In geology, a rift or chasm is a place where the Earth's crust and lithosphere are being pulled apart and is an example of extensional tectonics.
Typical rift features are a central linear downfaulted segment, called a graben, with parallel normal faulting and rift-flank uplifts on either side forming a rift valley, where the rift remains above sea level. The axis of the rift area commonly contains volcanic rocks, and active volcanism is a part of many, but not all active rift systems.
Major rifts occur along the central axis of mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust and lithosphere is created along a divergent boundary between two tectonic plates.
Failed rifts are where continental rifting began, but then failed to continue to the point of break-up. Typically the transition from rifting to spreading develops at a triple junction where three converging rifts meet over a hotspot. Two of these evolve to the point of seafloor spreading, while the third ultimately fails, becoming an aulacogen.
Last night, in the moments my thoughts were adrift
And coasting a terrace, approaching a rift
Through which I could spy several glimpses beneath
Of the darkness, the light from above could not reach
I spied wings of reason, herself taking flight
And upon yonder precipice saw her alight
And glared back at me one last look of dismay
As if she were the last one, she thought I'd betray
So much better I said to myself
And drawing quite close to the top of the shelf
I struggled with destiny upon the ledge
And gasped when defeated, he slipped off the edge
And silence contagious in moments like these
Consumed me and strengthened my will to appease
The passion that sparked me one terrible night
And shocked and persuaded my soul to ignite
So much better, I said to myself
And drawing quite close to the top of the shelf
I struggled with destiny upon the ledge
And gasped when defeated, he slipped off the edge
And silence contagious in moments like these
Consume me and strengthen my will to appease
The passion that sparked me one terrible night
(And shocked and persuaded my soul to ignite)
And shocked and persuaded my soul to ignite
And shocked and persuaded my soul to ignite
And shocked and persuaded my soul to ignite
Here I stand
All alone, drowning in regret
I have myself to blame again
No words can never make amends
I am the damage
I am the loss
I am everything that breaks down
I am the reason
I am the cause
I am the wound you'll never close
These things I never wanted
Tearing through me
Destroying everything I've done
My rotten whispers speak to know one
Yet these walls will not fall down
Rift
It's breaking me down
And no one ever seems to see how much it really meant
to me
Go away
It cut me deeper than we knew
And all the things we ever felt are buried underneath
my guilt
Rift
It's expanding with time
And the storm I brought between us
Will burn us forever
Go away
I've lost everthing inside
I have torn apart the threads that held my soul
together one more time
All I've had
I've lost one by one
They fall apart
Again, my tortured mind cannot revive
the dreasm I've thrown away this time
I almost lost myself
I've never been so alone
Your memory never fades
I don't know what I've become
But I am left with this
I've trapped myself
Inside believing
I would never lose my ground
I forced you out alone
I've made a tough decision
We must make sure that mankind will survive
They' ve taken everything, but this sacred promise
Though this might be the last day for me with you
I have to make you sleep and dream of someone else
Seal your past, so you won't be able to tell them
I open a rift into the unknown
And take a silent walk, through time
Where ends this colorful journey
Will I ever see the curtain fall
The dream is strongar than ever
There is unchained magic in the air
It's right before me on a transparant plane
Juggling with a liquid substance
Is it a final test I have to break through
Which way am I supposed to chose
Suddenly I'm able to hear my own steps
But still unable to sort out what's far and what's near
And when the unseen walls I pass becomes concrete
Is it all in vain, am I about to spend my time with time
I made a tough decision a long time ago
After I realized we were falling apart
Though it was the last day for me with you
I made you sleep and dream of someone else
It's blocking out the truth, buried deep in you
Mortal
Fathom
Rift
you say you'll lift me up
you say you'll cover me
you say you'll fill my cup
before it empties
you say you're never far
you say not far from me
you say that where you are i'll
always be
and i believe you
you say that when you love
you love with all your might
you say you trust by faith and
not by sight
and i believe... you
i believe you, i believed you
you said you'd lift me up
you said you'd cover me
you said you'd nurse my cuts
you stare and watch me bleed
your eyes have seen The Glory
but your body's on hold
your lips have kissed The
Story
but your story's leaving me
cold
sometimes our lives depend
on that which we place faith in
and sometimes faith relies
in Whom we are depending
sometimes our broken hearts
are healed the moment we