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Polymorph

by dot.darkness

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1.
Push Block 04:10
[Verse 1] We hold the answers to the questions you would never ask But you refuse and make excuses for your misery If you're finished with the mocking and the battlecries Then kindly take your leave and exit stage right [Pre-Chorus] Only within this single frame Will you start to entertain me Once you reject your shadowed fame I can't guarantee your safety [Chorus] Will you find the sense to push beyond your stolen former glory? And create a name that starts and ends right here To push back the darkness with a voice that crushes all who enter And cancel out the voice that begs you to sleep it off [Verse 2] We hold you captive to relentless shows of violent rage Excessive force, a public shame, your tortured pain on full display The masses watch us dig the grave that you've been buried in But you're the one who shut the lid and drove the nails in [Bridge] Can you let your former self go? Can you face your demons and run? [Chorus] Will you find the sense to push beyond your stolen former glory? And create a name that starts and ends right here To push back the darkness with a voice that crushes all who enter And cancel out the voice that begs you to sleep it off
2.
Loom 05:58
[Verse 1] Truth hangs my hope Exceeds the sun anew I'm waking to the presence that's sewn In myself When does the peace Become which is the strife I'm drowning from the fullness Of View [Pre-Chorus] I saw my mother through an ocean of hate Carrying a secret of undying escape Can we ever be certain or know If we could sever the seed from the soil [Chorus] A whisper of fate In the loom of the shadow Pricking the fingers Of those weaving plans within plans [Verse 2] Truth wrests my head Scatters fear anew I'm waking to the presence that's sewn In myself When does the pain Lessen from the knife I'm drowning from the fullness Of View [Pre-Chorus] I saw a people through an ocean of hate Carrying a secret of undying escape Can we ever be certain or know If we could sever the seed from the soil [Chorus] A whisper of faith In the loom of the shadow Pricking the fingers Of those weaving plans within plans [Bridge] Watching, shaken (Drowning here, these lines surround me here) Never time to shape these omens Naked, broken Never to reclaim once open I can't reclaim myself Watching, shaken (Drowning here, these lines surround me here) Never time to shape these omens Naked, broken Never to reclaim once open I can't reclaim myself
3.
[Verse 1] Find a pulse within us And count the beats per minute Signs of life are fading But I'm holding it together You will come to find I won't go down without a fight So to the next in line Your efforts are in vein [Pre-Chorus] I'm a heart made of flesh In a world paved in stone And this is the game I play [Chorus] The streets are my veins And they carry the cure For a plague of proprotions Never known before When temptation aims to destroy what I value the most Blood clots the brain And weakens the knees But I am willing to bleed For the arrhythmia to steady When I'm your last escape That's the heart of the battle inside [Verse 2] I'm pumped up and I'm ready To circulate the beating Of an artificial piece In a counterfeit machine I'm driven by an urge A need to give the world The power that it needs To live another day [Chorus] The streets are my veins And they carry the cure For a plague of proprotions Never known before When temptation aims to destroy what I value the most Blood clots the brain And weakens the knees But I am willing to bleed For the arrhythmia to steady When I'm your last escape That's the heart of the battle inside
4.
[Verse 1] Listen to the wind blow, watch the sun rise Running in the shadows, damn your love, damn your lies [Chorus] And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain (Never break the chain) And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain (Never break the chain) [Verse 2] Listen to the wind blow, down comes the night Running in the shadows, damn your love, damn your lies Break the silence, damn the dark, damn the light [Chorus] And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain (Never break the chain) And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain (Never break the chain) And if you don't love me now You will never love me again I can still hear you saying you would never break the chain (Never break the chain) [Bridge] Chains keep us together (Running in the shadows)
5.
Dream Nail 04:20
[Verse 1] Light invisible to starbeam Sickly sweet, the voices whisper Laid into a nest beneath us Mouth made bare now caving inward [Verse 2] Whom it tolls and carries onward You my friend in all this mis'ry Swiftly brush the dirt beneath us Dreams unfurl the souls between us [Verse 3] Hope abundant wash over our feet Lost regret, a distant demon Cursed limbs of flesh unwilling Overflowing soul now spilling out [Bridge] I cover my eyes and sleep (If only you could remember)
6.
The Hunger 06:16
[Intro] This stolen century, this boundless flight A feigned creation under false moonlight [Verse 1] Flooding my mind, the voices call upon me to invoke Ancient flames, a sacred violence shrouding me in smoke Illusions fade, the natural order bending out of phase Vie for power, fuel the fire that the sword conveys [Chorus] Drawn out through the threads of space and time Hold your breath until the pain subsides Stone cold from the fear of what we'll lose But blazing forth with such electric hues When the hunger comes in full pursuit Steal the light before the night consumes These years were a fraction of the time The void had clouded me and fed me its innocent lies [Verse 2] Relics of old are lost to time and not meant to be found Family and fortune ripped apart and buried underground Distortions manifest and hours freeze within the rifts Story and song reveal a penchant for the days we missed [Pre-Chorus] I never thought I'd bear The weight of all the world Breathing up the air Of a town where hope's deferred I'm useless on my own The stakes are just too high Together we atone, not just comply Our hands are tied [Chorus] Drawn out through the threads of space and time Hold your breath until the pain subsides Stone cold from the fear of what we'll lose But blazing forth with such electric hues When the hunger comes in full pursuit Steal the light before the night consumes These years were a fraction of the time The void had clouded me and fed me its innocent lies [Bridge] This stolen century, this boundless flight A feigned creation under false moonlight The end is near and I can hear the cries Of desperate people under darkened skies The mountains crumble and the earth gives way A cosmic entity will soon invade The worlds we travel are condemned to die But with compassion we can set them right [Chorus] Drawn out through the threads of space and time Hold your breath until the pain subsides Stone cold from the fear of what we'll lose But blazing forth with such electric hues When the hunger comes in full pursuit Steal the light before the night consumes These years were a fraction of the time The void had clouded me and fed me its innocent lies
7.
Dust 04:26
[Chorus] And you know I'm right You'll agree if you search inside Have a little faith in me Someday I'm gonna make this right And the dust of my father's bones Lies buried in this sand Along with the peace of mind That I once had

about

Polymorph is a self-produced seven track album concerning, as the name suggests, transformations, journeys, and occasionally distortions of the Self. A labor of love written, recorded, and produced over the course of roughly 3-4 years in between and around momentous occasions in real life for its authors, it draws from depictions of transformative experiences in works of science fiction and fantasy of various media (books, music, video and tabletop games), conceptually furthering previous releases beginning with the Damage Over Time EP. A marriage of progressive rock and drum ‘n’ bass (with a brief, yet righteous dip into synthwave), Polymorph is at least as geeky as it is reflective, striving to be a sincere exploration of the aforementioned themes without being too serious.

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released May 4, 2018

Josh Sheehy: Vocals, Production
Colin Hemphill: Guitars, Production

Album art by Brian Michael Smith (brianmichaelsmith.website)

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dot.darkness is pronounced dot-dot-darkness. This duo started in Nashville when electronic artist Josh Sheehy and rock guitarist Colin Hemphill teamed up.

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