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In Heaven
03:13
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our time is short
before the presence of divine
control your breath and now entrust your trembling hand to mine
we have been waiting
throughout the sorrows of the night
shall we now enter into the promised meadows of the light?
should we be left behind?
a life so squandered, lost for time
we sold our inheritance to wander aimless, undefined
but we weep in silence,
only angels hear above
in throes of His embrace we seek His everlasting love
up there in heaven
we will soar above the sky
above the cracking sky, up there in heaven
the way the dawn will blaze away
the sorrows of the night
up there in heaven
up there in heaven
we will fly above the sky
into the arms of life, up there in heaven
the way the crystal waves
will break upon the ivory shore
up there in heaven
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The Frigid Air Between
04:01
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I taste every moment
aside you in sanctuary
with blurring eyes
oh, you shimmer
I saw a glint of streaming tears,
they were melting down your face
in the darkness there, drift away again
leave a memory of skin and lace
you say things that don't make sense,
I can't understand what you mean
the words hang frozen, writ upon
the frigid air between
ephemeral moments draw to an end,
a kind of purgatory to begin
clasp the fading images to my heart
will I ever see you again?
and through the window I watch you leave,
a bitter and familiar scene
you leave behind only memories
and the frigid air between
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upon the precipice, beneath the night so rare
misted breath and frosted dew, the silence in the air
the stars, they whirled above us, the constellations twined
your eyes, how brilliantly, how brilliantly they shined
hell forged our unity and tempered it with fire
and fire burned me through
I'd been through everything, gave everything for you
and you did too
thrall to your dark religion, how perfect was our love?
daughter of all creation, writ on the sky above
but you could not avoid the inhumanity
when all the stars in heaven came crashing down on me
hell forged our unity and swiftly fell the night
a candle twice as bright
edge of reality, our destiny in two
severed without you
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temptation 'fore the fall
candlelight plays shadow tricks upon the old brick wall
the flame reflected in your eyes
mesmerize
sorrow sun, the black eclipse
taste of wine upon your lips
the pain remained long after you had gone
mourning star, you're in the sky
and I lie awake at night
thinking of the hours before the dawn
a kiss so near the lips
the scent of wanton perfume in the air
despise your lover, follow me into iniquity
if you dare
sorrow sun, the black eclipse
taste of wine upon your lips
the pain remained long after you had gone
mourning star, you're in the sky
and I lie awake at night
thinking of the hours before the dawn
sorrow sun, behind the clouds
whisper my name aloud
the pain remained long you had gone
mourning star, you're in the sky
constellations going by
I can only count the hours til you had gone
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Solar White
04:15
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lost there between us
amid a scattering of leaves
so very far apart
all the trivial things we believe
a breeze kicks up between us
the colors waste away
I promised you a happy home
all the colors waste away
can I again be caught
so lost among the words?
all the colors fade away
into pastels, the color of the birds
come for me, oh come for me
just don't forget about me
wherever we will be
I drew your silhouette into the skies
a theater of scenes
a lifetime of last goodbyes
fingerpainted there upon the skies
and within I'm burning,
oh God, I'm burning, consume it all
under your radiance, solar white
I blaze and I fall
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Ataraxia
03:00
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a game in heaven scored
cry out for help ignored
those who die must first live by the sword
cradled humanity
gave us iniquity
that we had no soul to see
the rage behind your eyes
expose a litany of lies
we are ataraxia
the blood within your veins
never rises, never threatens us again
we are ataraxia
behold our faith
we walk in endless day
we are perfect in our own unequal, imperfect way
we are the law where law is scorned
and we are the rose where bush is thorned
sanctified to wash off all our inhumanity
the rage behind your eyes
expose a litany of lies
we are ataraxia
the blood within your veins
never rises, never threatens us again
we are ataraxia
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Zodiac Heart
03:32
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weigh my love upon the scales
what is your wish?
my heart is a river poured from an ever-flowing dish
stars upon the midnight skies
constellations going by
and I wonder why
take the flowers in my hand, be careful of the thorns,
bull by the horns
my sting is my art
two in one we'll be, together here inseperably
I can read the love lines there upon your zodiac heart
precious girl, will you fire your arrows at me?
you batter down my defenses
and in the brave new world
our sanctuary there defiled;
the roaring of the wild
take the flowers in my hand, be careful of the thorns,
bull by the horns
my sting is my art
two in one we'll be, together here inseperably
I can read the love lines there upon your zodiac heart
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XYBeautiful Wrocław, Poland
Thoughtful lyrics about love and faith lost. Savage dark industrial sounds. Pristine, the debut album by Seattle's XY Beautiful is a journey of misery and hope.
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