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Mission
05:02
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Write! Create!
Before it's too late
before they, they disappear
the Visions fade into Oblivion
Write! Create!
Before it's too late
before they, they disappear
the Visions fade into the grave
into Oblivion
Don't let them fade, don't turn away
When I'm no longer, don't turn away
the Visions fade into...
Don't eat the Poisoned Food
for fear of losing
No more than animals biting each other
Before it's too late
before they, they disappear
the Visions fade
Write! Create!
Before it's too late...
before they, they disappear
the Visions fade into Oblivion
They disappear, the Visions fade
Before it's too late, before they...
they disappear into Oblivion
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Close Your Eyes
03:54
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Close your eyes, follow me,
all I have against their arms...
Use your eyes as sharp blades of ice
use your voice, as tidal waves of embers
Burning small amounts of wood
gets blamed for the extreme of fates
the courage it takes
to turn around and look at her
use your eyes as sharp blades of ice
use your voice, as tidal waves of embers!
Private prisons
imagine they're real
through half phrases
And we're diving blindfolded
into the abyss
do we have the right
to be serene
to sow collective dreams
we had trees
Once we had
un-poisoned fruit
Once we had
clean air and water
Use your eyes as sharp blades of ice
Use your voice, as tidal waves of embers!
Use your eyes
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Warrior
03:40
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Moulding reality,
transmuting matter
Write words down
to never read them again
Someone will some day
or they shall be lost in flood
or fire or quake
Decipher the message
Words have a great weight
We are all afraid
Tribes united
one day the silence
our being quiet
What of being feared
that's not respected
Must avoid the conflict
must propagate the wave
Now I understand why religions
and the perversion of their reasons
proud of the kids for making things happen
the Light is gone,
we walk in silence
inside one another's mind
We create!
Followers, lovers
Kindred spirits
Members of the Tribe
Our Sweat, our Blood
Our Creatures, Heroes
We Create!
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Sanctu
03:58
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I can't see, I can't breathe
All is fake, all is real
Is this really happening
to me, to you?
Tried and failed
gained some knowledge
or done nothing and succeeded
at some nonsense
randomly
Take your doctrine, turn around
you were born on the other side
Does it still work, does it feel
reversed, now?
Any obsession, any frailty
any branding, alienation
would you still be ok with it
would you?
Any abstention from expression
any opinion may be hurtful
any silence maybe more
Drifting toward involution
Twisted veins, timeless age
Inhibition, no perception
I can't see, I can't breathe
Some are dying needlessly
Maybe fear, maybe fight
Bring on inner revolution
let the admission heal your soul
let it balance past mistakes
Be the wisdom of the future
bring on inner evolution
let the admission heal your soul
I can't see, I can't breathe
All is fake, all is real
is this really happening to me.
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Lockdown
05:00
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LOCKDOWN, EUKARYOTIC
CONJUNCTION RING
PRIMITIVE SPIRIT AND MATTER
FUTURE HISTORY BOOKS
WILL TELL THE STORY
OF THOSE SELFISH WAYS
FEEDING THOSE EGOS
WHAT WILL, WHAT WILL PREVAIL
BETWEEN THAT GOOD AND EVIL
INVISIBLE DROPS, THE ENEMY
IN THE BREATH OF THE OTHER
BUT IT COULD BE MINE
HOSTING THIS PARASITE
REPLICATING INSIDE
AT THE EDGE OF LIFE
INVISIBLE DROPS
THE ENEMY IN THE BREATH OF THE OTHER
NO MATTER HOW LOST
NO MATTER HOW LOVED
AT THE EDGE OF LIFE
DON’T LET IT BE IN VAIN
FAILURE WON'T DEFINE ANY OF US
AS LONG AS WE CAN LEARN
OUR FLEETING TIME ON EARTH
OUR EXISTENCE
OUR GREAT WORK OF ART
WHAT MATTERS IS LOVE
NO MATTER HOW LOST
AT THE EDGE OF LIFE
LOCKDOWN, HOSTILE TO EACH OTHER
OR LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER
DON’T LET, DON'T LET GREED
TAKE OVER YOUR SOUL
YOUR ENEMY IN THEIR TEARS
REPLICATING ALL AROUND
AT THE EDGE OF LIFE
INVISIBLE DROPS
SUSPICION IN THE BREATH OF THE OTHER
BUT IT COULD BE YOURS
BUT IT COULD BE A LOVED ONE
AT THE EDGE OF LIFE
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Harmonix
03:42
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A story unfolds in your handwriting.
