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ASYLUM

by Shelob's Lair

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1.
Transmission 237: Fare Well 01:53
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ASYLUM 03:04
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What about my family? What about my friends? Since I have seen this vision my nightmares never end. The Ambassador would like to have a word. They've come to my house at night. Here, no words, my fearful flight. They will torture till they know. In my visions Transmission 237 glows. I could try to say goodbye But it is far too late In an armored truck they've come Now I say goodbye as I join the ASYLUM. You know too much. Now you will come with us. A treatment plan that you can trust. You will come with us. Farewell. Farewell. Farewell. Farewell.
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Straight Jacket 02:19
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Looking so nice in your straight jacket Looking so dapper in your straight jacket it fit the last patient too dry-cleaned and washed blood and vomit stains removed you can still use your legs to throw yourself against the door try as you might you're better off on the floor Looking so nice in your straight jacket Looking so dapper in your straight jacket Where's the fuckin party? Where's the fuckin party now? You're a danger to yourself a danger to yourself and others.
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Maze of the Mind 03:21
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Padded Walls 01:43
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Drill into your head our dogma Put a hole in your head to release the tension Faster, faster, hit the wall Harder, harder, hit the wall Locked here where the spider crawls Can't escape these padded walls Trapped here where the vermin crawls Can't escape these padded walls We've come to a solution Trephination trephination trephination trephination trephination trephination trephination trephination
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More Chlorpromazine 01:46
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Don't forget to take your pills! Chest pain, short of breath, Feeling dizzy are we? Are we having violent thoughts? We have just the thing. Too much inside your head, We have the right prescription To stop your mind from spinning-- The space between your ears. Your mental health institution Was built to dispose of the broken. Chrlorpromazine can't take my dreams. Your drugs can't quell my psychotic blasphemies.
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Patient Zero's Song 02:40
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They wait till night. They wait till you're alone. Take this it's all you need! Take this, the Golden Key! It's the only way out, you see. Just remember, this Golden Key. Drenched in darkness, where demons scream, The Transmission is not what they think it seems. They wait till night. They wait till you're alone.
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Electro-Shock 04:39
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"What did he tell you about Transmission 237? I said, what did he tell you about Transmission 237? No? That's okay. We'll find out anyway." Electruction therapy--we'll free the maggots in your brain. Those dark shadows flickering by, The voice crying out in the night: Sylvia, Sylvia, what have they done to you? Sylvlia, Sylvia, they say I'm crazy too. Sylvia, Sylvia, what have they done to you? Sylvia, Sylvia, can your poetry guide me through? "It was a brilliant cure, but we lost the patient."--Ernest Hemingway I am your Bell Jar, the top of your sycamore tree. "My mind's not right"--Robert Lowell Electro-Shock, Shock, Shock We're gonna make you talk, talk, talk. Electro-Shock, Shock, Shock We're gonna make you talk, talk, talk. Electro-Shock, Shock, Shock We're gonna make you talk. Do you see what happens when you fuck with us? Do you see what happens when you fuck with us? They told me it's time to face this loss and grieve, Or else this ASYLUM I will never leave: Sylvia, Sylvia, what have they done to you? Sylvia, Sylvia, can your poetry guide me through? Sylvia, Sylvia, they say I'm crazy too. Sylvia, Sylvia, is the Transmission from you? Electro-Shock, Shock, Shock We're gonna make you talk, talk, talk. Electro-Shock, Shock, Shock We're gonna make you talk, talk, talk. Electro-Shock, Shock, Shock, We're gonna make you talk.
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The Secret Library 04:09
