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Compendium [Sampler EP]

by Phenome

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November 1982 Inside a dream I always knew Revelations in my life Under a sky of blue My dreams are fighting for control No longer feeling my real life No longer knowing what is real, Compendium dawns upon my mind I can’t feel my body anymore I’ve lost all sense of self-control Within a waking life I slowly grow Into another person’s life Bloody skies A never-ending nightmare inside Smoke and fire I focus on my visions in time Turbulence Chaos in motion in the sky It’s all so fatal But in the final moments we’re alive There’s a world of dreams I try so hard to lose They’re all separate But it’s getting hard to choose The world a victim of Our own arrogance Destroyed by our own sheer oblivion to everything we missed Can you see them standing tall? Clutching us within the grip of war? Can you feel them cast their fear on us? I can’t take this anymore I try to hide from the destruction of life With everything in disarray Why is this happening? It happens every night. New day, same never-ending nightmare to confront It’s starting to get to me I must be losing my mind I just want to cut it loose and leave it all behind As the line begins to blur the tape is running down And everything confuses me again What’s the meaning of it all? And will I ever know the truth or how it ends? I try to hide from the destruction of life With everything in disarray As the city falls, I watch from down below As darkness falls on another day
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Alternate visions blur Inside my mind Confusion manifests itself Deep inside Two separate worlds collide Inside my head Regression takes its hold But everything is dead I can’t find a way to separate Everything I dream from what is real Dreams inside a shattered mind Nightmares form as they combine Desperation takes its hold on me I struggle to survive Now this world’s alive No way to tell where I should be Regression takes its hold on me Is this helping me, Or am I getting more confused? They’re all so separate But it’s getting hard to choose Inside this world of dreams, The fear preys on my mind Regression takes its hold And leaves me blind I can’t find a way to separate Everything I dream from what is real Sleepwalking through a dream I barely know As the city disappears inside the burning glow These divisions in my mind are becoming clearer But I can’t tell where I am I can’t seem to hold onto it, and everything starts to fade But I won’t give in to it; I can’t escape I know I’ll find the answers, I’ll find out who I am This won’t be forever I’ll try to find the reasons, no matter what they are But I’ve to got to keep myself together I’ll find the reasons for my dreams; my purpose in this life
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Sometimes, I feel like I don’t know what’s going on Sometimes, I feel like I’m already home Sometimes, this déjà vu is creeping in my mind Sometimes, I’m questioning the reasons for my time I’m waking to another world / one that I can’t seem to place And I’m falling down again I’m lost so deep inside my mind / Where all my thoughts are running riot Am I going insane? I feel like I’m finally home again But nothing’s the same And all these burning questions, keep turning in my mind And I feel like home is just a name Everything’s familiar somehow There’s nothing new in this town Everything’s the way it was, but nothing is the same Everything is dripping down, in twisted moods of grey I can’t seem to keep my grip on what it is I’m seeing And with nothing to recall, there’s nothing to believe in In the final moments, I wonder how I’m here and what’s the difference between the dream and my real life? Am I simply dreaming, or am I awakening To a world I never knew before I feel like I’m finally home again But nothing’s the same And all these burning questions, keep turning in my mind And I feel like home is just a name In the final moments, I wonder how I’m here and what’s the difference between the dream and my real life? Am I simply dreaming, or am I awakening To a world I never knew before
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People turn and stare As though they recognise me, it’s funny how I seem to care But I can’t seem to put my finger on it; how they know me And how I’m so unaware It’s always strange, when they say “I can see the light inside you” Don’t let it fade away / remember seize the day You’ve got to see this through to the end.” I can’t escape this now I know what I must do, and why I’m here I have no choice I have to face this hell I’m in, and erase the fear People think I’m their messiah, I never gave it thought Until this moment, when everything surrounds me I’m coming to grips / with everything I’m learning About my purpose in this life I never thought I’d be the new messiah In a world that always haunts my dreams Re-incarnate from the ashes But always falling apart at the seams I’m coming to grips / with everything I’m learning About my purpose in this life It’s always strange, when they say “I can see the light inside you”

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4-track sampler EP, consisting of songs from the upcoming concept album "Compendium.

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released September 3, 2014

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