The Conscious Machine

[Part I: Entering The Third Dimension] Through the screams and blood, Labour, pain and spasms Of our helpless mothers We come into this world. Falsity, lies and fears, Anguish and diseases They are what prevails In this cruel dimension. Serenity, Surrounded by amniotic fluid, Protected from what is outside, We're safely inside the placenta. I would never be out of there! Don't let die the Child within yourself Because the others will think to do it. Carry on to be amazed by smallest things So that around all can seem great. The mechanical nature To which we're subject Makes us forget that We are living beings. Since our childhood We've been looking for the answers, But they've to be found through questions, Not through the faith. Liberty, All of us are born in this condition, Entrapped from what is outside. A clean cut of the umbilical cord Marks the beginning of our lives. Don't let die the Child within yourself Because the others will think to do it. Carry on to be amazed by smallest things So that around all can seem great. [Part II: The Conscious Machine] From inside the assembly line I watch the Universe, While my mind crystallizes a remarkable man. We are enslaved by false ideologies and myths that don't belong to us of course. Creeds and mystifications have steered the mankind from the fall to self-annihilation. Born to be alone and too often left to die. Life is a battle in which we've not allies. Let's take up arms to fight only employing our inner strength! 'Cause sublime goals are reached going against the tide. Our lives flow like scraps on a conveyor belt And our eyes have lost the way to cross in looks. We are conditioned by false needs and wishes that have frozen our reactions. Money, standardizations have steered the mankind from the fall to self-annihilation. Live to stand united erasing all diversity. The Awareness is the only way to achieve the Eternity. There will be no rivers to which we will return Until we have the strength to look inside ourselves.

[Lyric: Carmine Filizzola & Alessandro Chiappetta, music: Alessandro Chiappetta & Carmine Filizzola] My hands are the prime tool That allows me to interact in the system. As if they were the mirror of my soul I realize my integrity watching them. I can't know when fate will break my lonely way But I'll have less fear if we walk holding our hands. I will take you to a safe place And I'll show you the distance that exists, Since the dawn of the humanity, Between the intentions and the actions. With a slap and a caress To help myself and the other minds. I'll close my fists to defend myself from the ruthless rage of my enemies. I'll caress your cheeks to wipe away the tears that slip down from your Eyes. My hands to change my destiny, many joined hands to change the world. Through prehensile upper limbs We've imposed our greedy species. Our acts are conditioned By animal compulsions. I can't know if my actions will be understood, But I am sure with my hands I can kill or heal. We'll be together in the same place Understanding the distance that exists, From here to Eternity, Between the intentions and the actions. With a slap and a caress To help myself and the other minds. I'll close my fists to defend myself from the ruthless rage of my enemies. I'll caress your cheeks to wipe away the tears that slip down from your eyes. My hands to change my destiny, many joined hands to change the world.

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Dec 14, 2025

[Lyric: Carmine Filizzola & Alessandro Chiappetta, music: Alessandro Chiappetta & Carmine Filizzola] In a sordid world emotional dependence It's a way to make it seem innocent. I shaped my life in search of deep emotions. My body is dragged by strongest attractions. How can you understand the importance of an impression If you don't know where it's generated? Sometimes you can't appraise your experiences. The heart can't be broken in a thousands pieces. Until you feel the anger in your veins Or the happiness is gone away, Until the shivers of fear run down your spine Or the remorse wakes you up at night, Until the shame makes your face blush Or you never want the joy to end You'll remain a slave of these chains. The heart is not the source of the feelings. This seems eternal illusion to me. I hoped to find in others the warmth I was looking for, But I have found it in the depth of myself. How can you appraise the essence of a feeling Only by the pleasure that it can give to you? When you loose everything and everyone is gone away You will realize that the bitterness still remains. Until you feel the anger in your veins Or the happiness is gone away, Until the shivers of fear run down your spine Or the remorse wakes you up at night, Until the shame makes your face blush Or you never want the joy to end You'll remain a slave of these chains. Don't ask me, don't ask me why These illusions seem so real. Perhaps randomness, perhaps fate But it means that you're still alive.

