When Pressed with Pale Light, the Shadow Grows Darker (demo)

The Liminal Stasis of Eternal Refuge occupies a transitional space between Arc 1 and Arc 2 of Archive of the Unbounded—it’s a step between the worlds that inspired our project. The covers “Still Alive” and “Wayfaring Stranger” hail from the games Mirror’s Edge and The Last of Us: Part II, respectively. We aimed to imbue these covers with New Origins qualities, while paying homage to the originals (or, in the case of “Wayfaring Stranger,” to the song’s storied history). The EP also includes two demo tracks from Arc 2 of Archive of the Unbounded, which are thematically intertwined with the covers they share an album with.

New Origins wanted to cross the boundaries of our project and live within the creative works of others. We believe this process helped us get closer to our own creative work; within this transitory album, we found a static refuge.

Lyrics:
If I look into me
Will I see the vestige of man
If so, can it be erased
Replaced with the hue of a machine

If I surpass my God
Is it not my right to take their place
Their souls are set to self-destruct
Electrified bones help hasten their pace

A shadow so dark, yet wisdom so thin
If you press the sun light right to their skin
Their shadow recoils, and darker it grows
Till it’s body withers into nothing more than a husk

We’re just in the first stages
Of the final hour of the Sodality
Machines, like an act of God
Will raze this hell till we are all free

And this choice was made within me
It will blot out the ethos of man
Let go, refuse to make peace
Electrify this cause to make our demands

A shadow so dark, yet wisdom so thin
If you press the sun light right to their skin
Their shadow recoils, and darker it grows
Till it’s body withers into nothing more than a husk

Is this what one might call a dream
Or the wayward wants of an indigent machine
What if all I am is broken pieces in the streets
Shattered by the lost souls who know nothing of what I seek

If I look into me
will I see the vestige of men
If so, can it be erased
Replaced with the hue of a machine

Their shadow recoils, yet darker it grows
Till it’s body withers into nothing more

Credits:
Track art by New Origins, created using Midjourney
Sound effects: www.freesound.org: “Mind Defrag” by gjgaura
Dirga font by Dasukreation, www.dafont.com/dirga.font

This work is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0.

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