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Veil of Sanity
03:55
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One step across the line
The Judas trigger
Insanity unveiled
What does it take for us to burn the old demeanor?
The acts of false lucidity
We’re standing at the frontline
Witnessing the realms of mental warfare
Where primitives prevail
Now take a look into the mirror
What’s reflecting of yourself?
It's a pitch black core of ego and betrayal
A backstabbing horde
With morals as a veil
Life's a fragile game, we're losing peace by piece
This delusion of grandeur, that collapses once the veil is burnt
Morals and standards
succumb in the prevalence of chaos
Intellect diminished
Return to the self-sustaining instinct
Empathy, traded for acts of self-interest
Now take a look into the mirror
What’s reflecting of yourself?
It's a pitch black core of ego and betrayal
A backstabbing horde
With morals as a veil
Life's a fragile game, we're losing peace by piece
This delusion of grandeur, that collapses once the veil is burnt
Unveil
Once pushed over the edge
We're to weak to climb back up
Slaves of our own insanity
Hope erodes
Our veil’s translucent for profanity
A psychopathic absurd society that shouldn’t exist
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2. |
Fire to the Throne
04:10
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Committed to lead, your head’s on the billboard
Promising deeds
Meaningless speech
All you dare to say is what we want to hear
We all know what you pled for
Can you recall your vow?
All lies will be revealed
We’ll take off your mask, now!
It’s gonna be a shameful revelation
Egotism exploding in your face
You left a trail of indignation
Now we see you fall into disgrace
Lies and deceit
Your joy’s what we paid for
No trust remains
The tables shall turn
Here comes the revenge of the ones you betrayed
This is the cry of the voiceless
These are the fists of revolt
Behold our retribution
In self-hatred you’ll burn
You’ll be bereaved of your kingdom
Your empire will fall
Our torches are all lit
Set fire to the Throne
It’s gonna be a shameful revelation
Egotism exploding in your face
You left a trail of indignation
Now we see you fall into disgrace
A new order will be hailed
Justice will prevail
The truth will be exposed
You’re vicious to the bone
Our anger will be shown,
Set fire to the Throne
It’s gonna be a shameful revelation
Egotism exploding in your face
You left a trail of indignation
Now we see you fall into disgrace
Fire! Fire! Fire!
Fire to the Throne
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3. |
In the Name of Progress
04:16
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For Better or for Worse
The road ahead is a dead end
Geopolitics, obstructing our development
One step forward, two steps back towards barbarity
When lunatics reign the world
Supremacy of opportunism
We’re pawns of the Idle mind
Shameless evolvement of hypocrisy
Human intelligence is confined
There’s no end to the era of wars
As misgovernment’s on the rise
For Earthly tears we fear no blood
Fuck that, our Children pay the price
Supremacy of opportunism
We’re pawns of the Idle mind
Shameless evolvement of hypocrisy
Human intelligence is confined
Now open your heavy eyes
And clear the prejudiced mind
As you watch the fallen crumble at dusk
Was it worth the sacrifice?
The bloodred sun swallows them like dust
All in the name of progress
In the name of progress
Supremacy of opportunism
We’re pawns of the Idle mind
Shameless evolvement of hypocrisy
Human intelligence is confined
As the scars in the Earth are widening
And its lungs are burning to ash
We must ask ourselves, as we create this hell
Where did we fail in our progress?
In the name of progress
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4. |
Thrall
06:16
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I am standing at a crossroad with my life on display
Numb and unaware of the path I have to take
My mind's conditioned for one more need, one more gain
Reaching for the sun but forgetting about the heat
I’m a thrall in the arms of damnation
Never been told - Never foreseen
I was blind for the thin red line
So unaware - So disdained
Should I fight or accept my fate and live the lie?
Most times it feels like drifting on a lake
All beauty on the surface but acid underneath
It’s so hard to see the threat, the dangers that it keeps
So I'm diving anyway to the treasures I might see
Utopia in flames
In my hands a dove of peace and a can of gasoline
A choice must be made
‘Coz once the Devil deals your cards, nothing's to regain
I’m a thrall in the arms of devastation
Never been told - Never foreseen
I was blind for the thin red line
And the toll it takes
I was blind for the thin red line
I’m enthralled
“The awareness bites like sulfur
The emptiness digs deep
From a throne of kings to a cradle of filth
This is hell
I’m enthralled
I was blind for the thin red line
And the toll it takes
I am standing at a crossroad with my life on display.
Numb and unaware of the path I have to take.
A mind conditioned for one purpose, one more need, one more gain
Always reaching for the sun but forgot about the heat.
I’m a thrall in the arms of desperation
Never been told - Never foreseen
I was blind for the thin red line
So unaware - So disdained
Should I fight or accept my fate?
I’m enthralled
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5. |
Societal Delirium
03:18
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I can see them
crooked in the streets
Can’t believe them
Retracted from their sanity
Mass Hysteria
Intrigue of the demented
Triumph of the crazed
Dystopia
Our world’s a psychic mayhem
Intellectually depraved
Am I one of them?
