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The Sprawl

from Fractured by New Sun

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FRACTURED
EMPTYNESS FRACTURED
BY STEEL, CONCRETE, AND BARBED-WIRED LIVES
AND UNDER THE GEODESIC DOMES
THE ROSE GLOW OF THE DAWN EXPLODES INTO
CORPROATE OBELISKS THAT PIERCE THE SKY THE ROT AND RANDOMNESS THAT HOLDS THE LIE
DEBRIS AND LIVES SCATTERED
LIKE LEAVES IN THE WIND
AND SHATTERED UPON THE ROCKS OF DESPAIR. . .OF DESPAIR
HERE. . . IN THE SPRAWL
SOMEWHERE . . . IN THE SPRAWL
HE HEEDS THE SWIRL OF MALIGNANT HAZE THAT OBSCURES THE SHADOWS BUT THE FEAR REMAINS
SHE HEARS THE LAUGH OF A CHILD OF NIGHT
SPINE ATINGLE, TRIES TO HIDE FROM SIGHT DEATH BECKONS FORTH . . . NO WHERE TO RUN
WHAT ARE THR ROOTS THAT CLUTCH OUR HEARTS?
WHAT IS THE FEAR THAT HAUNTS OUR LIVES? NO ANSWER BUT TO RETURN TO THE SOURCE
TO FACE THE DARK SHADOWS
THAT FORMED FROM OUR PAST COURSE . . . OUR PAST COURSE
HERE . . .IN THE SPRAWL
SOMEWHERE . . . IN THE SPRAWL
THE SMALL HAND OF A CHILD REACHES FOR LOVE
INNOCENCE ABOUNDS . . . BRIGHT EYES AGLOW
BUT THE EYE OF COMPASSION TEARS WITH LOSS
AS THE EYE OF MALICE SIGHTS THROUGH A RIFLE’S CROSS
AND THE FUTURE BRINGS FORTH THE PAIN FROM WITHIN
AS A HEAD EXPLODES FROM AN UNKNOWN GUN
IN AN UTTER ACT OF BLINDING RAGE
AND THE CRY OF THIS LOST CHILD , IN EARLY DEATH
ECHOES ON . . . AND ON . . . AND ON SOMEWHERE . . . IN THE SPRAWL
HERE . . . IN THE SPRAWL

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from Fractured, released October 15, 1995

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Dynamic odd metered progrock with emotive themes designed to shake your mind and rattle your bones. Cinema for the ears.
New Sun embarked on this journey in 1993, and we're still at it 30 years later.

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