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Afterglow
03:36
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Predisposed to exceed every boundary
Eternal hunger
Disconnected in aspiration
Far beyond all rational desire
Extravagance and arrogance
hand in hand towards the end
Driven by the concept of insatiable greed
The state is emergent but we can't contain our need
Are we too proud to be reminded
Are we too proud to be reminded
Where this road will lead
The golden shroud has left us blinded
And hostile to recede
Self-absorbed, prosperity is the only goal
One minor sacrifice is unthinkable
The current will correct itself
And we'll be left with no option but to lose it all
We reach the point of no return
Without a vestige of concern
Repentful in the afterglow
As side effects begin to show
Driven by the concept of insatiable greed
The state is emergent but we can't contain our need
Are we too proud to be reminded
Where this road will lead
The golden shroud has left us blinded
And hostile to recede
A competition that can't be won
Discontent is the recurring outcome
Far beyond all rational desire
Extravagance and arrogance
Hand in hand towards the end
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Paradise
04:10
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Born too late
Crucified before the sin has been done
They left nothing for us, we are the broken ones
The news are full of extinction and ruination
We are the lost and forgotten generation
I see it clearer now, the legacy you left
Is only selfishness and devastation
I feel it turning me, every time I breath
The bitterness that is growing inside of me
Just take a look at the broken hand I've been dealt
I want to climb but I already know
It will be pulling me back into the undertow
Just take a look at the broken hand I've been dealt
I try to run but there is nowhere to go
Forsaken time reminds me: there is nothing worth fighting for
I was buried alive in a century I don’t understand
I can feel the past knocking on my door
Telling me there is nothing worth fighting for
I found nothing that was meant for me
Greedy men are taking our oxygen
Time can’t heal this wound
When wrong people keep getting crowned
Millennials are trying to breach
But the door has been closed since the 60’s
Ready to betray your own kids
Only to make one last quid
We are the last hope, how did it come to this?
We are the last hope, everywhere I look is just anxiety
I've been watching your eyes (Your eyes)
As you tell us another lie (Another lie)
We created a wonderland (A wonderland)
At the expense of future life
Are we lost together, waiting for someone to save us
You keep saying everything’s alright
At the same second, someone dies
No need to sound the alarm
It’s just floods and people that starve
Black smoke is filling our lungs
While politicians are biting their tongues
White snow is filling your nose
While corruption expands and grows
What do you want from me?
A life wasted on me, I never signed the deal
One ticket way, let me out of this prison cell
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Echoes
03:30
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The tone you set is impossible to render
You claim to be just fine but the ambience does not align
Silence won't guide the way to redemption
You put the truth on hold
Where you should allow it to unfold
You keep it locked inside that vault
I watch it fade into the void
What has been done is not your fault
The quiet is your enemy
You disappear
The memory weighs heavily
Condemned to hear
The echoes from your past
You keep searching for solace
But you just sink into deeper depths
It builds around every conversation
You put the truth on hold
When you really should have it been told
Isolated
Can you explain
I don't mean to breath down your neck
But you have to let this out
You disappear
The memory weighs heavily
Condemned to hear
The echoes from your past
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Every breath you take I will take the same
Every step you take I will follow your trail
Till the end of days, everything stays the same
Till the end of days, trying to figure out this maze
A shadow of you and me is stuck in my head stuck in my head
Why do you linger when it's all pretence
Is it only to exploit my blind innocence
Like a house of cards fragile
And ready to give in
We fight, we rise
Letting go, moving on
We fight, we dream
From the dark we Rise into the light
I welcomed you into my shattered life
And I was a fool to have it shattered twice
I'm reaching out
Always met by the same indifference
You're right here with me
Yet your mind's adrift in the distance
How could I know this was a one way street
Another attempt equals another defeat
I struggle to breath as I lay out my heart
You return it with silence and nothing more to impart
How could I know this was a one way street
Another attempt equals another defeat
I struggle to breath as I lay out my heart
You return it with silence and nothing more to impart
I saw it coming from miles away
Yet I nourished the lie just to see you stay
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5. |
Evolve
03:05
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There is no escaping what we feel in the air
But is reality to much for you to bare
A silver tounge in the mouth of a liar
Is what will guide us on the road to expire
Why do you defend
Every prospect of the end
You can play your game
But it's coming all the same
Will we ever come to realize
We brought this on ourselves
Will we see another sunrise
Before we have to close our eyes
Can't you discern the obvious connection
Between action and consequence
Without question, without critical eyes
Remaining passive as we reach our demise
Do we evolve only to implement destruction
Aware of the outcome but we refuse to change
Are we not better than to look the other way
As if it matters what the liars have to say
Why do you defend
Every prospect of the end
You can play your game
But it's coming all the same
Will we ever come to realize
We brought this on ourselves
Will we see another sunrise
Before we have to close our eyes
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Luftslottet
04:41
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Som åska i ett skyfall
Fyller ryggar med knivar
Luftslottet brinner
Ändå är det alltid dom som vinner
