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Bio-Digital Jazz
02:04
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"Disease? History! Science, philosophy, every idea man has ever had about the Universe up for grabs. Bio-digital jazz, man." (Tron Legacy)
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Rusty Springs
05:30
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Freedom waits around the next sharp curve - watch the edge
There’s no time for a final breath - so don’t give in
The stakes are high and the margin thin - so very thin
The sweetness of escape
(Chorus:)
I came to see the wonders of this land
How could I have ever known the truth of what she said
She said we’d be above our
Heads if we got this far
Our tanks are running empty
There’s only one way out
Too late to stop us now we
Can’t turn around just yet
Our path is clearly marked and
We’ll never have regrets
(Chorus)
This is not a call to action
This is not a cry for help
Freedom waits around the next sharp curve - watch the edge
There’s no time for a final breath - so don’t give in
The stakes are high and the margin thin - so very thin
The sweetness of escape
(Chorus)
Guitar solo - Matt Gabnai
Dissonance and static
No reply no ones out there
Dissonance and static
Thought I heard (the faintest sigh)
(Chorus)
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Bathe in Sinlight
06:51
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(Chorus)
This clear insight
Ephemeral sense of a consolate kind
Marvels turn skyward
As I see the path of demise
Step through the gates of soothing prayers
Hear the wishes no one hears
This is the realm of forbidden name
In sinlight your soul reaches eternal grace
As sons and fathers follow the same pattern
This downward spiral is a heritage of men
This legacy is what brings you to me, shining
Cannot be undone
Seven deadly sins call
and there is no virtue
decay on honour
Seek a closure to their death
These are mere visions
Seek the innocence in frozen time
Miss the blind faith in yourself
(Chorus)
This clear insight
Ephemeral sense of a consolate kind
Marvels turn skyward
As I see the path of demise
These are mere visions
Seek the innocence in frozen time
Drown in a nightmare
Spirits laugh at me, motionless scene
(Chorus)
This clear insight
Ephemeral sense of a consolate kind
Marvels turn skyward
As I see the path of demise
These are mere visions
Seek the innocence in frozen time
Drown in a nightmare
Spirits laugh at me, motionless scene, controlling me to drift away
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God Mode On
04:36
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The day has come now
To let go of all I become
Why is this weight on me
I’d give anything to live free
My heart breaks in two
I know there's nothing I can do
You say they'll all survive
But I’ll die tonight
Dragging all mankind into nothingness
You'll fail to sacrifice this innocence
See the rage in my eyes
The sordid truth behind their lies
I would gladly take it all
The joy, the sorrow on my own
So I will shed my last tear
Close my eyes on it all
My flesh turns cold for this
Earthly hell to live on
But it won't last long their awakening
(The) life that you give in vain will fail its reckoning
Bleeding through these gates on a one-way ride
Dissonance is all you get while you die
(Chorus)
Come, see the tears and blood pour down on me
This sorrow brings me down, down on my knees
But in the end I'd rather die than see
Any of them lose their life for me
Guitar solo by Matt Gabnai
(Chorus)
Come, see the tears and blood pour down on me
This sorrow brings me down, down on my knees
But in the end I'd rather die than see
Any of them lose their life for me
Come see the tears and blood pour down on me
This sorrow brings me down, down on my knees
My hurting heart it beats and stops for you
Oh I don't mind because their lies were true
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Ranks, File, Army, Geared, Action, Order - Yes - ready, Charge, GO!
(Chorus)
We can conquer wrong
Ready for greatness
Ready to revive a dying fold
I'm a conqueror
We can change it all o
Valliant Conqueror
Shaken not broken
Ready to revive this dying souls
With life, divine life
Wait I wait in the water
Oh Spirit SoulRocker
would you pass my way
Fire for fire
Burn it up and take control
Lift me up lift me
Be the wind beneath my wings
Imma soar like an eagle
Take flight so high yeah
(But I) stopped searching for more
Breathing you all deep in, the negativity
Forcing me, dragging me through this fall,
transforming my demise into this public scorn
This duality in me is what it takes to get rid of
the doubt, all the limits and fill it up:
Passion, anger, I just breathe you in to be in full control
By the light your soul
possesses more than human power
come alive be brave
we are more than conquerors
No!
