Lyrics taken from pinned comments posted by Chuck Salamone on the official youtube uploads, with typos fixed by me.
The Champion of Ennui/Into The Pastel Sky
(Spoken)
“What have I become? I’ve lost myself in this endless cycle. After this, the moon will never rise again…”
Main (7/8 section)
What have I become? (What have I become?)
Verse 1 (4/4 section)
-We’ve awakened to living reflections
Felt the snap of death and been reborn in every direction. Life is a dream of a memory.
-If it’s to be expected, what’s the harm?
“Save them all, third time’s a charm!”
This isn’t living. This is dying for the same beginning.
Pre-chorus (3/4 section)
This evolution unchecked, uncontested.
Chorus (4/4 section)
I’m trapped within this phase!
I simply wish to close my eyes.
Will your hands pull me away…
Into the pastel sky?
Main (7/8 section)
What could I have been? (What could I have been?)
Verse 2 (4/4 section)
-Programmed to fight perpetually…
Charged with dissolution terminally…
Only a dream of what could be…
Same gestures, same enemies…
Pre-chorus (3/4 section)
Mystical forces, re-animations…
Am I no different in my machinations…
Chorus (4/4 section)
-I’m trapped within this phase!
I simply wish to close my eyes.
Will your hands pull me away…
Into the pastel sky?
-Not meant to be this way.
The day has finally arrived.
But if I take my leave,
Will they disappear in time?
Bridge (4/4 section)
If it weren’t for you, my friends…
My sliver of hope in this world…
It would all come crashing in.
If my story’s ever told…
Is it ever really me? (2x)
Pre-chorus (3/4 section)
Will I continue? This time it’s “Nah man, nah.”
Chorus (4/4 section)
REPEAT
Main (7/8 section)
What will I become? (What will I become?)
The Promethean's Lament
INTRO CHORUS
Rejecting expectation, there’s so much to discover.
Forgive my lamentations, I fear my story’s over.
No…
MAIN
I’ve only just begun!
(Our savior gone too soon)
I’ll make another one!
(Long live the King of the Moon)
And live to see the day!
(Beyond his corporal form)
My dream won’t fade away!
(Pump the pneumatophore)
VERSE 1
We resurrected our fallen moon…
Verbal chaos when all were attuned
Absurdity was our redemption…
But failure leads to new inventions…
PRE-CHORUS
Listen to nothing but the beat of your heart, for it is your own!
CHORUS
Oh, arise my creation! There’s so much to discover.
Oh, my precious animation! You’re unlike any other.
VERSE 2
(first half spoken triplets)
-I was convinced that I had achieved
a perfect design, grotesque and pristine
and to my surprise, he opened his eyes
Reconstitution. Rebirth.
-Having bathed in the terrestrial juice,
my concept finally had some proof.
Only to be extinguished…
My coveted powers relinquished.
(SING)
Minced to meat
Upon defeat
The world returned,
But I have learned to…
PRE-CHORUS
(REPEAT)
CHORUS
(REPEAT)
BRIDGE
Listen…
Learn…
Adapt…
Fortify…
Unleash…
Attack…
Overpower…
Destroy…
MAIN
(REPEAT)
The Way Back Home
INTRO VERSE
The way back home was dark and unknown.
She walked it alone…
In search of who she was.
For many years she lived with the earth…
And like the the things in the dirt,
She hid herself from the light, because…
PRE-CHORUS
She didn’t want to heed the call…
Coming from beyond her walls…
VERSE 1
An innocent child when the nightmare began…
Of ambulant skulls carving paths in the land.
With the memories of her past locked away…
She quietly carried a legacy, until one day…
PRE-CHORUS
She heard it far beyond her walls…
A melody that she could recall…
CHORUS
Wanderer, your story burned slowly. But you aren’t the only one.
Warrior, azure is the memory. Endlessly searching to find your way back home.
VERSE 2
With crown of bone and cape burning red…
And goodbyes left unsaid, she left it all behind.