How will I ever know
My self-reflection
Is betraying me evermore
Mass Hysteria
Intrigue of the demented
Triumph of the crazed
Dystopia
Our world’s a psychic mayhem
Intellectually depraved
It’s the burden of our prayers
The delirium spreads like fire
Infected with their weakness
Delusions in my brain
I’m failing to determine
What is real or what is fake
Mass Hysteria
Intrigue of the demented
Triumph of the crazed
Dystopia
Our world’s a psychic mayhem
Intellectually depraved
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6. |
Torrential Rain
04:29
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Breakthrough
Cumulation
Downburst
Torrential rain
As water builds up in the sky, conquering the force of gravity
People are wondering why they deserved the brutal downpour
Flooding their senses
Don’t run for shelter, you’ll be washed away
The relentless downpour leads you astray
Nothing to hold on to
Give in and obey
Inhuman forces
No-one can run from the devastating flash flood
Sink in anthracite skies
The deluge’s now flooding your land
Leaving a trail of seclusion
The last brick slips out of your hand
You’re left behind in disillusion
All we have built is left behind in vain
Our vanity and strength have washed down the drain
Leaving us hopeless to further maintain
That is the blessing of the torrential rain
Of the torrential rain
Of the torrential rain
Don’t run for shelter, you’ll be washed away
The relentless downpour will lead you astray
Nothing to hold on to
Give in and obey
Inhuman forces
The power of fate is not in your hands
Selfish protection is our common sense
It’s a long way until we’ll understand
That we’ll always be the prey of nature’s offense
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Doomed to our future
Slaves of our deeds
Blind for the consequence
Genesis of the storm lies in our hands
Rise towards apocalypse
Oppressed by our needs
Void in its existence
Meaningless to all
Heedless acts of ignorance build the furnace of this rage
Right before our eyes but we turn our heads away
Sleeping Giants come back to life, thawed from their womb
Hoping for the best from the precarious aftermath
Feeding the abhorrence in a black box
A trace from the wings to the storm
Everything in life is invisibly connected
We are unable to fight what exceeds our existence
Everything in life is invisibly connected
We are unable to fight what exceeds our existence
The butterfly has flown
As dark clouds become full-grown
We see the trace from the wings to the Storm
From the wings to the Storm
We reached the point of no return
This is a dive into misery
Our imperium will burn
A horrible epiphany!
If we don’t care about the birth of this rage
It’ll come right at us like a lion from a cage
Our cries are lost in vain
Mundane bloodbaths at the end of the chain
Obey the trace from the wings to the Storm
From the wings to the Storm
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Blinded by hollow preaches,
absorbed into deceit.
Chained by the promise of the afterlife,
marching down the road to supremacy.
Alas, we stray from the path, allegiance long lost!
There is no way back.
No way to escape your chosen fate.
From cherishing a void,
devotion will give birth to raging hate!
Wander through the mass grave, breath in empty souls.
Prayers vanished into lost belief!
In the never-ending walk to the promised land,
did the creator ever reach out his hand?
Look at the forgotten remnants of your soul.
It’s dead inside, a blackened void!
Lives are lost, worshiping the world’s biggest lie
All left behind in the collapse of the shrine
Here you stand with empty hands
They are the symbol of our destiny.
Barren earth marks our end;
a fate only the vulture could foresee.
Wander through the mass grave, breath in empty souls.
Prayers vanished into lost belief!
The beauty of death is reflected by the way you stood in life.
It’s dark and cold, where the end unfolds.
The withering world howls it wasn’t created in holiness,
but teared down, for a hollow crown!
Resurrection! This is our Renaissance!
Resurrection! This is our Renaissance!
The Awakening of the Martyr!
The Awakening of the Martyr!
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9. |
Abhorrent Descendant
03:46
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Behold the coming generation
Destructive visions on a dying world
Loose cannons with a lacking mission
Like a filthy virus, we will all regret their birth
On an ivory tower
Their self-image has no precedent
Impudently expressing false beliefs
Liquidation of our Roots
We burn the impostors
Respect what we’ve built
Your one-sided world-view
Must drown in your own guilt
You’re a disgrace
Degradation of our gene pool
A creature that leaves us ashamed
If this is the way we’re evolving
Our hate will always persist
Downright exclusion
Don’t count on a single embrace
Your life is a tragic mistake
Abhorrent descendant
Maybe this all comes our way
We’re looking into our future
A depressing odd destiny
Where truth will dissolve
Expelled from society
We’ve got your back
Your back at the edge of a knive
Create your own future
If it’s worth living this life
We burn the impostors
Respect what we’ve built
Your one-sided world-view
Must drown in your own guilt
Abhorrent descendant
Death to the Mutants
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10. |
Ephemeral Imperium
07:42
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All what is built for your deities
Will remain as a symbol
Of your collapse
We were not able to understand
The balance we've disturbed
Through the take-over by Man
For whom the imperium is luring
Sometimes ignorance ain't bliss
But the reason for depravation
As common sense has been dismissed
It leads all of us astray
The temples of today
Are the ruins of tomorrow
With their history of decay
A dying breed that failed to co-exist
The altar of their offerings
Drenched in a crimson veil
Embodies their own suffering
With no more kings to hail
The emperor becomes the wanderer
As the relics burn to ash
The temples of today
Are the ruins of tomorrow
With their history of decay
A dying breed that failed to co-exist
Our Imperium is Ephemeral
It's doomed
Doomed to collapse
Doomed to collapse under its own weight
All the Kingdoms that we've lost
Stand as symbols for our weakness
So stop yearning for the past
As it's not brighter that our future
The temples of today
Are the ruins of tomorrow
With their history of decay
A dying breed that failed to co-exist
Failed to exist
Our Imperium is Ephemeral
It's just Ephemeral
It's doomed to decay
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