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lyrics
A shadow to the world
Born inside a fire
A shell-shocked nation torn
With a right to nothing but a beating heart
That beats to the rhythm of war
Death my mentor
Learned to mourn
Raised to expect nothing more
Slowly twisted by the hunger
Trying to bend me to conform
Preachers preach and rule the streets
But I’ve never known who controls
The streams of black gold beneath
The endless maze of shattered homes
Portraits of the devil burn
Statues of the tyrant fall
Blazing wells darken the skies
Sacrificial rituals
We’re the ones you left behind
Inside the sandstorm
The ones you didn’t see
But we’ve seen it all
We’re the ones waiting for you
When you come back for more
We’re the faces passing you by
Just a shadow
To the world
Everyday the front lines
Shift across the sand
Everything's so different now
But nothing changed somehow
Dreamers dreamt with open eyes
The nightmares came to life
A faceless mass of the betrayed
Reach their backs and twist the knife
Fear and hatred rule the streets
But Ive never known who commands
The holy war for that black tar
That flows underneath the land
Portraits of the devil burn
Statues of the tyrant fall
Blazing wells torture the skies
Sacrificial rituals
We’re the ones you left behind
Inside the sandstorm
The ones that you didn’t see
But we’ve seen it all
We’re the ones waiting for you
When you come back for more
We’re the faces passing you by
Just a shadow
To the world
The managers of savagery
Close on every side
Now the cite of resurrection
The home I once recognised
Every city drained of life
No one left to blame
Once the cradle of the gods
Now the kingdom of mass graves
Preachers preach and rule the streets
But I’ve never known who controls
The streams of black gold beneath
The endless maze of shattered homes
Portraits of the devil burn
Statues of the tyrant fall
Blazing wells darken the skies
Sacrificial rituals
We’re the ones you left behind
Inside the sandstorm
The ones that you didn’t see
But we’ve seen it all
We’re the ones waiting for you
When you come back for more
We’re the faces passing you by
Just a shadow
To the world
credits
released June 16, 2022
Mixed by Chris Themelco at Monolith Studios, Melbourne, Australia.
Mastered by Mike Trubetskov at EOL Studios, Melbourne, Australia.
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