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Marianas Rest - Horror Vacui lyrics



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01. The Millennialist

“I don’t know if it’s the solitude or what, but
I’m going crazy up here
I really wish I could hear you, boys”

Our time ended years ago
As it did a thousand times before
You have not seen it and yet it’s true
Just because you’re paranoid
Does not mean they’re not after you

There is always another millennium
Another disaster, a new omega
We march towards the end
With our heads held high
And with ever gathering speed

Prophets of doom shouting in our ear
Tales of terror, disease, and death
Seek shelter before it’s too late

Prophets of doom shouting in our ear
Tales of terror, disease, and death
Seek shelter before it’s too late
We are safe in our worldwide see-through coffins

We are always aware and yet know nothing
We learn nothing as our story repeats itself

And we are always aware and yet know nothing
We learn nothing as our story repeats itself

Going ‘round same cycle again
With high hopes and bound eyes
In our chronos every moment is a new kairos
A new chance to welcome the gathering shadows

Prophets of doom shouting in our ear
Tales of terror, disease, and death
Seek shelter before it’s too late

Prophets of doom shouting in our ear
Tales of terror, disease, and death
Seek shelter before it’s too late

We are safe in our worldwide see-through coffins
And when the end comes again
We empty our memories and start preparing for
Apocalypse anew, a new world order
And so it shall be done

We are always aware and yet know nothing
We learn nothing as our story repeats itself

We are always aware and yet know nothing
We learn nothing as our story repeats itself

02. Nadir

I am the darkness cast upon an army of shadows
Ageless horror that spreads from the center of Earth
I am one, I am all, escorted by dauntless hollows
Terror and disease spread
We are afflicted at birth
Yes, we are

I am the origin of life and the cause of death
Delver of dirty secrets and the voices in your head
I am the hands of God, holiness wrapped in barbed wire
Dealer of arms, face-melting bombs and soldier swarms

I am the locusts the floods
And the four riders
I am all and none

Speechless and numb
There’s not much to say
On the verge of oblivion
Dry your tears, enjoy fear
Stand as one, get ready to die
Stare into the sky and I will look back
Get ready to die
This world melts and we melt as one
Get ready to die

My name burns in your mouth
And rings in your ear, truth and deception
Your hope and your worst fear
Slayer of giants, oppressor of weak
The dark insider, I am the locusts
The floods in your fields
The seven seals and the holy wars

I am death
I am
I am
Death

“And I looked and behold a pale horse
And his name that sat on him was Death
And Hell followed with him
And power was given unto them
Over the fourth part of the Earth
To kill with sword and with hunger
And with death and with the beasts
Of the Earth”

Speechless and numb
There’s not much to say
On the verge of oblivion
Dry your tears, enjoy fear
Stand as one, get ready to die
Stare into the sky and I will look back
Get ready to die
This world melts and we melt as one
Get ready to die

03. For The Heartless

I have sewn my eyes shut
These ears blocked, tongue in a knot
All covered in rust, rooted
Skin bleeding dust and my breath is cold
And this heart of stone, hands clench to a fist
As I slowly cease to exist

Wish I was blinded by fear
To see if I could shed a tear
Born forever
Always reduced to dust
In the ground I becomes us
For once I wish that I could see
How to end this misery
I fall, holding my ground
As black snow keeps falling down

Under a pale Northern sky
Where all hope goes to die
Despair follows, surrounds
Leaks from me
And fills these grounds

When our strings are cut
We all fall face down in the mud
Raised from and into a mold
Soon erased out of this world

Wish I was blinded by fear
To see if I could shed a tear
Born forever
Always reduced to dust
In the ground I becomes us
For once I wish that I could see
How to end this misery
I fall, holding my ground
As black snow keeps falling down

Momentary lucid moments
Come to tempt
To end this bad joke
To say I matter
Would be a goddamn lie
But what about it?
Today I will wrap barbed wire
Around my head
And run into the blistering cold
With a smile on my face

Wish I was blinded by fear
To see if I could shed a tear
Born forever
Always reduced to dust
In the ground I becomes us
For once I wish that I could see
How to end this misery
I fall, holding my ground
As black snow keeps falling down

“My last hope
Erm
My only hope
Is that there is
Any intelligence
Out there
That can save me”

04. Hurts Like Hell

“I beg to anything
That can receive this signal
To please help me”

Oh

What can we say?
Sky is burning
Earth is turning
And we’re on our way

So, it turned out to be like this
Whispers of solace soothing words
But it hurts like hell, knives and swords

It hurts like hell
Our abyss
It hurts like hell
Our abyss

It hurts like hell
Our abyss
It hurts like hell
Our abyss

Our abyss

“Mourn for us
We tried so hard
We worked hard to be happy
Don’t let us be forgotten
Please, don’t let us ge forgotten”

