1. |
Lonely Graves
08:50
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(Verse 1)
Rendered lame
Through decades of slumber
Decaying to filth
In darkness I lumber
Wretched light
In hopeless abandon
Thrown to the depths
The soul of a phantom
(Chorus 1)
Piercing the skin with a blade
Just to see if this heart still beats
Pressed to the wrist once again
And sing a bittersweet melody
No one leaves this world unscarred
For we are tethered to the stars
Torn and scattered in the wake
Of crises that have left us marred
(Verse 2)
Buried in apathy
A ghost in a cage
Stripped of all feeling
But sadness and rage
Grave is the answer
The end of all trials
Turning the pages
Of a life in exile
(Chorus 2)
Tighten the rope on the neck
A swift kick to the chair
Could wash away my regrets
And it's not like I care when
No one leaves this world alive
For we are bound by earthly ties
To brew and toil on this soil
Scraped and cut by spades and knives
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(Fast Verse 1)
Prisoner in this oaken chamber, lacquered in varnish and ebony teintures
Ivory linings adorn my tomb from which the roses lie and bloom
Turned to dust a hollowing shell, under the court of iron bells
Lying beneath a lonely grave, to suffer the fate of one depraved
(Chorus)
When the weight of a million dreams comes crashing down on you
And you start to feel as though you've been misled
Then you'll know the time has come for you to go
The light shines at the end of the tunnel, but you would rather be dead
(Fast Verse 2)
Nothing remains but memories to family friends and enemies
But they as well are perishable, so why delay the inevitable
Ashes to ashes so they say, and all my ills are blown away
Far too late for apology
With all the sorrow that follows me
(Chorus)
(Outro Verse)
Banished have I been from this world
Sent beyond the grave to find my peace
Three steps taken forth, beyond the gates
Begging for this empty life to cease
Behold a sordid grief that swallows all
Bereft of light I scream out to the skies
Take me now across the shining veil
Beneath the moon I walk this path to die
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2. |
Dying to Live
05:18
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(Verse 1)
On a glowing field of ashes and embers
Through the mist and snows of a frozen December
Through missiles and rifles,
That pierce through my ears
a haunting sound in the night
I will always remember
(Chorus)
Nothing has changed in a thousand years
But the guns and the missiles replacing the spears
Dying to live and it's all too clear,
The evil within us hides in our fears
You come to me in your hour of penance
Claiming that you've set your sails for repentance
But the time is growing late,
And you've still got blood to clean from your blade
(Verse 2)
Run to the battle like moths to a flame
As pawns on the board of a rich stranger's game
For honor or glory or what would you call it
From the silvered words of a prophet to promise of profits
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
Raise your guns
Fire
(Verse 3)
Caught in a crossfire of bullets and fear
All of my hopes to survive have long disappeared
The children and men all alike, They beg for their lives
But no hesitation is rendered with the slip of a knife
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
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3. |
Save Me the Sorrows
06:11
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(Verse 1)
I've turned my face from your dishonest charade
And now I pull my hands away from the fire
I grow weary of these childish games
And yet you still believe that I am the liar
(Chorus 1)
Drowning in flames
Vast and profaned
Ensnared by ashes
Where you shall remain
Save me the sorrows
And spared shall be mine
But there's no escape
From the ones in your mind
(Verse 2)
A heart of gold among the clamor of souls
This masquerade is the game that you've played
And you've paid the toll to fill the blood in your bowl
And I won't linger on the path that you've strayed
(Chorus 2)
Your vague soliloquies
And desperate lies
Hands tangled in the wake
Of a shameful reprise
Your visions elude me
Take now your misery
No longer mine to see
What beyond the door belies
(Outro)
Rest in flames 8x
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4. |
Repossession
03:59
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(Verse 1)
These dying fields cannot be saved
The harvest is so hard this year
We sent ourselves unto this grave
And from this earth we disappear
The firmament that holds us down
The vault that no one can escape
The martyr that cannot be found
The halls of man will be reshaped
(Chorus)
We have passed the point of redemption
Not a single soul will be exempted
From this precipice, we see there's no return
And at the fall of our kingdom, when will we ever learn?
