1. |
My Ghosts
02:53
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We meet again
my broken friend
An apparition
of the fiend who haunts my head
My ghosts will always follow me
Drink the wine
The blood of Christ
No redemption will save me from myself
I’ve sealed my fate
Damnation for eternity
Faithless, reckless
unapologetic
Mortal wounds reflect
my ultimate demise
Damnation for eternity
My ghosts will always follow me
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2. |
Gone is the Light
02:36
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Buried alive
in turbulent times
swallowed completely
a fire in the sky
Voices are silenced
disseminating the truth
Such human waste
the powers disgraced
the feces we live in
the blood you can taste
Everything you’ve become
spineless and heartless and silent
Destroy the sun
and let darkness overcome
Wolves seek the flesh
Gasping for one last breath
A pig with a crown
Apocalypse now
Erasing progression
the world crashing down
It’s beyond belief
your villainous, venomous ways
Gone is the light
but here comes the fight
exhausted all options
to do what is right
Burn it all down
down to the fucking ground
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3. |
Victims
03:04
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Patience is no longer an option
Virtue has all run out
There’s no reasoning
no discussion
I won’t waste another second on you
Your welcome is all worn out
So long (too long)
You won’t be mourned when you disappear
Projecting your biggest fears
No fucking mercy
This means war
Stand up and fight
Pray to the void that lives inside
Behold, a ritual of sacrifice
Let’s look inside
a festering cavity
Behold, the truth, the lies
Let’s look inside
an empty godless shell
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4. |
The Broken
03:04
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Propped up by puppet strings
A ventriloquist’s dream
A sideshow freak
for all the world to see
I belong to nothing, to no one
In the grand scheme
we are nothing
All we have is here, now
and never again
Blessed are we
to use our voice
to scream for the silenced ones
Fear is what drives you
Hate is what blinds you
Crossing the line
Clutching the cross of lies
Repugnance born again
A reason to hate again
You’ve won the battle
but you’ll never win the war
As long as there’s still a breath
the voice of a monolith
Blessed are we
to use our voice
to scream for the silenced ones
Apathy is suicide
the will to survive
We fight for the broken ones
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5. |
Worse Than Death
04:14
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Defeat will never spell the end
A crushing loss I can’t defend
Take in the pain
breathe out regret
exhale the negative
Hatred that seeps into my veins
Violence that gets the best of me
Harness the ignorance
to fuel the fight ahead
Attacks from every direction
I won’t give up, I can’t give in
Physical deterioration
I’m all but dead
A mental force far from collapse
It pulls me out
out from the depths
I’ll strike the final blow
Ice water in my blood
Strength of mind
(Legends aren’t born, legends are made)
To persist
(against myself versus the world)
Show no weakness
Make no mistake, I am the snake
Legends never die
Strength of mind
to persist
Show no weakness
Legends never die
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6. |
Worship
05:14
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I hear the scratching
Gangrene poisoning me
Frayed senses, epileptic
A pair of restless hands
Twitching fingers
An affliction, an addiction
An earworm that will not die
I try to pass the time
Thrusting the blade
to kill my mind
Lessons I’ve learned
but the itch returns
It hooks, it burns
The devil laughs
as I do his work
With nails deep inside me
Tear my flesh, crucify me
It hooks, it burns
The devil laughs
as I do his worst
With nails deep inside
Taste my flesh, satisfy
Worship as one
The father, the son
The unholy reckoning
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7. |
Damnation
02:50
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An exorcism is the only fucking cure
The torture in my head
My soul is dead and blackened
I am the demon
my hands soaked in human blood
Falling from grace
My sins are catching up to me
The lies are leeches
sinking teeth
into cold, callous skin
unforgivable sins
As above, so below
Temptation rears its wanton head
An exorcism is the only fucking way
Falling from grace
My sins have caught up to me
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8. |
From Down Below
04:25
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An endless cycle, a well-oiled machine
Palaces erected for kings and queens
In the margins, in the darkness
the embers glow
of one last hope
Songs of revolt
Drums of dissent
All that you’ve bled
just to exist
We come from down below
My country tis of thee
Stronghold of slavery
The shackles of oppression
used by design
No freedom, just for the chosen few
Tearing your castles down
to build the world anew
Everything you’ve bled
just to exist
Generations of suffering
just to be human
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9. |
Epilogue
04:15
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Final words, a broken tongue
A misanthropic song
Portrait of a crippled man
Where did I go wrong?
Father time, old and wise
decrepit just the same
Lessons learned and stories told
Hang my head in shame
Exhausted everything I am
Throw it all away
Monuments collapse to dust
Dying as we fade
The purest love, a way of life
Struggling to breathe
It tears inside, scratch out my eyes
I can’t bear witness to our demise
Lost in my ways, alone, afraid
I still have so much left to say
It’s so hard to say goodbye
Burning bridges, cutting ties
Time has come, one last stand
Fighting til the bitter end
The tears I’ve shed, the blood I’ve bled
all to be forgotten
And when the bells have chimed
apocalypse arrives
the death of everything we know
And when the war is over
what will we be fighting for?
The recognition of our struggle
sacrifices we’ve endured
A page in history will
tell the story of our fight
Some battles long forgotten
others shaped the men that we’ve become
Don’t burn these books
they’ll save us when we’ve lost our way
Reminders of our past mistakes
reasons for decisions made
Lay down our arms
It’s time to rest
It’s time to rest
We cannot rest
We’ll never rest
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10. |
Omega
08:08
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I hear the moon
it screams in rage
In ancient tongues
the gods have spoken
A message to all humankind
We’re the beginning and the end
Creators of the greatest gift
Eons ago
Visions unfurled
The newest hope
A perfect world
A consciousness
bequeathed unto you
We’re the beginning and the end
Destroyers of your final gift
Falling stars
Catastrophe
The pillars fall
Humanity
the deepest scar
Blood of the innocent
poisoning the Earth
Extinction looming
We had our chance
We had it all
We threw it all away
but for what?
We lost all hope
gave up all love
I see the moon
the dimmest light
The sun has set
forevermore.
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Antagonist Whittier, California
ANTAGONIST's first full length in 10 years, "Gone is the Light", will be released on June 12, 2020. Check out the first single "My Ghosts," now available for download and streaming
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