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Tides of Succession

by Sagen

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1.
*Instrumental*
2.
Utterly... horrible... degraded society-- dystopia. Tired of imagining my city, my state being fake. Authority and power, no need for me to adjust. You think it's cruel, maybe unfair, no victim to no trust. I'm in a position of power, and I tell you all what to do. There will be no lashing out, and killing of what's true. Revolutionaries participate, and put their right foot down. They've always known what they wanted, and that's trying to take me out. So no one here will oppose me, for I will make the change. capable of being different. Despite the setbacks we will soon have a king! We've lost the battle, but not lost everything. They lend their muscle to the movement. Soon they'll force their way in; attacking scabs attacking people. Let the violence begin! I'm shattered by the sounds of what I thought were shots. Drifted into obscurity and given what I've got. I was set up in the beginning, never pushed to try and succeed. Conspiracy of others who threaten me; conspire to kill. I will avoid this capture, and try to set the others free. Fear is a powerful weapon for someone such as me. So many love-sick victims who have to be set free. I call myself the oppressor, and this is my... this is regime. Despite the setbacks we will soon have a king! We've lost the battle, but not lost everything. They lend their muscle to the movement soon they'll force their way in attacking scabs attacking people let the violence begin Build them up and burn them down. Build them up and burn them down.
3.
Dying Mind 06:02
Do you remember when we held hands side by side, and often wonder if our love was all a lie. It seems you left me standing here. Oh, I was alone, and learning things. Now I am on my own. You think I represent something that you can't get. You try to lead the way you best now be afraid. I will take these cables and slowly wrap around your throat. Once you stop the screaming I might think about letting you go. Now take a ride down a dead-end road. Now keep in mind you have nowhere to go. It's not a joke, it's just part of the game. With roles reversed I would think that you'd do the same. Oh, yeah you, oh, you would do the same to me. Oh, yeah you, oh, you would do the same to me. You think I represent something that you can't get. You try to lead the way you best now be afraid. I will take these cables and slowly wrap around your throat. I think what I've done is wrong, and I feel like letting you go. Now take a ride down a dead-end road. Now keep in mind you have nowhere to go. It's not a joke, it's just part of the game. With roles reversed I would think that you'd do the same. Oh, yeah you, oh, you would do the same to me. Oh, yeah you, oh, you would do the same to me. Now pop the trunk and throw the body in. Prepare myself for the drive ahead. I wrapped her body in a 10x10 tarp, and zipped tied her hands and feet. They found three stab wounds to the side of her neck. Her body was tossed at the edge of the lake. There are murders every year that go unsolved. You can try to remember them all. You can say that they always will remain. Remain in the public's mind. Remain in the public's mind. Remain in the public's mind. Remain in the public's mind. Remain in the public's mind.
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C.B.R. 03:42
Bleh So many ways to die, but you're still alive. Take a slap in the face, and carry on your way. We are the death of a king. Now who will lead the way. Sacrifice the life, and lead the others astray? We have the death of a king! We have the death of a king! Now we're lighting the match. Burning down the home. Watching families leave when they have nowhere to go. Taking what they had, which wasn't much at all. You see them run away. You see the bodies fall. We have the death of a king! We have the death of a king! Violence will escalate--destroying the things that you've created. He will not hesitate; setting the fires to every. Everything that he has told you may not be the truth-- it is a lie! I watched your skin decay from a man who can feel no pain. He started digging the grave. He told you once. He'll tell you twice. He took the life of your king! He took the life of your king! No matter where you hide he's coming for--he's coming straight for your neck. You won't live to see another day. The search begins to find the one Who took the life of our king! He took the life of our king! Violence will escalate--destroying the things that you've created. He will not hesitate; setting the fires to every. Everything that he has told you may not be the truth-- it is a lie! Frustrated, miscommunicated-- to many people standing in his way. He has been the one who carries the torch, and pushes the people right straight to their knees. Charred Beyond Recognition, you watch them burn as they get all in the way. I have been the one who carries the torch and push the people right straight to their knees.
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Immolation 05:24
Come on! Why don't you look at me now? Who committed the crime in the old regime? No authority there. Why don't you look at me now. I'm craving what he had it was something so pure I need to really be sure. Why don't you look at me now? He'll burn the cities down; my family was alive before he set them on fire. Why don't you look at me now? We know now what we have is someone insecure secretly starting the fires. This is not what I had planned to become in my own life. I crave the power to take control. Six months into the investigation, well I'm the next in line to take control. I'll call this immolation. A very heinous crime, and very violent scene. This person doesn't seem. Why don't you look at me now. to care about life or anyone else who seems or tries to get in his way why don't you look at me now I didn't really intend to live a life of crime no respect for life why don't you look at me now? Stabbed thirty-one times and cut from ear to ear. A need for power and dominance. This is not what I had planned to become in my own life. I crave the power to take control. Six months into the investigation, well I'm the next in line to take control. I'll call this 'Immolation'. This is the carnage the pyro created fueled by a mental disorder. Three and a half years after the murders, they gave the pyro the death penalty. The last murder was multiple stab wounds with blunt force trauma to the head. Immolation! Immolation! You don't know how to put yourself in another person's shoes-- to see what they are feeling faced with the reality of the events. Immolation! Immolation! Barricade the doors before you blink and take your final breath. There will be no evidence. He'll come steam rolling right through... right through your chest. You can see the drag marks on the ground as he drags her in the woods. Immolation! Immolation! He takes her to the place. You think you know, but you don't have a clue. He's finally gained the power and the respect of the ones that he has killed. Duct tape was used to tape up the victims. A tape recording found telling why he killed them. Why he killed them! They discovered two more bodies as they search to find his blade. He wraps up all his victims and drives them down to the lake. To the lake! You can not forget, and they will remain in the public's mind. He got away with murder to gain power and destroy their lives. Destroy their lives! Destroy their lives! Destroy! Destroy!