Situations can shake you, don't be discouraged
Leave the mortal soul
Wear the truth as your armour, and get yourself protected
Underneath the surface, you know a frozen realm of chaos entwines you
Lift me up
Be the wind beneath my wings
Imma soar like an eagle
Take flight so high
Downward spiral in me is dragging, pulling through a blasted, broken system
Transforming your demise into this distant roar
By the heart, and your soul
your braveness,
come alive be brave
we are more than conquerors
Guitar solo by Vincent Saling
(Chorus)
Ranks, File, Army, Geared, Action, Order - Yes - ready, Charge, GO!
Spiritual missions shooting spiritual missiles
No targets just wipeouts of the hatred the evil
Starting from inward expelling demons from inside
Crowned with the glory, keen their power, they know me
Attack
Guitar solo by Roman Barbun
(Chorus)
From when darkness has fallen while everyone sleeps
Demons creep around feeding on helpless weak
That's when I go on my hands and knees
You can't conquer us!
When my body's sleeping, the spirit lies awake interceeding
With a cover that is thicker then no other
That's why I go oh oh no! You can't conquer me!
Before you get to me, get - get to me
By the rod I'm fortified
Believe that - Oh no
We're more than conquerors
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Slaves of Technology
04:45
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"It wasn't meant to be this way, you know? We make our plans, sure. But life... life is what happens to you along the way. You know, first I didn't want this. I didn't want to connect. I didn't want to get involved. But she kept on with me, you know. This is what life is. This is why we're here. To connect. To... to build. We're here to build something. And then I understood that... We're not meant to be alone. She said that even the most damaged heart can be mended. Even the most damaged heart..." (Dead Man Down)
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Subdivision
04:06
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Convulsing under the pressure
Slowly my eyes are giving up
Drowning
Here I see all the mistakes
Made during our all existence
You really think science
Gonna change anything
It's too late
(Chorus)
We're all lost
In our own space
Nothing's here to help
Realize difference between fear and regret
We've seen a lot of horrible things
Is there any chance that someone is still healthy
Corrupted by their dreams
Directed by Mr.X
Our world and destiny
Forgiving
We must just pretend to listen to them and building
Something that will persist and save us
But you know it's impossible
(Chorus)
Guitar solo by Eric Klein
Guitar solo by Vincent Saling
(Chorus)
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Trash Solaris
08:19
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"It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead." (The Terminator)
Somebody tell me why am I here, rotting on this no man's land with
These chains around my feet, it's terrible this burning heat
Three red suns burn the sky, this is an unknown place and time and
Empty shells of galaxies - and my only wish is to stay alive!
Who do you think you are?
Smashing your planet with relentless behaviour!
Now it is judgment day
All your sins fuel our endeavour!
(Chorus)
You are nothing less, than a killer!
You are nothing less than a murderer!
You are nothing less, than a killer!
For all that genocide, there's no salvation!
With all your will to colonize
slavering every man and animal
Now it's judgment day
Here in this planet with endless walls
You're nothing less than a killer!
Your "industrialism" is a genocide!
In fear, your faces start to wither
When you realize you trashed home!
Guitar solo by Vincent Saling
"Right now, it's the desperate ones: convicts, addicts, the sick, the poor - the ones that fell through the cracks!
Federal prison system is growing out of control" (Gamer)
(Chorus)
You're nothing less than a killer!
Your "industrialism" is a genocide!
In fear, your faces start to wither
When you realize you trashed Solaris!
