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Mind Over Madness

by Fioraidh

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1.
i. Overture ii. Breaking Point (02:43) Another birthday, another day locked in this empty room And outside, mommy uses. Another visitor another one who wants what she won't do And fists, if she refuses. On the edge of hope, the boy begins to lean. He finds a way to cope with things that he has seen. Deep within the void a childhood fades away. The boy deprived of toys finds other ways to play. Another beating another lesson failed to understand and mommy stands in silence. And while they're sleeping the sharpened steel feels warm within his hands and so began the violence iii. Confrontation (05:11) You're not welcome here stay away from us all Your mentality isn't meant for this world Your drawings are twisted Your words have a bite Those ungodly whimpers in the dead of night You show no expression Your eyes have no fire Those torturous heathens that you admire You're my darkest sin and I'll forever pay The surviving twin You sucked his life away Get away from me Put it down I swear I will never lock you away again He's done nothing wrong Please I beg of you Call for help and I Swear I'll never hurt you again Look what you have done They will come for you I will not protect you, my bastard son They will know it's you If you kill me too I can feel my life slipping away.. iv. De morte matris (06:43) Mother, can you hear me there's light still in your eyes Together, we will both be free No longer trapped inside. The basement was my prison, and yours this mortal coil Your home for all eternity the confines of the soil As I reach down to feel your skin I feel a presence from within a coldness building up inside a pain from which I cannot hide Your memories will fade Once my mind takes control They'll never find your body and I never found your soul [SOLO: G Mcleod 08:11] [SOLO: M Reid 08:38] v. The Struggle Within (09:16) [Instrumental] MALE: "In a shocking turn, police who were called to what appeared to be an abandoned home, discovered the body of an adult male, presumed to be in his forties, who they believe had lain undiscovered for more than six years. The owner of the house and her young son were nowhere to be found." FEMALE: "The FBI have today confirmed that the body of Serena Rhone, owner of the property on Lakeside Park where the remains of a man were found, has been discovered in a nearby woodland. They believe they were killed around the same time. The search for her son, Albert, continues." MALE: "It is indeed a sad day for all concerned, and I know that the people of Lakeside will never be the same." vi. The Struggle Without (11:17) I read today they'd found your body. They still don't know if I'm alive. They're digging up the woods around you. They hope the little boy survived. I didn't mean to kill you, mother. I only wanted to give you pain. But when I saw you on the front page. I longed to hear your voice again. I tried to stop the bleeding But then I saw the feeling in your eyes I should have tried to help you But I was paralysed. I need to find someone who'll love me. Someone who'll show how much they care. They'll pull me in and wrap around me. And gently soothe and stroke my hair. The years I spent alone in silence my childhood cruelly ripped away I never asked to be the one who lived And still you hated anyway. And now I have the feelings from seeing you again The sadness grows inside me and I know how it can end. vii. Serena (14:44) You look a lot like her You wear your hair the same I bet you smell like her I long for your embrace I know that, given time If I could save your life You'd learn to love this boy And I could feel alive I hear you beneath me Crying out in vain I'll be your saviour And I'll feel love again Why did you leave me? Why did you give me pain? I'd started feeling But you ripped that away [GUIT SOLO: M Reid 16:16] [KEYS SOLO: M Reid 16:32] viii. If At First (16:17) FEMALE: "Reports are coming in of yet another missing woman around the Lakeside Park area, the fifth in as many weeks, all matching the same description of shoulder-length blonde hair. Authorities believe these women may have been taken by the same person and are encouraging women in the area to exercise extreme caution." ix.A Stab in the Dark (17:31) [Instrumental] And as the light streams through the basement cracks There's nothing where you used to be Your scent still masks that of the others And so you can't be far from here I look for movement in the shadows But there's only stillness all around When suddenly, a burning in my neck and I fall to the ground FEMALE: "In a startling turn, police have taken a twenty-year-old man into custody for the abduction of the missing women in the Lakeside Park area. The incident is believed to have been called in by his latest victim, who was able to free herself and take down her kidnapper. It is not yet known what happened to the others, or how many." MALE: "And, of course, the biggest story of the day is that Albert Rhone, believed to be responsible for the missing Lakeside women, has now been charged for a total of twenty-four counts of murder. Forensic experts also believe that he is responsible for the death of his mother, Serena, nine years ago, as well as her lover." x. The Struggle Ends (19:55) I like how this is feeling A warmth flows through me now This gentle heat is melting The ice around my heart A light above is