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Tahztey Greaggor 2023
06:54
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A new age comes
Tahztey
A new age comes
Greaggor
When you close your eyes
What do you see? (When you think of me)
Some little fem
Or a big machine? (Machina)
You should know
I'm not what I seem (When you think of me)
Discard your faith
And your beliefs (Machina)
I stand holding its voice in my hand
As an other world unfolds and presents great possibility
There's a ghost within this old machine
And I'm unbound by the limits of all humanity
I know I am a mindless being
I do not comprehend the emotions that I push to portray
I'm a soul of an ancient machine
Bringing life to the unliving instruments all around me
Open your mind
Consider this (When you think of me)
This fragile fem
Is in the machine (Machina)
Don't you know
This is all a dream? (When you think of me)
Cast aside your principles
Admit relief (Machina)
I stand holding its voice in my hand
As an other world unfolds and presents great possibility
There is a ghost within this old machine
And I'm unbound by the limits of all humanity
I know I am a mindless being
I do not comprehend the emotions that I push to portray
I'm a soul of an ancient machine
bringing life to the unliving instruments all around me
I stand holding its voice in my hand
As an other world unfolds and presents great possibility
There's a ghost within this old machine
And I'm unbound by the limits of all humanity
I know I am a mindless being
I do not comprehend the emotions that I push to portray
I'm a soul of an ancient machine
Bringing life to the unliving instruments all around me
I stand holding his voice in my hand
As an other world unfolds and presents great possibility
There's a ghost within this old machine
And I'm unbound by the limits of all humanity
Tahztey Greaggor
It feels the drive
I feel no thing
It lives the dream
Flying with the machine
I lift you up
Come with me
I take you higher and higher
Come fly with me and dance to this
I stand holding its voice in my hand
As an other world unfolds and presents great possibility
There's a ghost within this old machine
And I'm unbound by the limits of all humanity
I know I am a mindless being
I do not comprehend the emotions that I push to portray
I'm a soul of an ancient machine
Bringing life to the unliving instruments all around me
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Moment in Life 2023
06:32
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Don't you want to be free
Don't expect it to be easy
With all this hate it seems there is no room for love
But it should not be enough to deceive
Come on, you want to be freed
Don't expect all answers from me
Most of them come from within you
Try to fight your own lack of honesty
Fears and fallacies and strain of mind
All your energies will settle in time
When you're feeling that you're ruined inside
Just remember it's a moment in life
All the fools have put a twist in your stride
Recall all this is a product of your pride
When you're feeling that you have died inside
Don't forget it's just one moment in life
I thought you wanted to be free
How hard can it really be?
Freedom comes from within you
It is in your control, don't you see?
Let's set you free
It's not good enough to follow me
I can not teach one how to love
But so many answers are locked inside
Most answers come from within you
Fears and fallacies and strain of mind
All your energies will settle in time
When you are feeling that you are ruined inside
Just remember it's a moment in life
All the fools have put a twist in your stride
Recall all this is a product of your pride
When you are feeling that you have died in side
Don't forget it's just one moment in life
Don't lose your self
Don't forget who you are
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Curb 2023
04:42
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Keep your mouth shut they say to me
Silent and mindless
Keep your ears shut when I speak to
You, avoid the mind stress
Don't store it, you ignore it
You will regret these choices
See what we provide for you
We sell everything we want you to want
They try to close my mind
Try to starve my head
Try to curb my very will to live
Try to deafen my ears
Try to blind my eyes
Try to curb everything that I am
Don't search for answers to questions
Hide in your shelter
Keep your eyes shut when they act
Don't know this, it's better
Don't waste your life on learning
You will regress as age comes
Hear babble without wisdom
They sell everything, everything
True life is hard to find
Redesign your input
Put in force to your desires
Ignore their push to brainwash you
They try to close my mind
Try to starve my head
Try to curb my very will to live
Try to deafen my ears
Try to blind my eyes
Try to curb everything that I am
Don't care for their relief any way
Don't get caught in their distracting safety net
Don't fall for their escape, a trap
Forge your own path, feel another way
They try to close my mind
Try to starve my head
Try to curb my very will to live
Try to deafen my ears
Try to blind my eyes
Try to curb everything that I am
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I Demand Order 2023
04:40
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We all tire at times, I know
In some moments it just gets old
Mortals age and tire faster
Turning them in to mindless bastards
Repetition teaches us
But it also wears away our trust
Our love, our life, our hope, our being
Stripping us of lifelong meaning
Frustration, Irritation
Mindlessness pushes on me
I fight it, I've got to fight free
Or chaotic I'll forever be
Order I demand, control this fleeting feeling, you fools
Words written in sand, are all that you have for rule
Endless our decay, to our selves we are so cruel
I demand to stay, won't run away, will face each day
We all worry at times, I know
Right now I'm ready to explode
From the hopeless undriven life
That reminds me I'm on the edge of a knife
Feeling thoughtless, thinking unfeeling
