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The Dragonfly Pursuit

by Aurateque

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1.
Paradigm 03:25
Restless soul, subdued again Havoc wreaks within your veins Motion sickness like a wave Your heart beats out of time I pray For the day you seek to turn away From the evil you chose to embrace And now we know this plague To forfeit your own soul Insane There's nothing left that I can say Make your peace at the devil's gates The depth of the guilt in me Is taking over Reap what you need from the burning sea for relief And drown in the apathy That made you impede everything you could've been It's taken over Blind to the white to the shadows inside You won't survive Illusions tell your stories cold Regret fills your broken soul Like a cycle repeating over and over again Forced to tie these loose ends, soon to face the bitter end Absent-minded, repeat the same cycle, repeat the same cycle Repeat, you are the enemy The depth of the guilt in me Is taking over Reap what you need from the burning sea for relief And drown in the apathy That made you impede everything you could've been It's taken over Blind to the white to the shadow inside You won't survive It's taking over This path of destruction is leading you nowhere Paralytic Do you hate what you see? Do you live just to breathe? You coward The depth of the guilt in me Has taken over Can't take what you need and leave it be Cause nothing will put your mind at ease The waves, don't cease Tempted by obscurity The time has come for me And may your soul rest in peace
2.
Hurricane 03:31
Distorted back and forth we sway the plane of suffering It's like it follows me your words impact like atrophy You've broken me down now, I can't find a way out No, I didn't read the signs There you are in the back of my mind Sleeping on my front porch Drinking all my red wine Did you get a taste of divine? That rotten mouth and tainted touch Another piece of me you own I'm on the side that's never known Now that I've found myself Without you, I let go The thought discomforts me Just don't know why I gave in I've gotta get away It's time for me to make mistakes So long inside your head where nothing grows I'm so over it now I'm falling on stable ground I'm sick of this Your voice saying I'm lost When I'm my only way out I'm at a standstill lost between the lines, I lose myself, chance to redefine These moments of devotion I let go to lose control Wind blows like a hurricane Dragging every part of me around until I feel again Calling all my demons in In the midst I find myself missing Overthinking What was I thinking? The thought discomforts me Just don't know why I gave in I've gotta get away It's time for me to make mistakes So long inside your head where nothing grows I'm so over it now I'm falling on stable ground I'm sick of this My choices Just let me begin again I'm falling apart, please take me back to the start Cause we don't know who we are I know I am I am nothing without you (I'm losing all of me, just don't know why I gave in) I still breathe the air that you do Can't live my life without you Still see the light within you But I will be without you
3.
Renegade 04:11
You're holding onto what's left Of anything you can get Kiss of death, when the shadows call You bury it deep in the rage Hypocrisy, plant the seed Is this all you'll ever be? Lost inside the heat of the moment Astray and outspoken Feeding into the red I'm beginning to lose all control of the thoughts in my head Just please Don't leave me on my own again I'm terrified of me I'm holding onto what I thought was Right in my mind I cannot see through your eyes I'm blinded Break me down Breaking down Break me Inebriated soul The vice, it grips and takes control Assuming I'll survive these stories that I've left untold Tainted by the black The venom in my veins, it lulls Intoxicated now Just leave me the fuck alone You tremble beneath your skin I'm so sick of your cowering Weakness that brings you to your knees Though all along the weak was me The cynic of suffrage is swimming inside my skull So cling to your bones, can you resist the cold? I'm holding onto nothing, I trap myself again Just get me out just get me out just get me out just get me out And leave me on my own again I'm terrified of me I'm holding onto what I thought was Right in my mind I cannot see through your eyes I'm blinded Break me down Breaking down Break me And pull me further away From me I'm lucid in my movements I know I mirror you Can the deafening sound of oppressive silence really fill the void Should it one day become heard Oh I'm lucid in my movements Your veil I see right through I wish that I could set you free It's not right in my mind And now I see through your eyes The violence The violence inside us The violence inside us The violence inside us
