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Ice or Fire
11:10
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Nightfall comes into my mind
Light has gone by the wayside
I’ve had it up to here
Pretending I’m not clear
The puppet breaks its strings
The pawn becomes the king
I won’t stay quiet now
Time to learn what I’m about
No! I won’t take anymore
I’ll look you in the eye
I’m here until the day you die
No! I won’t just stand around
I won’t be run to ground
With ice or fire I will tear you down
Poison seeps out from my skin
I can feel the damage done
Brokering trust in you
You used me like a fool
And now the tables turn
Get ready, watch and burn
One day you’ll look back at me
Maybe then you too will see
No! I won’t take anymore
I’ll look you in the eye
I’m here until the day you die
No! I won’t just stand around
I won’t be run to ground
With ice or fire I will tear you down
Racing fast
Cannot see ahead
Blinded by my hopes
Hiding my despair
Running fast
I see a glimpse ahead
It surrounds me
Filled with emptiness
Racing fast
I am in its grips
I cannot fight this
Overwhelming lie
Running fast
Away from pain
I have no strength
Left to stay alive
Iubeo liberare
iram tuam paci tuae
Iubeo liberare
iram tuam paci tuae
Ira illa venenat
Animam et mentem
Includans vitam tuam
Liberate
Iubeo liberare te
Clama veritas
Clama perennis serenitas
Clama veritas
Clama perennis serenitas
I have crawled back from the grave
Reclaimed the man I was
I let out all the poison within
I wash my hands of your crimes
Send your filth down the drain
With ice or fire I’ll be free of you
I have crawled back from the grave
Reclaimed the man I was
I let out all the poison within
I wash my hands of your crimes
Send your filth down the drain
With ice or fire I’ll be free of you
Clama libertas (clama libertas) iam
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2. |
Return to Shadow
04:59
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Window lies open
Never relief
Cannot be closed again
Winter’s cold embrace
No warmth remains
Penetrates to the heart
And I will return to shadow again
When all is lost in time and in pain
Enclosed, desperately armored
I would go to the end, but then
What’s left of us?
And I will emerge from shadow again
Though all is lost in time and in pain
Alone, desperately wander
I will go to the end, but then
What’s left of us?
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3. |
Takin' It Easy
04:43
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Oh no!
Taking it easy is getting harder in every way
Who can relax when there’s so much that taxes
Every second of the day
Oh no!
Trying to find the time from every single corner
A minute here and a minute there
Are all I can afford
Letting go
Blow by blow
Taking time
Will make it easier
Alright!
Made it through another day of consternation
Feel the mundane that’s been sapping my energy
Just let it slip away
Alright!
Time to unwind and push out whatever’s on my mind
I can’t stand another minute feeling this way
So I guess I will take it easy
Letting go
Blow by blow
Taking time
Will make it easier
Take it slow
Let it go
All this show
Is a recipe for insanity
Worry free
So easily
This story
Is a recipe for insanity
Oh no!
Taking it easy is getting harder in every way
Who can relax when there’s so much that taxes
Every second of the day
Alright!
Time to unwind and push out whatever’s on my mind
I can’t stand another minute feeling this way
So I guess I will take it easy
Letting go
Blow by blow
Taking time
Will make it easier
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4. |
Break the Wall
06:18
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Watching it all from my corner
Waiting it out, what could I do?
The talking heads spit out their poison
Lulling us all into catastrophe
Frustration keeps holding us down
Inaction will spread, then apathy
Believing the whole thing is pointless
Yet I declare: I’m not beholden to you
(Break the wall)
You cannot stop us
(Break the wall)
We’ll reach out as one
(Break the wall)
This fight is not over
(Break the wall)
We will not be cast aside
The words we’ve all heard are delusions
Meant to confuse, to cover our eyes
A cloud of darkness surrounds us
But hot air is no match for a mind unblinded
I am not playing by their rules
The trappings of power will not defeat
A force that will grow like an earthquake
Thunderous and bold, enlightened and free from deceit
(Break the wall)
You cannot stop us
(Break the wall)
We’ll reach out as one
(Break the wall)
This fight is not over
(Break the wall)
We will not be cast aside
(Break the wall)
We cannot ignore it
(Break the wall)
Our minds will be free
(Break the wall)
No one will bring us down
(Break the wall)
They all we’ll see
(Break the wall)
You cannot stop us
(Break the wall)
We’ll reach out as one
(Break the wall)
This fight is not over
(Break the wall)
We will not be cast aside
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I am the face in the shadows
That clings upon your darkest thoughts
I hear what you only whisper
I’ve seen what lies behind the wall
I’m there in the corner of your mind
I’m buried there deep down inside
Look out but you cannot see me
Yet you know I’m always there
I tried to hide what I could see
To grin and bear hypocrisy
Forgetting all that I’ve been through
Seeing the world as it should be
I am the face in the shadows
Reflecting on your wounded heart
I hear the screaming inside you
Demanding to be released again
And the mirror looks back
And the mirror looks back at you
I’m struggling to keep inside
The demons that have haunted me
I’m feeling like I’ll lose my mind
To keep myself appearing sane
I am the face in the shadows
A mirror that looks back at you
And sees what you’d rather had not seen
Unveils your eyes to look upon yourself
And the mirror looks back
And the mirror looks back at you
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6. |
The Observer
10:11
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Open sighted
Yearning but guarded
Watch as they walk on by
Wondering how they live
With a look of certainty
Here in this hiding place
My castle of dread
A haven of reticence
I am the observer
Never to engage
Never to connect with them
Isolation is all
I am capable
Of providing them
Feel the same
Could they feel the same as me?
Or would they cast away all the blame?
Never
Could I feel the same as them
It is not who I am, or what I am for
I will never be one others see
I will never belong
Woven into the tapestry
I am the observer
Gazing through the window
Seeing shapes that move throughout the shadows
Watching as they close in on some unsuspecting strangers
Hearing cries now stifled
Silver blade silences silver tongue
Watching, paralyzed
As the pavement is splattered with crimson
Big man hides
Fear through power
This façade goes through the steps
Thinking it will be the inspiration
Of turning emptiness into fulfillment
I can observe
This strange devastation
I hear the cry of pain
Of lonely desperation
So lost
Words, thoughts, no use
No help arrives
I am trembling inside
All that matters
Is hanging in the balance
Is there anybody else?
Or are we alone?
Left to die on our own?
Do I break out?
Through the door to the cries
And finally be more than I was?
I take the step
Feel the same
Could you feel the same as me?
Or would you cast away all the blame?
Ever
Could I feel the same as you?
Could this be who I am, or what I am for?
Could I be one others see?
Could I ever belong?
Weaving into the tapestry
Ever the observer
Could I be one others see?
Could I ever belong?
Coming out from the tapestry
Not just the observer
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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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