Mechina | To Coexist is to Surrender (W/Lyrics)

Mechina's 2014 single 'To Coexist is to Surrender' is a ''conceptual preface to the Acheron trilogy''. Which I believe encompasses Conqueror (Album), Andromeda (Single), Empyrean (Album), Cepheus (Single) and lastly Xenon (Album) but I might be wrong.
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Lyrics:
- "Sentient #2154
Neurological output augmentation complete
Sweep memory for simulation analysis
Stabilizing biometrics for memory transmission" -
- "Communications located
Headquarters has issued a full scale withdraw of the entire city
Invasion force detected" -
Countless lives on both sides
Dancing atop a man made line
Paralyzed each time my eyes look upon
Anicetus, every sunrise
Only humans endure the cruelty of time
Raising a flag becomes the only purpose in life
Only humans endure the cruelty of time
A glance upward with such feeble eyes
Tormented by what pierces the sky
A million stars frozen in time
Fables speak of a time when titans breathed
Carving a world, reduced to a frozen sleep
Advancing from all sides
We feast to the sounds of empyrean cries
We are the bringer of storms
Now sing the Leviathan War Cry
Only humans endure the cruelty of time
We shall not kneel to the omnipotent force
Of these lifeless eyes
Some speak of a distant world
Where lies the origin of our blood
We humans forsworn all
Titles other than Earthborn
Fables speak of a time when humans fleed
A distant world consumed by entropy
We humans forsworn all
Titles other than Earthborn
"Do you read? The atmosphere above the city is falling apart. High command is offline, we are in the dark now"
- "Anicetus is lost. I repeat, Anicetus is lost. The specters are leaving, taking their chances in orbit. The Empyrean Extermination Sequence has begun" -
This weapon the ultimate peacekeeper
Pulls up the sky, draining the light
Eclipsing the sunrise
This world will feast to the sounds of Terrea's War Cry
A biotic induced fail-safe protocol
Transferring power to bionic control
Tapping into the blood stream
Hydrus, inducing inhuman mobility
Empyrean technology
Lifeless austerity
The war which we fight
Has enemies on both sides
From the thunders of war
To the eye of the storm
Now embrace the fact
- "Prepare for impact" -
Prepare for impact
Brace for impact
My flesh turning cold
As death comes in the form of a Titans roar
Another nation crushed by the weight of tyrants and gods
The rain beings to fall
A color never seen before
Breathe the air of this falling world
As the northern rains fall
I stand covered in blood of Anicetus
- "Is this reaching anyone? The Specters are gone, they are all gone. Does anyone read me? Do you read? They are all gone. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry." -
Below these blacked clouds
My home, my heart
As long as I breathe
Empyrean will never know peace
I will make them see what it is to bleed
- "Titans, can you hear me?" -
These fabled machines
Bringing gods to their knees
- "Titans, can you hear me?" -
- "Titans, can you hear me?" -
Humans bound for war eternally
Until your last breath, you were never free
Hide behind both gods and kings, and you will see
Until your last breath, you were never free
The worlds which we burn are the
Are the worlds we deserve
Until your last breath

[@bork750]

This is probably my favorite overall Mechina song. It's just so epic and fantastic.

[@franciscoarrieta75]

This song describes the Siege of Anicetus, which happened prior to the events of Empyrean and after the events in Conqueror. It provides backstory on why Alithea hates Empyrean. To Coexist Is To Surrender EDIT COMMENTS (16) SHARE To Coexist Is To Surrender Coexist 215 Year 2014 Duration 12:33 Preceded By: Xenon Followed By: Acheron This song describes the Siege of Anicetus, which happened prior to the events of Empyrean and after the events in Conqueror. It provides backstory on why Alithea hates Empyrean. Contents[show] Story Overview Edit Anicetus is the capital city of Acheron and this song depicts Empyrean attacking it. The titanborn are controlling their Titans and fighting on both sides of the conflict. The only survivors escape into orbit aboard the specters and find shelter in the Cepheus Ring around Acheron. Empyrean forces then initiate the Empyrean Extermination Sequence, which will destroy all life on Acheron. Amyntas entered the simulation chamber at the end of Xenon to receive these memories but I think it is Alithea relating this story. Or at least, her voice is heard during the battle. After watching Anicetus get destroyed, she vows revenge on Empyrean. This ties back to Xenon where Alithea plans to use you to destroy Empyrean.

[@shawnstevens3375]

This band is way too underrated, like holy shit

[@alexhardx]

Awesome and underrated band. I fucking don't understand why this band haven't a label to produce his works...

[@ghoulunathics]

oh my freaking god - i just realized that i've been listening the compendium-version of this song this entire time thinking it was the original song. sometimes mistakes turn out to be the best things in life, because this means that i just got a whole new mechina song. edit: and it turns out to be one of the best Mechina songs of all time. just holy shit.

[@alexhardx]

Progenitor is my favorite lp of this band. I would like some official videos of this awesome opus...

[@Krushtykon]

Another banger!

[@dankrist5395]

Ya, what he said.