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Vigil
03:52
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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)
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2. |
At The Horizon
04:40
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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
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3. |
Once Upon A Time
03:25
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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
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4. |
Prosthetic God
02:35
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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
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5. |
Quiet
04:27
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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
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6. |
The Exile
06:07
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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
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7. |
Revisiting
04:40
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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
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8. |
For Eternity
04:07
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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
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9. |
The Contract
05:07
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"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
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10. |
Rule Of Two
03:12
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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
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11. |
Gentlemen, Behold!
02:08
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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?!
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12. |
The Days That Follow
04:34
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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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What Lies Ahead Elgin, Illinois
WHAT LIES AHEAD is a new alternative metal/hard rock trio based out of Elgin, Illinois, emphasizing killer grooves, strong hooks, and mighty rhythm.
www.whatliesaheadrock.com
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