1. |
Ashes And Regret
03:57
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Stop! Don't try to run away
You know you won't get far
You're trying to find a way to leave
Everything behind
All the promises that you made
Every memory worth remembering
Everything will be wasting away
A part of your life lost forever
Guilt is tearing you apart
It happened all so fast
No time to think, acting on instinct
A choice that changed your life
All the images flashing by
Every time that you close your eyes
They keep you awake at night
The pain remains seared into your mind
It was that moment when everything changed
In an instant the world went up in flames
In the end there was nothing left
But ashes and regret
Time to face the consequences
Of everything you've done
The burden that you carry with you
The sins that weigh you down
You can't believe what you've become
Not all mistakes can be undone
You realise you've gone too far
Their suffering will not be forgotten
It was that moment when everything changed
In an instant the world went up in flames
In the end there was nothing left
But ashes and regret
It was that moment when everything changed
In an instant the world went up in flames
In the end there was nothing left
But ashes and regret
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2. |
March Of The Cultists
04:07
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Don't think, don't question, just obey!
Release your thoughts
Give in to our self-righteous control
Become a part of the grotesque machine
Another mindless drone
As the beast it feasts on the corpses
Of those who believed so foolishly
In the hope of change
The seduction of power attracts the weak
As corruption festers in decay
Sacrifice tomorrow for today
The paragons of ignorance forsake their oaths every day
The cesspool of betrayal screams:
Don't think, don't question, just obey!
Ignore the truth
We'll distort the facts to suit our twisted needs
The foundations of our empire lay in our own reality
The narrative's been shaped by our efforts
To gaslight, obstruct and project
Forget the constitution
For what's a little treason when domination is at stake?
The seduction of power attracts the weak
The indoctrination is complete
As corruption festers in decay
Sacrifice tomorrow for today
The paragons of ignorance forsake their oaths every day
The cesspool of betrayal screams:
Don't think, don't question, just obey!
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3. |
Unity
04:59
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Tell me why we judge each other
Based on the colour of our skin
Why do we condemn others
For what we perceive as sins?
Tell me why we have decided
To put value to the side
Of the border we were born on
Our bigotry and hatred have divided us all
The time has come for everyone to answer this call
For we are nothing but stardust with memories and dreams
A collection of hopes and mistakes
We ought to embrace what makes us unique
Stand tall, whatever it takes
We need to fight side by side
March as one against oppression
Face the storm in unity
We need to be the change
That will turn hate to compassion
So we can stand together as one in unity
Tell me why we judge the way that someone self-identifies
Why do we put them down for having the courage to change their lives?
Tell me why we are so bothered by who is loving whom
Instead of problems that are truly important
The cowardice inside of us is tearing us apart
The ignorance of yesterday is hardening our hearts
For we are nothing but stardust with memories and dreams
A collection of hopes and mistakes
We ought to embrace what makes us unique
Stand tall, whatever it takes
We need to fight side by side
March as one against oppression
Face the storm in unity
We need to be the change
That will turn hate to compassion
So we can stand together as one in unity
It clearly can't go on like this
We all need to ask ourselves:
What will be our legacy if we can't find a new path to follow
For a new tomorrow?
