Emileigh Rohn is a solo artist who produces the dark industrial electronic … Read Full Bio ↴Emileigh Rohn is a solo artist who produces the dark industrial electronic music project Chiasm signed by Cop International records. She has released three full-length albums, Disorder, Relapse, and REFORM, and her music has been featured on several compilation CDs, in the PC video game Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines by Troika Games, on the CBS television series NCIS and in the independent film Extinguish released by Outsider Filmworks. The name Chiasm (Greek χίασμα, "crossing") comes from the biological term of the crossing of optic neurons in the brain that allow people to have continuous and peripheral vision. Chiasm is produced in Detroit, USA.

At the age of five, Emileigh Rohn began taking piano lessons from her church organist, Mildred Benson, and eventually began singing solos in church. By the age of 13 she received a Casiotone keyboard and began experimenting with electronic music. In her final year of high school she joined an experimental/industrial performance art group called Inter Animi.

In the fall of 1997, while studying molecular biology in Detroit, Rohn joined Calvin P. Simmons in his project Dragon Tears Descending (DTD) as a keyboardist doing performances and supporting other bands. Rohn then left DTD and formed her own project Electrophoretic Transfer in 1998.

Chiasm began in 1998 when Rohn began to entirely produce her own music with her first demo CD named "Embryonic" completed in October. Her song "Bouncing Baby Clones" was featured on a Detroit Electronica compilation CD, D[elEcTROnIc]T, in the spring of 1999. By March 2001, Rohn released her debut album, Disorder on COP International.

Following Disorder, the track "Isolated" was released on the PC Game, "Vampire-The Masqurerade-Bloodlines" as well as used in an episode of the CBS series "Navy:NCIS" in 2003 coinciding with the release of the remix album with labelmate Threat Level 5 titled "Divided We Fall: The Remix Collection". The second full-length solo album, "Relapse" was released in 2005, also on COP.

Chiasm released a virtual single, "Prefrontal EP", exclusively on iTunes in 2006 through COP International. Her new full-length album, titled "REFORM", was released in September 2008! "REFORM" CDs are now available! Be sure to check out the new Facebook page, and keep in touch with her on Myspace where new remixes and random older tracks are also posted for streaming!

Emileigh is currently working on new material, an album called "11:11" and remixes/collaborations with other artists.

For more information, see her web site, www.chiasm.org

Chosen Fate
Chiasm Lyrics

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Unborn I feed on you alone
When will my soul become my own?
Soon I'll awake the world to see
Learning a false reality

I'm left with no escape
Won't live with chosen fate
Existence is a fraud

Who says we should play God?
The future is at stake
A new life to awake
A life of every wish
Perfection for the rich
Attempt to fight disease
And put our souls at ease
Programmed lethality
Destroyed mortality

Unborn I feed on you alone
When will my soul become my own?
Soon I'll awake the world to see
Learning a false reality

I'm left with no escape
Won't live with chosen fate
Existence is a fraud
Who says we should play God?
I'm left with no escape
Won't live with chosen fate
This time we are too late
There's no time left to wait
Genetic engineer
What could there be to fear?
Biotechnology
Our new theology

Created by our skill
What happened to free will?
Specific role to fill
Still not allowed to kill

The future is at stake
A new life to awake

I'm left with no escape
Won't live with chosen fate

Overall Meaning

In "Chosen Fate," the singer is an unborn being reflecting on their existence and questioning when their soul will become their own. The being is consuming the one source of sustenance available to them, which is the host's body. The chorus of the song speaks to the singer's desire for freedom and control over their own fate. The being rejects the idea of predetermined destiny and exposes the idea that existence itself is a fraud. In the next verse, the singer asserts that human beings have no right to play God and manipulate life as they see fit. The singer notes the potential consequences of tampering with mortality and questions the ethics of genetic engineering.

Overall, the song speaks to the dangers of playing with what it means to be alive and raises important ethical questions surrounding biotechnology. It also explores the human desire for control over their own fate and questions the ideas of destiny, free will, and mortality.

Line by Line Meaning

Unborn I feed on you alone
As an unborn being, I am solely dependent on the sustenance provided by the host.

When will my soul become my own?
I wonder when I will be able to exercise free will and have control over my own destiny.

Soon I'll awake the world to see
One day I will come into existence and start exploring the world with my own eyes.

Learning a false reality
But what I see and learn may not be the true reality, and may be manipulated or controlled by external forces.

I'm left with no escape
I feel trapped in this world and unable to break free from my predetermined path.

Won't live with chosen fate
I will not accept the predetermined fate imposed upon me by others.

Existence is a fraud
I believe that our very existence may be a false construct, created by external forces for their own purposes.

Who says we should play God?
Who has the authority to manipulate our existence and control our fate?

The future is at stake
Our future existence as a species is uncertain and may be threatened by external forces.

A new life to awake
We need to awaken to the possibilities of new life and new ways of living in this world.

A life of every wish
We should strive for a life where all our dreams and wishes can come true.

Perfection for the rich
The ideal of perfection can only be attained by those who have the means to achieve it.

Attempt to fight disease
We should work towards curing diseases and alleviating human suffering.

And put our souls at ease
Our mental and emotional wellbeing should be given as much importance as our physical health.

Programmed lethality
The possibility of being programmed to self-destruct is a dangerous threat to our existence.

Destroyed mortality
The quest for immortality must be balanced with the need to accept our own mortality.

This time we are too late
It may already be too late to prevent irreversible harm to our future existence.

There's no time left to wait
We need to take action now to save our future, as there may not be any time left.

Genetic engineer
Scientists who manipulate genes to create new life forms or modify existing ones.

What could there be to fear?
Why should we fear genetic engineering and the possibilities it could bring?

Biotechnology
The application of technology to biological systems, paving the way for new innovations and discoveries.

Our new theology
Our understanding of life and existence may be replaced by a new theology based on scientific progress.

Created by our skill
New life forms and technologies are emerging thanks to our advanced skills and knowledge.

What happened to free will?
Our free will may be compromised or lost in the face of advancing technology and scientific progress.

Specific role to fill
We may be assigned or forced into specific roles in society or in the grand scheme of things.

Still not allowed to kill
Regardless of our technological or scientific advancements, the act of taking a life may still be considered unethical or illegal.

Contributed by Aaliyah K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.

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