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Standard Deviance

by Stephen Inniss Music Project

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1.
I've found a way to live forever Inside a stolen skin I'll find myself a lonely little girl Then let the seduction begin "Let me be your friend" he said And held out his hand to me "I'll sweep you off your feet And never let you fall. Together we'll stand tall…" And so I took his hand His words were so sweet I'll forever and always be Enchanted by this man. This mystery man. Forever and always. Late this night I will arrive. This sweet young virgin will be mine. With her innocence I'll corrupt. All their lives I will disrupt. Soon I'll know how it feels to be free. Then my rage will be unleashed. Through her I will finally see. Then all around will feel my caprice. I come into your room and steal your affection. Taken like a thief in the night.
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A long time ago in a land far away You were made to suffer. You turned the other cheek Then turned your anger on your brother Time to feel the oppression Time to shelve your will Enforce the rules with aggression In our shining city on the hill I'm not the one who held my head up high While my mind was sinking down low I know that you're a disease Your piety's just for show. Cut out your heart and set it aflame Destroy the body to save the soul. Because they're only human Passion will always win And so you isolate them And teach them curiosity kills You fear the day that your flock will stray. So you lay down your wall, but the structure will fall. I'm not the one who held my head up high While mind was lingering in hell I don't pretend to be the perfect man Because deep inside I know it isn't true. Like you. But you blame the world as the evil unfurls And you lay down the wall but the structure will fall.
3.
A breeze comes in the night, disturbing my rest. A cold shivering pressure in my breast. I can't shake this feeling that I'm not alone. An alien presence deep within my bones. The dawn breaks but there's no comfort in the light. The sun feels angry but I feel justified. A familiar voice is ringing in my ears. "Let's go to work," he said. "Lets' go spread some fear." The village is lonely and hostile today. They know that we're different but we're not afraid. By myself I am nothing - tiny and meek Empowered together with spirits I keep. Look at their faces. Feel the fear. Hiding and wishing their savior was here. And now we introduce them to hell - The fiery vengeance they've brought upon themselves.
4.
There's no walking away This is not for a rainy day We've brought you here to stay Forever And I know what you're thinking Don't you heed that call You belong as one of us Safe behind the wall They think freedom's a sin But there you go again Stuck inside this pen Is no way to live I know what you're thinking Don't you heed that call Who are you to question us? Don't you dream beyond the wall I know what you're thinking You would damn us all Think what you would do to us If you reach beyond the wall Don't dare go beyond the wall
5.
Holding up the mirror To your society Gaze at the oblivious herds Grazing but empty Blind and deaf and mute by choice But aching to unleash their voice We will be the spark that lights The fire in their souls tonight. Open the window To the world and let it in Stay your hesitant hand This is what you wanted. This life, once hermetically sealed Now lies open and revealed. The threads that held you back be rent by the growing discontent. Burning through the shadows Of your once-sacred heart The lords will not have mercy You've torn their world apart. Cowering in my eyes I see you Longing to forget. This violent upheaval Fills you with regret. All glory be damned A new world is rising. The wind brings open eyes Your feudal world is dying. This life, once hermetically sealed Now lies open and revealed. The walls of your temple rent by virulent discontent.
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Naked, lonely I once was Eager to be saved. The light of truth became my flesh And so I go to my grave. Sailing fast on a sea of tears Covenant betrayed. Broken now, I stand alone To whom shall I pray? You lied to me! When you said these shackles would set me free. What can I do? In my darkest hour will I turn to you? Desperate times call for desperate measures. Look through the smoke and see who's crying now. Burn that bitch, her siren's song's Been luring us to damnation all along. God have mercy on your soul And God have mercy on us all. You lied to me! When you said these shackles would set me free. What can I do? In my darkest hour will I turn to you? Desperate times call for desperate measures. Look through the smoke and see who's crying now.
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Oh, tired eyes! We're tired of lies, and tired of watching you win. You are the strong and we are the weak And we're damned for ever letting you speak. We have the solution! My poor friends, they will never learn. "Throw it in the fire and watch it burn!" All through time we'll feel the echoes of the crime Embedded in our psyche (culture) to this day. The smell of burning flesh And the piercing devil's scream Be still my child It's all worthwhile to set all of us free. Her innocence corrupt. Her behavior gone astray. She's no longer one of us For that she has to pay. We want to be your friend. If you have faith we'll make "Let us be your friends", they said. "If you have faith, we'll make amends." But if you're different or strange. They'll throw you in the fire 'cause they can't change. No!

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Standard Deviance is the follow-up to 2006's Shadow of the Moon: Sangreal. It tells the story of a young girl who becomes possessed by a subversive spirit that causes her to rebel against her society.

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released September 3, 2014

Written, performed, etc. by Stephen Inniss
Vocals engineered and recorded by Joey Ph.D.

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Inspired by grunge, metal, alternative, and every other note that's entered Stephen's ear. A simple product of incurable creative compulsion.

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