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01. Landmines

Lyrics by David Anderton
I know why I'm here now
See the signs
Let my own fate find me
Stars aligned

To blink is to miss our chance at the world
Mankind an abyss, into which we might fall

And so on and on, on and on we toil
Our fantasies collide, leading us to spoil
All our plans are foiled

Searching for the promised land
But my feet stuck in the sand
No surrender, can't withdraw
Relief appears upon my sword
Should I fall upon my sword?

And I can't control the weather, so let it rain on me now
All these years I've held together, are starting to bring me down
As we rise up, I must fall

Time and again I must fight for the cause
Lines stretch and they tear
Will I be overthrown?

And I can't control the weather, so let it rain on me now
All these years I've held together, are starting to bring me down
As we rise up, I must fall

The fickle symphony is calling out again, I crow
This muted melody is falling on deaf ears now

Landmines reside under the path that I'm consigned
Will I come undone?
Thorn vines entwined around the neck to foil my cries
Silent in this war

And I'll be sober now, there's no four leaf clover
Can't see through windows made of gold
So un-blind

The fickle symphony is calling out again, I crow
This muted melody, the call for clemency's vetoed
The writings on the wall, it's time for me to fall, let go

The fable we were fed, the pathway only led, to finding this fool's gold

Don't know why I'm here now
See false signs
Fate will never find me
Stars maligned
I don't know why

02. Badge Of Honour

Lyrics by David Anderton
You know my name
You know my name, I heard you calling me
Out again

I know your game
I know your game, the etiquette I break
The rules of play

We are the same
We are the same, though you could never tell
Through all the walls you're making

Free to hate you
Free to berate you
This conscience won't be controlled

What if I wonder?
What if I ponder?
What if we wonder?
Would we still feel these chains constrain?

All I know
Is all I've ever shown
And I won't concede
The need to be free

It's a dead man's walk
And though dead men cannot talk
We won't feel your shame
We won't play your game

Everything in one hand
Can be broken by the other
And every blow that you land
Will be worn as a badge of honour

Free to hate you
Free to berate you
This conscience won't be controlled

What if I wonder?
What if I ponder?
What if we wonder?

We'll light this fire you can't control
After all, this fire you can't control
This fire you can't control

03. Painted With Grey

Lyrics by David Anderton
Grind it down
Blank canvas it calls me, keeps drawing me to the heat
Dilute, dissolve, deconstruct

Outpour my soul and surrender it all to you
Dilute, dissolve, deconstruct

But the edge that I sharpened, made it the target
You blunted it and then cut my heart out

Dreams of the undefiled
To be unobscured
I'll hold this pure
But I am the sanitised
And the well flows
To dilute my soul again
Dilute, dissolve, deconstruct

On top of the world, but the world falls away
I'll light up the dark, then you paint it with grey, but I'll stay

But this moth is drawn in, the flame is calling me back again
Though wings are charred again I'll fly into the fire
Now Scrutinise
Bastardised
Its finalised
Idolised

Dreams of the undefiled
To be unobscured
I'll hold this pure
But I am the sanitised
And the well flows
To dilute my soul again
Grind it down
Dilute, dissolve, deconstruct

04. Soldiers

Lyrics by David Anderton
Hold on the curtain's coming down on all I thought I knew
Played by the rules, but rulers choose the ones they abide to
Swim against the current, across the grain and follow through
It's time to take the gloves off, free the storm we held onto

Stand tall
Fall in line
We are soldiers

Fall in line
And we'll fight in the fields
Fall in line
Make them smoulder

Fall in line
'Til we turn the tide
Fall in line
We won't tire
Fall in line

Tormented is the soul that feels and
Burdened is the mind that reasons

So ask yourself 'cause no one else can tell you what is right, what is wrong
So no one cares, do not despair, it is the choice that makes you strong

So go alone and throw your stone, release the hate you held so long
Your child is lost, but that's the cost, this justice isn't meant for us

Stand tall
Fall in line
We are soldiers
Fall in line

And we'll fight in the fields
Fall in line
Make them smoulder

Fall in line
'Til we turn the tide
Fall in line
We won't tire
Fall in line

05. Symbiotic

Lyrics by David Anderton
Pure of heart, Pure of soul
Without sense of self control
One fear to be left alone
Don't regret what is done
Don't fear it, let's just run
I'll adore you like a son

Seeds never sown
Through seasons they hold on
'Til blossom breaks through
And far-fetched comes true

Here we are, now it starts
The story of two hearts
I don't want to know the ending

Once I was abandoned, alone and disenchanted
You came and filled the emptiness
And I'll never forget your face

Seeds never sown
Through seasons they hold on
'Til blossom breaks through
And far-fetched comes true

From stars we are created
By stars we are dictated
With our chances understated
The bond we shared was fated

