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Narrative
03:57
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All lies
All lies
Disregard the headlines
They mean only to deflect
And feed your mind with poison
Towards all you won't accept
The truth won't set you free - set you free
It will only tear you apart
The truth will tear you apart
So which would be the lesser bitter pill to swallow?
How easy would you let it slide right down your throat?
Lies, all lies
Unheard of, undefined
Cover your ears and avert your eyes
Avert your eyes
You’re not ready for this conversation
The more you know the less you'll understand
How far do you dare to go
Down the rabbit hole?
How far do you dare to go
Disregard the headlines
They mean only to deflect
And feed your mind with poison
Towards all you won't accept
Disregard the headlines
Question everything, but why?
The extent of all you know
Is pre-determined and realigned
Pre-determined and realigned
So which would be the lesser bitter pill to swallow?
How easy would you let it slide right down your throat?
Lies, all lies
Unheard of, undefined
Cover your ears and avert your eyes
Avert your eyes
Lies, all lies
Lies, all lies
Lies
The truth won't set you free
All lies
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2. |
Radiant Gray
02:39
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As they gather around me
I can feel a familiar calm
I know now what comes next
I’m ready to welcome the upcoming storm
What took you so long?
Ominous clouds block out the sun
Light turns pale at the break of dawn
Proclamation of disaster to come
The deluge that will wash us all away
The tides will shift and turn
The tides will swallow us whole
The tides will shift and turn
The tides will swallow us whole
Light pierces the horizon
The sky's in disarray
There is no silver lining
Only radiant gray
The sky’s in disarray
There is no silver lining
Only radiant gray
I know what these clouds conceal from me
The view of a starlit night sky
That would in turn put these city lights of yours to shame
What took you so long?
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3. |
Deserted Shores
04:26
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Sailing shipwreck through a maelstrom
It's me against the undertow
Trying to drag me down below
Can't keep my head above the water
But I won't take the gallows call
The pressure of the pulling depths
The gravity of the ocean floor
Swayed by the rapture of the deep
I've set a course towards the edge of the earth
Coordinates unknown to man
No stars to guide me out the storm
Swayed by the rapture of the deep
I've set a course towards the edge
Stranded
On the lone deserted shores of sanity island
With my head buried in sand
Don't try to find me
On the lone deserted shores of sanity island
This is where my journey ends
My open wounds are soaked in brine
It blackens to the touch of my blood
But I won't let these waves bury me
I’ve sunk all of my lifeboats
Aiming to conquer the shore
I’ve let the water fill my lungs
Will you be there at the bottom?
Will you be there at the bottom?
Although the wind has left my side
The ocean won't become my grave
The ocean won’t become my grave
Stranded
On the lone deserted shores of sanity island
With my head buried in sand
Don't try to find me
On the lone deserted shores of sanity island
This is where my journey ends
On the lone deserted shores of sanity island
With my head buried in sand
On the lone deserted shores of sanity island
This is where my journey ends
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4. |
Delusions of Grandeur
03:06
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Who put the one eyed king
Atop the nation of the blind?
To serve as a misguiding light
One link above the weakest
In a chain of marionettes
Our lives hang on the same thread
The same thread you’d hang yourself from
In the absence of your masters
Once again you've proven(beyond doubt)
You're nothing more than what you eat
Underneath the wolf skin(shed it off)
Lies another goddamned sheep
The fire that turned your bridges black
Has spread down to your throne
Embrace the flames that dance around you
It seems your only way out is to burn
Empires aren’t built in a day - but they fall down in one
We will watch the sun set on the ashes of your kingdom
Gagged and blindfolded
You’ve signed the contract
Right as you shook the leper’s hand
Who put the one eyed king
Atop the nation of the blind?
