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Life can be so overwhelming.
Constantly consuming all of me.
Another day,
One on one with self doubt.
In the comfort of loathing.
You used to be so calm.
A fortress impenetrable.
Now a shameful man.
In endless woe.
Despite your love I still hate myself, but
I would rather die than be someone else.
If it takes too long to get yourself in line
Take your scorn, I don't need you.
Choke on empty words, I won't believe you.
I'll take my time breathing faith back in my life.
Being a coward isn't going so well,
Aren't you better than this?
Stand up for yourself.
What you get is what you give.
So use your heart to breakdown
These walls from within.
In a shade of discontent,
I blind myself in ignorance.
You are the smog surrounding me,
I will extinguish you indefinitely.
I am self enslaved.
Every link,
every chain,
you'll find my name.
But I will bestow all forms
Of hope and valor within these arms.
Tear down your apathy.
Don't waste another second hearing what you don't believe.
This life is yours to take,
You're just another barrier for me to break.
Dispossession.
This is the end of grief.
Dispossession.
Having it's hold on me.
Despite your love I still hate myself, but
I would rather die than be someone else.
If it takes too long to get yourself in line.
Take your scorn I don't need you,
Choke on empty words, I won't believe you.
I'll take my time breathing faith back in my life.
The way your emotions waver,
Like a harsh and violent wind...
Tipping over the scales of despair,
Hoping to never weigh you down again.
Despite your love I still hate myself, but I would rather die than be someone else.
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I found a passion at the age of five
A burning light inside my soul
Then with absolutely no warning the spark was snuffed out
Now I’m lost in the dark
So now I’m all alone; my best friends are my fear and doubt.
Crawling on the floor clawing at the walls; trying to find a way out
Bad Dream. Make it stop. Make it stop.
Bad Dream. Let me wake up.
Slipping into the sorrow inside my mind
No one sees the chaos behind these eyes
I'm sinking. Sinking. Just say goodbye.
Let me go. Let me go. Let me go.
I'll be fine.
Let me go. I’ll be fine.
Let me go. I’m not fine.
I still believe that there’s a purpose for my life
But it’s getting harder
Harder to see it, my vision clouded by the strife
When something you’ve take for granted is taken away
It can bring you to your knees
I'm sick of being sick
I'm tired of being tired
I'm broken and it's breaking me
Trapped inside my brain with no hope for victory
Cause every second of my life is plagued by doubt
I don't think I will ever get out
It’s breaking me
This curse is never ending
Slipping into the sorrow inside my mind
No one sees the chaos behind these eyes
I'm sinking. Sinking. Just say goodbye.
Let me go. Let me go. Let me go.
I'll be fine.
I'll only get better I'll never get worse
I’ll never get better I’ll only get worse
I'll only get better I'll never get worse
I’ll never get better
This torture will end, I’ll be set free from the curse
I want to believe the better things that I have heard
But the voices in my head are screaming these words
The voices are screaming
Never better. Only worse.
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My retreating feet betray who pulls my strings
Moving further and further away from the man I want to be
Hear their voices
Their paralyzing curses
Commands of constriction
Obfuscate my vision
Make their fears into bolted bars
Barricade the cave with anxiety
Show them the dread of things unseen
Bring pressure
Show them that they are alone[1]
Weaponized apprehension
Credence to doubt
A sterile desert of my own concoction
Choking on self-inflicted drought
Shackled shut
Shackled still
Shackled sane?
O, Revolutionary!
