1. |
The Bell
02:50
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[Verse 1]
Once upon a time
You, in confidence, told me this tale
How you've been living under a spell
Until it was too late.
Every word you've said had to rhyme.
Every sentence has run out of jail.
And you know well for whom tolls the bell,
From what path to deviate.
[Verse 2]
Disenchantment has its price,
Now you're severed, but it shall be fine.
All your letters addressed to the stars—
From a chimney they escape.
An unfortunate roll of dice.
I believe now that it was the sign,
Inside out to hide all former scars
Shifting its elusive shape.
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2. |
Morning Star
03:49
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[Verse 1]
Haunted housing, owned by ghouls
Schools for shooting other schools
Solemn promises of hate
Blessings of infernal state
Wrecks and ruins, poisoned air
Life eternal in despair
Horrors bred for crowded tombs
Flames of hope that run on fumes
[Verse 2]
Second coming, third estate,
Revolution's gonna wait
Fratricidal lookalikes
Heads that crown those countless spikes
Preaching verses full of dread
Seeing things in shades of red
Morning star is shining bright
With its violent delight
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3. |
Out of Control
05:08
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[Verse 1]
Restless are the demons
You possess
Kneel in front of heathens
And confess
Bless me for I have sinned
Weakened are walls you've built
[Chorus]
So I've been told
(Oh) That is all
Fortresses won't hold
It's no one's fault
[Verse 2]
Make your peace, start over
Somewhere else
Fields of reeds and clover,
Seas in shells
Wells full of sparkling flames
Paths turned into a maze
[Chorus]
So I've been told
(Oh) That is all
Fortresses won't hold
It's no one's fault
End times unpredicted
Now unfold
It's out of control
[Verse 3]
Broken when in doubt
Vows we've made
Look what I have found
Be afraid
[Bridge]
But you see
nothing at all
nothing at all
Truth's concealed
In the black hole
Out of control
[Chorus]
So I've been told
(Oh) That is all
Fortresses won't hold
It's no one's fault
End times unpredicted
Now unfold
It's out of control
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4. |
Another Castle
03:55
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[Verse 1]
Hello again,
Stranger from long ago
Someone I still don’t know
Phantom limb pain
Was it in vain
Moving against the flow
Answer’s still no
And it feels like
[Chorus 1]
Phoenix immured in a stone
Burning inside all along
Statues with ashes within
Smouldering under the skin
In another castle
[Verse 2]
Look what we’ve got
Ladders made out of snakes
Drowning in frozen lakes
Gordian knot
Right on the spot
Nightmare of old awakes
Our lives it takes
And it feels like
[Chorus 2]
Phoenix immured in a rock
That must be some cruel joke
Mountains of fire and doom
Lava I keep in my room
In another castle
[Bridge]
Know thy saviour
Life was a failure
End is nigh
And it feels like
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5. |
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[Verse 1]
Words and signs
Conjured out of thin air
Answer to a prayer
Flips, turns and slides
Contouring our faded fate
In unaltered state
Leading us nowhere
[Chorus]
I've been trapped
Just to fall apart
In this twice-told tale
Acting out
Someone else's part
Preordained to fail
[Verse 2]
Wide awake
In recurring dreams
Nothing as it seems
Hundredth take
Actions lost their meaning
Devoid of any feeling
Try to escape by all means
[Chorus]
I've been trapped
Just to fall apart
In this twice-told tale
Acting out
Someone else's part
Preordained to fail
[Bridge]
Hidden from gaze
This Holy Grail—
Way out of here
Leaving no trace
Chasing no tail
Having no fear
[Chorus]
I've been trapped
Just to fall apart
In this twice-told tale
Acting out
Someone else's part
Preordained to fail
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6. |
Monsters
04:40
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[Verse 1]
Divinations unforetold
Flying patterns
Flickers dancing on a wall
Don’t withhold
Fangs and claws
Reach those bones
We cast
Shadows paused
Time withdraws
At last
[Chorus]
No one knows what happens
When we use our weapons
On the gods from the machines
We might be awakened
Making no mistake and
Chasing monsters in their dreams
[Verse 2]
Alterations delving deep
Upside down
And we shall forever sleep
Underground
Fears now face
Fallen grace
Aghast
Twilight dwells
In frozen hell
From past
[Chorus]
No one knows what happens
When we use our weapons
On the gods from the machines
We might be awakened
Making no mistake and
Chasing monsters in their dreams
[Outro]
No one knows
No one knows what happens
No one knows
No one knows what happens
No one knows what happens
No one knows
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7. |
Wedding of Ghosts
04:31
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[Verse 1]
Vanish from all photographs (I want to)
Let's ascend above the clouds (in a lantern)
Bless the rivers, curse the sea with Greek fire
All lost voices now sing in a choir
[Chorus]
I host the wedding of ghosts
We celebrate being too late
Their hope is but a tightrope
That they've already lost
[Verse 2]
Contemplation of a loss (such a pattern)
Cover me, old gravestone moss (it is time to)
Tell me please why can't you see my great pyre
Keep the memory of me unexpired
[Chorus]
I host the wedding of ghosts
We celebrate being too late
Their hope is but a tightrope
That they've already lost
[Chorus]
I host the wedding of ghosts
We celebrate being too late
Their hope is but a tightrope
That they've already lost
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8. |
Unrest
05:07
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[Verse 1]
Raise our black flag, unrest in peace
Grieving bliss
Death gave us each a parting kiss
[Verse 2]
Payment for passing all these years
Time's abyss
Take us across the river Styx
Son of Nyx
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9. |
Mind Palace
02:54
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Those silent screams
Overheard by no one,
Whispers that fall on deaf ears.
Signs on the walls,
A collapsed mind palace
Buried for hundreds of years.
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