1. |
The Scavenger
06:29
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You will have no ordinary son
He will bring misfortune unto all
And all he'll make them do is suffer
All he'd ever done was waste around
Now it was the time to stand his ground
Takes what he wants without mind of consequence
Does all he can to protect what he scavenges
Delusional because he loves her
Lost within the cobwebs of his mind
(Like a fly, he is stuck in a web, so entangled in his machinations)
Carved a notch each day to pass the time
(he did now know what he was or what he was longing after)
Locked inside a room without a key
(And to us it may seem like a day, but to him it's been a thousand lifetimes)
He only knew but one sweet melody
Hidden away from the sight of society
All that he does he believes will set you free
Delusional because he lost her
Our lonesome Scavenger
Wanders the earth
Looking for someone to call home
When will he ever see
A moment of peace and tranquility
Only when walking down The Row
Look in his eyes
The light, it has died
He's trying to find
Somewhere to hide
Keep her inside
Away from the light
Save her tonight
From everything outside
Delusional because
Our lonesome Scavenger
Wanders the earth
Looking for someone to call home
(Looking for someone to call home)
When will he ever see
A moment of peace and tranquility
Only when walking down The Row
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2. |
Top Of The World
05:43
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Reach out beyond the light
Look to the world for the very first time
Witness the sight of a heavenly being
That beckons you forward to break yourself free
The wandering scavenger
Finally free from his keyless cage
(Out of the dark)
Now he embarks
Searching the earth
For his sweet seraphim
All that he knows is that
He's on top of the world
Finally able to look up and see
The sun set and rise
He's still searching for the melody the one from his childhood dreams
He keeps pressing on
But struggles to find
The godly guardian angel that will bring him peace of mind
With nowhere to go, and nowhere to hide
He quickly learns that everything is dangerous outside
Lurking around
Avoid the light
Only night gives temporary solace
Stay underground
There's no one to fear
But you know you'll never find her hiding here
Hidden away
Keep on searching for the one who set you free,
Free from your cage
Tread the earth until you cross her path again
And bask in her grace
Crumble to your knees and pray
Don't come near me
Don't revere me
Pray to someone else
Cause I am
Not your savior
Or salvation
Leave me be
Please have you lost your mind
Our lonesome scavenger is turned away
He lost the chance to thank his savior
Never will he face the girl again
Wandering far to find his way back home
He takes a long solemn look at the sky
Where the sun wake from sleeping in
And the moon goes to bed with the stars
He was at the top
The top of the world
Had his heart
Entirely unfurled
Determined now to see her once again
To make his amends
He will save her from the unforgiving world
That he had to bear (bear on his own)
He won't rest until he saves the angel he's been searching for
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3. |
Where It All Went Wrong
05:10
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Never lost, never found, never gained
Never took, never borrowed, never blamed
He never learned to speak, or eat what the others eat
They locked him away
A curse of fate brought about by a prophet
A tragic end before it had begun
Well he hopes to find the melody
Cause he's sure that it's the remedy
To all the malice none of which he is to blame
But while it's night
We seek the light
Shying away from what we know is in the shadows
And while it's day
We hide away
From the world we've never known forever
"Hey, Hey"
Why are you hiding?
"Stay, Stay"
Sitting here idly
Will you sit around and decompose
Or will you stand up to the world
"Hey, Hey"
Don't come back till you find her
"Pray, Pray"
Pray that nobody else has taken her away from you
I think it's time to come up for some air
But while it's night
We seek the light
Shying away from what we know is in the shadows
And while it's day
We hide away
From the world we've never know
Don't come near me
Don't revere me
Pray to someone else
Cause I am
Not your savior
Or salvation
Leave me be
Please have you lost your mind
There's nothing left
I gave you all I had to give
But in no time
You threw me to the side
Let me be the one to set us free from life
Don't come near me
Don't revere me
Pain is not the end I fear
I'm not your savior
Do you favor
Those who died
Before the ones alive
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4. |
Duplicity
06:51
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I walk alone forever waiting
To find the one who has escaped me
Though I've gone through every trial and tribulation
I'll keep on searching for the one who set me free
Don't peek into the looking glass
That is not me
I'm not what you can see
This time I hope that you will pass and we'll lock eyes
I could have sworn I saw you in another life
Our paths will cross and I'll be different you'll see
Why do you wanna live for me
This being that I become at inconvenient times
I struggle sometimes to find some simple peace of mind
Is there anyone who might be free from the gripping pain of life
So spare me your apathy and bring me sweet divine
Come with me and we'll be
Free from all the death that life brings
Show me greed, show me silent suffering and
All that blood you bleed
I need someone near me
I need you to hear me through the walls
Our deaths are identical but our lives are never the same
I won't let go
Stay with me darling
I need somebody dear you see
Can you send me off to sleep?
