any more lies.
I won’t let you trade me.
Trade me for no one.
The jewel I discarded.
Scratch out my eyes
So I can’t see you.
See you turn away.
Don’t let it be like this.

The time you walked away.
The banishing of slaves.
I never wanted to be free.
Cage me.
Track Name: Out Of The Nest
I was not prepared.
I am so impaired.
I could do this then.
I was never ever ending.

Why do we waste all our time this way?
Why don’t I just throw my words away?
I’m not worth a second passing.
I’m worth what you’ve been amassing.

I can’t relate.
Be myself.
Be myself?
I can’t be myself.

I don’t know why I can’t be Happy.
Why can’t I fill my cup?
There's no mercy for the lonely.
Why can’t I shut me up?

I could stand to branch out.
See what I’m without.
I could do this then.
I’d be never ever ending.

Did I really waste my time this way?
Why don’t I just throw my words away?
I could be a vessel for the mind.
If I could just mask myself alive.

I can’t relate.
By myself.
By myself?
I’m all by myself.

I don’t know why I can’t be joyful.
Why can’t I be content?
There's no mercy for the lonely.
I wonder where I went.

And if I die in the fire,
I will blame myself.
I will blame myself.

I’m just a bird on a wire.
I’m out of my nest.
I’m out of my nest.

YOU BETTER PUSH ME HARD. I WANNA FLY!
Track Name: Moth
Everyone around me is the same.
I'd like to break you in the worst way,
Cut it off and make it end.

For what I've provided, no return.
Another fight. A wasted night. My dream's on fire.

Life, oh where is your sting? Bed, where's your victory?
See, I can't deny the hold that you have on me.
I'm buried in a solid fog of infamy.
Is anybody going to acknowledge me?

I'm breaking all the thoughts that keep me down and keep me sane.
But still I want. But still I crave. To my demise or so it seems.

Life, oh where is your sting? Bed, where's your victory?
See, I can't deny the hold that you have on me.
I'm buried in a solid fog of infamy.
Is anybody going to acknowledge me?

After what you've said, I cannot speak.
After what you've seen, I feel oblique.
Patterns in the tops of all the trees.
Everyone around me is the same.

Including you.
Track Name: Judas Tree
I wonder what would happen
If I stopped trying to please everyone.
I'll blind myself with passion.
A slave to the winter’s sun.

I've dug myself a grave again.
I’ll set myself within.
But I’ve left myself desolate.
No one to close me in.

No one gives a fuck about me now.
Terrible silence sealed by a vow.
Human despair and agony.
Hanging upon on my Judas tree.

So I fill up my pen with a bullshit emotion.
A fool proof plan too lethargic to function.
And to my troubles a glass is raised
But I can’t shake the feeling I’ve changed.

I just keep swimming but there isn’t a shore.
Oh, It’s amazing I attempt it anymore.
I’d like to think that I make measures and steps
But my best is your worst and your worst bests my best.

No one gives a fuck about me now.
Terrible silence sealed by a vow.
Human despair and agony.
Hanging upon my Judas tree.

Lost my feelings and I'm unappealing.
Take me home. Forget me.
Like a cigarette, discard me.

I can’t end it like this.
I can’t go out like this.
I won’t let you flourish.
I will be your end but...

How am I to say
That this will never, never survive?
How am I to say
that I will go on?
Never remembered.
How am I to say
That this will never, never survive?
No one can see it.
I’ll rot and they’ll pay me no mind.
Track Name: The Monster With 21 Faces
Got your facade of empathy.
Isn’t it so lovely.
So many lost.
Underneath so ugly.
Shades of deceit is all that's seen.
Scrapes and bruises in between.

Halfway gone.
Halfway gone.
Isn't it so lovely.

You’ve figured me out.
You’ve lost your soul. You’ve lost your way.
Falling down. Spiraling.
Is this the path to decay?
So beaten. So drained.

You might get it back someday.
Let yourself be nothing.
So many tries...
Yet you still have nothing.
Moral credits unredeemed.
Taking back your self esteem.

Almost gone.
Almost gone.
Isn’t it so lovely

You’ve figured me out.
You’ve lost your soul you’ve lost your way.
Falling down. Spiraling.
Is it the path to decay?
So beaten. So drained.

You’re a fuck-up.
On repeat.
I’m prevailing.
I’m complete.

I saw the fox eyed man.
He don’t know who I am.
No, no, he don’t know me.
21 faces looking at me.

