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Terminal
05:57
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Awaken to a world in flames, the ash obscures our sight.
No answers, no reasons why, our reality set alight.
What was before became no more,
And now we travel on this road,
Toward the light, hoping to find,
The terminal through endless night.
What was our life, we left behind,
There was no time to say goodbye.
The road it winds and never finds,
A place where we can close our eyes.
What was before became no more,
But still we swore (we'd carry on),
Through dust and haze, night the new day,
The years decayed (we carried on).
The fight to survive consumes our lives,
Despair, it thrives (we carry on).
Hoping to find there is a place beyond this endless night.
We yearn, for just one day of rest,
We turn, away from our morality.
We burn, through all the good that's left,
And we in turn lose all we fought to keep.
I lie awake, staring into to the gray,
I see their faces, all those I put to the blade.
I feel a sickness deep inside me take control,
I am the monster, and I can't feel my soul.
I am terminal.
What was before became no more,
But still we swore (we'd carry on),
Through dust and haze, night the new day,
The years decayed (we carried on).
The line was crossed and we paid the cost,
Our souls are lost (we carry on).
Towards the line that still divides the darkness from the light.
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Shelter in Place
06:18
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These are perilous times,
The experts agree.
It's not safe for our children to travel the streets.
The dangers surround us,
and grow worse every day,
The news is a marathon of violence,
Eight more blown away.
Fear is all we see,
Fear is all we know.
Fear is what we teach,
And fear is what we sow.
Welcome to school son, put your keys in this tray,
Just empty your bag and your pockets, and you’ll be on your way.
It's not about freedom, it's about keeping you safe,
Just try to forget what you gave up and have a nice day!
Fear is all you see,
Fear is all you know.
Fear is all you need,
Fear of the unknown.
There is no reprieve,
There is no respite.
The day is coming, it'll happen to you,
It's just a matter of time.
We live our lives afraid, on guard and filled with dread we cannot escape.
Though we try to understand why all we can do is shelter in place.
Our children can't cope with all that they feel,
Once peaceful surroundings are now battlefields.
There must be an answer,
Some evil or cause,
Something or someone to blame for our loss.
It's those films or their music or those fucking games,
That make them this violent and fuck with their brains.
It couldn't be us, no, we've done all we can,
And it's not good enough to erase the....
Fear.
We can't escape fear..
We have to do more than shelter in place.
Control your...
Resist your...
Master your...
Conquer your..
Fear.
Or you'll never escape
Free yourself from the prison cell,
Stem the tide and take back your life,
Once you realize you'll never be.......safe.
Fear cannot control our lives.
Fear cannot control our lives.
Fear will not control our lives.
Fear will not control our lives.
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3. |
My Escape
06:26
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Years ago I set out on the sea,
The sea of life that was ahead of me.
To think what may have been and what could be,
I search for truth and answers,
And how to live my life forever.
Here I am,
Please take me from all of this solitude.
I'm headed down this winding road that's leading me to nowhere.
There is a point that we all come to face,
When all of our love and faith have been betrayed,
And never will I fall again.
As the night falls I lay my head to rest,
And hope that I wake up to a brand new day,
And try to leave the past behind.
Here I am,
Please take me from all of this solitude.
I'm headed down this winding road that's leading me to nowhere.
The future is in your path,
What's the answer, I ask you.
And now it's time for me to fly...
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Decision time again, sit back and watch the fools parade.
The lesser of two evils only guarantees we're slaves....to the same old way.
The more I open my eyes, the less I like what I see.
The thief in column A, or the liar in column B.
You might as well ask me which hand I do not need,
Impossible to choose between power lust and greed.
Hate or lies, make your choice.
Change can't rise through the noise.
Concede your voice.
The system's rigged, it MUST be changed, unless it helps me get my way.
Everyone else is wrong, it's all THEIR fault, how could I be to blame?
(We are all to blame).
Every single day, new outrage to sell,
The cycle never ends, just feeds upon itself.
A vicious circle that's perfectly designed,
Hatred built to last, insanity defined.
Hate or lies, make your choice.
Change can't rise through the noise.
You have no voice.
History doesn't just repeat on its own,
We reap from the careless seeds of hate we've sown,
Running in circles, never changing course,
We arrive exactly where we've been before.
History doesn't just repeat on its own,
We reap from the careless seeds of hate we've sown,
Running in circles, never changing course,
We arrive exactly where we've been before.
Time to make your choice.
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5. |
The Last Refugee
06:31
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This tale may find no witness,
These words may float away...
They came without a warning,
Thirty years ago, today.
In seconds the world was burning,
Red lightning split the sky,
A thousand cracks of light formed down below,
The earth grimaced and opened wide.
Humans, bear witness,
To your world's extinction.
