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Shapeshifter
04:12
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When you take shape
I'm like under hypnosis
When I reach this place
There's no way back
There's no way out
This weight against which I can't fight
Like hell on earth
Like you and I
Hostile shadow
Tell me it's worth the pain I feel
Give me a reason to believe
Show me a way
Soulmate
I can't see
I can't be
Push you away
Troubles
Can't control
My psyche
Can not be free
Open doors to my soul
Dance with my demons
Embrace my troubles
Show me a way
Between reason and madness
May be a reason to live
Tell me how to walk in light
Arms wide open to the empty sky
My fears bounce back to me now
Dark as this new moon
Give me a reason to live
Show me a way out of this
Open doors to my soul
Give one reason to believe
Nothing will prevent me from bathing your life
You're the one who made me feel dead inside
Your grip on me is getting stronger and tight
A mirror I can no longer fight
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Do You Accept?
04:10
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Unlock your eyes
In front of hostile sorrows
A mirror of shy terrors
Don't fret, your time is not wasted pain
Dying before living
Do you accept?
No matter how tired you are
Trust me I've made this dream before
And even if there's an end
Trust me you will like it before
Dying before living
Do you accept?
Rise to fall, rise to fall
Before...
Rise to fall, rise to fall
Before new dawn
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3. |
Scaring Stars
05:54
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What if I told you life wasn't that easy
And the sky would fall on you, no matter what
What if I told you floods and storms are coming
And nothing would prevent them from happening
Would it be better if I told you to listen
To hear and take my words as you would do a hand
What if I told you floods and storms are coming
And all you can do is to let this happen, to
Take one step at a time
Make this life of yours chime
Climbing stairs is not a crime
I want to see you try, bleed, fall and cry
And in the end you'll rise!
Writer of yet untold tales
Made of scars, and joys and fails
Take the bite
(Please let me see the blood on your hands)
What are you waiting for?
(Please let me taste the warmth of that pyre in you)
Assert yourself
(Please let me feel the tone of your songs)
This life's not gonna be easy
(Please let me hear the weight of your soul in this world)
Take one step at a time
Make this life of yours chime
It's not a crime
I want to see you try, bleed, fall and cry
And in the end you'll rise!
Writer of yet untold tales
Made of scars, and joys and fails
Nothing would protect your road from new scars, nothing ever will
Nothing would light up the path in front of you with stars, nothing ever will
Nothing would ever be without you
So take the step and shape memories of tomorrow
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4. |
Hold Your Breath
03:52
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No one is around
Somebody unshape my mind !
For it shelters dark creatures
Temporary lucidity. Eyes closed.
No dusk no dawn in this life time, no more.
Around, all around.. I’m so sorry
On the edge
Will I beg for more ?
Lying, O, lying
Will I beg for more ?
Temporary lucidity. Eyes closed.
No dusk no dawn in this life time, no more.
How far can I see at that depth ?
There’s water in my lungs, acid runs through my veins
Whenever I come up to the surface, I can feel that there is something wrong with the sky.
No…
Infinite clarity
Distant voices..
Tell me how far..
On the edge of who I am
Will I beg for more ?
Lying
It’s all I ever had
I can feel that there is something wrong with the sky
Blinded by its light
I’m shaking with the sound of distant voices
I’m about to cross the line
Catch up all screams or watch me die
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5. |
So Shine
02:23
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6. |
Ignition
08:23
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After the unknown, the expansion,
Eons of star light, the emergence.
From troubled waters, and with time,
The miracle of life quietly began.
Then appears a maelstrom made of expressions,
Tons of multiple divisions
Inside this ocean of richness,
Above the surface, on the ground,
Came the story of us all
Some proud wise ones are sitting at the table of the world
Squabbling about concepts and notions, for their better empire
They should remind that empathy needs to prevail the devouring fire of greed
[In the forest]
There's a sparkle inside the forest which starts singing along
Eternal, their thirst for wisdom
Guiding light, their urge of power
The forest has turn red
Only ashes will remain
It has to be a way out?
There's no second chance, no second try
Breathe freely while we can,
For our life tomorrow will be charged
[In the forest]
There's a dark cloud inside the forest which keeps growling along
After all, what if everything around here fades from the ... stage?
Will we see?
Will we feel?
There's no disguise, it's just crual
It's just insane how far it goes
Let's watch the horizons burn
Gone the forest, ashes will remain
The legacy of our sane wisdom
Let's watch the horizons burn
(Scream) Together
The fire
(Scream) Devours
All around
(Scream) Don't fret
There's still hope
(Scream) Live it
It's not too late
(Scream) We can change
The forest
(Scream)Still exists
Now ahead
(Scream) A race
A long road
(Scream) The way
We have to...
Take the flame out of the way
Our light's on the line
There's a chance for better days
Or it's the end of our line
Take the flag on its way
Our light's on the line
There has to be a better day
The story is on the line
Alone won't do
Together will
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7. |
Deceiving Utopia
04:06
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Another one has begun to fall
The silence has begun to scream
As usual, the voices on the screens promised the world
Something clever and different
Something even better
As usual, the ears before the screens welcomed the world
Imagine, imagine
For a moment of disgrace, I see a light at the end of the corridor
For a moment of distaste, I see a light at the end of the corridor
And flush it all in oblivion
What can be the point of listening
When all is already vain around here
Unable to act we stand in the cold
Of this nightmarish utopia
Blindness always was the law
Lies used to misguide my judgement,
No longer do I want to be a part of this crime
Imagine
Nothing voices say make me believe in those dreams,
Nor days, nor truth, nor eyes, nor fear, nor realm, nor wonder
What can be the point of listening
When all is already vain around here
Unable to act we stand in the cold
Of this nightmarish utopia
Don't bother
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8. |
Inner Shout
05:09
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One
One afternoon of no light
All seeds will drown
Who else to blame ?
