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American Nightmare
04:38
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Living in the shadow
Of the ivory tower
The meek of this earth
It’s where we live and cower
We are slowing dying
Withering on the vine
The question isn’t if
It’s when will be the time
Fall from the cradle straight into the grave
Every minute in between just a slave to the machine
The only choice is to survive there’s no getting out alive
There’s no way to prepare for the American nightmare
From the very moment
Of our conception
Born into the lie
Immaculate deception
Locked in our cages
Lie down and submit
Instinctively follow
We never question it
Fall from the cradle straight into the grave
Every minute in between just a slave to the machine
The only choice is to survive there’s no getting out alive
Live the dream but beware of the American nightmare
From the very moment
Of our conception
We live the lie
Unnatural selection
Fall from the cradle straight into the grave
Every minute in between just a slave to the machine
The only choice is to survive there’s no getting out alive
Welcome to the cross to bear for the American nightmare
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Unsung
04:41
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You are the last one to know
Hidden beneath that will never show
Sleepwalking through your final days
Never find your way lost in the haze
Strangled with the halo once proudly worn
Sinners cast their stone, envy the scorn
The poison apple hangs under the tree
To tempt the essence of your humanity
Remain unsung
There’s nothing left to be done
On your knees and obey
Until the end of your dying day
Once was the master, now is the slave
Long forgotten but never forgave
Find yourself close to the end of your rope
Search in vain for your final hope
Remain unsung
There’s nothing left to be done
On your knees and obey
Until the end of your dying day
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Essence
04:49
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Misfortune dealt by the hand of fate
Sow the seeds that insinuate
Play your cards and try to bluff your way out
Don’t let’em see your eyes are guilty with doubt
The victim of your own circumstance
The sky is falling better take your chance
Another punishment for your good deeds (or Suffer)
Kick the horse until it no longer bleeds
You let it slip through your fingers
But the essence still lingers
Lost in the grand delusion
The shroud of confusion
The day you thought would never come
Has finally begun
Drown in the cesspool from which you evolved
De-evolution now the problem is solved
Your ignorance is so evident
We’ll welcome the extinction level event
You let it slip through your fingers
But the essence still lingers
Lost in the grand delusion
The shroud of confusion
The day you thought would never come
Has finally begun
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Brainwashed
05:25
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You lost your soul, but you don’t realize it
Your mind is paralyzed, poisoned with shit
What happened to the one I used to respect?
Fell into the ways of some new aged sect
You’ve accepted their beliefs and left everything behind
Inner peace with a new God is what they said you’d find
You were the last one I thought would be converted
Into a lifestyle that is so perverted
Do you even know what you’re saying?
When you’re down on your knees and you’re praying
Claimed you were found like a sheep that was lost, what was the cost
Here’s 50 cents go dry your brain now that its washed
Brainwashed
Forward all your mail to the compound, it’s your new home
You pledged your life and everything you owned
You’re just a mindless servant to your faith
The person that I knew is laid to waste
Going door to door peddling your convictions
No one wants to hear your doomsday predictions
Do us a favor and just get lost, what will it cost?
Here’s 50 cents go dry your brain now that its washed
Brainwashed
Your thinking has become so fanatical
The messiah you worship is a radical
Are you prepared to pay the ultimate sacrifice?
The bomb strapped to your chest testifies
Do you even know what you’re saying?
When you’re down on your knees and you’re praying
Claimed you were found life a sheep that was lost, what was the cost
Here’s 50 cents go dry your brain now that its washed
Brainwashed
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Forgot
04:06
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She lives on a pedestal
Life on a gilded stage
Held captive by the fame
She’s stays confined in a dirty cage
She saw a falling star
And made a careless wish
The shine of promises
Have lost their glitter and are now tarnished
She wants to run away into obscurity
To hide from the world and live vicariously
She’d give it all up to be someone she’s not
To get lost in the crowd and be forgot
Staring at her reflection
She barely recognized
She sold her soul to become
Everything that she despises
And when the applause dies down
And the lights fade to black
Alone with her thoughts
The reality of it all comes rushing back
She wants to run away into obscurity
To hide from the world and live vicariously
She’d give it all up to be someone she’s not
To get lost in the crowd and be forgot
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No Questions
04:20
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Three can keep a secret
If two aren’t around
Dead men they tell no tales
If they’re gone and can’t be found
Sleeping with the fishes
It’s time to take a nap
Wear a pair of cement shoes
You’re leaving town and won’t be back
You’ve got the money, I’ll do the deed
Show me the problem and I’ll make it bleed
You want it gone and need it fast
Just pay in cash no questions asked
Put on your favorite suit
Include a matching tie
Made in Colombia
You’ll look the day you die
If someone made the call
I’m the last one you’ll see
It’s really nothing personal
You’re just another job to me.