A better tomorrow
We need to fight side by side
March as one against oppression
Face the storm in unity
We need to be the change
That will turn hate to compassion
So we can stand together as one in unity
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4. |
The Astral Key
03:31
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Εκ Χάεος δ´ Έρεβός τε μέλαινά τε Νύξ εγένοντο
Νυκτός δ´ αύτ´ Αιθήρ τε και Ημέρη εξεγένοντο
(But from Chaos were born Erebos and black Night
And from Night again sprang forth Aether and Day)
- Hesiod's Theogony
Out of the formless void
A thousand voices called
Holding secret knowledge
That's been lost to the world
It shall be known
How our creation came to be
It must be known
It is their legacy
I hear the whispers of the stars
Their call is beckoning
They are calling out to me
I've been chosen to tell their story
For I am the astral key
I've nearly lost my mind
Trying to comprehend the divine
I am the only one who realises we are blind
All will be lost
If I don't pass down what I've seen
Mourning the loss
Of eternity
I hear the whispers of the stars
Their call is beckoning
They are calling out to me
I've been chosen to tell their story
For I am the astral key
The unlearned mysteries
That lie shrouded in prophecies
The legends and the myths
Will become history
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5. |
Illusion Of Truth
05:36
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They need your tithe
You'll pay the price
The will harass your child
And you will smile
You have been blind
Indoctrination of the mind
Never forget
You've been misled
By your apostles and your prophets
Zealous conceit
Full of deceit
It's time to question your beliefs
The church seeks faith through fear and hate
Control through guilt and shame
Judging the members' worth
By the money that they pay
False prophets lead blind hearts and weak minds
In their temples of greed built on lies
But the Saints still keep falling day by day
As the shelves show cracks and break from all the weight
Twisted priorities
Brainwashed communities
Preying on the weak and vulnerable
Taking their money for the hope of empty promises
Painful realities
And misguided beliefs
Nevermind the cognitive dissonance
And the mental gymnastics to justify what your church says
You need to open your eyes to see the truth
You have dedicated your whole life to this ruse
What would your God say if He were to lay eyes upon you?
You have fallen for an illusion of truth
Fraudulently sold by a sexual predator
There is so much that the church has tried to hide from you
The "second anointing", the "Kinderhook plates"
The "priesthood ban on blacks"
The truth about the Book of Abraham,
The first vision and the stone in the hat
Obey the cult!
And don't you dare think for yourself
Obey the cult!
The church thrives on ignorance
False prophets lead blind hearts and weak minds
In their temples of greed built on lies
But the Saints still keep falling day by day
As the shelves show cracks and break from all the weight
What would your God say if He were to lay eyes upon you
His faithful? The brainwashed
The Latter-Day Saints and their cult
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6. |
Reminiscences
04:40
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"I thought through this life my time will be my own
The step I now am taking's for eternity alone
No one need be the wiser, through time I shall be free
And as the past hath been the future still will be
To my guileless heart all free from worldly care
And full of blissful hopes and youthful visions rare
The world seamed bright the thret'ning clouds were kept
From sight and all looked fair but pitying angels wept
They saw my youthful friends grow shy and cold
And poisonous darts from sland'rous tongues were hurled
Untutor'd heart in thy gen'rous sacrafise
Thou dids't not weigh the cost nor know the bitter price
Thy happy dreams all o'er thou'st doom'd also to be
Bar'd out from social scenes by this thy destiny
And o'er thy sad'nd mem'ries of sweet departed joys
Thy sicken'd heart will brood and imagine future woes
And like a fetter'd bird with wild and longing heart
Thou'lt dayly pine for freedom and murmor at thy lot
But could'st thou see the future and view that glorious crown
Awaiting you in Heaven you would not weep nor mourn
Pure and exalted was thy father's aim, he saw
A glory in obeying this high celestial law
For to thousands who've died without the light
I will bring eternal joy & make thy crown more bright
I'd been taught to reveire the Prophet of God
And receive every word as the word of the Lord
But had this not come through my dear father's mouth
I should ne'r have received it as God's sacred truth"
- Helen Mar Kimball, 1881
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7. |
Fragments
10:09
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Countless hours lying wide awake in bed at night
Staring at the ceiling, tired of the endless fight
You've become a prisoner of your mind
You've made it this far
But have you ever thought
What you'd do from here on out?
Did you really think that you could drown your sorrows?
That all your problems would be gone, come tomorrow?
Can't you see that you were punishing yourself
And everyone around you in your own personal hell?
I know it's easier to get by with a clouded mind
The only way that you could rest and get some sleep at night
You tried to find a way to fill a void so hollow
Searching for an answer at the bottom of a bottle
You've lost your way
And can't escape
You don't know what to do
Day after day
A life full of mistakes
Now all the wrong choices are coming to haunt you
So full of doubts
Time's running out
You've lost all control
Faces changing fast
With the echoes of the past
A slow descent down this cursed rabbit hole
No one ever sees the fall
Since it's too easy to go
Far beyond the point of no return
But now the damage has been done
Fate just could not be outrun
As all your memories start to fade away
You should've asked for help
You should've swallowed your pride
Instead all symptoms were denied
It shouldn't have to be like this
We would have found a way
I am here, can you hear, can you see me?