But why are you crying
I thought that you would send me first
but now I know your selfishness
and I, oh I
I have to to turn the clock and stop
you from falling asleep without me
I need someone near me
I need you to hear me through the walls
Our deaths are identical but our lives are never the same
why did you go without me
I need someone near me
I need you to hear me through the walls
Our deaths are identical but our lives are never the same
I won't let go
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5. |
Delusion
04:31
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Come to me
Don't look behind you, all has turned to gray
A fear you once were wary to believe
Has reared its ugly head and shown it's teeth
Throw away that water
You must become our martyr
Lambs led to the slaughter
Violent fits of laughter
Look inside
Welcome your delusion
Don't deny, your idiosyncratic way of life
A sinner stands out on the ledge
Waiting to fall, for he can't take the extra step
A saint sits in confessional
Bending belief, so he won't be the one to fall
Follow me
You looked behind and saw that it all fades away
And everything you were taught to believe
Has turned to dust and landed at your feet
Look inside
Welcome your delusion
Don't deny, your idiosyncratic way of life
Heart, watch it fade away
Sight, led the heart astray
Mind, locked in its own cage
Self, none of it remains
Heart, watch it fade away
Sight, led the heart astray
Mind, locked in its own cage
Self, none of it remains
Cause you're delusional
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6. |
Domino
06:30
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Take my wings and run
They will lead you home
Don't look back I'm right behind you
I won't let you go
Take my hands and hold
Don't let go of me
Take the words right from my lips
I will never leave without you
Sands fall through your fingertips
You try to pick them up, grain by grain
Your heart is like an hourglass,
It's filled up to be poured out once again
Keep your head up high
There's nothing past the sky
The stars burn out at night
It'll leave you asking why
We all have to fade
Sleep inside a grave
Can you feel the rain?
Walk among the ivory and
Marvel at the marble white as snow
Go through the light in front of you and
Ask them which direction you should go
The things you did that led you here,
They're causing an effect like dominoes
I wish that you would come back home,
Why did you have to go?
I found you while you were alone,
I took you home with me
You're mine whether you want to be or not,
It's up to me, I need you
I kept you in my cellar and
I fed you twice a day
You tried to break your chains and leave
But your not as strong as me, I broke you
Keep your head up high
There's nothing past the sky
The stars burn out at night
It'll leave you asking why
We all have to fade
Sleep inside a grave
Can you feel the rain?
Feel the rope break my fall
Silence your calls
While your tied to the wall
You lost it all
Hold onto me
You said you'd never leave
Fly on my wings above the earth
Take it in, for what it's worth
Walk among the ivory and marvel at the marble white as snow
Go through the light in front of you and ask them which direction you should go
You walk among the ivory and
Marvel at the marble white as snow
The things you did that led you here,
They're causing an effect like dominoes
Walk among the ivory and
Marvel at the marble white as snow
The things you did that led you here,
They're causing an effect like dominoes
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7. |
Sanctuary
04:40
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Trying to sleep
Hearing taps upon my window
I shouldn't be alarmed
I live alone on the 22nd floor
Did I remember to check that I locked the door
After running upstairs when I thought that I saw him
I'm so paranoid, worried if I forgot
If I lost the spare key after I changed the locks
Are you forgetting what you had said to me
I said "hang on a moment
I'm not sure that I can see you again
After what had went over"
The things that you did
I need to get far away from
You
Don't be scared, I'm simply here to harm you
Be afraid, there's no way I could hurt you
Come with me, we'll hide in sanctuary
What do you mean you'll stay, you have no choices any more
Just keep your head up high
Reach out and touch the sky
We'll watch the stars at night
We all have to fade
Dance upon your grave
As you feel your final rain
I loved you
But you started crying out
For someone to save you
Your heroes here
You found him
It's me, the one who'll save you
Don't be scared, I'm simply here to harm you
Be afraid, there's no way I could hurt you
Come with me, we'll hide in sanctuary
What do you mean you'll stay, you have no choices any more
Take a walk with me and you will see the path laid out before you
You saw the signs and let your spirit die
I saved you in end
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8. |
Grey
08:02
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Living through a life in monochrome
Am I really here, or am I just a ghost?
