Free from the distraction of the common plight
The world struck silent by subtle sight
Your mind's eye engages all whom may gaze
Yet those who see hide their own face

This, your burden, they won't understand
To hear such beauty inside your head
Everything comes in with nothing let out
With no reception you are left alone

The world is not as you’d like it

Severed from the soul who calls this home

Then how do I make these words fit?

We don’t need this place if we make our own

Speak softly so no one will hear

Put thoughts to words and receive blank stares

There's no reaction

And no reprieve

There's no connection

Without going beyond speech

Song for the deaf can't be screamed loud enough

(Lyrics continue but Mixposure has a limit apparently, see song info)

This is a really long one, so I will most certainly accept reviews of smaller portions of this song, particularly if it does not appeal to you or if you feel the length is hurting the composition. The first chorus doesn't appear until about 5 minutes in, so if you can make it to there it is much appreciated. This is a rather experimental piece, however, characterized by back and forth movements between heavy metal-tinged rhythm-oriented sections and soft acoustic interludes. Time-signature is mostly 4/4, though one section of the verse is 7/8 which contains some polyrhythm guitars, and time signature changes during the chorus which help it flow. The overall form is more traditional than what I normally make, an ABABCB form, but within each of these sections are a long complex layout that makes up for this, I believe, and allows for the extensive 19 minutes of music. Of note during the bridge is a backwards-guitar solo that occurs about 13 minutes in.

There seems to be a very loud click at the very beginning of the song when streamed from Mixposure that is not there in original sound file. I tried re-uploading the file, but you can turn your volume down to avoid this, and turn it up again after about a second to hear the rather quiet intro.

The rest of the lyrics can be found here: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/_music_lyrics.cfm?bandid=225940&songID=7884005