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Pendulum

from Pantheon by The Animal State

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I walk a narrow path
Over a barren land
Across a crucial line
A Rubicon of fire
I eat a bitter pill
A panacea grim
Intense the aftertaste
I'll meet whatever wakes and embrace it

Swing from one extreme to another
Out of the pan to the fire
I never could find the middle ground
And I walk on a rope in the mouth of a chasm
Watching the fabric unravel
The tapestry of my meaningless life
Swim, swimming in infested waters
And the tide has carried me out
The currents beneath me are pulling me down
And I feel a dark nihilism inside me
It's founded in rage and frustration
And it beckons me into a reckless state
I accept

And let go of fear
Let go of pain
Let go of love
Let go of everything

A spring, coiled tight and trembling inside me
An animal waits in my future
A creature devoid of all moral restraint
And the walls that I built up around me start falling
Expose me to scenes unfamiliar
And flood my asylum with terrible light
And the fall can be swift when it leads you to madness
And he's free who abdicates hope
But freedom is just another man's pain
And I know the road ahead leads to a dark place
But it's all just a foregone conclusion
How can you feel so dead and alive
All at once

Let go of fear
Let go of pain
Let go of love
Let go of everything
Of everything
Of everything
Of every god damn thing

I walk a narrow path
Over a barren land
Across a crucial line
A Rubicon of fire
I eat a bitter pill
A panacea grim
Intense the aftertaste
I'll meet whatever wakes and embrace it

I swing, swing fast swing far out of the pan to the fire
Live fast die young and let nobody know who you are
Swing fast swing far out of the pan to the fire
Live fast die young and they’ll soon forget who you are
From one extreme to another
Out of the pan to the fire
From one extreme to another
Out of the pan to the fire

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from Pantheon, released June 23, 2023

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The Animal State Portsmouth, UK

The Animal State is a one-piece progressive metal and alternative rock band created by multi-instrumentalist Col Mullins. With a wide range of influences spanning multiple genres, his music could be placed somewhere on the rock spectrum between Mastodon and King Crimson—loud, metamorphic and with an irresistible driving energy. ... more

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