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nouvelle obscurité

by abstract companion

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1.
clouds leaned against me 04:49
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the shadow voices
 whisper in your ear 
 as a ghostly wind blows and so it seems 
 that we have met before who among us can do this the way you do i saw a white cloud rise when the day was over in a sky of flame with black stars at the morning of our time i heard a prayer the brave ones have come to say there's no one here among the dead

 the night was falling the clouds leaned against me 
 somewhere there’s a sound 
 lighter than fire 
 and i am flying now following the traces that remain the night was falling the clouds leaned against me 

 out of reach of the gloom 
 above the din of dread 
 there's an urchin light 
 but we have lost the power 
 nothing twinkles in the eye
 there's nowhere to run
 love lies where the dark of night sky falls i know tomorrow will be new and i promise you i will try to let it go i will lead us away beyond the garden of the dark though love will fade a memory still so gentle 
 the night was falling the clouds leaned against me
2.
nouvelle obscurité 05:42
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across their faces there is a thing the human race would stir in their eyes it's no use you'd turn away if you thought the empire of today was born cold people are playing in silence a savage high squad of grave dipping flies dreamers call the tune of great kings daffodils at your feet ten out souls in danger evil this is the end a nightmare hanging over will arrive 

 this moment here is a desert the moon is no longer beside me i can’t forget all that we went through i know on that day i'll find it here i feel the inspiration fading from every single cell of life the voice of holy water flowing my spirit ghost sleeping in darkness saints of the earth are rising above the color in their eyes is clear and bright innocence beyond the rain i see your face beyond the moon and the moon is full of fire it shines upon me like the sun and in the end i need the dark silent journey through the flood when darkness fell and the terrors on my face would allow no joy for the candle's light for the silent prayer this moment here is a desert the moon is no longer beside me i can’t forget all that we went through i know on that day i'll find it here i feel the inspiration fading from every single cell of life the voice of holy water flowing my spirit ghost sleeping in darkness
3.
where the dark remains 06:11
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suitcase full of memories in the shade of the last time the face behind the mask of fear like the shadows of the last time 
 a nightmare like the first time then a voice was saying
 you are here it is still an immaculate empty warning it was beating on my death day but in the black skies there's a diamond shining brighter and there’s darkness in my heart there were the diamonds that fell from your eyes 
 there is darkness in my heart there is a diamond come to the silence

 somewhere a universe is waiting killing me without knowing i will not go my ship is sinking 
 it's pulling me down the endless night that loves me and brings me to my knees again but the one in my dreams 
 i will always rise above by the strength of love in the shadows there’s a place 
 where the dark remains where the dark remains all around me lonely faces 
 in the quiet of a storm in the shadows of your face the ghost departed with a tear in the wake of a spirit 
 calling me to your arms never really cared too much for miracles but a hand around my heart from the darkest ember a tear tries to stir i try to keep from crying keep this love alive keep this love alive the dreams of you in my weary head i rise above your leaving and every night my embers burn i see your face silent in the moonlight 
 somewhere a universe is waiting killing me without knowing i will not go my ship is sinking 
 it's pulling me down down the endless night that loves me and brings me to my knees again but the one in my dreams 
 i will always rise above by the strength of love
4.
something shines 04:54
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we walked along the nightfall looking into mirrors like silent echoes what have you done nothing but trouble 
 all that has come and gone look at me look at you i'm alone 
i can still touch you i was so mistaken i could not bear to let you go my heart was full of dreams and rage filled my eyes the color of your voice tell me how you do that bring myself to you and no one else
 in your face the sky gone forever in your eyes the moonbeams feel their wings it's you they hold this story i have told in the quiet at the silent hour with tearful breaths too perfect to cry the tears that fell like rain from the stars the shadows disappear it is here 
 close your eyes 
 everything is real something shines 
 above the night and the silence 
 brings the light all the others say the ghosts remain
5.
pale moon 04:37
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i was a child i was cold and all alone cracking the pill and chasing the clouds the will to never let it go needing comfort in gloom i stopped to listen to every word this is not black and white the fog begins to clear 
 i see that i was wrong the sun descends in passing i feel the fear in the wind 
 as we run towards the end heading straight for the edge my days of darkness fell 
 like the sun's descendants though death won't cure the pain there's only one thing left so i'll be on my way 
 believing i fell so long ago the zeros line up for the kiss the sun will rise over me waiting for the perfect time moon lit drops of rain falling every hour we knew this all along forever's just a feeling that no one can hold
 here comes the word the terror of knowing the fashion of the day i am so sick of the suffering the pale moon rising just here in front of my eyes the wind is sharpening you can feel it as it cuts 
 my days of darkness fell 
 like the sun's descendants though death won't cure the pain there's only one thing left so i'll be on my way 
 believing i fell so long ago the zeros line up for the kiss the sun will rise over me
6.
all this silence 05:19
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here it comes it's here in the shadows it's coming after me the silent sky this one is only made of flesh and blood this one is only made of spirit in my mind this is the calm i leave behind 
 this stone and all this silence no grave could be found this one stands beside me i know this is only a storm 
 my body is a haunted house just like the hole that i’ve been in getting blinded by visions 
 of broken glass that i have seen crashing through the pages
 i'm paralyzed and helpless
 and yet without wings there's nothing to do
 my body is a haunted house 
 just like the hole that i’ve been in getting blinded by visions 

