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In The Blink Of An Eye
06:50
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They forced you down into the valley of the soul
They broke your spirit to exert their control
Replaced your conscience with the laws from the sky
They destroyed your dreams in the blink of an eye
No understanding of their dark parade
So little answered in this masquerade
Don’t ask them why
All the children must die
Don’t question why
In the blink of an eye
They shame your instincts and the nature of us all
Equip the masses with the guilt we need to fall
Prejudicial justice from the judge up on high
They condemn to fire in the blink of an eye
Deceived by sophist reason, you won’t be saved
A legion tricked before you in mass graves
Don’t ask them why
All the children must die
Don’t question why
In the blink of an eye
In the blink of an eye
In the blink of an eye
All the children must die
In the blink of an eye
In the blink of an eye
Whether witch or an innocent you’ll burn or drown
So you must break these chains that have held you down
Overthrow wicked forces controlling your thought
Soon you’ll uncover the flaws in what you’ve been taught
No longer look to the sky
No longer look up on high
Find the how and the why
In the blink of an eye
Rise from the ashes, a phoenix so vibrant of hue
Now claim your place in a world, colourful and new
No longer look to the sky
No longer look up on high
Find the how and the why
In the blink of an eye
Released from torment, at the summit of your soul
Unleash your spirit and exert your control
Now heed your conscience and ascend towards the sky
You achieved your dreams in the blink of an eye
With understanding of their dark parade
You’ll free your ego from this masquerade
Now ask them why
All the children must die
Now question why
In the blink of an eye
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2. |
Shooting Star
06:42
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He wrote the message on the wall
One word alone has damned us all
Blame him, the wicked yet to fall
Fear him and answer to his call
Rise above and cast aside
The love ingrained yet life denied
All your magic stripped away
Waiting for the hangman to have his day
He bestows his loving grip
A tighter hold, those sinews rip
If all his love is all you are
Then pray to find forgiveness on a shooting star
He changed, he’ll never be the same
One way alone to win his game
Shed him, no longer share the blame
Blame him, no longer bleed with shame
Oh, I know
You’re feeling all alone
But we are here
We’re closer than you know
Oh…
When the cold wind blows
And you’re feeling so alone
We’re your shooting star
You know we’re never far… away
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3. |
The Purge
05:30
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I need to purge my head of all the lies you’ve told me
I need to free myself of all the hurt you’ve sold me
I need the best of me to conquer demons in me
I need the best of you to let the truth unpin me
In the middle of the riddle
Life’s so brittle
When I’m chasing all the pieces of a broken dream
Hold them together
Try to dream a new forever
As I purge myself of toxins through the gaping seam
Hold onto hope as I dangle from the rope
Another creature lived inside me when I died before
Oh, for the chance to redeem myself!
Another creature borne of havoc as I purge once more
You see the purge ahead, a new horizon dawning
You’ll taint the virtue of a vacant, brand new morning
You fight to free the ghost of my unending haunting
I can’t succumb to you or sneering, noxious taunting
In the middle of the riddle
Life’s so brittle
When I’m chasing all the pieces of a broken dream
Hold them together
Try to dream a new forever
As I purge myself of toxins through the gaping seam
Hold onto hope as I dangle from the rope
Another creature lived inside me when I died before
Oh, for the chance to redeem myself!
Another creature borne of havoc as I purge once more
You are alone
The saddest part of me now
Lo…
Defeated by the part of me I always had but lost somehow
Your time has come
To leave this cleansing vessel
Numb…
To all your burden, lies and false, intoxicating pull
Oh, how I’ve changed!
From youthful self-delusion
Saved…
The greatest strength in me was there, buried in confusion
In the middle of the riddle
Life’s so brittle
When I’m chasing all the pieces of a broken dream
Hold them together
Try to dream a new forever
As I purge myself of toxins through the gaping seam
Hold onto hope as I dangle from the rope
Another creature lived inside me when I died before
Oh, for the chance to redeem myself!
