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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
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This Doom (Is Certain)
05:58
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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
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My Vicious Circle
05:01
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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
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Trails
02:39
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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!
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Over and Over Again
03:50
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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!"
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It Runs in the Family
04:04
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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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Textures of Finality
05:11
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The Sun
06:24
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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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Adder's Fork Lower Austria, Austria
This project
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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