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1. |
21st Century Monster
05:13
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I am
The other side of the mirror
The glasses seeing you clearer
One last time
Last stand
Where the years stood still in the basement
When heaven can't build a replacement
For what's mine
Control
Of horrors and knowledge of old
A tethering power to hold
I sold my soul for you
Stole for you
Been my own enemy
Just to light your eyes
I am the animal that
Feeds for you
Needs for you
Amalgamation of
The healer that I was
And everything I am
I am
The hopeless romantic that's lost her
A new 21st century monster
Growing near
Don't run
I promise it's not what it looks like
I'm battered from winning the last fight
Calm your fear
So cold
A cosmos of magic untold
With nothing but ashes to hold
Would you believe
I sold my soul for you
Stole for you
Been my own enemy
Just to light your eyes
I am the animal that
Feeds for you
Needs for you
Amalgamation of
The healer that I was
And everything I am
My composure in stitches
A king among witches
Holding only an audience with bones
I sucked in the light
And won every fight
But we fade in this black hole alone
To someone beyond this
I reach out for solace
I'll speak through fabric of space
Our hope of escaping
I'm screaming and scraping
With tears on this old monster's face
I sold my soul for you
Stole for you
Been my own enemy
Just to light your eyes
I am the animal that
Feeds for you
Needs for you
Amalgamation of
The healer that I was
And everything I am
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2. |
We Rise
06:04
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To dawn
We've gone
Adrift with the resolve to carry on
When the climb is steep
And the days are long
We rise
All rise
Our fight
Burns bright
From filth we ascend to the tree of life
The lowly empowered in faith unite
We rise
All rise
So far
We are
The hope scattered among the fallen stars
The last note played on an old guitar
But we rise
All rise
With hearts
Of thorns
We're matched with the will of the royal born
To stave off the fall of a house that's torn
We rise
All rise
We will die again
Where the oceans end
Over and over
In the dragon's fire
We will testify
Shoulder to shoulder
In the lands between
Spirits sharp and clean
Mused with a purpose
Through the scarlet mist
For the maidenless
We rise unburdened again
We rise again
We bled
Instead
Of giving ourselves to the void of death
Accepting the power for a final breath
We rise
All rise
To yearn
And burn
With frenzy and flame to the rights we've earned
In face of the falsehoods and secrets learned
We rise
All rise
We will die again
Where the oceans end
Over and over
In the dragon's fire
We will testify
Shoulder to shoulder
In the lands between
Spirits sharp and clean
Mused with a purpose
Through the scarlet mist
For the maidenless
We rise unburdened again
We rise again
Though some of us won't make it back
We're following into the black
Unknown for a long lost throne
We rise again
Where others might look for escape
These lights in the dark search for grace
Once lost
To a blood-soaked cause
We will rise
Through battlefields scarred by the gods
We're striving no matter the odds
When nothing can hold back the tide
We rise, we rise, we rise
All rise
Though graceless and exiled
We're loyal the same
Returning to roots through the
Worst of our pain
When kings rise against
Have it writ on their grave
The old gods were felled
By a mortal unnamed
We will die again
Where the oceans end
Over and over
In the dragon's fire
We will testify
Shoulder to shoulder
In the lands between
Spirits sharp and clean
Mused with a purpose
Through the scarlet mist
For the maidenless
We rise unburdened again
We rise again
Our eternal struggle echoes to the past
We rise, we rise
So even if only to fall then in ash
We rise, I will rise
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3. |
My Church
05:15
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Wild fire calls me to the madness that I seek
We've seen bold things that our storied hearts will keep
Who am I to deny the ascension of man
When I alone could bring it on with my healing hands
Don't mourn what's left in the burning states behind
You've come this far if you've opened up your mind
To a new rebirther
So take it one step further
Where the rivers meet the coming red tide