I watched my home disintegrate,
From a perfect seat on high,
I narrowly escaped their wretched fire,
And I've been running since that night.
Endless drifting through the void,
This pain will never stop.
The stars have now imprisoned me and left me here, forgot.
Now look upon the last of my kind,
An orphan of the past,
If this is what it means to be alive,
Deliver me to the black,
Set me free.
Now look upon the last of my kind,
A spectre of the past,
If this is what it means to be survive,
Deliver me to the black.
The last refugee I am left alive,
No future and no past.
I am adrift on the ocean of time,
I know now I can never go back.
I swallow my fate and watch the fading light,
I can be at peace at last....I am free.
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6. |
Free to Speak
06:11
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What if you really had something to say?
Something recovered from yesterday.
But that speaks for the present and for the future some way.
When I speak I have nothing to hide,
All I want is freedom.
Would anyone listen and hear what is said,
For those who are living and dead.
To tell the truth I've heard it said,
To speak of it will only serve to get you dead.
And that's only because the truth offends,
And all who refuse to make amends.
When I speak I have nothing to hide,
All I want is freedom.
Would anyone listen and hear what is said,
For those who are living and dead.
It is not the timid in spirit who say today is not like yesterday,
And though it would be to your dismay,
I am about to have my say.
When I speak I have nothing to hide,
All I want is freedom.
Would anyone listen and hear what is said,
For those who are living and dead.
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7. |
Legacy
05:51
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Time is all that’s left, for me,
I waste it away, but it always remains.
Life, is just a word to me,
A passing of time, is all it means.
Smile, I see her smile in my dream,
And God how I try to make it wake up with me.
Now time, it keeps reminding me why...
I can't deny that I need to…
Leave behind my love for you.
Leave behind the life I knew.
Leave behind all I could do,
Before your eyes...left me behind.
The days empty to the nights, with no purpose or aim,
I know this life can never be the same.
I've tried to be strong now, but the sorrow's so deep,
I can't pull myself free.
Now I leave behind my love for you.
I leave behind the man I knew.
I’ve got to leave behind the life that was you,
Before your eyes….left me behind.
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8. |
The Fall of Æstoria
05:22
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Far away is a distant world that orbits around their sun,
A world that has abundant life sustaining from their light.
What would happen if the light went dark,
Cataclysmic supernova,
All of this is beyond our control,
What was there will be no more.
Black holes,
The nothingness,
That plagues the world beyond,
The outcome of a catastrophic supernova,
Aestoria will become extinct.
What would happen if the light went dark,
Cataclysmic supernova,
All of this is beyond our control,
What was there will be no more.
Aestoria,
You've been around for so long,
Now you're dead and gone,
In this black hole,
Time goes on,
You won't be forgotten but we're moving on,
From the great void.
Now it's time to prepare for escape,
The life they know will be no more.
For reasons that we don't understand,
But here it is the demise of this world.
What would happen if the light went black,
Cataclysmic supernova,
All of this is beyond our control,
What was there will be no more.
Aestoria,
You've been around for so long,
Now you're dead and gone,
In this black hole,
Time goes on,
You won't be forgotten but we're moving on,
In this black hole.
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9. |
Saving Grace
08:01
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It will happen just like that,
One day your world is turning,
And the next it's down in flames.
There's no ground left where you walked,
And you feel yourself falling,
Into a dark and living grave.
You try and scream for help,
But your voice, it just keeps breaking,
And your words dissolve into air.
You can hope you're missed this time,
You can pray someone will notice,
But in your heart you know there's no one left who cares.
One by one,
Every thread has come undone,
I am left to fall into my inner fray.
This time I know the ending,
This time there's no ascending,
This darkness, neverending in depths I can't escape.
All I ventured, nothing gained,
All I do now is in vain,
I have come to know my fate is preordained.
No one will save a wretch like me,
Forever lost, too blind to see,
There is no grace from way on high to set me free.
One by one,
Every light has come and gone,
I am left to hide forever in this shade.
This time I know the ending,
This time there's no ascending,
This darkness neverending in depths I can't escape.
There's a scar for every day,
Still painful to the touch,
But if there's one saving grace,
I can only bleed so much.
One by one,
I will shed the bonds of blood,
And ascend to heights where sorrow can't hold sway.
This time I know the answer,
It's time to leave this cancer,
And hope to find in the unknown, my saving grace.
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Divinity Compromised Elgin, Illinois
Divinity Compromised was formed in 2009, and has risen to become one the Chicago area’s premier metal bands. Formed by veterans of several notable Chicago groups, the band has carefully honed its sound and has evolved into a unique sonic experience which features a strong focus on melody and dynamics while retaining the signature heaviness mixed with symphonic elements. ... more
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