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The Reckoning

by DEAD BY DAWN

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Smoldering 03:32
SMOLDERING The fires rage Bellows of a smoky haze Fan the flames And view the embers glaze  Come out of the darkness and let us see the cravens flight Cast away all solemness, the torch lights up the night Arson to and from the highest degree Light high above for all below to see The torched wreckage of antiquity A listless guide of supposed to be And what is written designed to mislead Gather at the fire….conspirators Gather at the fire….the new dawn is you Our future’s only as bright as the fire that we bring We all could use a light when we’re dark and smoldering
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THE PARTY’S OVER Tell me why you are so glum You had one hell of a run But now it’s time to step aside Time to just fall on the knife…and die The clouds foreshadow A rain of fire Is upon us For eternity Flocking to the herds of sheep You look around “it wasn’t me” Lighting the fields aflame Choking on smoke “who’s to blame…not me” For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction The party’s over The bombs are dropping Run for cover The sky is falling
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Deprivation 01:49
DEPRIVATION Senses dulled is this deprivation? A poverty of sensation. And we’re being flattened by this round world Images rapidly pass us by Can we filter through this stimuli?
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COLLECTIVE NIGHTMARE Is this the end or only the beginning? The world burns and we believe we’re winning? The seeds we sowed The fruits we bore This monster we nourished We chose to ignore A collective nightmare of pain and consequence A tortuous feign of righteous innocence The fingers point The voices raise Attempts are made To assign blame
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HANGING AT THE GALLOWS Revolution’s coming Regardless of doctrine Poverty of conscience Starvation the essence And those before who promised us change until it was found that they wouldn’t gain And once we were told that it all trickles down  only to find that there’s none to be found And there’s not enough bread to fill us up The wagon’s left town, the circus with it The pot’s smaller with more hands in it Tensions stir the pot with violence
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WORLD OF NUMB Living a hostage in a cell of suffering Imprisoned the shackles they comfort the misery The cold raw metal carving into skin The rush of endorphins exploding from within A shot of pain in a world of numb Chasing sensation it’s who we’ve become A shot of pain in a world of numb Chasing sensation until we succumb Of all you care none were spared And you’re left wandering All you lived for is no more Your full circle of suffering Oh why, why has death forsaken you And life may be finite, but this pain, this pain is forever

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Recorded and mixed by Mike Stanioch at The Ship in Portland OR, January 2013. Mastered by Chris Flanigan.

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released March 16, 2013

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DEAD BY DAWN Portland, Oregon

Dead By Dawn was formed in Portland, Oregon during the summer of 2001.

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