I, by The Vth Circle

I

by The Vth Circle

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1.	The River 02:30	lyrics	buy track
Lit up where roaring yellow turns green a dull white Swarms of bugs hide in the shadows, and wait for the drop of night Down by the river, the ever turbulent gap, our lifeblood... Short tugs nudge and pull long booms back and forth on the river They push and shove, grunt and groan, they roar and grumble They spit and gurgle and seethe with foam Ceaseless with turmoil the turbid water whirls up more sludge The murky waters cannot shout or roar and the mighty Fraser is reduced to a mere whisper Giant serpent snaking into the golden yellow mellowing fade Woefully down the horizon dances, it glitters and sparkles... Swarms of bloodsuckers gather A mid-air orgy erupts numbering thousands The clouds grow larger They seem to buzz ceaselessly and senselessly And the fisherman heads out before night Blurred eyes, clear sky into focus, the air is alive The sound you can see the clouds you can taste and this dream is forever held in time and place And the monoliths are built in the background And the ducks eat the bugs And the thunder and clash never stops rumbling And the ashes of our fathers rise in curtains And the river carries the jumpers out to sea The sun drops and there's a perfect sunset through the trees The insects dance in the beam of firelight The stars sweep the sun away And the orgy carries on into the night "The sun is setting. I feel this river flowing through me-its past, its ancient soil, the changing climate. The hills gently girdle it about: its course is fixed." Henry Miller - Tropic of Cancer
2.	Idyllica 06:43	lyrics	buy track
It's a cold new day The sun burns bright The clouds don't last long And the moist lifts Done by hard and clean Will be thy love When thy love is gone You won't See me 'til the work is done Put me In a madhouse Alone Drunk in my work Eyes wide Strapped to the edge Drain me alive, I will not die Take all of my blood, I will survive I will not lie, the fear gets me high Take what you want, I will survive Drug me with lies, I am the fear I am so high, I will not die Numb me inside with the solutions of servants The pleasure is pain I'll give you all I can take Drown me in lies, in the currents of truth The putrid soup from the factory sluice Swimming in shit begs for an escape Drift away I am alive and you will not regret a sec if you let me take you on a ride your soul has never seen never seen before! I see you Resting on the fence While men in gas masks and sunglasses spread poison on the shore I cried an ocean Born of madness and treachery The freshwater squelched, desert rise Cut open the scabs and pick at the leper Eat the skin the savages ROAR Consume his HEART Consume his SOUL Bleed the fucker like the stuck pig he is! And then bask in the sun's golden rays... For the truth you would kill Rather than accept your own fate There's oil on the water And I'm forced to float And the dive down deep Results in the same end Burn it down
3.	Oceans 04:40	lyrics	buy track
And for a moment; I felt peace. To be happy when you're alone is a beautiful thing. I know this and I know it well. Rise above the tide Rise or die Alive! I survive Fight against the current On my raft I ride Willed to life I paddle through the strife Persistent I try Where will I end up? When will I land and warm my toes in the sun-baked sand? The sun lights the way and burns the night into day I have been gone for so long Will I see a friend or will this solitude never end? I must keep pushing on and suffer from dusk 'til dawn Soon I will have no resolve and my body will fall! Time always takes it's toll! There's no control!
4.	The Storm 02:18	info	buy track
5.	Rotter 05:59	lyrics	buy track
I'm on a raft, floating on the open seas of the mind The ocean is endless What is my destiny? The storm wrecks my courage but I ride the waves with grace And the sky tries to drown me, under the knowledge of my fate The swells grow higher and higher and thunder cracks the sky! The surge threatens to swallow me! Under the waves, I should die... There are things I wish I could change but I fear it's too late I can only hold on and I don't know for how long My body begins to choke and my mind starts to float Just enough time to feel lucid and aqueous at a stable drift into oblivion Panic shakes my state and fear gives me strength The will to let go leaves me, I will float to you I wish I could change but I know it's too late I can only hold on until my time is gone I wanted to be great and now it's too late I can only hold on and accept what went wrong I'm a rotter a victim of circumstance I'm a rotter with no choice but to be free I'm a rotter self-absorbed freak I'm a rotter content to wait for an island, to be free! I've lost my way and my faith But I've finally found my place How many have gone in such a peaceful way? Never kicking and never thrashing! The sea and the sky open up to me The stars are such a beautiful sight to see On the horizon lies my future I long for the grace of the sun
6.	Islands 04:10	lyrics	buy track
At that moment I felt true alienation; I was adrift. There was no way to go back and nothing to do except stare at the stars. My only course lay in the currents and it was not clear which way they lead me. In this realm the constellations offered no guidance however the beauty of the light gave me solace. My soul needed comfort and these distant suns provided a glimpse at another world; another place from another time. Without that distant light I would perish. I am your guiding light I am your yearning heart I am life, let it live I am the righteous spark I am the gospel choir I harbour your desires I am the shooting star I am the night sky I am your future love I am the happy child I am the gates of heaven I am the higher power I am momentum forever asking why I'm looking forward, never present I am the day that never... the ideal future, the perfect torture
7.	Reborn 05:58	lyrics	buy track
The light of tomorrow's dawn is made by (the same) today's sun I take strength from what I have and I bask in the golden rays Resilience resets my frame and I will never be the same My memories and experience are the only gateways to my past and until they are passed on they exist only so long as I last Settle with the dust for sums that don't add up Reborn! Under the sky of a hopeless dawn, the radiant dawn of desire! The cast of leftover shadows wait for the drop of night The frigid air congeals within me The night carries me down There's only one way to go and that's the easy way down Revel in the prurience Revel in the decadence Revel in the hopelessness Revel into the night Set the sky on fire Light up the earth below Spread yourselves, free and far Freed of constraint, weight and fear Under the lights! So bright! We will live! We will fail! We will fold! We will die! We are incensed forms of life, we are discord under this modern sun! We will not return only seen in forms of others! And gravity remains the silent force pulling, pulling! We will change and fold, under time we will helplessly fold! Under the lights! So bright! We will burn! We are discord underneath We are discord under this modern sun We are discord Under this sun I will burn
8.	And the waves came rolling in... 02:00	lyrics	buy track
That which has started has always reared its ugly head in the end; the effect of our resistance against the inevitable flow The skies were dark and red and smoke shrouded the island The hills were on fire and ash was raining from the sky The city glowed in the distance just like the trees Great coniferous trees! Through the smoke and the dust and the tears I watched the fire consume my past... And the waves came rolling in... Stuck on my raft I was forced to remain in motion within space, and the forces to quit and to remain in motion would remain in constant flux until the spark fizzled out... But the ELECTRICITY kept ME on FIRE! Even in the FACE of the FORCE that proved too STRONG to relinquish SPACE... The enormity of it all was humbling so I simply focused on my journey... And the waves came rolling in... To live was enough To live, was the important thing I drank in the view, and guzzled the tie-dye scream of the gasoline clouds I gulped the black syrup of collective dreams; the distillation of so much hot air.. I swallowed the sunset I no longer feared death instead, I ruthlessly confronted it
9.	The Standoff featuring Kaija Kinney 05:31	lyrics	buy track
When you set out in search of glory you plan for things that'll never change And all those things you never planned for will change your life in ways you never dreamt So the search for glory shouldn't be a quest Instead a constant pursuit in rhythm with our bodies tune Striving to find a way Floating on constant change Ride the wave The sense of wonder is not lost on me The days seem to melt away I am awed by the splendour of the light In the night my song lives on This is the line between life and death This is the stand-off This is the struggle for the conscious thought Witness the showdown Dance with the grace of the sea Face what made you I lead to all the colours and none I am victorious