Sophisticated modern man
Self-empowerment is his plan
Sells his soul to corporate chains
But never cares for what he gains
Ruler over land and beast
Destroys them all to make his feast
Rapes the world to plant his seed
A mindset built on lust and greed
Sophisticated modern man
Self-empowerment is his plan
Rapes the world to plant his seed
A mindset built on lust and greed
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"Morituri te salutamus"
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So my child you see, your end is near,
Failing to see what lies beneath those ancient stars
Waited for others, too long
You were mistaken
Elements seem now to align in this wasteland called our universe
This evil must burn
Spectral fields of endless flames is drawing closer
Dissonance tears through the deny and this falling wreck of conscience
To drag all mankind into one final nothingness
So my child you see, your end is near,
Failing to see what lies beneath those fallen stars
The paradise you seek in profound innocence is fake
"People who are artistic have always been a threatening force to people that are dictators. It seems fairly logical, that those who would like to convert this would do everything they could to make it impossible to people who communicate through arts to say anything that might resembles a message, like "the emperor isn't wearing any clothes". Cause that's the thing they're most afraid of." (Frank Zappa - Lost interview)
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As sinlight rise and with it chains the red of bloodshed showing its rampant fields overseer
The liar's misguidence and the priest's reluctance cloak how what all we know is at stake
Cynic, cryptic wings bring darkness to an undiscovered space
The surrounding tyrants paint a terrifying face
As night falls down and kali yuga contours the endless destruction to come
The glorification of ancient misteries appear in its sweetest form
Four riders upon thousands of demons awake to the same horrid season of gore
Guard your angels, leave your herds and let the spiritual truth to be told
Cynic, cryptic wings bring darkness to the wrath-fulfilled gates
The skies open up wide and blast their stigmatic thorns away
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Two as one cross the entryway
To underhall the gauntlet
Focus on
In waste tunnels they simply crush the dead
with their tricks and traps
Chasm in catacombs defeated - of a worldly angel
Icon of sin hides the Tower of Babel
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Birds of betrayal find another land
No one sees why the ferryman takes me back
A lifetime ago - or maybe just a day
I remember smashing into the paradise of grey
Waiting, wanting to go back to the life you think you once had
- With this elderly soul
Crossing, floating across the styx will bring you no freedom in the end
- In the end, the end
What are you waiting for?
Seeing, but not believing
You'll go back for more
Echo the fallen, a shallow rebirth
(Chorus)
Erase the living,
The dawn of mankind, you'll be
You have been the chosen to carry (out)
my everlasting will
"I don't want to be an emperor. I don't want to rule, or conquer anyone. We don't want to hate and despise one another. Greed has poisoned men's souls. Machinery that gives abundance, has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical - we think too much, and feel too little. More the machinery - we need humanity. Victims of a system that makes men torture, to those who can hear me I say: do not despair. The misery is that now upon us is but the passing of greed. The bitterness of man, who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die." (Charlie Chaplin)
What are you waiting for?
Seeing, but not believing
You'll go back for more
Echo the fallen, a shallow rebirth
(Chorus)
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(Instrumental)
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Cynic, cryptic wings bring darkness to the wrath-fulfilled gates
The skies open up wide and blast their stigmatic thorns away
Abandoned kings and tyrants all swallow their tongues
Genocidal hatred shatters the weak into the unknown
Worshipping the outer heaven
Incarnate the judgement disrespect
We can conquer wrong
Ready for greatness
Ready to revive a dying fold
Kill the emperor
We will change it all
Leave the mortal soul
Shaken and broken
Ready to revive these dying souls
Your demise this distant roar
Guitar solo by Matt Gabnai
Worshipping the outer heaven
Bleeding through this self-inflicted transgression
Drag mankind into nothingness
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Aaaargh - now enter, your last chance
it's on you now to save all what's left
Music of spheres lead on your escape
it's on you now to save all what's left
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Minotaur Project Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Minotaur Project is the musical journey of french-hungarian bassist/composer Matt Gabnai, writing fusion-metal music with a wide variety of classical and jazz influences, often themed on literature, mythology, movies, or his own experiences.
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