H.W.
II. Into the End of Time
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Written, performed, produced, and recorded by: Andrew Abraido
Creative test subject and lyrical consultant on #1A: B.W.S.
Written and recorded March - September 2011
From a lyrical standpoint, Into the End of Time is a beast. Pre-planning began as always, with words or groups of words being archived into Andrew's cell phone as they popped into his head. However, the pre-planning process wasn't nearly as involved as other projects, and the only musing strong enough to survive the translation to the final recordings was the entire poem in the first break in "Carnal" ('but we're fragments...'). Instead of relying on pre-planning, Andrew focused on more on-the-fly lyrical compositions. After recording all of the instrumentals, he sat down and experimented with vocal melodies and crafted lyrics over those hooks on the spot to fit the story he created. In order to maintain an accurate and logical story and stay true to its structure, the entire aural film was recorded in sequence.
Special thanks to creative test subject and quasi-lyricist B.W.S. (the one and only Black Widow Spider). For without her inebriated contributions, #1A would not be what it was destined to become.
The Ghost Is Gone
Please, please tell to me
Who, who will we be
Where, where will we go
Soon, soon we will know
Good, goodbye the seen
Now, my ghost leaves me
I'm ascending / Separating / Contemplating
Scenes of a life I once loved
Calculating / Distance failing / Relocating
Eternal spaces and time
What is waiting / I'm still shaking / Sky is breaking
Now I am home.
I Died Young
...and what a curious one indeed
So this is my new home
Where the fuck did I go
Where's the light and the queens in robes
All these myths now painfully exposed
I've been hoarding all my time
With penchants I knew were never right
But I thought I could make it fly
When I atoned later in my life
But you didn't let me see
All the things I dreamed I would be
Oh well, I died young
But I don't want to be here
Swallowed by the shadows
With no sign of death or of things
Forgive me
But I have to find a way out.
A Voice in the Void
Well you're
Still a seed in terms of time
A deadshot of days gone by
You were really quick to throw away
All the
Cells and knowledge that I gave you
Though I've seen all that you've been through
You still drove the selfish road
Out of
Hell and into nothing short of
Nothing now if you want to
Find out where you really go
Then you
Have to face the three that made you
And make peace with how they changed you
Only then will you get to know
Where you...
...go.
The Lost
The three
Whatever do you mean
The voice
Was it of supreme
Or not
This place is losing me
Let me rot here if that is your plan
So much for the mercy and atonement
The afterlife is such a farce
I snuffed
All I'd ever be
No choice
I'd never join the Z
Undead
I accept this nothingness inside me
I don't get it, nor do I care to explore
My memories, they blew up alongside me
Just let me rest with the noise I carry
"You didn't think it would be that easy, did you
If you did...listen."
Into the End of Time
"So you're the one they speak
Patience-less, but nice to meet you
I'm the one who shows you how
To seat the three, to figure out
All the bad from all the seen
Release yourself and follow me
Into the end of time
Relax yourself, together we'll be...".
#1A: Mr. Bubbles
"I'm here cuz my life came crumbling down
Because of substance
First of my three just follow me now
Into my spiral
Consume the goods and swallow the burn
My life is searing
But I feel no pain
Bubbles are good and found in the earth
Like a solution
To all that ails me
Wretched creepy scum done followed me now
But I had control
For a little while
Before I died
Now I have nothing
Not even the heat transposed to my loins
Oh, how I miss him
Though I lost it all because of the burn
I still do love him
And I'll never forget his name...
Oh Mr. Bubbles, you really turn me on
Oh Mr. Bubbles, you really turn me on
Oh Mr. Bubbles, you really turn me...".
#1B: The Loveless
I'm here cuz my life went BOOM
When I pulled the pin
Not much choice in the godless face
Of the undead
But even before the invasion
I've done many things that could've lead me here
I lay with bodies unknown
I lay with bodies unknown
I lay with bodies unknown
I sleep with bodies un...
Let's leave our names at the door
Let's leave our names at the door
Let's leave our names at the door
Just throw your clothes on the...
Into the morning I'm gone
Into the morning I'm gone
Into the morning I'm gone
Into the morning I'm...
Sort of see how this shallow game
Could have changed my mind
So with a gun to my head I would say
That my first could be
Though my cells are all over the world
I'm not actually capabale of loving anyone
It's just the thrill of the chase
It's just the thrill of the chase
It's just the thrill of the chase
I always get what I...
I tag the bodies and go
I tag the bodies and go
I tag the bodies and go
I shred the bodies and...
And still there's one thing I know
And still there's one thing I know
And still there's one thing I know
And still there's one thing I...
Your Mr. Bubbles has never made you scream
Your Mr. Bubbles has never made you scream
So fuck your Bubbles
You're enough to turn me....
