Intrinsic is the second studio album by American progressive metal band The Contortionist, released through eOne Music/Good Fight Entertainment on July 17, 2012.

On October 3, 2012, vocalist/keyboardist Jonathan Carpenter released a track-by-track guide for each of the album's songs through Metal Sucks.

Jonathan Carpenter commented: Intrinsic‘s lyrics were aimed to be a science-fiction inspired conceptual storyline.

The last five are from the perspective of future patients coping with a shared reality scenario; a narrative on the potential of using technology to achieve a perfect dream you could feel and control with ease.

There’s an eerie uncertainty to how a person’s psyche will react to that degree of extended consciousness.All lyrics are written by Jonathan Carpenter; all music is composed by The Contortionist