Behind the music

Years of progress, day in day out- challenged and forgotten in the name of greed 

Revolution, over and over- changes here changes there do whatever seems fair

Sacrifices, pay the prices- the issues keep building, covered but bleeding

The time is now, wake up and fight- analyze what’s going on and overlook the despair

So its wake up and prepare myself for the challenges I face ahead

Day by day I loosen my grip on the dilemma I have made

I sacrifice the need to suffice and clear the noise in my head

Now with new intent I take the next step, No Regrets

Restart!

Cause I’m not who I’m supposed to be, clouded by ignorancy

So I force myself to believe, that I’ll find a way to my dream 

Now my old worlds in the dark,

This reminiscing tears me apart

But I keep my focus towards the light, so In this new era we may strive 

Nothing feels right, I shut down my mind

I reopen my eyes, hope for this time

Nothing feels right I shut down my mind

I reopen my eyes, and refreshed I will… fight

Obscured vision , blinded 

The veil is lifted , now we see 

Obscured vision, blinded 

The veil is lifted, now we see we must ~

Restart!

Cause I’m not who I’m supposed to be, clouded by ignorancy

So I force myself to believe, that I’ll find a way to my dream 

Now my old worlds in the dark,

It’s reminisce tearing me apart

But I keep my focus towards the light, so In this new era I may strive 

A False messiah cries

“Children in his eyes”

Built in his image we were

Is sin a blessing or a curse

Please, leave me be

Let me be the person

I wish to be

Built in his image we were

Is sin a blessing or a curse

in our time light will run low

We end up dying before we know

Life moves so slow

Burnt out before we know why

Servants of the dark arts

Children of night 

Eyes of the creator

We never drop from his gaze

Upon us he thirsts for

Upon us he craves

Upon us he thirsts for

Upon us he craves

Until we die x3

Until I Die

A truth seeker goes,

Evidence burnt because he knows

How worthless the truth will seem

Block it out it's just a dream

Please leave him be

Let them be the person they wish to be

Built in his image we were 

Is sin a blessing or a curse

Follow the tracks where do they go

Can't find a way I don't know

How dark the truth will seem

Block it out its just a dream

Servants of the dark arts

Children of night 

Eyes of the creator

We never drop from his gaze

Upon us he thirsts for

Upon us he craves

Upon us he thirsts for

Upon us he craves

Until we die x3

Until I Die

Obey
The Night calls

Obey
Until We Die

Servants of the dark arts

Children of night 

Eyes of the creator

We never drop from his gaze

Upon us he thirsts for

Upon us he craves

Upon us he thirsts for

Upon us he craves

Until we die x3

Until I Die

Death is in the air

Threads to sow the dead

Marionettes with flesh

Bodies strung up fresh

Beyond the makers plan

I will strike again

Beyond the makers plan

Reap from those within

Cropped and sewn again,

Stitched demons of sin

Beyond the Maker

Growing infamy

Traces of tyranny 

Tomorrow has begun

Reap from those upon

Beyond the makers plan 

Death will strike his hand 

Beyond the makers plan

Reap from those within

Cropped and sewn again,

Stitched demons of sin

Beyond the Maker

Turned stone from stone

You’ve been overthrown

The evidence has been found

Justice will strike you down

Beyond the makers plan 

Justice will strike her hand

Beyond the makers plan

Reap from those within

Cropped and sewn again,

Stitched demons of sin

Beyond the Maker

In Chaos we bring

No shelter, a colossus

Forged by the fires in you

From the mountain in which you came

On fire the world is

Consumed by the corruption within me

I am, your mountain
The corruption to mother earth

Mad

This sinking feeling in my head

Mad

Can't satiate this dread

Mad

But I feel like I should be dead

At the Mountains of Madness
Broken Cog

A piece in the wheels

Eternity once granted

Only the fires within you

From the mountain in which you came

Consumed by the corruption within me

I am, your mountain

I am, the shadow of the colossus 

The corruption to Mother Earth 

Mad

This sinking feeling in my head

Mad

Can't satiate this dread

Mad

But I feel Like I should be dead

At the Mountains of Madness

Mad 

The cruel world is shamed

Mad

Blessed is your soul

This sinking feeling in my head

Can't satiate this dread

But I feel Like I should be dead

At the Mountains of Madness

Mad

The cruel world is shamed

Mad

Blessed is your soul

This sinking feeling in my head(Mad)

Can't satiate this dread(Mad)

But I feel like I should be dead(Mad)

