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Predestined to Fall
09:36
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We’re drifting away from ourselves, yet we cannot change our path
We’re running away from ourselves, though we want to stay united
Lost in the ocean of sorrow, we are trying not to drown
‘Cause we are, ‘cause we are…
We are predestined to fall
Predestined to fail each other
Predestined to live to die alone
Mutual destruction
The line was crossed
We're past the point of breaking
Our future is lost
No river to take us back
We are predestined to fall
Predestined to betray each other
Predestined to live, to die alone
Mutual destruction
The line was crossed
We’re past the point of breaking
Our future is lost
No river to take us back again
No river to take us back home
We are predestined to fall
Predestined to break each other
Predestined to live to die alone
Mutual destruction
The line was crossed
We’re past the point of breaking
Our future is lost
No river to take us back
Our future is lost
No river to take us back again
No river to take us back home
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Blinded by Light
05:33
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Sealed under the dome of scattered light
A glowing haze distorting our senses affecting our brains
Blinded by the light diffusing through the night
Circadian disruption
Washing out darkness of the night
The stars are but a faint memory today
Blinded by the light diffusing through the night
Circadian disruption, insomnia
Turn off the lights
Tear down the cities' ceiling
Let the darkness rule the night again
Blinded by the light
Circadian disruption
Blinded by the light
Insomnia
There will be nothing but the moon and stars to light our way
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3. |
Redemption
08:17
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Angry, disillusioned
Downtrodden, stripped of dignity
Injustice surrounds you
You cannot find a way from this misery
Then someone shows up with a promise of way out
"Join our cause, change the world
Spread the terror, show the power of our god!”
Now you’re marching
Under the banners of false god
Marching to war
Searching for human sacrifice
Corrupt prophets pointing the way
Paradise awaits
Meet your destiny
Now take your arms
Raise them high
Forever we shall fight
Hold them high
Never will we surrender
Take your arms
Forever we shall fight… till we die
Opression, destruction and suffering
Destroying lives in the name of their faith
Slaughtering innocents
A crime against humanity
Seeking redemption, instead finding damnation
Their god never existed
Never existed
Never was alive
You’ve reached the end
You’ve reached the end of your journey
But nothing lies ahead
No salvation, no redemption
Nothing lies ahead
Only fear, pain, death and oblivion
Over, it’s over now
You’ve reached the end of your journey
Nothing lies ahead only death and oblivion
Oblivion
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4. |
235
06:01
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Trapped in the midst of conflict
Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
Bullets and shrapnel keep scarring the ground
Never-ending nightmare from which I cannot wake
A fragile balance shifting to sides
Every advance paid for in blood
The final solution
Nuclear fission will set the sky aflame
"We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says: "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.“ I suppose we all thought that one way or another."
Obscure shadow in the sky
Bringer of destruction and despair
Angel of death from above
A Little Boy is coming down for you
Detonators were ignited
The atoms collide
Critical mass has been reached
The chain reaction is imminent
There is no way back
Only death and suffering
There is no way back
Thousands of lives are over
The empire’s crumbling
Nuclear holocaust of souls
Cities turned to ashes
No turning back now
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No Sleep
05:14
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No sleep for me
Farewell my dreams, farewell
Vivid nightmares
Keep haunting me night and day
Being from twisted dimension
Keeps whispering my name at night
A touch of evil
Corrupting my body, tormenting my soul
Perverse ritual
Offering human sacrifice
Dark portal opens
Black doorway into our reality
A howling wind
Is carrying unearthly chants through the night
A rising storm
Filling my lungs with smothering scent
The sky cracks open
Obscure light pierces the darkness
Kneel now!
Bow to the Black Goat of the Woods!
Corrosive visions
Of demonic fornication
A feast on souls
Psychic mutilation
I don’t know what’s real anymore
As I delve deep into the horrors of my soul
In the end nothing remains but an empty shell
And all around scattered pieces of my sanity
-Unearthly incantations-
No sleep for me
Now my life is over
Empty gaze
Bleeding hole in the temple
Being from twisted dimension
Stopped whispering my name at night
A touch of evil
Corrupted my body, destructed my soul
The sky cracked open
Obscure light pierced the darkness
Kneel now!
Bow to the Black Goat of the Woods!
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Despair
02:36
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7. |
Hope
07:36
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Genetic alterations
Uncontrolled reproduction
Malignant formation is growing inside me
Ruthless, relentless
The immune system is failing
Toxic warfare is the final solution
Devouring me from within
In the end there's nothing left but hope
There is nothing left but hope
Penetrating blood vessel walls
Circulating in my blood stream
Settling, invading, metastasizing
Desecrating my body, my temple
The organs are failing
Systems are shutting down
I don't know if I live another day
Pale mare greets me from shadows
There's nothing left
There's nothing left
Nothing to live for
There's nothing left
Nothing to live for
Nothing left but hope
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