1. |
Beautiful Hell
03:37
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I can’t recognize myself
The venom has taken control
Lost in this suffocating hell I call home
Deliver me
My grave, my peace haven
My shelter, my asylum
A rain forest
Too much explored
A holy grail still unheard of
Years spent crawling in the jungle
Left me with nothing but indelible scars
Poison ivy in my backbone
Propagating on its own
Inhaling the steams
Of my self-ignited blaze
No way out from this maze
I’m lost in this beautiful hell
If this daydream is all that I have
I’ll turn it into something beautiful
I’m trying to see through the haze
Is it a monster or a miracle?
Let me tame the sour taste
Let me tame the bitterness
This is my way to escape
I’m lost in this beautiful hell
A stranger to myself
Lost in someone else’s tale
Blurry sights and bones exposed
A single celled parasite
Sight of endless rivers
Sights of millenarian trees
Help me find the difference
Between truth and fantasy
My air, my asphyxia
My venom, my dementia
So please come with me
We can hide in my chrysalis
Safe from the trials and tribulations
Together we’ll learn how to tame the poison
If this daydream is all that I have
I’ll turn it into something beautiful
I’m trying to see through the haze
Is it a monster or a miracle?
Let me tame the sour taste
Let me tame the bitterness
This is my way to escape
I’m lost in this beautiful hell
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2. |
Seasick Sailor
03:39
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So many pages
Have been soiled with my laments
Now I’m building bridges
Between me and oblivion
This is not the way I wanna seal my fate
I won’t let myself sink into the depths
Don’t tell me not to worry, I know how it ends
Feeling seasick so i’m sailing to the shore
I weave across the monsters under water
They try to reach me, I can hear their growls
Trying my best to steer the ship through the storm
A lonely seasick sailor
Another push and I will reach the harbor
Could it be?
Could I be the one that they said was
Lost at sea
But I’m building my own saving raft
I’m done swimming against the stream
I’ll ride the wave until it brings me back
I’ve lost all of my certainties
I’ve lost it all
And now I’m bouncing back
I’ve learned to live without an end in sight
Swept along with the tide
Getting lost in the mist
Out of breath
In the middle of the seas
I’ve got this feeling, like I’ve been there before
Another push and I will reach the harbor
Could it be?
Could I be the one that they said was
Lost at sea
But I’m building my own saving raft
I’m done swimming against the stream
I’ll ride the wave until it brings me back
I’ve lost all of my certainties
I’ve lost it all
The salt taste on my lips
The fluid in my lungs
It has been so long
The splinters in my fingers
The dryness of my tongue
Bruised and battered
I keep pushing against the odds
I let the current carry me
The northern star will pave the way
Waiting for the day i will finally
Turn the tide and reach the firm ground
Sailing through the sea
Facing the hurricane
I’ve come all this way
Now I’ll break the waves
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3. |
Sing Me to Sleep
03:44
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What is there to find at the end of the tunnel?
I’ve heard about a white light
I’ve heard about a black hole
Will we ever meet again?
Am I chasing a dead end?
I’ve got this melody stuck in my head
Is it a cry for help?
Constantly ringing in my ears
Sounds like a siren song
It’s getting harder to resist
Can you hear the sound?
Arising from the other side
The haunting promise of a better future
Or a lure born in my own mind
Can you hear the sound?
It’s time to put your doubts aside
Pull back the veil and embrace the unknown
We’re together in this ride
Driving along the edge of a cliff
Fast asleep in the passenger seat
Cradled by these mesmerizing whispers
I’m both blessed and cursed
The same shivers down my spine at every turn
Driving along
Driving along
One day i’ll know what’s coming after
I’ve finally learned to dream in colours
Siren’s call is louder than ever
Yet I’ve never felt stronger
Now that I’m singing in unison
With every passing year
More and more whispers in my ears
Is it just me or is there a knocking drawing near?
Will we ever meet again?
Am I chasing a dead end?
Still the same melody stuck in my head
Now i can hear the sound
Arising from the other side
The haunting promise of a better future
Or a lure born in my own mind
Can you hear the sound?
