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Nature of the Beast
06:32
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In the glint of an eye
Where the animal rests
An atavism quiet
In the waiting depths
But I see it wake
When your numbers are high
And the light of thought is doused in froth and bile
And I can feel the rabid steel
Biting at my heart
Behind my teeth a primal scream
That would echo to the stars
There’s always been this fight between
The light against the dark
The tribal seam it runs so deep
It would tear us all apart
It’s not a virtue or a sin
It’s just the nature of the beast
Don’t look now there’s a shadow at your heels
Don’t look down where the darkness sleeps
Do you play what you preach?
Do you carve your own track?
Do you shit where you eat?
Do you follow the pack?
Did you fall asleep, god
At the wheel of creation
Or am I just seeing faces in the clouds?
And I can feel the rabid steel
Biting at my heart
Behind my teeth a primal scream
That would echo to the stars
There’s always been this fight between
The light against the dark
The tribal seam it runs so deep
It would tear us all apart
It’s not a virtue or a sin
It’s just the nature of the beast
Don’t look now there’s a darkness at your heels
Don’t look down where the shadow sleeps
And I can feel the rabid steel
Biting at my heart
Behind my teeth a primal scream
That would echo to the stars
There’s always been this fight between
The light against the dark
The tribal seam it runs so deep
It would tear us all apart
It’s not a virtue or a sin
It’s just the nature of the beast
Don’t look now there’s a shadow at your heels
Don’t look down where the darkness sleeps
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2. |
Altered
05:43
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I reach out for the stars
My hand just passes through
Illusions fading soft as dust
I hear a beating heart
In the belly of a god
I feel a river churn my blood
I’m caught between the light
And the shadow of a dream
I’m off into the night
I’m caught between the light
And the darkness of the dream
A moment to decide
I’m naked in this place
The doors are open wide
I’m a servant to the siren song
I’m lucid, unrestrained
I touched the other side
And felt the river turn to flood
I’m caught between the light
And the shadow of a dream
I’m off into the night
I’m caught between the light
And the darkness of the dream
A moment to decide
Is this madness or release
Is this madness or release
Is this madness or release
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3. |
False Idols
08:04
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I started as we all must, a mote of dust in a storm
Awaiting a moment’s calm to settle on the earth
And I perceived a sorrow before I knew the cause
Before I knew anything or thought to ask why
I recognised the wound before I felt the sting
And I want you to know I see the hand beneath the glove
The world was made for fools and parasites and kings
And they will do anything to keep us in the mud
But you won’t break me
You won’t bring me down
You won’t break me
You won’t bring me down
You’ve been taking
But you’ve had enough
There’s nothing left to give
There’s nothing left to give
There’s nothing left to give
They branded you pariah, persona non grata
And you were taught every day that solitude’s a curse
They tried to douse your fire, to sow doubt in your heart
They smothered your dreams in oil and watched your spirits burn
You were just a tool; they built cities on your back
And when they were done they turned around and closed the doors
Now they sit there in their towers, hide behind their masks
And no matter how much they use they always want more
But you won’t break me
You won’t bring me down
You won’t break me
You won’t bring me down
You’ve been taking
But you’ve had enough
There’s nothing left to give
There’s nothing left to give
There’s nothing left to give
There’s nothing left to give
There’s nothing left to give
There’s nothing left to give
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4. |
Tempus Fugit
06:58
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Time waits for no man
You can’t hold the tides back
There’s nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
It will overtake you
And fold you into dust
The night of the future
It will last forever
No need to fight, not even light will see the day through
When the world falls to the dark
You can see when you close your eyes
Tempus Fugit I can feel your wings
When I stop it lets the darkness in
Tempus Fugit I can feel your breath
When I stop I hear your banshee sing
Time’s toll is taken
I feel my body aging
My wasted youth is an aching tooth
In the jaw of reflection
I’m haunted by regret
And you can fight your fears
Reconcile your demons
But you can’t escape the immortal fate
It is always waiting
It will wait there till the end
You will see when you close your eyes
Tempus Fugit I can feel your wings
When I stop it lets the darkness in
Tempus Fugit I can feel your breath
When I stop I hear your banshee sing
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5. |
Perihelion
05:05
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Bruises blush like skeleton leaves
Must have fallen in my sleep
Tempers stretched and systems crashed
