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1. |
Divided Sky
03:53
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Inside the hourglass…
Under a divided sky…
The harsh winds reveal my origin
A battle for freedom and repose
This place is still dormant
Still asleep in the depths of my memory
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2. |
The Messengers
08:37
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Early in the morning
Making noise
Another dull day
Faced the same way to get by
Passing by where we were
Together
The siren sounds and she sends us out the door
Lines of us nameless
Sending a plea to someone out there who's listening
Deep echoes and shifting ground
All this for the sake of renown
Mantras to see another day
Their bullets will miss me and I will endure
A test of strength and wit
A battlefield with no limits
And we’re right in the middle
Uncolored eyes behold a breach in honor
Trapped within a fleeting unrest
“Chivalrous” interference
An outside voice needs to be heard
Exclusive gift over the airwaves
Simple words break through
Time slips by
Missed our chance to sit on the grid
We’ll be alright
As you slip a look back at me
Dead last
Doesn’t matter where we start
Save it for last
A hard cut to the front
Final corner
From the old path to new
I guess we weren’t meant to see this through
One event to shape the world
Our skies have begun to change
Pulled away, a dying wish
Seven stars, then an eighth
A hunter
A blank stare
A passing
A fate shared
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3. |
Seven Stars
05:00
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Her rumors swirl
I know they’re fake
But amidst the talk
Our new friend awakes
Her quiet stare
Her timid form
Innocent questions
Answers unborn
In need of sleep
Pacing our room
At wit’s end, still yet to choose
Awoken by (curiosity)
A keepsake (taken from her life)
I feel just fine
(A red light pours in)
Pulsing
Looming
(I’ve been found again)
It's been this way as long as I can remember, as shifting sands harbor bitterness beneath the surface
I may not know it now, but I fear I'll always live my life in the shadow of the four pointed star
I'll have words
Silent running
Sound gives us away
Through the falls
We come down like heavy rain
Hoisted from a limb
A muted plea
Sudden silence
I still can breathe
A lone shadow
A concrete stare
He takes her away
Leaves us hanging
A phantom myth
Come and gone
I’ll have words
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4. |
Shadowboxer
07:12
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I wake to soft grins
Given leave to question myself
Why do you protect her?
Why do you fly these skies?
Do you know your heading?
You have no answer
I grip tightly at nothing
No words pass my lips
Sirens
There’s been a breach
I won’t let them take you
Purpose
A controlled nosedive
I will fight them for you
Foolish
From atop my spire
Taken an interest in you
He watches us
He reads our moves
Our tells, he taunts
I drain out blue
I can’t hold on
Red out
False triggers
Just jokes to him
Split movement
Time restricts
I clench tightly at nothing
No breath passes my lips
What am I?
A new side of the way you fly
I can’t believe the sight
Of all the fear from what’s mine
I sleep to sounds of ruin
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5. |
Swindle
06:26
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The smell of riches tempts
The circuit game of chance [STEP RIGHT UP!]
Sounds of gleeful chants
All in on one last dance [PLACE YOUR BETS!]
Sleepy heads flash awake
Only to fall away [AND THEY’RE OFF]
Plundered in plain sight
Won’t leave without a fight [WHAT A DEVELOPMENT!]
Masks move about [A high class fray, yes?]
In awe of the key [Trivial trinkets, yes?]
Worth a king’s ransom [50 BILLION CLAUDIA!]
Or my silence it seems [YOU’LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!]
Blackout
Fake out
You’ve been tricked into a fake
Under darkness
I can make my getaway
You’ve been swindled
Egos wane in front of me
Four lines answered
Only one to memory
Rematch for the jokes before
Loss will leave your ego sore, a lighter store
Neck and neck you keep up till the final lap
Heavy with a burden, you don’t stand a chance
[Oooh, so we meet again! So glad to see you’re doing so well! Tell you what. If I win, you have to tell me your real name. How does that sound, Immelmann? I won’t go easy on you. WHAT SAY YOU!?]
I won’t leave your side
I’ll be here, always
You see different skies
Trust in me when I say
I can lift you up
I’m the air in your wings
I hope it’s enough
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6. |
Mysterion
01:20
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[“What silently sleeps beyond the great blue?”
“One to guide the aimless back to the source. Exile.”]