Your time is getting short.
You’re in the black queen's court.
You’re gonna die out soon.
The binding of the moon.
Track Name: Light
Careful what you do
‘Cause God is watching your every move.
I’ll be the law. Written in stone.
I’ll do it on my own.

See it through.
No matter what I try to do.
Soon you’ll see and all agree.
The results are just the same.

Bound by honor, rage, and pride.

I’m the writer.
You can’t decipher.
It’s black and white.
I’ll be the light.

This place will
Never ever be the same.
Righteousness prevails
And only innocent remain.

Secret lives.
I’ve no need for alibis.
Forever watching over
With a demon’s crimson eyes.

Bound by honor, rage, and pride.
Now its so clear.
The end is near.

Gods of death are forsaking me.
Gods of death. They’re taking me. Oh.
Back to the start. Where we began.
I’ve come too far to see it drown now.

And with me the new world dies.
Return of hated, greed, and lies.
Show me mercy show me how.
What am I going to do now?

Chaos returns. The death of me.
Drowning in dichotomy. Oh.
Dark and Light. Where are you now?
I needed you. Where are you now?

I’m the writer.
You can’t decipher.
It’s black and white.
I’ll be the light.
Track Name: Post-Life Crisis
Does it scare you that I can define you?
Does it make you feel content?
I've been patiently waiting.
I'll sit up now and make my attempt.

All I need is the will and the reason.
All you need is a different crowd.
I've been patiently waiting.
I am ready to stomp you out.

You’ve got nothing for hopes. You’ve delivered a ghost to my ears.
You’re parading the death and destruction of my shell.

I hope I keep my heart intact.

Issued thoughts mass-produced from a faceless
Black machine with a taste for the tasteless.
Be concluded. A memory that you lost.
I’ll be waiting for you to accost.

Let the anger flow like a river.
I'm absconded into the sea.
I could care less what you've made me out to be.
I'm inhuman as far as I can see.

You’ve got nothing for hopes. You’ve delivered a ghost to my ears.
You’re parading the death and destruction of my shell.

I hope I keep my heart intact

Tear me apart and then tell me you love me.
All out of steam. Lost in a dream. This can't be me.
Barely alive and a menace to myself.
Stomachs will churn. Tables will turn. Bodies will burn.

Does it scare you that I can define you?
Does it make you feel content?
I've been patiently waiting.
I'll sit up now and make my attempt.

Does it scare you?


I will never be
The phantom that I see.
Swear upon my life.
The art I create is my knife.
Carve into your soul
Then climb into the hole.
Track Name: Convergence Of Change
Don’t let it slip through the cracks of your fingers.
It’s so close, the tension lingers.
Begin the process free from influence.
Pure genesis. A perfect divergence. oh

I can’t relax and cover your tacks anymore.
I know the way I’ve been trained through life and its strain.
Underscore my convergence of change.
Just keep watching and waiting for it all to fall down and apart
to laugh in your face and know I’ll-

Change. No matter how long it takes,
You’ll be clutching the strings of remains.
After the fall I stand beaten but unafraid.
Lay down. Atone for the mess that you’ve made. Oh.

I can’t relax and cover your tacks anymore.
I know the way I’ve been trained through life and its strain.
Underscore my convergence of change.
Just keep watching and waiting for it all to fall down and apart.
To laugh in your face and know I’ll change.

I’m on my way.

Just keep watching and waiting for it all to fall down and apart.
To laugh in your face and know I’ll change.
As long as I live and as long as I try to believe,
Never will I stop, never will I leave.
Track Name: Roundabout
I bet you thought I'd fail.
I bet you thought you'd see me fall.
So go ahead and try it. Try it.
Try to tear me down.

I don’t need you anymore.
I don’t need you to say.
You played out your part.
The star in a foul play.

I did the opposite and I caught hell for it.
But I won’t dissipate. Only eradicate.
My word is a promise.
Stand up and farce resistance. Imbalanced coexistence.
At the bottom I climbed to the top
By going in circles.

I’m never gonna die.
My efforts are eternal.
So go ahead and try it. Try it.
Try to tear me down.

I’m not the only one.
You’ve got nowhere else to run.

I did the opposite and I caught hell for it.
But I won’t dissipate. Only eradicate.
My word is a promise.
Stand up and face resistance. Imbalanced coexistence.
At the bottom and climbed to the top
By going in circles.

Who are you to say
That you will ever, ever survive?
Who are you to say
That you will go on?
Never remembered.
You’ll rot and I’ll pay you no mind.