You’ve got the money, I’ll do the deed
Show me the problem and I’ll make it bleed
You want it gone and need it fast
Just pay in cash no questions asked
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Leave
05:14
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I keep looking back, but I want to leave it all behind
I swore to myself there wouldn't be a next time
But I can't resist the call
Back down on my knees I crawl
Standing in a shadow that's grown too long to escape
No matter where I turn, I just can't forsake
The cross that I bear
The bloody crown of thorns that I wear
Why can't you just leave?
Forever haunting me
Your spirit hangs on to my soul
I don't want to give up, but I know I’ve lost control
See it on my face, the burden is showing
I've fallen so far from grace, the shadow is growing
Everything is turning black
All that is gone is never coming back)
Why can't you just leave?
Forever haunting me
Your spirit hangs on to my soul
I don't want to give up, but I know you have control
I've tried to run, nowhere is far enough
And when I try to hide, you’re there to call my bluff
There are too many things I just can't ignore
but I've grown so tired, I don't even care anymore
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Incognito
05:05
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You don’t want to get to close to a man like me
I’ve got too much to hide, too many skeletons inside
Trust me when I say that I can’t be trusted
Don’t ask me why because I won’t discuss it
My world is shrouded in secrecy, perpetual disguise
Everything I told you hasn’t been the truth, but it hasn’t been all lies
You think that you know me, but you can never know the man incognito
I can’t even reveal to you my real name
I’m sorry my dear, but it’s the way it must remain
But even though I’m hiding many things, there’s one thing I can’t hide
My feelings for you have grown, my emotions just won’t subside
Everything I told you hasn’t been the truth, but it hasn’t been all lies
I wish that you could know me, but you should never know the man incognito
Our intimacy has put your life in danger
I really wish I would have stayed the stranger
Even if I told you, you would never understand
Don’t let your emotions betray this man
After I leave it’s better that you just forget
Because if we meet again I’ll say that we’ve never met
If you try and find me you’ll find I don’t exist
Don’t try and follow me because it’s not worth the risk
My world is shrouded in secrecy, perpetual disguise
Everything I told you hasn’t been the truth, but it hasn’t been all lies
I wish that you could know me, but you can never know the man incognito
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Pandora's Box
05:38
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The sleeping giants arise
Awakened from a deep slumber
Aroused by the craving
Of the doomsday hunger
Standing their ground
Not daring to give an inch
Waiting with utter intent
Watching for the other to flinch
They stare at each other
From across the abyss
Contemplating the start
Of the final apocalypse
Looking for the reason
To vindicate their fatal need
In their twisted minds
The ends will justify their means
They find themselves on the brink
So close to the verge of becoming extinct
Ready to turn the key, open the lock
And raise the lid of Pandora’s Box
Seems no turning back
As the tensions rise
Beyond the point of return
The clocks are synchronized
There’s no longer a reason
To vindicate their lethal deeds
In their twisted minds
The ends will justify their means
They find themselves on the brink
So close to the verge of becoming extinct
Ready to turn the key, open the lock
And raise the lid of Pandora’s Box
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10. |
Rise
05:32
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Sell the snake oil
To the blind masses
Burning through the harvest
Feeding you the ashes
Enchanted by the lies
Of the lunatic
Spewing from the mouth
Shotgun pulpit
Pledge your devotion
As you’re baptized
Wash away the sins
That have agonized
Drink the Kool-Aid
From the poisoned well
You’ve fallen under
The seductive spell
The diseased
The innocent
The profane words spoken to the sick
The heathen
The heretic
The chosen one
Fall to your knees and repent
A shepherd of the lamb
Leads the mindless sheep
Into the mouth of hell
To try and kill the beast
A pack of hungry wolves
Waiting for the meat
Blood lust of the mob
The slaughter in the street
The diseased
The innocent
The profane words spoken to the sick
The heathen
The heretic
The fallen one
Will rise on the wings of descent
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Aittala Raleigh, North Carolina
Aittala is an original metal band that infuses elements of classic heavy metal, doom, progressive, power, thrash and hard rock into their music and are from Raleigh, NC USA
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