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Terminal

from Cautionary Tales by The Oculist

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Memory
Piece together how this came to be
Won’t unfold
I’m struggling to retain control

Scribbling,
From the corner of the room
Dulls my sense
Numbness spreading through my limbs

Hands bound
Feet tied
Can’t hear
Can’t see

Way out
Can’t find
Someone
Save me

It’s terminal I’m rendered obsolete,
Trapped inside a waking dream
Do I try to run or admit defeat,
Turn the tables on my enemy

Polaroids,
Random papers document my stay
Have no fear,
He’s the means to make you disappear

Hands bound
Feet tied
Can’t hear
Can’t see

It’s terminal I’m rendered obsolete,
Trapped inside a waking dream
Do I try to run or admit defeat,
Turn the tables on my enemy

Came from behind
Out of the darkness
Got the jump on me

Knocked out
Rendered unconscious I was unsuspecting

Tied to a bed
Rid me of sight rid me of hearing
Place hand on mouth if you wish to speak

Sharp bite of piano wire
700,000 volts
Tries to make me yield in mute conformity

I’m never changing litmus
Reduced to a memento
Aghast at my incarceration

I’m not your toy, I’m not your fucking plaything
Rage, fill this empty vessel with the strength to survive

Bite on the pain, focus the mind, every knotted sinew
I must channel my energy,
I must channel my energy

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from Cautionary Tales, released December 8, 2023

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The Oculist has been formed by two long time musical collaborators and friends Adam Dunn and Çağrı Tozluoğlu (aka Philamelian).

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