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The End of Suffering

by Orion

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In the beginning, there was one; One moment, one meaning, one life. After a time, it was gone, Dulled like the edge of a knife. That moment became a blade, A blade that cuts two ways, A blade to divide the days. The thing that must be obeyed, A blade owned by a slave, Made eternity just another day. The beginning of an end of a start, The end of all truth. A circle getting smaller as it grows, And time getting faster as it slows. The sun slowly rose, And they had their first tomorrow. As it came to be, there were many, A past, a future, an illusion. Shattered into infinite pieces, A story without conclusion. Those pieces seemed so many, Yet there were never really any, Trading eternity for a day. The pieces must be obeyed, Following the orders of their slave, Who gave it all away. The sun was no longer rising, It was giving chase. Chasing its master and its slave, Chasing from the cradle to the grave.
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Tomorrow 07:01
There’d never been a tomorrow, Until there’d been a yesterday. So many pieces to make fit, Before the sun gets away. Tomorrow is everything, You’d best make it last, You’ll catch it if you’re quick enough, But the sun is coming up fast. Go on, little one, Tomorrow is waiting for you. Dream of the future, little one, And all that you might do. Everything you do, And everything you’ll become. Will echo in tomorrow, Where all the great deeds are done. Run as fast as you can, Fly as high as you might dare. For tomorrow is looming, Your life is waiting for you there. Always tomorrow, Forever you’ll follow. Chasing a blaze, A blaze of glory.
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I remember tomorrow, Where I’d find the rainbow’s end. But is that day today, Or did it get away? Did it pass me by, While the sun traced the sky? While the moon watched me sleep, And the seconds started to creep. I can’t hold back the tide, I can barely ride the wave, I never knew what tomorrow could bring, And the days keep coming fast… I can barely tell them apart, Like a torrent of rain drops. But I wonder what I’ll do, If the storm ever stops. I’m being torn apart, By the thing that holds me together. My days cut shorter, By the thing that lasts forever. Everything I’ve done, And everything I’ve become. I never seem to catch it, No matter how fast I might run. The storm rages on, And I try to gather the rain. Like streams turning to oceans, Like love turning to pain. I can barely stand the strain, I can barely keep up. With the future of a king, And the days keep coming fast… It rages like a hurricane, This thing I’ve hated. This thing I’ve created.
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Yesterday 07:58
As I watch the storm rage on, And the carnage leave me behind. I wonder if it slipped me by, Or if yesterday was just more kind. I think about chasing the hurricane, I think there’s something still there. But I remember yesterday, When I had time to spare. I never knew it, I never used it. Yesterday has gotten away, But I thought it was tomorrow I was chasing. Running hard in both directions, I never know which it is I’m racing. When memories outweigh our dreams, We have grown old. Our fires burn cold, As our lives unfold. The days mount up around me, Like walls I cannot climb. Built from memories I made, From a life I didn’t know was mine. These memories so precious, These walls so cruel. I was once a king, And now no more than a fool. I never knew it, I never used it In those halcyon days, Riding such tranquil waves. On the crest of tomorrow, And a path I might follow.
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Out of Time 05:04
In the end, there is nothing. Out of time, and out of reasons. And all those yesterdays, They’ve lost their shine. Like the fruit of life, Has seen too many seasons. But what is this life, If not a fight to the death? What is this race, If not toward a final breath? I’m half dead, And less than half alive. Shuffling the losing hand, Always playing for time. I fear the future, And I die by the past. A day is one too many, And a million will never last. Because when hope’s gone, Time is a punishment. Tomorrow was once my prize, Like the devil was once an angel. Yesterday is filled with lies, And tomorrow is just too painful. But what is this life, If not a funeral for the dead? What is this race, If not an unravelling thread?
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Myself and I 06:24
I can’t live with myself… If I can’t live with myself, Am I one or am I two? I don’t know which of us is real, Is it me, or is it you? I feel I’m holding on for dear life, But what am I holding on to? And what would happen if I let go, Would I find I was never you? Between myself and I, One of us has to give. One of us has to die, If either of us is to live. There’s nothing in the future, There’s nothing in the past. There must be something somewhere, But the sun is coming up fast. If I were to let go, If I embrace the void. Will either of us return, Or will we both be destroyed? And I fear the future, And I die by the past. And Maybe neither of them are real, And I’ll find the truth at last. Resist nothing, There’s nothing to resist. Without past or future, When do you exist?
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Floating in the stillness, Watching tomorrow, Watching the hurricane, Watching yesterday. Without form or need, Without thought to please. I can feel the peace, Like a distant melody. And the days stopped coming… Out of time, And out of reasons. And out of my mind, And beyond all seasons. In a deathless place, With no thoughts to chase. Without words to daze, Without a sun to race. When is it the right time? Always and never. The mistake of thinking, Heaven waits in our grave. I can stand in the hurricane, And I can be at peace. The carnage is not a part of me, Because those days never cease. And the days stopped coming… When there’s no blood left to bleed, When there’s no case left to plead. When you know there’s no mountain to climb, Find your way out of time.
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In the end, there is nothing, A deathless place, Without time or space. Through all the ideals I chased, And all the days I raced. And it was here all along, Waiting in this silent place, Because the only end, Is the end of suffering. Because joy is a heart’s beat. And the only start, Is the one you make now. In the place where all things meet. The end of suffering Frozen in the air, The rain that never dropped. Nothing to do, nothing to be, Now the storm has finally stopped. The sun chases no more, Because there’s no sky to trace. The moon sees no sleep, Hanging in this timeless place. When eternity is just another day, And there’s no more time to wish away. Arising from the gave, No more a master nor a slave. We can never reach the end, Because we can’t ever leave the beginning. All I know is now, And the end of all suffering.

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released June 5, 2023

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