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Dec 14, 2025

[Lyric: Carmine Filizzola, music: Alessandro Chiappetta & Carmine Filizzola] For too long through my eyes I could not see reality. I could see everyone and everything That was around me. But with my own eyes I could not see myself. Only now I realize They have always lied to me. Black veil of ignorance Surrounds us unconsciously. Doomed from the cradle Wandering like blind. Infinite rays of Light Coming through my retina Illuminating the perception Of unknown Worlds. Too much blind to can see (Too much blind to can see) There's no more time to play with dreams, But now I'm awake and I know (I'm awake and I know). I no longer need eyes to can see. Now the Sun has risen And everything is clearer. The dreadful fears fade away Showing me the true horizons. Black veil of ignorance Surrounds us unconsciously. Doomed from the cradle Wandering like blind. Past and future Were just fragile illusions. Like a glass they are breaking while I calm my thirst in the spring of Now. Too much blind to can see (Too much blind to can see) There's no more time to play with dreams, But now I'm awake and I know (I'm awake and I know). I no longer need eyes to can see. Too much blind to can see Too much blind to can see Too much blind to can see (Too much blind to can see) Too much blind to can see (I'm awake and I know) Too much blind to can see (Too much blind to can see) Too much blind to can see (I'm awake and I know)

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Dec 14, 2025

[Lyric: Carmine Filizzola & Alessandro Chiappetta, music: Alessandro Chiappetta & Carmine Filizzola] I shape the air and through vibrations I form my voice and so the words. Sometimes they are inopportune To explain my mood to you. Thousands of people have died for modified words Of which they never caught their value. I thought I knew the true weight of these sounds. Deep in the silence I realized their danger. I will support you or I'll let you fall down. I will destroy you or I will extol you. You will hate me or you will love me. Whether my words will be rash or not. Misunderstandings and prejudices Come down from the sky like vultures. The speech can bring the cruel judgments. They come from behind like shadows. I will be free from the demons in my mind, If I'm able to talk to you without walls. What I think dies when I turn it into words. Truth is bad for those who don't want to listen to it. I will support you or I'll let you fall down. I will destroy you or I will extol you. You will hate me or you will love me. Whether my words will be rash or not.

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Dec 14, 2025

[Lyric: Carmine Filizzola & Alessandro Chiappetta, music: Alessandro Chiappetta & Carmine Filizzola] My ears perceive the noise That fill the squares and streets. Between tears and laughters I hear... As rivers of sound waves, Heavy words and empty speeches Attempting to chew my conscience. I listen... Who understands the voice of the wise? No one is listening. I look at myself lonely in the crowd. Did you belong to them? In the confusion I've lost the direction. Are you conscious like me? How can I escape from this infernal noise? Follow me and you'll find out. Just close your eyes for a moment And hear the sound of your breath. Listen to the pulse of your heart And you'll be out of the herd. Now it's the moment to react to the apathy. I'll be able to fly again beyond this silent noise. Let it rise! You hear the requests for help, But for you they are just mute sounds. Exiled in your selfishness You sink. Discerning the truth from the lies The deafening buzz will end. A new voice is rising. You'll know. Now I understand the voice of the wise. Someone is listening. I'm not alone in the crowd anymore. So you're part of them too. I'm not afraid of being misunderstood. Now you're conscious like me. I'll find serenity through secret spells. You found out how to do it. Just close your eyes for a moment And hear the sound of your breath. Listen to the pulse of your heart And you'll be out of the herd. Now it's the moment to react to the apathy. I'll be able to fly again beyond this silent noise. Let it rise!

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Dec 14, 2025

[Lyric: Carmine Filizzola & Alessandro Chiappetta, music: Alessandro Chiappetta & Carmine Filizzola] The keeper of the lie Steadily affects your actions. Shielded inside a skull It generates sly enemies. How many times have you been the master of your will? Unaware of the actions you have done. A thousand thoughts overlap strongly inside your brain. You're deceived and out of your control. Hush up the tricky voices And fight the false ideas imposed. Blast away the rooted dogma Living your life with an open mind. Your conscience is your only strength. The means to realize your dreams To give meaning to randomness. Our only hope for a better world. The neuronal chaos It's the dimming of reason. Synapses of societies Compromised by misinformation. How many times have you tried to seek truthful answers? Untrained to know the right questions. You are the hub between sanity and insanity. The showdown with your instinct has begun. Hush up the tricky voices And fight the false ideas imposed. Blast away the rooted dogma Living your life with an open mind. Your conscience is your only strength. The means to realize your dreams To give meaning to randomness. Our only hope for a better world.

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Dec 14, 2025