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Ideological Pragmatism

by Woven Distortion

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1.
Silent abandon Sliding down the doorframe Gazes burning in my mind I load the cannon Mercilessly take aim And refuse to step aside Melancholy master Make-believe misfortune Malice materialized How I wish that I could dream of her and not disaster But it’s just begun I manifested her demise Don’t wanna start again So stay where you are It doesn’t matter what is right I’m finding light In knowing you’re not far It’s still paralyzing fantasizing so A body in a box Lifeless black is bleeding Light touch and a nod Begin the proceeding Some people count the way they love and cry At least I’ll be well versed in saying goodbye Better stay busy so I’ll stay sane Better keep singing to free my brain Got to keep moving to quell my fear Got to stay on it so you stay here (Ryan solo) Don’t wanna start again So stay where you are It doesn’t matter what is right I’m finding light In knowing you’re not far Don’t wanna start again So stay where you are It doesn’t matter what is right I’m finding light In knowing you’re not far (Brian solo)
2.
(Ryan solo) The face I see through your disguise Is it enough to clarify The feelings you will give off? I can't take it The way you make me feel This aching heart feels way too real The pain I feel has to be fate For the both of us, it's too late All you do to me Every piece you break Translates to A war torn soul It's not hard to live when you try to die You don't have to live this life It's time to move on Past the lies you laid before me I never knew it would get to this point What if I stayed just one more night To find a resolution to this fight I have to do what I know is right Just to make it through one more night All you do to me Every piece you break Translates to A war torn soul It's not hard to live when you try to die You don't have to live this life Everything we've done Every piece we break Translates to our own War torn souls It's easy to live When we try to die Maybe we don't have to live this life (Ryan solo)
3.
Deceiver 05:07
Nothing is clear anymore Our blindfolds give us nothing to explore You won't believe the truth Just a meaningless waste of youth Grasp on to what we hold dear Later in life all these sins disappear Darkness takes hold Safety fades and we lose control I struggle to find my way… Met with another take The idle hand it guides my fate Deceived to the worst degree They flaunt corruption in ways that you can't see Rejecting all that they've said, I dig through the dirt to reach the end… All alone in the night Left to surrender to face my plight And I fight to believe… The truth is all that we have Do not forsake it Hold it close the rest of your life Let it grow, discover what is true Hold it within you Sanctify the rest of your life Your mind A temple Holds all We dare keep secret It’s easy to proclaim Divinity in lies It’s so hard to repel Truth in time My life divine Savor the ability within And I fight to believe The truth is all that we have Do not forsake it Hold it close the rest of your life Let it grow, discover what is new Hold it within you Serenity the rest of your life The lies defy all that's inside Never repay debt A power resides Time has come for you to realize Power within your mind Don't forget to say goodbye Deceiver divine
4.
Back to the start of the fight I never wanted to believe The reflecting pool is crystal clear Revealing my unending fear As I stand in the water It shatters my paradigm into a new life Deeper into the ice The cleansing further penetrates my soul You can't escape the coming flood Don't try to escape, don't try to run Rectifying your deeds is the only path Of enduring the Iron Hands' wrath Leave me be I can see through your veil of lies Under a guise of adaptation Are the glistening fangs of death Clouds are parting Let's go back to the start Forget your tattered past Run for your life The damage has been done Who's holding the light? Let go of your frigid past Run for your life Shedding my old skin Turning toward the future The reflecting pool is crystal clear I can now believe Unwavering trust can never be an option Is it crazy to think that your life is based on assumption? Don't you worry now, we're almost done Don't be so concerned, you are only one Soon there will be others to rise in our wake It's a useless fight, an endless design we create Say what you will The cycle will end, with it your will Oh, it's gonna die Nothing will survive Go back to the start of the fight The clouds are parting Let's go back to the start Forget your tattered past Run for your life The damage has been done Who's holding the light? Let go of your frigid past Run for your life Embrace this new light Let it guide your life By choice you’ve found it By grace you’ve accepted Now that the clouds are gone We can understand What we are to become We can finally see (Ryan solo)
5.
Cage 05:01
Sanity is pushed to the side Never to be found In this fragile mind It's gone Destroyed in its wake Taking a respite In the darkness When the tables are turned And the lessons are burned In my mind The hatred seethes Through the cracks of my existence All this time It's been clear What I should do The realization of me The time of my life Has come to a head An explanation of joy A stripping away of hatred A life away from the cage It's what I needed... I can't breathe I can't feel Won't you save me from myself? Don't you see It's all a plan To strip away my sovereignty The time has come To feed the flames Keeping my soul in its cage It won't be easy To keep me enslaved As long as my mind is kept safe I guess it's not easy to forget what I've done Just another day, another song unsung Maybe I can rectify what I have failed to do Yet another feeble attempt at returning to you Something this obvious I failed to see It was right in front me, taunting me A punch in the gut, a slap in the face My arrogance has failed me…once again I can breathe I can feel I've been saved from myself I can see The plan to steal me It has failed And now I’m free (Brian solo) (Ryan solo)