I got miracles for those on my side
In the willows I built my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
Newfound faith that's vested in me
Now our bloody hands will heal the unclean
In the wastes I raise my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
Some say we're doomed in the heart of our beliefs
Death stilled their lips and maintained the peace we keep
Now I've seen in a dream that I'm destined for a throne
Once I've conquered the cage of this flesh and bone
Accept what's kept in reaches of your soul
Cut off your will and leave the guilt you hold
Give it all to the rebirther
Let's take it one step further
Where the rivers meet the coming red tide
I got miracles for those on my side
In the willows I built my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
Newfound faith that's vested in me
Now our bloody hands will heal the unclean
In the wastes I raise my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
My church, yeah
My steeple
My church, yeah
My people
No, I've come too far
To give up on faith
When it's all my own creation
Bow down, face to the floor
I can heal you soon
When you've blurred your mind's foundation
It's too late for the rest now
But it's never too late for you
I'll share the truth
The end will come and take us
And the sun will bleed us dry
My church renewed
As promised soon
Where the rivers meet the coming red tide
I got miracles for those on my side
In the willows I built my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
Newfound faith that's vested in me
Now our bloody hands will heal the unclean
In the wastes I raise my steeple
My spirit, my church, my people
My church, yeah
My steeple
My church, yeah
My people
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4. |
Falling Stars
06:36
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Where life as an unwilling angel starts
I end
Forgive my intrusion but grace is won
With friends
I'll upturn the roots that withhold this
Shattered place
In cold absolution I carve
My unbound face
Mother have you lost your way
The skies are crumbling as I pray
Shine moonlight from where you are
To guide me by the falling stars
Through golden oblivion I have held
So far
And died for traversal beyond the place
We are
I've cut the soul out of my chest to
Heal this land
I'll sever the fingers to let go of
These hands
Mother have you lost your way
The skies are crumbling as I pray
Shine moonlight from where you are
To guide me by the falling stars
My father's blood boils in my veins
For I have forsaken our name
To tarnish the glow of his golden order
Forgive me for what I have done
The catalyst I have become
To birth a dark moon as these lands grow colder
Mother have you lost your way
The skies are crumbling as I pray
Shine moonlight from where you are
To guide me by the falling stars
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5. |
Into The Black
06:28
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Walking the crossroads of hell on earth
A devil's deal for a new rebirth
I've given my all and day by day
My soul still breaks
I can remember crossing the line
When ushered into a darker time
Though we were in agony
You left me in your wake
When I curse your name
Can you see my face
And do you taste my pain
In this bloodstained place
Forever on the attack
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Will my scars reveal
All the sins you chose
And how betrayed I feel
In my fractured bones
For us there's no turning back
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Still hanging on for white hawk's fall
When vengeance comes and I heed the call
With every time I plunge the steel
I'm seeing you
You once had used my desire to kill
Granted me hope with a quiet thrill
I watched as you changed the world around me
Cut in two
When I curse your name
Can you see my face
And do you taste my pain
In this bloodstained place
Forever on the attack
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Will my scars reveal
All the sins you chose
And how betrayed I feel
In my fractured bones
For us there's no turning back
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
I guess I gambled and lost when fate shuffled our decks
Now that I suffer the wrath of your mad god complex
As I follow the path where the darkness collects
So much death, what for, what for, what for?
