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The Birth Of Tragedy

by What Lies Ahead

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1.
Vigil 03:52
ARISE There’s nothing here that’s left for me I’m cold but I’m not blind It’s said that death will set you free Why won’t they honor mine? Oathbreaker (TRAITOR) Savior No future in sight (TRAITOR) Oathbreaker (TRAITOR) Savior A bastard, undone (TRAITOR) Can’t bear to see you fall So far beyond the wall And now my watch has ended Take care, the night’s descending Return before the evening comes On roads we’ve left behind I’ll never make it on my own I need you by my side Oathbreaker (TRAITOR) Savior No future in sight (TRAITOR) Oathbreaker (TRAITOR) Savior A bastard, undone (TRAITOR) Can’t bear to see you fall So far beyond the wall And now my watch has ended Take care, the night’s descending Dishonor, disgrace A curse upon your name AZOR AHAI ARISE (TRAITOR)
2.
Ripped away Beyond my grasp Beside myself The light is failing me No time Left to say My hopes for you Go on without me At the edge of the world Don’t leave my tale untold All warmth is gone The winds are strong The sun moves on Shadows grow long Don’t leave me here Stand alone To gaze upon The skies beneath Exhale all your fear Barely on The precipice A sight that brought me to my knees Go on without me At the edge of the world Don’t leave my tale untold All warmth is gone The winds are strong The sun moves on Shadows grow long Would you take me at my word And forsake me to the cold At the edge of the world Don’t leave my tale untold Your life moves on All hope is gone Shadows grow long
3.
Weigh the worth of ancient deeds To rise alone To speak So slow (So slow) Underwhelming Dethrone the myth that keeps us down Spare the rod, declare my foe (My foe) No distractions Waking, breathing Walking, Sleeping Don’t look at me like I’m the one who sold your soul Bear the pain you’ve wrought Til reach betrays control Tradition beckons us to search These tales Outside of what We know (we know) Of sacred endings Should we doubt, hate, or believe? Is it virtuous to go (to go) Without understanding? Fable, legend What’s the moral? Tell me a story Don’t look at me like I’m the one who sold your soul Bear the pain you’ve wrought Til reach betrays control Speak the name that sets us free, Once upon a time indeed Speak the name that sets us free, Once upon a time indeed Don’t look at me like I’m the one who sold your soul Bear the pain you’ve wrought Til reach betrays control
4.
Remedy Victory Everything you say Fresh new batch of blatant lies Every fucking day With every waking moment You make me fucking laugh Go find yourself a corner You’re a failure and a half Depravity Narcissist Fucking egoist A worthless cardboard hypocrite That fills the air with shit Shut your fucking mouth You pathetic fucking prick Go tell your fragile ego To meet my fucking fist I won’t worship (FUCK YOU, YOU FUCK) Your Prosthetic God I won’t worship (FUCK YOU, YOU FUCK) Your Prosthetic God Insanity Your vanity A dipshit on display Greasy fucking tiny fingers Stain our fucking flag You’re not a fucking tyrant No fucking king at all Why don’t you let me show you Where you can shove your fucking wall Iniquity Incompetence Flagrant fucking lies Every time you fucking speak More brain cells fucking die Shut your fucking mouth You pathetic fucking prick Go tell your fragile ego To meet my fucking fist I won’t worship (FUCK YOU, YOU FUCK) Your Prosthetic God I won’t worship (FUCK YOU, YOU FUCK) Your Prosthetic God Fuck you Crawl back into your fucking hole Fuck you you soulless asshole Crawl back into your fucking hole Fuck you you soulless asshole
5.
Quiet 04:27
I’m on the warpath Lured to the brink and burned alive A fragile symbol I am the burden, paralyzed One way in If you’re devout This phantom limb I’ve done without As far as I’m concerned, your spirit’s gone This pain eludes you As far as I’m concerned Time will tell Time will tell Wander through doubt Delivered directly to your side The blind corruption I am the burden, justified One way in If you’re devout This phantom limb I’ve done without As far as I’m concerned, your spirit’s gone This pain eludes you As far as I’m concerned Time will tell As far as I’m concerned, your spirit’s gone This pain eludes you As far as I’m concerned Time will tell Back where we’ve never been before
6.
The Exile 06:07
Well the burden’s been lifted Momentum has shifted And I’m doing better now On my own The time that I’ve wasted In hell, I’ve escaped it Your manipulation has Reaped what it’s sewn I’m seeing clearly How dare she come near me The line has been drawn Am I too far gone? We see the truth we want to And it makes us all believe My cause is never ending I’m done with your pretending I feel the fight inside me And it strives to tear me down The world is ever changing Keep hope for those remaining Now my mind, it wanders I think, and I wait These questions I ponder Was I too late? This hell I’m still feeling Has got my head reeling And I can’t be sure that I’ve Fixed anything The hole’s getting deeper My outlook is bleaker Come meet my grim reaper She’s my everything I’m seeing clearly How dare she come near me The line has been drawn Am I too far gone? We see the truth we want to And it makes us all believe My cause is never ending I’m done with your pretending I feel the fight inside me And it strives to tear me down The world is ever changing Keep hope for those remaining LET ME OUT We see the truth we want to And it makes us all believe My cause is never ending I’m done with your pretending I feel the fight inside me And it strives to tear me down The world is ever changing Keep hope for those remaining We see the truth we want to I feel the fight inside me Have I got it wrong? Should I take the blame? Is this how it ends? Down comes the rain
7.