It’s time to put your doubts aside
Pull back the veil and embrace the unknown
We’re together in this ride
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4. |
D.G.G.R.S
04:55
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Welcome to the wonderful century
Join the crowd and start walking backwards
Exponential growth at the expense of humanity
Here we stab ourselves with our own daggers
Toxic ideas heard a thousand times before
We let old books define our behaviour
Self-proclaimed kings seated on a throne
From the core to the edge
Sticking to our role
Welcome to the wonderful century
This is the world we shaped
Following the dictates
We’re the slaves of a self-made slavery
Exposed for what we are
We’re the slaves of a self-made slavery
So raise your glasses to the cause
Fooled by precepts from the past
We’ve been warned but we persist
Narrow minded and convinced
That the truth is in our hands
It’s way past time for a change
Cause it’s too late to retreat
The end is near, our fate is sealed
The hourglass ran out of sand
I won’t seat back while you profane our realm
Living us stranded on this barren land
Broadcast the aneurysm
Terror of a nameless nation
If life is a TV show
We’ve reached the final season
The line you drew in the sand
Falsified, riddled with rust
Reverse the trend
It’s the dawn of a new day
Omit the role you played
We’ll carry this burden
Keep on mocking the child that paves the way
We’ll put an end on this deadly malthusianism
Welcome to the wonderful century
Join the crowd and starts walking backwards
Exponential growth at the expense of humanity
Here we stab ourselves with our own daggers
Fooled by precepts from the past
We’ve been warned but we persist
Narrow minded and convinced
That the truth is in our hands
It’s way past time for a change
Cause it’s too late to retreat
The end is near, our fate is sealed
The hourglass ran out of sand
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5. |
Fifteen Roses
03:13
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A life lived in denial
Too many vows violated
I couldn’t see the forest for the tree
Truth hit me like a cannonball
Took my breath away
And to think I thought I knew it all
I’d have so much to say
And I wonder
Am I expected
To start it all over again?
You were so perfectly dishonest
I guess it was all for the best
To hell with your regrets
Too little too late
Gave me an armour, threw it all away
And without it I’m terrified
Burn my roots and stems
Take away my name
It’s hard to face a world with all of
These questions left with no answers
Fueled with sorrow
You were the match that lit me up
Now be my saviour
And help me put out the fire
Will I stay the same or will I realise myself?
A mind shaped in fraud and lies
A life forever compromised
Could I trust again
Breathe again
Learn to overcome the pain?
I won’t forgive
But I’ll forget
You were so perfectly dishonest
I guess it was all for the best
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6. |
Emerald Skies
04:09
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Another glance at the emerald skies
One final breeze before the storm
Encapsulate
They tried to keep us obedient
But from now on
It’s every man for himself
Alive but doomed
A hopeless wreck
How long till we’re all out of breath?
Six feet underground
In a gallery of steel
Feeling safe and sound
Artificially fulfilled
Buried alive in the noxious ground
Slave to this new reality
Days turn to years but you’re still around
Forever engraved in my memory
I gave up on the thought
Of seeing the daylight again
I promise you I’ll be alright
Please just remember my name
Chalk lines on the wall of my cell
I tried my best but I’m starting to lose my head
Every morning the same deafening bell
Another twenty-four hours in this frozen hell
Holding on to your smile as my only solace
Holding on to the hope you won’t forget my face
One final farewell
You vanished in a blast of light
Then came obscurity
I couldn’t force myself to believe
Half of the awful lies I said
Your fragile knees shattered the ground
Drowning in tears as you escaped
Buried alive in the noxious ground
Slave to this new reality
Days turn to years but you’re still around
Forever engraved in my memory
I gave up on the thought
Of seeing the daylight again
I promise you I’ll be alright
Please just remember my name
I miss the distance between me and the Machine
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7. |
With Love
03:08
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I found myself in the water
I found myself in the trees
I found myself in the contemplation
And buried all of this inside of me
Gathered as an ode
A testimony
A truth to be told
From the depths of my beliefs
I’ll give you all I have
Cause you’re the only thing I need
Of delusion, of doubt
But most importantly built
With Love
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8. |
Cycles
03:56
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Half buried in the quicksand
Yet we keep on moving
A constant withering
We’re hanging by a thread
Oblivious to the void beneath our feet
Envy consumes the soul
We struck the match that started the fire
We provide for the cycle
As you sow, so shall you reap
We assemble to destroy
Driven by these senseless desires
Feed me
I only thrive in property
Cure me
Dazzled by lust and envy
As the rest of the world perishes
We provide for the cycle
As the alarm bell rings
We assemble to destroy
The more we have the more we want
Trapped in a cage we’ve built
The more we have the more we need
Witness the decrease, the price of disbelief
Deafened by the noise of our grievance
Drifting inside the same loop
The real power lies in the mass
The cure is the poison
We’re hanging by a thread
We’re standing on the edge
Feed me
I only thrive in property
Cure me
Stripped down from my humanity
They gave us a heaven
That turned into a blaze
The rhythm of the seasons
A distant memory
Half buried in the quicksand
Yet we keep on moving
Lost in the motion
So disconnected
Swept by the current
A river with no end
Swimming through a black tide
Blind and barely breathing
The more we have the more we want
Trapped in a cage we’ve built
The more we have the more we need
Witness the decrease, the price of disbelief
Too late to realize we’ve already crossed the line
We’re headed straight for the crash
But ‘till then
Feed me, cure me
Endlessly dazzled by envy
A bunch of sad clowns wandering
So many promises thrown to the wind
Hollow, empty
We’ll pay the price of our disbelief
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9. |
Surrender
04:04
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Eyes up and back against the wall
Who’s gonna catch me when I fall
Take back these bones that make me who I am
I’ll rise up and if need be I’ll fall again
My mind is a river
Sometimes flowing
Sometimes frozen
I got rid of the anchor
But I’m better off now
I will be my own saviour
Just still haven’t found how
Heading straight to the unknown
Cause there’s nowhere else to go
I’ve burnt the bridge
Now what’s it gonna be?
