All lyrics © 1996 Psylab Studios

ASSUAGE
- words by Lars
Sex, deviance, flesh.

Feel sweat soft skin
Muscles tremble in
Moisturizing me take hold and bleed
Entered unfinished I'm turning blue
She's force feeding you
Blank holes and stare head coughs the air
You're fantasizing me take hold and breed
You're fantasizing me take hold and breed
You're patronizing me take hold and bleed

APOSTASY
- words by Leif
My dad always kept a "mask & bauble" on the wall, the two stage masks of tragedy and comedy, because he felt it represented the full spectrum of human experience. This song comes from that idea, but was also inspired by popular religion's inability to explain or to cope with the realities of human nature.

The pain contains me
The depths caress me
Dissatisfied the years pass by
And leave behind a wasted life
Enjoy the sin before denial sets in
Where pleasure ends guilt begins
At times to fly or cursed to crawl
From cradle to grave I'll see it all

INFLUENCE OF ORGANISM
- words by Lars
This is about a girl with a crippling disease that left her unable to move or communicate with the outside world.

There is life on the inside
Still body breathes
Unaware of the outside
How does this body breathe?
No motion, no reaction
Eyes stare but do they see?
Physically fading away
Why does this body breathe?

MIDNIGHT MIST
- words by Leif
With this song I hoped to capture the best elements of the classic horror movies - the ones where the danger is unseen and the suspense builds, and the mind begins to paint terrible pictures for itself. I generally like "psychological" horror better than violence and gore.

Lying on my bed thinking that I hear
Voices in my room, but I know there's no one there
Lying on my bed thinking that I see
Something moving in the corner, but it's darkness everywhere
Lying on my bed thinking that I feel
Something pulling on my blanket - who's doing this to me?
The swelling moon sends a breeze into my window
In the icy midnight air things are moving by themselves
Where are these whispers coming from?
Where are those footsteps coming from?
What is this against my skin? I don't want to look
Holding my breath, feeling eyes upon me
In this room something is very close
Under my floor inside the walls
Opening my door something crawls

SOMNAMBULUS
- words by Leif
This song is simply about the experience of falling asleep, which is kind of bizarre and scary when you really think about it

Warm in a blanket of shadows
The mind slows to a stop
Drowning in nothing
Things are so different now
Light will not disturb my eyes
Thought will not disturb my mind
In this darkness I can hide
Even from myself
No strength no strings no body no things

BOX
- words by Lars
Inspired by the story of the girl who was held captive and kept in a secret room in a basement.

In this space I sleep, I dream
But I want to die
Placed in a box against my will
I am used as a toy
This is all I know this is all I think
I am nothing, I am noone
It's dark when I cry, when I pray
Won't you please let me die

ARISE AND PASS AWAY
- words by Leif
I was reading a lot about Buddhism when I wrote this, though the ideas here are not strictly Buddhist of course.

Feelings have a way of interfering
Time has a way of disappearing
It's important to see that what they're doing is temporary
Arise and pass away
In an hour, in a minute, in a moment
This will be gone
It's important to see that what you're doing is temporary
Arise and pass away
In a year, in a hundred years, in a thousand years
This will be gone