Are you ashamed ?
A river of thoughts drip inside your mind
As the flow accelerates – creates
Light arises away from fire
Melt the shape of life's flower
And still, I'll be right there
All circles warp higher for more
Explode to the world outside
And still, I'll be right there
Way too weak to swim
Right against the stream
Way too weak to swim, well sink.
Water soaked this fertile land
One afternoon of no light
Water soaked this fertile land
And I'll just drown
The Earth is shaking at the pace of your fears
You're falling into deep to cracks in the ground
The air is filled with dust and ashes
There's to save
One
One afternoon of no light
All seeds will drown
Who else to blame ?
Way too weak to swim
Right against the stream
Way too weak to swim, just drown.
Are you ashamed of what you are?
You're way too dumb to realize
You're falling, you're shaking, you're drowing
I swear !
There's nothing to believe in, nothing to save
All over leaves are dancing, until they lose all of their shape
Unless the body remains, we're done.
We've built our kingdom on shifting soil
Stared at it for many years
Enslaved by false concepts
Light arises away from fire
All circles warp higher for more
Light arises away from fire
Melt the shape of life's flower
And still, I'll be right there
One
One afternoon of no light
All seeds will drown
Who else to blame ?
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9. |
A Framed Window
04:10
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A new door
The same wall
I'm drifting,
In a sense, I never moved
Inside a house, or some kind of palace,
Pretty sure i'm all alone,
Surrounded by this embracing gold,
I wouldn't mind to stay some time,
Then, I wonder,
How I came to enter this place
Right now, I feel like
Everything's perfectly fine
(scream) Some times come to me as I peek in a framed window,
(scream) "Don't I belong elsewhere?"
Bridge:
Kind of lucid, I'm facing a door
(Open it and come...)
And once again I open it
(... back to me)
I forgot what I was wondering about,
An unveiled door is a tiny bite in disguise;
How dare I crave for mold while I have gold?
Have I ever been out of this cage?
(scream) Leave me alone, give my frontiers back
(scream) Let me have a taste of the outside
Getting around, this void I'm haunting,
Ain't a way to slow me down
From time to time, my steps lead me
Near a window I've never seen
Now listen, the funny thing, is I feel good in all this opulence
You know, I have seen things behind the curtains
Winged plebs and shits and that's the kind of things I'm talking about...
I forgot what I was wondering about,
An unveiled door is a tiny bite in disguise;
How dare I crave for mold while I have gold?
Have I ever been out of this cage?
(scream) Like a resigned bird
(scream) I endure my captivity
Aren't these walls wonderfull, hiding the skies
(scream) No, lies
(Is this gold?)
Haven't these walls protected you, spying on you
Let me out
(Am I drifting?)
Don't ever seek for fried mold, I'll witness your decadence
(scream) Leave me be
(How could I know?)
(scream) Let me taste the mold
Have you ever been out of this cage?
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10. |
Wavelength
05:17
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Some mirage are told with eyes,
Some simply touched with the skies,
Lying deep within, the stories lie.
Pages written in a forest of stone,
A congregate made of voices that loudly moan,
Sadly only the eyes left blind... atone.
The serpent has been laughing for a burning bite,
That branch is failing as anything you hold dear is shaking,
And no one's there to hold your hand
Flesh eaters, sin makers, god killers, flattened science,
Don't you dream of being shaped after an image of purity,
How could it be not worth it?
'Cause you're asked to trust, expected to grieve,
And swallow the morals through every dusty heave.
What to think, how to behave,
Just bend the knee towards the grave.
So! Erase the waves, any volition,
With no possibility to be
What you are, what we are,
So, keep melting into the mass.
You cannot be, cannot be what you are, no,
So erase yourself, erase yourself,
Don't make US see you're made of shades!
Don't be yourself, be someone dull,
Don't mess the shelf, be someone else,
Be someone else.
Don't you dare to cross that line.
Don't be yourself, be someone drab,
Light doesn't fit you, nothing should do,
Nothing would do.
Keep it simple, get back into line.
Don't be yourself, be someone cold,
Dim that pyre to finaly flush your essence,
Flush your essence.
Hush now, wash down the pills and get better
Asked to trust, expected to grieve,
And swallow the morals through every dusty heave.
What to think, how to behave,
Just bend the knee towards the grave.
Erase the waves, any volition,
With no possibility to be
What you are, what we are,
Just keep melting into the mass.
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MEMORIES OF A DEAD MAN Paris, France
Working a tricky hybrid ground between MetalCore, Post-core and Ambient, The band have been constantly evolving since their
debut in 2005, giving their ability to step out of the norm and worrying about creating their own musical and visual identity.
Flowing between dark melodies, haunting sonorities and fractious hard moments, feelings by providing heavy changing atmospheric riffs.
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