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Level Zero
03:35
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When depravity reigns for its own sake and humankind had devolved into chaos, who will be there, heels planted firmly, ready to defend all that we hold dear?
We cannot win; without reason, we cannot overcome
Right and wrong is a concept taken for granted by the mindless masses of our society
For those fallen few who discern no differences between immorality and divinity? Pleasure or pain, there is no black or white. Only shades of gray.
Now depravity reigns for its own sake, and humankind has devolved into chaos. For those fallen few have sparked the flame.
Now we all shall burn, level zero
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Pound Foolish
03:56
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United we stand? What hollow words
Never before has a divide threatened to reduce to the sniveling, entitled, elitist monsters at which we've always turned up our nose
Civility, long forgotten. Never before have we sunk this low
Don't do this; Lie to me
Don't do this; Prove me wrong
I'm waiting for the day we'll wake up
To the sound of our cities burning
We'll realize what was built with blood must end with blood
And now we've failed ourselves and those we love
By refusing to put aside egos and grudges and unconditional support of outmoded ideologies
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Down to Get Down
03:23
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In an hour the sun comes up, then it all starts over again.
Will this new day bring something real?
Outside the shadows fade in this neverlight pre-dawn haze
I wait for the answers to be revealed
Seeking something I'll never find
Unflinching, no matter how many times I grasp at emptiness and a failure to be
Seeking something impossible, just emptiness and a failure to be
Forever looking for the perfect truth
The night draws to an end and still I remain here in the mist waiting for yesterday
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More Power
06:07
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The dynamic has changed in such a short time
I was so innocent, so were you, in some ways
But as I soon found out, your veil was slipping
Is it better to have taken a chance and suffered than to have never tried at all?
Beneath your fragile facade lived something true, but in your journey for acceptance you lost
Is it better to have taken a chance and suffered than to have never tried at all?
Cause night after night we are pretending
And day by day you know it's ending
Night after night and, still, mile after mile
We reject the truth, fake a smile
Beneath your fragile facade lived something true, no longer can I commit to this falsehood
The dynamic has changed in such a short time
I was so innocent, and so were you
So scream until your throat bleeds and I'll walk away, for I have seen the face of betrayal
So scream until your throat bleeds and I'll start to laugh, for I have seen your face
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The Viking Song
04:09
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Look into those eyes that pierce you with the precision of a butcher's hand
One strike was all it took to take your life away
The blood was spilled, the deed was done
I am the hunter, and destroyer of all
I am the wolf, in human skin
Fires will burn on holy ground
Centuries old, temples will fall
Let the tears flow from the fallen ones as the fire burns in the mind's eye
In flames, all you hold true will perish into the night
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Red Line
03:44
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Arise! Surely someone can see the past is not so distant
And its horrors and misdeeds overshadow a progress that's moving all too slowly while we pretend nothing is wrong
A reconciliation with our complicated past
A full examination to come full circle at last
Our closet is overflowing with skeletons long swept aside
We lack the heart to understand just when the dream died
Our people feign compassion, while the powers that be manipulate our division and rewrite history
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Cobrawolf
04:32
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Most people see only as far as the horizon
But this is for the ones with starry eyes
We all know how this ends, and it's not a pretty sight
The faint of heart should just turn back now
We all know how this ends, and yet we still forge ahead
For we will place acceptance, in the eyes of others, on the back burner and we will follow
You've all seen this before, so don't lower your eyes
There is honor in persistence
You've all seen this before, though you still try to hide behind the comfort of inclusion
For we will place acceptance, in the eyes of others, on the back burner and we will follow the flame that burns the deepest, inside ourselves, and we will rise or fall on our own
We are all in the gutter, but at least some of us are looking up at the stars tonight
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It seems you can't stay quiet forever, no matter how much you try to suppress your true beliefs
Wear your heart on your sleeve but don't blind yourself with what you're told to adhere to
Always taking suggestions to heart, you think your life can be placed in a neat little box
Always trusting your deepest fears to the unknown is cheating your time here
I don't know how I will explain that what comes after is the worst
The worst is yet to come, my friend
I'll fight to find meaning in everything I see
Until I know the truth it means nothing to me
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Fools
04:06
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While the unworthy cower and beg for mercy, the enlightened ones shall ascend to their rightful perches
Fools, all of you for ever doubting that this moment would someday present itself
With undying fury I will hunt them down
Until I claim vengeance I won't be placated
For too long we have stood aside while wretches exult impunity fearing not our recourse
And now we shall accept our destinies with vigor
And we will finally rise and fight our tormentors
Too many lies handed down by those we're taught to trust
No more will I look away
Nightfall will usher in the dawn of our glory
For too long we have suffered
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10. |
Heartbeat Sensor
04:24
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In our final twilight we'll come to realize that our mistakes were the only things that mattered
Those forgotten failings so often the only marks of our misguided journeys
I never allowed myself to reflect on my errors, now I'm here drawing breaths filled with regret
All undone, I struggle to see the silver lining
A new day will never dawn again for me
And my imprint surely won't be everlasting
The finality of it all makes everything seem so insignificant
And with the final beat of my broken heart, I try to force the darkness to grant me one more day
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