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by City of Ghosts

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1.
Kali Yuga 01:27
2.
Arjuna 04:41
I'll drift away I'd rather sheath my sword Than swing my blade their way. How can I shed their blood? Better left a man than heartless, Or just a hollow husk who's left to dry. A coward's soul called to retreat. Burn me without my crown The flames sear away my sin I'm not the hero you're looking for So burn me without my crown By the blood of my brothers, I won't swing this sword their way, And their armies will hold more arrows Than God would need to slay the sky A battle filled with those of burden souls Digging their own graves. As I wait to find my true north, To make my way back home Or turn this heart to stone. I will be forced to face this all alone. A lonely wandering soul. To reach for something whole To catch the wind. Trapped between duty and fate, Blinded by destiny If the world can cease to be, Does the world mean anything?
3.
Prisms 04:30
I drank the sky tonight And tasted what it hides I felt the heart inside And it beats for you and I It said: You're not your face You're not your failures You are not your sheltered shame What will become of this Potent gift you hold? Manifest reality you're sold Because it's all that you know. You hide the secrets from yourself, You will hide the truth from yourself. It’s a shadow for us all. Don't wear the weight of their wounds On your fragile shoulders. They rise just to curse Don't wear the weight of their wounds On your fragile shoulders They stand just to fall It seems this apparition has a name. One that screams so loudly Through the flame. This silence speaks a curse of withering Enough to keep us tethered to the pain. Light shines so brightly My eyes cannot see. My hands reach so high My feet flee the earth. Don't wear the weight of their wounds On your fragile shoulders. They rise just to curse Don't wear the weight of their wounds On your fragile shoulders They stand just to fall But still we always fade Swallowed up by the fog. A signal struggling through the haze. Searching for some source of light Where shadows are exposed For what they are Don’t bare their wounds On your fragile shoulders. What will become of this potent gift that you hold? Don’t bare their wounds On your fragile shoulders. What will become of this potent gift that you hold?
4.
Hidden Kings 03:50
Do the days behind define me? As I take these steps Are they even truly mine? I’ve stumbled I’ve fallen down As I search for an escape I still long for fields of victory? Bring me back beyond The beauty and decay (Bring me back) The place I won’t dare to name Is this how we carry on? We’re apparitions each And we have one foot in the ground I fear I’m, I’m too far gone Day by day asking am I within or am I without? We could bury our shame We could curse their names Bring me back beyond The beauty and decay (Bring me back) The place I won’t dare to name
5.
Darkest Days 05:11
I struggle to awake, Discard my darkest days As if the pain were seared into my DNA You're laid out at my feet. I buckle at the knee. I search for something in this life- Less face in front of me I struggle to awake, Discard my darkest days As if the pain were seared into my DNA You're laid out at my feet. I buckle at the knee. I search for something in the life- Less face in front of me Detach from the waiting, Detach from the dirt. Never will this burden cease to hurt. Enough of the failing, enough of the doubt Even when our bodies lack life And meet the earth. In our loss we are alone. The grief shall crush the will of the strong, But not our love. This land is a dream With darkness underneath. A place where our tides recede More quickly than the sea’s. It salts my wounds again And binds my hands and feet. Descend into the deep. We cannot flee the fates The depths come for us all Enough of the failing, enough of the doubt Even when our bodies lack life And meet the earth. In our loss the grief shall crush The heart of the strong, But not our love. In our loss the grief shall crush The heart of the strong, But not our love. In our loss we are alone. The grief shall crush the will of the strong, But not our love. In our loss we are alone. The grief shall crush the will of the strong, But not our love. The will of the strong, but not our love.
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This is where you disappear. You interrupt the emanation for an instant. Then in time you find That nothing's truly real As you fade away From fundamental entropy As we shed these cold machines, We breathe original disbelief Oh! We're Just a reflection Of a reflection being reflected. This silence speaks more truth than words. Just a reflection of a reflection Being reflected This is where you disappear. What I held so close forgotten like a dream. No name no face adrift within The place from which you came Drink the joy, the sorrow as while you can Where was I? Where were you? Is there a difference at all? Is there a difference at all? You replicate and separate. But do not wash away This mirrored memory. If our bones should break, The tears we make, Shall lead to our escape We encapsulate the dreams that shape The threads that weave our fate If my bones should break, The tears I make, Shall lead to my escape I encapsulate the dreams that shape The threads that weave my fate You're just a song One thousand joys, One thousand sorrows You're just a song One thousand joys This is where I disappear

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released March 11, 2016

Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Derek Moffat at 608 Studios | 608studios.com

Produced by City of Ghosts and Derek Moffat

Strings courtesy of Mary Neal Turek
Additional vocals courtesy of Brianna Jackson and Mary Neal Turek

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