In your brushtrokes Shapes take form!
Out of this labyrinth, I want!
As long as any of us still is standing, there's hope for anyone
As long as anyone still is singing, there's hope for everyone
As long as anyone here still cares, there's hope for everyone
As long as anyone still is writing, be careful what you wish for
Greta Malala Emma Hodan Daphne Yelena Hamal
Keep on moving, keep on marching, keep on dancing
here it is coming, here it is, here it is magic
keep on writing, shun deep fake truths, in our power
I'm hopeful and hopeful the ending, hopeful the ending
Keep on going, keep on moving, keep on marching, keep on dancing
keep on going, sirens calling, seek the truth and keep on painting
paint your Vision, spell your ritual, all unfolds in our handwriting
Now uniting, keep on loving, keep on writing, keep on dreaming
kindred souls are now uniting, keep on singing, keep on loving
keep on dreaming.
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To The Kuiper Belt
04:40
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Suspended in Time, hear the Silence
and the crickets, they sing louder tonight
do they know atoms and cells
Planets and Systems, and galaxies
do they evoke all the rain, so much rain
and the fire, so much fire
shall an ark save us all
Right here on Earth, on our way to wisdom
flashes of noise, rudderless world
how to keep sane with those who are worthy
no one who'd raise walls around your mind
around your heart.
I am instinct, basic fear,
the path you've chosen, it's chosen you
a strange case of anachronism
Can you believe, it's chosen you, can you keep sane
Upon a Time, they called it the Art
mastering Symbols, Words, even Sounds
Image or Matter, it was a science
they called it the Art, inducing change
in consciousness.
And now here on Earth, no one here knows
why cause and effect, or a loving touch
we no longer know, why no one should feel
no one should feel almighty
all the way to the Kuiper Belt
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Eternal Youth
03:39
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Short lived survival expedients
Memory composing pages
History unfolding again
Photographs that were never shown
They're all in there
We screamed at humanity
We are the best
But we knew nothing at all
No idols, put your lenses on, off balance
Amygdala, in your echo chamber, young soul
Backtracking, collective, memory
Forever is now, and now is forever
in poetry he rose
Backtracking, collective, memory
Should have said so many things but now
Now they're gone
But now.... they're gone.
Should it happen to you
Short lived survival expedients
Can we, can we really afford to waste so much?
Wasn't it too late for eternal youth?
Short lived survival expedients
Routine
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Heroes Anymore
03:47
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We see ourselves as heroes
surviving in this world
the victims of devices
shall we ever realize
we're going to go anyway
no one is immune
Remember those choices
when you can't afford the cure
we're all so small and fragile
when we fear we're all alone
All the weapons to defend us
won't do us any good
when the bad comes from within us
or even from our kin
remember it is real
no one is immune
very few have what it takes so
so as not to give in
share the weight and watch over them
don't leave them all alone
When you feel you want to sleep
or just retreat into your fairy tale
you can't discern what is fake,
what is real, it's so exhausting
You're confused, you feel lost
all around it's human nature
you must believe, and you know
Yes, you know! What is essential
can't you love anymore?
can't you feel anymore?
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The Spiritual Bat Italy
One of few European bands in the scene that has carried out several coast-to-coast tours in the USA.
The Spiritual Bat
is based in Italy and has performed at several festivals in Europe, such as WGT, Whitby Goth Weekend, Return To The Batcave, Gotham Sounds, Castle Party. The project evolves from "The Spiritual BatS" (plural), conceived in 1992 and features artwork by the Alchemisti Painters.
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