Your candle burns
Now light returns
So bright your glow
This heart's on show

But brightest flames burn quickest
You're riddled with this sickness
Facing your transcendence
I fear my independence

I am reaching out
Sense your leaving soon
Reaching out
Can't hold on to you

Seeds never sown
Through seasons they hold on
'Til blossom breaks through
And far-fetched comes true

From stars we are created
By stars we are dictated
With our chances understated
The bond we shared was fated

06. Tides

Lyrics by David Anderton
See the signs
Sown throughout the gulf of time
The sway of tides
The clock within us synchronised

We are drawn
To the siren's song
Take us with the waves

Reflections on
This flowing surface mesmerise
Shards of light
Beneath them our oasis lies

We are drawn
To the siren's song
Take us with the waves

With our backs turned we cast away
But this throw, we can't let go
Though we might feel lost
The albatross still flies with us

See the signs
Sown throughout the gulf of time
The sway of tides
The clock within us synchronised

We are born
Singing siren's songs
Taken with the waves

07. Before The Dawn

Lyrics by David Anderton
Time after time
We tell the same old lies
For we move mountains
Deluded eyes
Can't see the certain truth
For it is blinding

Behind the guise
We are nothing more
Than carnal senses
We own the night
We own the darkest light
Where dreams are broken

We must go into the dark to see
We must fall down from this throne to free

When the world spins in silence know
That our story is told
No more words will be spoken
Left unseen, seeds will grow
For all our vanity was just a bluff

As we contemplate our worth
I look to death for a rebirth
Won't the devil burn us down?
Or god bring floods so we may drown

Into the breeze, sow the disease
Without cancer there's no cure
Under the sun, as it was once
Again soon it will be
We will find this throne was just a fantasy

When the world spins in silence know
That our story is told
No more words will be spoken
Left unseen, seeds will grow
For all our vanity was just a bluff

I hate what we've become
Search for the smoking gun
I hate what we've become
Hate you, hate me, hate all of us

08. The Shepherd

Lyrics by David Anderton
Stone the true believers
Belief just leads to violence
And I condemn this shear brutality
And they'll take what they're given
And swallow it like poison
Surrender to this new normality
You'll never be free

Why are you all so cold?
And why are all your eyes closed?
'Cause I can't fight this battle on my own

We steal the sun
We worship the undone
The world is in my arms

Fall asleep and taste the endless freedom
While I weep for better days
All the sheep have fallen to the wolves
But the shepherd will never yield

Angels, without wings will fall
With starlight we must find our own direction
My halo, with its pure white glow
This burden may soon choose to defeat me
It'll beat me

My hatred, of this show
Is growing as the curtain disappears, it disappears

We steal the sun
We worship the undone
The world is in my arms

Fall asleep and taste the endless freedom
While I weep for better days
All the sheep have fallen to the wolves
But the shepherd will never yield

I can see no tomorrow
I can feel no rebirth
Though we're drowning in sorrow
We believe the air is worse

Fall asleep and taste the endless freedom
While I weep for better days
All the sheep have fallen to the wolves
But the shepherd will never yield

09. Mara

Lyrics by David Anderton
I walk on hot coals again
And wait for this reality to fade

The fear of losing
Denies me choosing a future
One without you
When you're already gone

But we will meet again
When Mara does descend
And we will meet again
I creep through reality
No one can see what I hold in me

Now light is fading
The heart starts racing
And soon these gates will open
As eyelids close

I'm calling you, I'm calling collect on the line
I cling to the sublime
I'm feeling you, I'm feeling you through the unknown
I'm bleeding this dry stone
I'm holding you, holding you throughout the night
We'll hide from the first light
And fall into, into the ether we're bound
In dreams the lost are found

I know, this is not alright
But I show, nothing to the light
We get, but one chance
And I failed, so blind me from the light

I'm calling you, I'm calling collect on the line
I cling to the sublime
I'm feeling you, I'm feeling you through the unknown
I'm bleeding this dry stone
I'm holding you, holding you throughout the night
We'll hide from the first light
And fall into, into the ether we're bound
In dreams the lost are found

Dream sublime

10. With Nothing We Depart

Lyrics by David Anderton
I sit and stare as I breathe in the despair
The time has come for life's reflection
My plunders done, collected
In my head, the words I should have said
But lips held tight by my intentions
When souls are for sale, cash in

The sun falls fast this evening
I grasp the final flickering
The hues of gold, I craved so long
Comfort no more, bring comfort no more

My poisoned bones, will soon be turned to stone
My head held high, has fallen
The hues of gold, comfort me no more

As I begin to see
This vision disappears
Now I can finally hear
This chorus turns to sneers

We arrive with nothing
And with nothing we depart

The sun falls fast this evening
I grasp the final flickering
The hues of gold, I craved so long
Comfort no more, bring comfort no more