At the Mountains of Madness

Born a slave

I will work till my grave

Fighting back I pray for a sign 

Save a life one day, the next it might be mine

I work for nothing, my life has never been mine

Damned to live this life 

I can’t spend another day in this constant strife 

I’m just another toy in your schemes

Knees, knees

I’m down on my knees

I work for nothing

No lord I can appease

Ease, Ease

Hope this puts you at ease

Slaves to the Pharaoh

Power, release

Sanctioned, now your at peace

I’m no longer your slave

Your death my release

No more can you force me to do

This worse less job

Rule my life, Fuck what you do

I’m just another slave to my king

Knees, knees

I’m down on my knees

I work for nothing

No lord I can appease

Ease, Ease

Hope this puts you at ease

Slaves to the Pharaoh

Slaves 

Slaves to the pharaoh 

We are

Slaves 

Slaves to a tyrant king

We are

Slaves 

Slaves to a tyrant

Slaves to the pharaoh 

Twisting and turning

The blade goes round

Grinding this ax

Hope you’ve found 

What to put down

Ripping and tearing

I dream evermore

Putting your life to its end

Verbal abuse nevermore

My life of freedom is just a dream 

Knees, knees

I’m down on my knees

I work for nothing

No lord I can appease

Dogma’s ended

Tranquility amended 

What do you want from me 

No more dimension 

All comes crashing 

It’s all been tattered 

World collapsing anyway 

Markets awry 

Presidents die

Cycle of life they say

But When it all grows over 

We’ll start again in vain

We fall in 

Breathing easy 

Darkness surrounds me

Why can’t you see 

Wise men fall in 

Why can’t I see 

Those thoughts that’s fill your brain

Are the remnants of the architects

Our time is only a fraction

A drop in a pool of light

The depth in which you process

Is the limit set by man

Change your ways in season

For the end is sure to come

This message, at conclusion

Our mission here is done

Marvel at what’s left 

Our ending was far too swift 

Our destinies all but gone 

Passing time had won 

Our great society was left, left to rot 

We fall in 

Breathing easy 

Darkness surrounds me

Why can’t you see 

Wise men fall in 

Why can’t I see 

Beyond the veil

The great architects 

Beaches of red

Crash the waves of blood 

Bullets fill the sky, like thousands of stinging Bees

Drop dead, a soldier cries

Crash, throw to the ditch

Death never lies

Death brought on a silver plate 

Killed by the sword

Sounds of battle, like nothing heard before 

Drop dead, a soldier cries

Crash, throw to the ditch 

Death  never lies 

Thousands died for nothing, 

No plan of action unfold

Thousands dead from greed

The price was never theirs to pay

Toy soldiers marched in

Never to come back again

Thousands dead, in remembrance they lay

Toy soldiers, there price to pay

Off to make the sacrifice 

No chance to think twice

Death never lies 

Gravedigger

He’ll find you

From the rhine

Send you to the lines

He’ll find you

Foolish boy

From the rhine

Gravedigger

Groomed in hatred 

And born in fear

Never known what's right, Only sent to fight

Killed in vain, Never in honor

Glory seekers

Death never lied

Thousands died for nothing, 

No plan of action unfold

Thousands dead from greed

The price was never theirs to pay

Toy soldiers marched in

Never to come back again

Thousands dead, in remembrance they lay

Toy soldiers, there price to pay

Off to make the sacrifice 

No chance to think twice

Death never lies 

This darkness

Inside me

Once full

Now empty

Why can you not save me 

From this crippling fear inside me

Once holy 

Self abuse

Darkness walks itself in

Blood stains the walls 

Inside my mind I crawl 

Towards the light 

Inside my mind I’ll find

The cure to my 

Self Abuse 

Come and take it

I don’t need it 

Come and take it

Self Abuse 

Come and take it

I don’t need it 

Come and take it

Self Abuse

Self Abuse

Self Abuse

Crippling

Dulling my senses

Why can’t I stay here

Inside myself I hide 

Death will not abide 

Gutting my own insides 

Death will not abide 

Living like this is no life with a dream 

Passing notions, thoughts consuming me

In this moment the will to free me 

Into the Unknown
Self Abuse

Come and take it

I don’t need it 

Come and take it

Self Abuse 

Come and take it

I don’t need it 

Come and take it

Self abuse

Self Abuse
Self Abuse

Pull the fucking trigger 

Pull the fucking trigger 

Pull the fucking trigger 

Pull the fucking trigger 

I Can’t, control a damn thing 

In this god forsaken world

We stand, angry and in fear

against those who are in charge

We tear it all down

Rip it all away

Take the life of anyone who stands in our way

Release Our Excess Rage

Face what it is we hate 

Unite for a noble cause 

My mind, cycles in a psychotic loop that drives me insane

I am, done holding back the demons inside me

Let them out

Set it free

Build up the strength to take action

Feed off the chaos we bring 

Patriotic songs well sing 

So do what must be done 

Pull the fucking trigger

Pull the fucking trigger 

Pull the fucking trigger 

Pull the fucking trigger 

Wasted time passes by 

Our efforts seem futile 

They tell us another lie 

Our power is fragile 

We live in a reality 

Where those who follow are too blind to see

That the state of our democracy 

Is on the brink of catastrophe 

Pull the fucking trigger

Pull the fucking trigger 

Pull the fucking trigger 

Pull the fucking trigger 

Let Go!

