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Mamula
03:50
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There's no tomorrow
At least not different from today
Dark as the bottom of the sea
Rotting away
In a prison surrounded by waves
As I pay for what I've done
Choices I've made
Built the walls of my lonely cell
Rotting away
In a prison surrounded by waves
As I pay for what I've done
Imagine escape
From the fortress of Mamula
Stone bleeding sorrow
Many have left their bleak bones here
Dress misery up as luxury
Rotting away
Please make the time pass
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2. |
A Pill Hard to Swallow
04:49
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Sensing a great disturbance
Mind blurry with unease
The pain is real, both you and I can feel it
What's to follow, world so hollow
I'm a pill hard to swallow
Deliverance sought in death of body or mind
By misguided men
The interludes are pointless
I know it comes again
The pain so real, both you and I can feel it
What's to follow, world so hollow
I'm a pill hard to swallow
Aim to subdue this
Endless stream of consciousness
Failed, I must confess
Endless stream of consciousness
Reach for the sun thawing us on this great day
All bleeding victims rejoice in sway
To break these walls of mine
Rebuild all the ruins that our fathers left behind
Reach for the sun, thawing us on this great day
All the victims now renounce the sway
We break these walls of mine
We pledge our lives to become the fathers of our time
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3. |
Bastion
05:30
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You don't wanna hear it
But it's just what you need
The one thing holding you back might be
Just the very essence of your dreams
In strength now baptize me
Obsession denies me
Madness has pushed me through hell and beyond
Took years deciphering
Things clashing inside me
Now see this world for what it really is and be
Unconditionally free
Lift me up, strike me down
I shall have no fear
Nothing shakes my ABCs
Bastion of sanity
In me, persevere
Nothing shakes my ABCs
As you make your way
Don't expect mice to be brave
Can't teach lions to behave
Rules are set and can't be changed
Careful as you make your way
Don't expect mice to be brave
Can't force lions to behave
Defeat them at their own game
Never mind the outcome
This is where I'll stay
Grounded deep into my values
Counting scars - the only thing I’ve known
I’m taking the power
Back into my hands
Madness will push me through hell and beyond
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4. |
Identity Catharsis
03:41
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No one can beat the animal grown inside
No one can be the demon buried in my mind
Identity catharsis - pantheistic son
The thunders and the earthquakes come undone
Testing the reborn one
I soundly hold my ground
Defying all the odds - yet flawed
And thus proclaim man's victory over god
I'm your bloody angel forcing you to grow
Don't copy my wings, but weave your own
Prodigy of the cosmos
The path and destination merge into one entity
Catharsis yields your identity
Strolled some sinful paths, scapegoats paid the toll
Do not judge my battles, fight your own
Prodigy of the cosmos
The path and destination merge into one entity
Catharsis yields your identity
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5. |
Atlas
04:55
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Greet the world of hate
Mechanisms of despair
Kickoff your life unprepared for a
Wasteland malevolent
Taking your first steps
Illustrating innocence
They look into your tiny eyes and see the
Future of a broken man
First (last) line of defense (of defense)
Imperiled now that you're aware (now you’re aware
There's more evil in this world than sand
(Don’t pray) Apathy (will sway)
There's nothing left
(But to, say)
Answer hate with a thousandfold hate
Scars don't fade away
Confusion accumulates
Judged by those you treated bad
Even though they did the same
Recognize mistakes
Life turned around, efforts made
Never will there be enough proof
The shepherd boy and the wolf
Welcoming your death
Stories raise you up to Seth
This bitter taste clenches your heart
Values falling apart
Few of those remain
Who can go against the grain
Can really tell the right from wrong
And bear the strength for what has to be done
(Last) line of defense (of defense)
Torn down now that I forgive (now I forgive)
People who like me just want to live
(I pray) Apathy (away)
There's nothing left
(But to, say)
Answer hate a different way today
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6. |
Nothing
05:18
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As I drift through endless space and time
Quest for identity
All this energy I channel into frantic suffering
We all know that this will be the end of me
Man's obsessive self-inflicted agony
Nothing can stop this
Never try to define me
Monstrous will the fine be
Never attempt to break me
Shallow will our graves be
And I contemplate the irony
Of what I've let myself be
A fish begging to reign in the trees
Unfulfilled by sea mastery
Yes, I know that this will be the end of me
Man's obsessive self-inflicted misery
Nothing can stop this
Can anything stop this?
Nothing can stop this
Can anything stop this?
Please stop this!
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7. |
Stalemate with Suicide
09:09
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I breathe in and give my best to bury all the pain
Time and time again, vain as it may be
A part of me, forever restless now claims victory
It destroys any hope of bliss
Time and time again
Won't this fade away
I'd rather not stay
Drowning in dismay
All alone, surrounded by as many as can be
They do not see me and I can't feel them there
Struggling, to each his own woe seems the most extreme
As rational as I can be I'm not spared of this belief
I take the stage and rearrange the planets given to me by the gods
Tables turn, I'm the one in charge, for now...
This poise, so fake, will disappear, gone with your next selfish move
Back to the abyss myself to prove to you
I gave up so much to have you here
You better be
Sick of waiting for tomorrow
Is it that weird?
I'm not insane!
You, unable to value all that I've done
I curse the Sun
Why can't you see?
Humans make mistakes
I'm not a demon
I explode in screams with tearful eyes
How can you hold all this in?
Appalled by emptiness that you display
After all the love I gave
Grip, undefined
Clench, freedom swept away
We both drown
This is not a war we're waging
Words unrefined
Kill what little we had
Mutually drained
No, there's no going back
This time 'round
The sadness borders hatred, consuming
I try to be, aw hell, there's no myself to be
Boiling point
Confusion eats me, erase or forgive
Life has a laugh, and stalemates with suicide
Time and time again
Until I stride into demise
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8. |
The Ascent
01:21
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9. |
Clouds
04:34
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Beauty divine, blind my eyes and shine
An overload
Her black wings propel me to sacrifice my soul
Once was my entity
Drain all my blood for her to drink
Grind my bones, burn my remains
Time will tell, time will tell
My body's laid among the clouds
Rotten inside, behind this gleam it hides
A bitter ghoul
We compete, wallowing in misery
Ending, no doubt, severe
Bidding to be the king of all the failures
Been drowning deep in this search for perfection, over and over again
I want to believe, but the signs are so clear
There never was a bridge
The pill takes effect and I start to suspect:
You are me
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10. |
The Humbling
06:12
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I face this nemesis all alone
Stripped to the bone
Supremacy I'll validate!
I cannot take this anymore
Hey, don't wanna fight this day
Don't wanna fight it
Stale, weary of suffering
Burying the hatchet
Teach me to surrender
Guide me while I wander, find peace, grow, let live and
To be my own mender
Come and humble me through pain
Lost in the streets of redemption
Crawling on needles and pins
Pain, my dear friend, once you abandon me
Expose the true ordeal
One's free to die, free to live
Shackles unsealed
Anxiety
Face the pain
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