calling I hear your voice within No longer in the darkness I'm seeing you again And standing there beside you The other part of me Your hands stretched out towards me Together, we are free [SOLO to fade G. Mcleod] MALE: "Lakeside Police Department have today issued a statement wherein Albert Rhone, the twenty-year-old local boy who had been missing and feared dead since age eleven, has not only confessed to the brutal murder of twenty-four women but also the intentional death of his mother's lover. However, Rhone maintains that the death of his mother was accidental." PSYCHOLOGIST: "Were you aware of what you were doing?" ALBERT: "Um, yes." PSYCHOLOGIST: "Was it your intention to kill these women?" ALBERT: "I never meant to kill them. I meant to save them." PSYCHOLOGIST: "Why did you kill your mother?" ALBERT: "I didn't mean to kill her. It just... it happened." PSYCHOLOGIST: "And her lover? Why'd you kill her lover." ALBERT: "He was bad. All of them. They were all bad. ALL bad. He deserved to die." PSYCHOLOGIST: "And the women? Did they deserve to die?" ALBERT: "They didn't deserve to die. That was never my intention. It just... I mean... I'm sorry."
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Adreamaline 05:58
Darkness ebbs around you And light is crumbling from within Voices calling for you And fingers run across your skin The silence you feel inside you The ropes that bind your limbs The steps you take will find you Forever standing still Breath is taken from you And rationale will disappear Paranoia holds you But all your fears are far from real The questions that rise within you The rush as you're falling fast The panic as ground approaches And soon you're soaring past If I could fly like in my dreams I'd find a way to get to you And help us break free of these chains We could rise above it all And have the life that we would choose So only happiness remains Shadows in the distance Seem to shift within the wind Hands are reaching for you But something prompts them to resist The power that builds inside you Begins to resonate No longer will darkness bind you You're suddenly free from hate If I could fly like in my dreams I'd find a way to get to you And help us break free of these chains We could rise above it all And have the life that we would choose So only happiness remains We fight through it all And still we're tethered here Trying to break away Always standing tall Weathering the fear To fight another day If I could fly like in my dreams I'd find a way to get to you And help us break free of these chains We could rise above it all And have the life that we would choose So only happiness remains
3.
The empty bed The ghostly ring still shimmers Wet from where your coffee cup once lay The pillow dent The quiet cruel reminder Of the words I'll never hear you say And in the air around the room Still hangs the warm familiar smell of your perfume I hear you speak, but you're not there I'm haunted by the thought that you no longer care I close my eyes I see you walk towards me in that silver dress I skip a beat In quiet contemplation, I long for your caress They gather round, but I see you There's no one here but you and me And all at once, the moment fades I'm dragged back to reality Now you're gone I'm all alone Surrounded, but none of them are you You ripped a hole within my soul So I can never be complete And even though I try, I can't go on like this 'Cos it hurts like hell when you're gone And I don't ever want to feel this way anymore The light within my heart is giving way to the dark And I can't feel... 'cos nothing's real And it hurts like hell It's been a while I've tried to call But still your voice is never heard I ask around Abandoned everyone And gone without a word And all the photos On my phone Show no signs that you would leave The plans we made The things you'd said I wonder how I failed to see I always thought you felt the same way I hoped that we'd fight through it all If I could only see through your eyes I'd understand a little more But I'm not sure 'Cos it hurts like hell when you're gone And I don't ever want to feel this way anymore The light within my heart is giving way to the dark And I can't feel... 'cos nothing's real
4.
Bad to the bone In your ivory tower You think you're forward But you're stuck in reverse Clinging to the notion That you're making it great You're only making it worse The freedom that they fought for and died Is being abused today The followers who peddle your lies Believe that you're the way You're reaching out Trying to maximise power You bought your way in And you're paying the price Looking after those Who line your pockets with gold And still your people divide Their freedom that you squandered with lies Is making news today The walls they built are being defiled A broken sanctuary Help destroy the seed Of their righteous breed Turn the tide and cast them away Help erase the lines That their kind defines Look inside and stand up today We will rise again Cities will defend Anyone they had in their sights We will take control And they will lose their hold Fight for freedom And the struggle to survive Your constitution Masks the truth of your cause Hiding in plain sight Citing chapter and verse Taking to the streets You say you're taking them back By stamping out the diverse The freedom that they fought for and died Is being abused today The walls they built are being defiled A broken sanctuary Help destroy the seed Of their righteous breed Turn the tide and cast them away Help erase the lines That their kind defines Look inside and stand up today We will rise again Cities will defend Anyone they had in their sights We will take control And they will lose their hold Fight for freedom And the struggle to survive
