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Dusk Travelers
02:11
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Do not fear what is beyond the gate
In the end, we all return to Death
Lest, my friends, we fall, overcome with fear
I bring great tidings, sweet freedom is near
Stop petting your shackles, so dear they are not
And travel with us to this eternal spot
And travel with us towards the dusk of this land
Where vision is dark, yet clear sight is at hand
Travel with us, for the dusk is not far
We follow the brightest, the guiding star
Your fear and your trembling will come to the front
Cowards, do not fear a dark maggot's taunt!
We're going towards, we're near, almost there
So keep on your feet, and trust in my care
And now we've arrived, breathe in the new air
Welcome to the land of dusk, my friends
You've traveled far and reached your journey's end
So take it now, that fated breath
Be cured of your sickness unto death
And one last time before you go inside
Just one last time, friends, purge and cry
Then sit back, open your eyes
And gaze upon the Purple Skies
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2. |
Cave of Fear
05:11
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In the shade
Our choice is made
Open doors
Hear our demons' lore
Hear them sing
Their choirs bring
A chill to our spines
And a war to our minds
They ask us to surrender
They want us to becomes their slaves
They say we are defeated
They think we'll bow our heads in shame
Shall we?
...no
Rise up now and lend me your ears
Step outside your cave of fear
Follow me, the path is clear
Step outside your cave of fear
Like a snake
We crawl through fate
Work in their mines
While they dance and dine
Fire burns
But we can turn
Our torture and plight
To a guiding light
They ask us to surrender
They want us to becomes their slaves
They say we are defeated
They think we'll bow our heads in shame
Shall we?
...No!
Rise up now and lend me your ears
Step outside your cave of fear
Follow me, the path is clear
Step outside your cave of fear
[Lead: Mark]
They ask us to surrender
They want us to becomes their slaves
They say we are defeated
They think we'll bow our heads in shame
Shall we?
...No!
Rise up now and lend me your ears
Step outside your cave of fear
You think that your precious life is so dear
Crawl outside your lair, your lair, your lair of
Fear...
Follow me the path is clear
Step outside your cave of fear
Rise up now and lend me your ears
Step outside your cave of fear
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3. |
The Messenger
04:06
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The dying flower seems
So restless in the sea
It's thrown all round and round
And never to be found
I bring these words to you
It's all that I can do
A universe miner
But I am just the messenger
I'll bring these words to you (the messenger)
It's all that I can do
[Lead: Mark]
Towards snowy peaks we climb
Great labor, forlorn mind
You're here to be so bold
As to at last reclaim your soul
I've brought you to the window, see
This house does not belong to me
In short sojourns I've passed through there
But I am just the messenger
Go forth into the world
My tale will still be told
The bleeding snake, the ancient lake
The mountain men so bold
These words that touch your heart
This is my only art
To give what I've received
The messenger's my part
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4. |
Frozen Tree
03:56
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Frozen tree please shelter me
Keep me safe from the wind that breathes
Your limbs may fall at any time
But I'll trust in your design
Ever safe from falling snow
Even though I lie below
Snowy branches that I see
Underneath the frozen tree
The beasts they scatter to and fro
Running to their separate homes
But I've found my place to sit
My future here is brightly lit
Swirling winds I see up high
And a peace grows deep inside
All of this serenity
I owe to the frozen tree
[Lead: Zeza]
Frozen tree please shelter me
Keep me safe from the wind that breathes
Your limbs may fall at any time
But I'll trust in your design
Ever safe from falling snow
Even though I lie below
Snowy branches that I see
Underneath the frozen tree
My friend you shall forever be
My beloved frozen tree
Nothing more from you I seek
My protector frozen tree
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5. |
The Spectre
03:58
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An army comes, you shall be undone
Infinite soldiers to spill your blood
Presenting a way to retire your brain
Choose to smile or choose your pain
[Lead: Mark + Zeza]
It happened to me, now can't you see
I've come back here to instruct thee
I'll show you the best of what happens in death
Sit down by the fire and listen and rest
I am the spectre
I am your guide
When phantom arrows pierce
Your covered side
I'm watching you squirm, do you think that we'll burn?
We come and we go and we finally return
I've lost track of time in your dazed paradigm
I'll scream from the fire, now open your eyes
I am the spectre
I am the spectre
I am the spectre
I am the spectre
I am the spectre
Yes, I am your spectre
Your guide and your spectre
Return with the spectre
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6. |
Blood Inside
11:18
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I looked outside onto my fields one silent cold spring night
When Earth opens her weary eyes, when she regains her sight
The air was still and dead until a roaming thing I saw
A shadowed man all dressed in white moves like a spring stream thaws
And ever since I've only known a heart consumed with fright
My dying family, my barren fields, my melting brain
Two hundred days have passed since I first saw you o'er the plain
How can I sleep? How can I breathe in tranquil air?
