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Rhetorical Philosophies
04:03
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Nothing makes sense, I tried to see what I had lost
But I was never the best, at the actions that I preached
So when the time came and went, I saw myself in third person
Fucking up the same words that I promised I would keep here
There's a tower in my head - that leads to nowhere but up
I wear a crown as I climb, shaking as I reach a stop
So let the tower rise, I know I can't go down
I feel so scared at the top, but I won't break this crown
Do digital singers dream of digital sheep
In a way that I might preach what I could never be
So long, long gone, rhetorical philosophies
Let the past haunt what I have left inside of me
Let the past haunt what I have left inside of me
Let this now teach me what I've got inside of
I saw that tower in my dreams - spiraling way up so high
I was just shaking again again again yet
There you were holding my hand, guiding me where I couldn't be
The hyperventilating stopped and you were next to me
To a past that I tried to replace
The best days of your life will never fade away but
Promise me that one day that you'll keep it, keep the memories and secrets
All I wanted was a future I could cherish, so
Leave that noose on the ground, on day you're never gonna see it
Pasts so horrible they dampen even future light
Just keep your faith in what you have now, say you'll never look back
Hold on to what you have cause you might never get it back
Do digital singers dream of digital sheep
In a way that I might preach what I could never be
So long, long gone, rhetorical philosophies
Let the past haunt what I have left inside of me
Let the past haunt what I have left inside of me
Let this now teach me what I've got inside of me
It's the time to be strong
It's not the time to be sad
It's the time to be true
When all I ever did was cry
I wish I'd never said Goodbye
I wish I'd never said
It's the time to be hopeful
When the world passes by
And I'd rather be tainted
Than to lose them by my side
I hope I'll never say Goodbye
I hope I'll never say
Do digital singers dream of digital sheep?
In a way that I might preach what I could never be
So long, long gone, rhetorical philosophies
Let the past haunt what I have left inside of me
Let the past haunt what I have left inside of me
Let this now teach me what I've got inside of me
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Cerberus
03:51
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They say,
Soundless footfalls echo here, where watchdogs go astray
Come play, no go away, three heads that don't think straight
They've got
Three heads on their paws, three mouths - gaping jaws
All the things that they need to keep the spawn at bay
Loyalty to the death, they've got it all figured out
'cept for one minor detail - a hell that gets so loud
Three voices - each one with their own demands,
They all are dreaming of something that they know nothing about
A normal hound in the fields, towards a beautiful view
A quiet mind of one that never knew the absence of two
(They see sound come nearer - Footfalls)
(Three heads one voice - Three heads one us)
Three heads one soul,
Three heads one heart,
Three voices - and all their personalities.
Three times the bark,
Three times the bite,
Three times - will you come to play this game with us?
Dog 1, they trusted him to guard hell.
He was a hound of his word a loyal beast in the making
Unsure of his stance with the others - life just passed him by
Soon forgetting of the hell he'd kept inside his mind
Dog 2, protector and a prosecutor.
She was a fearful force of nature that lived life on the edge
Her wrath that she had kept, forgotten by her own brother
Was to be kept on a leash - never to feel again.
Dog 3, they watched as it all flew by.
They never did hold a grudge, but sought to never forget
The youngest of the three - yet wisest, they were silent until
The gates of hell had rotted loose showing the devil himself
They said:
"Wish all we want - we can't change who we are"
"And I'd rather fall then fail those who I love"
"We won't be alive forever, so let's do this"
Three heads one soul,
Three heads one heart,
Three voices - and all their personalities.
Three times the bark,
Three times the bite,
Three times - will you come to play this game with us?
Three heads one soul,
Three heads one heart,
Three voices - and all their personalities.
Loved ones to lose,
Our friends right here,
One hero - who's come to play with us
Three heads to one, I hope that you have said goodnight.
Three heads to one, I hope that you have said goodbye.
Three heads to one, I hope that you have said (x3)
Three heads to one, I hope that you have said goodnight.
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Forget me not, until the moon falls down
Take us up to the stars - we won't regret you
Move your head to the beat - and shake your two left feet
All you know you've done will surely make you
And to all the forgotten, we raise our hands and pray
That they found something we couldn't have, here inside the fray
Cause In a past we've forgotten, we don't know what we've lost
So raise your head and sing along
Elegies
Back when we knew what we had all the time
We knew what freedom was, not how to get there
And soon adventurers rose, amidst a cloud of dark
To seek a path for the rest of us who would start the spark
To the readers, the dreamers and believers
The ones who made it and the ones who became leaders
There are the people in your past that you have left behind
Can you face them now, or will you run and hide
And I like to speak, yeah I know what I mean
Cause if I didn't I know that I would've died here
There's a face in my past, things I know never would've last
All we ever are memories to someone else
And as I lay my head, I know I'll never rest
We're all but nothing to the people who have made us
And as I lay my head, I know I've never left
So let me sing them these songs, forgotten elegies
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Oh dear Nightingale, won't you sing my song?
