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1.
The Core 04:54
It is hell Founded on bliss and ignorance And they are hardly to blame After all how could they know better A child is a cruel beast Society of kids is ruled By early insecurities Lie Brutal force Untamed All of this thrives In this young and dangerous world And shockingly enough That's what the adults Will turn their backs on It's almost as if they forgot That the same world Shaped their traumas and fears Or maybe they know And it's just the way It's supposed to be And here we are At the gates of reason To shut them through pain and fear For years to come You'll stray from the core This is the core
2.
Denial 08:55
A sense of change invaded my wealth Stroke a compass Tangled sense of direction One glance shifts the scenery I lose focus Attracted to these new distractions Temptations unknown before Crawl through my head Changing flesh Into foreign distortion As the lust is born In child's mind Lack of awareness Spreads without control This change is unnerving Biological disorder I don't know But it feels so wrong It's out of control Everyone is watching Waiting for things to go wrong So I'll do it by my own hand No Please Make it stop I can't stand it Stop Please It's so gross I can't take anymore I'm terrified but the thing is done Now my innocence is gone Am I the only one Changing to this disgusting form This silence around me Propels all the agony Of all that I felt so sure You broken me Corrupted and made me impure Though born as a part of me You shall be no more This is war But as I hate everything in those desires I can feel them slowly spark the lightnings in my head My eyes thirsty, searching ways to find your skin My hands are itching shaking Let me devour your flesh This alien force is driving me fucking insane Just let me quench my thirst and forget the consequences I can't accept it I wish I was shaped different way Thus I'll prevail till this nightmare ends Maybe I'm just afraid So scared to say that I'm wrong That I rather dwell Another time I swear I won't do it again Please God forgive me For I think that I might've sinned You broke the great narcissist And left the stage to be the ordinary man But there's a box in abyss Old friend that you've missed As your ignorance Is bliss This child couldn't know less So he thrown it all into a box That he'll never open Except when he must Let go Let flow Careless Embrace me No Never Let me go You're not Part of me I (I will take) Will (Take it all) Take control You (You got lost) Are (To be found) In denial My hands are stained But the act is done Is this only way to keep control Am I the only one Changing to this disgusting form This silence around me Propels all the agony Of all that I felt so sure You broken me Corrupted and made me impure Though born as a part of me You shall be no more Cause this is war Are we the only ones Changing to this disgusting form This silence around me Propels all the agony Of all that I felt so sure You broken me Corrupted and made me impure Though born as a part of me You shall be no more This is war
3.
At the gates of reason You will learn your treason Mind's particle rejected I am depraved in my own birth Yearning for your acceptance But you have made me your worst fear I despise my own awareness But I hate your vision evermore This war I never wanted But I'm disorder to the core I am the natural consequence of your growth I am the reason why you are here after all In your survival instincts are secrets of love You are irrational your moral compass is wrong Listen to me My conscious existence is your mistake Just hear the voice of yourself Or later you will regret At the gates of reason You will learn your treason Inside this box you locked me You made the prisoner from part of yourself You fed me all your darkness So you could say that I'm someone else So you're just a fucking liar Trapped in paradox far worse than my jail And though I love you as a part of me I won't even feel sorry when you fail You are the architect of your own demise From unreal foundations you structured your soul But that's just who we are Through darkest Of ourselves We must face The gallows call At the gates of reason You will learn your treason At the gates of reason You will learn yourself (x2)
4.
Predator 05:29
I faced a thousand trials Tested all rejection ways I've set a thousand hunts And fought the monster in my head All this for nothing I feel bitter now instead of fear Frustration was eroded By exhaustion of the passing years A sense of numb acceptance Slowly grown within my thoughts I cannot break it And I cannot risk losing control I'll keep my leashes tight But I'll give you what you want One day I'll find a way To end you once for all As night reigns The gates open and monster crawls Close your eyes and shiver As the predator roars Beware His toxins flow through your leashes chain With every breath Temptations are closing in To your soul As I'm roaming through days My another hunt begins All senses sharp As I'm approaching closer lonely prey And when I touch her skin Deep down it gets to me I became the predator That I wanted to kill As night reigns The gates open and monster crawls Close your eyes and shiver As the predator roars Beware His toxins flow through your leashes chain With every breath Temptations are closing in To your soul As night reigns The gates open and monster crawls Close your eyes and shiver now The predator comes Beware As his toxins flow through your leashes chain With every breath Temptations are closing in To your soul
5.
Toxin 07:40
Strange How have I changed How I betrayed All that I cared for But I feel good Her lips are soft and warm And she's not only one There are many more to come And beast is finally calm Is this wrong I can't tell anymore We're not hurting anyone Just pleasure overflow World is gone I feel comfortably numb Though deep down I am torn But let's not talk about it now All over temptations I hover In spiraling motion, Not knowing the end All paths are designed to destroy me So here I'll stay The toxin is flowing through my veins Slowly taking control But I'm not afraid Overwhelming pleasure is all I know (x3)
6.
Autumn 05:44
7.
Predator II 05:58
It's over, dream's gone And scenery's breaking I can't hide it anymore And they'll never accept it The toxin turned against me (I'm starving for more) I need another dose to keep me sane But everyone is turning their backs I'm alone I'm changing I am the thing from the box I never wanted to release I'm draining So many feelings from others but I have nothing to give My mind's bearly Able to recognize if I am dead or alive I won't accept it I would rather die than accept you as a part of mine Through collapses and suffering I'm still fighting to keep control Though I'm addicted to what you give My leashes are still choking you I am capable of anything Just to keep this status quo And one day I will find a way To end you once and for all (x2) I am the Predator I'm looking for a way To end internal war And fill this heart with love Love.
8.
Her 03:33