Ran away with the evidence
And watched the smoke from a distance
Thrown to the sea
I took the risk and i refuse to think
To think that it was all for nothing
Just another waking dream
And so I flee
From the ashes of my failed endeavours
I’ll raise an army from the dead
As one we’ll march and take over
And once it’s all done i’ll say
Take back
These bones that make me who I am
I’ll rise up
And if need be I’ll fall again
It’s always darkest before dawn
And for now it’s pitch black
So is the night coming to an end?
All the pain won’t be in vain
A glimpse of light
To lift me up
All hail the brand new day
I’ve burnt the bridge
Now what’s it gonna be?
Ran away with the evidence
And watch the smoke from a distance
Thrown to the sea
I took the risk and I refuse to think
To think that it was all for nothing
Just another waking dream
And so I flee
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10. |
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I remember the neon lights
Through the final hallway
Same old deafening sound
The roaring up above my head
They said we might never be back
The odyssey may never end
Your memory, my guiding light
Will we ever meet again?
Man-made gravity
Holding on to me
Fading bravery
As the blue’s turning to black
It’s getting clear we’re not coming back
Drifting as we get closer to the dark
Crushed by the weight of what’s left behind
Riding through space at the speed of light
Emerald skies no longer is sight
I’m nearly passing out
Hoping for a crash
Something to help the torment pass
A symphony of stars ahead
Laughing at our rusty wreck
Encapsulated
Giving in to the void
Forgive me
Glowing dot in the black open
Roaming through infinite possibilities
They hide behind their maps but we know
There’s no direction cause there’s nowhere left to go
Hold on
Maybe we’ve all gone wrong
How can we really think that we deserve a second chance
When all that we were given has been turned into a mess?
Hold on to love
There’s nothing left but memories
I’ve been so wrong
Infinitely lost in the nothing
Gone for good
This is farewell
Oblivion above my head
And I miss the distance
Between me and the Machine
Smells of gasoline
The air is smothering
Doomed with a lifetime of suffering
Encapsulated
Lights turned red
Sirens are breaking up my head
I’d give anything to break out of this cell
I’d rather burn with you than live in a cold black hell
I just can’t force myself to believe
That this is how the story ends
My fragile knees shatter the ground
Drowning in tears as I forget
Gone for good
This is farewell
Oblivion above my head
And I miss the distance
Between me and the Machine
Between me and the Machine
This is the fate we refused to see
Trapped like rats in the nothing
Giving in to the void
Forgive me
Gone up in smoke
There’s nothing left but apathy
We dug our hole
As one with the symphony
I remember the neon lights
And when they faded away
Never thought I’d miss the sound
I’ll carry your love ‘till the edge
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11. |
Forever Yours
04:38
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Deprived of appearance
Inexplicably pervasive
I need it, I need it
Feeding my inner demons
So that they can feed of me
Addicted, addicted
Always questioning
Always wondering
The clock still keeps on ticking
Will it ever stop, will it ever break
Or simply lose its sealing?
Set me free
Free from my self-inflicted borders
Show me how
To reverse the curve and start all over
Let me out
From the torments
Cause I can’t gloss over
Fill me up
Just give me a moment
Let me see the bright side
Help me out
Cause I’m rotting inside
Hands and feet tied
Let me out
For a moment
Cause I need it right now
Trapped in my feelings
Unsure if i’ll ever fully heal
Deluded, I’m tainted
No perfume is gonna be strong enough
To mask the filth
Till the end, infected
Always questioning
Always wondering
The clock still keeps on ticking
Will it ever stop, will it ever break
Or simply lose its sealing?
No matter what it could have been
It is what it is
I wish I knew how to tame the disease
To finally breathe in
Let me out
From the torments
Cause I can’t gloss over
Fill me up
Just give me a moment
Let me see the bright side
Help me out
Cause I’m rotting inside
Hands and feet tied
Let me out
For a moment
Cause I need it right now
Still don’t know where I belong
There’s something about me
That still needs to be killed
But I’m scared of what I’d become
I don’t feel guilty anymore
Interlinked more than ever before
Embracing the dissonance
Cause it’s obvious
I’ll be forever yours
Let me out
From the torments
Cause I can’t gloss over
Fill me up
Just give me a moment
Let me see the bright side
Help me out
Cause I’m rotting inside
Hands and feet tied
Let me out
For a moment
Cause I need it right now
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