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Deep, dark, pounding sounds.
The voice of a man searching for his son among the rubble.
The voice of a woman being violated during a raid, in any place, in any era.
The shouted and tight voice of the Vietnamese girl, roasted by napalm, running towards the photographer with open arms and tears in her eyes.
The voice of a commander ordering the killing of your relatives, the people you love.
The voice of a soldier in a trench, muttering something to himself, before the whistle calls for a charge.
The voice of a relative uttering their last words, and you are not there to care for him.
The voice of someone abandoned.
The voice of those who betrayed someone: this voice will haunt them forever until they kill themselves out of shame.
The voice of those who killed themselves and, waking up in a useless afterlife, still feel their shame too strongly and kill themselves again.
The voice of someone discovering that all people contribute to the art of predation and expropriation.
The voice of the darkness within the ignorant.
The voice of the light you feel when you make love, only to realize it means nothing and it's an ephemeral feeling, leaving you more alone than before, as always and forever...
The voice of the last men slaughtering each other to board the last ship, sparing neither children nor women: but like gorillas, they climb aboard and spit on the weaker ones, while the boat departs.
Your mother's voice, very old now, who, from the couch she no longer rises from, says, "Dear, dear, come here to help me!" And you would crush that useless weight...
The voice of madness stinging you at night, your skin burning, your stomach choking you from below...
A splendid record: incredibly dark and revolutionary, full of unusual ideas and sounds; maybe I'll listen to something else, what do you think?
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
01 Lost (09:41)
My eyes were jades, so close to the centre I could not see
But now they are fixed and glaring at the sacrifice to be made
Now that I'm aware of the cycles I pray that I can deal
Now that I have shown you these cycles I pray that you can feel
In and out of the stray
Taking the bait
Feeling compelled to obey, betray
The isle of await
Running scared from their thought
Thinking I can summon some ancient truth before wrong
Seeking my nature, our nature with fear of being caught
Or have we been like this all along
The dawn of birth gives way to men
Age brings dimness to sight as it must
Death seals the eyelids on darkness once again
Augmentation of the dust
02 Raze the Stray (08:41)
Falling out, crawling out, seeking out
Emerge now and see the
Returning to raze my shrine
Whole seeds no soul
Blind, shall we lay tides shallow
Wise, I stand my ground
I will not stray
Wounding the ego, get up lick your wounds
Mistrust to survive, avoid being burned alive
Biting other people with words
Searching for oblivion, small scares etc permanence
Tearing your whole life to shreds
All that was alive and spontaneous
Fading under the crests of imbalance
Gnaw your teeth into fangs, only to have them lash out at yourself
For what they forever have done to you
Numbness escapes, willing to face the pain
Your rebirth demands a part of you dead
The longing in your heart for transcendence
Something greater than what we've become
04 Cold Ascending (04:35)
Your eyes are stained - you're shining low
Candles burn on your star - slowdive in
Old stain (slide on)
Brain is cold ascending - crawl on bits
Away - firestarter - crow (slide on)
05 Lexicon (05:41)
See - sick - eyes - on - off - broke dry - trigger
Taste - dirt - know - on - off - stand - blood - lied
Water - scar - flesh - on - off - watch - will - used
(You leave more cancers than you have yourself)
(Nothing to resist - they know no other)
06 Enemy of the Sun (07:33)
Torn of this land's disgrace
Too hungry to contain a future
The sun bathes my wounds with a veil of rage
It's rays dyed with the blood of our disrespect
Suffering for the wisdom long forgotten
The sound of bloodletting echoes on the wind
The suicide of drought for a faith destroyed
We starve with pride and glass in our throats
Harvest their return
Those who drive away the sun
The masks lay fallen, sheltered in the dust
Tearing our flesh amongst wolves
See how they run as we laugh
In lunar horizons there is understanding
Harvest their return
Carry my soul to the sun
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