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[Groaning followed by screaming] Look out! I'm ready to kill. I am the brutal enforcer paid by the ones could never let me down... Down! Down! So much to gain with little to lose. Shoot the ones who agree and drown the ones I will choose. You will never take me down... Down! Down! Yank out your tongue--if there wasn't a whisper who committed the crime. Batter, bruised ribcage--allegations of murder that will never be changed. Crank, slice your face--I having a craving to kill and now I'm coming for you. Bend, snap your leg--I'm taking all of you down. I'm taking all of you down! Filling up these barrels with sand and wrapping chains around your legs; it seems the only way that I can prove to you. Once I toss them in the lake and you will take your final breath, you best believe me when I say, "I'll do this to you!". I will never know know why I had to kill you, and take back those days that I had... had killed for pleasure. I will never know why I had to kill you, and take back those days that I had... had killed for pleasure. Stab, remove your eyes--you see I'm coming for you. You see I'm coming for you. Blister, fillet your flesh--you're obsessed with a man who can't leave you at rest. Chainsaw your arm--you need to understand that you can't trust anyone. Gurgle, choke your throat--I recorded a portion of her final scream. Double round the rope around their neck before I toss them in. You can slowly see their live leave their skin. Fill this lake with bodies. There will be no clues or evidence. I have an eye for beauty at the hands of the deceased... of the deceased! I will never know know why I had to kill you, and take back those days that I had... had killed for pleasure.
7.
Lurking 04:21
Oh I'm living life alone. You only get what you put in. You think you know my identity. In both cases a knife was used. Your saying I will die alone, but I will never back down. The first words up out of his mouth were, "murder for pleasure". I was in a state of denial--a state of siege. Fear and rumor were in the air. No one will ever defeat me. When I sneak from around the corner, I'll stab you in the neck create the perfect murder. He was a nightmare living life--maniac with a knife. Exact incisions from ear to ear, and now he's feeling the pressure. He's thinking where does he go from here. Severe abnormal motions made with his body, as he laid there unconscious. When I sneak from around the corner, I'll stab you in the neck create the perfect murder. Lurking... prepare myself for the drive ahead. Kneel down... and scope out all the shots. Lurking... you can try and run away. Scream now... your a coward with a cold dark heart... coward with a cold dark heart! Nobody wants to admit that their son has become somebody else that this world could have lived with out. Now close your eyes, and shut your mouth, and I'll tell you what I'm all about... no choice left but to Stab wounds to the back of your neck stab wounds to the back of your neck. The only way to make it in this business is to know something that nobody else will ever know. Die! Never-mind, you won't see me again when in the world did your hands become so cold. Never-mind you won't see me again when in the world did your hands become so cold. Lurking... prepare myself for the drive ahead. Kneel down... and scope out all the shots. Lurking... you can try and run away. Scream now... your a coward with a cold dark heart... coward with a cold dark heart! You kneel to me before you go. I should have kept my promise why. There screams came out like silent cries. Another one just lost their life.
8.
Break break break breaking the bones of anyone who can't leave me alone. It's so simple finding the clues--the bits and pieces that need to be used to try and find you. Teaching this man the price of our blood. He ruined my life and killed my family. The weight of these chains that try and hold me down. It's time for me to explode; and destroy the room. If I held in all this rage something tells me you won't change. I never should have let you live. I've given what I had to give. Boom, collapse. I have a hold of you. Now, hush, relax. You don't know what to do. My eyes still see the crimes that you've committed. The names of these victims remain well hidden. Grab the rope. It's time to take control. Now, slit your throat, and drive you to the lake. What could I even say? How should I feel about these killings? Oh! What a feeling. If I held in all this rage something tells me you won't change. I never should have let you live. I've given what I had to give. He was caught in a lie, just like he told you before. He found another way out, and now he's praying for more. The pressure's building on up. Before you stand up to me. I know now what you have done, and what you've taken from me. I remember the murders; everyone that you've killed--at the hands of the lurker. Now your just standing still. Reexamine the weapon. Think about the events you'll see. I'm seconds away from stabbing you in the... from stabbing you in the neck! Well I'm picking a number between the one and the five. I will give you a second. Now you have to decide. If you think you are right, then I will let you just be. Do you feel all this emptiness, and hatred in me. So many people have died. What do you say for yourself? We know your hoarding the bodies in these barrels at the lake. Well I thought I could help; this sudden urge to kill. Now I'm running on empty, and I need a quick... now I need a quick fill! Your about to find out what it's like to have everything that you cherish taken away from you. Your about to find out what it's like to have everything you cherish... everything you cherish. Your about to find out what it's like to have everything you cherish... everything you cherish. You see the story continue, and I'm the only one left. I'm standing tall in a crowd to see who wants to be next. He was a promising suspect with erratic behavior. Someone who never regrets, and always killed for pleasure. If I'm being persistent, and leaving them clues. No one can ever resist this; the feeling I have for you. If I'm being persistent... Now watch them bleed. There's no way to resist this--persistence bleeds. Now watch them bleed. Now watch them bleed. Now watch them bleed. Now watch them bleed...
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An epic tragedy in a bleak, dystopian future. A story that focuses on four characters who face a seemingly-endless amount of crime, oppression, death, and regret.

Released in 2016, remastered in 2019, Tides of Succession has gone through a complete artwork redesign; including the switch over to our name, Sagen.

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released January 27, 2023

Music - Stephen Hegarty
Lyrics and Vocals - Steven "Chops" Wood

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Est. 2014 || Extreme Metal

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