1. |
The Guardian
07:05
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I’ll be there, by your side
Taking care of distractions
That I see, that you feel
That we fear
Push ahead, don’t look back
Be prepared for whatever comes
What you love, what you hate
What you fear
Crash through the barriers
Open your mind
Reach out and discover
Fear not your enemy
I will be your guardian
Crash through the barriers
Open your mind
Reach out and discover
Fear not your enemy
I will be your guardian
I’ll be there, close beside
Plunging together down to the dark
We won’t see, but we’ll feel
We won’t fear
Your time has come, time to fly
Break the shackles that bound you down
Find your love, let go of hate
Have no fear
Crash through the barriers
Open your mind
Reach out and discover
Fear not your enemy
I will be your guardian
Crash through the barriers
Open your mind
Reach out and discover
Fear not your enemy
I will be your guardian
Crash through the barriers
Open your mind
Reach out and discover
Fear not your enemy
I will be your guardian
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2. |
Face the Fire
04:52
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Welcome back! Come on in
It’s been too long since you’ve seen this show
Let’s kill the lights, you won’t need them here
Let the embers on the pyre grow
And the fire starts
Burning heat, can’t keep cool
Encroaching warmth is coming through
No place to run, no place to hide
But you cannot let that break your stride
And the fire grows
Face the fire
There’s no turning back
Face the fire
It’s time to let it grow
Back to back or face-to-face
No matter what you can’t leave this place
As the cinders fall around
Old scars will blister, new ones form
And the fire burns
Remember when you used to fear
But you took the plunge when you came here
No time to panic, don’t second guess
Or you’ll wind up burning like all the rest
And the fire grows
Face the fire
There’s no turning back
Face the fire
It’s time to let it grow
Face the fire
There’s no turning back
Face the fire
It’s time to let it grow
Face the fire
There’s no turning back
Face the fire
It’s time to let it grow
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3. |
Haunted
05:27
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The artist lifts his brush up again
And paints an image of the time we would spend
Spinning stories of lives, not our own
Weaving tales of those never born
And now I look into its eyes
And they seem to stare at me (can’t look away)
I feel myself drawn by its power
And it seems to come alive
(No hope now)
(The strings are struck)
(The bell is rung)
(Trouble has begun)
The hour has come to realize
What you see is what you are
Images given life
Haunted by memories of you
The colors spin in blues and in greys
Becoming a spiral that blots out the day
Enraptured now I can see no escape
Past and present blend into the paint
The image calls back a strong feeling
Like it always has been with me (can’t look away)
Blowing me back like a gust of wind
Evoking thoughts that have long been hidden
(No hope now)
(The strings are struck)
(The bell is rung)
(Trouble has begun)
The hour has come to realize
What you see is what you are
Images given life
Haunted by memories of you
The hour has come to realize
What you see is what you are
Images given life
Haunted by memories
The hour has come to realize
What you see is what you are
Images given life
Haunted by memories of you
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4. |
Innocence
05:02
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Reflecting on the years
Reckoning with what I’ve seen
I don’t know what you said
That left such an impression
You don’t seem like you were
You’re wearing a different face
But I know what you are
I’m immune to your charms
I can see you
Through the shadows
I’m not falling for this trick again
I’m not going to lie to myself
I’m preparing for what you’ll do
No more
Innocence
It’s gone
No longer blind to how you work
I’m caught, whoa
Innocence
I’m not
A cog in the machine you built
I’m free, oh
You put me in chains again
Enslave me to one of your whims
But I have grown wise to this
Game that you think you wrote
You are not the only one
Who has a trick up their sleeve
And you are about to see
Just how wrong you’ve been about me
I can see you
Through the shadows
I’m not falling for this trick again
I’m not going to lie to myself
I’m preparing for what you’ll do
No more
Innocence
It’s gone
No longer blind to how you work
I’m caught, whoa
Innocence
I’m not
A cog in the machine you built
I’m free, oh
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5. |
Solidarity
04:14
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Assemble rank and file, move on out
Mission parameters are all set
Don't question where we're going, or why
Your lives will be remembered for all time
Don't listen to what's inside
Stay steady, I will provide
Trust no one but yours truly
Grind the flesh of prey and foe
Do not ask what makes them so
All of this is for our glory
The less you think of their humanity
The easier it becomes to act
Capriciousness is what we offer
The sale is done, it’s inevitable
We profit from all these tears
Feel solidarity
Don’t show any weakness
When all is said and done
Destruction is what we've sown
No matter the cost
Come brothers, embrace my love
Pledge your allegiance to peace at last
By burning the world in piety
Now we come at last to be as one
Now we stand with singular purpose
Come brothers, embrace my love
Pledge your allegiance to peace at last
By burning the world in piety
Together we’ll claim immortality
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6. |
Ghosts of the Past
03:50
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I can see it now
Leaving footprints behind
I must carry on
No matter what we find
Though we cannot change what came before
And ghosts of the past seem to haunt our nightmares
And though I’m wide awake, my dreams cling to my mind
Do we wish that the past were just not what it is?
Sweat starts pouring down
And the pain rushes in
Do I look ahead?
Or wallow on the ground?
Though we cannot change what came before
And ghosts of the past seem to haunt our nightmares
And though I’m wide awake, my dreams cling to my mind
Do we wish that the past were just not what it is?
I will rise again
Lift my eyes to the sun
Ask no mercy now
Welcome what comes ahead
Though we cannot change what came before
And ghosts of the past seem to haunt our nightmares
And though I’m wide awake, my dreams cling to my mind
Do we wish that the past were just not what it is?
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7. |
Dancing on a Needlepoint
04:55
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Instrumental
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8. |
I Stand Alone
05:44
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I stand on the edge
Of this precipice
Waiting for it all to end
Wanting for someone to feel the same
I wake up in another world
With eyes as cold as steel
These winds won’t take me high above
These wounds, they cannot heal
I stare across the battlefield
The ashes of my life
These scars the only memory
Of what was felt inside
So I have to ask myself, why I live this life
I cannot escape the cage that’s formed around my every thought
Though I tried, yes I tried, I remain lost in space
I stand alone, alone
Imagination takes me
Where reality could not
I dreamt it would be different
An inner peace in sight
So I steel my eyes, resist the wind
Find strength within myself
I cannot do it on my own
Yet I have no choice
Over time I’ve come to ask myself, if I can move on
All the times I stumble I get up, it gets harder every time
Though I tried, yes I tried, I remain lost in space
I stand alone, alone
Now once more I ask myself, will this pain live on?
If I try to hide this burden passes on to someone else
Though I tried, yes I tried, I remain lost in space
I stand alone, alone
I stand alone, alone
I step from the edge
Which way will I go?
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Ethereal Sunrise
Hard rock/prog rock project created by multi-instrumentalists and songwriters Alex Benson and Jared Weiss. Debut album Steady as Rock available now!
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