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ASLAN LYRICS
"Infinite Friction" (2003)
1. Translucent
2. New Jerusalem
3. Plight
4. Earth and Sky Collide
5. In the Shadow of Osiris
6. Eclipsed
7. Asleep, Wide Awake
8. Triton Among the Minnows
1. Translucent
You can't see me, I am here
Right beside you, always near!
Though I've perished, don't push me out
I still remain, I'm in your doubt
In the dark, I wait
I won't make, a sound
CHORUS
An apparition, I won't let go
Translucent, losing my soul
Overtaken, consumed by fright
I can't believe, you're so petrified
Why can't you see, I'm here for you
I still remain, our love is true?
I am here, I wait
Feel me near, you hate
CHORUS
An apparition, I won't let go
Translucent, losing my soul
in my mind, I'll hold you for all time
please don't forget me, it's time I say goodbye
2. New Jerusalem
We've travelled many miles
Yet, we long for more
Our home is just a thought
Gone forevermore
A sparkle in our foresight
A planet you called earth
Our time is running out
Can you sustain our birth?
CHORUS
We've come so far away
Will you share your warmth?
Don't be scared of our kind
You've done this before!
Stepping off our craft
We expected so much more
No welcome or attack
On this alien shore
There were signs of life around
They towered in the sky
But scattered on the ground
Were the beings who had died
we left our world so long ago
in hopes that we'd find life
stricken by the same hatred
you've destroyed your kind
with no way to ever leave
stranded in the fallout
intelligence breeds our misery
universal fallout
feeling sadness for all life
why do we exist
what's the purpose in this death
universal fallout
CHORUS
We have come so far away
What happened to your warmth
Why can't we learn to co-exist
What has caused this war?
CHORUS
We rest high in the sky
Solar units of light
We shall build Jerusalem
It's time for you to fly
We have come so far away
We will share our warmth
We will calm and rest your fears
We will take you home.........
3. Plight
I. THE ABYSS
Come here my sweet
We need you now
You belong to us
You keep us bound
Once a man
Before we met
Divide the mind
Kill the spirit
In the black abyss
All by myself
I talked to walls
It was my own Hell
But then from the deep
Voices conversed
No more alone
We converged
CHORUS
We are one
Thriving in the same mind
The black and whites are grey
We are one
Can't tell wrong from right
I gave myself away
Physical death
We don't know
Unnatural length
Our body grows
Lizard like
We have become
Feed on fish
And pond scum
You my sweet, is all we need
To keep us so alive
Anyone who comes our way
We'll rip away your life
But there's a sadness seeping through
Something deep inside
The soul that I used to be
Is trapped by this plight
CHORUS
We are one
Thriving in the same mind
The black and whites are grey
We are one
Can't tell wrong from right
I gave myself away
You stole our sweet
You've become my friend
Give me hope
That this will end
In my gut
An empty space
From my sweet
I can't escape
CHORUS
We are one
Thriving in the same mind
The black and whites are grey
We are one
Can't tell wrong from right
I gave myself away
II. HOPE
In the bleakness, in the abyss
Hope reflects from somewhere
Shines through helplessness
The plight that we face, makes us who we are
We slip into the abyss, and search for lights from afar
4. Earth and Sky Collide
In the black, we were thrown
Cast away, on our own
Find some sense, in all of this
A hint of light, through blackness
Morning rise, face another day
The cold it stings, the clouds have turned grey
The wind shall rise, the pain that we endure
The growing storm, a fight for what is pure
Earth and sky collide
We get trapped by the sight
CHORUS
The blackened wall surrounds us all
How does hope ever start
Circling down in a radiant way
Feel the change in my life
Across the plains, off in the distance
Expanding cloud, descends on the earth
Fear engaged, can't escape witness
The funnel shapes, the essence of our worth
Slaughtering the ground
Seems we're in it's path
Frozen by the vision
Quickly closing in
No one warned us of this
How can we defend
Earth and sky collide
We get trapped by the sight
CHORUS
The blackened wall surrounds us all
How does hope ever start
Circling down in a radiant way
Feel the change in my life
Can barely breathe
Black is all I see
The wind it clogs my lungs
What can save me?
CHORUS
The blackened wall surrounds us all
How does hope ever start
Circling down in a radiant way
Feel the change in my life
In the black, we were thrown
Cast away, on our own
Find some sense, in all of this
A hint of light, through blackness
In the black, we were thrown
Cast away, on our own
Find some sense, in all of this
A hint of light, through blackness
5. In the Shadow of Osiris
6. Eclipsed
Spiraling motion
Fragments of eons multiply
All the ages
Believe they're the ones who'll be magnified
Threads of wonder
Weaved within' the tapestry
Contain the questions
Frayed threads of heresy
CHORUS
Hold on to the moment
As it's fading into memory
There'll be no grand facade
Proclaiming your legacy
Look up in the sky my friend
You can't stop the moving sun
The mighty orb will wipe away
The things that you have done
Turn through pages
History seems meaningless
Lives immortal
Destined to be turned to dust
REPEAT CHORUS
Will we be thought of in sadness
Or will we be remembered for our greatness
Eclipsed by the time that we are granted
How in history will we be painted
We'd like to think that we will last forever
And that the age that we're in's so much better
Scared to face the feeling in our solitude
We eclipse the future with our magnitude
Eclipsed away
Eclipsed away
Eclipsed away
Eclipsed away
REPEAT CHORUS
7. Asleep, Wide Awake
I. THE FLOOD
Not long ago I slipped away
And now I'm searching for a trace
A feeling, a hole in my life
It almost seems I can't go on
My afterimage surely gone
I'm drowning, I'm lost in the tide
Through the mist I caught a glimpse
Of the child trapped inside
I'm reaching, why can't I get through?
Though I strain my voice so hard
Not a word is ever heard
I'm sleeping, asleep wide awake
I'm fighting, fighting to wake
CHORUS
I was lost, lost in the flood
I will search for the child whose lost inside
He bears the scars of time
In the moment that I fell
I didn't know that I was down
Dreaming, I opened my eyes
I'd give my dreams just to wake
Sound my voice and clear the haze
I'm drifting, I'm floating away
I'm sleeping, asleep wide awake
CHORUS
I was lost, lost in the flood
I will search for the child whose lost inside
Though it seems the sleep is here to stay
I can't give up, I must somehow stir awake
Love still flows, it's just lost in the haze
I can't let pain turn my heart to clay
A simple prayer for you my friend...
May God let all your troubles end.
A feeling, a hole in my life
I'm drowning, I'm lost in the tide
I'm sleeping, asleep wide awake
I'm fighting, fighting to wake
Though it seems the sleep is here to stay
I can't give up, I must somehow stir awake
Love still flows, it's just lost in the haze
I can't let pain turn my heart to clay
The flood that comes is drowning me
It carries me to the open sea
I'm sinking in the stagnant pools
I've learned to play the bitter fool
Lost inside the wall of sleep
The innocent child is there for keeps
A simple prayer for you my dear...
May all your troubles disappear.
II. REFLECTIONS
I was lost, lost in the flood
I'm the one, who is always here for you.
8. Triton Among the Minnows
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