Though I am losing control I can't give up the chase
No time for mourning the loss of what hatred replaced
There lies barely a soul behind my changing face
I will break no more, no more, no more
When I curse your name
Can you see my face
And do you taste my pain
In this bloodstained place
Forever on the attack
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Will my scars reveal
All the sins you chose
And how betrayed I feel
In my fractured bones
For us there's no turning back
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Without you
When I curse your name
Can you see my face
And do you taste my pain
In this bloodstained place
Forever on the attack
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
Will my scars reveal
All the sins you chose
And how betrayed I feel
In my fractured bones
For us there's no turning back
I'm fighting into the black
Without you
Without you
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6. |
Painkiller
04:28
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I deserve to be here
But no one could deserve you
You're an intervention
A hallucination of truth
When I need a fix-up
I feel you in my veins
You're the spark I needed
To start a whole new flame
Straight into my heart
I am blown apart
Like a bullet to my brain
You tear the world away and
When it goes to shit
I can take a hit
'Cause you're here keeping me sane
A spirit like a storm
With you I'm reborn
At the bottom of the chain
It starts to look like heaven
Cut and bleed me dry
Take another life
You're the killer of my pain
Ripped apart by something
Inside me left from those days
Walking with the earthbound
I'd rather be in your gaze
You're the one elixir
Laced with the sickness I need
And I'm gonna take you
When my affliction bleeds
Straight into my heart
I am blown apart
Like a bullet to my brain
You tear the world away and
When it goes to shit
I can take a hit
'Cause you're here keeping me sane
A spirit like a storm
With you I'm reborn
At the bottom of the chain
It starts to look like heaven
Cut and bleed me dry
Take another life
You're the killer of my pain
Risking life
I will never let go
Never let go
And while you're kicking ass I'll be there kicking too
Through the blood and strife
We will do what we know
Do what we know
Like a rose's thorns
On your hellbound horns
My thriller
Painkiller
I'll let you in to cure me
Even if it's gonna hurt me
Straight into my heart
I am blown apart
Like a bullet to my brain
You tear the world away and
When it goes to shit
I can take a hit
'Cause you're here keeping me sane
A spirit like a storm
With you I'm reborn
At the bottom of the chain
It starts to look like heaven
Cut and bleed me dry
Take another life
You're the killer of my pain
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7. |
Teeth
05:33
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Can't stop to think about it
Slave to the brain I doubted
Feels like a struggle in my tortured body
Seized up I stop and stammer
Make me forget my manners
But I've got warning if you think you want me
You smack the sense out of me
Redder than dirty money
I'm not a monster but you make me wonder
Put in a blaze of fury
Eyes kind of getting blurry
Making me want to roar like thunder
Maybe it's the moonlight
Mixed with carnal insight
Violent but it feels right
You make me come unsheathed
Like I'm a weapon
Born and bred to threaten
'Cause when it feels like heaven
I wanna bare my teeth
I can't escape the feeling
Your eyes just left me reeling
Lonely and gentle like I just might hurt you
Wrapped in all mixed emotions
Done going through the motions
Who gives a fuck if we could let my claws loose
Cinematic thrills of dating
We'll get a hard R rating
Done up and fancy for a horror showdown
Too much love too inhibit
Hungry like nature's own exhibit
You wondered often but you'll know now
Maybe it's the moonlight
Mixed with carnal insight
Violent but it feels right
You make me come unsheathed
Like I'm a weapon
Born and bred to threaten
'Cause when it feels like heaven
I wanna bare my teeth
You put my head in the zone
So come on throw me a bone
Say you can take it
Now can you take it
Fucked in the head but I'm in here
I know you're thrilled by the fear
Here's our solution
Natural solution
The apex versus the prey
My fangs don't get in the way
But I can't promise I won't be too hasty
We've got the time for it all
You make it impossible
To keep together when you look so tasty
Maybe it's the moonlight
Mixed with carnal insight
Violent but it feels right
You make me come unsheathed
Like I'm a weapon
Born and bred to threaten
'Cause when it feels like heaven
I wanna bare my teeth
You make me wanna show my teeth
You make me wanna show my teeth
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8. |
Blood Pact
06:02