5.
Feels like yesterday I cried A little part of me had died But it's over now It's clear to see that something's wrong And yet the news that you were gone Still won't brush away It's hard to see through shuttered eyes The smile you wore as your disguise In and out, they said you came Yet every time was just the same 'Cause you hate to feel The darkest Halloween for you And ev'ry February 22 Black gave way to blue It's hard to help those who refuse Or slip advice within the tubes Those fourteen days you'd lain alone Come clean in only fourteen more Almost twenty years have passed A little bitter to the last So you pushed away Hands were reaching all around Until the day that you were found With your shame in you It's easy now to reconcile The pain behind your shattered smile Those fourteen days you'd lain alone I'd bleed for you for fourteen more
6.
Life begins and nature finds a way All we do is get through every day We take our chances, rolling with the dice But no one sees what lies behind our eyes Consequences shifting with tide Slowly bending parallels inside Taunting demons, bringing to the fore Doubt and anger thrive for evermore When all around is dark We need that vital spark To light the way within The game we'll never win All around they bustle to and fro No one cares 'cos no one needs to know The man behind the curtain pulls the strings And we all nod, believing everything Black and white, the greyest of the shades Read between the lines at lies they've made What is now today, we'll soon forget And yesterday's beliefs are our regrets And with the turning tide We start to wither inside An empty vessel remains And they will stake their claim Until they achieve their aim The hand that feeds is laced with poison The mouth that speaks is not without sin The path we're shown betrays and bathed in darkness And no light waits at the end Another day, another chance to strive The struggle born within us to survive Scrambling up while falling to the ground The scraps we're fed are cut from those around Hypocrisy that fails to see the lies From shadow creatures bound by loyal ties Eventually, the cracks begin to show Revealing truths they feared we'd ever know Between the twilight and the dawn The silence helps us carry on And when the fears invade subconscious thoughts inside We open our eyes The hand that feeds is laced with poison The mouth that speaks is not without sin The path we're shown betrays and bathed in darkness And no light waits at the end
7.
There's a powerful energy That only flows from you to me Without you, I can't go on I am nothing without you by my side Why did you leave me? Why did you give me pain? I can't believe it I'll make you pay There's no hope in hell for me The time has come for me to leave you You had my heart in your hand But all along you were squeezing all the life out Why did you leave me? Why did you give me pain? I'd started feeling And you took that away Day to day, I see your face Watch me as I cry Another time, another place Another bitch to die Call me mother, call me dear Call me what you will No one knows that I am here Waiting for the kill You will be the death of me I only want you to feel my pain I can't stand to see your face I feel your soul and wonder what makes it so dark Why did you leave me? Why did you give me pain? I started feeling And you ripped that away Tonight I cleanse myself from sin Purify the toils within Tomorrow sees a brand new day A new horizon Another era dawns in time Another chance to get it right Seize the day like there's no other
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Rooster 06:11

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I never intended to write this album, to be honest. It'd been eighteen years since I'd played, and twenty-four years since I last wrote a legit song. I decided to get back into it by re-recording all the old Fury songs, taking them one EP at a time, and right at the point where I was about to start recording the second one (The Dead Good EP), I broke the low-B string. It wasn't until I was re-stringing the guitar that I came up with a riff, which led to another, and then another... I'd started writing a new song. Holy shit. It turned out to be "Righteous Breed", and the rest of the album followed.

Then, on April 19th, I was playing around with synth pads and stuff, just doing some guitar widdling over the top... and I loved where it was going. It ended up being the 24-minute-long "The Heart of Madness".

I hope to keep writing, but this, to date, is by far my greatest musical offering and I hope you enjoy it.

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released July 21, 2021

Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, and drums by Mark Reid.
Mixed and mastered by Mark Reid
All music and lyrics by Mark Reid.
Album artwork by Mark Reid.

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Fioraidh Glasgow, UK

It's just me, all the way down. Although I do tend to write on my own and play all instruments myself, I have been known to pull in some collaborations.

I love to experiment, musically, and enjoy playing around with time signatures.
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