Siege these walls
Breach the borders
Come, and plant your flag
Only you can come
To bring forth a flood
Where there once was none[2]
Break me in two
Would your waters wash me new?[3]
I'm a meager man
Found in the valley of Your hand[4]
Uncover my face to see
What freedom won't I own?[5]
Jesus, bring freedom
Breach the borders
Come plant your flag
Animate the wasteland[6]
Jesus, bring freedom
1: The Screwtape Letters, C.S. Lewis
2: Numbers 20:6-8
3: Ezekiel 36:25-28
4: John 10:27-30
5: 2 Corinthians 3:14-18
6: Isaiah 32:14-17
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Bloodlines - Esh
03:28
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CONSTANT
DISTRESS
NO MORE OF
THIS MESS INSIDE MY HEAD
HOLY SPIRIT
FILL ME WITH
YOUR PRESENCE
NO MORE SUFFERING
SPIRIT REMAIN WITHIN
SOMEWHERE DEEP INSIDE
THE FIRE WILL IGNITE
CLEANSE OUR HEARTS
AND OUR CONSCIOUSNESS
CHORUS:
WE WILL BURN SO THE WORLD CAN SEE
WE WILL BURN (WE WILL BURN)
IGNITE OUR FLAME AND ILLUMINATE
SO THE WORLD CAN SEE (SO THE WORLD CAN SEE)
OPEN YOUR MIND AND EMBRACE
REALIZE OUR DISCONNECT
ELIMINATE THE DENIAL
FORCE BACK THE DIAL
AND COME FOR FLESH
TAKE IT BACK
CONSTANT
DISTRESS
NO MORE OF
THIS MESS INSIDE MY HEAD
HOLY SPIRIT
FILL ME WITH
YOUR PRESENCE
NO MORE SUFFERING
SPIRIT REMAIN WITHIN
OPEN YOUR MIND AND EMBRACE
REALIZE OUR DISCONNECT
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6. |
Relent - Addicted
03:17
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They hate me 'cause I'm not the same, but they don't
Understand I was playing a game, and I will
Tell the world what you mean to me
And no more living the lie
I can't get enough, enough, enough
I'm addicted to your love, your love, your love
Gave you my everything, you became everything
Now I'm addicted, 'dicted to you
They're pointed fingers and they're saying my name, but they don't
Understand how you took my pain, and I will
Tell the world what you've done to me
I've got no reason to hide
Thumbtack I've been feeling right, that's what's up
Knees weak every time you speak, that's what's up
Your name's got me losing my brain
I'm gonna testify that
I can't get enough, enough, enough
I'm addicted to your love, your love, your love
Gave you my everything, you became everything
Now I'm addicted, 'dicted to you
It makes no difference to me
What they say, what they know, tell 'em
When it all comes down I'm not ready, yo
What they say, what they know, tell 'em
When it all comes down I'm not ready, yo
What they say, what they know, tell 'em
These boys rock the rock, we're not gonna stop
What they say, what they know, tell 'em
These boys rock the rock
I can't get enough, enough, enough
I'm addicted to your love, your love, your love
Gave you my everything, you became everything
Now I'm addicted, 'dicted to you
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7. |
Prevailer - Inversion
04:47
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They've sparked their silent war.
Hiding in plain sight.
We sift through all the lies.
To try and find what's shrouded deep inside.
Descendants of the architect constantly trying to pry away.
From the conjurer's of consciousness, paving the way for the final days.
We've been divided, minds conquered by puppeteers.
How did we get here?
What have we done.
Separated, losing our empathetic nature.
Have we forgotten who we really are?
Who we really are!
This is the lie we live.
Led down the wrong path just to drown in sin.
This is the lie we live.
Led down the wrong path just to drown in sin.
The blind masses are unaware of the spreading inversion.
They're tearing through the veil while we're stuck in our delusion.
The blind masses move unaware
of the spreading inversion.
They're tearing through the veil while we're stuck in our delusion.
We are divided.
Our minds conquered by puppeteers.
This is the lie we live.
Led down the wrong path just to drown in sin.
This is the lie we live.
Led down the wrong path just to drown in sin.
Our time to repair this wreckage is wearing thin.
Machines harness the matter right underneath our skin.
They're running scared now that we're awake.
They're terrified now that we're awake.
Finally the facade has faded.
I pray you see what we were born to do.
Confide it all that is honest, believe in all that is true.
Burn warnings in our hearts.
Burn warnings in our hearts.
Burn warnings in our hearts.
This is all for you.
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Say goodbye to the reassurance you crave
Surrender seemed sensible until it cost you everything
When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?
With foundations of scattered sand
Stability becomes a sacrament
What if we questioned our motives instead of defending our vices?
