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DESTINED TO BRING UPON MYSELF ENDLESS WISDOM THROUGH AN ACCUMULATION OF ANGUISH HERE IS AN ENTRANCE HERE IS AN EXIT DESTINED TO TELL LIES TO MYSELF I CREATE AN ILLUSORY SPHERE FOR THE WAY YOU SMELL THE WAY YOU FEEL NEXT TO ME THERE IS A DEAD HORIZON OBJECTIVES NOT SOUGHT OUT BECOME REGRETS FEAR OF REPERCUSSIONS TERMINATION OF WISDOM THROUGH AN ACCUMULATION OF HALLUCINATORY EXPERIENCES I FALL FROM GRACE AND THERE YOU ARE TO TAKE ME BY THE HAND AND GIVE ME REASSURING WORDS BUT I KNOW YOU ARE NOT REAL NOTHING MORE THAN THE CONSTRUCT OF MY DESIRE FOR YOU BORN OF A PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL ARTIFICIALITY HOW DARE I EVEN THINK ABOUT INTRUDING UPON THE PURITY OF THAT LANDSCAPE?
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MY VOICE LEAVES ME MY MIND COLLAPSES MY EYES BECOME FIRE MY SOUL BURNS MY FLESH COMES ALIVE MY BODY FREEZES I HAVE BEEN TOLD I AM WRONG AND I HAVE MY OWN DOUBTS FEAR IS A FLOWER IN MY HAND THIS IMPOSSIBLE CONFIGURATION I KNOW I AM ABSURD HOW PATHETIC IT MUST SEEM TO YOU MY DESIRES ARE IMPURE MY MOTIVES ARE DUBIOUS BUT THIS IS AN ABSURD WORLD AND REASON IS NEVER REALITY CALL IT BY THE WORDS YOU KNOW LUST SEEMS INACCURATE AND LOVE IS A DEAD LANGUAGE LAW IS NEVER ON MY SIDE AND TIME MY WORST ENEMY YET I YEARN TO SHOW YOU THESE WORDS MY THOUGHTS I CONVINCE MYSELF OF REASONS WHY I SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT ...AND EITHER WAY, IN THE END, I WILL BE WRONG...
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EXPLORE THE DEPTHS OF MY SELF TEST THESE WATERS TASTE THE WIND TRAVERSE THIS GAPING WOUND
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AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF MY EMOTIONAL STATE CAUSES ME TO CONSIDER WHETHER I SHOULD ALLOW MYSELF TO BECOME CONTENT WITHIN THE CONFINES OF PRESENT REALITY OR EMBRACE THE CONFUSION AND CHAOS WHICH WAIT JUST BEYOND THE THRESHOLD OF MY FUTURE... I HAVE BEEN TOLD MANY THINGS. AMONG THEM, THE WORDS 'MANIFEST YOUR DESTINY' HAVE BEEN THROWN MY WAY. DO I DARE TAKE CONTROL IN A HARSH ENVIRONMENT? WHAT WOULD BE THE CONSEQUENCES OF MY ACTIONS? HOW WILL MY LIFE CHANGE, AND WOULD SUCH CHANGE BE FOR THE BETTER? QUESTIONS. NOTHING BUT QUESTIONS, LIKE A PLAGUE OF FLIES, A FLOCK OF HARPIES DIVING AT ME IN DEFIANCE OF ANY NEW STRENGTHS I MAY FIND WITHIN MYSELF. THE PATH MUST BE CLEARED OF OBSTACLES. I MUST STAND TALL AGAINST THE WINDS. THE DAWN RISES AGAIN I AM BATTERED BACK DOWN TO THIS WEAKLING I AM AND ALWAYS WILL BE DAMNED BY MY OWN FEARS
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TRY AS I MIGHT TO HOLD THE LEASH ON THESE EXPECTATIONS, I RETURN TO THIS SILENT PLACE. NOTHING CAN SAVE ME, I AM IMPRISONED WITHIN MYSELF. SHE BECOMES AN ICON OF UNREACHABLE STATES; A NIRVANA, A VALHALLA, A PLACE WHERE I KNOW NOTHING BUT ENDLESS JOY. THE TRUTH IS IGNORED, AND WHEN I AM REMINDED OF MUNDANE REALITIES BEYOND THE SCOPE OF MY CLOUDED MIND, I FALL INTO A YAWNING DARKNESS. THE POOL OF BLOOD WHERE MY DREAMS DROWN. IT IS IN THIS PLACE WHERE I NOW REST, AT THE FLOOR OF AN OCEAN OF PAIN. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN MY FINGERTIPS AND THE SOFT WHITE SKIN OF SALVATION INCREASES INSTANTANEOUSLY AND EXPONENTIALLY. I REMEMBER WHO I REALLY AM, AND MORE HURTFULLY, WHAT I AM NOT. I BECOME GARBAGE ONCE AGAIN. FEEDING ON SELF-LOATHING, DISGUST, AND A DESIRE TO CEASE TO EXIST. I HAVE NOBODY TO BLAME BUT MYSELF.
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POWER ROMANCE CONTROL SELF CONTROL NO SELF CONTROL
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Limited CD-R edition originally released on ANNIHILVS in 2001, reissued in 2002 by Cranial Fracture Recordings (Australia) with two bonus tracks.

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released October 1, 2001

All tracks conceived, constructed and recorded by Leech at Leechnest Breeding Facilities.
Track 9 by Egosplint (Jay Eychaner)

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ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX New York

ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX is an underground record label founded in the Summer of 1997, originally as a means to distribute the works of NAVICON TORTURE TECHNOLOGIES (1997-2009) and associated projects.
Specialising in industrial, power electronics, darkambient, drone, experimental and doom, the label has since expanded to include several other artists from around the globe.
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