 in the silence darkness comes again and it stops with its hand in a universe gone quickly rise in the maze of a closing door and if you see my face in your mind there are no words to say 
 that just can't be heard but soon they cannot be in the silence falling into routine again just when the wall is silent you hear my cries hear my cries

i took a look around and everything was rusted 
 in shades of emerald green i hit a wall and then i froze like ice on the tree so brilliant

 my body is a haunted house 
 just like the hole that i’ve been in getting blinded by visions 
 of broken glass that i’ve seen crashing through the pages
 i'm paralyzed and helpless
 and yet without wings there's nothing to do
 my body is a haunted house 
 like the hole that i’ve been in getting blinded by visions
7.
dressmaker's doll 05:55
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black skies in dark eyes 
 drifting days the stars deny 
 dream of danger faded tales 
 velvet movement splintered nails
 place the night between the moons deep the sadness fallen faces stained starlight heart is open burning inward blood of roses turning down spirit calling cloud surrender fate remembered time returns shattered ashes vessel broken words unspoken never knowing darkness growing beneath the ground shadow sound lifted light above the clouds
 dressmaker's doll chandelier museum 
 waking up stars falling through clouds 
 heart rendered eyes are raining
 stained blue heart stops the clock 
 cobweb place holder gossamer threat 
 lips reply dance the thread
 moon-drop wrinkles rustling leaves 
 flower fall born before 
 lift to the sky sad eyed visitor 
 faded redemption 
 unknown child unseen reaches broken symbols vespers edge 
 sleeper slipping from the ledge turning down spirit calling cloud surrender fate remembered time returns shattered ashes vessel broken words unspoken never knowing darkness growing beneath the ground shadow sound lifted light above the clouds
8.
distant ghosts 05:15
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the last drop of rain falling a leaf on the wind falling and it's still always dying silent heart is calling thoughts cannot be heard anymore i wait for you free me calling you deep in my bones my tears keep falling i want this

 in a silent world spirits rising through the dark echoes of ancient fires 
 we once chased you stand there face to face 
 or else you hide at the edge of sanity just before the sun goes down

 the heart is empty it's too late for me in search of your soft embrace that's a face there's nowhere in the dark there's nowhere that's our home the stars are always there all around us in the night soon they fall from the sky and as they fade no wonder it's nowhere inspected dreams of a lifetime 
 unforgettable the heavens above darkened places so dark i remember when you were my original but now a storm has come this time i'm flying
 my dreams are dark and faded dreams true about me something has fallen like dust somebody whispers i woke up without a trace

 and when the owls cry in the other night and flowers whisper goodbye to our gentle love in pain i will come to your door turn the other cheek there was no silence or shadow 
 in a silent world spirits rising through the dark echoes of ancient fires 
we once chased you stand there face to face 
 or else you hide at the edge of sanity just before the sun goes down distant ghosts bearing their dreams on the wind they drift no one will know where you come from all you have to do is hold on you have been here before you'll be seen again the rivers flow 

