Flawed Mind, by The Swarm

Flawed Mind

by The Swarm

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1.	Minds Eye 02:07		buy track
2.	Blood for Blood 03:42	lyrics	buy track
There is a price to pay For the innocence you’ve claimed There is no purpose; life is not a game But that’s not for me to judge; I am the same Blood for blood Death for death There is no difference Silence has taken its hold There is a growing urge and time has taken it’s toll This pain is too much to bare I can’t go on anymore I wake up in terror for what i may do I try and stay alive
3.	Always the Same... 04:07	lyrics	buy track
The dawn will come and I can finally find my purpose Where the night was cold i know the day will be brighter To this I can promise hold faith in my words This is a journey where I will ask you To hold my hand. The break of night will still make us fear going back into the long dark past where our misery one day took us into the reality The past can break us no more for if we strive We can break free. In this time of pain I can go no more, I can show you no more In this world I feel It’s always the same; It’s always the same
4.	Faceless Faces 03:30	lyrics	buy track
Why do you seem so serene? You have the face of the unseen I try to cast you away But you always seem to stay Faceless Faces Eyes looking in I see a shadowy figure grow near I sit at death’s door everyday Do you feel the pain i feel Do you sense its danger I can feel my soul shift apart The pain that’s in my heart I take my pills every day The pain just doesn’t go away The Flames of despair Take my life not to spare The flames keep going higher Towering over my desires There is no greater pain Then going insane
5.	Night Terror 05:21	lyrics	buy track
Break the fourth wall and look into your own eyes You are asleep wake from this dream Never have I felt so deceived To know that there are people like me I am dreaming a false dream Visions of terror overtake my mind My body has withered away My eyes have seen all they need to see My mind has broken the fourth wall and Silence has overtaken me Never have I felt so deceived To know that there are people like me Those people are me We share the same thoughts, and the same body
6.	From Darkness to Light 00:49		buy track
7.	Spiritual Necrosis 04:55	lyrics	buy track
Tear my soul apart, End this agony, Total dissolution, Erase all of me, Bleed my spirit dry,  Denature my,  Earthly rights,  I never asked for this cruel fate, What is my purpose, Other than to suffer, Sink inside myself,  Until no screams escape, end my sanity destroy all emotion crush all that was me terminate my existence siphon my soul I curse reality let me fade I await the vermin let my corpse rot extinguish my senses from my veins blood shall be spilled I don’t mind the silence,  I welcome the pain,  Turn these bones to dust, Free me from this flesh,  And annihilate the remains, I’ve lived long enough, Let my soul die, I want nothing more than to let go, But an unseen force holds me here, Binding me to stay against my will, Binding me to stay here against my will, I pray one day that I will be released, From this cell, this carnal cage, For each moment is its own living hell, This world has been too much for me, For me,
8.	Dragons Mystic Soul 04:42	lyrics	buy track
Ancient scrolls tell, Of a creature on high, Extolled and feared, A force of shadows and light, But they only, Scratch the surface, Its ruthless truths, Burn incessantly inside. History is so shallow, Summarized, it’s scope narrow, Biased “facts”, tell its tale, Ignoring the marrow, Of its soul, what could harrow, The pinnacle of all lifeforms, It's like can't be described Oh, mighty dragon spread your wings wide Oh, mighty dragon engulf me by fire Mighty, magnificent, Though soaring above are, Feelings of discontent No creature exists, With more wisdom or wit, Churning flames within. It lashes out like breathing, The fires won’t go out, Innocence is bleeding, Years of isolation, Still unscalable, Such knowledge and power, Fuel, madness unresolved. Release the hatred, Release what makes it, Incomplete, yet perfect, Enraged, hot-blooded, Fly on wings of derision, Take away decision, Make them feel, Share the pain, relentlessly. The frigid cold, the voice of reason’s, Not enough, keep overheating, Bitterness is always eating, At its thoughts, incinerating. Given the skies, Freedom disguised, Distance is vile, Gives emphasis to our plight, And so the story goes, Their vantage They’ll never really know, Our innermost turmoil.
