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Existence Under Oath
07:25
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Today the trial begins, yet again the system wins
Even the score of those who serve and protect
With haste they hunted me, for crimes against humanity
My presence is a virus ardent to infect
I’ve lived a life of evil, I’ve dwelled in years of pain
I’m in contempt of all that’s moral in this game
All rise before the jury, do you uphold the truth?
You are assigned to judge the acts of this troubled youth
The verdict is in: guilty as sin
Sentenced to death
Beyond prison walls, you will hear my call
Till my dying breath
Vengeance is mine, you’ll see in time
Where I have been, others will follow
By the light of a blood red moon, the black star will arise
Torrential acid rain comes thundering from the skies
This is my wicked art, my blackened sorcery
Judge, jury, executioner, how do you plead?
How do you plead?
Solo - Atkinson
Solo - Foley
Solo - Atkinson
Solo - Foley
All accusers, every witness, I will slay
All the jurors, every victim
I shall not pray, shall not pray for thee!
Lead - Foley
How do you plead?
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Unwelcome
05:27
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Solo - Atkinson
From a castle on the hill comes the sound of shrieking still
A voice that screams and shouts
A girl without a name, my mistress and my bane
Cast this sinner out
Throw her into the flames, and watch her burn
Our eyes turn away in shame
Goodbye, adieu: I bid you farewell
Our story is over, there’s no more to tell
Bonsoir, take heed: stop, turn and run
You’re welcome no more
What’s done is done
Abhorrent to the Lord, seeking oracles
Banished to the stake
Ash rises to the sky, all the children cry
Salvation starts to shake
I’m not the one on trial, but still I burn
The smoke can be seen for miles
Draw tight the halter, lay down the fuel
Beg for forgiveness no more
You look to the heavens, but God is not there
Now we will settle the score
Solo - Foley
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Beneath an Iron Sky
05:37
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March, march - into the chambers of the damned
March, march - a fate no God will understand
March, march - toxins ride a silver breeze
March, march - our loved ones perish in the heat
In my country, I was king
I was a giant among men
Until the shadow crossed our path
It spread its claws throughout the land
Devoured cities in its hand
There was no mercy to its wrath
Our homes in ruins lie, beneath an iron sky
All innocence will die, beneath an iron sky
“Fill the pits with cyanide
Fan the flames of genocide
Tear the tears out of their eyes
Disregard their feeble cries
Inhale the Zyklon!”
Solo - Atkinson
Solo - Foley
Solo - Atkinson
Lead - Foley
Can’t remember who I was
Or what exists behind these walls
The pendulum, it swings for me
I say to you, my masochist
“One day we’ll wield the iron fist
The guillotine, it thirsts for thee”
Our homes in ruins lie, beneath an iron sky
All innocence will die, beneath an iron sky
Oh, the humanity
Oh, the humanity
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4. |
I am the Clay
08:06
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Solo - Foley
Along the brittle pathways opening before me in the dark
I trace the footprints of a man who left without making his mark
I sat and watched, I waited, for almost nothing, just to pass the light of day
And then she came to me, my mistress of the swamp, the earth, the clay
The soil is wet and I’ve been digging for such a long time
It lay there in the mud, too deep to reach, a love that once was mine
When I close my eyes, she is still alive
And her life is there to save
But out here in the cold, in dirt too weak to hold
I am the clay that binds her grave
All these dark years, watching, waiting
Changing as the seasons fall
Naked rooms once so familiar
Nothing left but flesh and bone
Beneath the earth, there are booming voices
Beneath the ocean, there are terrible lights
My hands are shaking, I’m at war with my choices
In the trees, there are unbearable cries
Twisting tendrils cloak my destination
Memories linger like the stench of rain
In the mist there lies a revelation:
We will never be as one again
Solo - Atkinson
Solo - Foley
Once she told me that we could have it all
“We are the world. We are the world.”
I held her close through winter, summer, spring, and fall
“We are the world.”
We are the world.
Summer solstice, winter’s twilight
Time is all that seems to pass
Good and evil, wrong or right
There is nothing: all has passed
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Lunar Labyrinth
04:55
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I awoke and wanted Mars like a junky wants to score
I tell myself it’s a futile dream, but it makes me want it more
Lead - Foley
Waves of light across a darkening sky
A living hive of government spies
Alone, without rest, it catches my eye
A neon sign...
Now, the door is opening; what strange illusions lie within?
