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Rise To The Top

by Mast

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Don't Go 05:14
Please don’t leave me I need your soothing melodies to shake the tribulation With your vibrations. With your vibrations Do you really want to go away I've neglected you I swear I'll change thought there’s nothing to keep us apart And together we could rule the world Please don't leave me I need your soothing melodies to shake the tribulation With your vibrations. I've broken promises Bad habits haven't stopped yet foolish my behavior Is it too late to save us? Do you really want to go away I've neglected you I swear I'll change thought there's nothing to keep us apart And together we could rule the world I'm gonna get my priorities all straight Remember what you mean and stop making you wait I was invincible with you inside but without you DISPAIR is eating me alive Do you really want to go away I've neglected you I swear I'll change thought there’s nothing to keep us apart And together we could rule the world Please return to me I feel each moment painfully In your absence I call but you don't answer I call but you don't answer I call but you don't ….
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Feel my sanity slipping I feel I could just lose control The headaches never stop Vaseline's run out I'm raw and bloodied up When will the abuse stop Feel like I am drowning Breathe deep in the flooding Life from me is drained No longer have the strength Someone take the reins How did I become a slave? Where is my clarity? Revealing all this insanity Momentarily escape and revive my will for another day I don't know I dont think I can do this (4x) Where is my clarity? Revealing all this insanity Momentarily escape and revive my will for another day I'm Broken down Beaten to the ground I'm broken down Beaten to submission now (2x) Feel my sanity slipping I feel I could just lose control I'm Broken down Beaten to the ground I'm broken down Beaten to submission now (4x)
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Perfection 05:45
Planning takes longer than the process A pattern that will make me action less Expect all conditions to submit to my mission Refusing to work with any opposition Resulting in the ruin of new creations Feeding the beast of frustration Condemnation doesn't motivate me I write it on the list of incomplete aspirations Eats away at my objectivity A disease to my minds achievability Contaminated so much I ignore the effects And proudly declare I am PERFECT Perfection is temporary good enough lasts longer There is no judge, there are no other challengers I'm the only one in my way Infected by the idea everything I produce Must be exact and pure and flawlessly introduced Obtaining this ideal is not worth the effort Disconnecting myself will ease the discomfort Not you or I can achieve this every time But it was never necessary to cross the finish line Paralyzes me Makes me make Excuses Paralyzes me Makes me oh so lazy Paralyzes me Makes me DO NOTHING Paralyzes me Makes me make Excuses Paralyzes me Makes me oh so lazy Paralyzes me Makes me DO NOTHING Paralyzes me Makes me oh so lazy Identify with this idol and idle you'll become We don't hold the power to live up to its expectations Skeptical about accepting my limitations But it is the key to my innovation Mastering the skill of making the pieces fit And when they don't I permit ..myself... to be OK.............. with it
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I should have thought more carefully before I spoke. I made you look bad that wasn't my intentions This thunderstorm of words comes crashing through my head Think my silent screams are louder than you livid displeasure Surely I deserve this duel punishment I have done wrong and for this I ask forgiveness but your Vicious words keep triggering a destructive voice in my head I feel two inches tall how can it be I wronged you all from a mistake so small As the lightning strikes its target down and I am lying on the ground How am I going to get up? Surely I deserve this duel punishment I have done wrong and for this I ask forgiveness but your Vicious words keep triggering a destructive voice in my head It says you’re such a failure Why do you even bother? You know you're really stupid if you think you deserve this Certainly the earth could please open up and swallow me Please give me a chance to resolve this mess before your interrogations cause me more distress Its seems that you hold the magic key to release the thoughts that destroy me Convinces me to just give up, it’s just too hard IVE HAD ENOUGH Surely I deserve this punishment I have done wrong and for this I ask forgiveness but your Vicious words keep triggering a destructive voice in my head It says you’re such a failure Why do you even bother? You know you're really stupid if you think I am buying this No! Now the earth could swallow you bury you, your money too, your degrading words your wicked deeds the evil you inspire in me. There was a time I wanted to please you now I don’t know how I ever stood by you. I'm done with your games, done wasting my time, done DONE wasting my life Now that I've vented let my frustration free I've begged for forgiveness that you will never give me It'll never be enough or close to what you would do Your spell has been broken I'm not longer feel guilt for you
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CF 04:04
I've been in this foul mood Too much joining in the Chicken talk About the drama in each coop On and on squawk squawk. You would think.. the sky is falling Everyone is too afraid Nothing will ever change here This life they will not trade I don't belong in this chicken coop I don't belong I don't belong I don't belong in this chicken coop I don't belong I think I'll join the birds of prey The chickens all think I'm crazy Stay on the ground keep peckin the stone Out there is too much uncertainty. Feeling torn between sky and familiar Sure thing and no chance Known and the unexpected. Confident I will have the last laugh I don't belong in this chicken coop I don't belong I don't belong I don't belong in this chicken coop Got to move on Sometimes the most important change is staring back at you in the mirror Sometimes you have to take some personal gain and find the fire that ignites your dreams. I've grown so tired Of the endless circles Wearing a rut in the dirt Keep putting on the miles All this work and for what This was never rewarding enough Time for risk. Looking for extreme Roaming is where I would rather be I don't belong in this chicken coop I don't belong I don't belong I don't belong in this chicken coop Got to move on Sometimes the most important change is staring back at you in the mirror Sometimes you have to take some personal gain and find the fire that ignites your DREAMS Since I left this state of Kentucky fried thinking Things are looking up Got the real bird's eye view I don't want to ruffle any feathers But I have found a new flock That has lifted me higher than I ever thought possible
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Struggling against the bindings of time (Watching as one by one you die.) Swept away in a flood of activity (Forgetting what's really important) Was it the money? Was it the status? Or the ones that held you thru it all Stood by you in your wretchedness No longer want these chains to bind me Need time for my relationships Bleeding heart I'm missing them People, you make life all worth it. Need to balance work and play (Feel our lives slipping away) Is that your fault or mine? (Is there anyone to blame?) Are we caught in an endless cycle? In our fight to survive? Losing loved ones over and over I'm desperate to find more time No longer want these chains to bind me Need time for my relationships Bleeding heart I'm missing them People, you make life all worth it. Will you regret the days, You could have spent with me? Will you look back and think? What have I been doing? Responsibilities grew Quietly withdrew Impossible to be there if your Constantly working instead? So isolated repeat the cycle of solitude and regret All this time has filled me with regret For the time I've wasted doing Something meaningless I should have spent it with you Just that quick she was taken away from me A rude awakening a sad terrible day No more hearing her laughing with me No new happy memories And it will happen again One by one we will pass away Time is running out hurry it’s not to late Calling out to my companions I refuse to be too busy to say I love you dearly I truly miss you Time is running out hurry it's not too late. One By one you die One by one you die
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Rising out of the dust one last time This is it I feel or I'm not trying again Just going through the motions But I begin to feel some excitement again Look at me I'm on the top of the world I can see the sea of people below me How can it be I am the unstoppable? Look at me, So Proud to be At the top of the world Look at me, So Proud to be Look at me, So Proud to be How could it be that it's me? Look at me, So Proud to be I'm at the top of the world Rise out from the ashes I'm not sure what to say---- But follow me we'll find a way In these days of wandering It's time to find a new beginning CHORUS All the times I had fallen down All the things that were going wrong Now I can see how the jagged edges Have come together To create this beautiful image 2x CHORUS
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Snowblind 04:41
What you get and what you see Things that don't come easily Feeling happy in my vein Icicles within my brain (cocaine) Something blowing in my head Winter's ice, it soon will spread Death would freeze my very soul Makes me happy, makes me cold My eyes are blind but I can see The snowflakes glisten on the tree The sun no longer sets me free I feel there's no place freezing me Let the winter sun shine on Let me feel the frost of dawn Fill my dreams with flakes of snow Soon I'll feel the chilling glow Don't you think I know what I'm doing Don't tell me that it's doing me wrong You're the one who's really a loser This is where I feel I belong Crystal world with winter flowers Turns my day to frozen hours Lying snowblind in the sun Will my ice age ever come?