4.
Entropy 02:55
I'm your weapon of mass-destruction Idle eyes, basic function Move my state intrinsically Shifting waves of energy I'm flowing through the complex forms of static electricity It's nameless, faceless, shapeless Seeping into everything you know It sits in the back of your mind I swear I'll comfort you When will we learn that we're made for nothing Everything is a state of mind Letting go of your false pretences Nothing is yours, nor mine Let me breathe, so you're suffocating The air thick as we grip the sky Our minds will suffer slowly I sink into the Why do I confide in empty space I crawl back under my skin Paper on my tongue, swallowing the sun Beckon the sin I feel these four walls caving in But I can't stop the sequence, It very well controls our every move When will we learn that we're made for nothing Everything is a state of mind Letting go of your false pretences Nothing is yours, nor mine Let me breathe, so you're suffocating The air thick as we grip the sky Our minds will suffer slowly I sink into the White To the back of my mind, my eyes I am denied The echo of the soul
5.
Syndicate 04:06
Bearing your colours Choosing your weapon It's not over for you just counting the seconds down To the minute inhibiting everything This is the reckoning We fall awake To the sound of their heartbeat Twisted motion, vertigo, no stratosphere Static with nowhere to go Get me out of Here is the fear, it's swelling, telling, bellowing Chaos To your loss, all you've got Stepping into the void Consuming you as you lose, talk me into the noose Hang your words where you choose, you're fighting Fire with fiction, your breath's causing friction Speaking in tongue, nihilistic addiction Actions break the silence Ignorance divides us Kill the beast inside your head Sell your soul to sleep Drown the light by chasing spirits Do you keep you up at night Living the lie of Consensual delusion You're exposed Surrender yourself Vacuous mystic Unconscious by design Sell your soul to sleep Drown the light by chasing spirits Do you keep you up at night Living the lie of You're willingly blind to Cells gnawing at your fingertips Quick fix as you lose your grip Slip away into silent bliss Egotist Vapid entity of stone Syndicate Losing cold you still don't fold Lucrative Entice the error of your price Ludicrous See the world, the spinning stops We've gone insane
6.
Genesis 03:26
I am one with space and time and energy No longer numb, yes I can feel this entity taking me to places where I can feel at peace within I give in to the fire I am It's burning slowly I've seen my demise Through facing everything Defining who I am again Feel my body coming undone I fill light into my world And with each breath I take I watch my fate unfurl Everything I need's right in front of me I am not scared, anymore Breathing slowly, masking the pain again This vicious cycle I'm caving in Know my ending, when I begin again Sick of the cycle I'm drowning in denial I'm Breathing heavy underwater Sink into myself again, know that this is who I am Feel my body coming undone I fill light into my world And with each breath I take I watch my fate unfurl Everything I need's right in front of me I am not scared anymore Coming undone I fill light into my world And with each breath I take I watch my fate unfurl Everything I need's right in front of me I am not scared anymore I can control the world I perceive I see the light that's beaming from me Everything I need's right in front of me Everything I need's right in front of me This is the end, where I begin

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released July 28, 2023

Written by Lauren Coleman, Matthew Bortolin
Performed by Lauren Coleman, Matthew Bortolin, Bailey Graeber

Recorded & produced by Steve Balbi
Additional production & recording by Matthew Bortolin
Mixed & mastered by Chris Blancato
Drums recorded at A Sharp Studios by Tony Wall

Additional guitar on 'Entropy' performed by Jack Haycroft

Strings on 'Genesis' by Steve Balbi
Additional arrangement on 'Genesis' by Craig Wilkinson

EP Artwork by Pallett Design

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Aurateque Sydney, Australia

Delivering a captivating crossroads for chaos and composure, Aurateque offers a unique, punk-infused blend of alternative metal. Taking elements from hardcore, math rock, pop and electronica, amongst other genres, the Eora/Sydney-based outfit provides a fresh spin on the heavy alternative soundscape with an all-encompassing concoction of hard-hitting music that is both unorthodox and palatable. ... more

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