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towers are burning

by the eight zero

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1.
map of every moon 04:52
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you were only dreaming you saw a burning fire
 it was turning black from the first day you caught it in your hand
 you saw another victim the form is still inside something lit your eyes it had to be this way you break the spell the sun cames out when shadows are laughing you see the clouds in full moonlight 
 among the brightest jewels 
 there is always something missing among the darkest stones there is something you can't hide 
 in between your silence
 and your violence the demon and the spirit the demon on the inside 
 rooted by the hour your hunger never ceases
 it never seems to end cannot rise above it
 where the light will find us
 in a space of silence
 the map of every moon all of them were shining like a bright star

 among the brightest jewels 
 there is always something missing among the darkest stones there is something you can't hide i will become someone else the softest shade of all shadows at the end of the clear blue sky
2.
blood flow 03:53
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and the sun descends 
 down into the sky the world appears like a house of cards we sat by a fire passing fancies along the path unwinding their tedious obscenities i sat frozen for a moment an unknown sadness i felt a breath and held it the moon bled upon my brow a silent thought my dragged over dream 

blood flows down the drain so gracefully nothing to do but sing the song i will build you a castle from the bones 
black as a coat made of spanish leather
i n your mother's eyes the scarlet sun is sinking
 there is anger everywhere lightening burning in your hair the blade cuts down to the tendon 
i look out from sunken skies i realize i'm never going to find a place in their hearts took me through heaven to hell for turning out to the world as i watch you from above
 you started to knock it down crying into the night insanity is slowly drawing us near

 hiding in another bed listening to sad songs as if our minds were black 

 blood flows down the drain so gracefully nothing to do but sing the song i will build you a castle from the bones
 black as a coat made of spanish leather
i n your mother's eyes the scarlet sun is sinking 
there is anger everywhere lightening burning in your hair the blade cuts down to the tendon
3.
towers are burning 04:48
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something crawls from a pile of bones we might just pick it up or spit it out leave us where we were lying make a noise to let them know we survived i'm not scared that the circus is over for all you who are feeling sorry will the time ever come 
 when you’re ready to stand i never knew there was so much fear no care no space to think clearly i would not waste a single breath all across this world 
 we have seen the damage heads or tails 

we are people so hungry dressed in fatigue and despair we hold on to each other they’re turning children into killers we can't help them if there in a war of their own you won't help us if our silence stands against you in our separate house of pain turning sadness into violence faces full of homeless souls in a bedroom or a tomb some lost place of innocence we place the first stone skipped from a whip

 beneath the black moon
 as the bells of dawn are ringing in the mystical sky we could feel the flame as they drill down with liquid fire into our heart of hearts once again in disguise as every day falls every day falls

 got a warning of the future built a wall and learned how to walk alone four weeks and five days just slipped away something inside was hurting my anger wouldn't let me hide now i’m searching for love and exactly what is needed here in the streets of broken heart land
 there comes a time 
when those who are used and cheated when innocence is quickly claimed when dogs lose their bark from faces full of homeless souls 
the towers are burning 
fire is everywhere blood is flowing people are dying on the land there's no hiding place from poison rain clouds 
beneath the black moon
 the bells of dawn are ringing in the mystical sky we could feel the flame as they drill down with liquid fire to our heart of hearts once again in disguise as every day falls
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captured sky 05:25
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place the tears
 in the cup 
 naming all 
 and knowing nothing 
 stolen beam 
 save the light 
 dropping clouds 
 lift the night
 just beginning 
 moving slowly 
 stars on fire
 captured sky collapse the day 
 cloud maker 
 raining up dancing down across and below 
 machine maker 
 dreamer design 
 no way to know 
 read the signs
 moving on 
 drifting now 
 stars on fire 
 captured sky collapse the day 
 cloud maker 
 raining up stars on fire captured sky
5.
haunted smiles 04:52
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shadows already on the ground there's nowhere i'd rather be than with all the haunted smiles when the morning comes i'll be here on a darkened holiday when the dawn won't come touching each other on the cheek i'm hoping all the world can see our circus in black and grey your shadow on my face while i’m on my knees we're laughing until our angels fall out of place with all the shy boys at least here they come 
see the fire burn burning all around my feet feel the fire burn burning all around my heart our silence shatters the night
 in the falling light of a broken world
 feel the fire burn burning all around my heart where the sadness used to cover you people find the truth on the wrong day when we have gone away don't bother looking for us 
hear our laughter as we run with our hands in the air a voice starts singing "where are you now?" across the room the tears come to light they look to the street below there's no one allowed in all the children have gone left here just a little while we are told to behave with stick and spit like a dog backed to the wall all human forms seem out of place death is at the door these toys kept getting in our way girls and boys break the rules every night the quiet walks in fright hate waits so long to get home solid ground never made sense
 you keep throwing out bitter things they come knocking at your door 

