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(Hope)

by Vona

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1.
This is our time Take life into your own hands This is our time So hold on tight This is our time Take life into your own hands This is our time It starts today A tight knot to keep your shoes strapped It’s one long hard road from here on out You have got to take this one time chance One last push and win it Never been this ready Am I doing the right thing? Is this the right path for me? A distant church bell reminds me This life won’t go on eternally The time is always right To follow your calling The cure and answer it should be Will not be held back, I set myself free Set myself free This is our time Take life into your own hands This is our time So hold on tight This is our time Take life into your own hands This is our time It starts today Am I doing the right thing? Is this the right path for me? A distant church bell reminds me This life won’t go on eternally The time is always right To follow your calling The cure and answer, it should be Will not be held back, I set myself free
2.
Ahimsa 03:10
Pacifists of the world Arise from the ruins You once called your home Heal the wounds Mend its broken bones Peace-keepers of old Defend your name Reclaim the hold Take back what is yours How can we live like this? How can we live like this? We scrape from the bottom In a river of blood The gold beneath the sand, just dust Can you feel the fire in these words? These are the days, the flame must spark in you Be the change that you want to see in the world Be the antidote to see this dying race through See us through As easily as the leaf Is plucked from its tree So shall we Set ourselves free From fear of death Find the inner ember Within the ash The smoke wont blind you Rest assured, you'll burn Set yourself aflame The pacifist self-immolates Set yourself aflame
3.
Young Hearts 03:42
Dear friend You lost yourself again To the deepest dark Of your young heart Dear friend Do not let this weight bend your back Have its will upon your flesh A broken hearts inevitable ache Has been the pain of existence To my inner circle Let ourselves be infected By the poison that goes straight into the mind and holds Captives of those that let it enfold Imprisoning the body and soul Youth, it hurts Each passing year like a dagger straight through your chest Truth, unfair So unfair cus you never asked for any of this It went way back to your formative years Mom and dads divorcal was the greatest fear That you ever fucking had Love was supposed to be like a perfect match lock to your key You wouldnt even mind if it was forced right open But the years went so fast it came unexpected Like a door kicked down When they said love hurts it was a total understatement You heard it so many times you grew numb, of what was to come You'd give your young heart away to anyone But it was ripped from your chest Ripped straight from your chest Dear friend You lost yourself again To the deepest dark Of your young heart Dear friend Do not let this weight bend your back have its will Have its weight upon your flesh Dear friend...
4.
Unity and respect Said words to live by But when your guard went down It was just a polite smile I gave you all I had I took you as my family But when I asked the same from you Every back was turned to me This one's not for you Fake friends and turn-coats This one's not for you Words never rang true, no This one's not for you It shall be written This one's not for you They spat at us But the winds always turn So quick to judge You don’t even know me Still you hold some kind of grudge I stand my ground Will not be held down I wanna thank you For pushing me to write this song Cus now i know This will never be where I belong I wanna tell you That I know how this is gonna end You’re so see-through You'll be the first here to lose all your friends This one's not for you Fake friends and turn-coats This one's not for you Words never rang true This one's not for you It shall be written This one's not for you They spat at us But the winds always turn This one's not for you...
5.
Socrates 03:05
Question everything Agitation sets the truth free Should this have me hung high? Straying from the herd becomes a crime Let my veins drain dry In true bliss, this free man dies Watch me die This free man dies We know only that we know nothing Oh, but the fool would claim the adverse This free man dies Socrates Truth is a most shallow word There are always two sides to the mysteries of this world We turn to simple equations to answer the questions unanswered for ages and you You think you're always right when you You never stand alone and fight At least I have my own voice I'll never be just an echo I stand alone At the end of the day we have to live with ourselves I am the final judge, my conscience clean Should this be my earthly death Can you say the same? When you’re crowned the fake king Will you hang your head in shame? You stand passively silenced I’ll keep on screaming Hoping the fear that deafens ears Will ring out into silence, the time is near You stand perfectly still The world keeps on turning When the years have passed you by Will you stand on the same side? Will you stand on the same side? When the years have passed you by Will you deny it all and hide From the world
6.
Raise the torn white flag Watch the wind fill the sails Fear not the blackened skies We’ll crash right through the waves Raise the torn white flag At dawn when we left bay Woke before seagulls cries Blinded by bright sunrays Let go of trailing anchors Homesickness, all shall pass Our hopes and dreams are bound to fail If we don’t live fast, die free Still just lost boys, still bound by fate We’re still the same birds of a feather Forever flock together All eyes on the compass Horizon’s within reach There may not be another chance The whole wide world to siege Siren's song At the back of my head Wishing it rang true I still belong to you I’m not where I want to be At least I’m on my way Unknowing, still going When I am there I’ll know I’m not where I want to be At least I’m on my way Unknowing, still going Eternal, the search goes on Raise the torn white flag Watch the wind fill the sails Fear not the blackened skies We’ll crash right through the waves Raise the torn white flag At dawn when we left bay Woke before seagulls cries Blinded by bright sunrays Let go of trailing anchors Homesickness, all shall pass Our hopes and dreams are bound to fail If we don’t live fast, die free Still just lost boys Still bound by fate We're still the same birds of a feather Forever sail these seas