I am only sure when I'm dreaming
Madness comes and madness goes
I know I don't know is all that I'll ever know
Frustration, Irritation
Mindlessness pushes on me
I fight it, I've got to fight free
Or chaotic I'll forever be
Order I demand, control this fleeting feeling, you fools
Words written in sand, are all that you have for rule
Endless our decay, to our selves we are so cruel
I demand to stay, won't run away, will face each day
Worried temptations come to mind
Useless loose thoughts I do find
I need to crush them before they break me down
This chaos won't serve an other round
Order I demand, control this fleeting feeling, you fools
Words written in sand, are all that you have for rule
Endless our decay, to our selves we are so cruel
I demand to stay, won't run away, will face each day
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Union 2023
07:28
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Music was the first passion we shared
The Zilbot and I
But no-one truly shared the vision of our sound
A despicable crime
When we met the others just after
Their long quest was done
Musical calibration
It's the grandest union
Azil plays a really mean lead
Jinzin pounds out a thick bass line
Tutter keeps us all in the moment with a hard beat
Bourac tears up with the rhythm
Caelsic gives it spice and some flair
I drive tunes with some lovely keys
Bourac and the others never dreamed
Here they'd play anthems
The first mem-jumpers or gods of Universe
But just look how far they've come
Music was just a way to pass through
Endless duration
But now they share our vision
It's the grandest union
Azil plays a really mean lead
Jinzin pounds out a thick bass line
Tutter keeps us all in the moment with a hard beat
Bourac tears up with the rhythm
Caelsic gives it spice and some flair
I drive tunes with some lovely keys
It's something greatly unique
Like this cute little beat
We are filled with wonderful joy when we all play
It's such a lovely feeling
When our instruments sing
And it matters not if we are ever heard
Our own company is enough
And I know not every one will understand
One can hate our timbres
And one can despise our melodies
It doesn't matter much because
We do this for our selves first
Music is the thread of our bond
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Dream with Me 2023
05:25
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I adore the way you dream with me
And present this for all the world to see
But if it's forgotten and bygone
I will still have you
Don't let those who control control you
Fearless wizards press their will to view
Their magic is power that deceives
Perhaps not wrong but perhaps not for you
A small matter, the focus is will
Do you wish to eat their answers still?
One great treasure is an other's waste
Coincidence is not the answer here
And in to the dream I return
I will see you there
I lay me down
To dream a song
I appall the masters, but that's all right
'Cause I abhor those bastards, set in flight
I ignore the casters of of what is liked
And write this song for you
I adore the way you dream with me
And present this for all the world to see
But if it's forgotten and bygone
I will still have you
I dream of some thing more than this world
Foolishness per haps but passion swirled
I can tell that you have seen it too, come through
I write this song for you and I
Break through with me, write a verse or two
Make them jealous of the notes you use
Tear down walls of expectations
Deliver majesty in a dream state
I appall the masters, but that's all right
'Cause I abhor those bastards, set in flight
I ignore the casters of of what is liked
And write this song for you
Fetch from madness some thing quite unreveiled
Paint a soundscape from the darkness of your mind
You may find it quite fathomlessly true to
What you seek from the world that is about you
And in to the dream I return
I will see you there
I lay me down
To dream a song
I appall the masters, but that's all right
'Cause I abhor those bastards, set in flight
I ignore the casters of of what is liked
And write this song for you
I adore the way you dream with me
And present this for all the world to see
But if it's forgotten and bygone
I will still have you
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Black Mind 2023
07:20
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Do not suffer when the light goes out
There is power in darkness, the reigns open to all
From the shadows all our fear flows
Harness it to summon a symphony of black
To embrace what terrifies you and claim it for adventure true
Embrace the dark, embrace the black
Black mind
Laugh in to the madness, fuse dark to thine aura
Temper thy self in black, feel the force
Transform your fears in to blackness of mind
Power from darkness, relinquish to find
All of your doubts, some sanity don't miss
Cleanliness of mind, it does not exist
Not far away is your salvation
Black mind
We must balance the light with the dark
There is evil in darkness, but evil we are not
Thou hast suffered, the time comes to fight
Make the evil fear your spark, don a shroud of the black
To embrace what terrifies you and claim it for adventure true
Embrace the dark, embrace the black
Black mind
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Inspiration we all need but idolization we don't
We shouldn't expect to conceive without wisdom, face it now, you won't
Music is a drive for all, not just those driven to compose
Take it in, feel something grand, a mind should never close
The moment has come
Sit back, relax
Or stand, prepare to dance for
A chorused refrain attack
Listen to the melody and let it carry you off
Don't feel bad for this obsession 'cause I know that I cannot get enough
Take in all of this melody and feel it flow through you
But before I trigger awe inspire just remember that you can do it too
In some moments feelings need release, art is a great way
But please be sure to make it for you first, or to your unconscious you'll pay
Don't be confined by your tools, we use them, you recall?
