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Temple of Shame
03:09
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these are the wings I've worn
made out of aluminum foil and car parts
you may want to tip toe quietly past
I really don't think the air moves silent here
walked on, removed and broken
he cannot hold this in his arms
dead dawn, he's walking backward
the price he paid has never gone
it held on his back and shoulders
it moved and screamed and couldn't sing
extracting, standing naked
a fallen god becomes a king
stand up beside me and walk right next to me
stand up beside me and dance... in the temple of shame
walked off, the day is over
he's looking out beyond the sun
dead world, a fragile moment
it soon becomes the strength of love
stand up beside me and walk right next to me
stand up beside me and dance... in the temple of shame
every little step, deep in your regret
(never tried to dance, never had a chance)
every little lie, composed to help you die
(never took the rose, saw it decompose)
break the human tie, see another life
(far beyond the shell, starting where you fell)
i'm going to set it free
i'm going to set it free
i'm going to set me free!
stepped on, removed and broken
he let the pain become his hole
dead life, he wore it proudly
but left behind his only soul
what good is life worth living
if you refuse to let it go?
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2. |
Paralysis of Beauty
05:04
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shadows stretch, wind and sun
mountains flex and rivers run
see the stain of painted lines
touch the veins, embrace the vines
slowly holding silver streams
even in the blood that sings
breath that calls a new design
hands that claw for summer's shine
lit by tides of gold and blue
shadowed sides in purple hue
these are words we've seldom kept
lost, unheard on season's step
moving cross the battle pit
living lost in silence sit
thinking all the gold that gleams
lives and dies in human dreams
feeling like the center as I enter now inside another storm
close my eyes, open my arms, embrace the pain of every slashing form
anguish of a broken home
walls of mortar, blood and bone
stripped and ripped the structure down
screams within me, haunting sound
screamed until my body burned
screamed at every thought and turn
screamed until i thought i'd die
then let go and found the sky
arms of bark enveloped me
pulled into the canopy
arms embrace a god of snails
make this face, a skin of scales
light so blinding, walked into
so inviting, going through
now i see the blood of man
i see the pain of god. i am.
in a tree, in a day
in a moment far away
in the sky, in the sun
in a life becoming one
in her tree, she held me
whispering of death
now I live inside you
now you are my breath...(x2)
i love you!
love and compassion
just open my eyes
let it all fall
stand up and shine!
a tree stands in the forest now a perfect picture
bleed and vision
stood there as if all the world came down
and all the time blinked out
and all my life, my doubt. my mind
my death and every breath
and oh so hard and oh so sad
and beautiful and perfect and ugly and sane...
and really I just want her back
and I want to hear her one more time
and one more look, one more dream
one perfect moment, one more day...
why can't i have just one more day
something to say, some sleep, some little thing
why can't i have just one more day...
i love you!
on the mountains goats they leap
in the valleys, lions sleep
across fields the bison dream
in the forests, monkeys swing
in the rivers, salmon spawn
on the prairie, coyotes yawn
under oceans, hammers slide
in the holes the rabbits hide
in the treetops, fruit bats hang
on the plains, the serpents reign
here's the sun where briars bloom
here's the land, the earth and moon
here's the blood, the land, the sky
here's my path and here's my life
here's the moment here I found
here's my gold and here's my crown
but can I prove them wrong?
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3. |
Shakti (Healer)
02:02
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nothing sacred
breaking down
tear your heart out
nothing found
lost in hatred
take your cage
crawl and bleeding
dead afraid
the sky is opened
the day begins
the sun my mother
the moon my father
i keep on dreaming
i keep on being...
something sacred
field of stone
hand of earth
coming home
I'm coming home!
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4. |
Black Wing Dreams
01:46
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black wing dreams
i am reborn
i come unbound
my dreams will storm
my life will soar
my death no more
black wing dreams
hold me in
see no sin
its deepening
becoming me
a soaring thing
watch the silent enemy but never keep it in, it's here for me
across the sky so black outside, the hunger strikes, invites me to the night
moving to the limits, unforseen and yet it holds a spot I see
deeper past the womb of fear the echo that I hear that speaks of light
chaos, chaos, chaos, chaos
i am reborn in other moments, other shadows, other places, other faces
sitting still, watching, looking, dreaming, flying, seizing day, becoming night
move on, further, reaching, breathing. being, seeing, dreaming still...
