Psalms of Paralysis

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Metabolic disturbances inducing bilateral hemiplegia
Impairing these limbs that once created such beautiful disaster
One needle to the spine from this diabolical doctor of death
One last sensation then complete cessation of muscular function

The intrinsic desire to create trampled by another’s to destroy
Experimentation for the sake of science, tissue truncated away for the sake of symmetry
Letting loose my bowels, powerless to stop this despicable bodily collapse
Extremities twitch with involuntary insanity
I claw myself with futile desperation

My precious scalpel to which I cling with life and limb
Enacts with vengeance, decrees of surgical blasphemy
My forceps hold steadfast, that which must prevail
My ailments take form of praise in paralytic psalms

The body that once was, entrenched deep within my mind
I struggle to summon forth that being that once left an imprint upon this world
But nothing emits but indecipherable groans and moans of palsy and stroke
These sounds shall be known henceforth as my psalms of paralysis

They laugh, they mock, as they poke and prod, the scalpel tearing at my precious private parts
All I can do is widen my eyes and drool while I try to form words, not even a shell of my former self

My last resort, to imagine the torture I’d unleash against these filthy humans
Were I who I once was, left to my old devices, to my tools of technique

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from Psalms of Paralysis, released March 17, 2017

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ASYLUM Fort Worth, Texas

ASYLUM has developed in sound and design to become a statement on current societal trends concerning humans today. While plenty of musical acts flirt with the edges of sensitive topics, ASYLUM strikes at the root, explicitly and unapologetically, discussing uncomfortable subjects ranging from technology addiction to psychedelic research and mental health. ... more

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