My whisper reaches her ear
Her body begins to glow
The life that’s grown so dear
Dragged into the undertow
In my heart, a sinking feeling
She fades under me
Heaves leave my eyes quickly tearing
I am deaf to the screams
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7. |
Zeal/Appeal
10:09
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Open sand
Open sky
Open hands
Open eyes
I need you
I’m alone in my reliance on you
This can’t be
You’re standing strong as I fall to ruin
My tears fall
Dried by the sand and your attire
I’m not yours
The clothes I now wear better cement reliance on you
I didn’t mean to leave a trail
I feel your eyes peer right through me
I wonder who will ever know
My fear is sewn upon my sleeve
I’m not sure why I’m here
A sort of half thought retreat
But with the line erased
I’ve taken in my unease
Broken wings keep us here
A haven to get us by
I'm blinded next to you
Gunshots melt in the red sky
The smell of home holds us
Held close by those dear to us
Slowly growing without knowing
The burden soon set upon us
I remember it clearly
I cling to it tightly
I long for it dearly
I’m woken by it nightly
But not this time
I knowingly resigned
Stuck thinking back on all we used to be
You were truly meant for me
I can’t face you
I can’t even tell you
Why I sometimes cry
I can’t face you
I can’t even tell you
Why I can’t say goodbye
Now I wake to my own teardrops
Given leave to rebuild myself
I try to keep my mind on track
Then you show your face, with her, with words
And your scent adorns her body
Our home is nothing more than ashes
Flowing on the whims of the wind
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8. |
That's a Nice Coat
06:40
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Her eyes sting
Her mouth closed
Her tears burn
Don’t read into those clothes
His eyes shift
His lips tight
His fears swirl
Don’t narrow your sight
My breath short
My eyes learn
My calm shelved
Don’t add to the burn
Their past caught
Their fate lied
Their faith lost
Don’t you dare hide
Unspoken words weigh heavy upon my chest
Your ears too deaf to listen
Teardrops echo in the sound of doubt and disquiet
Your lips sewn shut by your own doing
I never saw behind those drifting eyes
And I wonder
A sight unseen, a frame that tells us lies
What’s yours was once mine
Long buried in lost time
Frozen faces etched in my head
Dear loved ones in deathbeds
Yours and mine
Passing eyes all the while
Perched atop a crooked smile
Her lips said scorn
Her eyes black
Her vile form
Her prideful act
My answer framed
Lesson learned
A cruel debt paid
Let Exile burn
Words from afar whisper who I am
Pulled at the seams, torn on where I should stand
The years made up this dark day
In the worst way
What should I say?
A kiss to send me away
Unspoken words weigh heavy upon my chest
Your ears too deaf to listen
Teardrops echo in the sound of doubt and disquiet
Your lips sewn shut by your own doing
I never saw behind those drifting eyes
And I wonder
A sight unseen, a frame that tells lies
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9. |
Silent War
05:08
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I come to you on even ground
With high regard between our crowns
And yet the years speak of the time gone
The stars align and recall every one
I come to you on higher ground
With rose petals gently raining down
And as you ascend to meet me
His order falls so softly
In endless winds, we begin our quiet hunt for what we think this is for
But listen there, in the air, an empty hum to end this silent war
Forgotten fleets in the sea, may you find your peace forevermore
So listen there, in the air, an empty hum to end this silent war
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10. |
Riddles of Exile
08:28
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Dead air
Not a word
Step so softly
She'll be heard
I'll creep into your head with tones to wake you
The stream swells to a flood to reshape you
I feel the call echo in my bones
I fear the thought of sinking alone
Riddles unravel and reform before my eyes
Little notes sneak in, spinning truth into the lie
A moment left as myself
A moment 'til I'm a shell
Don't let me sink alone
I'm still me
I'm not meant to fall for the throne
Unmake me please
[The dye of shades that color the canvas
The life bringing stroke. A land in harmony
What memory resides in us all?
The home that beckons us from afar. A blue vale
What silently sleeps beyond the great blue?
One to guide the aimless back to the source. Exile.
And the last?
I do not know it]
I see the sky of times gone by
A long off call from afar
From plains of gold to burning cold
I stand between you and your home
I will wait to hear the words that answer the far off call
I'm born anew
Don't recognize you
I only know she who speaks the verse
I bend the knee to every word
And all the while, that crooked smile still speaking down to me
Rip at the seam, a hidden scream
I sink into the deep
With you, with her, with words
Riddles unravel and reform before my eyes
Little notes sneak in, spinning truth into the lie
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11. |
Sound of Ruin
02:21
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My feet sink into the soil, and I can't help but think, “No one deserves to be here more than you.”
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12. |
Resign
11:43
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At home in the rust and rain
My land defaced, but still it feels the same
The air of our deeds that still linger
Our life is etched in stone and burning cinders
I flew across half the world
In hopes that we might let our way unfurl
My view of you trails as we ascend
The stars are shifting, seven rolls to ten
This path's been tread before
An ache, both mine and yours
With the voice to speak the verse
A balance held in words
When you reach me here,
Where I've remained for years
The great blue, you will mend
For the riddles have an end
Can you hear me now?
My cries buried deep below
And yet I'm still the same
Even though I've lost my name
My stone set eyes roll back
The vines pull to find where it's at
The key, they'll never find
I'll see the queen resign
When will the winds begin to calm?
Is the end to this within my palm?
When the world is still, we'll know our place
This is all we've known underneath a divided sky
Living as aimless souls just to see the other side
All said, I somehow knew we'd end up here
Maybe the seed was planted in my dreams
And yet, their whispered words, I can't forget
Their stare, from out of sight, has always been there
[What silently sleeps beyond the great blue?
One to guide the aimless back to the source. Exile.
The dye of shades that color the canvas
The life bringing stroke. A land in harmony
The road the precursors have paved
The road forged by vast winds. The Grand Stream
What memory resides in us all?
The home that beckons us from afar. A blue vale]
My hands won't stop shaking as we break through to the other side
The long off call hears the answer to bridge the divide
Now bring forth a breath of life
To send us all back home and leave the Hourglass behind
The blue star leads us all the way home
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tB Project Richmond, Michigan
Taylor Batory's solo project
Owner of tB Audio
Prog from Michigan
Mountain Dew rules
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