Revisiting 04:40
Measured pace of life astray Undone by darkened years Longing for what’s out of sight The strain of hollow fear I’ve lost my way This place was once our home Hate ripped it away Mind’s eye tortured for nothing Revisiting Unchanged and set in motion As sure as a widow’s tears Mourning deep in silent devotion Never should have tried to come back here I’ve lost my way This place was once our home Hate ripped it away Mind’s eye tortured for nothing Revisiting This place was once our home Hate ripped it away Mind’s eye tortured for nothing Revisiting
8.
For Eternity 04:07
Defy the sands of time When our two worlds align Hold on close to take control Divide from fate’s embrace We make our own escape Precious moments that we have stole In spite of myself I trust the hope that you have for me And everything I know Tells me this is real You gave me the gift of forever Within my numbered days Sentenced without a crime I'll share my whole lifetime When two halves make a whole To the one that I hold dear You take away my fear Because we now share a soul In spite of myself I trust the hope that you have for me And everything My everything Tells me this is real In spite of myself I trust the hope that you have for me And everything I know Tells me this is real In spite of myself I trust the hope that you have for me And everything My everything Tells me this is real
9.
The Contract 05:07
"Somebody, help me... Unshackle me, please... Anybody... I've had enough of this dream... The night blocks all sight- somebody... please...." No answers Buried underneath obscurity Faith divided Tear into the world’s wounds Praise higher To cleanse your own impurity Faint echoes Aftermath of all you consume Renew the kin Relive the sin Ascend the truth Burden your proof Cheated My heart is breaking Fractured My mind in question Shattered My soul frustrated Abandoned by my own virtue Eyes blinded Eclipse all of your memories Vast abyss Fills your desire for relevance Hide insight A view to all your atrocities Climb beyond False visions of significance Renew the kin Relive the sin Ascend the truth Burden your proof Cheated My heart is breaking Fractured My mind in question Shattered My soul frustrated Abandoned by my own virtue See it through my eyes Hear it through my cries Cheated My heart is breaking Fractured My mind in question Shattered My soul frustrated Abandoned by my own virtue See it through my eyes Hear it through my cries
10.
Rule Of Two 03:12
One to embody power One to covet it One to force his way And one to overthrow it If you strike me down I’ll be overjoyed Crave what you can’t have Until you can wrench it from my hands Crave what you can’t have Until you can wrench it from my hands Grow strong within your sorrow Give in to your hate Fear not the shadow’s call For its seduction will not wait My demise is foretold Don’t disappoint me Crave what you can’t have Until you can wrench it from my hands Crave what you can’t have Until you can wrench it from my hands Fear leads to anger Anger leads to hate Hate leads to suffering Peace is a lie There is only passion Through passion I gain strength Through strength I gain power Through power I gain victory Through victory my chains are broken Crave what you can’t have Until you can wrench it from my hands Obey my every whim Until you make your final stand
11.
Pay no attention to the guy in the back- It’s distracting when you hold up your phone! It doesn’t matter if you came with a friend, You can talk when you’re on the way home! You took the time to be here Sit down, enjoy the show! My ass is eating my hand It hungers for more! GENTLEMEN, BEHOLD! DON’T BE SO RUDE! GENTLEMEN- BEHOLD! Damn heathen philistines and fucking iPads Put it away - Participate here! We’re not really asking for much Don’t be a slob- stop spilling your beer! It will be different this time So just you wait and see Hey, where did that big thing just go It’s not different at all! GENTLEMEN, BEHOLD! DON’T BE SO RUDE! GENTLEMEN- BEHOLD! THIS WILL NEVER WORK! WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?! IT’S NOT DIFFERENT AT ALL, IS IT, STEVE?!
12.
Please Let me rest Until I can hear you Please Don’t wake me ‘til I can be near you If I have to walk through hell I’ll carry you home myself I never got to say farewell But we will meet again How can I fight What I can’t see Now this endless night Envelops me Where have you gone Help me understand Guide me down this broken path To find your hand If I have to walk through hell I’ll carry you home myself I never got to say farewell But we will meet again Tell me what I have to do I need to get back to you If I have to walk through hell I’ll carry you home myself I never got to say farewell But we will meet again If I have to walk through hell I’ll carry you home myself I never got to say farewell But we will meet again We will meet again

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Absolutely no auto-tune or quantization was used on this record.

Released on June 16th, 2018, THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY is the full length follow-up to WHAT LIES AHEAD's 2016 debut, THE DAMAGE LEFT IN YOUR WAKE.

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released June 16, 2018

Produced by Mike “Q” Quarrato and Steve “What If?” Smith
Engineered, Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered By Mike “Q” Quarrato


Santiago “Slippin’ Jimmy” Barrera - Guitars
Mike “Q” Quarrato - Bass, Vocals
Steve “What If?” Smith - Drums

Additional Voiceover Performance On “The Contract”: Amber Lee Connors (www.AmberLeeConnors.com)

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WHAT LIES AHEAD is a new alternative metal/hard rock trio based out of Elgin, Illinois, emphasizing killer grooves, strong hooks, and mighty rhythm.

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