The friendships made decayed, one-by-one…
And as she presumed, they plagued her restless mind, but in time.
PRE-CHORUS
She was searching for the call…
Now she’s following the call!
CHORUS
Wanderer, your story burned slowly. But you aren’t the only one.
Warrior, azure is the memory. They never stopped calling to guide your way back home.
Seasons
INTRO
Has the season changed?
Has it rearranged to give, or to replace?
(MAIN, INSTRUMENTAL)
VERSE 1
The planet, with all her charms, calls me to explore.
To discover what had not been seen before.
Of all the times and places and all the untouched spaces,
I’m endlessly inspired to know more.
PRE-CHORUS
And these nights are long
With an absent moon…
Evolve, adapt, and stay attuned.
CHORUS
“Shed your carapace and grow anew
Sow your seeds and change your path.
Every season is a story waiting to unfold.”
VERSE 2
Since we walked upon that island in the sky…
I’ve felt the change myself, but cannot reason why…
What made you disappear?
Is part of you still here?
The mystery of this intrigues me still…
PRE-CHORUS
And we carry on
With an absent moon…
I wonder if the cycle will end soon.
CHORUS
(REPEAT)
BRIDGE
With the passing of time you have to sharpen your mind.
Those who seek just might find the answer lurking behind
you crawling in the shadows, now you tremble with fear.
What you knew disappeared, and the new season is here.
OUTRO
It’s true that seasons change.
They rearrange to give, or to replace.
I’ll study every path you make.
I’ll fight to see you once again.
Spell of Absurdity
VERSE 1
My dearest child… by the time you read this, I’m already gone.
I’ve maintained order in the chaos of this tower for far too long.
The King has reached his final act, I fear there is no turning back.
The enemy has finally emerged and broken free.
PRE-CHORUS
from the spell of his absurdity.
Speak in riddles, or admit defeat.
CHORUS
If you feel alone, come visit me in memories.
Iron will and flesh of stone. This threnody, your destiny.
VERSE 2
Someone pinch me, has the end arrived?
What waits for me on the other side?
We didn’t have to understand his vision to reshape the land.
Shoot for the moon or build small castles in the sand.
CHORUS
(REPEAT)
BRIDGE
(first in 4/4)
Contagious dreams
Creating kings,
How were we so lost?
What chaos brings…
Such terrible things
Left us with a sunken cost.
(now in 6/8)
Honestly, how could we be free from it all?
Opposing rationality was too big to fail.
Close your eyes willfully and let it wash over the land.
PRE-CHORUS
This, the spell of his absurdity.
Speak in riddles, or admit defeat.
CHORUS
(REPEAT, various embellishments)
DOORKNOB STATEMENT
This may be my finale,
But it is your beginning…
As the World Begins to Wane
INTRO
Minced to meat upon defeat…
Now you are the enemy…
VERSE 1
(SLOW)
We walked in single file…
I recall every mile…
There was no leader quite like you.
Now what are we to do?
(FASTER)
You walked away, we chose to stay.
As time passed by it had its way.
Our team was lost, our purpose frayed.
A shabby end, but I habituate…
NOVEL PRE-CHORUS
In the quiet hours on this battlefield of ours… I think of you all fondly.
While what remains of you will shift and rearrange.
An endless cycle of constant change.
CHORUS
When you block out the sun, I’ll turn on the lights!
Many versus one, in continuous strife!
This war has changed us two, we are not the same!
It’s just me and you, as the world begins to wane!
VERSE 2
For many years
All I’ve known is war…
What do we get if we win?
Why even bother keeping score?
(FASTER)
The wanderer left in search of her past.
The explorer found the answers to questions that he asked.
And the old man stayed… he stayed.
An aging knight, set in his ways.
CHORUS
(REPEAT)
PRE-SOLO
Charge it up…
Grab the bolt…
Let it fly!
OUTRO
When will the cycle end? (4x)