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To My Apparition
04:08
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To My Apparition
its all
shifting swirling
fissures growing
losing hold on the
anchor falling into
caverns widening I’m
flailing trying to
grasping hold onto you
fading into the blue
you’re already slipping away
a hollow has taken your place
shell of the one I once knew
an apparition who looks just like you
CHORUS
blind to the forces at play
deception has clouded the way
follow the false light until
she discards you when she’s had her fill
ahhh ahhhh ahhhhhhhhh
CHORUS
anguish haunting
hurt is gnawing
guilt is growing I’m
giving up on you
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Viper's Words
03:50
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Viper's Words
from depths i’ comes
Slith’ring on a
Shimm’ring tongue
Whispers
Shifting
Silence
Speaks
Viper’s words
Slip into her ear
Telling her
Loathsome lies
Whispers - slice the silence
Shifting stories, quiv’ring quiet
Turns in circles, twisted words
All she knew were lies
Twisted it speaks
Silent soft she keeps
Weaving words she sleeps
Weeps over the lies (maybe gone down half step)
Whispers steal her
Sanity o’er the
Tales he tells to keep her
Close and trembling
His forked tongue
Her throat undone
In her dream becomes
It becomes the sword.
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3. |
Unmoored
05:25
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unmoored unchained
unbound uncaged
a mother, a lover, I’m always the other
try to find my place while they seek to smother
held back, constrained - my spirit to cower
take away your voice and they take away your power
uncertain unsure, difficult to stand
placed in a box, where they have the upper hand
unmoved. unfazed, my soul to perish (up)
had me convinced this is what I cherished (up again)
unmoored unchained
unbound uncaged
unmoored unchained, face in the gravel
try to figure out, how it all unraveled
unbound uncaged, on another level
flying through the night rendezvous with the devil
I’m inside the breaking point
Let’s step into the unwinding
I accept the unfamiliar
And escape through the binding
==== starts on 8-and
the tunnel the struggle in so much trouble
its hard to tell if Im alive in the rubble
uncertain unsure my world implodes
try to survive while the self erodes
unbound uncaged drunk on the power
running past the fringe set to devour
I dance I drown, I’m on another level (up)
deep in the night doing shots with the devil (up)
unmoored unchained
unbound uncaged
onward in ruinous pursuit
forward to find reality
I embrace and claim the uproot
I cast off from - security
i ask myself is this the interlude?
or is this - just the landing?
after - the long and bitter feud
finally feel the expanding
unmoored unchained
unbound uncaged
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4. |
Taming The Night Wolves
03:34
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TAMING THE NIGHT WOLVES
Go softly, its not safe here
No hiding, beasts are near
Close the howls, step lightly
Watch the mouths, tread quickly
Darting fleeting silhouettes flickering
Copses, moonlight, fearful listening
Baying bellows frozen cowering
Growls and shrieking finally breaking free
Run swiftly, they’re coming
At your heels, soon they’ll be
No escape, overtaking
Shifting shape, there’s no waking
Sprinting, gasping, burning breathing
Slipping, weaving, snowfall stumbling
Limbs are failing, roars are rumbling
Tripping, plummeting, facing up to the wolves
Surrounding the clearing
Eyes aglow growls low
Soft breaths steadfast, still
Realize friends not foes
Run swiftly, we are coming
At your heels, soon we’ll be
No escape, overtaking
Shifting shape, they obey me
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5. |
In The Undercurrent
04:58
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In the Undercurrent
Oscillate the flow
Plummet but go slow
Rise up then descend
Don’t break yet just bend
[repeat]
Submerge the psyche
Immerse to refresh
Sacrifice the heart
Maintain mind and flesh
[repeat]
Sinking down, hold breath
Treading two and two
Stabilize the depth
To start anew
[BREAK, CHORAL]
Break into the flow
Hold on don’t let go
Fall into the flow
Hold on just let go
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Sword Tongue Oakland, California
Emerging dark wave/alt rock band features new drummer and producer Dan Milligan (worked with Ministry, Stabbing Westward, and KMFDM, others) infusing the music with more depth, drive, and dimension. The new sound is a blended landscape of trip hop, industrial, and progressive rock reminiscent of the 90s alternative scene. The mission directive remains the same - create dark music for dark times. ... more
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