Disappear (Oubliette)

Revenga is right. the lyrics are from The Screwtape Letters. Here's the section of the book where Brendan got it from:

"Nothing is very strong: strong enough to steal away a man's best years not in sweet sins but in a dreary flickering of the mind over it knows not what and knows not why, in the gratification of curiosities so feeble that the man is only half aware of them, in a drumming of fingers and kicking of heels, in whistling tunes that he does not like, or in the long, dim labyrinth of reveries that have not even lust or ambition to give them a relish, but which, once chance association has started them, the creature is too weak and fuddled to shake off. You will say that these are very small sins; and doubtless, like all young tempters, you are anxious to be able to report spectacular wickedness. But do remember, the only thing that matters is the extent to which you separate the man from the Enemy. It does not matter how small the sins are, provided that their cumulative effect is to edge the man away from the Light and out into the Nothing. Murder is no better than cards if cards can do the trick. Indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts."

A dead fire in a cold room is an example of how his character can be satisfied with nothing.

Brendan said this about the song:

"The lyrics for this were really inspired by a book called "The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis. This song sort of follows the character falling into one of the most camouflaged of all vices; nothing."

what the fuck? why do you do this?

yeah youre a douchebag

yeah youre a douchebag

I watched you steal away A man’s best years With the drumming of his fingers With the kicking of his heels

I watched you put away Your sweetest sins I watched tempters satisfied With the sweet taste Of wasted time

Don’t let me disappear Don’t let me fall apart Don’t lead me to the wayside Just don’t let me go Don’t let me fade away

I watched him travel down A steady road With no milestones Just a gentle slope

Soft underfoot, No sudden turns to warn of sliding Down that safe and sound But all too familiar road This is all too familiar

Don’t let me disappear Don’t let me fall apart Don’t lead me to the wayside Just don’t let me go Don’t let me fade away

Just keep this off my mind Anything or not a thing will do

I watched you steal away A man’s best years With the drumming of his fingers With the kicking of his heels

Without the twinkle in his eye I watched him beg and plead with moving lips And bended knee Just to have you back

Be numb my heart O’ nothingness

Don’t let me disappear Don’t let me fall apart Don’t lead me to the wayside Just don’t let me go Don’t let me fade away

They’ve got you wrapped around their fingers Because anything or not a thing will do (A dead fire in a cold room)

i don't mean to be a perfectionist but this song is actually called "Oubliette (Disappear)" not Disappear (Oubliette)

oh yeah, and the Screwtape Letters is a great book. Very deep and a tough read, but great nonetheless.

i'm probably wrong but it seems as if this song refers back to the heart and synapse...? the last few seconds plays the melody of "he can be anywhere" that is repeatidly in that album...

Wow, I love this song. Forgot how great these guys were :P