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Distant Sirens
05:00
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Distant Sirens
I stand alone in silence
contradicting myself
I stand against the alliance
I don’t know of anyone else
But I feel a disturbance in the atmosphere
Another strange occurrence
I refuse to adhere
Step into the doorway of the unknown
Look into the mirror, you’re not alone
Misplaced distorted figures
Appearing in my dreams
I sense I’m being watched
It’s not what it seems
The alerts never seem to stop
Keeping me awake
I’m afaid to close my eyes
The room begins to shake
Sirens sound into the streets
Warning us to stay inside
They will search every room of your home
Questioning your alibi
Detaining those on their radar
Who fit the description of
Anyone in opposition
No one is above
The flashing of searchlights
On faces they suspect
Verifying identities
Running a profile check
You look far too suspicious
The evidence they collect
There are no witnesses
Its your word they’ll reject
The sun will light another day
Don’t worry just hide away
The fear will soon be gone
We can return and carry on
When will the madness end
Returning to the times transcend
Tell me it’s all a bad dream
Wake me up from the scream
Sirens sound into the streets
Warning us to stay inside
They will search every room of your home
Questioning your alibi
Detaining those on their radar
Who fit the description of
Anyone in opposition
No one is above
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Volatility Swaying
05:17
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Volatility Swaying
The stares ignite suspicion
Tolerance has gone wrong
No one knows just for how long
Even the though they’ve known it all along
Some are quick to criticize
Without time to realize
It would be very unwise
Leading to their demise
With all lost intentions
Something that they’ll never find
With no intervention
The story is now intertwined
Don’t think out of the box
You’ll never find the answer sought
While many others are convinced
What they say makes no sense
What really matters
is what we take from this
They always seem to dismiss
Until they raise their fists
With all lost intentions
Something that they’ll never find
With no intervention
The story is now intertwined
Volatility swaying
Everyone is telling lies
To try to undermine
The game has been jeopardized
Volatility swaying
Everyone who denies
To try to undermine
The game has been jeopardized
The closing doors remain
The past memories sustain
Theres no one left to blame
Only the falling rain
When I reach outside
I feel the chilling air
It brings me to my senses
Without any suspense
Volatility swaying
Everyone is telling lies
To try to undermine
The game has been jeopardized
Volatility swaying
Everyone who denies
To try to undermine
The game has been jeopardized
Volatility swaying
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3. |
Remain in Darkness
03:34
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Remain in Darkness
If I knew then what I know now
I would have known that it wasn’t allowed
With all restrictions now in place
You can’t do that
Without falling from grace
Tell me that it’s just a bad dream
When I awake it’s not what it seems
Tell me it’s an illusion
I’m seeing things that are not really there
All the lights in the city went out
We remain in darkness
Refrain from going out
All the nights without a sound
We remain in silence
No sign of life to be found
We must wait until the first sunlight
There is nowhere
no end in sight
When can we return to the life
We once knew
Haven’t we paid the price?
Tell me it’s just a bad dream
When I awake it’s not what it seems
Tell me it’s an illusion
I’m seeing things that are not really there
All the lights in the city went out
We remain in darkness
Refrain from going out
All the nights without a sound
We remain in silence
No sign of life to be found
There is and always will be
No answers to the questions
sought
Are we really that naïve
To believe everything will work out
All the lights in the city went out
We remain in darkness
Refrain from going out
All the nights without a sound
We remain in silence
No sign of life to be found
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4. |
Until I Reach the End
04:47
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Until I Reach the End
There is something at the end of the rainbow
waiting to be found
Your troubles seem to vanish
Into an array of colors onto the ground
Until I reach the end of the rainbow
There’s no way I’ll ever know
Just what the future holds
Until I reach the end of the rainbow
I’ll stand in it’s afterglow
of eternity’s window
If you believe with all of your heart
You can bring about a change in everything
When you place a stone into your hand
It will turn into gold right where you stand
Until I reach the end of the rainbow
There’s no way I’ll ever know
Just what the future holds
Until I reach the end of the rainbow
Where I’ll stand in its afterglow
of eternity’s window
Spanning out across the sky
It can suddenly appear and disappear
No one knows the reason why
Some believe it dispels our fears
What lies in the eyes of the beholder
For those who stand in its light
Will be granted forever eternal life
There are no dreams left behind
You will soon discover everything turns out fine
Just remember the astonishment
That lies before your eyes
when you look up to the sky
Until I reach the end of the rainbow
There’s no way I’ll ever know
Just what the future holds
Until I reach the end of the rainbow
Where I’ll stand in its afterglow
of eternity ‘s window
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Pure as the Driven Snow
04:16
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Pure as the Driven Snow
Was I not guided by the stars
That led me to your door
Was I not guided by the wind
That constantly pulled me forward
The cold wind forced me to take shelter
Only for awhile where I could recover
Was I not told to follow my heart
My feelings would be my guide
Was I not led to believe
Under overcast skies
Pure as the driven snow
falling from the sky
The loneliness and secrets kept
All the days from passing by
The stillness in the winter’s calm
The lanterns dimly lit along
Encounter silence overcast
The winds die down at last
The stars align up to your our souls
As the seas start rise
The clouds give way to the sun
The overcast is comprised
The cold wind forced me to take shelter
Providing awhile where I could recover
Pure as the driven snow
falling from the sky
The loneliness and secrets kept
All the days from passing by
The stillness in the winter’s calm
The lanterns dimly lit along
Encounter silence overcast
The winds die down at last
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6. |
False Readings
05:15
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False Readings
Another night to conclude the day
Only to dream that I’m awake
For this is no ordinary night
I couldn’t shake off the fright
The storyteller with a convincing imagination
Has me believing with anticipation
There are no correct answers to the facts
It’s the way you tend to react
There are too many false conclusions
Just speculative illusion
Hold that thought don’t think any further
Your words might be monitored
Science and knowledge have
reached new heights
Man does less and is losing sight
I’ve seen the city
from the other side
I heard the sound of thunder
The storm just in sight
Where were you when
the lights went out?
