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Apocalyptic
What happened to our morals
What happened to our rights
Should we care, should we give up the fight
If I stood up
would they push me around
if I started the battle
would I be let down
Why can’t anyone see
Our destruction
Turn thine eyes to the sky
Blood red beginnings
Dragon’s wings
Lucifer’s army
A flash of light
Feathered wings take flight
Mangled bodies fall
The dead rise tall
Hitler reborn
The Reich’s attack
Living fight dead
Disciples rise
Blinding fury
Warheads launch
Bio-weapons burst
Flashes
Blood
Flesh
Silence
Broken bodies
Broken wings
Bright light
Pitch black
One last act of forgiveness
For the defeated
Then full light
Uncreation
Bodies from dust
To dust return
A single male body
From the dust of his
Descendants
A rib removed
Learned mistakes
No female entirely of dust
No forbidden trees
Dragons and unicorns roam
Caine and his army
Arise from the ashes
Not yet returned to life
A sorrowful plea
Past sins forgiven
Feathered wings and
Freedom granted
An old debt paid
A new beginning ready and begun.
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The Black Ghoul
04:07
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The Black Ghoul
Got a couple quarters in my pocket
Got a couple dollars in a jar
Sitting around with my best friend jack
Got a pack of Marb’s and a light
(Scream)
We wrote a song the lights went black
We sinfully slip into sleep
The black ghoul is on the prowl again
Eating the children’s souls and leaving blood
(Scream)
The darkness covers me
I feel my bones splinter and crack
Slyly splitting my simple flesh
My teeth crack
My eyes pop
Purple puss slides down my face
My brain explodes…
(Scream)
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I Want to Go Back
07:12
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I Want to Go Back
Writing by firefly light,
We wait till the moment's right
Then we float through the epithets of space
Knowing the world keeps it's own pace
We stealthily slide through time
Back to when the world was fine
When couples were great and love still beat hate
When children were protected
And evil rejected
And truth was law
Conspiracy only thought
(CHORUS):
I want to go back
I don't want your flack
Do you remember when we didn't have to
Fuss about what the world was doing to us
Do you remember the age of dreams when seldom
Was heard their shattering screams
When people were kind and never blind
To their effects on others
Their sisters and brothers
Each night is a day past
I realize it won't be the last
(chorus)
A story from life scripted
whose truth shall not be lifted
A light in sorrows back
through the infinite haze of black
We stand where we stand
The only safe place is on dry land
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Acquaintance of the Mad
Scream
It will be all right.
The box will be shattered
By me, if you believe
Believe in me.
We scream longer.
Our shouts mixing with the shouts
of the madmen.
AHHHHH!
The wickedness disappears
And I'll never forget you.
My lovely face in a
foreign place.
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Delusions of Love
04:43
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Delusions of Love
Can I choose my own way
Can I look into your eyes
Is there something I can say
To keep you anyway
And I remember the sky
The day you came into my life
I had a long way to fall
I'm glad you were having a ball
(chorus)
I want you to come back
Even though it's easier to flee
Is there something left for me
In this love library
Why can't you swallow your pride
I want you back by my side
Don't you care all for me
Are you blind can't you see
My black heart is shattered
Like your life scattered
Chorus
Here we are all in one place
But you will never see my face
I hide under the mask of a smile
So you will never hear my heart's trial
(chorus)
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Reflections
05:53
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Reflections
It used to be in the days of my youth
It seemed the evil one was me
A beautiful girl opened my eyes
I learned the meaning of sacrifice…of sacrifice
And I raised my eyes to the sun
Hoping the light could still be won
By a champion of faith
Not a cold hearted mate
And I cried in my sleep
Only to wake up alone
And my friends around me spoke
And I turned my eyes to the sun
Hoping my voice could still be won
Could still be won
Then I looked in the eyes of my friends
The only ones I knew
And I realized they were there
To see me through
Then I begun living life for me
I am not the bad one I am me
I saw it in their eyes, a love that's real
Not something that's pretend, not something you can steal
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Where Did You Run to
08:05
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Where did you run to?
Where did you run to
Where did you go
Who will you turn to
To let it show
Where did you run to
Where did you go
What aren't you telling me
Where did you run to
Who do you know
Tell me so
Come back to me
It's cold here inside my bed
Lying alone
Trying to think what went wrong
Where run
Who know
Why are you trying to pretend
Those that you don't know
Where run
Who know
Where did you go tonight
The vampires are lying in wait for you
It's time you confess what you know
Where you go who you know
Where will you go where have you gone
It's time to tell me
Where go
Who know
It could be my life
I'm letting go
I don't know
Where go
Who know
Where you can run to
I am confused my brain is
Shutting down on me
Who know
Where you can run to
Where go
Tell me before I start to know
I want to see
Could it be
Should it be
Where did you run to
Who know
Who did you run to
Where go
I see you hiding under the bushes
It's time you let go
It's time you need me so
Could it be that we have fallen
So apart that we don't know
Who we are or where to go
Where to go
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Reflections (solo)
03:58
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Reflections
It used to be in the days of my youth
It seemed the evil one was me
A beautiful girl opened my eyes
I learned the meaning of sacrifice…of sacrifice
And I raised my eyes to the sun
Hoping the light could still be won
By a champion of faith
Not a cold hearted mate
And I cried in my sleep
Only to wake up alone
And my friends around me spoke
And I turned my eyes to the sun
Hoping my voice could still be won
Could still be won
Then I looked in the eyes of my friends
The only ones I knew
And I realized they were there
To see me through
Then I begun living life for me
I am not the bad one I am me
I saw it in their eyes, a love that's real
Not something that's pretend, not something you can steal
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The Dying Tree Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Formed in late 1996 this rhythm guitarist / vocalist formed The Dying Tree after his high school band, the Leftovers, went their separate ways. The Dying Tree recorded Deathscapes & Breakdowns and released it to friends in December of '96. After that, the band has continued to evolve and has branched out into noise and circuit-bending. This continues to be a project that constantly changes. ... more
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