She saw me And for a moment Time stood still She felt strange at first But she could get through All the walls around me And she made me feel Something that I forgot Was there below the noise I've been losing hope That life could be this way It seems unreal She turned me back To the innocent child And now she's in my arms But I'm the one That never felt so safe She loves me somehow And I swear I love her For the rest of my life
9.
Hollow 08:24
I found her She gave me place The point of return The inner screams Have silenced This cleansing mind peace I've never felt so light and pure With all that she gave me My hope is born to end this war I rise from the wreckage This time I will accept no compromise I waited so long for this time Fed by the toxins and trapped in lies I always knew You're a mistake a parasite And almost believed That there is no way out Face me now As I'm reborn Older and wiser I'll give you no chance to take control I'll spit you out And never swallow I'm rejecting you now Your existence is hollow You think you can face me You're non the wiser you were before You are propelling this paradox That will end badly to us both You fell in love with her But never made peace within your soul I'm so confused if you're that dumb Or this whole time you were missing a point You've made this absurd story Of the box and the predator and toxin So you could feel sorry For yourself and not the ones You've really hurt You blame me for the mistakes You've made on your own Your denial will hurt everyone That you know You've ignored your disorders For far too long But that's alright you are Just a little kid Through many years You're bound to wonder And lose your way And feel regret Cause you should've seen You have to learn Sometimes through the tears Without this wisdom Your love is hollow Unprocessed personality disorders Are like the parasites you've mistaken for pets Now they leave their nests And at the gates of reason They eat you alive Fragile construction Seemed like romantic way to build So I took it for certain That we can always talk things through I forged a hundred promises Dismissing the uncertainties Wished for new beginning Hoping to outrun my past I waited so long for this time Fed by the toxins and trapped in lies I always knew You're a mistake a parasite And almost believed That there is no way out Face me now As I'm reborn Older and wiser I'll give you no chance to take control I'll spit you out And never swallow I'm rejecting you now Your existence is hollow All I know A temporal soul feeling lost This formless contortion Still yearning for home I can see the flood And the voice that I have heard before Through darkest Of ourselves We must face The gallows call
10.
The Call 02:14
11.
Standing in front of this construction Even though I have no doubts in myself I can feel the anxiety and fear Lurking in between my thoughts And I know that no one can feel safe Staring into the noose So we're finally here in this desolated mind The judgement Will be done One of us Won't see The new morning reign And one of us Will face Everything he has done My kingdom of soul Has been through hell and worse Forced to compromise with monsters Ten long years ago In vain we've lost every war Forgotten faith and hope Accepted the unbearable Molded against our own And somehow one day The goddess entered our world She took my side and said Time to reclaim your throne Surreal As if in a dream This long gone feeling Bursted through my bloodstream The rage for the war Once deep concealed The requiem for the lost Innocent child I am capable of anything To bring back my kingdom pure And today the judgement will reign To end you once and for all
12.
War No more holding back I've kept this wrath for so many years I am the king of this fucking land And you shall kneel before my crown Even you A fucking mistake Distortion in young innocent mind Just another obstacle to be erased From my way to love and happy life Closure of so many years in pain There will be hell to pay Embodied horror that you were for me I will become for you Ticking seconds to your demise Until my life reaching it's Eden Natural order of things That was once lost in time A sense of redemption is fading away Reconsider your actions or it might be too late One glance and you've ruined your kingdom The fire you've set consumed all your wisdom Your temptation for destruction Will never set the world running backwards You declared the war against yourself And engaged even love to suppress your disorders Trapped in paradox Far worse than anyone for you could make No one will ever feel sorry When you will fail I will find path My life in purity Yeah bro, purity is cool and all Reminds us of our childhood But you're an adult now Don't you want like a little bit of sex No I don't want to feel these things anymore Okay okay let's chill a litttle bit now you know It's only natural and love is not really a replacement here It's about the time dude that well You should accept it No I will never let you be a part of me No Huh you're quite hot-headed about this stuff aren't you Well then let me explain There is no me here You brought all of this to yourself And now because you've so stubbornly ignored All your needs and disorders You'll hurt yourself Destroy your love And betray all that you stood for Well I hope you're happy now Because there is no going back I am not to blame (and you will pay) I would not betray (you're the traitor) This can't be the truth (open your eyes) Toxin piercing through (see through your lies) (x2) I am the architect of my own demise From unreal foundations I structured my soul I can't look away I see my own denial This kingdom of mind and soul Is broken to it's core I've lost myself My war is killing me
13.
Look at you now You're a dead man walking down The path from your sins Now the judgement will be done Your kingdom is in ruins You've let your people down And love was just a tool for you That you broke just like your crown Your purity obsession Became the toxin in your veins You are the predator that you can't escape For all of this you're now sentenced To answer the gallows call Embrace the knot on your neck Forget the prayers No god will save your soul Gates have opened (judge him) Under my feet (falling) Knot is tightening (hell is) Crushing my neck (right here) I can't breath in (time to) I can't breath out (embrace) Trapped in my skin (all of) I am dying (your sins) Sanity faints (liar) Under my guilt (traitor) Mind is melting (hollow) Swallowed by fear (toxin) One minute passed (agony) I am nothing (erased) Just a corpse torn (apart) By convulsions I am dead
14.
And just before my consciousness faded Somehow my mind survived long enough The warm night took me in its arms In the middle of this desolated land I saw there most beautiful thing there to see Billions of stars lit the skies before my eyes Though my heart stopped I felt so warm within Though my body was cold I felt the tears coming in And then the hangman began his tale Story of many regrets and sins that he made Finally free from his burden the dead man cries Not alone anymore Surrounded by the listening skies You're safe now
15.
Requiem 07:44

