1. |
A Race Against Time
05:28
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2. |
Inundation
04:17
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Floodgates torn down
Soaked to the bone
Deep, empty abyss
Drenched and alone
Emotional maelstrom
Leaves a river of tears
Flowing through the psyche
All deluged but fears
No currents of hope
To rush through the despair
No ebb to this sorrow;
This drowning nightmare
Distilling the pain
In one last wave of time
From the wound, blood courses
Like a stream: sublime
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3. |
Wreckage
05:51
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The rage stews within my veins
Unseen walls are reminders
Self-inflicted pain
Clears the head of the blinders
Nerves flare from blunt force trauma
The sensation - intoxicating
Open wounds show life at its purest
And the pain is exhilarating
I have a need to destroy
And tear myself apart
A masochistic thrill I feel
Wreckage is in my heart
The flesh survives the frustration
And leaves marks to remember
The power of the body’s aggression
And the strength to heal from failure
I have a need to destroy
And tear myself apart
A masochistic thrill I feel
Wreckage is in my heart
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4. |
Changeling
06:01
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5. |
A Calming Influence
07:29
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6. |
Riding Still Waves
04:17
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7. |
Days Gone By
04:13
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8. |
Apocalypse
07:31
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9. |
Isolation's Chill
06:23
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Time passes by
I exist alone in the dark
Striking stones in light’s void
Looking for a spark
Four walls enclose me
But there’s no need to escape
The world changed around me
And I can’t abide the shape
Years of solitude
Embittered much
Discomfort gained
From human touch
Embrace the husk
Yet the heart is still
For I’ve been consumed
By isolation’s chill
A vast wave of corruption
Polluting souls
Decency and acceptance
Now pointless goals
The sins of old embraced
And enacted with glee
Disgust filled my heart
Now I bleed apathy
Naiveté
Fades with age
My hope for mankind
Was burned in rage
Disillusioned
By my despair
The need to love
Beyond repair
And all that I’ve learned
Tore down my will
Now I embrace
Isolation’s chill
Years of solitude
Embittered much
Discomfort gained
From human touch
Embrace the husk
Yet the heart is still
For I’ve been consumed
By isolation’s chill
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10. |
Fateful Journey
06:30
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11. |
Spur of the Moment
02:04
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12. |
Thoughts of Her
05:58
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It’s been almost nine years since the time we first met
And the first one you love is so hard to forget
Small in her frame and such pain in her eyes
She had a passion for life that was hard to disguise
A young girl of twenty and a mother of one
I used to walk with her in the cold autumn sun
As we grew closer, I thought nothing was wrong
But success rarely happens in a wistful love song
I know that she cared, but it wasn’t meant to be
As love came in second to security
I expressed my desire and was shut down outright
For another man kept her in the day and the night
I stayed a while longer, as a glutton for pain
But hearing her kissing, it left me in shame
So I pushed her away when she needed a friend
And I pushed her away, ’cause I needed an end
A few years later, I last saw her face
Hatred rushed in and gave way to disgrace
A failure so strong, it burned deep in my mind
And to the beauty of others, I have become blind
Live in my hole and block out all the pain
Numbed to existence - it all seems mundane
Now seared in my mind, an image of her name
As a field of heather burns slowly in flame
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