6.
Time Keeps me at bay Squandering my breath The clock Seconds tick Falling through my hands It left me long ago It was written in stone Primal ordinance A stagnating presence Unmitigated purpose Keeps you under its weight It won’t be easy It won't be easy to find a way out Pendulum dreams shatter me Goodbye reverie and destiny After all this time Disillusion defined Keeper of lies The illusion of time Keeps pulling at the strings of reality Removing the chains The ties that bind Gained autonomy The third eye sight Eternal battles rage within Hellish torture underneath my skin Forever imprisoned Shackled mind There is nothing left But the illusion of time The tide rejects As all time and space conforms To the notion of eternity Nature laughing at chronology Pendulum dreams shatter me Goodbye reverie and destiny After all this time Disillusion defined
7.
And here I stand on earth.
8.
Venom 05:48
I can't believe myself My arrogance This awful feeling must be removed I made a monster Of my own design And left you helpless With a knife in your spine I feel your rage Correctly directed At my faults I discarded your trust For my own hunger A deceitful charade It's easy to know with all the lies I told Sever me from inside your soul A quiet display of a poisonous charade The venom sinks deep and spreads through me Childish propaganda Endless fabrication My fiction has been realized I’ve begun to unravel Not a day too late A fitting end to my fate How can I move on From an unreal perverse wrong I deserve this hate Don't expect my presence Something that won't be missed To understand my fault is where I begin It's easy to know with all the lies I told Sever me from inside your soul A quiet display of a poisonous charade The venom sinks deep and spreads I will not dissimulate my apology I recognize my encroachment Take me out from your life My insidious mistake This is my expression of regret The mire I trudge is well deserved The inescapable effect of my actions Is a suitable punishment There is only so much I can do There is only so little I deserve It's easy to know with all the lies I told Sever me from inside your soul A quiet display of a poisonous charade The venom sinks deep and spreads through me
9.
The Gate 01:57
10.
(Ryan solo) Left alone To face my demon An apparition of pain The evil which closes in It never appeared to exist That hanging sculpture The lantern, the ever present din My existential bane You seem to know my pain But do you know my hate? Wear the crown of thorns Never will you understand My loathing inside I no longer hide Keep It within What makes you whole Keep It within your soul Hold it deep down inside As your doubt subsides Hold it close As I slay my fate I sacrifice my hate I choose to distract What weakens me Deciding time My merciless rhyme Of tireless torture A journey of fortune I know my pain Do I know my hate? I wear the crown of thorns How can I understand My loathing inside I no longer hide (Brian solo) Keep It within What makes you whole Keep It within your soul Hold it deep down inside As your doubt subsides Hold it close I hold close
11.
(Ryan solo) It's not easy to take it a step at a time May take a while to realize There's nothing wrong with going slow Just close your eyes and let your mind unfold Time ticks away My mind drifts away I don't want it caught, I don't want it back Just let it run free (Ryan solo) It's hard to resist temptation A million can't be wrong Why don't you open the door? This temple will not be razed How can you question the gilded platter? Crisis calls for immediate action They move in fast to usurp the throne There's nothing wrong with going slow Turn back the clock, don't let the bomb explode Freedom slips away My rights chip away I will not accept this, no Just let me run free I must resist temptation A million can be wrong Why don't you do what's right? This sacred temple will not be razed No matter how hard you try, until the day I die You’ll never let me run free Hey man at the front of the room So sorry to leave so soon But the slave still ponders yesterday Does it threaten you? Does it sicken and offend you That I don't feel your level of shame? (Brian solo)

about

Ryan would like to thank his Family and Friends for their undying support and love.

Brian says: Thanks to my wife, Alisha, for the unbelievable love and support she has and will continue to show me. Thanks to everyone who has encouraged me in my music and life. I couldn't do any of this without my family and friends.

Ryan uses gear from Ernie Ball Music Man, Ibanez, Martin Guitars, Mesa/Boogie, Fractal Audio, TC Electronic, Fulltone, Boss, Dunlop, Morley, and Mogami.

Brian uses and swears by Schecter, ESP, Takamine, Dunlop, Line 6, Akai, Toontrack, Avid, G-Force, MOTU, AKG, M-Audio, Yamaha, and Bethesda products.

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released October 23, 2013

All songs written and produced by Ryan Schmidt and Brian Skeel. Mixed and Engineered by Brian Skeel. Mastered by Michael Picotte. Album Artwork by Alisha Skeel.

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Woven Distortion Cleveland, Ohio

Woven Distortion is a progressive metal outfit from the Midwest US. The style is raw and technical, and has been compared to the styles of Rush, Mastodon, Protest The Hero, and Foo Fighters. Woven Distortion delivers heavy, precise music, with scorching leads, in-your-face vocals with interpersonal lyrics, and a constantly evolving structure. ... more

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