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Arrival
06:14
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When stepped onto that frozen undiscovered land
The night was only witness of such accident
With mist and darkness painted illusory emptiness
Completely masked the threat, so stranger, welcome
The way seems clear – remarkable scenario
The flash is starving for adventures never seen
The task is simple – to subject, not compromise,
No sways and no defeat. Must shine above, can’t be ignored!
Ah, excessing confidence has triggered something frightening
Soon our puzzled hero grasp impending doom
Weird shaped madness forms around, next move and noose is tightening
Such ironic twist …
Who is prey now? Who’s that rat breaking vainly through the maze?
No more option to turn back, only forward – keep the pace!
Great conqueror in own dreams, here worth zero – on your knees!
Fancy drama soon to end, make a choice to be a man – with dignity accept the fate
What distinguishes local breed – is it finally made clear?
Freely grown for thousands years vile archaic structure wins, so let it be.
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2. |
Per Aspera Ad Astra
04:40
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Stuck! All limits reached, all goals were set are fading visions you are failing to achieve.
Despaired, you must admit that grueling quest is now complete, nothing left
Insane – all efforts were to no avail.
For truth you have to seek to breach this vicious circle, spread the wings and …
Qui habit aures audienti audiat
The eternity yet to be heard…
False perpetuation, seeming win – delusions gone, accomplished nothing.
All the deeds acclaimed – all of a sudden worthless and pale, another fail, but you chose to stay.
Another try, but wounded spirit weak and sword is falling out
Brought down, surrender to the will of those who dare to glow, time has ...
Through vortex of chaos they’ll shepherd the flock
Forward MARCH!
“Ad astra per aspera” - whisper their minds
Through wisdom of chosen eternity calls
RISE
“Ad astra per aspera” – carved in their hearts
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3. |
Munchausen-by-Proxy
04:58
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Overwhelmed by love that sometimes hurts a lot
To seize control of pure heart that can’t be bribed or bought
Inflicting injuries becomes my strategy of fight
In order to pursue and win my caregiver’s right
It might seem weird to cripple someone
Whose presence you do really tend to crave
But this is just reflection of pathology
That dwells within the depths of soul depraved
Now when the law is summoned to my side
There will be none your life from me to hide
A child, who destined to fall prey to my obsession
(And become clad in iron gown of sick possession)
You simply crawl inside this serene tomb
Which many used to label as sweet home
Just like the one to descend from my womb
This game of pain is over
Your freedom is discarded like a pawn
I AM YOUR LORD FOR GOOD
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4. |
Dreamwielder
03:41
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Determined to follow his own tangled way
“Not of this world” is what many of us would normally say
Under unknown constellation he was brought to this Earth
To lead the desperate ones and bring the wishes waiting to come forth
Dreamwielder
Passing by the myriads of anomalous deadly traps
He stares through folded time and space, and sets the bridge across the gaps
The gaps between your poor perception and the truth
That underlies your inmost wishes waiting to come through
Chorus:
Dreamwielder, pathfinder, stalker – the chosen one
You serve to restore faith before it’s completely gone
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5. |
Fear Their Will
05:59
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A lonely mature sun above
Barren landscapes, ghastly state
Deceptive feeling of no life out there -
It exists, just waits its chance to flare again…
Winds are drifting free
Through empty yards, deserted lands.
But how this downfall came to be
In land once prosperous and full of life?
What came to poison ground and air –
Its presence in the eyes of few who dwelling there
Senseless
Greed and smell of fortune drive them mad
Madness,
Only concentrated madness will survive
FEAR THEIR WILL!
Fools, you never break them – they stand still
Cold, yet hardly ever resting rigid mind
No, you’ll never hide, you wretched kind
What makes you think your thriving days are soon to follow?
Your hopes are phantoms, deeds are vain – there is no bliss
Dark clouds are gathering, the storm is coming to your hollow
Your Lord betrayed you, you are subject to dismiss
Your past is fake so as your concepts of the current mission
You serve the predator - you are meat for greater beast
Fate unescapable, you all will bow on no condition
Through sound of breaking bones your scream will fade – you never lived
FEAR THEIR WILL
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6. |
Towers of Indifference
03:37
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They are stone cold golems of proper thought
The web between the dreams to which your life is sold
Stand beneath the everglittering bliss
Piercing the skies like giants
The ones that never seek any type of alliance
Material world Olympus
Artificial embodiment of dreams
Towers of indifference
If you feel so enchanted by their lonely pride
Only the stars above them can give you guiding light
Towers of indifference
[What must I feel
Being lost among these shelters of wealth
Is it envy, is it hate, is it something else?
Can I control the fear of being crashed like a bug
Or there’s nothing here to make me running amuck
Locked from the rest of the world
Their denizens dwell
Someone think it is heaven
And someone – hell
But what remains unsubdued to any change
Is a blank chilling sense of total indifference]
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7. |
Time and Space
04:39
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Falling far from grace
Forever in the shadows
Light cannot touch how long I've gone
Trapped I'm whole again
Lost space
Lost time
No surrender
No divide
Embrace THE pain
Embrace THIS life
Losing focus
Losing sight
GO
LEAVE ME TO BURN
IM FREE
Lost space
Lost time
No surrender
No divide
Embrace THE pain
Embrace THIS life
Losing focus
Losing sight
GO
LEAVE ME TO BURN
IM FREE
THE DISTANCE OF TIME AND SPACE
[THE HEART MAY GROW FOND AGAIN]
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