I don't think a soul knows I'm alive
(Will he fade away?)
Waiting for the rain to run its course
It'll wash me away and take me far from shore
Let my mind and body drift away
What could I have done?
When love turns to loss and broken promises
You're tearing down the towers we made
Are you still here or did you run away?
Was there something I said that made you want to stay?
Colors of the world begin to fade
The cogs in the machine are coming to a grinding halt
Wasting away, in leprotic sanctimonium
(what have we become?)
Days are lost with all the burning bridges crossed
A religion of thieves,
The division that leaves its Acolytes in bitter shock
Why won't you save me from this?
Impossible hypocrisy
(You tried but you can never leave)
You stole my sight and truth revealed itself to me
Cause it all turns grey
Don't try to fight it
Watch the colors fade away
Out of sight, devoid of life
Cause it all turns grey
Embrace the silence just to find that it
All turns back to grey
Can I withstand the force of entropy?
Cause everytime that I wake the less that I believe
I deserve a second chance at all
(will he fade away?)
Too scared to go but too afraid to stay
And now I'm stuck somewhere between the tithe I have to pay
Bear the burden or just take the fall
What have I become?
When lies turn to the leverage of the little things
To keep the truth from ever really happening
Is there a winner when all's said and done?
Cause neither got the better of the other one
Give it up or give into the sun
Will this ever end?
(Will this ever end?)
When did it begin?
(When did it begin?)
Who is there to blame?
(Who is there to blame?)
For giving in to circumstance
How will he move on?
(How will he move on?)
After murdering the one
(After murdering the one)
He swore himself to save
(He swore himself to save)
How does one live through this fate?
His hands have been raised
Today is the day
To face a world he's never known
What will everyone say?
"Does the sinner think he can atone?"
(We all know that the answer's no)
He'll have to wait until he faces judgment day
Cause it all turns grey
Don't try to fight it
Watch the colors fade away
Out of sight, devoid of life
Cause it all turns grey
Embrace the silence just to find that it
All turns back to grey
I won't try to fight it
I have recognized that
I am but a reject
Just an earthly defect
I was no one's savior
I was never able
I have finally found that
I'm just a delusion
I won't try to fight it
I have realized that
I am but a heathen
Just an lowly demon
I am no one's martyr
I'll just fall apart cause
I have finally found that
I'm just a delusion
Cause it all turns grey
Don't try to fight it
Watch the colors fade away
Out of sight, devoid of life
Cause it all turns grey
Tried to break the silence just to find that it
All turns back to grey
Cause it all turns grey
Cause it all turns grey
Cause it all turns grey
Cause it all turns grey
Cause it all turns grey
Cause it all turns grey
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9. |
Repose
05:34
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I was always told that the world was a dangerous place
You should never let your true colors show
Unless you want them to know your real face
Still I want to believe
All hope has left me
While I wallow in self pity
And curse at those more fortunate than me
In my final days, I find
Truth in destined isolation and yet
(Nothing makes a difference)
But it's far too late to save
All the broken and forsaken, and yet
I will fight until my dying breath
They all sit on a throne
Made of rubble and bone
While the rest of us scavenge
Just imagine, if they were thrown to the action
But what would it take
To erase their mistakes
Of a boy left alone
With nothing but all of his sins to atone
Now he waits on the Row
To be sent down below
As he's strapped to the chair
Not knowing that he should be feeling despair
For the hour has arrived
And the sinner must die
Just a tooth for a tooth
And a lie for a lie
In my final days, I find
Truth in destined isolation, and yet
(Nothing makes a difference)
But it's far too late to save
All the broken and forsaken, and yet
And I believe I've found
Nothing sacred lasts forever, and yet
Forced into the light, despite
All attempts to be her savior
Get me out of here
Bring me back to my beloved
Before I'm lost in the fade
Now everything is clear
I was cursed from the start
Always apathetic
They had ostracized you
Never stated why
Letting the tides of life wash over you
Remove the sins you never had at all
In my final days, I find
Truth in destined isolation and yet
(Nothing makes a difference)
But it's far too late to save
All the broken and forsaken, and yet
I will fight until my dying breath
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10. |
Foreward
02:21
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Enoch Root New York, New York
Enoch Root is a NY based alternative-progressive rock band created by multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Reese Ortenberg. With influences from bands like The Dear Hunter, Haken, and Porcupine Tree, Enoch Root creates a surreal and intense listening experience with powerful melodies, overarching themes, and twisting riffs full of ear candy. ... more
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