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Caldera
05:32
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Dominance displayed through the use of monuments
Naming guysers as if they could be owned
But names can't contain the pressure deep inside
It is not safe, it is not theirs
Millions of years and millions of hearts
Gather strength in the caldera
Feel the quakes of the chaos beneath
Fear the anger of the earth
It's just a matter of time
There's no escaping the eruption
We'll fill the skies with rock and dust and ash
and they will choke on our rage
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2. |
Dead Stars
04:29
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The night sky seems immutable,
but the stars that we see
Could have died before we knew their light
If a supernova tore apart
the center of the galaxy
we wouldn't know for thousands of years
Wish upon a star
That might be already gone
But it didn't die alone
We're just to far away to know
When our sun finally fades away
It's light will still be seen
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3. |
God's Love
05:57
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Reward the good behaviour
And threaten those who stray
Take your flock and pen them in
Shun those who'd betray
Teach fear as virtue
Let them choose their chains
Questionining is heresy
Teach that doubt profanes
God loves his children
As long as they behave
God loves his children
But the preacher loves his slaves
Morality through reason
Is now your enemy
Keep the blinders locked in place
Mistrust is blasphemy
Use ecstatic ritual
To breed complacency
Assure them they know right from wrong
Through your solemnity
God loves his children
As long as they behave
God loves his children
But the preacher loves his slaves
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4. |
Something Wicked
07:14
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a plague of rumor spreading on a freezing autumn night
The carnival is coming into town
The howl of wheels on rails like a banshee's cry
but the dawn transforms it to a siren's song
How long will it stay?
Will we see everything?
The train brings promises, pleasures of the past
By the pricking of my thumbs
The smell of cotton candy and the laughter of the crowd
But sickly sweet with a hint of decay
All the faces grin a little bit too wide
And everybody seems to know my name
Why are the shadows
Darker than before
If we're willing to compromise the principles we have
We'll find our deepest desires
It's clear the carnival has no plans to depart
We're giving it everything it needs
Once we bend a little, it will demand the rest
Imprisoned by our avarice and greed
It is up to us
To break this curse
One way or another if we're to get through this
We'll leave our childhood behind
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5. |
Through The Woods
02:06
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These woods are dark
And filled with spirits
Restless and aching
Watching for fools that stray
Stay by my side
Don't leave the path
These woods are cold
And filled with goblins
Ravenous and clever
Telling lies to make you stray
Stay by my side
Don't leave the path
We'll keep each other safe or
Be bound here forever
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6. |
War Of Attrition
08:31
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War of attrition
Cruelty by design
A battle waged to demoralize
Resistance was met
More than they could expect
The cost would be paid by both sides
Bodies have been scattered
With chemical decay
Transforming beauty to a no man's land
The ossuary holds
Thousands of the lost
Drifting ember dreams and names long gone
Sometimes it seems
These scars will never heal
The war is done but the ghosts remain
Towns destroyed
Not to be rebuilt
But in those fallow fields, nature thrives
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7. |
Stolen Child
04:23
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I'll promise you forever
if you take my hand
Come with me to the realms beyond
Leave sorrows behind
The world is full of weeping
But the universe is vast
In the lands of the summer sun
You will finally find a home
They'll never know you've gone
These sticks and leaves will take your place
When autumn fades and the changeling falls apart
You'll be beyond their reach
The world is full of weeping
But the universe is vast
In the lands of the summer sun
You will finally find a home
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8. |
The Glass Key
04:54
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Surrounded by beauty
Fascination at every turn
Images to inspire
Emotional sincereity
Maybe that had set the stage
But something in me had aligned
And the moment that I saw it
I stood there in disbelief
The Glass Key
Stands atop the mountain
Absent of thought - the absolute
Evoking mystery
Did I envy the isolation
Or the resolve I saw in stone?
This image concealing nothing
Reflected something inside
Something I had no words for
Something I didn't know was there
Something beyond all conceptions
Stillness and purity
The Glass Key
Stands atop the mountain
Absent of thought - the absolute
Evoking mystery
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9. |
Sapphire
06:04
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They came to us in holy robes
Sapphire as the sky
They told us that their gods would keep us safe
Don't question the means
The price will be paid by enemies
We struck a deal, they bared a knife
An altar made of stone
What cost a little blood for peace of mind?
The lives of our enemies
Were an offering to appease the gods
The outsiders bled, our walls were strong
But then they turned their eye
Started finding enemies within
Insatiable were the gods
But we willfully let them through the gate
Sapphire robes won't hide the stains
But that was never their intent
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10. |
The Monolith
07:12
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The monolith towers over
Its shadow touches all
An ever present sentinel
With an unknown purpose
Obsession circles round the monolith
Can its mysteries be known?
Can anyone make the journey?
The monolith silently waits
It draws in hearts and minds
Becomes all that they desire
Harvesting ambition
Consuming fragile souls
The monolith becomes a need
No escape from the reminder
Ready to sacrifice everything
Just to understand
As you approach the monolith
It slowly loses form
No edges to distinguish
Swallowing horizons
You wonder why you came
If this is all that you could see
Your bones will join the others
At the base of the monolith
It was all worthwhile
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Doors In The Labyrinth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
postgoth/darkwave from Pittsburgh
Doors In The Labyrinth is the work of josh loughrey, seeking to bring his past experiences (noise, folk, ambient, film scores, synthpop, techno) together to create dark narrative songs.
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