about

It began with a realization that life had to be better than this. (Rise of the Cadavers)
But I had lost my voice (Don’t Go)
I was Broken, Beaten, and Submissive to my situation.
Most days were a Natural Disaster
I realized I wasn’t perfect and didn’t need to be. So I stopped striving for Perfection
I lost my best friend and realized that while I was too busy we were getting older and…
One by One You Die.

Then one day I said SCREW the CHICKENS!!!
I’m going to find people that dream big and surround myself with them.

Even though it might be a complete waste of time, I am going to pick myself up off the ground
ONE MORE TIME

And this time it was different. I saw myself Rise to the Top.
I wrote these words to inspire you in your darkest of days to find the strength to pick yourself up, try again, no matter many times it takes, and live your dreams. Thank you for helping us live ours.

credits

released August 2, 2014

Heidz: Vocals TR Marx: Drums Michael Schaub:guitars Violin: Matt Muelling. Produced by Michael Schaub and recorded in Dag's Kitchen Studios. Special thanks to J& R Productions, Travis Degenstein, John Jones, and the musicians, venues, family, and friends that helped us make so many great memories.

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Mast Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

MAST developed in the spring of 2013 from trio of veteran musicians influenced by the modern southern metal scene, 90's alternative, instrumental post-metal, and swampy, sludgy doom. More specific influences would be Black Sabbath, Pelican, Electric Wizard, Thursday, and Deftones. ... more

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