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Tether

from Hypnopompia by Vultress

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lyrics

Twilight wanes
And night’s stark stranglehold appears
Tireless I wake
Ever-hungering disease
My fate is tied
To the tether on my wrist
My eyes capsize
Lay silent

Intrepid phantoms packed away
The welding wearing every single day
Corners, corners, corners

Is everyone asleep
(I can feel the wires)
Is everyone asleep
(I can feel the wires)
...Push

I can feel the wires in your mind
I can read your thoughts and analyze
Implausible disguise
Access denied
Can you tell what dream I had last night
Same one I’ve been having all my life
If that’s all you then what am I
Hivemind

Brains laying in retrograde
Braced for the future in knots
Forgoing analysis
Tense, out of balance and lost

Singled out in a marathon
Tie up the mast to the sinking dock
Take either handful of copper yarn
Tie up the horse to the burning barn
Shattered compulsory paragon
Tie up the horse to the burning barn
Take either handful of copper yarn
Push them together until it’s gone

...I see you flickering so push

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Claire and Theresa run like hell, unpursued, following the map they drew in their minds. And it was easier than they thought: eleven guards had left a hatch wedged open, neglected for nearly a full year now. Their yelping indignation turned to laughter as they ran.

They sprinted most of the way past the north-south hallway toward the Alloy Hose Shop, and while they believed that they hadn’t been noticed, their motion had triggered the alarm system. A blue word “WHEREWITHAL” scrolled furiously on the monitors overhead. Since the fugitives used Guard Cmdr. Hall’s passcode on a previous gate, the swarm hovered impotently two corridors behind them. Tracing his belt, Cmdr. Hall watched a skin-flick he had ordered in goggles.

Breathless, Claire leads Theresa along the mapped-out path to a manhole cover. They’ve made it out. A blizzard rages above their heads, showering snow upon the wrecked remains of life on Earth. A mile down, they see an old train tunnel. As they sprint toward the tunnel, Theresa loses steam. Only now in the cold ugliness does she regret ever leaving the comfort of the Post. The device had attended all their bodily needs. The pleasant dreams had only conditioned Claire and Theresa to the nap after a meal they never had to chew. If the consciousness they were used to could be called a life, at least it was easy. This was hard.

Theresa bargains with Claire to give up now, come back to the Greenhouse with her, and hook the cables back up. Claire attempts to convince Theresa to stay the course and see what waits for them beyond the shelter of the tunnel.

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from Hypnopompia, released October 23, 2020

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Vultress

Vultress is a progressive rock, heavy-prog band: Jordan Gaboian (guitar) Paul Uhrina (drums) and Anthony Capuano. (Vox/keys)

On Hypnopompia, the band fuses prog rock, metal, modern heady alt-rock and other eclectic influences.

Critics called their debut:

"[A] flabbergastingly high-quality release" (Scene Point Blank)

"one of the finest recordings ever of a debuting band" (Background Magazine) ... more

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