To serve as a misguiding light
One link above the weakest
In a chain of marionettes
Our lives hang on the same thread
The same thread
Foundations will crumble
Laying culture to waste
As empires die
All that you’ve strived for
Will be lost in the blink of an eye
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5. |
Endeavor
04:43
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At least you've tried, even if without avail
Proceed with caution of the things you're unaware
You've walked for long but at this pace you won't prevail
Your heart is in the right place but your feet won't take you there
I have been flipping through the pages of your burnt and worn out story
Every page was just about as blank as the next one
So what good is an open book that tells you what you already knew?
When all that said is done you are as empty as they come
You've lost sight of your destination
Soon you'll see nothing but the obstacles
Suddenly you're illiterate
To the writings on the wall
At least you've tried, even if without avail
Proceed with caution of the things you're unaware
You've walked for long but at this pace you won't prevail
Your heart is in the right place but your feet won't take you there
Can't see the summit from where you stand
And still you aim your barrel higher
While you keep on shooting yourself in the foot
With the safety on rapid fire
Staring into the abyss won't get you past your own reflection
With nothing left inside your chest but pieces that won't fit together
Looks like you've made it
Welcome to where you're going
At least you've tried, even if without avail
Proceed with caution of the things you're unaware
You've walked for long but at this pace you won't prevail
Your heart is in the right place but your feet won't take you there
At least you've tried, even if without avail
Your heart is in the right place but your feet won't take you there
If only I could put a fraction of my consciousness in anything
With the same determination you put your mind
Into nothing
If only I could put a fraction of my consciousness in anything
With the same determination you put your mind
Into nothing
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6. |
Past Reflections
04:08
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is today everything you've ever hoped for?
it has to be - there is no turning back now
Everything you took for granted one day disappeared
Can you hear the ghosts of the past whisper in your ear?
Take a step back, let time heal your wounds before
Time will be able to heal you no more
Reminiscing poor decisions
With narrow minds and tunneled visions
Now we're left to suffer from the consequence of our self destructive retaliations
If only we could see(past reflections)
Spiraling down the route to our downfall, paved with only good intentions
Eyes, adjusted to the darkness, will be blinded by the light
The shadows of regret will forever cloud our hindsight
Been waiting long with my arms open wide
Until I had no strength left to cast you aside
Reminiscing poor decisions
With narrow minds and tunneled visions
Now we're left to suffer from the consequence of our self destructive retaliations
If only we could see(past reflections)
Spiraling down the route to our downfall, paved with only good intentions
Is today everything you've ever hoped for?
It has to be - there is no turning back now
I never put you on a pedestal
To look down upon me from
Reminiscing poor decisions
With narrow minds and tunneled visions
Now we're left to suffer from the consequence of our self destructive retaliations
If only we could see(past reflections)
Spiraling down the route to our downfall paved with only good intentions
If only we could see
Spiraling down the route to our downfall, paved with only good intentions
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7. |
Lucid Nightmares
04:37
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Take me to your dreams
Show me what you see with your eyes closed
Take me to your nightmares
I’m getting sick of my own
Will I find silence in the darkness of the void?
Or will it be as overwhelming as the noise
Kill all the lights
I lose my train of thought
Each time the cycle ends
Will I remember any of this when I wake?
Just like before
What does my mind keep from me?
What does it not want me to know?
Don’t leave me alone with my thoughts
These lucid nightmares I can’t wake from
Watching the shadows as they take form
I drift away - with no one to break my fall
And every nightmare wakes me to another one
Another one
Can’t scream, can’t move a muscle
My eyes won’t open on their own
Motionless I feel this cage of flesh
Try to reject my soul
Achieving weightlessness
With no sense of control
These lucid nightmares I can’t wake from
Watching the shadows as they take form
I drift away - with no one to break my fall
And every nightmare wakes me to another one
These figments of my mind
Are as real as they get to me
Every hallucination could be
A glimpse into reality
False serenity
Carry me to my restless sleep
These lucid nightmares I can’t wake from
Watching the shadows as they take form
I drift away - with no one to break my fall
And every nightmare wakes me to another one
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8. |
The Uninvited
06:02
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Having escaped the compounds of your skull
Your demons now roam free
Couldn't you just lock them in and throw away the key?
