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Rublev [Remastered]
04:20
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Inspired by Tarkovsky's Andrei Rublev.
V1
Moving pictures of black and white
Glittering fires of pagan night
Savage boredom of peasant days
Ravaging freshness of ancient ways
Journey of three and one
The restless wanderings of the younger son
Gather in rain beneath shining birch
Terrible snow in the ruined church
Chorus
Time is an image
Moving eternity
Space but the imprint
Of immortality
V2
Vision of the dead Greek master
Jealous words forebode disaster
Closed your lips in mortal sin
Child can open your eyes again
Covered in mud yet flight of the swan
Resist the knowledge that you are the one
To paint the image for all to see
Heavenly vision, the one and the three
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Inspired by the classic ghost story of MR James.
V1
When first I heard the story
I had to make it mine
Unearth the buried Saxon crown
What a treasure! what a find!
Two were lost to sea and time
Just one remained for me
To make my name and make my life
A grand museum piece
Bridge
If only I could put it back
But He will not forgive
guardian of the ancient crown
I will not outlive
Chorus
Curiosity killed the cat
the crown’s keeper killed me
Ghost of William Ager
Will never let me be
Warning to the curious
You eaters of the ancient tree
Don't tinker with the sacred things
Leave them alone, Please let them be
V2
Since first I started digging
I’ve never been alone
Dim presence there behind me
Under earth and over stone
Sacrilegious prying
This curséd curiosity
More things in heaven and on earth
Than my philosophy
Bridge
If only I could put it back
But he will not forgive
Dead guardian of the ancient crown
I will not outlive
Chorus
Curiosity killed the cat
keeper of the crown killed me
Ghost of William Ager
Will never let me be
Warning to the curious
You eaters of the ancient tree
Don't tinker with the sacred things
Leave them alone, Please let them be
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The Machine [Remastered]
03:47
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V1
Loving only lust and power
We erect our sacred tower
Engineers and architects
Building toward the final hour
Algorithm of dust and ashes
Crave the stripes from velvet lashes
Digital brains for intellects
Exchanging vision for bytes and caches
Bridge
If evolution’s our destiny
Then why is our trajectory
Regression toward a ruthless mean
To be enslaved by the machine
Chorus
Seeing all
Knowing all
Predicting all
Benevolent means
Malevolent ends
The Machine our god
And to its will we all will bend
V2
Scientists our vested priests
Disregard the weak and least
And with progress as our creed
Fashion image of the beast
Slouching now toward Bethlehem
We reach to grasp the bloody hem
And bow before the great machine
With Herod the holy child condemn
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v1
Under the mountain
Lie the rotting bones
Dark fetid water
And moss covered stones
Grave of the world
Stilling of time
Despondency’s triumph
Meaningless rhyme
V2
Mouth of Hades open
Gaping and wide
The grim host awaiting
To lead us inside
Gullet is open
Swallowing all
Beneath the mountain
All flesh must fall
Chorus
Descend into hades
Beneath the tide
Under the mountains
Where sinners hide
Make our dirge alleluia
Turn darkness to light
Reclaim fallen captives
Put the serpent to flight
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Seven spirits
So-called sages
Selling wisdom from
Before ages
Secret knowledge
Of the mages
Pay the piper
Reap the wages
Chorus
Without wisdom
Knowledge turns us into
Slaves
Without wisdom
Technique digs for us a
Grave
2
Lust for power
Demons downfall
Fool the children
Ruin of all
Bow down and
Take a master
price of knowledge
Our disaster
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Split the atom
Harness matter
Descend the
Fiery ladder
Transfixed by
Tiny glowing screens
Be enslaved by
Babylon machine
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Instrumental.
Eärendil.
Chill.
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Paterikon Arkansas
Old school doom inspired by early Sabbath and classic Trouble, the ghost stories of MR James, and arcane medieval and apocalyptic literature.
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