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A Farewell to Expectations

by Adder's Fork

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1.
When you force me to look inside myself I decide to turn away When you see me and when you're near me I'm all but certain that I will fail These shoes seem too large to fill like a dwarf in a giant's trail I was told I could be everything now I'm like a clown on a funeral day When you hold me, console me with your touch My marrow screams in agony When you caress me, you distress me again I'm certain that I will fail Like a pilgrim on his last legs on a station with a thousand rails He missed the last train home and then the tracks were swept away For a farewell to expectations you need to be on your knees to destroy self-accusation you don't need a pious priest For a farewell to expectations you must survive the hardest ways shake off the festered morals and prepare for better days When you force me to look inside myself I decide to walk away When you call me and when you're near me you do seem kind of frail When you hold me, console me with your touch My marrow suffers silently When you caress me, you distress me but after all, I might prevail
2.
Brought forth in pain to settle in uncertain times The clock starts ticking between the mother's thighs This is where the rope begins no noose is yet to be seen Rest assured, the knot is tight and each and every neck will fit inside It's the way of the world This doom is certain At the end of the line This doom is mine Lost from the start this machine is failing Life given through mother's milk and still we are fading This is where the rope begins no noose is yet to be seen Rest assured, the knot is tight and each and every neck will fit inside It's the way of the world This doom is certain At the end of the line This doom is mine Read the news, turn the pages is this what you dreamed to be? A part of this living nightmare? A part of this machinery? "I've never profited, never profited of public service, I've earned everything!" "What does it mean?" "You ain't seen nothing yet" Strive for freedom, strive for power reach for wealth and thirst for fame Will it get you far? Are you are proud of what you are? Dreams of a prosperous future all in due time But the clock starts ticking between the mother's thighs It's the way of the world This doom is certain At the end of the line This doom is mine
3.
Love has failed me, today and yesterday. It will again tomorrow, in this season bleak and grey Yet when I look back in time, nothing's rearranged it is a vicious circle, just people interchanged I hear the sullen cries, the last twitches of ill-fated dreams Cast before my eyes, like an everflowing stream As I dwell in ages past, it seems that nothing ever lasts. Will the circle repeat again? What I've always wanted, still seems out of reach but I've always practiced what others preached I hear the sullen cries, the last twitches of ill-fated dreams Cast before my eyes, like an everflowing stream My vicious circle stuck in a rut My vicious circle like a broken wheel Love has failed me, today and yesterday It will again tomorrow, in this season bleak and grey Yet when I look back in time, nothing's rearranged it's just a vicious circle, with people interchanged My vicious circle stuck in a rut My vicious circle like a broken wheel
4.
Trails 02:39
From the swamp they come torn asunder they arise From the depths they come flesh and bone to reunite ...flesh and bone to reunite Trails of the morbid, the morbid are upon us! Trails of the morbid, the morbid are upon us! Corpses of the rising kind the last thing to perceive They slaughter our newborn and revel in our grief ...in our grief Trails of the morbid, the morbid are upon us! Trails of the morbid! the morbid are upon us!
5.
He had grown into a man of faith and trust Saviors and traitors the roles were cast A deity and concept of an enemy Successfully they handed down depravity Born into a fellowship established to revert Another loyal shepherd for an insipid herd He was told to kneel before the papal throne Mind reset and enclosed don't think alone! (To) break loose from these concepts how should he know? The halo of his sanctity, a stunning glow Born into a fellowship established to revert Another loyal shepherd for an insipid herd "Over and over again - there are some of you who do not believe Over and over again - when he found unbelief, he punished them" "There are some of you who do not believe, that what god wants from us, is a response of faith, an unconditional surrender to his revelation and to his love" "There are some of you who do not believe!"
6.
Whispering through the door craving for their little secret Her body shivers in turmoil defiled, broken, defeated The buckle scratching at the wall today the belt will be his tool The walls are stained with marks and blood witness of her desecration Teasing her through the door impassioned by what soon will be He told her not to lock the room the bride must be there for her groom He should know that it's wrong He should know it's out of line No guilty pleasure for him it runs in the family Shaking in a fevered haze the beast is now pounding in Her eyes are numbly gazing at her father's ruttish grin The wails howl through the mansion there is no need to be discreet Mother knows it's for the greater good, so she wipes away the tears Sparse is what they have become, with warmth went her fears The belt is wrapped around his arm for this day his work is done No guilty pleasure for him ...it runs in the family
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The Sun 06:24
Weak was the will Weak was my kind The carrier of a disease takes a reasonable time. The sun will always shine on me through hazy darkness and dreaded memories I have abandoned this strain of sacrifice No more nightmares - I embrace the light Left it all behind the root of flagellation extracted from the source My retaliation The sun will always shine on me Onto my skin, onto my bones - the wounds are healed I laid to rest a futile way of life The bond was broken, shook off the ties My rotten self restored, a unison of blood and vigor renewed is the flesh renewed the soul I raise my flag again I laugh at your sight I spit on your desires what a delight The sun will always shine on me Onto my skin, onto my bones - the wounds are healed As I crumbled, my spirit shed your blight A sense of freedom, I am alive The sun will always shine on me through hazy darkness and dreaded memories I am the one who was born anew inside Your failure is my delight

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Debut album. Written and recorded between 2014 and 2016.

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released September 9, 2016

Marko Köfler - all music & words

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Adder's Fork Lower Austria, Austria

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has been created to channel my musical ideas, influenced by a wide array of great bands like Sisters of Mercy, Talk Talk, Joy Division, The Sound and classic gothic rock/metal classics.

What I’m trying to achieve is a satisfying combination of these unforgettable sounds with the more hard-hitting elements of heavy metal, creating my vision of the music that guided me through my life.
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