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1. |
Melekh
02:35
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His name was spoken
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2. |
The Wheel
10:57
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When I awoke all lay silent
Formed from the void, a wind came arising
Fell to the sky, the waves began their turning
Came to the tide in the half-light
Breathing life in the air
Blown from the north
Voices sending skywards
A song that’s bound in time
And the world was changed thereafter
Breathing life into the air
Fell from the sky and gave us to life
We all crawled from the tide in the half-light
Formed from the void, a stone came to life
We all crawled from the tide in the half-light
I fell...
Light. Rain. Fire. Laughter.
Joy. Pain. Birth. Violence.
It takes time.
The earth is young
Green and fertile
When lines are drawn
Bounds are broken
So, we fail
When we take it apart from the root
Oh!
Breaking apart
Torn to pieces
Scattered by the wind
We are turned from the garden
We are thrown from the wheel e’er turning
We fell when we pulled up the root
Divide and part
We fell when we pulled up the root
Doomed from the start
Fell from the sky and gave us to life
We all crawled from the tide in the half-light
Formed from the void, a stone came to life
We all crawled from the tide in the half-light
We fell when we pulled up the root
From unspoken dreams
I hear a wind rising in the leaves
The wind will rise and the earth will shake
I heard the movement of the earth’s tectonic plates
The wind will howl and the bough will break
I heard the screaming of the earth’s tectonic plates
The wind kicks up
The ground beneath shakes beneath your feet
Eä dreaming
The wind kicks up
The ground beneath falls beneath your feet
Eä waking
Oh!
Breaking apart
Torn to pieces
Scattered by the wind
We are turned from the garden
We are thrown from the wheel e’er turning
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3. |
Hymn
01:00
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4. |
Ancient Sands
12:41
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Small men will cower
In caves they stole
Entrenched in fear
Their worlds so small
Be gone from my sight!
Here be monsters!
The whole world could still be open
But now a fear grows
The garden could still be growing
But now a horde grows
Serpent! Go back!
To where you crawled from!
Fear grows
The wind blows
Once crystal waters
Ran clear from the mountain to the sea
Glistening clearly
Beckoning to come and drink
And be made anew
Be away
Gone from my sight
Retreat or
Turn with fire
Hold the tide
With your bones so frail
Lost to time
Their walls will fail
You’ll be devoured
In the sands of time
Strongholds returned
To the muck and mire
Be gone from my sight!
Here be monsters!
The quiet was still unbroken
But now a horn blows
Crawl on your belly!
Back to your pit!
Or else come, suffer!
Promises are broken
Faces familiar turn
Fear keeps you frozen
While all your houses burn
Promises are broken
Faces familiar turn
Fear keeps you frozen
While all your children burn
Let the bodies pile
Throw them on the fire
Watch the smoke arise
Drifting t’wards the light
The dead ascend skywards
With fire and fury
In murderous rapture
Dance around the fire
Of burning flesh
Driving out the heathens
Arms aloft in glee
For painted gods
Stained in blood
Blood
Serpent! Go back!
To where you crawled from!
Flesh rips from bone
In burning homes
Deeds unforgiven
Now we part
Divided lands
Lines are drawn
In ancient sands
Hold the tide
With your bones so frail
Lost to time
Their walls will fail
We all live for a moment
Under the same sky
But we remain on different sides
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5. |
Numi
01:25
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6. |
Burning World
11:01
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Light those fires
March to the beating drum
Pillaging the natural
With purpose
Smoke climbs higher
Billowing ochre
Frightening the animals
From their homes
Find a light in the dark
Before the world you know turns to dust
Blood runs colder
Watching the woeful burn
Falling off the edge of the earth
With no hope
Find a light in the dark
Before the world you know turns to dust
Temper the hurt
Before we all fall down into the dirt
The dry, cracked earth
Through the smoke
The forest falls
A cold wind blows
For us all
Ancient rains from the world awoke
Protects herself, a fire was smote
Piercing shrieks from beasts unknown
None left alive, perished in their droves
Forged in the fires
Monuments to our glories arise
Broke on the backs of the many
Abhorrent deeds enshrined
Behold!
Lurid spires will blacken the sky
In the eye of night
Halls of great men conspire
To deprive of life
Become worm’s meat
We will hasten your journey
Retreat from the light
We are many, legion
Black mage seated high above
The burning world
Fields of dead
Erased in their thousands
None are left
Strewn across these arid lands
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7. |
Colony / A Gathering
10:56
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Above all, feed the young
Heed your mother’s call
Feather your own
And you will yet prevail
Where the others have already failed
Down below, when worms won’t grow
We’ll pick over the bones of our own
Can’t breathe underwater
Falling in the fire
High upon the mountain
A colony retires
A cold wind blows on
Full of fear
For us all
Can you hear...
Prey on the weaklings
Those feeble ones are your chance to eat
So please, have no mercy on those beneath
Their worlds will never keep
No
Stay on the ground
Like the worms you are
Keep on the ground
Leave the birds to work
When this world goes
You will know to curse
The dead world below
Weak light
Vague cries
The seas rise
The bough is dry
Behold the ailing sun
Pray for all those yet to come
Prepare for all to come undone
Greet all of those who have come to mourn
Fall to the earth
Bled dry
Curse this dead and dying clump of dirt
Left to die
Black sky
Bless these noble men and all they’ve done
Fall to earth
Bled dry
The blind leading the blind into the dark
Left to die
Black sky
Look upon the weak and dying sun
Walk on black sand
Mourn this dead land
Behold!
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8. |
The Cataclysm
05:25
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Only when the sun is gone
Will the folly of man be certain
Only when the sun is gone
Will the presence of man be undone
When we first crawled from the ocean
To the land we called our own
A future always seemed so certain
Now the seeds of doubt are sewn
Try to turn the tide but the damage is done
Into the fear of the unknown
And now we sit in wait for a cataclysm
In the place we call our home
Only when the sun is gone
Will the folly of man be certain
Only when the sun is gone
Will the presence of man be undone
Now the sleeping giants are stirring
Saw the swelling of the seas
Billows from the forests as they’re burning
Heard the felling of the trees
Hidden in the darkness was lurking
What we thought could never be
And now we only line our coffins
What was sewn must now be reaped
I hear a wind rise in the night
Hear it blowing
I heard the song fade with a sigh
Recedes to nothing
The rest is silence
Let it echo across these islands
Look into the sun
Stare into the face sending skywards
Hear the wind, here it comes
Hear the wind, it is done
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Dawnwalker London, UK
Dawnwalker is a collective of musicians based in London, England and led by songwriter Mark Norgate. Their music blends
modern metal with experimental rock and progressive influences.
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