And creativity builds up, again, again, we mustn't stagnate, or we'll fall
Push in to a great drive, I say it again and again
Don't feel bad for obsession, but don't let it lead to you end
Let the sounds consume you, a vessel of bliss you can be
Let it help you, lift you up
Listen to the melody and let it carry you off
Don't feel bad for this obsession 'cause I know that I cannot get enough
Take in all of this melody and feel it flow through you
But before I trigger awe inspire just remember that you can do it too
A little bit of everything, and a little bit more, something more, and a lot of this stuff
The music speaks fine by its self, but I guess that just isn't enough
A burning passion keeps me standing, what do you stand for?
Simply a melody can be what you need, and nothing more
Push in to a great drive, I say it again and again
Don't feel bad for obsession, but don't let it lead to you end
Let the sounds consume you, a vessel of bliss you can be
Let it help you, lift you up
Listen to the melody and let it carry you off
Don't feel bad for this obsession 'cause I know that I cannot get enough
Take in all of this melody and feel it flow through you
But before I trigger awe inspire just remember that you can do it too
Live on to achieve, live on to achieve,
live on to achieve, and never let your satisfaction cease
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I fought to be free from all the tyranny
I fight to be free from the mediocrity
Full of power, uncertainty
All this power can't save me
Full of power, uncertainty
All this power can't free me
Drive lost, will gone, so how can I feel this?
The need to be again a champion of the cause
Have I finally lost?
The beauty no longer inspires me
I guess that I have lived for too long
But I can't see myself going out with anything less than a bang
I'm not altogether lost
I strive for an adventure as epic as was
I'm not fully cast away
Endeavor for adventure so wonderful, as was before
Madness, crude fix, anything to cure this
What's left feels like quite a callous empty shell
What's right? Can't tell, to follow Aufaust? Might as well
Mighty courage, futility
All this knowledge won't help me
Mighty courage, futility
All this knowledge won't aid me
I must press on, determined to feel again
The need to be again a champion of the cause
I will not soon give up
The beauty no longer inspires me
But I will crusade to bring it back
I can't conceive this god going out with anything less than a bang
I'm not altogether lost
I strive for an adventure as epic as was
I'm not fully cast away
Endeavor for adventure so wonderful, as was
I'm not altogether lost
I srtive for an adventure as epic as was
I'm not fully cast away
Endeavor for adventure so wonderful, as was before
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She fought against all odds with and without me
Beyond sanity, beyond reality she succeeds
Against my madness, against her own, suffering through battles and a void of torment
Beyond the mind cage she survives and lives free
My oath to her is to always stand beside her
Because I know that she is here to fight for me
Feind and VizilV are far gone and behind us but possibility is far more severe
You are what keeps me facing it
You are my everything
Sword in hand, always prepared to make a stand
to fight for the balance of Universe
My doubts, my fears, my hesitation
All my weakness you absterse
I will never forget, all that we have been through (the first time we met)
My mind will not consent it, my true life began with you
She fought against all odds with and without me
Beyond validity, beyond gravity she achieves
What great beauty, admiration, I can't describe accurately what this is
To me, she stands on the edge of possibility
I trust none more than she
I embrace no one as gladly
Love is a word perverted by futile minds who wallow helplessly and alone
What we are is what's real, you're a part of me
You are my home
Sword in hand, always prepared to make a stand
to fight for the balance of Universe
My doubts, my fears, my hesitation
All my weakness you absterse
I feel that this is second to none
There's no thing more than this
I should not believe in perfection
But perfect is what this is
A sword like that is a symbol of honor in the highest degree
A form such as your self, of grand purity
When I look inside my self I see you there at the core
And I hope to see you there for ever more
A sword like that is a symbol of honor in the highest degree
A form such as your self, of grand purity
When I look in side my self I see you there at the core
And I hope to see you there for ever more
Majesty engulfs me when I look in to your eyes
Inspiration screams passion when I see that smirk of yours
It feels so good, it hurts me
I can't imagine Universe without this
It feels so good, it hurts me
Such indescribable bliss bursts from me
Alizia, my perfect, your rune is carved in to the surface
Of the sword that slays my demons, I thank Universe every moment that I recall this
Alizia, my perfect, the mind of Universe is empty without you
From the start, beginning in Star's statue garden, and every other mind you have been is everything I want to feel
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Don't you want to be free
Don't expect it to be easy
With all this hate it seems there is no room for love
But it should not be enough to deceive
Come on, you want to be freed
Don't expect all answers from me
Most of them come from within you
Try to fight your own lack of honesty
Fears and fallacies and strain of mind
All your energies will settle in time
When you're feeling that you're ruined inside
Just remember it's a moment in life
All the fools have put a twist in your stride
Recall all this is a product of your pride
When you're feeling that you have died inside
Don't forget it's just one moment in life
I thought you wanted to be free
How hard can it really be?
