Fragments of Consciousness, by Disconnected Souls

Fragments of Consciousness

by Disconnected Souls

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1.	Delirium 05:39	lyrics	buy track
Intro "Welcome to Delirium Your experience will begin in Five, four, three, two, one" Verse I You've been left in such a sorry state Just take another pill and hallucinate Feel the toxins as they're numbing your mind If you take too many then you're sure to flatline Delirious, tear at the flesh, rip out the seams Wither away and succumb to your dreams Experience a brand new fate One you can't elucidate Pre-Chorus Enter Delirium Become ethereal Chorus I Take another sip and fade away Take another shot and fire away Take another hit and tempt and your fate I hope you didn't make any plans to stay Lose yourself to the hidden ethereal (Watch as you become immaterial) Lose yourself to the hidden ethereal Ethereal, ethereal Verse II Truth, telling me lies I can't handle it, you gotta decide Give me a hug, give me a kiss There's no way back, one time you started like this Telling the truth Breakdown I Telling you lies while you're chasing the high You gotta decide if you live or die In Delirium In Delirium Verse III Another hit, another line Choke it down, pretend you're fine One more shot, or maybe nine Maybe this was by design? Ripping at the seams but you never miss a beat Can you hear the angels in Fentanyl-laced dreams? Your friends are reaching out to you I guess you'll just delete them Surround yourself with yes men That will endlessly repeat their Slurs and slogans, evil lies Soulless with their evil eyes Leading you to your demise Another life destabilised One last hit, end of the line I guess you never saw the signs Can't rewrite or redefine We're closing out this storyline You're paralysed and neutralised By all the ones you idolised By all the poisons glamorised More Xanax to anaesthetise Interlude "Fatal error detected System shutting down" Breakdown II Overdose Can't stop the compulsions Can't stop the convulsions Couldn't see through their lies As you choke on the high Another life destabilised More Xanax to anaesthetise Outro Lose yourself to the hidden ethereal Watch as you become immaterial Lose yourself to the hidden ethereal Watch as you become immaterial
2.	Dissonant Whispers 06:23	lyrics	buy track
Verse I Walk beneath the light Hide the dark behind your skin Let the shadows creep Where they cannot be seen Lure their hearts into the song Let their eyes be drawn away From the fighting dawn Walk beneath the moon Guiding waves to cool the air Let the shadows creep Where they cannot be seen Chorus I Pull me further from the shore Let me save you from this war Feel the water fill my lungs Never will you see the sun See the sun Verse II I walk under the darkened skies And hide my fear from the night I see the shadows creep (Where they cannot be seen) I run further into the black My heavy heart grows light As their whispers in the night Disconnect the horrors of my mind Lured into caustic serenity I'm drowning Awake in misery Chorus II Pull me further from the shore Let me save you from this war Feel the water fill my lungs Never will you see the sun See the sun Breakdown Betrayed by the whispers (The whispers) Whispers so dissonant Dragged to the depths (Sink deeper) Crushing pressure (Pressure) Siren, I'm drowned in deceit Chorus III Let me save you from this war Betrayed by the whispers (The whispers) Whispers so dissonant Never will you see the sun Whispers so dissonant Whispers so dissonant
3.	Plague Rats 05:09	lyrics	buy track
Verse I I can't believe what my eyes see As we bereave, they all deceive Chorus I Plague rats Plague rats Just fucking plague rats Plague rats Just fucking plague rats This is an infestation claiming "emancipation" When we forget infection, we won't learn our lesson Our cities overran by fucking plague rats Treating objective fact like fucking parallax Anti-intellectualist We need to cut you out like a fucking cyst You live your life in fantasy Disconnected apathy Verse II You've been deceived, thoughtless zombie Why can't you see reality? "Rules for thee, but not for me" Choking on a foolish creed I can spare no pity For plague rats in this city Chorus II Refuse to discern fact from fiction Reinforce a fool's conviction Now is time to turn the page On the Disinformation Age It's cognitive dissonance Drinking wine at the "work event" Blood is dripping from your hands Maybe we're all truly damned Breakdown Plague rats Plague rats Plague rat king Chorus III Plague rats You're fucking plague rats Plague rats Just fucking plague rats A king unwound by his ego trip As the rats flee the sinking ship A narcissist still clings to power Craving his own "finest hour" Disaster capitalist A "Darwinian system" for eugenicists We need to eradicate this evil at the root Or it will just return in a brand new suit Outro This will never fucking end Sat in his place, a new charlatan Over and over, again and again