Let us weep until we starve from hunger
Let us mourn until we die of thirst
Remember, branches were broken off so that we might be grafted in
Yet we justify our priorities by building a foreign flame
In the case that the cause would not carry on, in the case that our passion might wear thin
Deaf ears, will you ever listen?
Blind eyes, will you ever have vision?
Tell me, faithful, does God ever mention
A remedy for lost conviction
When you have nowhere left to go
When no amount of self-indulgence is enough to feed your shallow soul
When it’s not hypothetical
When you come face-to-face with what keeps you awake at night?
In utter blasphemy we say
“Shall we not drink the cup the Father has given us?”
And what noble intent!
Christ, we’re mesmerized by your words, but did we misread your lips?
When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?
You’ll agree that apathy is debilitating; it brings our darkest day
Yet selflessness was admirable before our lives became rearranged
Sometimes I think we’re all lost
Sometimes I think we’re all lost and we’re just mindlessly repeating
We dream of sacrificial living while we toss and turn in peace
We’re just mindlessly repeating
We let pleasure dictate purpose as we grow in unbelief
We’re just mindlessly repeating
Regurgitate and sleep
We don’t comprehend what it means to breathe
Regurgitate and sleep
Will we ever comprehend what it means to breathe?
When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?
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I'm lost
I'm lost in this place
It’s hard to escape when I'm tied
I'm tied to the ground And there’s no way out
Break these chains
They’re weighing me down
I'm screaming so loud Can’t be heard
I’ve done my wrong
I'm sinking but I wont give up
Chorus:
Get out
I wont let you bring me down
My shield is the one who casts out
No tears will be shed
No blood will be bled
Under this king and crown
I’ve seen
I’ve seen the dark
And I want apart from this path
This path in the black
I’m under attack
Free me now
From the demons in me
They wont let me be who I am
But I’m restoring my name
Reviving my strength right now
Bridge:
Cuz I won’t let these voices take me to dark places again
I'll stand up and take back the things that took me to that life
Get out
I won't let you bring me down
My shield will cast you out
No tears will be shed
Under this king and crown
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Cliffside - Foundation
03:31
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Who am I to try to define myself?
Lost in understanding, desperate for some help.
I’ve spent so many years hiding behind a mask.
Searching for the answers, yet can’t look by the past.
Look inside and then you’ll see, truth can be found in your identity.
Know the heart of your father
Know you’re all sons and daughters
I found something inside myself valued and worthy of a king himself.
Know your worth it’s been yours since birth.
Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
Search for your home and you will find your solace.
Search for your home and your life will fill with purpose.
Look inside and then you’ll see, truth can be found in your identity.
Know the heart of your father.
Know you’re all sons and daughters.
No matter who you are or what you have done,
You have value, and you are enough.
Look inside and then you’ll see, truth can be found in your identity.
Know the heart of your father.
Know you’re all sons and daughters.
Surrendering can be so hard, breaking down not putting up the guard.
Not putting up the guard.
No matter who you are or what you have done,
You have value and you are enough.
No matter who you are or what you have done, you have value and you are enough.
I was looking for a place to run and I was losing hope.
I found a home where I have value and now I’m sold.
I won’t leave home.
I won’t leave home.
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Show me my hubris and my abuses
All my excuses become elusive
Another broken vow today
Another price I couldn’t pay
Another nail in hands that save
I let my promise break
Oh, it’s burning in my mind
How I can’t face all my mistakes or bring them to the light
No, I’m running out of time
And I can’t face my judgment day if I can’t make this right
My mind’s a ruthless internal Judas
This voice abuses, tells me I’m useless
Another hour wastes away
Another selfish word to say
Another nail in hands that save
I let my promise break
Oh, it’s burning in my mind
How I can’t face all my mistakes or bring them to the light
No, I’m running out of time
And I can’t face my judgment day if I can’t make this right
It’s time to go; terror grips my throat
Death calls, I know just why the bell tolls
I stand alone at the judgment throne
Guilt breaks these bones
There’s no way that I could atone
Oh, it’s burning in my mind
How I can’t face all my mistakes or bring them to the light
No, I’m running out of time
And I can’t face my judgment day if I can’t make this right
Oh, I can’t believe my eyes
But I’ve seen grace replace mistakes with perfect sacrifice
And though I fall a thousand times
I will remain to rise again and stand to face the light
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You've provided a way
that I've been following.
