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SHADOWS FALL LYRICS
"Of One Blood" (2000)
1. Pain Glass Vision
2. Crushing Belial
3. Of One Blood
4. The First Noble Truth
5. Fleshold
6. Root Bound Apollo
7. Revel In My Loss
8. Montauk
9. To Ashes
10. Serenity
1. Pain Glass Vision
2. Crushing Belial
First strike of the creation
Shakes the earth at its very core
Pangea shattered, humanity is scattered
Separation for evermore
Eternal conflict, waged since the dawn of time
A delicate balance waits. This evil seems to be undermined
As the battle lines are drawn, and the kingdoms choosing sides
Concealed from his light. Abandon all that unifies.
Been fooled so long by the lies of this unholy adversary
Flee the lies
The Godhead has been split, exiled by mankind
Although we're out of reach, His message transcending time
As the battle lines are drawn, and the kingdoms choosing sides
Concealed from his light. Abandon all that unifies.
Been fooled so long by the lies of this unholy adversary
how can we free this world, it soon will melt away
As we await the wrath of a God Betrayed
how can we save this world, it soon will melt away
As we await the wrath of a God Betrayed
Rise stand take over, we are crushing Belial
Rise stand take over, we are crushing Belial
Alone I am feeling caught within it's wind
When I noticed all hope is lost and blown away
Never knowing what may come
never showing what's been done
Realized potential so long in denial
Cast off this shadow, escaping Belial
Redemption of the forgotten
Redemption of the forgotten
how can we free this world, it soon will melt away
As we await the wrath of a God Betrayed
how can we save this world, it soon will melt away
As we await the wrath of a God Betrayed
Rise stand take over, we are crushing Belial
Rise stand take over, we are crushing Belial
3. Of One Blood
Abandon this search for an ultimate reality
Your words only used to conceal the true meaning
Never speaking from the heart
As you've built a wall of lies, silence falls
Awakened all that you despise
These lies, our chosen roles
force-fed your values and your goals
Why? You won't see
Truth : unity
Bound eternally
Forgiveness for those who stray
Protection through unity
Forgiveness for those who stray
Protection through unity
These lies, our chosen roles
Force-fed your values and your goals
Why? You won't see
Truth : unity
Bound eternally
Forgiveness for those who stray
Protection through unity
Forgiveness for those who stray
Protection through unity
4. The First Noble Truth
As reality washes away the faded memories of daylight
This is my escape
Realization of my mind's own deceit
Perception Slips away
Lulled into a fools paradise
Words mislead again
the agony of imaginary sins and fears
truth of suffering
Buried dreams that shadow me, I feel it's all been wasted (Dreams that shatter me)
Break my dreams to free my soul because I won't even notice (Dreams to free my soul)
Disintegration of the ego with this mind creates
False idea of self
The cessation of continuity and becoming
True enlightenment
Buried dreams that shadow me, I feel it's all been wasted (Dreams that shatter me)
Break my dreams to free my soul because I won't even notice (Dreams to free my soul)
Someone free me from heaven torn asunder
full of empty promises to be there if I wonder (Alone and wandering)
Will not remain enslaved
This world's transparency
I see right through
I walk alone
As reality washes away the faded memories of daylight
This is my escape
Realization of my mind's own deceit
Perception Slips away
Buried dreams that shadow me, I feel it's all been wasted (Dreams that shatter me)
Break my dreams to free my soul because I won't even notice (Dreams to free my soul)
Someone free me from heaven torn asunder
full of empty promises to be there if I wonder (Alone and wandering)
Extinction of thirst
Extinction of desire
Extinction of hatred
Extinction of illusion
This is absolute.
5. Fleshold
Dying over and over in my mind
As you twist the knife I wonder why
Why you bothered to take this time
too concerned with yours I should think of mine
Do you sleep alone thinking of me (I can see)
While I sit alone wondering what could be (while I dream)
Do you lay with another but not with me (you've never been alone)
I sit alone because you're not with me (you're not with me)
My pain is all inside
Until razor and arm collide
From my heart upon the floor
Take my blood but you take more
Do you sleep alone thinking of me (I can see)
While I sit alone wondering what could be (while I dream)
Do you lay with another but not with me (you've never been alone)
I sit alone because you're not with me (you're not with me)
Take my life, you take more
Of my life, take some more
Just let me die
Dying over and over in my mind
As you twist the knife I wonder why
Why you bothered to take this time
too concerned with yours I should think of mine
Do you sleep alone thinking of me (I can see)
While I sit alone wondering what could be (while I dream)
Do you lay with another but not with me (you've never been alone)
I sit alone because you're not with me (you're not with me)
Of my life, take some more.
6. Root Bound Apollo
Stagnation, motionless air
A shroud cast over understanding
Gasping to inhale the manna of life
But still you decay
So wake up and strengthen what you have
Before it dies completely
I am the first, I am the last
I am the living one
fury of a God encaged in
Human self doubt
Power to create burns within all
All Jah children
I am the first until this day unseen
And I search for this light within me
As you turn toward the sky
Script of thousand lies, and in judgement you,
Burn, Fir burn them.
Burn, Fire burn them.