4.	Petrichor 05:50	lyrics	buy track
I'll stand with Gaia as she screams "Fire, burn with me" I'll stand with Gaia as she screams "Fire, burn with me" I will stand with I will stand with her I'll stand with Gaia as she screams "Fire, burn with me" I'll stand with Gaia as she screams "Fire, burn with me" I'll stand with Gaia as she screams "Fire, burn with me" I'll stand with Gaia as she screams "Fire, burn with me" Feel the Earth beneath your feet Feel the air, let it breathe I will stand with her I will stand with I will stand with her
5.	Symbiont 04:19	lyrics	buy track
This symbiosis born from a scar Severed emotions tear me apart I am shrouded by your haze My blood has been frozen Pierce my heart, your icy gaze Is it me that you have chosen? I need you, I need you I need you to see this through You need me, you need me You need me to set you free "Demon blood with a profane soul You know you must play your role" Blood hunter, can't resist her "Do what you must to save your sister" Symbiont Symbiont Can't you see that you need me? She is here in my dreams Puppeteer my body All I know is vengeance Let's keep up pretenses Push away, push away, push away To break this system (We're living so dissonant) Get away, get away, get away Fulfil our mission (Our songs so asynchronous) We're living so dissonant Our songs so asynchronous It seems that I've lost all sense of myself again This symbiosis born from a scar Severed emotions tear me apart Can't you see, that you need me? You need me to set you free
6.	Kintsukuroi 05:38	lyrics	buy track
Verse I It overwhelms your mind Like a shadow in the night You must emerge from the darkness And diverge into the light Bitter words of discontent Push you to the start again If you can't suppress the voices This will surely be the end The ice is wearing so thin Drowning in the deep sanguine waters Sinking so deep in despair Chorus I It's not too late, it's never too late Unburden your shoulders and shed the weight Reclaim your mind to rewrite your fate Your life is yours to dictate Despite all the pain that you've been through (Searching for a rescue) Don't let all of this scorn encompass you Hold back the bitter cold Fill in the cracks with gold Verse II The scars, the pain, the suffocation The blood, the tears, the isolation The hate, the rage, the desperation Your smile a mask; an adaptation Never succumb, you must overcome I bet you weren't expecting this A war against impermanence Reclaim your life from the abyss A gilded metamorphosis Reclaim your life from the abyss A gilded metamorphosis Chorus II It's not too late, it's never too late Unburden your shoulders and shed the weight Reclaim your mind to rewrite your fate Your life is yours to dictate Despite all the pain that you've been through (Searching for a rescue) Don't let all of this scorn encompass you Hold back the bitter cold Fill in the cracks with gold It's not too late, it's never too late Unburden your shoulders and shed the weight Reclaim your mind to rewrite your fate Your life is yours to dictate Despite all the pain that you've been through (Searching for a rescue) Don't let all of this scorn encompass you Hold back the bitter cold Fill in the cracks with gold
7.	Human Error 04:05	lyrics	buy track
Verse I It's our greatest mistake It's our greatest pleasure to take and take and take Can we learn not to forsake the sacred balance? Time is against us Chorus I We can make this world burn We can destroy ourselves in turn We can run into the light We can save the life beneath these skies Verse II It's hard to see Our history engraved into our minds Deluding senses of the most sensible kind Can we fix the damage done? Chorus II We can make this world burn We can destroy ourselves in turn We can run into the light We can save the life beneath these skies Interlude Disobey our traditions Focus on better decisions Run into the fight To stop the dying of the light Make this world burn And destroy ourselves in turn Outro Burn Can you feel the fear in me Feel their pain Time has seen us fall into the depths I will blow out your light We are bringing eternal night It's our greatest mistake It's our greatest mistake
8.	Loveless 05:35	lyrics	buy track