05. A Lonely Place To Die

Inside our wretched maze
We are full of worms

Crawling in a mindless state
With no hope of getting out of here

Suffocated with our own dreams
Mind erased till no wisdom remains
Armies of coma march again
Our bodies are just stepping stones
On the altar of tragedy
Our thoughts are slowly removed
We sold the soul of our kin
For reason long forgotten

Toivon taivaankannen repeävän yllämme
Ja että imeytyisimme ylös avaruuteen
Toivon valtamerten halkeavan edessämme
Jotta voisimme nähdä alas syvyyteen
Ymmärrätkö kun sanon toivon ettei tästä jäisi
Jäljelle murentakaan uskotko kun kerron
Että jokainen tässä maailmassa kuolee yksin

Under October’s blood-red sky
We tear into each other’s flesh
It comes from our backbone
Cut your way through the strong will
Always prevail
Dark corners are becoming crowded
Getting stampeded again
I want to pound my way out of here
But I am on my knees again, I scream

I wish the roof of the sky tears off
And I get sucked up into space
I wish the great wide sea opened up
So we could gaze down at the deep
Do you believe when I tell you
There will be nothing left of this?
Can you fathom as I say
Every creature on this Earth dies alone?

This is a lonely place to die
This is a lonely place to die

I wish the roof of the sky tears off
And I get sucked up into space
I wish the great wide sea opened up
So we could gaze down at the deep
Do you believe when I tell you
There will be nothing left of this?
Can you fathom as I say
Every creature on this Earth dies alone?

We all die alone
Yeah

06. Chokehold

Crawling back to quench my thirst
Surrounded with water but never satisfied

Nothing between this skin and bone
Nothing to nourish though I devour
Yeah

Free to roam the Earth
But too weak to do so
Rattling my invisible cage
But the bars will never break

Free to roam the Earth
But too weak to do so
Put down by those
We authorized to make us free

Just skin and bone
But there is lot to be taken away
See me through and through
There must be something for you to take
We are all just one neck
Forever in a chokehold
Invisible hand grips us tight
And never lets us go

I am free to do as you instruct
I am free to become who you construct
I am free, tree to follow
And I am free, forever hollow

Just skin and bone
But there is lot to be taken away
See me through and through
There must be something for you to take
We are all just one neck
Forever in a chokehold
Invisible hand grips us tight
And never lets us go

07. Place Of Nothing

There is no point to act
If there is no tomorrow
In a place of nothing
We are all born and raised
Denied of rights

Stuck in a world of easy solutions
Simplified and stripped to a frame
A blank tape for someone to play
Amongst an audience of deaf and the dull

Dressed to impress the blind
In a universe of dark stars
Words like firebombs thrown in masses
Just in time to watch the world burn

Dream bliss movement through coma
Filtered feelings and senseless acts
Injected thoughts, predictable future
Destroyed bodies come with shattered egos
Storm-bent trees stripped of leaves
Waiting for a spring that never comes
Dried up roots, aching for water
Useless reach for an ever-setting sun

There is no reason to act
For there is no tomorrow
In a kingdom of failures
Walk through fire just to get drowned

Stand up to hear the gospel of damned
Soothing hymns for the forsaken
An observer on the deck of Mary Celeste
And weather is looking fine

Delay time to hear the attrition of minds
In the market of bad ideas
Every soul is a price taker
We are all done here
Pour salt on the ground

Dream bliss movement through coma
Filtered feelings and senseless acts
Injected thoughts, predictable future
Destroyed bodies come with shattered egos
Storm-bent trees stripped of leaves
Waiting for a spring that never comes
Dried up roots, aching for water
Useless reach for an ever-setting sun

“I wish I could have helped
I wish I could have been there
I’m sorry you were alone”

08. Vestigial

“I’ll be with you soon
I promise
I’ll be with you soon”

I float through infinite void
Absorbed by all-surrounding silence
Got lost here months ago
Mind scattered across the stars
Your words still haunt my thoughts
Be safe, my dear, we will see soon

So, choke us till we die
We the ignorant
Don’t know how to scream
We, learn but there’s no air
Left to carry these words
No gods left to care

Ooh

It flickers in my eyes
Small holes in all-covering veil
Frozen thoughts drawn together
Like moths to a flame
I can turn and turn
But I’ll never reach anything
Again

Oh

So, choke us till we die
We the ignorant
Don’t know how to scream
We, learn but there’s no air
Left to carry these words
No gods left to care

Choke us till we die
We, the ignorant
We don’t know how to scream
And we learn but there’s no air left
To carry these words
No gods left to care
Just emptiness

“I packed my bags last night
Pre-flight
Zero hour, 9 a.m.
And I know it’s gonna be
A long, long time
Till touchdown brings me
‘Round again to find
I’m not the man
They think I am at home
Oh, no
Alone
Alone”