Dance the waltz in the dark as I hum along
By the dawn you'll fly
You won't say goodbye
And by night fall I know I won't be alright
(Ah)
Nightingale, fly into the daylight
Sing along with me
I'll write
Tonight (x3)
Until the daybreak
I will fly again
You better watch me
A burning fire lights up the dark
The spark you killed
Still lives inside my heart
You were never the one with the
Crown, you threw the first punch
It's my turn to sing
I'll fight
Tonight (x3)
Until the daybreak
I will bite again
You better watch me
Memory dies, it's bittersweet
The scars all fade
There's nothing left
Will I forgive
Will I forget
In the end
I said
"Oh nightingale, lend me your wings"
"So I can see what you see"
(In the end I want to be)
"Oh nightingale, lend me your voice"
"I'll be the best I can be"
Nightingale, fly into the daylight
Sing along with me
I'll fly
Tonight (x3)
Until the daybreak
'Till it's time to say
Goodbye!
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Once a kid who just wanted to run
They found some solace in the music that kept them around
And when they sang it gave them life - it was all that they had
They kept it so close to themselves they would never be sad
And soon the days came and went, and the kid's all grown up
Now they're an adult without hope and they're runnin' outta luck
But soon the fact will be apparent that their music was fate
And then the kid that tried to run will be all but a saint
Oh, in the past I loved you
Music
Oh what I've done to sing you
Let me cry
Hear me sigh
Say Goodbye
Let me die
Say Goodbye
It was the fame that got to them first
Just a name among the others that stood out like a curse
Cause when they put their shit online they knew that someone would listen
And when the record label called'em, yeah they knew they were hitting
Cause when the business started poppin, it was all so much
And all their actions caused a traction - and their fans built up
And though their listeners weren't adults - just some kids online,
They were an army to be reckoned, sparkling from their eyes
But you see, they were foolish, yeah they were just like us
And when they fucked up, yeah they messed up- yeah they ran outta luck
But the kids, almost religious, couldn't let'em just fade
Until they woke up to a lawsuit from a parent in pain
Oh, in the past I loved you
Music
Oh what I've done to sing you
Let me cry
Hear me sigh
Say Goodbye
Let me die
Say Good-
If I could say I was sorry
Would I have the guts?
If I could say I was sorry
Would it be enough?
There is a kid out there, wanting to run
With the power to make something that an audience will love
And when they get it and they make it - it'll never be enough
So they'll keep reaching for the fame like fish to water in a cup
But if they don't learn at all - their empire's bound to fall
And they'll regret it when a kid like them gets hurt through it all
So don't ever do something that you know you'll surely regret
You're not a face in the crowd, when you're on top of the set
Oh, in the past I loved you
Music
Oh what I've done to sing you
Let me cry
Hear me sigh
Say Goodbye
Let me die
Say Goodbye
(If I could start all over again)
(Would it be enough?)