Do you remember who I am, can you hear me?
Through the pain and the darkness again
Nothing will ever be the same
Silhouettes and shadows they appear before you
With the recollections of the things that once were
Most important, now lost to you
Wonder why this could be happening to you
We are losing you
I can't believe we could not see the changes
Until it was too late
It seems tomorrow couldn't wait
For dreams and plans that were made in vain
While all ambitions slowly turned to dust
All the while time is cruelly marching forward
With no regards to you or me
The price was just too high to pay
Only to waste away
The sacrifice of sanity
Just for a clouded moment's reprieve
Turned out to not be worth it after all
Father tell us what to do
When nothing matters anymore
We are left here, all alone
Trying to gather all the
Fragments that remain
A shattered mind in fragments
(Fragments) that remain
I am here, can you hear, can you see me?
Did you really think that you could drown your sorrows?
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8. |
Dance Of Zalongo
04:19
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Απόψε θα 'ρθει ο Χάροντας
Να μας καλέσει στον χορό του
Ελεύθερα θα πεθάνουνε
Τα παιδιά του Ζαλόγγου
(The reaper will come tonight
To invite us to his dance
The children of Zalongo
Will die free)
On December the 12th 1803
After the siege of Souli
The village was forced to sign a treaty
To leave behind their lands was agreed
The evacuation would be peaceful
If they obeyed the decree
On December the 16th
The Souliotes formed three groups
And while marching south the third one was
Ambushed and attacked
The men were massacred
Yet around 60 women survived
Facing death they screamed
Freedom or death until our final breath
We'll sing 'til the cliffs below claim us all
We will pay the price
No matter the cost
To shed the shackles of slavery
When pride and courage conquered fear
Certain death seemed preferable to life in captivity
Determination set in as the troops drew near
These women chose to embrace death and to die free
Freedom or death until our final breath
We'll sing 'til the cliffs below claim us all
We will pay the price
No matter the cost
To shed the shackles of slavery
The brave women of Souli
With their children in hand
They decided to die free
They danced, they sang
And then they jumped down to their death
Απόψε θα χορέψουμε
Απόψε θα χορέψουμε
Απόψε θα χορέψουμε
Μια τελευταία φορά
(Tonight we'll dance one last time)
Απόψε πια χορεύουμε
Απόψε πια χορεύουμε
Απόψε πια χορεύουμε
Για τελευταία φορά
(Tonight we are dancing for the last time)
Freedom or death until our final breath
We'll sing 'til the cliffs below claim us all
We will pay the price
No matter the cost
To shed the shackles of slavery
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9. |
Approaching Collapse
04:48
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[Instrumental]
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10. |
Into Denial
05:48
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Tell me how it got so far
When did we lose our way?
There was a time, well before the fall
When we valued truth and honesty
Ignorance reigns upon the land
Nothing will make it falter
Generations blinded they stand
United in apathy, oblivious to the slaughter
Do not believe what you're told
We have to seek what lies forgotten
We cannot accept all their lies
Don't follow them (Falling) into denial
It might be too late
To change our fate
The Mending's our final chance
As we're embracing the fall of ideals
And slowly succumb to ignorance
The masses dictate what is true
We're forced to conform to their twisted views
It's time to fight back, it's time to stand tall
United we'll never fall
Do not believe what you're told
We have to seek what lies forgotten
We cannot accept all their lies
Don't follow them (Falling) into denial
Do not believe what you're told
We have to seek what lies forgotten
We cannot accept all their lies
Don't follow them (Falling) into denial
Do not believe what you're told
We have to seek what lies forgotten
We cannot accept all their lies
Don't follow them (Follow them)
Follow them (Follow them)
Follow them (Falling) into denial
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Into Denial Dortmund, Germany
Solo project of Germany-based, Greek musician Sotirios Rammos.
Progressive Heavy Metal with Greek Folk influences.
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