But sometimes it feels like I
like I need a new heading.
Show me the lighthouse on the shore,
to avoid all these sticks and stones.
I can't take this anymore,
I need to find my home.
Please, don't turn back
to where you once were.
Keep moving forward.
Don't take that step back
and erase all your progress.
You are on the right track,
my friend.
Through the rain and fog,
I can see the light
guiding me away from
the cliff side.
But brace for collision
this could still be a bumpy ride.
I need you to save me
just one more time.
and I know that you will do it
I don't deserve this life.
But because of your never ending grace,
I know you'll be my light.
Move forward, never growing cold.
its you've I've sent, to change the world.
No regressing, just progressing.
Don't stop processing the words
I've given to you, I've sent you to change the world.
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March
Charge
Towards the altar of your fallen god
Come
And gorge your taste for human waste
Submerge
Splurge
Just one more bite, your dearest vice
Converge
Serve
The gluttonous feast among the circle
Your disease is delusion
You're conscious of your choices
Whose hand fed you the poison?
The gluttonous crave their torment
Tie the noose 'round your neck
And indulge your flesh
Feeding your hunger
Tie the noose 'round your neck
And indulge your flesh
Feeding your disease
Breathe in feces
Weeping, screaming
As you're feasting
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Liar and thief thou art, Mephistopheles (John 8: 44; 10: 1-21)
Perversion is thine art, Prince of darkness (Ephesians 2: 2; 6: 12)
Thy kingdom shall not last, thy kingdom!
Never to rise again, never! (Daniel 2: 39-45)
The keys of death and hades belong to The Rock of Ages (Rev. 1: 18)
Thy evil power is worthless against our Saviour Jesus (Luke 10: 17)
O death, where is thy sting, o death?
O grave, where is thy victory, o grave? (1 Corinthians 15: 55)
When Satan approaches like a roaring lion
Seeking for a prey to devour (1 Peter 5: 8)
The Christian calls on The Name of Jesus
Soon, the shadows retreat (Philippians 2: 10)
Enemy of Satan
Fear not the serpent
His fate has been foretold
In the pages of old (Revelation 20: 10)
Worthy is The Lamb who was slain for thee
Praise, honour, glory and power
For ever and ever! (Revelation 5: 12-13)
Thou hast been in Eden, perfect in thy beauty
Banished from heaven, corruption found in thee (Ezekiel 28: 12-17; Isaiah 14: 11-15)
Accuser, thou shalt be silenced, accuser! (Revelation 12: 10)
Deceiver, thou shalt be consumed, deceiver! (2 Thessalonians 2: 8)
When Satan approaches like a roaring lion
Seeking for a prey to devour (1 Peter 5: 8)
The Christian calls on The Name of Jesus
Soon, the shadows retreat (Philippians 2: 10)
Enemy of Satan
Fear not the serpent
His fate has been foretold
In the pages of old (Revelation 20: 10)
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Canaan, origen de
antiguo cultos
Antiguos pueblos, se
apartaron de la verdad.
Ofreciendo culto a
dioses paganos
Dioses ajenos al
Dios de Abraham
Deus domine REGNUM
OMNIPOTENTS
Deus domine. DOMINUS
VOBISCUM
Gloria patri. ET
FILIO ET SPIRITU
Sicut erat. IN
PRINCIPIO ET NUNC
Babilonia sus muros
fuertes
Cayeron uno a uno y
no quedo nada
serpiente antigua
levantada y honrada
Hoy se arrastra
sobre la tierra
ENGLISH: (Rough Translation)
Canaan, origin of
ancient cults
Ancient villages, it
They turned away from the truth.
