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Beginning
02:05
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I have existed from the morning of the world,
And I shall exist until the last star falls from the night.
Although I have taken this human form,
I am all men as I am no man,
And therefore I am a God.
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Permanence
04:58
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Illuminating brilliance,
Plastered scene upon the sky.
Endless dreams on ending years,
Wishing that it'd never end.
Watching as it all goes by,
A counted day on counted time.
Wishing that it had no end,
Wishing that it had no end.
No lasting permanence,
No lasting permanence.
No lasting permanence,
No lasting permanence..
Count the moments slipping by
Fleeting away beyond the earth.
Scenes and visions of the past,
Moments never meant to last.
Perception of a falling star,
Crashing down to earth below.
Conception of a dying sun,
Extinguished life, yet to begun..
No lasting permanence,
No lasting permanence.
No lasting permanence,
No lasting permanence..
Subtly suggesting permanence,
when it’s known it can’t be so.
Living life in ignorance,
We deceive ourselves of what's known.
Turning to the ones beside us,
Remarking what we've seen.
We continue our longing gaze,
Up to the heavens above.
A painted picture hung on the sky,
Commissioned by the lords.
A creation perfect in design,
But lasting never more..
And so comes the final moment
Anticipation running high.
The last remnants of the scene,
Fading away like a memory.
No use in preservation,
The moment's slipping away.
An era beyond a lifetime,
Forgotten to history..
No lasting permanence,
No lasting permanence.
No lasting permanence,
No lasting permanence..
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Muss Es Sein?
02:08
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Higher..!
06:06
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To ended dreams, to ruination,
To continued thoughts, and wasted memories.
To everything that I’ve ever lost,
And all the fears life has brought.
The ambition and the dream,
The persistence, never seen.
The ascension that we craved,
As we condemned our fellow man to slave.
The greed and the lust,
That made the lord turn his head in shame.
For now, we live in the dark,
Lamenting what we’ve lost.
And the light of heaven above,
Is lost to us forever more.
We are looking to the stars,
And the end of all we’ve never know.
A hoping for new life,
With a denial of our sin.
Denial of our sin,
Denial of our sin..
To the beauty,
To the sights that we have seen.
And the carnage,
The vicious atrocities.
The bloodshed, the lives we waste,
To the unborn, to the blind.
And we think that if we still try
Just maybe we’ll make it.
Still we’re looking to the stars
The death of all we’ve never know.
A longing for new life
With adamant denial of our sins..
Of our sins,
Of our sins,
Of our sins,
Of our sins..
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Remission
01:39
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Acceptance
02:17
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The memory of you is fading
Is there cause for discontent?
All our lost aspirations,
All my current regrets.
I’m trying my best to forget, to accept
And trying to kill off hope,
A futile dream for the old ways
A time lost long ago.
Hope must die for continuance
This facade can go on no more,
It must bring change to the forefront
It must bring a means to an end.
Severance..
Severance..
Severance..
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Mephistopheles
03:31
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Insomnia
05:26
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Years of nocturne and harmony,
The endless idyll for all I see.
The changing fields of wilderness,
Rejuvenance of the dark unknown.
This disruption of the finer senses,
Blind and freezing, dusk til dawn.
Lying in silence, the predator awaits,
Still in security, none shall rest.
Hiding our weapons, preparing attack,
Concealing strategy, the stillness is cold.
See them coming through the woods,
No room for failure, it comes down to this.
A declaration of our intentions,
This is our mission, this is our war.
Three hundred million, who will they turn to
When the threat comes to the homefront..
Insomnia,
Insomnia,
Insomnia..
There's no escaping the aftermath,
All stationary 'til the deed is done.
The growing hunger, the emptiness,
The dehydration, the lack of sleep.
Our loyalty,
Our duty,
Our respect,
Our selfless service,
Our honor,
Our integrity,
Our personal courage.
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Collapsing
00:52
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Bitter Truth
04:11
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We all need shelter,
We all need a saviour to catch us when we fall.
We all are lovers,
We all want to sing the sweetest songs of all.
But in this world we live in, it's a living proof,
The last cold reminder of the bitter truth.
There is no heaven, without you,
Warmer than a cold September, rain clouds in the blue.
Hopeless and abandoned, her icy stare,
The last train from downtown, I'm stepping off.
And when the world around you comes to an end,
It's the last cold reminder of the bitter truth.
We all are lovers,
We all want to sing the sweetest songs of all.
We live in shelter,
We all need a saviour to catch us when we fall.
But in this world we live in, it's a living proof
The last cold reminder..
And when the world around you comes to an end,
It's the last cold reminder of the bitter truth.
The bitter truth
The bitter truth
The bitter truth
The bitter truth
The bitter truth
The bitter truth
The bitter truth
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Ending
03:38
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12. |
Siyafa (Bonus Track)
02:16
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