(Verse 2)
The oceans rise and forests burn
Hope for salvation is gone
Through countless lies the world still turns
But we will die before our dawn
Mountains crumble as they sink and drown
This is the way it has to be
We are not fit to wear this crown
This world will bring us to our knees
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
Tall shadows loom
Over the edges of our tomb
Left to watch, as we witness our own doom
(Final Chorus)
We have passed the point of redemption
Not a single soul will be exempted
From this precipice, we see there's no return
And at the end of our kingdom, we're falling apart
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5. |
Shake Hands With a Knife
08:59
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(5/4 Verse)
I'd rather go and shake hands with a knife
Than have a blade be plunged in my chest
And feel the hot blood run down my arms
Than pour my life out a hole in my breast
I'd rather go and shake hands with a knife
Than have a sword be thrust in my heart
Firm grip, remain do I in martyred silence
This is not the end, but that would be a good start
(Clean Verse)
I've found myself standing in a pool of
Blood, watching as the floor around me grows dark
Red, pull your hands away the damage has been
Done hang me up, just to see me dried and bled
(Fast 5/4 Verse)
Cleaving the skin and sliding the blade beneath the surface
Tugging at tendons, ripping the sinews bleeding worsens
Tightening grip, a twist and a slip of flesh and dagger
Pain like a fire, agony dire, as blood spatters
Seizing the edge, and pushing against the hilt in desper-
-ation to live, by grabbing your shiv return to sender
Look in the eye, a flicker of light, reflects from your steel
Swiveling down, to come up around, this wound will not heal
(Fast 4/4 Verse)
They always said I had a death grip on life
Now I'm clinging for survival on the edge of a blade
And you should never shake hands with a knife
But it's not my fault the way the cards were played
Consider this a professional courtesy
A gamble's not a gamble with an ace up your sleeve
I won't be falling on a sword tonight
And I won't rest until it's you that bleeds
(Bridge)
Do you feel it cut?
Do you feel it slash?
Do you feel it cleave the skin to form a gash?
Do you feel it rip?
Do you feel it tear?
Do you feel it pierce your heart to disrepair
(Acoustic Verse 1)
Don't be so eager if you're First to play
You're that much closer to the First mistake
A reckless man lives a life with no regrets
If safety's what you're willing to forsake
(Acoustic Bridge 1)
Be still now, there's nothing left to see
(Acoustic Verse 2)
A stranger's life reflected from his fingertips
With but the time for a shriek of panicked breath
A swift assault that paints the night in crimson red
You were the one who came to me in search of death
(Acoustic Bridge 2)
Be still now, for soon you shall be free
(Outro Verse)
This is not my time
To shed this coil
When this injustice
Makes my blood boil
I have been tempered
By this bloodletting
Blessed by this moment
Not worth forgetting
Lying in anguish
This crimson river
Drowning in lifeblood
Watching you wither
Consequence fatal
You reap what you sow
You hold the dagger
But it's your funeral
Into remission
Pupils releasing
Heart losing spirit
This life is ceasing
This will to resist
May have saved my life
But you still should not
Shake hands with a knife
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6. |
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(Verse 1)
I can't say I'm not impressed
By everything we have created.