9.	Monstrous Ways 03:50	lyrics	buy track
I look to the sky There are things that have happened and i don’t know why Curse all men and their monstrous ways Curse all men I feel corruption flow through me Shallow voices of who once knew me There is a sick side to us all We want them to know what we felt To deal what once was dealt We can be better than that We can end this all Lay down your weapons of war Consider the loss of those without you There are those who doubt you Has there never been a moment? Where the light has shown the folly of our ways Curse all men and their monstrous ways These are sick tormented days Where man can slay man Physically, dementedly I may not know what i’m doing But the point is proving What i’m trying to get across Is that there’s no better way As the flames tower My heart and soul are devoured There is no where to go I accept my fate
10.	My Reflection 03:34	lyrics	buy track
I see myself in the mirror But it’s not me who’s looking back I am you and you are me But we are not the same I am your most inner self Made to escape your pain You don’t remember anything because, I saved you from it’s shame Though this flesh is beneath me I feel comfort in its embrace We share the same flesh We share the same face I made you to escape my pain You saved me from my past And if i ever need you You’ll be there to take my hand Will I ever be without you? Will I share your fate? I hope one day you’ll see What you have done for me And though I feel your pain I’ve had nothing to gain It took a toll on my soul Foul yet wicked Am I just a creature you made? Frankenstein’s monster by name You don’t remember anything because, I saved you from it’s shame Am I as evil as they say? Should I take the blame? Would you let me go? Maybe it would be better that way…
11.	Flawed Mind 09:44	lyrics	buy track
It starts off, As the slightest itch, In the back of my mind, Something’s not right, Slinks in my subconscious, Flawed, Lurks, so surreptitious, Mind, Lacrimosa Warping my perception, Nothing is safe it seems, My thoughts darken, Endlessly muddled, relentless, Dread, erupts within me, Within me. The more I scratch, The worse it gets, Festering, No cure exists, Implicit duality, Flawed, This disease deceives, Mind, Lacrimosa, Warping my perception, Nothing is safe it seems, My thoughts darken, Endlessly muddled, relentless, Dread, erupts within me, Stoking my fears, Expecting the worst, Everyone is against me. Isolation, self-incarcerated, I’m on my own, Jaded logic, Fixated on every doubt, Isolation, self-incarcerated, I’m on my own, I’ve hidden away, Who I am, It starts off, As the slightest itch, In the back of my mind, Something’s not right, Of course I’ve tried, Fighting, But given time, It always wins. Even in sleep, It creeps about in my mind, Each dream is torture, There’s no relief, Even in sleep, It creeps about in my mind, No time to recover, Gives no reprieve, Lacrimosa Warping my perception, Nothing is safe it seems, My thoughts darken, Endlessly muddled, relentless, Dread, erupts within me, Stoking my fears, Expecting the worst, Everyone is against me . The more I scratch, The Worse it gets, festering No cure exists, Often I meet it, eye to eye, Resisting with all my might, It assumes my form, mocks my pride, Summons dissonance into my life. Can’t break free, Extricate myself, Impurities, Run rampant, shackling, Must succeed, Excise this part of me, To escape, This melancholy fate, Just let me go, - Just let me be, Let me go and let me be. Lacrimosa
12.	Peace of Mind 02:16		buy track

credits

released January 27, 2023

Brandon Boling - Songwriter, Guitar, Lead Guitar, Growls, Clean Vocals, Lyrics
Randy Allen-Blanford - Bass, Clean Vocals

and a special thanks to:

José Torres Vicente - Acoustic
Uther Sayer - Drums
Rich Gray - Bass
Chris Hamilton - Guitar, Songwriter
Russ Conder - Lead Guitar
Nikos Palivos - Mixing and Mastering
Dimi De San - Vocals
Vithor Moraes - Orchestrations
Trystan - Orchestrations
Sebastian Ramirez Avila - Synths
Nick Mkhl - Guest Vocals
Zachary K. Anthony - Lyrics

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The Swarm Owensboro, Kentucky

The Swarm is a fantastic Death Doom project from Owensboro, Kentucky which was created by Brandon Boling. The eclectic project was created out of the love for old school death metal and deals with lyrical topics of mental illness.