7.
Let this be our manifestation Breach the atmosphere divide With love and utmost passion Alchemist of the stars, open eyes A distant calling An obscure yet familiar sound So violent but calming A foundational cry Within us lies The power to reclaim our lives Can you hear the trumpets roar? Can you hear the trumpets roar? Tell me who do they call for? There’s no calm inside this storm Inside me an endless war The day will come when we’ll have to find our place in the world Let it be at the peak of the greatest mountain We set our gaze upon the kingdom unveiling itself behind the clouds There shall be no fear No hate No pain One day this could be us And I know it will
8.
My Place 03:36
I’m soaring miles above this cold and dark place The wind shears every strand of hair out of my face I sense a presence sincere Pray, when I wake up, it will be like it’s still there Cus I have never belonged To the life into which I was born One day I’ll find my way home Into the cast this earth has formed for me, this mold My place, my place... Your trees Like fingers reaching From the earth Our birthplace and hearse If this Truly is our home It's a mystery to me Why we let it rot like we can't see So set your eyes to the hourglass The sand is truly running thin There's still time to turn it all around We stand paralayzed as the pendulum swings We must change our ways As we're taken back Into dirt and dust Let nature live on One last wish to forgive it all Time will grind us down To the meal of our bones Through all the harm We all fall back into our mothers' arms
9.
Gentle Giant 03:40
I’m not as big as I seem If you’d just come closer to me I’m not the monster I look like I’d be Gentle giant It’s just, wherever I plant my feet Trouble seems to find me Roots deep, seeds were there before I knew Tripping and trampling is all I do I am the reject child Shaped into madness by a world gone wild I never meant for it to end this way You know a lion’s bound to fight until it breaks its chains Anatomy I cannot change These never-ending growing pains Have me bent into a torment I can no longer take Burst into flight A giants might Only to fall to certain demise How can I relate Till these colours I change? If pain was up for sale I’d be worth my weight in gold Shrinking, growing, shrinking, growing ... Forever bound by the prison of a towering shell If the iron giant was born with jets Will you remind me, please creator What useless power Did I get? So he said: Smile, child Let your torn gums show Despite what you’ve been told Those teeth aren’t yellow, but gold Laugh now Cus you have what they don’t A crooked smile takes you longer Than a negative tone Smile, child Let your torn gums show Despite what you’ve been told Those teeth aren’t yellow, but gold Laugh now Cus you have what they don’t A crooked smile is worth so much more Than the hearts they all sold
10.
We are the new white canvas Paint us in your warmest colours We are: hope We are the blank page Write of love, not of rage We are: hope We sow while they sleep Water from where the seas run deep We are: hope The fundament has cracked under their marching boots Within the pavement cracks may these seeds set root We are: hope May it rain upon these city streets May the children of the botanist cure this decease We are: hope The biggest tree sprouts from the smallest of seeds From the substance of dreams we will feed We are: hope We live on when all else dies Hope survives and through the ashes we’ll rise We are: hope We are the next generation A new hope for our civilization To start anew
11.
If you scream and no one listens Your words will echo between these walls If not into their ears, into your own That's where they mean the most And your cracked voice Will tell your story If you live to tell it And scream once more The past lives on Within your words Should we fail Deliver them onto this world So when you scream and no one listens Always remember this one last sentance You will find a way Should we fail Reset, regroup, survive Reset, regroup, survive, march on Reset, start anew Relight the beacon within you Regroup, start anew Lead the bent, broken, the way through Survive, start anew No other earth we could turn to March on, start anew Don’t let it all burn down We have so much to lose Everything we love, all the world We once knew and only just now Unfold the crossroads, one true path to choose So when you scream and no one listens Always remember this one last sentence You will find a way Should we fail This is an open letter To anyone who hears this song To anyone who sings along To whoever it may concern When the trees burn I count on you to drown the world Cus I just don’t want to have to pretend This is the way it has to end I just don’t want to have to pretend So when you scream and no one listens Always remember this one last sentance You will find a way Should we fail
12.
Quote by HH Dalai Lama

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Debut album "(Hope)" released DIY.

Alexander Evans - Vocals
Douglas Hammarstam - Drums
William Zackrisson - Guitar
Sebastian Ryderberg - Guitar
Ed Challis - Bass & back-up vocals

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released June 27, 2015

Additional vocals:
Track 5 by Victor J. (Servants of the Sun)
Track 6 by Sebastian L.
Track 9 by D.J. C. (Cupido)

Songs written by Alexander E. and Sebastian R. (additional writing by Erik I.)
Lyrics by Alexander E.
Recorded and mixed DIY by Douglas H.
Mastered by Jack Shirley.
Artwork by Distorted Designs (except logo and layout by Alexander E.)

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