It was disturbing then
Where were you when we heard the shouts
And the intruding sin
Don’t turn around
There’s nowhere to hide
Don’t give away your position
The laws will abide
You are under the radar
surveillance cameras on
Suspense in motion
You’ve done something wrong
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The Symposium of Great Failures
Enter the Symposium of Great Failures
On display are the losers who failed to convince
The league of the defeated after many attempts
Success held in contempt
They are now further exempt
The stolen ideas that they will never confess
They claim it was work in own progress
There are no trophies on the shelf
There’s no one to blame but themselves
Failure is a detour, not a dead end street
If you fall 7 times you need to get on your feet
In a competitive world where you win or lose
There’ no sympathy for those you cannot even choose
Even though they tried to make their mark
They just didn’t have the spark
To leave their place in history
Fate had a sudden turn that they didn’t see
The Symposium of Great Failures
Through trial and error, they never learned from (their) mistakes
And now on display where
they miscalculate
Through slips and blunders
They seem to underestimate
Some tried to imitate
someone else they’d simulate
Parting their hair on the side
They changed their fashion to provide
They made it to the hall of fame
They should forever feel ashamed
Pretending to be part of the scene
We can see right through their own scheme
The Symposium of Great Failures
Through trial and error, they never learned from (their) mistakes
And now on display where
they miscalculate
Through slips and blunders
They seem to underestimate
The Symposium of Great Failures
Through trial and error, they never learned from (their) mistakes
And now on display where
they miscalculate
Through slips and blunders
They seem to underestimate
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8. |
Singularities
05:27
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Surrealities
They say there is a doorway
To places unseen
Where you can only enter
Through your dreams
They say it’s filled with colors
Surrounded by lights
A sense of tranquilly
With a feeling of delight
Ever so strange and unlikely
Nefarious of the times we exist
Fictional novella stories
A weak temptation to resist
Look into the Kaleidoscope
As the colors emerge
Never knowing what you will see
Unknown to observe
Hearing echos of the past
Of voices that we once knew
A sensation overwhelming
Staring down upon you
They say our memories live on
Throughout our lives
They continue to exist
You’ll never realize
The clouds might cover the sun
But they can’t darken our minds
Stare into the solar eclipse
Searching for what you’ll never find
Ever so strange and unlikely
Nefarious of the times we exist
Fictional novella stories
A weak temptation to resist
There are surrealities that still occur
There are similarities
Of the unknown to observe
Hearing echos of the past
Of voices that we once knew
A sensation, a realization
Staring down upon you
Enter into the caverns of time
The dwellings of forgotten rhyme
A recollection of lost emotion
Has now returned Its
devotion
You must now follow the path
That leads to the way out
If go astray don’t forget to shout and never doubt
Ever so strange and unlikely
Nefarious of the times we exist
Fictional novella stories
A weak temptation to resist
There are surrealities that still occur
There are similarities
Of the unknown to observe
Hearing echos of the past
Of voices that we once knew
A sensation, a realization
Staring down upon you
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The Extremities of Dreams
I once thought I was immortal
I would live throughout time
I once thought I was invincible
And the world was all mine
I used to believe in the future
I had everything all mapped out
I followed the path of visions
I never had any doubt
I used to seek after my dreams
The sacrifice was too extreme
I have no faith in tomorrow
It has slipped through the seams
The extremities of my dreams
Are so frightening
A portal into a parallel universe
Where we exist and cease
(to exist)
The extremities of my dreams
An entrance to the other side
There are visions that I have seen
Where our souls will collide
The things we once knew all along
Have turned out to be wrong
The world is upside down
Everyone stares and frowns
Trying to make sense out the past
Knowing well that nothing ever lasts
Where would I be in ten years
Would I live in this fear
The extremities of my dreams
Are so frightening
A portal into a parallel universe
Where we exist and cease to exist
The extremities of my dreams
An entrance to the other side
There are visions that I have seen
Where our souls will collide
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10. |
Ending World Overture
03:23
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Instrumental
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