Stagnation, motionless air
A shroud cast over understanding
Gasping to inhale the manna of life
But still you decay
So wake up and strengthen what you have
Before it dies completely
I am the first, I am the last
I am the living one
fury of a God encased in
Human self doubt
Power to create burns within all
All Jah children
Burn, Fir burn them.
Burn, Fire burn them.
The comfort for which you yearn
I find within myself, I and I
Now summon forth this hailstorm
Of blood and ash
In judgement this fire forever will burn
In judgement shall fire burn.
7. Revel In My Loss
Can I prevent this loss and pain to hasten my release
Or am I damned to existence alone
Sear me child, let this pain set me free again
With broken promise, never know what this life could bring
And the time spent alone sorting through emotions
Is a blessing that I know I cannot repay
With only words I can't express my deep regret
Of time gone by and of feelings that I'll never know
Pain believed but never shared has left me damaged here
My wounds will bleed anew, I am now exposed
Reaching out, reaching in the pain that grips me
Holds me tight in crushed embrace
Holding out, holding out, try to protect from what I fear
Reaching out, reaching in the pain that grips me
Hold me tight is crushed embrace
Holding out, holding out, try to protect from what I fear
Revel in my loss
Sear me child, let this pain set me free again
With broken promise, never know what this life could bring
And the time spent alone sorting alone through emotions
Is a blessing that I know I cannot repay
Revel in my loss
Reaching out, reaching in the pain that grips me
Holds me tight in crushed embrace
Holding out, holding out, try to protect from what I fear
Reaching out, reaching in the pain that grips me
Holds me tight in crushed embrace
Holding out, holding out, try to protect from what I fear
The end draws light with this pressure
Lacerations upon you relieve yourself
Pain that grips me
8. Montauk
Toppling building blocks
At the base of all mankind
Redirection of evolution
Electromagnetic control of the mind
Arising from technology
Creation, new entity
Mankind, forever be
Bound, and gagged
A new breed of control
Manipulation of space and time
Warped perception dictating action
Sick delusion they're divine
Arising from technology
Creation, a new entity
Mankind, forever be
Bound, and gagged
Mechanically possessed, placed under control
They keep us marching
Mechanically possessed, placed under control
They keep us marching
A conspiracy unwinds
As the government denies
Lost children pays the price
Suffocated by their lies
Arising from technology
Creation, a new entity
Mankind forever be
Bound, and gagged
Toppling the building blocks
At the base of all mankind
Redirection of evolution
Electromagnetic control of the mind
Arising from technology
Creation, a new entity
Mankind, Forever be
Bound, and gagged
Mechanically possessed, placed under control
They keep us marching on
What did they hope to find
What did they hope to gain
What did they hope to find
And what has become
They kept us bound and gagged
9. To Ashes
Why, I've found perfection now it slips through my grasp
Child, you touch me now as life flows through my hands
gray skies have been broken (I'll never see the warmth of your eyes)
Cold eyes softly spoken (Your face forever etched in my mind)
Love, I'll get through this if you stand at my side
Alone, this fear across me it shall never subside
gray skies have been broken (I'll never see the warmth of your eyes)
Cold eyes softly spoken (Your face forever etched in my mind)
You speak to me in rhythm and it waves across the water
You speak to me in ways that I don't understand
deep inside I hear every word every way
And after all is lost there is nothing left inside of me
I long for your touch
How I need to breathe your breath again
Deep inside me I know I'm alone
how I cherish your persuasive warmth
This is not what I want life to be
(there is no way I can stop this now)
And there's nothing left inside of me
I long for your touch
How I need to breathe your breath again
Deep inside me I know I'm alone
how I cherish your persuasive warmth
This is not what I want life to be
(there is no way I can stop this now)
And there's nothing left inside of me
Why, I've found perfection now it slips through my grasp
Child, you touch me now as life flows through my hands
gray skies have been broken (I'll never see the warmth of your eyes)
Cold eyes softly spoken (Your face forever etched in my mind)
Love, I'll get through this if you stand at my side
Alone, this fear across me it shall never subside
gray skies have been broken (I'll never see the warmth of your eyes)
Cold eyes softly spoken (Your face forever etched in my mind)
Endlessly unfallen words I cannot replace
don't cry my love, I believe that I won't fail you again
But I long to be your servant once more
By the morning light I'll have breathed my last
I emplore you, don't forget my love
Don't cry my love, I believe that I won't fail you again
But I long to be your servant once more
By the morning light I'll have breathed my last
I emplore you, don't forget.
10. Serenity
Anticipation of a reward so pleasing
Inhibitions ensnaring me like shackles
Unrelenting urge to quench, to gratify
All consuming senses of the primitive
And I remain, drenched in the excess of every movement
Serenity in this repetition
Within the peace of this meditation
Convergence of spirit and the physical
Achievement of pure integration
No longer distort the true expression of the soul
And I remain, drenched in the excess of every movement
Serenity of this repetition
Forever be searching forward
Nothing remains left behind
Forever be clawing forward
Continuance of my line
Writhing with virility
Instinct to perpetuate
Divert mortality
Extend my soul beyond
Anticipation of a reward so pleasing
Inhibitions ensnaring me like shackles
Unrelenting urge to quench, to gratify
All consuming senses of the primitive
And I remain, drenched in the excess of every movement
Serenity of this repetition
Forever be searching forward
Nothing remains left behind
Forever clawing forward
Continuance of my life
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