9.
dangerous eyes 04:58
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my words to you 
 are in the air that i breathe my ghost goes on and on the silent hour i go upon in this space there is no one left behind this face there is no one left in this place there's no one at all in this place my heart is nowhere here is more than words
 you are falling they are calling your name and there is no choice dangerous eyes eyes that won't find me dangerous eyes eyes that will never see me dangerous eyes that see through the gloom dangerous eyes throw shadows on the moon shadows on the moon 
 i saw my reflection 
in a bottle of pain like all the other strangers 
 i was walking through i stopped my eyes
 they were empty after crying my head felt like it was tearing me apart as she started to testify i saw what’s going on 
in your world there is a dark sky a sign hanging down in your heart there is a dream rising it's calling for your world 
 this is a long dark road the dark side of it all there is a shining light along the way in your heart there is a feeling like no time today dangerous eyes eyes that won't find me dangerous eyes eyes that will never see me dangerous eyes that see through the gloom dangerous eyes throw shadows on the moon shadows on the moon
10.
in the half light 05:53
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there is a silence in the half light a voice runs through my head there is no space left to speak and it's tearing me apart take me away from this day i will break the silence i'm falling through blood i feel their embrace the night is always on our side a world is waiting
 waiting for us to leave the dark a world is shaking
 shaking angels from the heavens above there are tears between the restless
 wasted people in need the secrets in their eyes the memory behind every tear i sit here flirting with fire on the ground where i've made so many ashes upon the floor i heard i've earned them well could we be alone could we just run away all i hear is noise in a crowded room all i feel since yesterday is pain and all i wanna do is cry take my hand let your heart lead the way let my tears breathe it's falling away the ancient arrival of your disguise rising from the skies the soft silver light in your eyes the rest of us in the black abyss the grave is our own ground the darkness of a face if you leave this place 
 i know you'll never be found 
 a world is waiting
 waiting for us to leave the dark a world is shaking
 shaking angels from the heavens above there are tears between the restless
 wasted people in need the secrets in their eyes the memory behind every tear
11.
your shadow 03:47
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so softly remembered in your shadow there stands a life on your face on this face like a silent shroud these sorrows divert and drain 
 each breath upon my skin these hands are made to hold the keys and these eyes drive the night to die this is a lifetime out in the madness where there’s anger everywhere the angry ones 
always look for 
 someone to share the pain of a silent flame

 this heart needs new meaning then something comes with promise we all can give up and there goes the spark in our hearts rising from the dark but the words don't come it seems this song won't set the sun on fire will i fall along the way

 each breath upon my skin these hands are made to hold the keys and these eyes 
drive the night to die this is a lifetime out in the madness where there’s anger everywhere the angry ones always look for 
 someone to share the pain of a silent flame 
 and i wake up stars in my eyes razors on my skin cutting me to the bone fallen down in my loneliness all around me the sun beats down and shadows fall my courage fails and the flame burns (chorus)
12.
drown the days 04:31
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i saw love arrive in a faded place the night was falling all around and i was still dreaming of you but as the phone broke up the two of us said goodbye 
 so long i've been searching around for the right words to say so long my flowers on the hill so long my grief and sorrow so long my tears will drown the days 
 dreaming of the light in the gloom fall of the moon feeling that life will end and it's just too much to give us love in troubled times and so we wait for the day

 so long i've been searching around for the right words to say so long my flowers on the hill so long my grief and sorrow so long my tears will drown the days

 rings of shattered light
 love is just a sign on the wind the lovers say it takes two hands to make a life who can say we will be there first when you leave your heart you know it won't come back

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released January 28, 2024

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