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First Ascent

by Kallias

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The Approach 00:45
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Falling means nothing When you're secured Over, under, backed up, tied up Let go, find your Inner conscious Rock will bond this Disconnected My mind is on a path To sabotage this Inconsistent I carry all this weight In one direction Watch me, take in Short Story This won't be my last time I climb this Mountain Pass I fried my mind Broke my flow Ran out of time Lost my stoke Fell from my line Falling means nothing When you're secured Over, under, backed up, tied up Let go, find your Inner conscious Rock will bond this Miss Marsha White Up on the ninth floor Searching for a golden thimble But there’s so much more Climbing everything Under the sun Challenge my mind Sending this time I know I’ll go Harder, better Faster, stronger Falling means nothing When you're secured Over, under, backed up, tied up Let go, find your Inner conscious Rock will bond this Miss Marsha White Up on the ninth floor Searching for a golden thimble But there’s so much more Test my patience To work this passage No divergence Of mind and matter Bending breaking To reach this ending Take me tighter Don't want my cries heard
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Wake me, I can't see Cant Breath, I’m in deep Crushing my chest in Dead end scream Suffocating, infecting Inverting me Crown me in darkness Shadows swarm Disembodied existence Free me now Kneel, when you speak to me I need you to look into my eyes and tell me what do you see? When you look through me Just another host left to breed Another body to bleed into me Veil me, a Black mask Wide eyed, I will rise Fight or Flight Dark as Night Hear me now Strike you down Crushing my chest in Dead end scream Suffocating, infecting Inverting me Kneel, when you speak to me I need you to look into my eyes and tell me what do you see? When you look through me Just another host left to breed Another body to bleed into me Crown me in darkness Shadows swarm Disembodied existence Free me now
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Slowly pulling, into the void Getting darker, paratrophic Our existence, a spec of dust Never ending, gravitation Slowly pulling into the void Quantum theory, relativity Matter eating lower boundary Volume of space is reducing Evolution backwards in time Timeless state In transparent space Passing me by In a cosmic wave Open your mind, entering free Keep on climbing the perfect line Finding purpose in existence There's no keeping the flow of time One world is all We have one life Save each other Rise Slowly pulling into the void Quantum theory, relativity Matter eating lower boundary Volume of space is reducing Evolution backwards in time Timeless state In transparent space Passing me by In a cosmic wave Reaching and pulling I'm searching to find a purpose Must this all be worth it? Ascending, pretending I'm mending This division between us Aligning the keys to heal us It will fall, the world we know We must band to change it all In the eye of the storm We thrive
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Once upon a cold winter I set the objective rather high Nothing was stopping me then Nothing is stopping me now Commit to the line You have chosen to climb No turning back this time Cold, hard and stout Smashed my way out Alas winter is here Waiting all year Get scared Hold fast On no, I'm losing this hold Have you ever thought I would die this way? Don't try to question this frigid dimension I have fought to get this far today High up off the ground No where to be found Try and stay alive Descend before the night Commit to the line You have chosen to climb No turning back This time Cold, hard, and stout Smashed my way out Lets do the winter dance Take my hand No Fear Grip tight Let go, in fear of control In good time you will find All these thoughts in my mind Drowning in shallows They haunt me through shadows Disembody me and set me free Call on your psych Reach for the sky Pull on the dark machines Til the end of the line No mercy for the weak In the alpine
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Hold the hand of death And try to stay relaxed I'll keep you til the end A message in your name A memory aflame The Valkyrie will send A love to call by name Your soul will live forever Float into your paradise Aim for the sky Return to the womb Where you will find light has left your eyes Surrounded by loved ones who fill the room Letting go of you Close your eyes, arise Walk your line, with pride I can already notice the weight As its leaving your face Gaze deep into my eyes Trust in the lows and highs Sink, let go and you will trust Know we're all a spec of dust Return to the womb Where you will find the light has left your eyes Surrounded by loved ones who fill the room Letting go of you It’s time to say goodbye I’ve loved I’ve fallen Got back up He’s calling I’m longing to live I’ve fallen Keep crawling back up He’s calling I’m longing to live I’ve fallen Got back up He’s calling I’m longing to live
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Christened by the thoughts of the Spirits up in the air Can't stop while I'm on top of This Mountain in despair In search of a route to carry through Where we faltered Carry us under your crescent wings Capsized by the strength of the Elements of the earth And I won't stop til I'm spun out of This journey after birth Sanctioned into this mission I train to suffer yet live Yet I push through til I Have nothing else left to give In search of a route to carry through Where we faltered Carry us under your crescent wings Lungta flap in the wind And spread a spiritual blessing On sentient beings We are the subjects of despair Imprisoned by the thoughts in our heads Imprisoned by the thoughts in our head Where we wander Carry us under your ancient wings Horses in the wind Carried to the end A journey I have begun A path that I have chosen In search of a route to carry through Where we faltered Carry us under your crescent wing Resurrect my demons from theirs heads Forge my soul towards success Walk the sacred path Of the wind warrior who's life Will benefit all those inferior Relative synchrony of the body and Mind will help you see Reviving stability Coldest parts of the earth I walk in the darkest of my own depths Rise to the mountain Do a sun salutation

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released August 25, 2023

All music written by Kallias.
Lyrics: Papastavrou, Marrone
Orchestrations: Zaki Ali
Drums recorded by Zaki Ali, plus additional tracking and editing.
Mixed and mastered by Zack Ohren.

Guest features by Jeff Loomis, Rafael Trujillo, Colin Cook, Greg Burgess, and Alex Novick

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Kallias California

Progressive metal 4 piece from CA/NY.
Nicole Papastavrou- Guitars, Vocals
Chris Marrone- Bass, Vocals
John Paul Andrade-Drums
Collin Cook- Guitar

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