Killing of the Self and What Lies Beyond

by Korpstenche

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1.	You keep following me, but I have nothing more to say. 03:17		buy track
2.	This song is my fucking funeral. 03:45	lyrics	buy track
When I was born You held me in your arms I entered life's door Death is the crime of creation Will you ever atone for the numerous atrocities your mere existence has provoked? Will you ever become self-aware to the point of salvation Rhetoric no longer serves us Inactive leanings do nothing for the world This world you lost This existence you forsook
3.	Demoralized by power. 04:11	lyrics	buy track
The gun at my hip becomes the gun at my head But I relent As one question still haunts my mind Will you ever leave Will you ever come to your senses I have to live on if only to be your end We are standing at the cliff arms interlocked to die means murder to kill means suicide
4.	Last of my failed, weak bloodline. 04:20	lyrics	buy track
This ghost, this husk Of innocence Has been ravaged Far too long You thought propogation Was a permit But what a sad waste of life And two more lives We’re condemned To this burning trash heap As long as there’s a fire I’ll feed it your portrait
5.	Postlogue 03:02		buy track

about

I started making this EP in early 2017. In a few weeks, I was able to get it about 80% done - both composed and recorded.

During and immediately after this process, my personal life was overrun with interpersonal problems that transformed it into what can only be described as a total nightmare. The writing of the EP was very much influenced by this experience.

Some time in 2018, when the nightmare at least partially abated, I was able to finish and record missing basslines and vocals, completing the album. I finally made my own album art and released it as you see it now.

-Korpstenche, April 13, 2019

credits

released April 14, 2019

Cover photo: Ruins of Cathedral of St. Quentin. France, October 18, 1918 (NARA)

Korpstenche - guitar, bass, drum programming, synth programming, composition