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City in the Sea
06:12
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lyrics adopted from the poem 'City in the Sea' by Edgar Allen Poe
Lo Death has reared himself a throne
the shadow city lies alone
No rays from the heavens down
On the long night of town
light from out the lurid sea
Streams up silently
up spires, up kingly halls
like Babylon's walls
There shrines, palaces and towers
undisturbed, by lifting winds forgot
Resigned beneath the sky
The melancholic waters lie.
There open fanes and gaping graves
Yawn with luminous waves
not the jewels that there lie
In each idol's diamond eye
No swellings tell that winds may pass
on this plain of glass
No heavings hint, that winds have been
On seas deathly serene.
There shrines, palaces and towers
undisturbed, by lifting winds forgot
Resigned beneath the sky
The melancholic waters lie.
The waves have now a redder glow
The hours are breathing faint and low
Down, down from underground
Hell, rising from a thousand thrones
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2. |
See You...Never
06:24
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This hour is forever's birth, not measured in sand,
where dreams are plagued by breaths not worth taking.
So long, see you never.
Veins open, broken, severed.
All the moments missed finally remembered.
Now that I have gone, I'll see you never.
Pain, loving memories will not visit me again.
No suffering.
There's a quiet peace in knowing I'm alone, knowing I'll be missed.
Hope that I'll be missed.
Silence in remembrance of a worthless man.
Their eyes filled with tears not worth making.
So long, see you never.
Veins open, broken, severed.
All the moments missed finally remembered.
Now that I have gone, I'll see you never.
Never visit me again.
No suffering.
There's a quiet peace in knowing I'm alone, knowing I'll be missed.
Remember me now that I have gone.
Hope that I'll be missed.
Hope that I'll be missed.
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3. |
Not As Others Were
04:44
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lyrics adopted from the poem 'Alone' by Edgar Allen Poe
From childhood's hour I have not been As others were
I have not seen As others saw
I could not bring My passions from a common spring
From the same source I have not taken
could not awaken
And all I loved, I loved alone.
with No one to guide me on my way home.
now, Then in my childhood in the dawn
Of a most stormy life was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
The mystery which binds me still, binds me still
From the torrent, or the fountain
From the red cliff to the hill
From the sun that round me rolled, In its autumn tint of gold,
To the lightning in the sky, As it passed me by
And all I loved, I loved alone.
with No light to guide me on the way home.
now, Then in my childhood, in the dawn
Of a most stormy life was drawn
From every depth of good and ill
This mystery it binds me still
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4. |
Song for the Dead
07:01
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into the rain
deep underground
lies a hollow
she claims her bed
into the rain
i've finally found
i've found my deepest regret
in mourn
where dark is the song
a song for the dead
at dawn
where dark gave me song
a song for the dead
feeling so cold
not here somehow
soul will travel
free to go
into the pain
she's colder now
i give my final respects
in mourn
where dark is the song
a song for the dead
at dawn
the night gave me song
a song for the dead
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5. |
Born
07:05
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as the night goes by
feelings fade
still he remains
like candles aflame
destined to die
yet burn
born to a father i never knew
fear of failing, of repeating
with open eyes see the room turned to black
a black that survives deep in a heart left to die
like this curse from above
with love i'll abandon thee
sealed with a kiss
closed casket crib
this story tale
it begins with ending
with ending
as death deals hands,
feelings fade.
what ties remain
become unwoven
by thread, by strand.
born to a father i never knew
fear of failing, of repeating
with open eyes see the room turned to black
a black that survives deep in a heart left to die
like this curse from above with love
with love
sealed with a kiss
closed casket crib
this story tale
it begins with ending
with ending
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6. |
First Day
05:10
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Waves of Siloam
05:19
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softly the fall
if silent the stand.
a quiet dying,
with no one to lead
no light at the end.
walk by sight
as faith goes blind.
Siloam wash the mud
from my eyes.
and i'll survive
on bread alone.
the words he spoke
cannot be swallowed.
and i'll not feast
in barren lands
when i can see
the path to Eden.
messiah man
what of this light promised me?
closed eyes can't see
it's splendor, it's beauty
what of this love promised me?
closed hearts can't feel
it's warmth run through me
and i'll survive
on bread alone.
the words he spoke
cannot be swallowed.
and i'll not feast
in barren lands
when i can see
the path to Eden.
messiah man
what of this light promised me?
closed eyes can't see
it's splendor, it's beauty
what of this love promised me?
closed heart can't feel
it's warmth, so soothing
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8. |
The Hourglass
07:30
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All shall perish
In this valley of existence
Between two perilous mountains
Fate and freewill
We are all lost souls in this valley
Etched from the cliffs of time
Down we fall from one side or another
Reduced to sand
In a stream of tears
The fall of man
This tragic play never ends
This audience of fools
The earth crumbling down
And all that remains
Desolation to be reborn
We find our futile lives
Trapped in this cylindrical tomb
Buried in the past
The bottom of the hourglass
We are all lost souls in this valley
Etched from the cliffs of time
Down we fall from one side or another
Reduced to sand
While we weep
The fall of man
This tragic play never ends
This audience of fools
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Hypnotic Dirge Records is an independent record label and webshop based in Saskatchewan, Canada and Lisbon, Portugal active since 2008. Our intention and raison d'être is to release quality expressive and eclectic art through aural manifestations.
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