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In a darkened corridor, You find a heart-shaped lock. You use the golden key, That was stuffed in your sock. A hidden door is revealed, Which leads the way Down a spiral staircase, To the secret library. The walls are painted red, Records of every death. A catalogue of torture, In the Secret Library's depths. So many goddamn books, Everywhere you look. Stacks and stacks of volumes, One of them must hold the truth. You finally find the volume, The entry with her name. Kaleidoscopic images Of the ASYLUM gone insane. Colors and neon light, a UFO hovering. The ASYLUM will decrease, As aliens bring Sylvia to peace. The walls are painted red, Records of every death. A catalogue of torture, In the Secret Library's depths. So many goddamn books, Everywhere you look. Stacks and stacks of volumes, One of them must hold the truth. Maybe now you've found the truth, Somewhere hidden in those books. Every possible outcome, Every good thing that could be. Perhaps she didn't die here, And the universe set her free. The walls are painted red, Records of every death. A catalogue of torture, In the Secret Library's depths. So many goddamn books, Everywhere you look. Stacks and stacks of volumes, One of them must hold the truth.
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A Heavy Dose of Lithium 03:52
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The Bad Guy 04:01
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"HEY FREAK SHOW! You're goin' NOWHERE! I gotcha for 3 minutes! 3 minutes of PLAYTIME!"--MACHO MAN RANDY SAVAGE It's your turn to meet The Bad Guy. It's a part of your rehabilitation. It's your turn to meet The Bad Guy. He's a master in the art of persuasion. Every ASYLUM has one, he lives in the basement, A punisher, revealer of secrets. He's been here for years and years, Growing in size and brutal intent. Living off the rats, living off the scum, Living to destroy freaks like you. His methods are obscene, His tools are a disgrace, He can break you in two. NO REGARD FOR PROTOCOL NO REGARD FOR THE RULES NO REGARD FOR HUMANITY THE BAD GUY SUFFERS NO FOOLS He carries weapons made from unsanitary tools We threw away from amputations. 237 reasons why you should start talking now, Or else The Bad Guy will seal your doom. NOW YOU SUFFER LIKE THE OTHERS NOW YOU SCREAM OUT FOR YOUR MOTHER "So say goodnight to The Bad Guy"--Scarface His bloodstained scalpel flashes Against his filthy forceps! He swings a morningstar Made of infected needles! His scissor stethescope Will stab you in the heart! A rusty clamp Coming straight for your head! It's your turn to meet The Bad Guy. It's a part of your rehabilitation. It's your turn to meet The Bad Guy. He's a master in the art of persuasion.
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Inner Peace/Outer Space 07:29
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The time has come-- Your lobotomy. Don't worry-- I've done a lot of these. The time has come-- Your lobotomy. Don't worry-- You won't feel a thing. All this time...she was trying...to say goodbye All this time...she was trying...to say farewell Two-hundred........thirty seven.......times.
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Up From The Drains 04:34
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Underground but ever-present, We are always just beneath your feet. Like the thousands you murdered, Any second we might rise up and take you down. Grab you by the ankles, And drag you to the sewer. I might not be able to win this battle, Others will rise in my place. Up from the drains, We rise up from the drains. Up from the drains, We rise up from the drains. Up from the drains, We rise up from the drains. With groveling, hateful lips You run your foul campaign. Till every artist trips, Till no more freaks remain. Your evil hand that grips, Turns sacred to profane, Despite your censorship We rise up from the drains. They will never keep us down. We will rise up from the drains. They will never keep us down, We rise up from the drains.
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Every End Is A New Beginning 02:43
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Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning Every End Is A New Beginning

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ASYLUM is the story of Patient 237, a regular dude living in 1950s America who experiences a beautiful, unfathomable transmission from an alien life force after the death of his beloved sister Sylvia. Patient 237 is committed to a government-run asylum where he is subjected to numerous "mental health treatments" so that the government can learn the secrets the aliens have told him. After his roommate, a figure known only as Patient Zero, gives him the mysterious "golden key" Patient 237 uses it to unlock a secret library that holds the secret about Sylvia's death. Patient 237 then confronts "The Bad Guy" a monstrous manifestation of not only the horrors of the ASYLUM, but also his own psychological demons. Whether or not all of this happens as described, or all of these events are the results of Patient 237's mental illness is up to the listener to decide.

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released March 12, 2021

Vocals, lyrics, guitars, bass, drums, synths, artwork—Legion

This album is dedicated to the "freaks", misfits, renegades, poets, musicians and artists, especially those in the metal underground. It is also dedicated to the reckoning of the charlatans and profiteers in the mental health industry who treat those who do not fit in as something to be disposed of. You can try to flush us down. The spirit of art and creativity will never die. They will never keep us down. We will rise up from the drains.

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