Genetic Memory-Ilium

[ti:Genetic Memory] [ar:Ilium] [al:Genetic Memory] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Genetic Memory - Ilium [01:09.61]The cells within our bodies [01:11.40]Are replaced each seven years [01:14.18]But a memory can last a thousand lifetimes [01:19.15]The itch below the surface [01:20.92]And the welling of our fears [01:23.74]Are the preface to an ancestral crime [01:27.75] [01:28.91]There was a time [01:29.96]When I would sleep as soon as I hit the pillow [01:33.56]There was a time [01:34.53]When I knew not depression [01:38.10]A hateful wind has breeched my skin [01:40.54]And underneath it billows [01:43.08]It burns my soul [01:44.15]And leaves its sick impression [01:47.81]I never knew my father [01:49.81]But I'm sure he must be dead [01:52.45]I feel that empty feeling in my bones [01:57.55]A lot has changed these last few months [01:59.75]A war within my head [02:02.25]And raining from above like falling stones [02:07.35]The dreams come to me every night now [02:12.13]The masquerade conceals my wicked plans [02:16.76]Some spirit in the wind or a man within my mind [02:21.89]Whispers for me to descend the stairs [02:26.44]I dare to lift my mask and take a glance into the mirror [02:31.61]I see myself but see it isn't me [02:36.61] [02:37.15]Familiar yet unknown to me the man tips me a wink [02:41.88] [02:43.01]Through centuries he sets me [02:47.01] [02:48.23]Invites me to enjoy the show [02:53.59]I'm terrified yet mesmerized [02:57.42] [02:59.53]I don't know what to think [03:03.23] [03:04.34]The music gathers pace and the dancers gather 'round [03:08.79]Identities not known nor inhibition [03:14.46]A frenzy in a heightened daze [03:20.51]An elevated toxic phase [03:24.84] [03:25.57]A girl is separated and invited out for air [03:34.83] [04:09.39]The scene is ended by a knife [04:13.00] [04:14.66]A piercing chilling scream [04:18.43] [04:19.00]The curtain falls it is blood-red [04:23.83] [04:24.37]And every morning say [04:27.44]I say it's just a dream [04:36.38] [06:10.26]It changed one day my mother died [06:14.30]To quell the grief I cleaned the memories from her attic [06:20.09]In my father's hand I found the note of suicide [06:23.89]Felt that distant evil voice call through like static [06:27.23] [06:29.29]I read his note and wiped away my tears [06:34.21]Those very dreams were also his [06:37.98] [06:38.93]They plagued his father and grandfather too [06:43.64]So many generations driven by one twisted act [06:49.01]A murder echoes generations through [06:52.79] [06:54.68]And I glance into the mirror [06:57.95] [06:58.82]And I see it isn't me [07:02.99] [07:03.83]An evil apparition from genetic memory [07:12.83] [07:13.67]I take a knife to take a life [07:17.72] [07:18.31]I struggle with the wrong and right [07:22.05] [07:23.04]Within I am still there [07:25.41]And driven by despair [07:28.01]If I'm to take a life it must be me