Couldn't you just lock them in and throw away the key?
They won't remain where you left them all to rot
All the skeletons you've piled up till the closet door won't shut
Collecting dust, waiting for change
Why would you resurrect them just so they could die again?
Don't look back,
They're right behind you,
Watching your every move
You thought you could contain them
Keep them hidden from the world
But they're digging up their way out
Spreading out all of your dirt
Should've dealt with them while you could
Have them buried one by one
But now they accumulated
And there's nowhere left to run
There’s nowhere left
There’s nowhere left to run
They won't remain where you left them all to rot
All the skeletons you've piled up till the closet door won't shut
Collecting dust, waiting for change
Why would you resurrect them just so they could die again?
Don't look back,
they're right behind you,
watching your every move
Settled in your darkest corners
Growing cold beneath your skin
Long have they overstayed their welcome
How could you ever let them in?
Collecting dust, waiting for change
Why would you resurrect them just so they could die again?
There's nowhere left to run
They won't remain where you left them all to rot
All the skeletons you've piled up till the closet door won't shut
Collecting dust, waiting for change
Why would you resurrect them just so they could die again?
Die again
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9. |
Harvest of Man
03:42
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Watered with blood, since the day that we were planted
Thus deeming this soil unworthy of life
We have overcome through the worst of climates
Predicted only to wither and die
Wither and die
They've come to reap the fruits of wisdom
Born of the storms that we've survived
Will we forever hone
the axes that will cut us down?
When we fall and no one can hear us
Does it mean we've made no sound?
From where we stood it was deafening
Deafening
Standing still as time elapses
Seasons change us
Before long the forest will be
Covered deep in snow
Where we'll wait throughout the winter
Until the snow melts and the corpses all unfold
In the spring
We'll wait throughout the winter until the snow melts and the corpses all unfold
Sprouted from the same grain
Beginning life anew
For these branches to reach the heavens
These roots have burrowed through
the depths of hell
Our time to flourish is now
The storm is over
Can you see the forest through the trees?
We've grown in numbers
Watered with blood, since the day that we were planted
Thus deeming this soil unworthy of life
We have overcome through the worst of climates
Predicted only to wither and die
Wither and die
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10. |
Sonder
05:58
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Am I more than flesh and bone?
More than the vessel I was given
If my lungs didn't move on their own
Would I still be breathing?
I breathe but am I alive?
I breathe but am I alive?
A never ending search for answers
Without fully understanding the question
What is a purpose to begin with?
Is it our place to find the truth?
Whether we drift along
Or swim against the current
In time we'll all meet the same end
Drowning on either side
Of the ebb and flow (of the ebb and flow)
Eternal consciousness
Trapped in a mortal cell
Decaying ever since
The day I came to be
To live is to change
And change is the only constant
Nothing's the same as yesterday
But what difference does it make?
To live is to wait
To wait for the inevitable
Our scars are a reminder of
Our own mortality
Victims of circumstance
Without an explanation
Our place in life may vary
But not our destination
You came to this world mourning
Now that you finally know the cause
What would your answer be
If you were asked to be reborn?
Am I more than flesh and bone?
More than the vessel I was given
If my lungs didn't move on their own
Would I still be breathing?
I breathe but am I alive?
I breathe but am I alive?
To live is to change
And change is the only constant
Nothing's the same as yesterday
But what difference does it make?
To live is to wait
To wait for the inevitable
Our scars are a reminder of
Our own mortality
Eternal consciousness
Trapped in a mortal cell
Decaying ever since
The day I came to be
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BRCDS Tel Aviv Yafo, Israel
BRCDS (formerly known as Barricades) is a METALCORE band from Tel Aviv, Israel.
The band is active since 2015 and consists of 4 core members:
Max Bek: Vocals, Liro Vinik: Guitars, Elad Azar: Drums, Asaf Harpaz: Bass & Vocals
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