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1. |
The Flood
01:31
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[Instrumental]
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2. |
Wisdom Is Suffering
05:06
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Our failure manifests itself
In every question
When you choose to fall
And no one comes to call
It must be the usual
They must already know
Where they couldn't go
A painful way to grow
Lacking wisdom
Exposing ignorance
Seems to be your bliss
When finding meaning
Is all I know
The only difference
And it is no defense
Is that your opulence
Has blinded you
The folly of the fool
Would be to trust in you
That all things we do
Would be safe
You are standing on the shoulders
Of the giants that came before you
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3. |
Aphelion to Perihelion
05:09
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We have known the dead things
We have seen the cold fog
We have drawn an icy breath
And we've dreamed about
The taming of fire
Now at last have we respite
A promise of rebirth
We must now sow our own seeds
To ensure the reclamation of our home
Our mother
We've known the life fluorescent
We've seen the longest days
We've drawn water from the deepest wells
And we've dreamed of clouds
That ushered in a cool breeze
Now at last have we respite
A promise of dying
We must now reap all we have shown
To ensure the destruction of our home
Our mother
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4. |
Unfettered
05:26
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Transparent apathy
Recurrent blasphemy
Everything is killing me
Destroyer over time
Bring forward a master lie
Subduer break the sky
Subsolar transmogrified
Close the door to empathy
Ruinous apology
Unwarranted Attacker
Left for dead vile monster
You can rest assured the pain is over
You tore it completely asunder
You ripped apart the only one
Who cared at all for you
I swear and curse your name eternally
When you thought to sacrifice me
Everything is killing me
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5. |
A Ram and a Goat
03:21
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Just go ahead and do what you do
As You torment
Our love is more than this
In time we wanted more
Them both of us could promise
Our love is more than this
I know you know
how much it hurts us both so
When we speak with our fists
This here aint fair
It's sucks that no one could care
Far less than you would admit
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6. |
Occultations
03:02
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In no uncertain terms
There's nothing left for us to burn
When we take all that we see
Only leaving a memory
It's up to us to learn
Around which corner we must turn
A path leading us to yearn
We wanted so much love from you
We're sure it felt like a dying too
If every word was ever true
Then we'd know
That it's up to us to learn
Around which corner we must turn
A pathway leading us to yearn
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7. |
Black Moon
06:51
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You came here from nowhere
With no invitation
We invite you to leave here
You're in violation
What makes you think you've got the right to talk to us
We've weighed your statement and found no reason to trust
You spoke your peace now
Please allow us to retort
There are things we know and
We don't care of your import
Your suffering can't possibly compare
To what we've endured
You turned our garden into a wasteland
Of the absurd
We were hoping you'd just go away
Like some figment of our imagination
But it seems that you are really here
Really here to take away all our pain
Vanish back to your unblemished reality
Free of the guilt and sorrow
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8. |
Nights in White Satin
05:17
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Nights in white satin never reaching the end
Letters I've written, never meaning to send
Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore
'Cause I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh how I love you
Gazing at people, some hand in hand
Just what I'm going through they can't understand
Some try to tell me thoughts they cannot defend
Just what you want to be, you will be in the end
And I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh how I love you
Oh how I love you
Nights in white satin never reaching the end
Letters I've written, never meaning to send
Beauty I've always missed with these eyes before
Just what the truth is, I can't say any more
'Cause I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh how I love you
Oh how I love you
'Cause I love you
Yes, I love you
Oh how I love you
Oh how I love you
©1967 The Moody Blues
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9. |
Tyrants of Woe
06:14
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After making it through the firestorm
We held our hands out
For a small piece of mind
At the moment we were vulnerable
To a deluge set
Our transgressions brought this upon us
So we can't forget
Everything we ever had to be is gone
Why should we have to immortalize
Our dead loved ones in song
Everyone is gone we miss you so much
We have lost all
These things that define us
After making through the deluge now
We held our hands out again
To receive but you weren't there, no
Everything we ever had to be is gone
Why should we have to immortalize
Our dead loved ones in song
We miss you so much so much
So much we've lost it all
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10. |
The Way She Fly
02:42
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I got no answers
Just got many reasons
Can't hide
From this inner treason
This life will quickly make you so cold
When I put that bottle to my lips
It sucks out my soul, yeah yeah
Brother Darkness did I do you so wrong?
Can't wait to take
What helps me live on
I share your empty pain
And I'm sorry, you see
I got not time for no helpless apathy
My love is like a lone jackal's cry
Teardrops on my grave
The way that she fly
Standing there with your head in the sky
We see the world
Through two different sets of eyes
Deceiving others is easy you'll find
Lies to yourself will be your very first crime
My love is like a lone jackal's cry
Teardrops on my grave
The way that she fly
©1990 The Obsessed
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11. |
The Human Grace
05:51
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In a moment of illusion
We stood in all of its grace
Of vanishing pinhole vision
A memory, it's only trace
There were shadows dancing off every leaf
The beauty started to overwhelm
We felt the tendrils of our grief
Encapsulating our hell
The fall of the church of dragons
Won't release the light
Won't release the flight
Won't surrender to the endless fight
Into the wounded side of your might
Into the desperate arms of the night
Crazy in that moment we thought of you
Bathed in the morning radiant amber hues
So plain to see the battle between the light
Won't release the light
Won't release the flight
Won't surrender to the endless fight
Into the wounded side of your might
Into the desperate arms of the night
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12. |
Inheritance
08:12
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Hail to you inheritors of doom
We've returned with a beautiful truth
We know your names and who would
Stand with you, with you
We've brought back
A fuller understanding
A deep respect for your love
For your suffering, why you'd wish ill upon us and why it is just, it is just
We are here for you to give you
A final chance for grace
Please don't refuse, this is the only way
We're ready to move on
Beyond the heavens above
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13. |
Too Long in Sorrow
07:11
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For all of those years spent running away
We're so sorry we couldn't help you
Though we would wake another day
Without you here
Don't leave us alone even though we took
Everything from you
We can't see, we can't feel
We can't take it, no more
We love you but we lost you
Somewhere along the way
You have every right to
Hate all we have done in your name
But you should have been told
We were trying to save us all
You wanted to fight us so
We pulled ourselves out of time
But you should have been told
We were overcome by our fear
Cry out for all our brethren
Cry out for all we've lost within
Cry out for our lost memory
Cry out forgotten history
For all those years spent running away
We're so sorry we couldn't help you
Though we would wake another day
Here without you
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Memory Driven Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Memory Driven was formed in September of 2008 by Dennis Cornelius after the break up of his previous band Dwell Within. Dennis wanted to get back to playing guitar after 5 years of playing bass exclusively. He has gathered some of the area's most talented players around him with hopes to unleash more of his specific brand of music upon the doom scene. ... more
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