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01. The Custodian Of Science

Lyrics by Pierre Stam
Bathing In your private fears.
Held back by the need of control
You are conducting yourself by the proper manners.
Never let down by the cameras eye.
The custodian of your science sets the stage.
All the bravery are now lost for the fragile minds.

I am facing a new day with caution.
I'm paralyzed by the lack of surveillance.
I am crawling in the shadows. I'm hiding
Hiding behind the crumbling walls.
Becoming the trigger of your own tears.
You are the weakest of links in this chain reaction.

So tell me now,
What are your deepest fears?
So tell me now,
Why can't you let go.

A commotion in this mind, stifles a headless kind.
It is constant darkness in this legacy of shadows.
A marriage to suspiciousness, awake by senses.
The faceless watcher stalks in the corner of your eyes.

So you run from the secrets that is haunting you now.
The custodian of your science are in control
So you run from the secrets that is haunting you now.
The custodian of your science are in control.

So tell me now,
What are your deepest fears?
So tell me now,
Why can't you just let go.

02. Deplorable Request

Lyrics by Tobias Netzell
Shut it all down
The facts and the memories I have been running around inside on this borrowed time The medical poison
It stabilizes and drags me back
Though it is against my will

Locked inside
This suite of flesh and blood Stranded on clean sheets forever With the parasites in my veins

I can hear your cries
I can feel your breath to the end
You have been visiting me for so long now

Erase the map of the past

I am fighting with my heart as an enemy
Falling through a black hole for eternity
Caught in an endless sleep with this hollow dreams
Capture the light and pour it over me
A benefactor forbidden to all humanity
Bring me a trail and please let me feel pain

Turn to the next page
Ease your depression
You will find it better when I'm gone This will lead you insane

I can hear your cries
I can feel your breath to the end
You have been visiting me for so long now

03. A Nighttime Project

[Instrumental]

04. Blackness Devours

Lyrics by Tobias Netzell & Pierre Stam
I awake by cold shivers
Apprehend voices, but not the ones in my head

I try to ignore and turn back
I shut down, gain sanity
Forcing my breathing to become slower

Forcing my pulse to beat lower

Suffocating scream behind walls
Pleading the past to let go

I find myself awake again, I am starring at the sealing
Is this all inside
Are the suffering screams meant for me, to silence
Fumbling for the light in despair
I'm searching with my eyes for no reason
I'm stumbling in the darkness I fall to the floor

Back on my feet again
Wrapped up in my indecision
The Darkness lingers upon me

Blackness devours fast
It drives me further across the floor
Then a sudden scream shuts the door behind
A monolith of a roar summoning its daemons

Turning around for an answer
Is this all inside of me

No way to avoid this collapse
I dare not stay, so I reach for the switch
Then a sudden scream shuts the door behind
Summoning of daemons

05. The Dividing Line

Lyrics by Tobias Netzell
I, the stalker
The dagger behind your back
Days are turning darker
We follow you on every path

Fear are growing in the eyes of the underdog
For each day we increase the obstacles
Pushing you down again and again
To determinate the limits

The mind have become so twisted
I am saving myself by hurting the others
The anxiety and the sympathy
Are scanning my spiteful conscience

I, the leader
Scars been given
Hearts collapse
Impossible to repair
I dare to tread the dividing line

Now they all turned against me
I received the eyes of the underdog

I carry the pain with pride
I am leaving
I'm heading for end

You, the stalker
The dagger behind my back
Days are turning darker
You will follow me on every path

06. Fragile

Lyrics by Pierre Stam & Tobias Netzell
Small steps
Closer to the mirror
The shame is in the deep
Slipping through a vast form feeling fragile
With hollow heart, a thin shell, a reflecting art
Still searching for hope

Year apart the shallow grave. Still to deep
Like an avalanche of pain
Overwhelming, shapeless and bleak
The creator is waiting as I seek

Dying inside
Try to hide away from psychic lies
They pull me under
Constant waiting for my relief
Will I ever see the rising sun

Locked gate until it will be better
Appreciation of the loss
Mind conspiracy of a future healing
The conclusion is safe in the core

With a hollow heart, just a thin shell, my reflecting art
Still searching for hope

I bleed myself to comprehend
A thousand hours in your hands
Plead for answers, not the end
This final destination is not a threat
No more

07. Scorned

Lyrics by Tobias Netzell
Ghost in corner
Reflecting a strong side of me
Flame is lost
I wish for once of difference

Lack of self-confidence
This scene grew fast
Still look for light
Everyone reliefs hate
I'm forced to walk among this creatures
The well of strength vaporized to dust

A new dawn comes sweeping in
Delivers a deep breath
Eyes faint open, body feels decrepit
I'm taking the same way as the days before
Ready to take some of the bruises, ready to be out to scorn
Will they ever stop