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You're a whisper in the dead of night
My fell beast that hides away from light
Pursuing with a monstrous, cold allure
You're god's unspoken
Dead and broken
Couldn't want you more
So dance with me and drink the moonlight
I took a vow to share the long night
A lovers' blood pact long ago
To follow as far as you'll go
I've cut down every hunt to burn you
When life raises the stakes I'll stand true
I'd go to war to feed your heart
'Til death do we depart
I could never go a day without
Your enchantment makes me want to shout
I'll be your victim if you'll be my guide
Tonight
Pleasant curses
Carnal forces
Pull my heart to you
Beloved familiar
Turned cold killer
Oh for love the things we do
So dance with me and drink the moonlight
I took a vow to share the long night
A lovers' blood pact long ago
To follow as far as you'll go
I've cut down every hunt to burn you
When life raises the stakes I'll stand true
I'd go to war to feed your heart
'Til death do we depart
They call us new blasphemers
Ignorant of the dreamers
Who wished to wed in sin
For the wicked time we're in
A crimson house of horrors
Of forbidden wine enjoyers
With a taste for blood and thrill
It's a love for which I'd kill
So dance with me and drink the moonlight
I took a vow to share the long night
A lovers' blood pact long ago
To follow as far as you'll go
I've cut down every hunt to burn you
When life raises the stakes I'll stand true
I'd go to war to feed your heart
'Til death do we depart
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9. |
Modern Mythology
04:56
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Tattered books in the desert sand
Omens told from a far off land
I don't need tall tales
When the lone wolves wail tonight
Legends forged by the folks that come
Here to summon pandemonium
But now I'm stained blood red
Caught the old beast dead to rights
You've never seen the side
Where the wraiths and the reapers hide
Another cold day on the hunt for me
'Cause I live modern mythology
Ever notice how the stories go
All the same like a second show
But the truth lies
In the old times again
Nothing's changed since the witching days
Risking life for a prison stay
Just so you fools keep your
Damn cool in the face of death
In the face of death
You've never seen the side
Where the wraiths and the reapers hide
Another cold day on the hunt for me
'Cause I live modern mythology
Keeping bay all the evil done
Walk the dark while you live in the sun
So you should thank god for making me
When we write the new mythology
No one tells you that the fable's true
You cross the line and death waits for you
Myths are born in the world today
In the dark, in the dark
Millions more slipping by each day
Don't believe magic's gone away
All the cursed faces come to fear my mark
My mark
You've never seen the side
Where the wraiths and the reapers hide
Another cold day on the hunt for me
'Cause I live modern mythology
Keeping bay all the evil done
Walk the dark while you live in the sun
So you should thank god for making me
When we write the new mythology
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10. |
Bad Luck
06:13
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I think I've lost my way
A long vacation
Like a rat that holds the plague
The infestation
We all got bloody hands
While playing blackjack
You live a life on chance
You get your payback
I need a little help sometimes to listen to myself
From someone else
I can't believe I came so far surviving in this shame
Am I to blame?
I'm not, shut up, shut up
Welcome to the freak show
Thought the odds were equal
Roulette in my head keeps rolling on
Let the bloody streets flow
Nothing holds a candle
To the rapid fire of my own gun
Maybe psycho
Push me and you might go
Over in a blaze of arcane blue
Stop me if I ramble
I'll come take a gamble for you
'Cause you need a little bad luck baby
A new ghost in the house
The city's haunted
I never crossed the line
But I like feeling wanted
Foundations wash away
The pain I tasted
Now you'll love the game we play
But your luck is wasted
I need a little hurt sometimes to keep me who I am
To give a damn
I came back with my shattered soul to find a better way
Now who's to say
Now who's to say
Welcome to the freak show
Thought the odds were equal
Roulette in my head keeps rolling on
Let the bloody streets flow
Nothing holds a candle
To the rapid fire of my own gun
Maybe psycho
Push me and you might go
Over in a blaze of arcane blue
Stop me if I ramble
I'll come take a gamble for you
'Cause you need a little bad luck baby
I need a little help sometimes to listen to myself
From someone else
From someone else
I couldn't find the words to say I miss you more than peace
So save me please
Come save me please
You taught me how to hate the world itself, well lucky me
But am I free?
