https://soundcloud.com/d-b-gavin/the-maze

Hello, all. I've returned to inflict my voice on any of you foolish enough to click on the above link thanks to an over-falsity of confidence.

I intended 'the maze' should be kind of anthem aimed at explaining the youth obsession with blading, but the conversation shifted as the lyrics took shape. Instead, 'the maze' took on an anti-establishment, 'take back the government'/'oppose corruption' bent. I'm happy with the results as they stand. I imagine a nu-metal sound for the music, but I'm no musician worthy of the name. I hope you enjoy it.

DISCLAIMER: 'Track' recorded on cell phone

I'm made a stranger
by my own nation
no explanation
just half-closed doors
feeding into my aggravation
they're stealing time
and I can't ignore

there's no achievement
just a long bereavement
for a thousand trillion lives unlived
fear the demons and accept the reasons
you'll live the lies your fathers did
receive what the masters give
waste away in the maze

they learn you stupid
and they keep you penned
from the start to end
what can you know
in their dark illusion
where you're always moving
til you're dying
never knowing home

come make it fatal
this long betrayal
for a thousand trillion lives unlived
beat the demons and reject the reasons
you'll live the lies your fathers did
receive what the masters give
waste away in the maze

ignore the doors
smash the walls they hide
bring them low
break control
wake your will
guide your kin to their own

know their evil
is a legal freedom
still they fear the people
their works unforge
twist truth with reason
'til we stop believing
in the light we know

I'll make it fatal
this long betrayal
for a thousand trillion lives unlived
smash the demons and dispel the reasons
that stole the lives my fathers lived
transform what the masters give
transcending and crushing the maze