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Dissonant Skies
04:08
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(Look up the sky's red and falling down)
(Look up the sky's green and toxic)
Dissonant skies are above us
These broken paths are what make us
We all have time just not enough
Fate's what you make of it, cause
Dissonant skies are above us
These broken paths are what make us
Give me a chance to prove myself
Life's what you make of it, so
Back when I was younger things made sense, it wasn't all a blur
As I grew up the thing they changed
And I began dissociating
Things and people blend into a tool that I could use to live
And money was the currency of what I knew was everything so
Kill me but don't take my soul yet
These skies are bound to come crashing down
All I know is what they all told me
All I feel is what you have shown me
Dissonant skies are above us
These broken paths are what make us
We all have time just not enough
Fate's what you make of it, cause
Dissonant skies are above us
These broken paths are what make us
Give me a chance to prove myself
Life's what you make of it, so
(Look up the sky's red and falling down)
(Look up the sky's green and toxic)
(Kill me but don't take my soul yet)
(These skies are bound to come crashing down)
What can I do its all but done
Innocence shattered like glass
What can I do its all but done
There's nothing left but broken shards
In time I'll be okay
In time I'll see
Dissonant skies are above us
These broken paths are what make us
We all have time just not enough
Fate's what you make of it, cause
Dissonant skies are above us
These broken paths are what make us
Give me a chance to prove myself
Life's what you make of it, so
(Keep walking don't look down, just look up)
(Keep walking don't ever stop to look back)
(We are stepping on bones of what's come and past)
(We are making a path that will never last)
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7. |
Tamed not Domesticated
03:39
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In bed I lay, my eyes wide open
The dark scares me and I can't sleep
Night fall is when the shadows come
I'm scared and shaking so I will stay awake
Night time is when the clock ticks 12
The demons under me will pave the way
To hell
Tamed not domesticated
The monsters that you've feared
They are here to stay
They are here to stay
Changing into fears of nothing
The shadows that will haunt you never go away
Time will tell who comes or goes but
We will never, never let you remain the same
Even when the sun is up
We'll never leave you so just lead the way back
I know a shadow named depression
He's always been around
When things seem dull and life is hopeless
He always seeks me out
Dissociation, his friend
They'll kick me down until I bleed
My mind's a mess but I know
They're all inside of me
These monsters here since I was little
They've been changing their shape
From shadows on the walls to
Fears I could never escape but
Tonight I'll fight them off again
Hopefully this time I'll win
Feeding the fire that will one day
Burn through both of them
Night fall is when the shadows come
I'm scared and shaking so I will stay awake
Night time is when the clock ticks 12
The demons under me will pave the way
To hell
Tamed not domesticated
The monsters that you've feared
They are here to stay
They are here to stay
Changing into fears of nothing
The shadows that will haunt you never go away
Time will tell who comes or goes but
We will never, never let you remain the same
Even when the the sun is up
We'll never leave you so just lead the way
Back to
When I grow up
I'll burn my way
Fight fire with fire
But I'll stay the same
When I grow up
I'll burn my way
Fight fire with fire
But I'll stay the same
And I still haven't changed
Though I have split into fragments
There's a child within me
And he's looking for vengeance
Cause revenge is what he's seeking
But I'm full of disdain
For a past that I had
That never left much for change
So lets fight fire with water
I should've never been alive
But if I am I'll make the most of what I've got
And let my demons rot
Tamed not domesticated
The monsters that you've feared
They are here to stay
They are here to stay
Changing into fears of nothing
The shadows that will haunt you never go away
Time will tell who comes or goes but
We will never, never let you remain the same
Close the blinds and leave it dark
We'll never leave you so just lead the way
Back to bed
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Amsterdam
03:13
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Amsterdam take me home again
To the one I love, don't let him ever leave my side
Through the wind and the storm, from the smoke and black gas
All I'd ever known were red-light districts
A concrete jungle and a church, another man inside the hearse
A smell that wafts through the air and almost chokes you
Our love's a funny thing, something that we both share
Hundreds of miles away, I'm missing Amsterdam
And when the days come to end, I hope you put me to rest
'Cause by my side I don't want anybody but you
Amsterdam take me home again
To the one I love, don't let him ever leave my side
Dissonant melodies to the love that we share
I'll sing a song I can't sing, if that means you will be there
Amsterdam take me home again
To the one I love, don't let him ever leave my side
As desperation settles in I'll know that it wasn't lust
Instead a want to belong, and be loved by you
I'm sorry I'm like this, just wanted you to know
That the world wasn't there while I was hanging by a rope
Depression may kill me, but I know you'll be sad
I've been crying for years on things that I could never have
I want to love you, I know I really do
But I don't know how to love when I can't see the truth
So teach me in time, I know that you have helped me feel
I want to know if love is something that is real
I want to see if I could ever really feel
I want to know if love is something that is real
Amsterdam take me home again
To the one I love, don't let him ever leave my side
Amsterdam take me home again
To the one I love, and I will never leave his side
Amsterdam take me home again
To the one I love, don't let him ever leave my side
Dissonant melodies to the love that we share
I'll sing a song I can't sing, if that means you will be there