Concealed, never to reveal
The chosen fractions of your design
A false reality
Forced upon us to be kept in line
We're all part of a grand deception
Subliminal in our perception
An agenda operating in secrecy
We play along and swallow your subtle lies
All eyes are shut as the ruptures expand
We play along as slaves to your enterprise
The issue exists and no measures are taken
Do you stand behind the preconditions for a great divide
The world burns and it is in your best interest
Genocide continues yet we abide
The messages between the lines
The common people bleed in growing desolation
While you escape every single allegation
What's there to see when the curtain falls
Crime and corruption masked by these eloquent words
No moral compass
A network of tyrannic intent
Do you stand behind the preconditions for a great divide
The world burns and it is in your best interest
Genocide continues yet we abide
The messages between the lines
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7. |
New Wave - the Progress
02:58
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Destiny wants you to move forward
But you keep repeating yesterday
It only gets worse as you refuse to see
Change isn't meant to be an enemy
Open your mind and come to terms with the fact
A rigid pattern is has been holding you back
Tomorrow approaches, time will not wait
No need to fight it cause it's everyone's fate
What are you afraid of
Resilience won't help you face away from the new wave
What are you afraid of
You're lost in the past, all I want to know is
Do you see
We been holding on for far to Long
Time to let it fade
Become history
You might be stuck
But the sky will yet be moving
Take a leap, it won't help to be scared
At the end of the day no one is truly prepared
Tomorrow approaches, it's the one truth we got
You can decide if you will like it or not
Don't dwell
Have you even tried to
Leave it all behind
And welcome what you'll find
Join the motion
Don't live out your days staring into a freeze frame
Join the motion
Before the past will consume you
Do you see
We been holding on for far to Long
Time to let it fade
Become history
We cant stop the progress
We cant stop the world from turning, from turning
We are the change
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Crystalline
03:55
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Define what has become of us
Because I feel the same as always
The line is getting thin
While I can't recall what mistakes I have made
I can't make out how to justify
This level of misconduct
The conditions were crystalline
Still I could never be enough
How long could this go on
These minds don't think alike
Same view since forever
Why are you soo unhappy
Same view but you'd never
Quit asking for what could be
Do we slip apart
Or are we just different to begin with
Whatever place you're hoping for
Doesn't exist behind this door
Stillborn from day one
I had a sense but I was not sure
Why show commitment
When you were longing for something more
We're not on the same page
You expected things I never said out loud
We're not on the same page
Did we set the terms with your head up in the cloud
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9. |
Hollow Smiles
04:12
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Just look away if you feel ashamed
A new day equals another game to play
I have stopped believing in change
Everyone’s the same
Black suits with loans to pay
Phoney grins
Hollow smiles is the way to survive
Fake it till you make it they say
I’ts getting colder and colder each day
I am reaching out to blind eyes
Reflection is not our biggest quality
Digging deeper down the core in search for Eldorado
Wasting lives as we’re passing time
As the rain pours down
I can feel the fire burning inside my mind
Aas the rain pours down
Don’t let it burn out
Setting higher and higher goals
Never appreciate what we got
As time fades so does my faith
Has humanity reached expired date?
As profits expand
Resources goes down
We live our life
Only to feed the lie
I am reaching out to blind eyes
Reflection is not our biggest quality
Digging deeper down the core in search for eldorado
Wasting lives as we’re passing time
The need for more is a hunger that can’t be satisfied
It has been with the human race since the beginning of time
Our ignorance is growing faster and stronger each day
It’s a desire we will have to pay for long after we are gone
Standing far away
Watching the world go down
Till the end of time
Till the end of days they will never confess
Let go
Were at the end of the tide
The lights go out and we realise this can’t go on
Wake up!
Open your eyes!
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10. |
Monochrome
05:25
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Implications are mine to reach
Distant from all noise
Every second I hear them preach
Regardless, it's my choice
Why did we carve out the world to be so monochrome
The things I want to achieve are overthrown
Watching my dreams run into the sand
Everything is based upon a stagnant demand
Can I collect the courage
To cut off the obstacles keeping me down
All I require is the freedom
To make my own mistakes
Why should I act according to a code
If it doesn't apply to my vision
I won't hear another lecture
If it goes against my volition
I pick myself up to be beaten down again
But I ain't scared to fail
I’ve been fighting
All these voices
That are telling me to stop
That are holding me back
Brought up from the they we're born
To think inside the box
Never stray from the common objective
You're driven by the failsafe
I don't walk in the same pace
If I'm given the option
Why waste it on conventional goals
I will follow my vision...
I will follow my dreams...
They claim to know what I am cut out for
Do I have a say
They try to kill my inspiration
But I rise above
I pick myself up to be beaten down again
But I ain't scared to fall
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Artificial Sky Stockholm, Sweden
Artificial Sky is a 5-piece modern metal band from Stockholm. The band was founded in
2017.
2017-03-31 - Self titled EP
2018-10-11 - Evolve (Single)
2019-04-12 - Hollow Smiles (Single)
2020-01-31 - Echoes (Single)
2020-02-21 - Paradise (Single)
2020-03-06 - Luftslottet (Album)
... more
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