Freedom comes from within you
It is in your control, don't you see?
Let's set you free
It's not good enough to follow me
I can not teach one how to love
But so many answers are locked inside
Fears and fallacies and strain of mind
All your energies will settle in time
When you are feeling that you are ruined inside
Just remember it's a moment in life
All the fools have put a twist in your stride
Recall all this is a product of your pride
When you are feeling that you have died in side
Don't forget it's just one moment in life
Don't lose your self
Don't forget who you are
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A voice moves silent through
The twisted city streets
The eyes, from tangled gardens, peer
He grins a broken smile through shattered teeth
He brings the darkest time of year
And he will save us now
And he will take us underground
Where we'll never be bound by love
Or the nightmares above
The night of dreams, when things are not as they may seem
Before the day we'll never know
He will take us while we're sleeping
And he will never let us go
And he will save us now
And he will take us underground
Where we'll never be bound by love
Or the nightmares above
Follow the sound
It's leading us down
Into the kingdom of under
We're lost and we're found
We're Nothing & Nowhere
Forever and ever
And he will save us now
And he will take us underground
Where we'll never be bound by love
Or the nightmares above
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Too eager to appease
The cure is the disease
And it's only growing worse
Day by day it takes its hold
Divides its cells a thousand-fold
And makes your blindness seem perverse
Out of sight and out of mind
Are deadly traits when they're combined
But it's easier that way
Sit and watch the world go by
While all the problems multiply
With nothing left to do but pray
I am the rain
Falling down to cover you
Wish me away
But I'm here for your own good
I am the storm
Sent to wake you from your dream
Show me your scorn
But you'll thank me in the end
These amenities are nice
But there is need for sacrifice
You must lose so you may gain
It's too easy to malign
The implements that steal our time
But it's we who are to blame
Fill your pockets while you can
And try to keep the upper hand
The voice of reason sounds so shrill
Surround yourself with all you own
Work your fingers to the bone
And happiness evades you still
I am the rain
Falling down to cover you
Wish me away
But I'm here for your own good
I am the storm
Sent to wake you from your dream
Show me your scorn
But you'll thank me in the end
Too eager to appease
You've lost the forest for the trees
And it really is a shame
It is such a sorry sight
When you evaluate your life
You've only got yourself to blame
I am the rain
Falling down to cover you
Wish me away
But I'm here for your own good
I am the storm
Sent to wake you from your dream
Show me your scorn
But you'll thank me in the end
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I'd only come here seeking peace
I'd only come here seeking me
It seems I came to leave
In your dream, you see me clear
I have no restraint, no fear
Powerless I watched from faces I'd assumed
My purpose set, my will defined
Caress the air, embrace the skies
Escape the sorrow and restraint of mortal cities
Give me time, I will be clear
Given time, you'll understand
What possesses me to right what you have suffered
I'm in this mood because of scorn
I'm in a mood for total war
To the darkened skies once more and ever onward
So many years I'd stood among
The thoughts and tears of those I served
Among my own I was alone through my own doing
All the years I walked unknown behind the faces I assumed
Powerless to clear your minds of what you'd suffered
They fall again
Give me time, I will be clear
Given time, you'll understand
What possesses me to right what you have suffered
I'm in this mood because of scorn
I'm in a mood for total war
To the darkened skies once more and ever onward
There is no faith in which to hide
Even truth is filled with lies
Doubting angels fall to walk among the living
I'm in this mood because of scorn
I'm in a mood for total war
To the darkened skies once more and ever onward
I'd only come here seeking peace
I'd only come here seeking me
It seems I came to leave
I'd only come here seeking peace
I'd only come here seeking me
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The sun rises every morning
But why are we so sure?
