Transcendence… In my life, I frequently feel like I’ve transcended both nothingness and time itself—a big statement from this guy.
But, I can no more prove this to be true as to prove it to be false, just like religion or love. And yet, I can say I do not believe in love.
This is the last track on Redemption’s most super fantastic The Fullness of Time album, circa many years ago. Sapphire is on this, as well as Threads and Release.
Yes, that Sapphire. The one who haunts me and pushes me to write a book about her. Yeah, FML x10.
To me, Transcendence was ALWAYS overshadowed by Release, aka III. An amazing song that I’ve covered before, a time or two.
Check out the Youtube video for Redemption – Transcendence.
[IV: TRANSCENDENCE]
Now, the smoke is finally cleared
and I can see the wreckage of my past that lies about me
Now, it’s all become so clear to me
and I have learned the truth behind the lies
and seen the lies within the truth
Everything in context finally makes sense
I see the paths I’ve walked
Some I’ve paved myself
Some where I went gladly
Some against my willI can leave behind the fear and doubt
and cast aside the shackles and the chains
of flawed assumptions I learned as a child
I can’t let them distract me,
so I’m putting aside the memories
of the things I never had but thought I wanted
Now, my notions of what makes relationships have a new light
I have gained an understanding
No more false facades
Covering my feelings
Preventing a connectionI’ve been spending my whole life pursuing those who built this cell
Lamenting all the hateful things that happened to me
Never thought to look at how I might have played a part in what I am,
or what it means to lose the game before it starts
Now I know that I cannot turn back and change the past,
and that the only choice to save myself is changing what I carry from it
Everything I did to myself
Everything that’s been done to me
I’ll turn my back on that and walk awayAnd left with only me
At last I see the answer and what I need to be
Letting go, I destroy my shell
Embrace my heart and free myself[A] The point of the search may not be the answer
The value of a want is not always a need
Still I stand, I’m not going to crawl
Now I know I’ve got to believe
[B] (Once I was a person without malice
Once my heart bled red instead of black
Openness and introspection now show me the way
to reclaim all I’ve lost and take it back)
[C] (You may have taken everything I ever had,
but you cannot take my future)
[D] (Just release yourself – x4)
(x2)
All I was and all that I’ll ever be finally are integrated,
and I am whole again
Now I know the reason for this suffering,
and I’m a better person for having known the pain
And I am whole again (x3)
Now I know the reason for this suffering
And I am whole again (x2)
A better person having overcome the pain
