1. |
Serpent
03:36
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Newborn
Held to a trembling chest
It suckles the agony
Fed with frantic fear
The spirit’s soon infected
Stung by the fangs of vanity
(Now the) seeds won´t grow
No matter what we dream of
We’ll only reap what’s been sown
So life is lost
Seduced by the great serpent
The snake of mankind shedding skin
Serpents!
Hissing its hideous hymn
Own it, control it, rip out the core and clone it
Crawling for profit, inside the social snakepit
The venom of Mammon, the medusa’s hair is everywhere
She’s always there Always hungry Always aware
Somber silver dollar leahes
Sucking out our souls
Seduced by the great serpent
The snake of mankind shedding skin
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2. |
Vertigo
03:04
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At the edge of the great eternal
My eyes are blinded by the mist
It’s not the risk of falling
But that I wont be able to resist
I must not look down
Into that endless burning boiling black
But I cannot stop myself
And at the edge of the great eternal - I gave in
My body burst into smoke and dust
Was not the risk of falling - that I feared
But that I wasn’t able to resist.... to jump right in
I could not tell
If I flew or fell
Deep down, beyond all reason, beyond all sense, beyond myself
There I beheld the circle close
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3. |
Enigma
04:21
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Into the void I fell, a vision of the hell -
We build with our own minds
My every cell could feel it, the only thing that’s real is -
That death will have us all
Death devours every man
Our days are counted
We all fade away
Into the swirling vortex of Hades I saw myself divide
The grim reaper roared my name, and there and then I died
In sweat I wake up screaming, awake but somehow dreaming.
I’m back but not the same
It is the mystery that we don’t know and cannot see -
That makes us freeze in horror
The enigma can’t be solved
It devours every man
We all fade away..
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4. |
The Great Escape
03:36
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We seek our havens in the haze
For solace in the shades
A spark to spare us from the grey
cold depressive day
So close, so far beyond
Surrounded, yet alone
We stagger on
Waging a war that can’t be won
Go on and on...
So close, so far beyond
Surrounded, yet alone
Drowning senses deforming
Sliding into insanity
Drifting like ghost-ships enslaved by the spell
All sails are set for hell
Four Horsemen await us there
Terror, Bewilderment, Frustration, Despair
So sure, so weary wrong
Surrounded, yet alone
We stagger on
Sinking in shit that can’t be swum
We’re falling on and on...
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5. |
A Path With Heart
02:47
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To seek a path with power
A path with heart
To truly see
How we choose not to be ....free
Fumbling desperately to reach
The essence of the soul
In the drowsy dreaming grey
I am the hunter and the prey
I seek a path with power
A path with heart
To truly be
above all identity
To break the surface of what is me
To light the fire within and fly away
In this treacherous game
All roads end up the same
Let the path that I chose
Be a path with heart
In this treacherous game
All roads end up the same
I’ve found a path with power
A path with heart
I finally see
A way out of all misery
In the drowsy dreaming grey
I am the hunter and the prey
Light and fluid
I am impeccable!
I am already dead and ......gone
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6. |
Versus
03:10
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7. |
The Burden
02:06
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Then she just stopped breathing
That bullet turned me into stone
Paralyzed by this unbelievable truth
No reason, no warning, no good bye
Everything has been torn apart
Try to understand
You smashed me into pieces
With your dirty hands
I am here and still bleeding
For all those years it could have still been pounding
It is hard to comprehend
When you’ve got blood all over your hands
In that very last moment
You met my eyes and felt my torment
The panic, the burden
Implode in mindless murder
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8. |
In Chase Of Death
02:08
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Good mournings beg no pardon
Back to the factory
Our place in the machinery
No time to falter
The goal is clear
Get rich before you disappear
Mass-murdering mass-production
Faster, bigger, better, more!
Rats in a riot round and round
In chase of death!
In the mill of monotony (our) dreams are ground to dust
Chained to the burning engine
The green and golden god
Greasing its gears with our blood
To make a living
We give our lives
And but the irony survives
Slaves to our own consumption
Bleeding, sweating, crying whores!
Rats in a riot round and round
In chase oouuuvfh ....nuthin’ but death
We give our lives
In chase of death!
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9. |
Phlow
04:42
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To break the surface of what is me
To light the fire within and fly away
Rise – free your mind
Fly – Leave the ghosts behind
For the demons we breed can only feed on our fear
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere
When the sharpest scythe slices the sphere of sanity
And when the mortal mind melts from the insight
That there is no respite!
Then you’ll know You are not what you cling to
Then you’ll know You are not what you own
And you will know
That we all die alone
Let the hatred go
Let it flow
The seeds of peace are yours to sow
If you refuse to pull the trigger
You are not at war
The choice is only yours
Lift your head and face the sun
Why shun the light when night is sure to come
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10. |
I, Sentinel
02:36
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Is the inner voice the true self
Who is really in command
(It) doesn´t matter if you listen
When you hear just what you understand
I’ll stand
I need no helping hand
Leave me be
I bear my burden like a man
Don´t come closer! Stay away!
Thou shall not pass
I - Sentinel
Guarding the gate to my hell
The shame must never be... revealed
I hide it well
Nothing enters, nothing leaves
My empty shell
stays unbroken
Thou shall not pass
No one shall behold what I am
Go! Stay away from me
I am the sentinel
Mark my words
Thou shall not pass
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11. |
Hiatus
03:20
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12. |
Breakthrough
03:18
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Halfway across the bridge of a thousand sighs
Arid and dry, prepared to lose this life
But where to leave this surrendering spirit of mine
Where to leave this shattered soul
My mind exploded and it cleared
There is no escape, there will be no mercy here
And to seek for death is to seek for nothing
This is our ghastly doom
This is our human glorious.. fate
We are naught
but dead men in the game
Cheating and stealing to make a safe way to the grave
And I saw how we all
equal nothing..
We are nothing but
apeirophobic airy fucking fools
Oh.. I can see it, It’s shining crystal clear
This life is our ghastly glorious fate
I’m still here, it is not too late
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Memfis Sweden
Alternative Progressive Metal for the impatient.
Gothenburg/Stockholm, Sweden.
2003-present.
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