From stone

The past is molded I am

bone

And blood eroded to the

Core

The door

No more

Implored to

Let it die

But where would that leave me

They've gone so far away

Too late

Left with nothing to say

My faith falls from

Grace

as the temple

Crumbles before my eyes

No escape

From your clutches

When the chrome mask is broken

it reveals A Heart

that is

Made of obsidian

(Left on shore tides)

With time

All wounds are mended but the

Mind

It has descended down to the

Base

(My joy)

No trace

(My ploy)

Erased

(Decoy)

Replaced

(Destroy)

Disgraced

(Convert)

These scars

(Exert)

Rancor

(Immersed)

You drown in loathing

Left with nothing to say

They've gone so far away

My faith falls from

Grace

as the temple

Crumbles before my eyes

No escape

From your clutches

When the chrome mask is broken

it reveals, a Heart

that is

Made of obsidian

Fading and broken

The gates will open

Sinking and flooded

The gates have opened

The gates are open

The gates are open

The gates will open

The gates have opened

The gates are open

The gates are open

My faith falls from

Grace

as the temple

Crumbles before my eyes

No escape

From your clutches

Beneath the surface

When the chrome mask is broken

it reveals A Heart

that is

Made of obsidian

It's made of obsidian

Let Go

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  Opening the Gates is an instrumental track that represents the start of a journey and the point of no return. The riffs were written by Zac Kirchner and Kameron Kueck, who drew inspiration from the blues and the story of the devil at the crossroads. The blues fit the dark and mysterious vibe of the album. This song was intended to feel like a marching band and was heavily inspired by Metallica’s “Ecstasy of Gold”  

 Until I Die is about both a truth seeker and a false messiah striving to lead people in a certain direction for their own gains. In turn they find themselves in the eye of a higher power and are coerced to achieve its own personal gain. Through their own mistakes they must serve until they die. This song, although not to the degree of Beyond the Maker, was renewed when the band was formed building upon what was already mostly in the song and even subtracting a massively long intro that wouldn't work. Lyrics written by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Zac Kirchner in 2021. 

 Beyond the Maker is about the corruption of the justice system and humanity. As well as the idea if a god can be omnipotent and have a supposed plan how could they allow things like murder to happen. This was the first song that rhythm guitarist Zac Kirchner had ever written in 2021 and evolved from sounding like something from the first few Metallica albums into the vision of Extrusion after meeting Kameron and Chris.     

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STTP is about being fed up with the system and struggling to make it with a 9-5 just like many people in the modern world experience. Using “Egyptian” sounding tropes similar to songs like Creeping Death to help convey that message inspired the lyrics. Using much of what had already been established most of the work on STTP came to the bridge and outro when Zac brought the song to his bandmates. This was the second song the rhythm guitarist Zac had ever written in 2021 and was subject to many changes lyrically.  

This song is written from the perspective of many of the "Architects" or ancient entities who helped create our world only to view the destruction we continually cause to ourselves. This song as stated in the bridge "This message at conclusion" is simply the message to us. When will their wrath ensue? Written by Zac Kirchner in 2022

Track 8 is about war and conflict with world wars being a common theme in metal, we wanted to leave it more open ended. The song title is taken from the idea of a General known for sending his troops to die rather needlessly like they are just pawns to which soldiers begin to call him the Grave Digger. Song was written by Kameron Kueck with lyrical assistance from Zac Kirchner in 2022. 

Self Abuse is about all the pain and "abuse" you put yourself through with doubt, self-hate and fear or anxiety among many other twisted things our brain can make us think. It's just a visceral song like a violent therapy session speaking about the skeletons in my closet. Lyrics written in 2022 by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Zac Kirchner. 

Pull the Trigger is a metaphor for making a significant change or action in your life. The theme of the song is about change. The lyrics tell the tale of someone who is stressed, struggling, and frustrated with the structure of society. They feel like they have been pushed into a corner and left with no choice but to lash out on anyone who stands in their way. The song was written in 2021 by lead guitarist Kameron Kueck and the lyrics were inspired by the show Criminal Minds. 

 L.O.S.T. is about becoming abandoned by the ones you trusted the most and having to accept this new reality, bracing yourself for the coming future, and "let go". This song was written both lyrically and instrumentally by drummer Chris Brady inspired by his life experience just before joining Extrusion.