Verse I I can't see what you want from me When you're begging me to stay A member of the audience I'm not an actor in your play If we went right back to the start I still couldn't play the role I try but I can't feel your heart Disconnected from your soul Chorus I (I want your synthetic love) Am I loveless? I'm not trying to mislead (I want your plastic desire) Am I senseless? I can't give you what you need (I want your synthetic love) Am I soulless? Does my heart pump naught but ice? (I want your plastic desire) Am I hopeless? Lock me out of paradise Verse II I've been waiting Searching for meaning Am I unfeeling? Is my heart bleeding? Unbleeding, unfeeling Does this callous heart have meaning? Chorus II (I want your synthetic love) Am I loveless? I'm not trying to mislead (I want your plastic desire) Am I senseless? I can't give you what you need (I want your synthetic love) Am I soulless? Does my heart pump naught but ice? (I want your plastic desire) Am I hopeless? Lock me out of paradise Paradise Interlude Take me right back to the start Can you please elucidate my heart? For me to feel complete and whole I don't need anyone at all Forgive me my aromantic soul Chorus III (I need your synthetic love) I'm not senseless I don't love like lovers do (I need your plastic desire) I'm not loveless I just don't love like you (I need your synthetic love) I'm not hopeless If you cut me I'll still bleed (I need your plastic desire) I'm not soulless I just can't give you what you need I'm not loveless I just don't love like you
9.	Silence of the Doves 04:17	lyrics	buy track
Verse I Bled at the spear, choked from the bombs Same life lived over, in step with their drums When it's all done, we can't hear the birds Your names written high as you lie in the dirt Our free men go marching Our noble coerced Chorus I Absent our watcher, father above Earth welcomes home her wayward sons Lull me to sleep, as mother's love Embraced to dream in a silence of the doves Verse II If the world had ended today It would still sound the same For you in your graves where The birdsong's no different than Obituary fame is your Name on a statue in The centre of town or Your grave left unmarked where Your friends also drowned A noble cause holding that shield, take a stand Protecting the people you hold in your hands But the world never ended for the people who gave You your sword and your number and told you to pray If you're dead or alive It still sounds the same Breakdown For the monarchs who still seek their glory today The doves and the ending will still look the same The doves have grown silent As the hawks wage war So insatiably violent We bleed evermore
10.	Fragments (Feat. Jeremy Valentyne) 04:54	lyrics	buy track
Intro Out of sight, out of mind Out of sight, out of mind Verse I What's the difference when the distance Made your beginning into an end Accept my somnolence of your dear soul Pre-Chorus I Assimilate your dissonance with mine It doesn't matter anymore Assimilate your dissonance with mine It doesn't matter anymore Chorus I Stuck in slow motion There's nowhere we can go Shattered perfection Seeking a way back home The twisting path lies beneath my feet, I Can feel the cold earth Pulling me close, pulling me close (Becoming a ghost) Pulling me close Verse II Dragging me deeper to the ground You'll never hear the sound of my voice Before I'm lost forevermore Pre-Chorus I Assimilate your dissonance with mine It doesn't matter anymore Chorus II Callous misconception Denied my way back home Refuted reflection There's nowhere we can know Which face to turn to, time flies; it lies too We cannot find our way Out of here, out of here (With so far left to go) Out of here Chorus III Stuck in slow motion There's nowhere we can go Shattered perfection Seeking a way back home The twisting path lies beneath my feet, I Can feel the cold earth Pulling me close, pulling me close (Become a ghost) Pulling me close Pulling me close
11.	Monachopsis (A Waltz at the End of the World) 04:57	lyrics	buy track
Verse I Dance around the flames again Swirling through smoke Hear the entropy building at the heart Are energy trails falling apart? Descending further into the stars As we yearn for a moment that's ours Planets collide as we laugh and die Stars relinquish their flames And we cannot hope to live again Consumed by black holes The end we'll never know Pre-chorus I We're all going to die We're all going to die We're all going to die We're all going to die Chorus I Come and dance with me In the verdant trees On the ocean blue It's only me and you The Rapture's on his way And he's here to say "You're hunting yesterdays Blind to your own fates" Watch it all burn Before it's our turn We're carving our own epitaphs The end of all shall come to pass An oasis in the hourglass We couldn't make amends Before it all ends It all ends It all ends It all ends Verse II Clockwork falls apart Purpose a fleeting work of art And Rapture comes not As the gift of faith but The destiny of any reactive state will come to be Chaos is only the birth of peaceful entropy Our hunters' fire can't engineer A way to outwit destiny Pre-chorus II We're all going to die We're all going to die We're all going to die We're all going to die Bridge Waltz with me in entropy Angels sing our eulogies Dance with me in reverie We're burning our own effigies Waltz with me in entropy
12.	Iyashikei 05:39		buy track