Now am I free?
So welcome to the freak show
Thought the odds were equal
Roulette in my head keeps rolling on
Let the bloody streets flow
Nothing holds a candle
To the rapid fire of my own gun
Maybe psycho
Push me and you might go
Over in a blaze of arcane blue
Stop me if I ramble
I'll come take a gamble for you
'Cause you need a little bad luck baby
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11. |
The Cards You Hold
05:12
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Think I'm really gonna change my mind
Make a difference in the end this time
I could have wept until the tears ran dry
But what's the point if I'm not even trying
Holding still until it feels like home
Something's wrong but you don't even know it
Blood is rushing and the world goes slow
Can't deny it when you face it alone
To hell with the faces in your old town
Let some fade out in the background
Everybody's lost
You could be the boss
Of your
Novel of dismay
Turned around one day
Self cured
You put your feet on solid ground
But no one cares for a moment
Stand up and you'll find you're on your own
No time left for another round
You've got your one path to tread
Don't need a hero when the world goes cold
You turn it around with the cards you hold
Never listened to a goddamn thing
Looked away while they were pulling strings
I couldn't notice while my brain is tied
Up and worried that I'm only dying
Doesn't matter if we're all the same
In the end they will forget our names
And you will never have spend your life
Coming up with reasons to keep fighting
To hell with the hypocritic cycle
Don't tell me to work up to a title
Everybody's lost
You could be the boss
Of your
Novel of dismay
Turned around one day
Self cured
You put your feet on solid ground
But no one cares for a moment
Stand up and you'll find you're on your own
No time left for another round
You've got your one path to tread
Don't need a hero when the world goes cold
You turn it around with the cards you hold
When you stick it to the world sometimes
It feels like coming home
When you call out all the bullshit
That the talking heads have thrown
Can't you lift a little lighter than
Your worried heart requires
Shuffle up and let the cards you hold
Reflect your own desires
And not the ones who said
You'd be the first one dead
I guess the tables turned
So we could live and learn
It's time to pick a side
You gotta wake up alive
Let's bring the real you to the light
So open your eyes
You put your feet on solid ground
But no one cares for a moment
Stand up and you'll find you're on your own
No time left for another round
You've got your one path to tread
Don't need a hero when the world goes cold
You turn it around with the cards you hold
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12. |
Bonfire (A Rest)
05:30
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I felt my bones shiver
Across rifts of time
I saw ghosts in the mist
And their faces like mine
Then I looked to the footsteps
And gazed on a sign
That said "call my name
I'll join in the fight"
Broken and withered
We will rise again
My brothers and sisters
In death we are friends
Incandescent together
A slow fading light
The efforts cascading
Our time is tonight
Fractured and feeble
Ordinary people
Putting resolve to the test
Nobody chose to be risen
But new life is given
When we light a bonfire to rest
Old friends and rivals
We sit by the flame
To share in the moment
Before we can claim
Our own destiny's purpose
In each of our homes
We've all got our battles
But no one's alone
Nameless and searching
The light keeps us warm
In need and in danger
It guides through the storm
As we share in a question
Will we meet again
To sing by the embers
And brace for the end
Fractured and feeble
Ordinary people
Putting resolve to the test
Nobody chose to be risen
But new life is given
When we light a bonfire to rest
Undying forever
Through war and dark weather
Binding to search for a light
Some lit by grace or by embers
We're searching together
Starved for that break from the fight
Swords losing sharpness
To angels and darkness
These soldiers push on through the mire
Now we're all faced with the ending
The burn before mending
A vision to let there be fire
Fractured and feeble
Ordinary people
Putting resolve to the test
Nobody chose to be risen
But new life is given
When we light a bonfire to rest
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Aviators Fort Myers, Florida
Aviators is a Southwest Florida indie musician specializing in fantasy rock and gritty synthpop. Many songs are inspired directly by beloved video games, shows, films, and novels.
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