A wholesale price for your memory
With consequences unforeseen
“You are a secret agent, with Interplan
This is not a fantasy, believe it if you can!”
Now the dark is chasing me, I can’t tell what is real
The implant’s got me paranoid, these wounds will never heal
All the boundaries I have known, the seeds that I have sown
Trapped inside this labyrinth, a million miles from home
The towers of Olympos Mons are rising in the east
The moon hangs solemn, gaunt and pale, like a murdered priest
Am I Hauser, am I Quaid? What’s the highest price you’d pay?
To live your life out on a stage, where your dreams reverberate
Solo - Foley
Solo - Atkinson
Solo - Atkinson
Solo - Foley
I awoke and wanted Mars...
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Darkness Divine
05:08
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Solo - Foley
Beneath such sinful skin, there is a child that lies within
Juvenile and maladjusted, fingers balanced on the rim
Mother told me I was cruel, for what I did at school
But looking back, it makes me grin, it’s where my tale begins.
I stalk, I leer, I watch your windows
Your home, my abode, I dream to infiltrate
It calls my name with a voice as clear as crystal
Silhouettes against the shades: perfection
Blood is the wine on this table of mine
What would it take for you to dine with me?
I’ll play the butcher if you play the swine
My valentine, frozen in time
One with the shadows, a wolf dressed in black
Tormented by demons, there’s no turning back
My widow awaits me in her virgin shrine
Plucked from the vine, darkness divine.
Solo - Atkinson
A tidal wave of emotions
Agony and ecstasy
Continual, like the ocean
Frightened by such rigidity
Come back to me...
Solo - Foley
One with the shadows, a wolf dressed in black
Eternal damnation, there’s no turning back
My widow awaits me in her virgin shrine
Plucked from the vine, plucked from the vine.
My widow awaits me in her virgin shrine
My valentine, plucked from the vine
My valentine, frozen in time.
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7. |
Inked in Blood
06:40
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Solo - Foley
I thought the dreams would come to pass
Thought they’d leave me be at last
Night or day, it’s all the same
I see pictures in my head, I see letters carved in red
Something wicked calls my name
Please, someone save me from this hell, I’ve got stories left to tell
Premonitions, telepathy
“What you’ll see is what you’ll be”
Laughter cackles down the hall, blood drips slowly down the wall
I’m too young to understand how this madness all began
I tell myself it’s just a dream, a picture show, a tragic scene
Something lurks beneath the light waiting patiently to strike
A dark, disturbing history, a place where evil comes to feed
Cannot escape the imagery, when I’m awake, when I’m asleep
With rictus grins the children sing
Shine on, shine on
Pain and suffering they’ll bring
Shine on
Can’t describe the things I saw
Through every window, every door
Imprisoned here forevermore
Shine on
Murder, murder, cold malicious bloody murder
Evil, evil, poisoning the air
Whisper, whisper, all day long I hear them whisper
Father, father: Take your medicine
Solo - Foley
Solo - Atkinson
Memories wash me like a flood
The days ahead are inked in blood
Seems there’s nothing left to save
Late at night, I hear the rain
As it patters on the pane
Something wicked calls my name
Calls my name…
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8. |
Savage Peace
09:31
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Solo - Foley
Here on earth, we inhabit a war zone, a cold and battered world
Far beyond the distant skyline where our plans unfurl
Four rogue replicants, their hearts of steel and stone
Assigned to forced retirement, for their sins they will atone
Suddenly, within a dream, a unicorn runs free
What does this puzzle mean?
No more pastures proud and green, livestock runs on kerosene
Artificial reality, am I an accessory?
Am I an accessory?
Stabilise my vital signs
Take my pulse to see if I’m alive
Is my heart beating?
Am I breathing?
Stabilise my vital signs
Check my pulse to see if I’m alive
Are my wounds bleeding?
Like tears in the rain?
Solo - Atkinson
Lead - Foley
Do your memories break like glass before you know what they’re about?
Do your words evaporate before you can get them out?
Do you recognise the reflection in the rain-scudded grates?
Is it oil or blood that draws the line between love and hate?
Smoke and mirrors, play on fears, let’s tear the future down
Blooded moon, iron sky, the swamp will surely drown
Imprisoned in this cell, how soon man falls to wretchedness
The trap is set, now place your bets, who will emerge from this mess?
Heaven knows where your bones are scattered
Heaven knows where your bones are scattered now
Solo - Foley
Like tears in the rain
Is my heart beating?
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