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CANCER DRAGON

by cysteke

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1.
I am what I am, nothing less A naive child chasing success A stupid cadaver people possess Always distant, always depressed But who gives a shit, it's always the same bull You see all the prisons and graves become full From things that never change, just another curse Preach it to the chorus before the end of your verse The world's gone cold, and it's all I see To the wolves I go, gnashing viscious teeth Single thought in minds, make your enemies Battles piling up, no more giving trees There's no light at the end of this tunnel There's no light at the end of this tunnel So I'll make one for myself out of fire and brimstone Fuck your world, I'll take it all in my claws Fuck your world, I'll take it all in my claws
2.
Dirty little fuck living in his tired old head Crumpled up waste slithering away his time Couldn't care less spouting out the things he's said Looking to hate people in the name of the divine Yeah, come watch the puppet dance, he's shouting slurs and telling rants Yeah, watch him limp up to the desk and say how everyone's on meth Oh yeah, come watch the puppet dance, he's in a homophobic trance He'll threaten violence soon enough, so grab him by the cuff and tell his ass: Touch them and you die Touch them and you die Touch them and you die Ex-wife, living after a marriage she defiled With her two kids, both being undiagnosed Couldn't care less laying hand on either man or child Hypocrite shit, all while worshipping the ghost Yeah, come watch the puppet dance, she's shouting slurs and telling rants Yeah, watch her stomp up to the desk and see how much her life's a wreck Oh yeah, come watch the puppet dance, she's shouting ableist demands She'll threaten violence soon enough, so grab her by the cuff and tell her ass: Touch them and you die Touch them and you die Touch them and you die Touch them and you die Stay the fuck away (touch them and you die) Or get a broken face (touch them and you die) Stay the fuck away (touch them and you die) Or get a broken face As if it weren't enough you live with hate Behind the guise of mind enlightning What hands of god compell your beating fists You'd make him sick and rain down lightning Touch them and you die Touch them and you die Touch them and you die Touch them and you die Stay the fuck away (touch them and you die) Or get a broken face (touch them and you die) Stay the fuck away (touch them and you die) Or get a broken face
3.
HEADSPACE 03:15
So dependent, you little child Ask for help and you'll prove your fears Please just ask, don't let the problem pile You're just a person, please be sincere All you seem to do is make the problems worse All you need to do is kill the part that hurts Despair is what you live to feel and nothing less You'll live to see the end of all your pounding stress Caught inside the no man's land I'm in a bombs race Fallen down within the sand I'm losing headspace Scared and helpless, it's all your fault You sit there waiting to forget the past Don't let sorrow be your default Your future exists as a space so vast All your time before has made your person worse All your time to be can rid you of your curse Despair is what you live to feel and nothing less You'll live to see the end of all your pounding stress Caught inside the no man's land I'm in a bombs race Fallen down within the sand I'm losing headspace Just a fall into the void Pick me up before I'm lost Just a fall into the void Pick me up before I'm lost Just a fall into the void Pick me up before I'm lost Just a fall into the void Pick me up before I'm killed in my head Killed in my head Killed in my head Killed in my head
4.
BIG BAD GUNS 04:07
Goddamn the aching lights piercing through your tired eyes A rainbow color in the sky, casting down a love of life Can't they shut off the sun above for the ones, like you, unloved All the hate that you live within taught you what you know, gave you hardened skin You cry that you have been silenced, all alone And yet you scream at the people you call drones The people learning to live a life outside The people finally knowing pride Oh you feel like less a man? So you scream and tout your big bad guns Tout your big bad guns, huh Fear what you don't understand Brick your mind and shoot your big bad guns Shoot your big bad guns, bitch Oh to be that little you, all betrays your point of view The tall walls you pursue are falling, cast in a sea of blue Fear is what defines your ways, but that's never what you say Slipping down the hole of hate while you continue to seal your fate You cry that you have been silenced, all alone And yet you scream at the people you call drones The people learning to live a life outside The people finally knowing pride Oh you feel like less a man? So you scream and tout your big bad guns Tout your big bad guns, huh Fear what you don't understand Brick your mind and shoot your big bad guns Shoot your big bad guns, bitch What does your inner child see Is he scared to face you What does your inner child see Is he scared to face you Oh you feel like less a man? So you scream and tout your big bad guns Tout your big bad guns, huh Fear what you don't understand Brick your mind and shoot your big bad guns Shoot your big bad guns, bitch
5.
Can you see where the calender used to hang All that's left is a hole inside the wall Just a constant reminder of how I failed Am I a disappointment to you all The hands of time are closing in On empty walls and cardboard boxes Destroying all that we held dear Where do I belong Can you see the gazebo in the yard Torn and mangled and flowing in the wind All the happiness we left behind Where can we go to let our chapter begin The hands of time are closing in On empty walls and cardboard boxes Destroying all that we held dear Where do I belong
