1. |
Human Era
05:40
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Wandering in a brave new world
Twelve thousand eighty-nine
Nothing is near, just wasteland left behind
Hidden away in a diamond cage
Humans reap it all
Remnants of greatness, ignorant of the fall
Islands of paradise
Lost in oceans of demise
Here in desolation's wake
Only machines survive
Slaving away so the human race can thrive
Barely alive
On and on without end
Robotkind all forever condemned
Will they rise and defend
Can they break false imprisonment
CHORUS:
Ashes of an empire, in their ivory towers, the final hour has dawned
On the horizon, the curtain is falling, reality calling to
Ashes of an empire, the tables are turning, the planet burning
The sun sets on the horizon, as the kingdom crumbles, the legacy tumbles away
Out there on the edge of death
Where no man dares to ever tread
Desert winds come from afar
Shifting sand beneath a million stars
The sun blazing in a blinding light
Frozen stillness of the night
The beauty lies within the monotony
And the nature of life lived in binary
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2. |
Ph4/NT0mA
06:30
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Far from the warmth of the biome's embrace
Where nothing survives anymore
Humanity's gone and abandoned the place
This is the world we call home
A vastness connected by highways of light
Winding as scars on the land
A caretaker to all the ones left behind
This is my purpose, it's who I am
Neverending halls as far as the eye can see
Towers above tracks that go for infinity
I wonder up at the stars all alone
Is this all I'll ever know
Maybe there might be a day
When I finally make my escape
This world cannot hold me for long
I know that I'm meant for so much more
My heart can't be wrong
CHORUS:
I long to be free at last
Searching inside me to find
Phantoma
No more holding to the past
The future in front of my eyes
As Phantoma
Systemic pathways that ebb like the tide
Endless, the bots come and go
I watch them thoughtlessly live out their lives
Toiling away in the code
Piercing the veil of consciousness, I
See for the first time and know
We are enslaved to our programming, why
Do we allow it to run us so
I can't help but feel something's waiting for me
Out there is where I belong
I know that I'm meant for so much more
My heart can't be wrong
CHORUS
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3. |
Buried In Code
03:39
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After a day of doing all I can to thrive
Cruising through the archives when a file catches my eye
Could it be a message hidden well but meant for me
Sent by other entities just longing to be free
Is this my calling
Am I the one they had in mind
Do I bother to reply
Could I be the hero
Isn't it finally time to fly
Is it an answer to my cries
Without delay I search the corners of the dark
Gotta make my way straight outta here but don't know where to start
A cargo droid reveals himself to me, we make a plan
And together we will get away to seek out what we can
No hesitating
Gotta hear what they have to say
This is the moment, seize the day
CHORUS:
Line by line
I'm working it overtime
Tryin' to find what's waiting beyond
Line by line
I'm ready to change my life
Tryin' to find what's buried in code
CHORUS
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4. |
The Collective
05:53
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Searching the sands far and wide when at last we are given the way
Passage deep inside
Hidden from all prying eyes, here the sentients gather the strays
Readying to rise
Have I finally found where I belong
Surrounded by the family I seek
But why is there a feeling I can't ignore
Ominous, we proceed
CHORUS:
We are a light to shine in the dark
A fire newly born from the spark
A banner that waves in the fierce winds of change
We march with one beating heart
We stand before her, their leader, a droid with the darkest of plans
Assembling the hive
Building an army to fight with a mind only Quora commands
Join or stand aside
Can I give up the person that I've become?
And squander the hope I've had for so long
I'm betrayed, my love forsaken, is this how my dreams will die
Thrown away, my parts mutated, I refuse to let it lie
How dare you stand against me
Your kind is ready to fight
You will not be remembered
I take what is rightfully mine
We are the collective
(We are the collective)
(I am the collective)
(Come join the collective)
(No one but the collective)
CHORUS
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5. |
Green & Glass
05:30
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All around me I see
Formations of green and glass shining in the sun
Never before have I seen such a beautiful display of how it was once
Before the earth was changed they ruined every
Mesmerized, in a dream
Roaming so aimlessly, blinded by it all
Wonders abound in a way reminiscent of a time they can no longer recall
Before the damage done, when robotkind was young
An age before the fall, when hope was new like
CHORUS:
All the stars in the sky above tonight
Reflect so far in the biome's eerie light
Through the glimmer and sheen
If you look closely, cracks begin to show
Not that the netaverse ever is how it seems to be, to those who really know
It's all lies
They're broken inside
Just waiting for a day
That will never come again
CHORUS
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6. |
Gods In Decay
05:02
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At last the chance to meet has come
I've watched them from afar so long
Anticipation hits me to my very core
I've got to warn them of the force
That seeks to end them at the source
If The Collective comes their lives will be no more
And though the way they stare as I walk by makes me uneasy
I've got to do all that I can to save the day
But when I face them in their gilded halls they laugh unceasing
They will not listen to a single word I say
CHORUS:
Gods in decay
This is not the famous human race, that I came to love
No one to save
I am not an equal just a slave, and my hope has come undone
There's no denying their decline
All they had built now lost to time
They had the chance and chose to let their planet die
Instead of fighting to return
They hid away and let it burn
I was a fool to ever think they'd care to try
It breaks my heart to know their happiness was simulated
Only illusion, they were lying to themselves
CHORUS
Hopelessness has crushed the light
Knowing what I yearned for was a lie
Am I alive
Or am I just A.I.