I always lose myself like that
I've fallen in a Venus trap
Your acid burning up my skin
Scars are traced in porcelain cracks
Never thought I'd fall so deep
And I fell so far
And I fell so far
You shit a streak of fire
Across my cold dark skies
Streak of fire
Across my cold dark sky
Streak of fire
Across my cold dark sky
Streak of fire
Across my cold dark sky
We spent these bodies
Dishevelled bed and scattered dreams
It left me haunted
I never said it mattered to me
But you could taste it
You flew in under cover of night
Hair back like a river of ice
I saw you in the pale moonlight
Trailing ghosts of suicide
Victims of a terrible pact
Reaching for impossible dreams
I held my head in trembling hands
Never thought I'd fall like this
And I fell so far
And I fell so far
You shit a streak of fire
Across my cold dark skies
Streak of fire
Across my cold dark sky
Streak of fire
Across my cold dark sky
Streak of fire
Across my cold dark sky
We spent these bodies
With scattered heads and unmade dreams
You left me haunted
I never said it mattered to me
But you could taste it
I lost my head
I lost my head
I lost my head
I lost my head
I lost my head
I lost my head
I lost my head
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6. |
Intervention
06:47
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I don’t want to see your face here
And I don’t like this weight I’m feeling
This blood I’m tasting
And all those nauseating memories
And oh my god the time I wasted
All those years intoxicated
Infatuated
But it was my mistake to let you in
I know you better than myself
I know you better than I want to
I loved you better than myself
I loved you better than I wanted to
I thought I’d find my way out in oblivion
But there’s always one more level down
I thought I’d find the answers in oblivion
And I was searching for so long
When the mist has gone
And my mind is clear
I’m gonna let you go
You’re not welcome here
And when the poison’s out
And my heart is clear
Then I can stop and take a breath and let you disappear
I know you better than myself
I know you better than I want to
I loved you better than myself
I loved you better than I wanted to
I thought I’d find my way out in oblivion
But there’s always one more level down
I thought I’d find the answers in oblivion
And I was searching for so long
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7. |
Hollow
07:19
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Exhume the rotted days
Forgotten dreams are brought to life
Loose from past’s embrace
I could almost reach out and touch their light
And I can hear their laughter
But it’s bleak with sorrow and soaked in grief
Time, it’s not a linear thing
It’s like an ocean with no beginning or end
The shades they cloud my eyes
A sea of faces crowding in
Waves rake the shore
And every passing hour makes another ghost
Deep, the water runs
And I sink deeper than I have ever been
And when I close my eyes
I hear them whisper
The voices of the dead
They try to pull me under
They try to pull me under
They try to pull me under
I was lost in a barren sea
But now the past is dead
And it’s left me hollow
I was lost in the forest deep
But now my path is clear
And where it leads is hollow
Oh my dreams they taste so real
But like the moon and stars
They'll be gone tomorrow.
So dry those tears and calm those fears
For it will soon be dark
It will soon be dark.
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8. |
Spasm
03:07
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9. |
Relic
07:41
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I just don’t feel right for this world
I find no warmth in the souls that I meet
The language they speak weighs less than the sound
Some things once lost can never be found
I fought and I chased when I thought I could win
I've fallen to places you won’t dare live in
The years that I wasted trying to fit in
It's as futile to tear off your skin
You bared your heart and I pledged you mine too
Just know that I tried but I'm just not like you
I thought I could fake it but the truth always wins
Some doors you close never open again
To the heart of the forest I run
To the cave of my isolation
For the heart of the darkness I yearn
Away from the light of the world
Your fires burn too bright for my eyes
The stars are consumed by your lights
I was blind but in darkness I see
I was choking but now I can
And I'm sorry if I let you down
But I just can’t exist in this state
I regret all the time that you wasted
When you thought you could teach me your ways
Your fires burn too bright for my eyes
The stars are consumed by your lights
I was blind but in darkness I see
I was choking but now I can breathe
I fought and I chased when I thought I could win
I’ve fallen to places you won’t dare live in
The years that I wasted trying to fit in
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The Animal State Portsmouth, UK
The Animal State is a one-piece progressive metal and alternative rock band created by multi-instrumentalist Col Mullins. With a wide range of influences spanning multiple genres, his music could be placed somewhere on the rock spectrum between Mastodon and King Crimson—loud, metamorphic and with an irresistible driving energy. ... more
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