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The Silence
04:56
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I walk alone into the silence
Not a sound, no screams or sirens
Hypnotised by the burning skies
A special kind of violence
Ruptures the horizon
As the sky falls from above
Take one last look at what you love
We refuse to see this tragedy
What were we thinking of
What were we thinking of
Is this the end you would have chosen
If your eyes and ears and minds were open
Complacency will set you free
It’ll only take a moment
This is no time for emotion
So much left unsaid, so much left undone
And the question still remains – did we get what we deserved?
The cities fall and the seas and rivers burn
But no one cares to answer – just silence at the end of the world
Did you believe you were immortal
That you could carry on like normal
You bought a life on borrowed time
Now we pay the price
Will you make the sacrifice
So much left unsaid, so much left undone
And the question still remains – did we get what we deserved?
The cities fall and the seas and rivers burn
But no one cares to answer – just silence at the end of the world
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2. |
Calculate (Control)
05:44
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Anticipating
Accelerating
To the edge of something we cannot defend
Hesitating
Afraid of failing
But you’ve already worked out how this ends
Every calculation laid before me in matrices
All the cells in the columns and rows show the possibilities
Your application
For my equation
Tells me all of your desires and needs
Delegating
Your thoughts and feelings
I’ll tell you anything you want to believe
Every simulation shows the outcome you paid to see
Submission on a global scale to a false reality
Pound the drum to the algorithm
(Calculate, control)
Repeat the signal across the world
(Calculate, control)
We rule the seas of misinformation
(Calculate, control)
Ride the waves into your home
(Calculate, control)
Information
Communication
Pulsing through the veins of the world
Such integration
A dangerous weapon
But it’s safe with us, you have our word
Every keystroke and conversation grows the enterprise
You gave us your consent to submit to the system we devised
Pound the drum to the algorithm
(Calculate, control)
Repeat the signal across the world
(Calculate, control)
We rule the seas of misinformation
(Calculate, control)
Ride the waves into your home
(Calculate, control)
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3. |
The Flood
04:36
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I’d never slept so soundly
You saved me on the day you found me
But the nightmares returned when the last of my bridges was burned
I was swallowed by that sinking feeling
From the second you said you were leaving
Reliving this moment is pulling me under the foam
Under the foam
How can you sleep so soundly
Can’t you see that you left me drowning
When you turned like the tide you tore a hole in my side
And as I succumb to the flood
The water courses inside me like blood
Fills my ears with the sound of the pain that’s been dragging me down
Memories swim to the surface
It’s the cruellest kind of catharsis
I spent the last of my air remembering why you’re no longer there
How can you sleep so soundly
Can’t you see that you left me drowning
Succumb to the flood…
Succumb to the flood…
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You twist my words around your fingertips
Just to scatter them like ashes in the wind
Picking up the pieces I make myself a crown
My self-proclamation rings out through the town
Listen closely now, I know you’d lost your way
If you follow me you won't be led astray
I’m the king of broken things, healing hearts from my golden halls
Crowds are gathered from far and wide to watch my rise and fall
The court of fools is in session once again
Going round the table meaning no offence
They talk in circles missing out the words they meant
The common man has lost all his common sense
I will speak the truth, you can count on me
(I will speak the truth, you can count on me)
Follow my command and I will set you free
(Follow my command, I will set you free)
I’m the king of broken things, healing hearts from my golden halls
(Hail to the king of broken things)
Crowds are gathered from far and wide to watch my rise and fall
(Watch the rise and fall)
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5. |
Worlds Apart
06:34
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I watched you taking off
When our world began to burn
Got my shoe stuck in the earth
I guess I’ll never learn
Counting down from ten to launch
The result remains the same
Running far to nowhere fast
Distance fills this empty space
They let me board the ark in time
But I’m travelling alone
Two by two our lives divide
It’s too late to save my soul
Soaring through the cosmic dust
Particles of time and space we lost
Search the stars for a brand new start
Feels like nothing’s changed
We’re still worlds apart
I found it hard to breathe
Choking down the daily news
You say you are what you believe
But I don’t see your point of view
Guess we found our common ground
Disagree to disagree
So spread your word across the stars
Take them far away from me
Soaring through the cosmic dust
Particles of time and space we lost
Search the stars for a brand new start
Feels like nothing’s changed
We’re still worlds apart
We're still worlds apart
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Shadows On Mercury England, UK
A studio project created during the lockdown of 2020, before the formation of Scott's other band Ghost Of The
Machine.
This was an outlet for the song ideas I had swimming in my head at the time.
Scott Owens - (Songs/Guitars/Programming)
Charlie Bramald - (Vocals/Lyrics)
Tim Lofthouse - (Keyboards/Synths/Hammond Organ)
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Shadows On Mercury recommends:
Scissorgames
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Both Scott and Charlie are both members of this band, and the award winning debut album was released in June 2022, and has been listed as a Prog epic.
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A brilliant debut album from the guys in Coma Rossi. Put on your headphones and lose yourself in a really atmospheric album.
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Soothfully a phenomenal prog rock album—an instant classic. What motivates me to say so, is the music’s incredible expressiveness & its wonderfully cinematic song structures. Jargon is a very good fit with this band. It is quite evident that the band’s current lineup have great chemistry together & that they share a common affinity to this vein of music. I look forward to their next creation. Drifting Sun are definitely one of prog rock’s brightest lights. Thank you, DS! 9+/10.
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Sustained by seismic psych riffs, proggy shifts, and vivid sci-fi storytelling, these Milwaukee cosmonauts command respect.
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Sleemo, from England, fuse math rock, punk, and brawny alt-rock on their volcanic new EP.
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For those that remember the Look and Read series in the early eighties (which had such programmes as 'Dark Towers'), in my opinion this music evokes those feelings of mystery and wonder. Very, very impressed.
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