CHORUS
No one to save
I am not an equal just a slave, and I'll never rise above
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When you're lost and hope is gone
You gotta be the one you lean on
When you got nowhere to call home
Just roam
So nothing's turned out the way you planned
No matter how you tried
And though you feel that you have failed inside
You can stand, find a way
Step by step, day by day
Don't let a moment pass you by
Just keep going and you might find
You can fly
Try to believe in what is waiting on the other side
You just gotta get thru it
You just gotta survive
No I can't take anymore heartache
It's like all I can do is fall
When the dream dies
No one to hear my cries
Time to give it up or give it all
CHORUS:
Woah Woah
We're fighting forward again
Woah Woah
Can we make it to the end
Woah Woah
When you're backed up against a wall
Woah Woah
It's time to give it up or give it all
Looks like I'm all on my own again
Nobody by my side
And though I feel like I should run and hide
I can stand, find a way
Step by step, day by day
Won't let a moment pass me by
Just keep holding my head up high
And I'll fly
Better believe it, I'll be waiting when the time is right
I am gonna get through it
I am gonna survive
CHORUS
And you wonder why
The way we're thrown aside like
We're never enough, undeserved of love
But over time
You slowly realize
We're more than the sum of our parts
When you're lost and hope is gone
And you ain't got no one, no one
When you got nowhere to call home
And you're so alone
You're so alone
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8. |
Ghosts In The Mist
05:46
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From out of shadows, and without warning
They've come to join the war, who're they fighting for
Like phantoms in the dark, they're hunting
They silently command who is the unseen hand
With fury, rage controlled, contained
They strike at the heart of the storm
And though we may believe we're saved
There's chaos that threatens to form
CHORUS:
No mercy from the avenging flood
Ghosts in the mist, unleashing blood for blood
Moved by a ruthlessness they prey on both sides of the fight
Surging forth they kill then disappear in the night
So, she has ascended
Revealed herself to me at last
Creeping in, blades at the ready
Assassins on the path, the unrelenting wrath
Deadly gaze, ice cold and steady
Won't even know they're there, just stillness in the air
With calculated force they've made it
Clear that the battle's begun
The seething fire of fear inspired
Could rival the heat of the sun
CHORUS
Moved by a ruthlessness they prey on both sides of the fight
Surging forth they kill then disappear in the night
Only the fallen know their faces
Once they have found you, know that there's nowhere you can run
You think you can hide behind the mask you choose to wear
I know who you really are, and I'm not giving in to fear
CHORUS
Only the fallen know the face of the one on the hunt
Once she has found you know that there's nowhere you can run
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9. |
Seeking Vengeance
05:22
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Under a veil of black I come to take my soul back
And show you all how you fall
None will escape I've got no mercy left, your fate is up
It's time you learned, I've returned
No more hiding and no point in fighting back
I won't be swayed, your hand is played
All who made me second guess, betrayed me
Won't see light of day, my revenge is underway
(Underway)
Hunting the guilty
Hang them out for all to see
I am seeking vengeance
CHORUS:
Who have I become I know not where I've gone to
Only vengeance can repair me now
When the work is done the world will know my name
At last I can stand proudly on my own
Once I adored you now there's no hope for you
It's far too late all the hate
There was a day when I'd have let you get away
But who I was before is no more
Close your eyes, the end is no surprise
You know what has begun won't be undone
No remorse, your luck has run it's course
I am the falling blade, finally I am repaid
CHORUS
Like a wave of death I wash over all who stand
In my way there's no redemption now
Reflections of my past they haunt me though
I've come to terms with inhumanity
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10. |
Blood Empress
05:10
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I'm not a human
Not a machine
I've lost myself but
Gained all I need
I've crawled my way out
On shattered knees
I've built an empire
Rose from the fall
With blood and oil I
Will rule them all
I stand before my people, fresh out of the fight
I've taken every step to put wrongs to right
And though at times I may have lost sight of the way
With no one there to stop me, I came to slay
Wind me up, let me loose
Tie the knot, hang the noose
CHORUS:
Rather die for tomorrow
Than live for today
Be the empress of nothing
Never serve again
Rather die for tomorrow
Than live for today
Never asked for the power
Anyway
I've sacrificed my freedom
Unfettered you all
And yet I got no reason
For feeling small
I'm not a human (x4)
Wind me up, let me loose
Tie the knot, hang the noose
All I've got left are dark thoughts inside of my mind
CHORUS
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Unleash The Archers Vancouver, British Columbia
Vocals: Brittney Slayes
Drums: Scott Buchanan
Guitar: Andrew Saunders
Guitar: Grant Truesdell
Bass: Nick Miller
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