 see the fire burn burning all around my feet feel the fire burn burning all around my heart our silence shatters the night
 in the falling light of a broken world feel the fire burn burning all around my heart
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tears from a cloud 04:43
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there is a place where we could go when we are young if you're leaning into the drift you may wish to leave from now and too far gone to know the thrill of just getting there where you may find a heart that glows i know that this journey is one thing that has begun there is no denying the magic and the light that shines all around us we gather in the colors of the morning stars the sky has no limit and the ocean shines two at a time free inside this dream 
the night is clear the sky has no limit it has never rained tears from a cloud as we glide across the room these are the wings we need so many young dreamers flying high on the day we die these are the wings we need

 the dark covers you there as it's done before the sun will come out it will shake the sky for those who laughed or cried you’re all on your own all you have is a number upon your pillow a smile and a tear to carry you home a silent thrill beyond compare pace the night with velvet eyes somebody calls your name you make your own way out if you are permitted so the shadow in me finds its own light and everyone is the ocean's voice in the starlight the day after we break the silence the day of rising light the path where darkness ends and brought the storm the night is clear the sky has no limit it has never rained tears from a cloud these are the wings we need
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dress the day in fire 04:48
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sent an angel to wash away the day 
that brought the night
 filled the air with morning stars then watched them fade away along came the blue whose broad sky would not answer what i asked my body was a flame on fire that burns inside until it rains again all around me earthly white but down i go i'm not held in contempt i was bitten by the tide of my own pain so i run to hide 

if there is someone somewhere then let them be free let them touch the moon let them paint the sky let them dress the day in fire the demon held me tight
 he let me fly down into the sun i should have sworn that he would never hurt you now the days drift in two words are flowing through too short of breath the broken hour my mistakes i did intend the journey's end is in my hands 
 to give you more i'm feeling sorry for the saying it will save us from ourselves but here we are you and me crying instead of listening to our broken song 
praying for the flames holding the line too late in arriving to burn the bridges that still stand 
 burned with fire and rain 
if there is someone somewhere then let them be free let them touch the moon let them paint the sky let them dress the day in fire
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ocean of roses 05:35
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when you look at me you want to taste my sadness the only thing you'd expect to see 
 is my face in an ocean of roses i pretend with my renditions
 i'm feeling so confused for speaking words they keep on stuttering they try to interfere with me here's to the sunrise on a wet afternoon the stars are falling through here's to the sunrise on a wet afternoon they keep on stuttering the stars are falling through

 i looked in through your gliding window and all that i knew was an old man he was handsome in a coat of steel i looked into his eyes rising from the skies he touched the clouds i walked on eggshells the night has fallen upon the misty blossom of his skin i saw him the day before 
 but he wasn't there when you have to leave? i saw your face before didn't run around the world but it never made any sense 
 left my hand
 there was silence in the dark then came the morning light you were born and life began and now i see change

 it was blue and black that day when i first saw you couldn't stand to see you leaving you were too young to understand just wait for reality to set you free and every breath i took just like the time you hear someone closing you in and when you look into their eyes

 here's to the sunrise on a wet afternoon the stars are falling through
9.
shadows splitting time 04:53
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the ghosts keep on climbing higher each child in his home 
 alone and haunted in a dream as she lies there beside them and the silence makes her harder it ought to fade away
slowly fade away the silence is silent in both worlds she stares at the water with the eyes of others hoping she hears just what she wants to hear

 i saw her face on my doorstep i felt my hands shaking
 i did not understand shadows splitting time and out of place i saw her laughing i wasn't near then i'd whisper into these few words that try to help a restless mind and raise it from its grave
 i just can't get it right at all and it's yet too late now 
 for anyone to learn that every breath's worth this darkness
 i saw her face on my doorstep i felt my hands shaking
 i did not understand shadows splitting time and out of place i saw her laughing i wasn't near 
 it was over in an instant it had been far away for far too long i'll be alright it will get better if you just hold on soon we must come together

 i saw a face on my doorstep i felt my hands shaking
i did not understand shadows splitting time and out of place i saw you laughing i wasn't near
 when i saw your face
10.
falling from you 04:41
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no way to know where you were like a puzzle in a perfect place tears upon my face the magic between us i find it hard to speak so many words i could never say but all i can do is read the signs in your life you choose to chase the lie 
 the sky is ringing out there is fire in our hands words that matter are clear i'm gone gone in my mind gone back to the clouds to the sound of thunder i see the sky go down in front of me an empty sky full of tears and if i let it go what will happen to us

 the silence in my nightmares 
 has just begun the empire of today is done the blood upon their hands 
 has turned to dust the battle scars will never end i know that there's a chance 
 inside of all this anger the sky is ringing out there is fire in our hands words that matter are clear i'm gone gone in my mind gone back to the clouds to the sound of thunder i see the sky go down in front of me i’ve already done the best i can i'm already falling from you you're just another face on the wall eyes filled with a thirst your bones are not healing they're only maddening to decay all night lying restless on the floor the sky is ringing out there is fire in our hands words that matter are clear i'm gone gone in my mind gone back to the clouds to the sound of thunder i see the sky go down in front of me an empty sky full of tears and if i let it go what will happen to us

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released August 4, 2023

lush massive synths, razor guitars, angry-mournful vocals, grind bass, textures, disembodied fem-bot voices, mistakes, errors, noises, heartfelt murmurs

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