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Iter Initium
01:20
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2. |
The Awakening
04:09
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I´m waking up into the darkness
Without memory of my past
Filled with fear, surrounded by silence
My eyes are blind, my ears are deaf
Not able to move and paralyzed
So where am I? Lost!
How do I feel? Dazed!
What can I see? Nothing but the darkness!
So where am I? Lost!
How do I feel? Dazed!
What happened to me?
Am I buried alive?
There are noises in the distance
Not sure where they`re coming from
It sounds like voices filled with sorrow
So where am I? Lost!
How do I feel? Dazed!
What can I see? Nothing but the darkness!
So where am I? Lost!
How do I feel? Dazed!
What happened to me?
Am I buried alive?
Where do they come from?
Are they near or far away?
Can´t you hear my screams?
Can´t you recognize my suffering?
So where am I? Lost!
How do I feel? Dazed!
What can I see? Nothing but the darkness!
So where am I? Lost!
How do I feel? Dazed!
What happened to me?
Am I buried alive?
Where do they come from?
Are they near or far away?
Can´t classify them
Are they ignoring me?
There are voices without bodies
It´s only my body confined to chains
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3. |
Mental Prison
05:50
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Am I a living being or a lifeless object?
Are my thoughts real or have I lost my mind?
Did anyone tear my limbs apart?
Did anyone kidnap me?
There is no glimpse of light in this darkness
Someone poisoned my mind
And left me here in this unknown place
Is this my way through the purgatory?
There is no glimpse of light in this darkness
Someone poisoned my mind
And left me here in this unknown place
Is this my way through the purgatory?
Or will I end in the otherworld?
Is this my way through the purgatory
Or will I end in the otherworld?
Is this the demon which is entering my head?
My screams are trailing off by its laughter
Is this a conspiracy or a war with reality?
I can´t stand this game no more this endless uncertainty
I still cannot move and my body feels like tons of concrete
I´m going to psyche out, I want to break out
Of this mental prison, out of this eternal torture
The perception on the skin, biting cold through the veins
It´s confusing but the only thing I can feel
There must be something out there
Something that approaches me
A repeating noise keeps itching in my ears
I hear a sound which reminds me of being alive
A scent raises the fear in me, so sterile and deterrent
A thin redline between living and dying
Is this my way through the purgatory?
Or will I end in the otherworld?
Is this my way through the purgatory?
Or will I end in the otherworld?
More and more the drapery falls
The fog is clearing up
More and more the drapery falls
The fog is clearing up
More and more the drapery falls
The fog is clearing up
More and more the drapery falls
The fog is clearing up
Is this the demon which is entering my head?
Is this a conspiracy or a war with reality?
There must be a reason for this insanity
In the end I realize I´m in an infirmary
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4. |
Masked Insanity
06:33
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This situation is blowing my mind
I know what´s around me but can´t see behind
Surrounded by curtains hiding the truth
Locked in a cage and left with the pain
A thin line is etching on my skin
Someone starts to cut my throat
Seeking for redemption but my prayers won´t be heard
Hear my whispers
Hear my screams
See my anger
See my fear
Feel my heartbeat
Feel my pain
Revenge will be my aim
Tormentors show me your face
Masked by obscurity, protected by insanity
Creeping through the shadows
And leaving destruction behind you
Tormentors show me your face
Masked by obscurity, protected by insanity
My shivering stomach is becoming numb
And the void suppresses the remaining self
Some unknown fluid is running down my side
A pressure on my chest is provoking coughing
What´s behind this torture of mine?
Who´s responsible for my decline?
Where´s my savior in desperate times?
When will I reach the end of the line?
Can´t resist
Cannot move
Cannot scream
Cannot remove
The chains in which
I´m captured here
So full of weight
Raises my fear
Feel my heartbeat
Feel my pain
Revenge will be my aim
Am I dead or am I alive?
Do I exist and do I survive?
Is this the truth or is this a lie?
Will I keep on living or am I going to die?
I´m getting closer to the reason of my fate
This must be a persistent vegetative state
Tormentors show me your face
Masked by obscurity, protected by insanity
Creeping through the shadows
And leaving destruction behind you
Tormentors show me your face
Masked by obscurity, protected by insanity
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5. |
Days Before The Black
06:01
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What has led me here?
How did I come to be in this position?