All windows shrouded, except for one through which I stare
I climb my tower
And I lock the world-facing gate
My muddied light, it radiates
So all near feel my state
This blood inside
You mean to drain from me until I die
I strike the bell
Return to hell
Return to hell
One by one, beneath this man's bedevilled moon
My wife and children untie their mortal knots too soon
Without a call or cry I watch their bodies hit the ground
Without a cry or call I see all of the clocks unwound
I climb my tower
And I lock the world-facing gate
My muddied light, it radiates
So all near feel my state
This blood inside
You mean to drain from me until I die
My courage swells
I'll send you to hell
[Lead: Zeza + Mark]
I walk outside
With open eyes
I see him walk
A cool, slow stride
All of my grief
And every piece
Of a lost life
You've handed me
And in the fields
My fate is sealed
Within arm's reach
His face revealed
I've seen his eyes
It's my demise
But I'm not ready
To comply
No!!
Do not take me to your never-ending maze
Let me live out my final wretched days
You have caught me, but sill you taunt your prey
My death wounds are open, please hear me when I say
This is blood inside of me
This is blood inside of me
This is blood inside of me
Don't take it away
This is blood inside of me
This is blood inside of me
This is blood inside of me
Don't take it away
This is blood inside of me
Lord, this is blood inside of me
Please, this is blood inside of me
Don't take it away
This is blood inside of me
God, this is blood inside of me
No, this is blood inside of me
Don't take it away
Don't take it away
[Lead: Zeza]
He's fallen dead
Upon a rock he's split his head
A wanderer, remote and blind
I'll walk until the end of time
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7. |
The Clown
02:48
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8. |
Take Me Home
03:53
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Take me home for a while
Let me see all your smiles
Take me home for a while
Let me go for a while
Oh...
Oh...
Take me home for a while
Let me see all your smiles
Take me home for a while
Let me go for a while
And as I emerge from hearth and nest
And swallow a world that spins too fast
I take one last look over my shoulder at that bridge of stone
That eternal bridge that forever leads home
Oh...
Oh...
Take me home for a while
Let me see all your smiles
Take me home for a while
Let me go for a while
Take me home for a while
Let me see all your bright shining smiles
Take me home for a while
Let me go for a while
Take me home
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I Live
06:07
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A lonely soldier's here on his deathbed
A lonely coward fears for his dying head
The spider crawls inside dens of healing
The tiger's waning pride, all-revealing
Sweet dreams of yesterday
Lonely lives may fade away
Sweet dreams of yesterday
Lonely lives may fade away
The dying soldier sees a life with meaning
The coward finally bears all his feelings
The spider's deadly web keeps pests at bay
The tiger loathes to kill and finds a new way
Sweet dreams of yesterday
Lonely lives may fade away
Sweet dreams I live today
Lonely lives may fade away
And the moment you care
It drifts into air
It fades into rust
And it turns into dust
So why can't you see?
Oh just let it me
The angels are singing
For you and for me
Sweet dreams I live today
Lonely lives may fade away
Sweet dreams I live today
Lonely lives may fade away
And the moment you care
It drifts into air
It fades into rust
And it turns into dust
So why can't you see?
Oh just let it me
The angels are singing
For you and for me
[Lead: Zeza]
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11. |
Black Gate
06:44
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Do not fear what is beyond the gate
In the end, we all return to Death
Down we descend
This cavern never ends
The water smells of plague
And the stones have no age
Breaking my fall
A pile skeletal
I see it up ahead
The dwelling of the dead
And now we stand at the black gate
What lies beyond, it pains to contemplate
And so I send my prayers to the sky
But light can't penetrate where souls come to die
Travelling within
I must find my kin
It's too dark to see
My mind's in frenzy
What if I've been mislead?
What if I'm really dead?
It's all been a dream
At the end of the stream
And now we've entered the black gate
What lies within, a picture of our fate
And so I send my prayers to the sky
But light can't penetrate where souls come to die
We've traveled through dusk, and slept through the night
The lost buried hours, they fill us with fright
As fate shows a picture of a flickering candlelight
Now the rising dawn seeks a new student
What will you do?
[Lead: Mark]
[Lead: Zeza]
[Lead: Mark + Zeza]
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12. |
Purple Skies
04:13
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Τέλος ἐς θάνατον πάντες νοστοῦμεν.
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Purple Skies Greensboro, North Carolina
Cohort of dusk travelers transforming experiences into musical energy
ZEZA - Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
MARK - Lead + Rhythm Guitar
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