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Bloodied Moon
04:01
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The Bells have rung
The deed is done
Here's to the race that is never won
There's puke and bloodstains on the wedding gown
What the wisest know even fools can see
That misery and fools love company
The hoards are at the gates
And they're coming down
The grace of God from which you fell
Conceals a snake that in you dwells
There are monsters there
Where sailors dare not go
But the king of tides cast them ashore
Things you thought were not there before
But now you know them, brother, way too well
The heavenly gates are closed to me
But the devil has a key
Big dreams are going to cost you
But regrets are always free
What you seek ain't what you find
The voices that won't give you peace of mind
They tell you not to bother anyway
But the bloodied moon will turn the tide
A storm is coming
No use in hiding
It's a goddamn horror show and you can't rewind
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The Promised Land
03:57
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Do as they say, it'll be OK
But what have you show at the end of the day?
Your best years are behind you and time don't forgive
The choices you'd have made in a life better lived
The imbecile is king, but no one shares the blame
We all know the game is rigged, but we play it all the same
History's not repeating; it's going in reverse
Be thankful for the gifts you have
From here it just gets worse
Revolution, get your kicks
Burn it down, and now it's fixed
It's off to the Promised Land we go
Sanity is disappearing
The arc is full, but no one's steering
The flood comes with the cawing of the crow
It's a goddamn mess from cradle to grave
We've gone up to space and then back to the caves
It's the winter of man now the ice is cracked
Taking one step forward and two steps back
The ocean's worm, the earth is flat
And now your mind is wrecked
It's heads I win and tails you lose
Now, what did you expect?
They're sharpening the pitchforks and the finger's on the switch
The cause du jour is just for sure
Rejoice, now burn the witch!
You've swiped away your sorrows now you're standing on the brink
The abyss is staring back now
It'll take you 'fore you blink
Comfort and confusion claimed your daughters and your sons
'Cause World War 3 is bound to be In zeros and ones
Revolution, get your kicks
Burn it down, and now it's fixed
It's off to the Promised Land we go
Sanity is disappearing
The arc is full, but no one's steering
The flood comes with the cawing of the crow
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3. |
People Are Blind
03:06
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Walk around your neighborhood
If it doesn't make you question things
Then it probably should
The pervasiveness of people
How they're up to no good
By now it should be well understood
It wasn't always so
But times they change, you know
Now you've been bought and sold
The young and the old
We've chased away the sun
Now everything is cold
People are blind
poisonous, cruel and unkind
They're out of their minds
Say it if you want
I've heard it all before
The same old song
You say I'm wrong
But everybody seems to know the score
Messing with your head
Each day you find it harder getting out of bed
And everything is rotten to the core
People are blind
Gluttonous, vain, unrefined
They're out of their minds
It's hard to fake a smile
I'm tired of pretending I'm not sick of all the noise and rot
There's too much aggravation
You see no end in sight
The rats are jumping ship
And it's a never-ending blight
There will be hell to pay
So welcome to an age of degradation and decay
Just go the fuck away
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Dopamine for Breakfast
04:03
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Reality is all too real
Money talks and how you feel
Don't matter in the grander scheme
It's everywhere you look
Dissolution by the book
When they sell you on an old man's dream
My little toys show me what I never knew I need
It's filling the void, you see
The beast is getting hungry
And you know it has to feed
It's everything I want to be
Dopamine for breakfast
It's the cure and the disease
Why, it's really hard to tell
Empires have fallen in times so much like these
Walking hand in hand through hell
You've created your own prison
And you'll never be released
You've only got yourself to blame
The fox is in the henhouse
And it's planning for a feast
The beast is much too strong to tame
Dopamine for breakfast
It's the cure and the disease
Why, it's really hard to tell
Empires have fallen in times so much like these
Walking hand in hand through hell
You've created your own prison
And you'll never be released
You've only got yourself to blame
The fox is in the henhouse
And it's planning for a feast
The beast is much too strong to tame
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Desolation
03:50
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Tables have been turned
It's plain as day to see
No lessons have been learned
The future's not what it used to be
It's only me
It's not the sun, but yet
Something's burning in the sky
Everybody's talking
They seem to just blow sand in your eyes
They're only lies
When all is said and done
You're left with nothing but your name
It's funny how the pages turn
I'm changing, but it's more of the same
Nobody came
Heaven knows the sky is closed
Let's call it for the night
The angels have nowhere to go
It's out of mind, but not out of sight
You know it ain't right
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6. |
The Ether Laden Night
04:44
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Your party dress was clinging to your thigh
As you bent to fix your stocking
Glasses full of spirits
Reflected in your eye as you were talking
Men are all the same
They have you, then they leave
Drinking goes down easy when you're feeling used
The midnight air was cool
Gleaming skyline like it's 1920s old Paris
No one was around
The party had died down
Allow me, Mademoiselle
I'd like to set you free
Your mother was a dancer
She danced for lonesome men
Who came at night to drown in their libations
Your father was a reckless man
With fancy for the road as inclination
Was he an honest man or a gambler passing by?
Do you think of him when you're alone at night?
The midnight air was cool
Gleaming skyline like it's 1920s old Paris
Let me be your angel
And save you from this town
You'll thank me, Mademoiselle
It's better to be free
You lit your cigarette
And crossed your legs for me
While city lights sang you a final lullaby
Your running makeup echoed by
The raindrops on your window 'gainst the the moonlit sky
Was it hard to get through the ether laden night
With only loneliness for warmth
When all the men have gone?
The midnight air was cool
Gleaming skyline like it's 1920s old Paris
Soon there'll be no pain
Please don't make a sound
Forgive me, Mademoiselle
I had to set you free
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7. |
Sodom Is Back
03:18
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Answer me this
What do you say
When the world you once knew is rotting away?
The future is grim, and the past is still here
It's yelling at you when you look in the mirror
You can die on this hill, but really, what for?
We're rats in a maze
Nothing's in store
Body's too weak to drag through the muck
May as well say it
We're pretty much fucked
Nero did play as the empire burned
So I'll play when it's tumbling down
There's hope in the ashes for good things to come
Next time around
Your TV compels you to buy till you bleed
With cash you don't have for things you don't need
Armies of drones obey the commands of wolves wearing suits
According to plan
You chase the illusions, but that's what you crave
The land of the free, but the land is depraved
Minds are diseased
The world is insane
Sodom is back
It's Gomorrah again
Nero did play as the empire burned
So I'll play when it's tumbling down
There's hope in the ashes for good things to come
Next time around
From destruction comes need for rebuilding
In darkness there's love for the light
When these rotten foundations come crumbling
The fire will lead us tonight
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Tal Cohen-Shalev Israel
Israeli-American artist Tal Cohen-Shalev has defied classification by creating music beyond the predefined notions of his genre. From his 2009 singer-songwriter inclined debut Heartaches and Ashes to 2023's nihilistic doom and gloom electronica of Sodom is Back, he has constantly pushed the boundaries of his genre into a stylistically ambiguous and unique pastiche of sounds, textures and styles. ... more
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