Another creature borne of havoc as I purge once more
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4. |
Zigzag Of Intention
02:38
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Fallen before dawn, a slight reprieve
From tempting forces, externally affecting internally
A maniacal slothful boast
Where now lies self-control? Won’tpower
I believe that won’tpower pervades
Rapturously controlling and inhibiting growth
As the tick-tock of time grows louder
With each passing second grows louder
And developing a prouder tint
Rising after dusk, more perturbed
Unanswerable questions, eternally damaging internally
A debacle of confusion
So now no self-control, won’tpower
I believe that willpower disappears
Cognisably betrothing weakness to self
And my zigzag of intention grows
With each passing day grows sharper
But smooths my winding way
And my zigzag of intention grows
With each passing day grows sharper
But smooths my winding way
And my zigzag of intention…
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5. |
Long Time Gone
06:59
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Found myself in the current of another stream
My life seemed swept away
Taught myself not to dance to someone else’s theme
Claimed my redemption day
Just relax…
Just relax…
Just relax…
Just relax…
Don’t waste your time
Such a long time gone
Don’t waste your time
Such a long time gone
Found myself in the current of another stream
(Don’t waste your time)
My life seemed swept away
(Such a long time gone)
Taught myself not to dance to someone else’s theme
(Don’t waste your time)
Claimed my redemption day
(Such a long time gone)
Just relax…
Just relax…
Just relax…
Just relax…
Dead man, no tale
No life for sale
No compromise
Won’t heed their lies
In this life
One chance to…
Be all I can ever hope to…
Be the man I need to…
Live the life I always dreamed I would do
Live your life
One chance to…
Be all you can ever hope to…
Be the one you need to…
Live the life you always dreamed you would do
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6. |
No Axe To Grind
06:34
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You took my heart
But we lost our way, yeah
Doomed from the start
But we had our day, yeah
Both played a part
In love run astray, yeah
I forgive everything
No axe to grind
Please forgive everything
No axe to grind
I forgive everything
No axe to grind
Please forgive everything
No axe to grind
Doomed from the start…
No axe to grind
Both played a part…
No axe to grind
Don’t let it grind you down
Let go and turn around
Be brave, forgive instead
You have new life ahead
No axe to grind
No axe to grind
If you let it pull you down
Well, then you’ll surely drown
Forget the tears you shed
Embrace the life ahead
No axe to grind
No axe to grind
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7. |
Black Morning
06:44
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Feeling the pull of the rapturous song
A growing belief in a world yet to come
Hooks in my mouth, pulled to the surface
Unleashing demons, alone we must face this
Black morning
Black morning
Grasping at air for a shred of redemption
The vainly repressed, now face execution
Salt in the wound, beckoning torture
Hearing the sirens, moving towards a…
Black morning
Black morning
Everything I tried to be
Was shrouded in a mystery
But now you see the real me
Oh, to change reality!
Everything you need from me
Was offered in this mystery
The early gift, too much to see
Oh, to change this history!
Black morning
In mourning for that yet unseen
Black morning
In mourning for what could have been
Carried away by a stream of illusion
A castle so high in a sky of delusion
The lustre of faith in thriving seduction
These dreams of ours bring total destruction
Black morning
Black morning
Black morning
A grain of hope is lost in beaches of the truth
We’re left to count the cost of long forgotten youth
A drop of poison taints the cup of life we seek
Find solace in the dreams saved only for the weak
It breaks a part of us
It carves a hole in us
The hole is part of us
Departing holiness
It craves a part of us
The darkest part of us
Black holes in all of us
Depraved unholiness
The hardened soul of one who learns to rise above
Is battered, bruised, yet saved from false, beguiling love
The dream is over and the mourning has begun
Behold a new black morning and the dying sun
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8. |
Over &0ut
04:48
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And nothing you traverse
Will lift this ancient curse
Don’t waste your final breaths, my friend
This moment is your end
It’s over
Over and out
It’s over
Over and out
Please seize all you can to live
(Can’t stop the march of your time)
Just give all you have to give
(Just make the most of your time)
Your life is all you have, my friend
(Can’t stop the march of your time)
Don’t wait until the end
(Just make the most of your time)
It’s over
Over and out
It’s over
Over and out
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We Have Divine Fire Bradford, UK
We Have Divine Fire is the solo studio music project of James Cook, unconstrained by genre boundaries.
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