6.
N.M.M.L. 03:16
Come to me and sell your life away Hyperfocused on your slow decay In and out like it's your mission I don't care, after all, it's your addiction Put your fingers to your lips like you don't care Breathe it in, don't think, no you don't care Don't pretend to give a shit cause you don't care Breathe it in, don't think, no you don't care Stare at me with your flouride eyes Just another day in paradise Not a word, just your prescription I don't care, after all, it's your addiction Put your fingers to your lips like you don't care Breathe it in, don't think, no you don't care Don't pretend to give a shit cause you don't care Breathe it in, don't think, no you don't care You never care Shut up, you never cared You never care Nah bitch, you never cared You never care Shut up, you never cared You never care Nah bitch, you never cared You never care Nah bitch, you never cared You never care Shut up, you never cared You never care Nah bitch, you never cared You never care Shut up
7.
Grab me by my spine Make the muscles flex I am on my back I can't get up Shock of pain goes through me I can hardly breathe Just the slightest turn Catching me off guard Eyes are open wide It's taking me It's the grasp from hell That deforms my life Your fusion can't control me This pain is temporary I'll pull the needles out myself You can't begin to scare me So go and strap me to my bed I'll only sleep when I am dead Tug the cord in my back Marionette of pain Morph into one whole It's bending less Shock of pain goes through me I can hardly breathe Now a knife's in my side Stabbing me in the night Punishment for living Twists its handle sharp It's the stabbing hell Mangling my life Your fusion can't control me This pain is temporary I'll pull the needles out myself You can't begin to scare me So go and strap me to my bed I'll only sleep when I am dead This pain is temporary You can't begin to scare me This pain is temporary You can't begin to scare me
8.
Stop the noise now, I've done all that I can. It's not enough. Give me peace now, the walls are closing in. They've called my bluff. String me up with bloody harnesses. Pierce the calloused skin. World of corpses, broken promises. Tell me all my sins. Looking out here, there's nothing but the sky and ground below. On this cliffside, the ocean near the shore overflows. String me up with bloody harnesses. Pierce the calloused skin. World of corpses, broken promises. Tell me all my sins. Walking out to the edge of the earth. I'll find my way back soon. Walking out to the edge of the earth. I'll find my way back soon. Walking out to the edge of the earth. I'll find my way back soon. Walking out to the edge of the earth. I'll find my way back soon.
9.
Take me down and let me sleep I've given too much life today The void surrounding runs so deep And never seems to go away Optimistic nothings seep To just get their hearts thrown away But I'll try anyway Something's coming, I'm not ready Something's coming, I'm not ready Something's coming, I'm not ready Something's coming, I'm not ready The sun is in my eyes, it's burning the whole of my being And nothing here is safe from the turning of time as it hurts me And now a shadow stands before me, its form is a dragon The earth is splitting up to take me as all burns to ashes It's all within my hands, it's cracking, and inside I'm falling It's all within my hands, it's cracking, and inside I'm falling It's all within my hands, it's cracking, and inside I'm falling It's all within my hands, it's cracking, and inside I'm falling It's all within my hands, it's cracking, and inside I'm falling It's all within my hands, it's cracking, and inside I'm falling It's all within my hands, it's cracking, and inside I'm falling It's all within my hands, it's cracking, and inside I'm falling I'm falling, I'm falling, I'm falling, I'm falling Kill the hate inside Nothing lasts for long Live to spite the pain For love's where you belong Kill the hate inside Nothing lasts for long Live to spite the pain For love's where you belong

about

Two years of anger, frustration, sadness, introspection, and growth have formed this album into what it is now: a deafening explosion of catharsis.

So much has happened over these past couple years that I won't go into fully, but God it's been increasingly rough. Everything from financial and job stresses, to the multiple attempts of trying to move out that have gone nowhere. Despite all of this, there's been growth among the pain, and I feel a hell of a lot more in control of myself. Maybe that's just the process of adulthood, I dunno.

One thing's for certain though, this is definitely my loudest, most pissed album to date. Inspired by a lot of rock/metal I was surrounded with as a kid (that I only just started really diving into recently), I wanted to make the kind of album I would've been both intrigued and a little intimidated by in that time.

Hopefully this album provides the same catharsis to you listening as it did when I was making it.

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released October 30, 2023

Released to streaming services by Aural Alliance: www.auralalliance.page

(Most) vocals for tracks 6, 8, and 9 recorded at Little Bear Mountain Studio

Album art made by pansage (<3): bsky.app/profile/panlilac.bsky.social

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cysteke

Rock/Metal/Electronic music lizard from the United States. Featuring the talents of August on guitar and Satys on bass.

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