Ivory Tower

"Messiah Complex I: Ivory Tower" is a song by British progressive metal band Haken. It is the sixth song on the band's sixth album, Virus, and the first track in the "Messiah Complex" suite.

Basis

NOTE: It's recommended that you know the basis of the album before you read this.

"Ivory Tower" marks the beginning of the ascendance of the Cockroach King. The song follows either Dr. Rex or Patient 21's mental state completely deteriorating as they begin to become possessed by the Cockroach.

Production

Little is known about the production of "Ivory Tower".

Lyrics

"Messiah Complex I: Ivory Tower" lyrics [Click here]

Shameless
Skying above
Preying on the nameless
Jury and judge
Everything they had was never enough

Spirit me away
Crawling under my skin
Spiralling through my head
Taste my own medicine
Drunk on the power
Rid this pestilence from within
A prayer for the innocent
Talk me down from the ledge of my ivory tower

Struggle to be in the now
When life's too much to swallow
It spits me right out
But I cling on
Reaping seeds I dared to sow
For all the lives I ever stole
And now I must repel the host

Forever I'll be spirited away
Crawling under my skin
Spiralling through my head
Taste my own medicine
Drunk on the power
Rid this pestilence from within
A prayer for the innocent
Talk me down from the ledge of my ivory tower

Where I end you begin When I fall you will stand

Personnel

Haken

Ross Jennings - vocals
Richard Henshall - guitars
Charlie Griffiths - guitars
Diego Tejeida - keyboards
Conner Green - bass
Raymond Hearne - drums

Trivia

The "Pathfinder's Pandemecium of Vivid Futures" item in the video game Tiny Tina's Wonderlands takes its description from the song's chorus.

"Messiah Complex I: Ivory Tower"

Song by Haken

Album	Virus
Genre	Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
Length	3:57
Live Plays	0 (#54 [tied])

Virus

"Canary Yellow"

"Ivory Tower"

"A Glutton for Punishment"