Offering worship to
pagan gods
Gods outside the
God of Abraham
Masters of the
Almighty
God dominate. MASTER
WITH YOU
Father and Glory
The Spirit and
As it was. IN
PRINCIPLE AND TIME
Babylon its walls
powerful
They fell one by one and
nothing left
ancient snake
raised and honored
Today creeps
on earth
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16. |
Amanaki - Pressure
01:54
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Pressure building inside of me
Get me out
Don’t know what I stand for
Get me out
People I thought I trusted
Get me out
This pressure cookers about to blow
I can’t stand this
Pressure building inside of me
Get me out
Don’t know what I stand for
Get me out
People I thought I trusted
Get me out
This pressure cookers about to blow
Cause when the pressure gets to much
And It seems like failure Is the only solution
Like there’s no way to turn back the clock
Like I’m going to let everyone down
There is hope
Among the broken
There is hope
For the unloved
There is hope
Among-st failures
There is hope
For everyone
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Thornyway - Prophecy
03:01
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ты знаешь, что тебя ждёт?
нет, не сегодня, нет, не сейчас
своей рукой осуществил пророчество,
которое было дано
тысячи лет назад
пусть ты забрал мою жизнь
но я тебя простил
я пережил смерть один раз
тебе предстоит два
на твой вопрос
боюсь ли я смерти
у меня есть ответ
как тебе с этим дальше жить?
ты спросишь
готов ли я умереть за веру
больше пугает,
что за неё ты готов убить
Я знаю, что будет дальше
я стоял на коленях перед Богом своим не раз
и я снова на них
и ты думаешь, что этот день мой последний
но я знаю, что первый
и тебе предстоит лишь об этом узнать
пусть ты забрал мою жизнь
но я тебя простил
я пережил смерть один раз
тебе предстоит два
всё то во что верил ты - ложь
и ты об этом знал
никто не выберал путь за нас
ENGLISH: (Rough Translation)
Do you know what awaits you?
no, not today, no, not now
I realized the prophecy with my hand
which was given
thousands of years ago
let you take my life
but i forgave you
I survived death once
you have two
to your question
am i afraid of death
i have an answer
how do you go about living with this?
you ask
am i ready to die for faith
more scary
what are you ready to kill for her
I know what will happen next
I knelt before my God more than once
and I'm back on them
and you think this day is my last
but i know that first
and you only have to find out about it
let you take my life
but i forgave you
I survived death once
you have two
all that you believed in is a lie
and you knew about it
no one chose the path for us
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There is lots of blood in my eyes
Because of the wounds on my forehead
My legs are tired due to the weight of this cross
My arms are trembling, they beat me up a lot
But I keep on love you all
Your sins are in my flesh
Your agony is on my mind
But I keep on loving you all
For you, it's finished
All my life is finished
They don't stop hitting me
Demons are laughing at me
Nails are being spiked
But I keep on love you all
For you, it's finished
All my life is finished
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19. |
Reverie - Smoke Signals
04:33
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Threnody - Fractured
04:47
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Covet my eyes so you can see it clearly:
Witness of woe gave way through separation
Disintegration of a past collapsing inward.
And one by one, they fell. Cursed into a lie where there is..
Nothing that I know (is real)
All I know now is (nothing)
Dream again:
This pain, reminiscent of your ever-changing absence
Illusion, delusion
I'm a warden of severed ties,
And a convict of a better life.
And after all this time, I still remain so passive.
Always struggling to find the words unspoken.
A mother, a daughter, a grave where they left their peace
But it's one that I can't fill,
And I doubt I ever will.
Dead/Gone
You see me. See:
The aftermath, the downfall, the deluge.
Looking down at my endlessness,
I'll see through my, my father's eyes
One by one, I saw you fall
Fading away into nothing
"Breathe life in me
Bring, light to my (lead the way)
Life, show me your
Light, let it reign (and downpour)"
Let it be so, I'll bleed alone
My vision failing once again
All I know, all I love:
Fading away into nothing
One by one, I saw you fall
Fading away into nothing
I'll see through my,
My father's eyes
Let the earth be home to my escape.
Let your life encase my sanity.
I'll be one with the earth.
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21. |
Sightlyne - Immersion
04:59
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Intro: x4
Call me to the water.
Verse:
Surrounded by atmosphere.
A dialect only the ancients hear.
Shaping my ability to fear.