Carnal
Come to me my one
With a light as dark as mine
We'll shred and grind our whole
Shell-less selves apart
Until the breaking of this dark
Or the dusting of our now forgotten souls
"But we're fragments of our formers
Missing limbs and digits too
If we only ever knew
Before the storm of junk and gore
We might have lived as three or
Four or gripped our nails through skin
Sowing playfull seeds within
While we waited for the void"
What an obvious deform
But the pulsing rages on
Now I'd kill to feel some teeth
As you take these cells from me
Does this place just not allow
Or are you the one content with holding out
"Well I told you fragments aren't
Suitable for pleasure or for
Making lifelike mirrors of
Our existence, we are dead
So do get these throbs and thoughts out
Of your head and focus on
Making peace with your last two
Cut this bullshit, follow through".
#2: The Eraser
Get out of my head
Didn't even
Care to attempt
Grinding ghosts who knows
What could have been
Now you're ended
I'm through with you
Well I guess this is the start of my...
...Two:
HELLO AGAIN
Dormant flaw I've known
To make forget
All the ones that ever crossed or lied to me
But more recently
Been used to selfishly erase those
Who though meant well
Didn't know how
To let me be
All those motherfuckers are so dead to me
I know I've changed
For the worst because
Of my quick mind
First to kill away
What I don't buy
Just a simple call or drink essentially
Would do the same damn thing
Even though
It's dark as hell out here
I wouldn't change
It appears as though I'm here to stay.
Bottom Out
"And here I thought ego was dead
But clearly I fucked up your head
With thoughts obscene in a 'holy' place
Well enjoy the hell you'll face
Tried to help but guess I'm 'erased'
You're a joke and unworthy of
This...
Chance to redeem and proudly claim
To have seen the void and return unscathed
Maybe there's light on the other side
But you'll never
Know what waited
For you and I'm
Through with it too
Plan your stay for
Heat and torture
Hope you're naked
See you there".
We Belong Around
Out of -- I'm falling down to the place
Where I will spend the rest of my days
Till I grow too large or small for my cage
Guess I deserve the hell I first escaped
So was I close to
Unearthing truth
Or was this where I
Was fated to fall to when I died
Wish I was carefree
But all is fading
If I say sorry
Will you still help me
I've been buried deep before
I have seen the bottom's floor
I have been a monster and am unafraid of death but
We belong around because
We have seen the worst in ourselves
And we can use it to exterminate the dead and end the plague
So if you hear me
Furious lady
Know that I'm sorry
And when I'm sorry I make these sounds
We belong around because
We have monsters in ourselves
Waiting for the day we set them free to save the good from dying insane.
#3: The Darkest of Hours
One away from seeing where I go
I'll give it a shot
We were sleeping peacefully
Like any other night
Then she heard a rap, then two, then three
And the sound of broken glass and the
Thundering throughout the bottom floor
Then ascending to greet us
I sprung from my slumber and countered every move
Then I blew them down a flight of stairs
But what if this mind
Misremembered
Details of that night
And how many I slaughtered
Closer to the light
I remember
To shove it deep inside
I could never...
"How could you just throw it away
All the progress that you've made
You are so close and so near
Why then must you still con-"
Seal all that binds me to this shell
I'd much rather be in hell
Then to come to terms with this
Disappointment
I've brought wholly upon myself
My muse didn't sleep so well
Fuck I'd rather burn in hell than
Relive
"All of this shame is such a waste
Now that you're at fire's gate
Think of all you used to love
Do it for them
No matter how bad it may seem
I have done things more obscene
Use your last chance to redeem
JUST SPILL IT..."
'Twas the darkest of hours
And barely awake
I still had the mind
To hide in the basement with my shame
I don't even own a twelve gauge
Three complete
Made my peace
With past life
One big lie
I feel my
Shadow rise.
My Siren, My Friend
(For Spider)
Here we ride to dark
On the vessel you grew by getting me through
All the pain and messes I made in my shell
I will find a way to put my drive to sleep
After all I truly feel like you're my friend
But things like friends are sometimes hard to be
Especially when you're a siren and call to me
But I will stave off all pent electricity
Because you're so much more than a cheap trick to me
You brought me...
Back from the bad
Light I found when I gave up and fell straight out
Of your graces and although I'm pining to
Lay with you I'd much rather just hold your hand
While you comandeer and steer us to some land
Almost there and I can't wait to hear
That spinning voice that spoke to me with sanctity
Reveal the place I'll go to spend the rest of time
I don't care where as long as you stay by my side
My siren.
Void. Voice. Out.
But there's no one here
To greet
To welcome us back from our journey
Three complete
I guess it wasn't necessary
Please, a sign
We are not destined for nothing
Now feel time
Shifting back and spinning start to say:
So you faced your three and made
Me swell with pride that I created
Such an introspective scene
A monster and prophetic dreamer
You were right, now bow your heads
I summon you and your new friend
Back down from whence you came
To kill them all and save us from the...
...plague.