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5. |
One Eye
02:43
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hungry, the fire, the devil, the earth
lost, so inspired, so perfect, deserved
borrowed and righteous, sorrow, he weeps
wolves dressed so holy, so lonely, so deep
heal me, put me on that killing tree (x4)
death's face in black clouds, so holy the high
trash mounds with backgrounds behind eyes divine
hell sits, divides you in city lands, raped
this love like a serpent in earth's deeper shape
heal me, put me on that killing tree (x4)
you can sacrifice, i will pay the price
you can sacrifice, light consuming life
heal me, put me on that killing tree (x4)
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6. |
Stripped Like Rats
03:11
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watch the sky, empty the river
watch my pain, empty myself
watch my dying, empty my life
watch my life, empty my death
every word that's ever said
every lie I've ever read
every tide I've tried to fight
every time I held too tight
every season holds me in
every day that's ever been
watch the sky, the river swells
watch my pain and lose myself
watch my dying, there I go
watch my life it wont go slow
every moment must go by
for everything must die
summer reminds me as autumn invades
coiled in my mother as a wolf in the shade
buried, transparent - the body is done
autumn has come, I walk into the sun
carried diseases of rats and of men
no one could see me, my mind stripped and thin
hungry, so hungry yet always unfed
when life didn't fill me, empty, my bread
live like that, feel like that, die like that
live like that, feel like that, die like that
this crucifixion had nails made of mud
the howling of wind like a banshee of blood
reach down inside me, extract every leaf
held in her old hands, she leaned in and breathed
live like that, feel like that, die like that
live like that, feel like that, die like that
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7. |
Carve Out Another Sun
04:31
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my hands are full of blood
carved out another sun
relish the moment well
dreams cannot end this spell
purpose - the foolish path
downwards you're moving fast
can't make a wrong man right
seasons are life's respite
i've found a quiet home
so far from what you own
gag me - tag me
hands are bound
worship the lost and found
kiss me - hit me
you decide
i won't wait to see your light (x2)
love becomes a word
life becomes absurd
hate becomes a crutch
death remains untouched
time - i'm living free
time - i'm living free
time - i'm living free
you have no real hold on me
time - i'm living free
time - i'm living free
time - i'm living free
you have no real hold on me
you have no real hold on me
now I see the love and beauty!
(lyrics - madmanstan)
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8. |
New Dawn
02:18
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new dawn!
walk the path - kill the beast
some freedoms still have a leash
walked a mile to his home
sank beneath a quiet stone
hurry don't you crawl tonight
worried you might see the light?
nothing gained with nothing might
sinking in your ego's height
dance until you're drowning - like a man without his face
nothing left but ego and a world without a place
while you're busy screaming I will leave it where you lie
find the golden season where it sits beyond the sky
take the word - give it hell
nothing but a hopeless spell
birthed inside a hallow man
giving everything he can
worried when his time is up
nothing lived and nothing loved
can't you see a new beyond
see beyond another one
dance until you're drowning - like a man without his face
nothing gained but ego and a world without a place
while you're busy screaming I will leave it where you lie
find the golden season where it sits beyond the sky
(lyrics: madmanstan)
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love me, alien land
dreams sewn by empty hands
words lost, voices at dawn
shed my body – i'm far beyond
take me up this hill
whispers in empty fields
words fall, death from the sun
wash my body – here's my blood
and these are not my bones (but) i'll wear them in the rain
i'll call these bones my home until there's no more pain
body full of stars – shadow in my skin
future is now ours – past is growing dim
sleep and realign
breath, now redefine
nothing left behind
every bone will shine (x2)
lost stare into the sun
life holds a chosen one
each step, I've just begun...
hold me, alien hands
hold tight and make me dance
this tune lives in my flesh
take my body, discard the rest
my dream begins to spin
lost things our lives have been
rise up, snatch at the ring
these bones are starting to sing
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10. |
Invisible I
01:17
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nothing soon becomes
life's i, becoming one
seeing you, seeing me
in the world, another piece
visible... measurable in my control...
take the world and let it go...
this is the next step
who i am is what i get
this is the new plan
what i get is who i am
something takes a piece
such doubt, a pretty me
ugly broken man
one step but cannot stand
visible... measurable in my control...
take the soul and let it go...
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11. |
In shapes of mountains
02:12
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I don't need your freedom... lies, pain and debt
Love it like a god... bow and regret
I don't need your freedom... it keeps you enslaved
Words and ideas... burned and unpaved
My freedom is walking, its where I'm coming from
In shapes of the mountains and blood of the sun (x2)
No more control, the prophet found
the god in me, he can't be bound
the lies you told, demon will rise
swallow truth, devour lies
no more control, the prophet found
the god in me he can't be bound
I don't need the answer, the answer you seek
Bound by your question, the path makes you weak
I don't need the answer, I'm not asking why
All that I live for is love life or die
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12. |
Dead Days Reborn
02:42
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last days behind us - in glory we shine
nothing beyond but a truth for the blind
hold out for answers - empty you will be
death has no glory yet life still can be
penance within it - your cross worn in words
nothing so fragile as a man filled with thorns
scars are revealing - the skin doesn't fit
nothing so sad as a man and his pit
you're walking home - blood and bone
another throne - you cannot see
you're buried in - human skin
you call it sin - i disagree
dead days reborn - your life will end
thrones become thorns - foes become friends
what does it mean - where have you been
time to believe in yourself again
i disagree (x3) life is more than anything
i disagree (x3) i would rather live it free
(lyrics - madmanstan)
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Dead Days Reborn Albany, Oregon
Hardcore Punk
2012 - 2017
Zach Merchak was a gifted musician and a dear friend who
had a lot to offer the world.
He will be missed but his music will live on.
- Stan Maksun
(vocalist)
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