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Lights Out
03:40
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Ignorant faceless fools
Digital words bring brutal news
Hide behind a screen of lies
Your shattered pieces drive
I feel the invisible battle lines drawn
As the same exhausting song is sung
Cross into my domain to attack my core
Attempt to bind, chain, and war
Substance lacking yet your lips keep flapping
What happens when the lights go out?
No weapon, no voice
Why don't you say it to my face?
I dare you
I feel the invisible battle lines drawn
As the same exhausting song is sung
Cross into my domain to attack my core
Attempt to bind, chain, and war
Substance lacking yet your lips keep flapping
LIGHTS OUT
When did the wires cross?
System breach - overload
Currents flipped - Does not compute
Virus detected - intercepted
Rogue code exposed
You’re the infection
We’re out of sync - Reboot
Motherfucker - you’ve been removed
From the false world you cling to.
We’re out of sync - Reboot
Motherfucker - you’ve been removed
From the false world you cling to.
I dare you… MONSTER
I condemn you… COWARD
There’s nowhere to hide.
I know you…
Just say it to my face
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2. |
Perfect Storm
05:20
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We’ve given life to this beast
Bred beyond the decisions of the few
Set loose on this world, unsuspecting
A system built for division
Captured in force to silence the weak
But at what cost?
Was this conceived to harm?
A ridicule born for demise
Integrity of doubt
Forcibly carried out
Just to silence those that speak
The truth will never be
The reasons behind the acts
How can we ever expect
To free ourselves of the grasp
We cannot believe our eyes (Symptoms possessed by conscience)
You will regret what you can’t hide (But you damn sure will try)
How dare you lie?
How dare you lie?
How dare you lie?
How dare you?
We stand together as one
United by adversity
Not for banners and flags
But for our homes and hearts
The death of freedom masked with words
From stolen hopes and dreams
Choke back their terrored screams
Just to keep what was taken
Their lies will never sate
The hunger inside us all
We must feed upon what we hate
Consume the structure
We cannot believe our eyes (Symptoms possessed by conscience)
You will regret what you can’t hide (But you damn sure will try)
How dare you lie?
How dare you lie?
How dare you lie?
How dare you?
We stand together as one
United by adversity
Not for banners and flags
But for our homes and hearts
Will you stand with me?
Will you fight with me?
Will you fall with me?
Just another misshapen cog
ground down to perfection
Our drained blood spread to grease
this halting creation
Rage, rage at the system
Machines that we were forced to create
Shatter the gears that drive on
Before it’s too late
We cannot believe our eyes (Symptoms possessed by conscience)
You will regret what you can’t hide (But you damn sure will try)
How dare you lie?
How dare you lie?
How dare you lie?
How dare you?
We stand together as one
United by adversity
Not for banners and flags
But for our homes and hearts
For our homes
For our hearts
Rip up the banners and stand up
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3. |
Serpent
05:00
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Is this what you wanted?
You’re too blind to see
Hunter becomes the hunted
It’s your turn to bleed
Is this what you wanted?
You’re too blind to see
Hunter becomes the hunted
It’s your turn to bleed
Bleed
Silence baby, we don’t want them to hear,
Dark and dirty promises hissed into your ear,
My enticing mouth will speak only lies,
Soft skin exposed: some candy for your eyes.
Claim my woods, with your traps and then
strip me down to flesh and bone
Sell me to the streets
Far from my home
Hey “backwoods boy” won’t you come and play
I’ve got a long list of debts I’d just love to repay
In blood they were written, in blood they’ll be paid
This time around you’ll be the one on display
Don’t fret darling, you won’t feel too much pain,
Not with my venom running through your veins.
Taste the sweet nectar you’ve begun to crave
Caught in my web as you dig your own grave.
Lose yourself in the trees and then
Bear down to flesh and bone
Scream: you know they can't hear
Far from your home
Hey “backwoods boy” won’t you come and play
I’ve got a long list of debts I’d just love to repay
In blood they were written, in blood they’ll be paid
This time around you’ll be the one on display
Bullet on my tongue, poison on my lips,
Snaring your soul as I grind my hips,
Scream, cry, and beg to break my hold,
As the pain they feel is released twofold.
You can struggle and cringe to release my grasp,
But this staggered breath will be your last
Scream, cry, and beg…
Scream, cry, and beg…
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4. |
Witness
03:43
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Can you hear it, the babies wailing?
A dull knife in hand
Law of the land
Can you smell it, metallic misery?
Your crimson craving pools
Addiction fueled
We will not be forgotten
In these desperate days
I know someone sees me
Someday we’ll all be saved
We will not be forgotten
In these desperate days
They bear witness
They bear witness
Can you feel it, my soft skin chilling?
As the life pours out
I flail and twist about
Can you taste it, my pain my suffering?
Do you salivate for the kill?
Rip through flesh for thrill?
We will not be forgotten
In these desperate days
I know someone sees me
Someday we’ll all be saved
We will not be forgotten
In these desperate days
They bear witness
They bear witness
Witness the cages open
As concrete turns to glass,
This will be the last time
You beat us into the dust,
To fuel your damned blood lust
We won’t take now!
We won’t, we won’t!
Do you see it?
No barcode to grace their skin,
Here the revolution begins.
Do you see it?
No barcode to grace their skin,
Here the revolution begins.
We will not be forgotten
In these desperate days
I know someone sees me
Someday we’ll all be saved
We will not be forgotten
In these desperate days
They bear witness
They bear witness
Witness the cages open
As concrete turns to glass,
This will be the last time
You beat us into the dust,
To fuel your damned blood lust
We won’t take it now!
They won’t break us down!
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5. |
Castle
04:55
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High in the castle, the men they sit
Enjoying all their toys
Invisible strings, moving limbs
Hide, seek, destroy
Mechanical hearts, cold and dark,
Determine fates of masses
False idols guide the fear inside
Shaping thoughts, breaking minds
I rise from the carnage
You know my name - you fear me
Screams will ring out
This is my destiny
Commanded to this dance of death
Manipulate all I have left
Seeing only truth within this lie
I’ll follow, hide, seek, destroy
Fumbling through perceived darkness
With my eyes closed, gun raised
Threads to guide me as designed
Shape my thoughts, break my mind
A thrust of a needle might just be enough
To let a sliver of light in
I’ll take that chance
I’ll take that chance
I cannot recognize this husk,
I’m flooding with the glow of clarity,
Tearing at the seams,
This is not who I am
Light ablaze this suit of lies.
Blood of the innocent coats my chains
Release me!
Their screams tear through my illusions
Master, release me!
Marching toward the demons
Endurance fails, depletion
Growing tired of these
Invisible strings, moving limbs
Yet another falls broken
And as tattered ropes descend
I now recognize
False idols guide the fear inside
A thrust of a needle might just be enough
To let a sliver of light in
I’ll take that chance
I’ll take that chance
I cannot recognize this husk,
I’m flooding with the glow of clarity,
Tearing at the seams,
This is not who I am
Light ablaze this suit of lies.
This husk
Invisible strings, moving limbs
Light ablaze this suit of lies.
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Antica Baltimore, Maryland
Hailing from Baltimore, MD, Antica (pronounced ANT-ICK-AH) is an alternative metal band formed in
2014.
Nick Ferrari - drums
Sean Sanders - bass
Jenny Sanders - violin, keyboard, & vocals
Tommy Wisner - guitar & vocals
Sarah Wisner - vocals
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