But these wonders fade over time
They have left me jaded
Standing on shoulders of giants
But we are the ones who bear their weight
Of knowledge and innovation
The pressure we're under is far too great
(Chorus 1)
Maybe in time we'll see, that
there was no other way we could proceed
And pardon me, but I
honestly don't know what else could be
(Verse 2)
Holding a torch to the darkness
And taking a step into the void
Knowingly we are building a
future that we will not live to enjoy
And all for a cause that is nought
For everything slips out from our hands
One day when no man expects it
Of course this was never what we had planned
(Chorus 2)
But there is not one man to blame
Ambition is all just a part of the game
We might drive ourselves to the grave
But I still believe there's a chance to be saved
(Screamed Verse)
As countless lies are told and silky webs are spun
The hills have eyes and every hand a gun
Idle are the weak, bridled do they speak
Tidal is the wave as it crashes on the beach
(Outro)
Standing on shoulders of giants (7x)
Standing on shoulders of giants we are
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7. |
Palaces of Gold
08:12
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(Verse 1)
A disease for so long left unchecked
Grows a burden like a thorn in your side
And its grasp reaches over the oceans
Taking your faith In its stride
A broken shrine in the name of his glory
Their temples desecrated and burned
Vile aggression in the name of peace
A paradise they have long yet to earn
(Chorus)
Men of god, marching forth on the altar
Infidel, burn the cross of a martyr
Loyalty, on your knees for redemption
Die for me, now you pray for ascension
Heretics, trudging forth to the gallows
For the crown, his soul exalted and hallowed
Up above, the final journey of pilgrims
But for my name, you have no choice but to kill them all
(Verse 2)
A burning effigy, the salient observer
Heeding to the prophets of wrath
For there is but one life for the graceful
They will know not stray from the path
This tirade is a tired and old one
Built upon the chasms of fear
Desperation is a drug like no other
When you know that the end may be near
(Chorus)
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(Verse 1)
Palaces of gold
Opulent majesty
Chalice of the souls
Immortal travesty
Castles in the sky
Diamond plated crowns
Those who would die for a
Heaven that has never been found
(Chorus 1)
Whisked away with the fading sun
Turning towards the night
Ivory towers line the road to redemption
Underneath my eyes
(Verse 2)
Sanctified, the mind
Loyal is thy blade
Discipline the blind
Lead them to crusade
Undeceived, the eyes
Faithful is thy hand
Together we arise
To the promised land
(Chorus 2)
Whisked away with the fading sun
Turning towards the night
Ivory towers line the road to redemption
Underneath my eyes
Basking in the blood of the unrighteous
It penetrates my skin
I close my eyes and listen to the silence
As I cleanse myself of sin
(Outro Verse)
Idle hands linger in the shadows
Morning seeps through the bloodied veil of fate
Ties of reason have long abandoned this plane of desecration
The neck twisted by the slender hands of hate
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8. |
Silence
08:22
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(Acoustic Intro)
It's never enough to bring them the gold and the pearls
You could bring them the moon, and still they would ask for the world
Cause we're born to die, and yet we're dying to live
You tell me that you need more time but there is none that I have left to give
(Verse 1)
Caught in the web
Entangled in fears
Under the stars
The spider is near
A shimmer of fangs
The shadows deceive
The lurking of eyes
Illusions are weaved
(Chorus 1)
Kissed by the lips of this crimson night
Guided by the vigil of the candlelight
(Verse 2)
In darkness they gamble
On a fire of coals
From the worth of a lifetime
To the weight of a soul
To wake from the dream
In a nightmare of thorns
The deafening sounds
Of a thunderous storm
(Chorus 2)
Steps taken forth, into the frail light
Lives torn apart, oh what a grave sight
(Clean Verse)
The serpent slithers beneath the leaves
The wind howls between the trees
The men cry out in tormented pain
But nothing can stop this torrent of rain
Fates tied, an unlucky draw
To be the one who picks the shortest straw
When silence is the only thing thats left unsaid
The last thing they hear is a shot to the head
(Chorus 3)
Dragged to the grave through the smoke and fire
Steel bonds for slaves to bleed beneath the mire
Behold the desperate souls bereft of grief and ire
Their hopes and dreams laid to rest upon a mangled pyre
(Bridge)
Silence whispered through my ears
Vanished all my horrors and my fears
I placed my trust in you tonight
We revel in the adversary's spite
(Lifted of our burdens and our plights)
(Chorus 4)
They see the blazing lights dash across the night
(Silence whispered through my ears)
The flames dancing there before their sullen eyes
(Vanished all my horrors and my fears)
And as they kneel, one by one their spirits rise
(I placed my trust in you tonight)
The gunshots silenced by their screams and wimpered cries
(We revel in the adversary's spite)
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Ashbreather Montreal, Québec
December 2016 was the birth of progressive sludge/death metal group, Ashbreather, featuring former members of The Wild
Hunt.
As of January 2021, the band has become a trio with each member sharing vocal duties, and throwing in non-traditional metal instruments into their music.
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