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I​-​ORION

by The Gathering Pool

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It’s time to break your soul free or repeat this loss treading in a sea of chains, shackles, and broken dreams It’s easy to feel the weight of it you can’t drown in a sea of chains shackles & Broken dreams In a life of blackness, my search for light ended. Upon the backs of evil, I began to feel the sun. Ego melted away as I looked down at my evil twins. Confidence grew, my perception inverts towards the warmth as I stand upon my most trusted foundation ironically comprised of my biggest fears. A son shines bright, a warmth to thaw the cold & dead of darkest night. Follow the star, my pillar, my sight. See me through, please help me...to not end this plight. No longer will I drown a prisoner in chains, beneath the fog, between the waves. No longer will I perceive each day as if they were chains. No longer will I drift alone, isolated by my own selfish ways. No longer will I repeat this loss, now treading in a sea of change. No longer lost unable to see. no longer drowning in a sea of chains, and shackles & broken dreams. ⨺ ⨻ ⨹ 𝝅
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Dear traitor, I write this letter to inform the world of your wretched existence. An open letter to the man who struck my child so hard he pissed himself forever altering the landscape of his future, his life, his emotional self. It takes a village to raise a child, not a beating from the village idiot. You preyed on her weakness I could smell the gas see the light flicker in her intoxicated eyes Traitor Traitor down by your spirit down by your horns the dark cloud you cast will surely dissipate I could feel the weight the spell you cast silently manipulate you took their spirit, lost control Why would you poison such innocence fill his heart with such bitterness How could you force him to feel as you did as you always are pretend to be tall doesn’t make you a man You’re just a broken boy, son fathered by a better man This is your warning, from the father of the child you managed to get your filthy hands on. I will not kill you, I will not beat you until you piss. I will not be another example that violence is the way... The pride and ego of a narcissist are used as weapons to manipulate, deceive and project their darkness upon others. much like the horns of a bull, they are also the weakness I will use to bring you down
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π1 Orionis 03:50
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The Gray 05:05
Paint myself a pretty picture paint myself into a corner paint my "self"...a pretty picture? pained my "self" into a corner as I have a thousand times into the gray You? No... "I'll never change" bombs away light it up, light it up like a Molotov maybe the world wouldn't be so cold, gray and barren I step back to get another view colors turn to shades loss of brilliance shades shimmer overwhelming trembling I cannot take this beauty as I have a thousand times bombs away you know I'll never change into... into the gray you know I'll never change light it up, light it up like a Molotov maybe the world wouldn't be so cold, gray and barren
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You've reached the bottom of my heart winding layers ending made of razor stone Becomes the start Zero Minute Dazed in Deepest Hole You're gonna have to dig with that pitchfork to earn back that crown You think you can go back the same fashion you came? Only way outta here is through an impenetrable slate Rock Bottom's Up Breaking Through, Breaking Through Your Time is Up Best of Luck, Best of Luck Frantically Picking Locks Won't Lead You to the Key Don't you see it's not our right You won't fall through the sky down It's the only path either way, you're at the bottom of a hole on a slab Slab Either way, you're at the bottom of the hole Either Way, You're at the bottom of a hole on a slab praying for wings to take you far above this hell God Damned this foundation Foundations Can't be Built on Fairy Tales Rock Bottom's Up Breaking Through, Breaking Through Your Time is Up Best of Luck, Best of Luck Frantically Picking Locks Won't Lead You to the Key
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π2 Orionis 05:30
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Rivers merge to floods my eyes locked into place feel my cage the doors closed tight on me Clouds so full I'm ripping at their seams the drizzle begins overflowing at the sight An open sore is all we've come to now I can feel the gap walking blindly on our fault line run my hands along the granite as it crumbles down I still feel my cage I can still feel this cage Sink or swim through this? what have I come to now? I'd rather fight for breath than settle into the sediment my vision has become so blurry the mud of you still plagues my eyes wish you would open my cage I don't want to feel this cage anymore... An open soar is all we've come to now I can feel the gap walking blindly on our fault line run my hands along the granite as it crumbles down I still feel my cage Don't want to feel this cage anymore
8.
Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Lurking Orbit Deep within the darkest darkest of corners Red and yellow Alpha Devil Lurking, Orbit Deep Within The Darkest of Corners "Please, Please! I Don't Wanna Be Me! A Ticking Timebomb Is Deep Within Me! (Leave Me, I Don't Wanna Be...) Run Far Away Alpha Orionis Betelgeuse! Testing My Shell For Weakness Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse Destined for destruction A Sacrifice in Supernova Here I stand upon these Shoulders (Of This Giant)
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π3 Orionis 02:28
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engulfed in the flames my shame my guilt my petty woes on the edge of your seat suspended in disbelief feet dangling exposed above an infinite hole and a blackness below I feel it in my bones rising glowing being engulfed in the flames my shame my guilt my petty woes I can't compare how angry lost daggers in your heart how could I be so cruel? I'm not a victim I'm a vampire Just when you thought life couldn't be any more frightening... You find the key to a vault that should never be opened I feel it in my bones rising glowing being
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kneel down, lower your head you are forgiven Cast out as you deserve you are forgiven Cast out as you deserve kneel, lower your head you are forgiven but soon to be dispatched cast out as you deserve obey you must my shield, my wings my belt my sword Lower your horns Aimed at you A powerful triad of ancient sun I don't need your loyalty the earth you stomp turns to dust kneel, lower your head you are forgiven turn noose stone to rubble Flames fueled by a stampede of stubborn rage earth and fire turn to rubble incinerating indestructible throne strewn about the bones of the tarnished crowns all the blood now washed away upon this high the earth you stomp turns to dust powerful gyre turned noose stone to rubble earth and fire's turn to stone him and carried him away The water will not win extinguish all the fire extinguish all the state is rest I don't need your loyalty the earth you stomp... flames fueled by a stampede of stubborn rage I don't need your loyalty all the blood now washed away the bones the rust the earth the dust carried away by water by wind extinguished all fire the slate is reset by this juggernaut gyre the earth you stomp turns to dust powerful gyre turned noose stone to rubble earth and fire's turn to stone him and carried him away The water will not win extinguish all the fire extinguish all the state is rest the earth you stomp turns to dust all the blood now washed away the bones the rust the earth the dust
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π4 Orionis 02:55

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I-ORION focuses on political and social issues in regard to the welfare of our children. The name of the album is based on my son’s name and the Self Psychology term “I-Self”. Largely in support of domestic violence victims, orphans, and children who have become wards of the state; this album’s goal is to encourage healing and growth as a means to end the cycle of abuse within families. The concept of the album follows a semi-fictional version of my son on his journey to find his authentic self and make peace with an abusive stepfather. It’s been a great experience planning this album and working on it with my son. It’s serving its purpose already by helping him express his feelings constructively and have his voice be heard.

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released December 21, 2019

Backup Vocals: Elisa Baumgartner

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The Gathering Pool is an independent music project by Ryan Christopher of Portland Oregon Progressive Rock band, Fluid. thegatheringpool.com

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