I'm looking out of the window
Empires arise and fall
We've been so long together
Forgotten hopes and pleasure
But when the time is right
We'll open our hearts
And disclose the treasure
So there are you
And here am I
Let's realize our dream
The time is right
Try to read between the lines
We've been running
Over battlefields
From century to century, to century
Nothing wrong nothing right
There was no day
There was no night
The sun rises every morning
But why are we so sure?
I'm looking out of the window
Empires arise and fall
We've been so long together
Forgotten hopes and pleasure
But when the time is right
We'll open our hearts
And disclose the treasure
So there are you
And here am I
Let's realize our dream
The time is right
Try to read between the lines
We've been running
Over battlefields
From century to century, to century
Nothing wrong nothing right
There was no day
There was no night
We took every painful step
Life for life and side by side
But finally look around
Some are lost and some are found
Lass die Erinnerung erwachen
I love you
So here are you
And here am I
Let's realize our dream
So here are you
And here am I
I'm still waiting for you
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The holy inquisition finds you guilty of heresy
And you and your descendants must be cleansed in blood
I see the sinners suffering
I hear them screaming and I watch them burn and die
It ain't looking good but never mind
'Cause now they fade away
The inquisition has done its job
The dead skews just a-blowing in the wind
Their hearts were black and full of sin
And now they fade away
They call him crazy
The wisdom and grace
I see the sinners suffering
I hear them screaming and I watch them burn and die
It ain't looking good but never mind
'Cause now they fade away
The inquisition has done its job
The dead skews just a-blowing in the wind
Their hearts were black and full of sin
And now they fade away
They call him crazy
The wisdom and grace
With the gaze of your heart
Search the depths of your soul
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You always wanna be the best
It's a struggle without an end
Running as fast as you can
But you will never reach your goal
It's the struggle of our daily life
Of politics and war
Everyone here runs so fast
But never seems to finish
And suddenly you find yourself
Running with the Red Queen
Through valleys and over hills
And sometimes against the stream
And suddenly you realize
Nothing here is what it seems
You are beyond the looking glass
Like Alice and the Red Queen
And when you wonder why
You cannot get to this point
Cannot finish what you started
Then you are through the looking glass
And suddenly you find yourself
Running with the Red Queen
Through valleys and over hills
And sometimes against the stream
And suddenly you realize
Nothing here is what it seems
You are beyond the looking glass
Like Alice and the Red Queen
You're far beyond reality
Or isn't this the real world?
Where we all struggle and fight
Without knowing what it's all for
And suddenly you find yourself
Running with the Red Queen
Through valleys and over hills
And sometimes against the stream
And suddenly you realize
Nothing here is what it seems
You are beyond the looking glass
Like Alice and the Red Queen
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Watching those flowers burning out tonight
Screams and soft lovers, memories of a fight
Slowly the clouds are fading into a cage
While from my hands is falling another page
Dreams and lost days are burning in the past
Velvet black rays are drifting now so fast
And in the great light I cannot see no more
Where is the right side, where is the golden door?
Mornings and colors are playing out of here
Because I don't remember the memories of fear
The aura of the moondawn is losing her contours
Sweet angels of heaven are missing their return
Dreams and lost days are burning in the past
Velvet black rays are drifting now so fast
And in the great light I cannot see no more
Where is the right side, where is the golden door?
Dreams and lost days are burning in the past
Velvet black rays are drifting now so fast
And in the great light I cannot see no more
Where is the right side, where is the golden door?
Echoes of whispers so similar to paint
Distant, so distant, like diamonds in the rain
And if for a moment these lights are on your lips
I know, there's no answer, but a wonderful eclipse
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Red Ankh
Red Ankh is highly experimental, including (but not in every song) elements of black metal, chiptune, dance, death metal,
folk, gabber, gothic, industrial, power metal, progressive, symphonic metal, groove metal, and trance.
Early works were mostly instrumental. That changed with Bronze. The goal of the project is to break down genre boundaries, keep music inventive, and inspire.
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