about

Second release. This one was honestly a struggle in every way. Probably the most complex thing musically I ever written and most consuming, tough process, which unfortunately lead to some physical and mental problems. It wasn't forgiving on the mixing, but we (me and Konrad, my engineer) did the best we could, I think. Better released than perfect, as one of my friends said.
I hope you'll enjoy what you'll hear. Or at least hope that it will make you feel something.

Stuff for nerds:
Not much changed since SWNAO1 so,
- guitar is Harley Benton 8string multiscale
- guitar tracks are processed through Neural DSP's Nameless Suite and Archetype Nolly
- Bass is Ibanez BTB7 NTF and Dingwall Combustion 6 (Her)
- bass is processed through Mammoth from Aurora DSP
- all the synths made with Vital
- vocals were all recorded with Rode NT1
- interface used to capture all the sounds was MOTU M2

credits

released January 17, 2023

Many thanks for sticking with me through this exhausting process to:
Drums:
- Ardian Łochowski - thanks for helping me (again, outstanding work with drum samples and rewriting some of my ideas for the better). Also, thanks for some ideas in few songs (glitchy drums in Predator II and many more)

Solos:
- JaQbe, Michał Franczuk (Metafox) and Stanisław Serwatowski for all the solo work (The Core, Denial, Gates, Predator, Predator II)

Choir:
- Julia Koczwarska, Adela Kamińska, Ludmiła Szewczak, Alicja W, Asia Kaniewska, Justyna Polaczyk, Zofia Sorbjan - you girls are among the MVP's for the album (especially Julia and Justyna for suggesting some clever ideas, like tribal section in Predator)

Speaking of which, tribal section:
- Rin Cafune, Krzysztof Rychlewski, Sebastian Cieciera - thanks! You gave the Predator its identity

Additional vocal feats:
- Rin Cafune - your screams are definitely outstanding part whenever you show up (Denial, Hollow, Gallows II and III)
- Natalia Rama - without you, IV would not be the same

Mixing:
- Konrad Janiszewski for - yet again - his godlike patience and phenomenal mixing work, bringing this music to it's best form

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Symmetry Was Never An Option Warsaw, Poland

Soloproject of a suburbian guy. A desktop musician.

I think music that I'll put here can be best described as post-progressive metal. Because it's not really progressing anything or pushing any boundries. Just vibin' in this "area" of music.

My main inspirations are Devin Townsend, Contortionist, Meshuggah and Haken.

If u somehow stumbled upon this page - hey! Hope u enjoyed your stay!
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