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Vyx England

Requiem Reclamation

THIS.INFERNAL.MACHINE

February 13th, 2026
9 tracks
63:36
Requiem Reclamation
Requiem Reclamation
Moon in Cancer [scarecrow]
0:00
8:00
Moon in Cancer [scarecrow]
THIS.INFERNAL.MACHINE
I hold your hand as we're living in a strange world you hold my hand as we're living through the rough times no matter where you are, we're standing side by side and if there is, i'll find you in a next life I watch you shine like a star in my darkest hour you watch me brave when the uncertain gets dour when life drops surprise, we're sitting side by side and if there is, you'll find me in the after life I remember all your scars as they are revealed to me I remember all your charms as they are sealed with me somethings aren't fantasy I see you in the black light brighter than the dreadful sun a devilish smile in wild hair for this curious one of all the places we have left to stain and sow there are some places only the gods will know I see you in the black sheer of dawn's blue light eight years of candles burning long through the night there are some marks deeper than teeth can go some bonds are threads in the banner of your soul I remember all your scars as they are revealed to me I remember all your charms as they are sealed with me somethings aren't fantasy I use to chase away all your fears as they turned, to eat off me instead of all the things, I intuitively find my way through back then, I didn't know how to say what I always knew as all things pass as they surely do what never dies is the time spent with.. you
8:00
from majesty to this..
THIS.INFERNAL.MACHINE
6:20
the Liar's Ashes
THIS.INFERNAL.MACHINE
hey friend.. i have seen the pretty things who hide all the ugly things they ever do in the dark and once discovered you'll wish you've never found, what seemed promising can nearly put you in the ground and you can pretend, it's never gonna happen to you, but everyones been fucked once or is fucking someone too cause you're a liar oh burn higher (liar) now I know what you might be thinking so slow your arc before you cast a stone for whatever your particular flavor of humanity these spiders come in all forms and norms with honeyed eyes or searing tongue spinning all night for food or if you are lucky, they.. simply move on and there is no way of knowing what lurks on the other-side and that's the risk you take in the spider's eyes cause you're a liar oh burn higher (liar) so goodbye past thing to both sides of your face thank you for all your lessons the knife in the back the filth and the shame you can blame me as the fly or am I the hanged man? I've seen the shadow of you who always got what she sought so into fire I will send us into fire this caustic cause for all my fucking promises this one was already lost cause you're a liar oh burn higher (liar) you know they say some things never tarnish? just to cut the fools from the gold, oh how it glistens when actions are served twofold you know they say some things last forever? just to catch you in their web, i'd cut off my finger to never feel your little gift again you know they say some things are engrained? from history to mythology its once said, “we're all just standing in the gutter looking up at the stars” some of us are dreaming some of us are sleeping and some of us are.. ugly things in the pretty dark
5:26
Toxic Icon
THIS.INFERNAL.MACHINE
I see a crosswise weapon casting a phallic shadow ready to fuck this cuntry a tool for division and lies, ugly with cruelty and I ask why? this fear-mongering leech of a pusher, red over white do you not stop to question, “are you a pawn in this grand toxic design?” roll back in time how do you unify that which is diversified out with the old and in with the new, some bastard all the time and hear their decree if you disagree you'll burn forever in time {absurd} and if you resist your life be forfeit nailed to some crucifix yet no god to be found, just frail men under crowns (con)trolled.. (con)trolled.. (con)trolled.. roll forward in time look how they divide by fear and humanity denied prayers in school “science is for fools” you lot are out of your fucking mind phrases on guns starving martyrs and bombs, cancer by this divine no tax, just take, deliver a child to the worst fate all by sinister design {whatever happened to separation of church and state} {guess it just died with body autonomy} where was your god when fascists are praised? where was your god when rats were rampant with plague? where was your god during thousand of years of crusades? (con)trolled.. (con)trolled.. (con)trolled.. a different book the same old tales to perpetuate and fucking blame you don't know how to live, hells the state of mind you are in, why believe in this boxed in lie? there's no the proof to be found, we know you've kept us all down but science will always prevail so put the spear in our hands, pit rationale against your brand, we will reclaim all you've denied {if silence is acceptance, we will never accept you} {you're a product and a relic of a bygone age} (con)trolled.. (con)trolled.. (con)trolled.. you and you and you, they are coming after you and you and you you and you and you, they are coming after me and me and me you and you and you, they are coming after us and them because they're fucking scared
7:18
Not Home, Not Anymore [maybe never was]
THIS.INFERNAL.MACHINE
For all that stains the memory These wonders to haunt the mind For all that could have been and all I could never find I leave this place. Where the gold meets the sea and dreams luster in the sun this curse land will never shine as it once did, for you and I and I vowed to never return again.
5:57
Stormchaser [in sense, scent, and low light]
THIS.INFERNAL.MACHINE
