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The distant whispers
The strident lamentations
A plight of unknown men
A burden of the frail
Crying out
It came to these shores
This emissary of blight
I saw the death outside my door
I heard the cries and felt the shame
I could never have conceived
That fate would draw my name
This breath is not my breath
Drawn of borrowed time
This blood a poisoned well
I am the ruiner
…and the ruined
Excruciation
A chorus of disease
I saw the death that lay in store
I let the cries and felt the pain
I could never have conceived
That fate would draw my name
This breath is not my breath
Drawn of borrowed time
This blood a poisoned well
I am the ruiner
…and the ruined
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2. |
Perdition Mirror
04:52
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Sovereign, the callous dominating breed
Caught up in the madness of unabated greed
Stripping back the other side
Her form is crystal clear
Come unleash the sirens
For Lazarus is here
And I can see all the corners of the earth
I can see
Who'd believe that nature could crucify itself?
The all-pervading monkeys, the cards that they once held
Underneath the burning sky, the margins disappear
For god is here to rupture the balance downstairs
And I can see all the mechanisms work
I can see
A perdition mirror
Sovereign, the callous dominating breed
Caught up in the madness of unabated greed
Hold back the lesson in play, divine maker
Deplete the nascent lines cut into my earth
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3. |
The New Forgotten Ones
06:17
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Together on the way
Together, they carry on
They try to be the same
And keep their eyes to the sun
But time is running out
And only doubts remain
Is there a day to die?
They all live an endless day
And they will remember
They wanted to forget
And forever
The memories still remain
The new forgotten ones
Imprisoned in the muffled sound of cries
And the world will stop again
Despite the wounds now past
Cause’ life comes to an end
And nothing is made to last
Silent in despair
They're waiting for deliverance
But they will go all the way
To make it all make sense
The fear of not to be
A new curable mind
Hope is gone with the dreams
A land full of empty eyes
Time is running out
And only doubts remain
Is there a day to die?
And the world will stop again
Despite the wounds now past
Cause’ life comes to an end
And nothing is made to last
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4. |
Faint Flickering Light
03:42
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Meet me in daylight
Like a fever dream
Breaking the silence
Breaking routine
Did you wonder dear
If we’ll ever be
As it was?
Freedom
Like god on a neon sign
Casting faint flickering light
Of sophistries
Freedom
Just like the way things were
The bluster of hubris
The refrain of denial
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5. |
The Tower
04:47
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Dread, toil
Lungs of stone
Born to rule alone
Again and again
Only one belief, my heart
Now here and in descent
The only code is to breathe, and then
One to the head
Or one to come and stretch the neck
One or the other
Trip, fall
Denial comes in waves
Dread, toil
The wheel rings its last alarm
Father, hear
Coliseum
Come, all fear
This was never meant to be
We all seem to bleed in the end
The offset of kings into men
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Unavailing
05:52
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You’re left on your own
When you crave for a future
Once we owed to others
Who have returned disillusion
It's when you fall apart that you start to feel something
The crowd on the aisle grows without limit
Is the sun that you see while your shout disappears in the water?
Every sanctuary will do
But everyone will not be saved
We’re living the unavailing
Which one will you choose?
We’re descending even more
We’re living the unavailing
And once we’re holed up
We discovered to be blood
To be tears and fears
And so we’re safe from each other
Is it yourself that you see while the sun disappears in the water?
They made it especially for you
Push the button, end the game
We’re living the unavailing
Will you dare to refuse?
We’re descending even more
We’re leading the unavailing
(Chris)
Everything is set
How long will it take for you to realize?
You just have to wait
To become a messiah
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Der Nukleus
04:53
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If only you had listened,
Or seen our bloodstained eyes,
You’d have stopped the Earth from turning to black
It all starts inside
Beneath the nuclei
Just like a wind upon a wildfire
We’ve tried to warn you
As you rejoiced the lukewarm glare of this springtime
Now the blizzard strikes
With its empty veins
And the children are cherubs of stone
The lucency shifts down the chroma of the surface
A singularity where theory loses meaning
And we march in dishonor
With the bones of our innocence in our arms
In this horror, in this crime
In your guilty conscience
If only you had listened,
Or seen our bloodstained eyes,
You’d have stopped the Earth from turning to black
Blight, Famine, War, Tenebrae, Mortem
Discidium, Death
If only you had listened,
Or seen our bloodstained eyes,
You’d have stopped the Earth from turning to black
Obsidian ice, cold in my hand
In your guilty conscience
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8. |
Sacred Cargo
05:55
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A cruel and relentless fate
Is handed down to me
The wolves are closing in
And a rope hangs from the tree
A glance of loneliness
Is a very solemn gift
I bare a punishing weight
As my soul becomes adrift
Staring through this ancient light
My heart resting in my hands
I see now what is coming
Astonished at what I see
They are becoming my enemy
The temples now in ruin
It is mankind that is losing
Destruction comes from within
Now we’re all suffering
Anger will punish itself
A painful price to pay
Can love survive a growing distance
Or simply fade away?
The Earth that waits to receive us
Is calm amid a terrible storm
And the Gates we hope will receive us
Watch our souls completely reform
Is it a sacred cargo I bare?
Or a curse from the unholy Witch King
Falling through the atmosphere
My faith is failing me now
In the company of fear
I will survive this, somehow
An ox pulls away my mothers ghost
Through a pathless wood
All the shattered fragments
I hold together
In a motion of faith
The torn fields of my homeland
Lay cold and still
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9. |
Espirare
00:47
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10. |
Shadow Haven
05:14
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In labored moments
Marking time with grief
I found a haven
A sense of relief
In the quiet days
Find your peace
and I’ll find mine
Into the shadows now
I’ll resign
All I ever wanted
was this isolation
When the world was shuttered
I found consolation
In the quiet days
Find your peace
and I’ll find mine
Into the shadows now
I’ll resign
Take solace
In this solitude
Find respite
Behind the shuttered doors
In the quiet days
Find your peace
and I’ll find mine
To the shadows
I will resign
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MMXX
Born during the initial lock down of Rome and New York City, MMXX is the sound of global pandemic isolation. Andrea Chiodetti channeled inspiration in collaboration with Jesse Haff and Egan O’Rourke. A geographically and stylistically diverse collection of celebrated vocalists layered in their own perspective, culminating in this compendium of music reflecting an experience understood by all. ... more
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