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Face of the Shade

by Norseth

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1.
Bleed Myopia 03:30
Sometimes I want to think you never happened to me Skin crawling, unable to breathe For so long I felt like I was home The world would fall apart Too far to see the start But not where things went wrong With this life in hand Finally on the way to the promised land Wash myself of guilt I will bleed myopia Bring on the chill of night Tomorrow will be filled with all your light Please I need this I will bleed myopia Bring deception down Crumble to the ground And pray for healing Pray for healing now Sometimes I want to think you never happened to me Skin crawling, unable to breathe I know I can never undo the things I’ve done I’m seeing clearly now
2.
Under cover of darkened nights Reality begs through foreign eyes Fighting for another chance to live I just move on It won’t be long Another time, another place Hiding behind the guise of a trusted face Pry out my eyes A fire burns inside The only way to survive Born from denial So little left behind Sweet innocence expires I weathered the storm I am your end Taste revulsion Beg for death Carnal torment Torrential dismemberment Under cover of darkened nights Reality begs through foreign eyes Fighting for another chance to live I will move on It won’t be long This time, this place No longer hiding inside a dark and twisted state
3.
Reflections in the rise Swallow you whole, your demise This filth spreads like malcontent Crushing, obscene, disrupting the stream I won’t put out the fire Gather as one, ignite desire Gather as one Come with me create the future we all seek Morning light will silence night and reach for right Live and breathe and be the future we can see Leave the bleak so we can be truly free Frantic, focused, and strong Annihilation to overcome Too late, to wait, too late Dance with me where freedom is free
4.
Ascension 04:06
We are still sleeping so deep, In walking through this world Leaving nothing behind, we’re running out of time To wake up and take back all that’s lost Remember what we’re fighting for, what we’re dying for Release me, I won’t deny that I’m ready to die Erase me, I promise you now that I’m stronger and I Will not be left alone to struggle I will rise up again And breathe in the air is so sweet oh so sweet I’m rejecting this ending again Fight with me I’d love to be the end of all your insecurity This time we cannot run I’d follow you for only one More chance to feel alive We are still sleeping my efforts burnt to the ground Take what’s left of my pathetic state and tell me what you’ve found A shadow that cannot mend, too sorry to understand I’ll find a way to set things straight here’s hoping that it’s not too late I will not be left alone to struggle I will rise up again And breathe in the air is so sweet oh so sweet I’m rejecting this ending again It’s worth the struggle forever and then
5.
Why am I always suffering Suffer through what makes others die I won’t give in Disillusion, I will never falter Evolution, made my mind Determination, will see me through this Breathing not beaten I’ll survive I’ll survive So alone I will not return to ash I am my enemy, my own sweet adversary This fire consuming all that’s past And I swear that I’ll make it Fade away Put this hate behind me It’s all coming back I’ll survive I am my enemy I’ll survive I will not return to ash
6.
The Charade 03:46
Just when you thought the end was near This time replace the pain with fear Deconstruct ourselves savor the rain I’m a broken man with everything to gain Waste my life creating this senseless strife To which I am enslaved The memory is all that remains When the sky does fall Will we have the strength to see through it all The slaughter and sin within Never again I won’t fail to bring you down And see through it all Within the slaughter and sin Never again Release me I’m in agony Face me, remember what we could be Lost inside the charade we have made I won’t forget your name Breathing in the scent of a summer’s day makes me Remember just how empty this world can be Oh, how the same beauty can seem so damned It can’t take me away
7.
8.
Blight 03:59
I feel the sun like a knife in my eyes dealing death on impact Another hit it’s so infectious just one more line I can’t deny twisting and turning, parading my own mind Ever growing yet never knowing, let’s end the lie Ill-fated endeavors A wasteland to bury shame in A promise remembered Collapse into oblivion Panic turns the impulse Breeding decay With no place to shelter Losing grip from far away In fire scream higher Words fade away Electric disaster Ignite the rain
9.
To fit the world in his hands He paid for it in the end He lost everything You locked him away and threw away the key Stranger to the day, silent as can be Staring and bearing the weight of a hatred Losing his mind What if we’re wrong With no place to belong It’s all the same What have we done And we will never have one It’s all the same Take it back, take it all back He’s up against a wall so close to the fall And I realize maybe this is all in mind You locked me away and threw away the key Stranger to the day silent as can be Staring and bearing the weight of a hatred Losing my mind What if we’re wrong With no place to belong It’s all the same What have we done And we will never have one It’s all the same We’re all the same
10.
No, I think I lost my way See, all the mistakes that were made I can’t believe just what I need to be free Now look at me, just look at me So we can dream I am lost without you I miss your sin so near And I know just what you’d say That I would fear Go away, far away So, this must be the day Here, I scream out your name I fucking tried and won’t deny that I lied Now look at me, just look at me So I can die
11.
I am such a beautiful fucking disaster So lost and alone with no place to call home Pride has run me through And all I ever wanted was to tell you I am a beggar A forgotten endeavor And I will never Be what you need forever I am to blame For this is insane You never asked my why But it all will shatter again Lost in the way The way I already tried Punished by my lies Too many nights I gave up I let it fall apart I left you there so unaware Of why I could not be the one I made such a mess and it can’t be undone
12.
Bring on deception Power our deliverance Soothe the ebb of your domain Laugh away intolerant Combatant of reason And hail your own never-ending treason Enter guile Relentless betrayal Indoctrinate and sublimate Forlorn existence Trepid, decaying, and useless We denounce your reign and take back life again Wither—the shameless fall apart in darkness Slither—and portray salvation Detained by ritual We’re faced with change alienable Skewed horizons flashing promises Never doubtful we will rise We rise We rise In darkness We will rise

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released February 17, 2017

Kevin Carr - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
AJ Grimes - Drums

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Norseth

Album art and design by Bliss Auburn

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Melodic death metal from Massachusetts, USA

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