I need to remember what happened, no matter how
Pushing myself to relive the days before the black
Pushing and pushing, trying and trying
Something happens, something moves
Pushing and pushing, trying and trying
Something happens, something moves
Open my eyes, leaving the bed
Intend to leave and open the door
Pass out – days pass
Awake again, seeing the lights, people and laughter
Dancing, drinking, living the moment
She drags me upstairs, can’t resist
Pass out – days pass
Collecting the pictures of forgotten memories
Unscrambling the segments of my yesterdays
Revive the tales to clear up my sanity
Unscrambling the segments of my yesterdays
Pushing and pushing, trying and trying
Something happens, something moves
Pushing and pushing, trying and trying
Something happens, something moves
Awake again, in my car
The stereo is running, the cigarette’s alight
Liquid caffeine in the holder and rain outside
Only seeing shades through my window
The street’s passing by in a blink of an eye
My blood’s not pure yet, still intoxicated
My head’s not clear yet, still swimming
My stomach’s not sober yet, still spinning
Tunnel vision and challenging time
Passing others to fix my decline
Turning the wheel and accelerate
Pass out – days pass
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6. |
Deranged
04:09
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Two flashing eyes are staring at me
Coming closer and closer, targeting me
I have to get away from here
Must escape from these tracks
I have to get away from here
Must escape from these trails
Misjudging the distance
Pulling over too fast
Two bodies colliding
I start spinning
Bursting the guardrail
Going head over heels
Misjudging the distance
I start spinning
Disappearing weight and zero gravity
While getting dragged down and pulled overhead
Crashing into a surface while water turns to stone
The ground and the sky switched positions
Bursting the guardrail
Going head over heels
Misjudging the distance
I start spinning
Doors are closed
Water enters the booth
The air I am breathing
Gets killed by the deep
A torturous cold is covering me
My lungs deflate by the pressure on my chest
Water enters my mouth and crawls down my throat
Cannot respire, left for drowning
I have to get away from here
Must escape from this booth
I have to get away from here
Must escape from this cave
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7. |
Iter Ex Umbra
01:33
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8. |
The Watchmaker
04:09
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Remembering the things that I’ve been through
With childish eyes thinking that there’s no tomorrow
Years passed by, my mom died after my sis was born
Her memento was the watch she had her whole life
Damaged inside, I used to repair it to keep her alive
It was the only chance to keep my head high
Cannot revive all of my experiences
Ignite the lost fire inside of me
I became the watchmaker
Turning on the wheels of time
Became the watchmaker
Bring back the memories that have gone by
Damaged inside, I used to keep her alive
Lived at my dad’s after staying far too long
The first girlfriend with all the goods and bads
Trouble at home led me to moving out
Left him alone without caring about a thing
I became the watchmaker
Turning on the wheels of time
Became the watchmaker
Bring back the memories that have gone by
Damaged inside, I used to keep her alive
Keep me alive! Keep me alive! Keep me alive! Keep me alive!
I’m not ready to leave this world
Feeling the vicinity of my father
Who awaits me to return to life
There is still some hope left
I’m not ready to leave this world
Feel the warmth surrounding me
Can’t await to return to life
there is still some hope left
Remembering the things that I’ve been through
hope in my eyes thinking that there’s a tomorrow
I will revive all of my experiences
Ignite the lost fire inside of me
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9. |
Leaking Hourglass
05:00
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The foundation of my future has not been built yet
I still have to collect the bricks to create it
The wording of my will has not been written yet
I still have to place the words to end it
I´m not the only one who´s trapped in the black
Feeling the presence of my confidants
I am hoping for the primal state to return
Craving for reality and yearning for a change
The stone of my legacy has not been cut yet
I still have to earn the wage to buy it
The notes of my farewell have not been composed yet
I still have to find the way to carry on
Hope is rising, hope is fading
Strength is growing, strength disappears
Worries arrive, worries depart
Pain emerges, pain decreases
The sand of my hourglass is running through my fingers
I’m trying in vain to keep it from falling
The impending death is ripping me apart
I’m in need to win this battle of my life
I’m hoping for the primal state to return
Craving for reality and yearning for a change
Hope is rising, hope is fading
Strength is growing, strength disappears
Worries arrive, worries depart
Pain emerges, pain decreases
The power of my hope has not been beaten yet
I still have to stand up and keep going
The reason of my being has not been fulfilled yet
I still have to find the way to move on
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10. |
A Taste Of Lethe
13:55
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Moving on, hoping to keep on living
Following the trails into the light and life
Relieve the pressure
To unite what’s torn to shreds
Grant my desire
For the end of my disease
Moving on, hoping to keep on living
Following the trails into the light and life
Reaching a crossroad with no sign
Which leads away from my abyss
Reeling on tracks without finding a junction
Escaping the railroad to nowhere
Relieve the pressure
To unite what’s torn to shreds
Enlighten my sight
To suppress what seems unknown
Unfix these chains
To release what keeps me grounded
Grant my desire
For the end of my disease
Desperation’s affecting my sanity, wherever there is hope, wherever there is loss
Deciphering reality, no difference between fact and imagination
A gleam of hope rising up on the horizon, indicating shades of shapes
Life seems to be in reach, no matter what time it may take
The eleventh hour has just begun
I’m drawing close to completion
Wherever my path led, I’m near the exit
Within these walls of dazed suppression
I’m trapped between two worlds which crash in
I’m gonna break it down, stone by stone
Retracing memories of what has been
Creating a desire to live again
I will breathe again
Moving my chest will enable me to speak again
See the writing on the wall
The time of my death will be postponed
The eleventh hour has just begun,
I’m drawing close to completion
Wherever my path led, I’m near the exit
Cruel present! Become my history!
You are trapped between me and my destiny
I’m gonna break you down on my own
Retracing memories of what has been
Creating a desire to live again
I will rise again
Walking on earth and leaving footprints again
See the writing on the wall
The time of my death will be postponed
Unite what’s torn to shreds
Enlighten my sight
To suppress what seems unknown
Unfix these chains
To release what keeps me grounded
Open my eyes
Let the light displace obscurity
I will breathe again
Moving my chest will enable me to speak again
I will rise again
Walking on earth and leaving footprints again
See the writing on the wall
The time of my death will be postponed
Near death, near life
Blinded by a burning light
Is this how it feels to die?
Or a beginning of a new life?
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Apallic NDS, Germany
Apallic is a five-member melodic/progressive death metal band from Eastfrisia, Germany.
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