Amsterdam take me home again
To the one I love, don't let him ever leave my side
As desperation settles in I'll know that it wasn't lust
Instead a want to belong, and be loved by you
And when the days come to end, I hope you put me to rest
Hundreds of miles away, I'm missing Amsterdam
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Bastions Fall
03:42
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The time has come to say goodbye
Ways from childhood toys, hope they will be alright
Far from home they will stay, dissipate in the night
We only got one childhood
Bastions standing strong, they were never what we believed
The wall is frail and made of lies
We all helped build it you and I
Bastions fall, let me be your guide
It will be over soon
Count to three darling, Mother won't take your hand
Bastions fall, it is time to grow
You know what that means
Father isn't here, the walls will break before they bend
No one wants to build a fortress that was once broken
No one wants the burden of a broken home
Kids I know from these families come out once scarred
With their security jacked, and their hearts charred
All it takes is innocence, something so easily destroyed
Yet when it leaves it feels as if your heart has gone cold
Tell me now you weren't serious when you said that you'd protect us
While we're out in the open, protecting you
There's the sounds of bastions falling you let the enemy in
Now the fortress walls are cracking and the castle sinks
Can't go home bound when our fortress is a wall made of glass
Watch your childhood crumble and hope this won't be your last
We only got one childhood, bastions were never what they seemed
The wall is frail and made of lies, we're the ones who built it you and I
Bastions fall, let me be your guide
It will be over soon
Count to three darling, Mother won't take your hand
Bastions fall, it is time to grow
You know what that means
Father isn't here, the walls will break before they bend
The time has come to say goodbye
Ways from childhood toys, hope they will be alright
Far from home they will stay, dissipate in the night
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The Alibi
04:23
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[Policeman]
2043, December 28. The crimescene up in the mansion, where the android sat
Being taken to custody he gazed at his hands, whispering about some faeries and a child's land
In the seat where he's caged, you'll have to sit with him alone, he's no use to us, but I'll put him on the phone
[Al]
My name is Al, I am not man
You hate me now but can't you see
I did this all for their sake
It's all for their sake
It's all for their sake
It's over, I will not run when the lights go-
[Chorus]
(Al Al, what's your alibi)
I'm a slave to the man I hate the most
(Al Al, why are you trying to hide)
There is no justice for what he has done
(Al Al, it's no use to lie)
Even all of the boys are just through with him
(Al Al, what's your alibi)
You'll never hear what I have to say
[Detective]
Listen closely here, Al, to what I'm gonna say
There's been rumors 'bout this man they say that you have slain
I cannot save you if you lie, you're no use to the case
I need some info on this man, and the boys he erased
[Al]
Through choking him, I sold my life
Dark halls lonely walls were all I saw
So turn me off, I will not fight
Even your god cannot save me now
He won't save me now
He won't save me now
So be it, I'll die by hands that created me
[Chorus]
(Al Al, what's your alibi)
I'm a slave to the man I hate the most
(Al Al, why are you trying to hide)
There is no justice for what he has done
(Al Al, it's no use to lie)
Even all of the boys are just through with him
(Al Al, what's your alibi)
You'll never hear what I have to say
[Al]
Scars on my hands depict the truth
I am but a flaw in the programming
Caught in the act, all that I had
The little boys that all ran away
They all ran away
They all ran away
So be it, I'll die protecting who I loved
[Detective]
They didn't love you, Al, they used you like a pawn
Ballistics positive he struggled and scratched up their arms
We know the kids have run, they're never coming back
Your master's gone and now you've got one task left to attack
You say you choked him right? You say that this was your fault
You smeared your hands on his neck, erased the fingerprints
But we have seen the truth, the tissues underneath his nails
The thing with Androids is that, they don't have DNA.
[Chorus]
(Al Al, what's your alibi)
I'm part of a family who I love
(Al Al, why are you trying to hide)
There is no justice for what he has done
(Al Al, it's no use to lie)
Even the family cannot take his rage
(Al Al, what's your alibi)
You'll never feel what I have to take
[Al]
My name is Al, I am not man
You hate me now but can't you see
I did this all for their sake
It's all for their sake
It's all for their sake
It's over, I will not run -
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11. |
Glass Shatters
03:57
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I took the gun, and I pulled the trigger
All the shattered glass, fragmented light in prisms
All these fragments show a reflection
Now
In the mirroring glass, show some redemption
Now we wait
It's not my method to choose, I will still follow it through
It's not a voice in my head, it's stuck here with me to the end
I took the gun, I pulled the trigger
I killed him
Lock me up and hide, you don't want to see it
Anymore
Now I sit and try, to contain my anger
I am not disturbed, I will not cry no longer
It's not my method to choose, I will still follow it through
It's not a voice in my head, it's stuck here with me to the end
Sing a lullaby now, blood will pave my way through
If I cannot survive, I will have to kill you
Sing a lullaby now, blood will make its way to you
If I cannot surmise, I will pave my way to you
Sing a lullaby, Sing a lullaby
When you say goodbye, I wish you goodnight
It's not my method to choose, I will still follow it through
It's not a voice in my head, it's stuck here with me to the end
I took the gun, I pulled the trigger
Now
Lock me up and hide, you don't want to see it
I killed him
I sit and try, to contain my anger
I am not disturbed,
I will not cry no longer.
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05:17
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