Lesser breath's as the water inflicts its faith on my lungs.
Divided in two, from sky and depth there’s doubt as I commend.
Pre-Chorus:
The current is violent. Drowning in my sacrament.
Face of my fear, a tub like ocean to disappear.
Chorus: x4
Call me to the water…
Pre-Verse:
Panic settles in…
Fighting what cannot be overcome….
Verse:
Attempting to close off the path that left me choking.
A calm terror, in the expanse of realizing, that this is not what I want.
Clothe me in something else, then the pain that daily haunts.
Bridge:
Embrace a clear conscience cleansed from a path of dirt.
Bury me in water, and raise me from earth.
To the one that the Spirit remains;
I want to breathe. Save me please.
Pre-Chorus:
The current is violent. Awakened in my sacrament.
Facing the fear. A love like oceans to disappear.
Chorus: x6
Call me to the water.
Outro:
The current is violent. Awakened in my sacrament.
Doubting the fear. A love like ocean to disappear.
Psalm 103:12, Matthew 14:25-33, John 1:29-33, Galatians 3:27, Colossians 2:12, 1 Peter 3:21
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So
I perish the thoughts of tomorrow in a sea of flames
In a sea of flames
I left my past in the wake of yesterday
Oh
I walk your path still framed
Because I live your moments
I will not change my faith
Will not change my faith
Cause you’re the one who was here when I went astray
I walk blindly knowing that he is my guide
Graciously covered by your life
I will live your way I will live by faith
Lord because of you I have been saved
I no longer hear these voices
When those screams turned silent
I knew that the war was won
Against the chaos in me
I walk blindly knowing that he is my guide
Graciously covered by your life
I will live your way I will live by faith
Lord because of you I have been saved
You gave me strength I will not hide
You told me to stand so I will now rise
You showed me this path with your guiding light
I confess that you saved me almighty Christ!
I walk blindly knowing that he is my guide
Graciously covered by your life
I will live your way I will live by faith
Lord because of you I have been saved
Because of you I’ve been saved
You
Killed the slave from within
So I walk this path of righteousness
The life I have you define
I live for your name
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I’m giving in once again cause I can’t keep up.
I’m caving in to my sins and I feel like I’ve lost all hope
I keep on fighting this war that doesn’t seem to end. And now I’m broken inside
I think I’ve lost my mind.
When does it end
It’s hard to mend so hard to mend
when does it end
I cannot win if I don’t let you in
My heart is growing cold this is spiritual warfare
I cannot win if I don’t let you in
this pain is getting old
can’t break these chains alone in this spiritual warfare.
I understand why I fail in this life but it’s not enough
I need to feel what is real so I reach out for your love.
We keep on fighting this war that doesn’t seem to end.
And now I’m broken inside.
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Christian Metal Source British Columbia
Christian Metal Source is a web community entirely dedicated to Christian metal and fellowship. Here on Bandcamp you can listen to our new Christian Metal Podcast called "For The Rock" as well as various Compilation albums released through Christian Metal Source! ... more
Christian Metal Source recommends:
Parable - EP
by White Robe Nation
If you like progressive, melodic metalcore, you will like this debut from White Robe Nation. Our very own Chris Adam is the vocalist! Go grab a free copy now!
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supported by 9 fans who also own “This Is Our Warfare: A CMS Compilation”
Another Compilation stacked with amazing artists. We are "In His Hands"
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Breaker of Chains
by For The Rock
supported by 8 fans who also own “This Is Our Warfare: A CMS Compilation”
Blessed to work with all the bands featured on this compilation. I believe this is the best collection to date, and some of my favorite tracks from this year!
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Songs of Hope for a New Era
by For The Rock
supported by 8 fans who also own “This Is Our Warfare: A CMS Compilation”
love finding new bands. was hard to pick a favorite on this one.
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Ad Majorem Dei Glorium (Black/Unblack Metal)
by Dawnbreaker
The great NYC black metal group Dawnbreaker returns with another harrowing LP, where brutal riffs are trailed by eerie synths.
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God is Violence
by CANCER CHRIST
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jan 5, 2024
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