about

Cinematic metal quintet DISCONNECTED SOULS are preparing to unveil their debut conceptional album, Fragments of Consciousness. From adventures in gothic fantasy realms to deadly club settings to a dystopian celebration of the world's end, DISCONNECTED SOULS deliver an intriguing take on the human experience. Fragments of Consciousness will be released on January 19th, 2024.

"Fragments of Consciousness was originally intended to be a double release, however we elected to split this in two in order to keep the momentum going after the success of the Warring Elements EP. There is a conceptual story being told across these albums that pertains to the Mischievous Spirit, introduced on the aforementioned release.

There is a huge amount of variety on this album and with this release we hope to define the genre of 'Cinematic Metal'; each track is a story and is brought to life using the exact musical palette that is needed to convey the message needed.

I don’t expect that this will be an easy listen and you might be positively baffled by what’s going on, but hopefully you’ll agree that we fulfilled our objectives of producing something different, and you’ll feel enriched for having had the experience (positive or negative)!" - Fletch, DISCONNECTED SOULS.

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released January 19, 2024

Disconnected Souls are:

Matthew Simon Fletcher: Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Keys and Programming
Patrick Lloyd: Vocals and Programming
Holly Frances Royle: Guitars, Vocals, Keys and Programming
Tim Jenkins: Synths, Keys, Guitar and Programming
Felix Luca King – Vocals, Violin, Kalimba and Programming

All tracks written, performed, arranged and produced by Disconnected Souls, ©2023.

Recordings and initial mix by Matthew Simon Fletcher @fletchstudio

Final mixes and masters by Jeremy Valentyne and Brandon Wolfe @wolfestudios, except for:

'Petrichor' & 'Kintsukuroi', mixed and mastered by Josh Shaw

'Dissonant Whispers', mixed and mastered by Andy Fernihough @thirdplanetstudios

Additional Credits:
Vocals: Effy Gold (The Effigy) / Tessa King (The Deathless Divide)
Lead Guitar: Jeremy Valentyne (New Years Day)

Album cover: Simon Atkinson
Photography: Thomas Lloyd

Lyric videos: Lee Waters Lyrics
Music videos: JWA Creations
Video drum performance: Alex Lacey
Video bass performance: Thomas Lloyd

Disconnected Souls would like to thank our family and friends, of which there are too many to mention; we couldn’t have done this without you! All the love <3

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Disconnected Souls is a Cinematic Metal band who take their inspiration from numerous genres and combine ideas to create something dramatic, atmospheric and unique.

We experiment with notions of juxtaposing forces becoming entwined to create something fantastical. ... more

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