Earth survived a countless lifetimes resilience for a future sown fire smoldering in a hungry glow sifting through a vanity of its own winds guard the way of change a wisdom for us to assay currents of water we obey we heed our hearts to lead the way the smell of rain the hammer in the sky feel the tides the change inside sometimes we are the storm sometimes we are drawn to metaphorically die time.. is a currency consider what you're spending not all roads are worth the risk in their undertaking yet I'd walk the maze, for you if you'd let me too and revel in the mystery of all things..revealing so challenge the fear if you truly want to live my dear all we have is all we are for our.. fascinating encircling, circling chasing, embracing entranced in dance word wine and smoky eyes bitten lip, shifting thighs patience now, release in time respect for the paradigm convey to me in pantomime acts of kindness in tenderness from to tongue to leg to lips to bask in the glory of your elegance subtle.. yet so profound scorching stone in sinking warmth transferring a breathe to yours crashing down upon the shore drown me in osculation now waste the grace and brave the storm fight through, to find the calm as fury builds this primal bond a scent to feed, desire on entangled now she rides the sky hand in hand and eye to eye if this be death then let me die here and now, you and I as lithe as the wind, as intense as the fire as enduring as the earth, as dynamic as the water I came for something beautiful look at all the destruction in your wake I came for something beautiful look at all the destruction in your wake
10:33
the Choice
THIS.INFERNAL.MACHINE
choice words some walls long nights long calls a struggle revealing something or nothing.. her chase her freeze a mercurial foreshadowing could stay could go to hope or know.. what could be, just maybe.. what should be, so haunting.. a door is closing the moon sways bound sea [drum break] all words no walls things wane things crawl the bed play retaining a mending or an ending.. confusion from treason relying now on reason could stay could go to know false hope what can't be will save me what could be will kill me a door is opening the moon sways bound sea these moments of tension create waves to sunder mountains for everything on the table begins to blur in sight but for all that came before me and cannot be undone is a battle.. where I do not belong and I am reminded, that one of us lives in the moment and the other.. lives for the plan and what side of you, are we on? she's lost in moments again and I ask her.. on what side of you, are we on? she's lost in moments again and I ask her.. on what side of you, are we on? she's lost in moments again and I ask her..
5:56
ov Wine & Fire
THIS.INFERNAL.MACHINE
to bare this dark gift to drink thy own bitterness to exult yet another start into collapse the transgression of all things past the suffering of a thousand lifelines the death waltz of futility a burning tree of family history a dirgeful symphony in endless choir a grand disappointment for all before me all this and nothing more.. ov wine and fire and I carry, the fallen {wherever I do go} in my heart, embers are sustained {wherever I do roam} and I carry, the scars for {there will be more} etch thy last stone, for me today {lest be unknown} and I will survive this wasteland even though I am alone
5:06
Toil in Obscurity
THIS.INFERNAL.MACHINE
in the dusk with the lost with the no one cares made of stone, to soldier on with those who dare an inner light, with the dreamers, the self aware grinding life, devoid of sleep and counting time clawing forward, sliding down and back again system seizing, droning on refuse to die feed this mind, keep this engine.. well alive this shackling corporate cruelty, this cyclical wasteful commuting a broken system collapsing, a financial system for entrapping the monetization of all things, the planned obsolescence of everything these fucking leeches at the top, how unsustainable its all become deceivers and cowards {just fuel for the fire} sycophants and bastards {just fuel for the fire} corruption and insidious {just fuel for the fire} mindless and vicious {just fuel for the fire} this trickle down lie is building, the glass tower tombstones of our grave look around, the longer this goes on, the more of myself I betray counting every injustice and take away, this fury inside help me find escape down down and down again, you cannot control me, this will not be my end navigated through the charms and knives, to revel amongst the insightful minds fate ruled against the sun, now everything smells like dying before its begun armored from a life of failing, to survive what dreams may never come fuck the past there is only forward, on this journey to what i've become moments of meaning {just fuel for the fire} silhouettes of beauty {just fuel for the fire} integrity worth living {just fuel for the fire} freedom and yearning {just fuel for the fire} dying by day and thriving in dark, you in the mirror I know who you are {are} feeding this engine to keep me alive, another shitty thing another sliver of life scarred rusted and seething, this infernal machine is within me never lose sight of who you are, never forget who you are and I.. bide my time, at peace with my shadow side and I.. bide my time, I've reclaimed what was always mine
9:00

Requiem is a collection of pivotal chapters that irrevocably changed my life in differing ways. The journey to this point has been filled with hards stops, resets, selling/lacking of gear from financial insecurity, hard drive failure, dark eras lost to the grinds of life, mental health and relocation.

So why start here? Nietzsche once said, “Without music, life would be a mistake.” To call this album deeply personal is an understatement. Requiem is just as much a catharsis as a reclamation of self. I mention all of this to inspire anyone else who has also had to face similar daunting situations in their own way. Never give up.

Future works will likely go in a less personal direction or wherever the road may lead. You cannot make up for lost time but you can enjoy what’s left of it. To that end, here’s to building upon the bones of the past.. Requiem Reclamation: 25 years of rubbish

Credits

for fellow cinephiles, soundbites were used out of adoration and respect for the following: the Crow(1994), In the Mouth of Madness, Skyfall (2012), Dark City, the Northman, Army of Darkness, the Seven Seal (1957), the Jacket, Kiss of the Damned and Californication.

additional sample from Cyberpunk 2077