ATLANTIS CHRONICLES LYRICS

1. Full Fathom Five

Blinded
I was just blinded
Drunk with the sun
And its friendly fire

Stranded
I was just stranded
The shadows dancing
Their portentous signs

However hard we're struggling
It never stops, it never wanes
Never abates

Can't you see the wave
That will carry us away
We're drifting, swept up by the tide
Our prayers in the depths will lie
Our plans resting
Full fathom five

Deny it not
The looming storm
Come to tear out
Your line of fate
When it's awake
It won't relent
There's no time to negotiate

However hard we're struggling
It never stops
It never wanes
Never abates

Can't you see the wave
That will carry us away
We're drifting, swept up by the tide
Our prayers in the depths will lie
Our plans resting
Full fathom five

2. The Drowned and the Saved

My arms and legs
Bearing the scars of freedom
The tongues of ice
Slashing me from inside

If I'm choosing my path
Nothing is cast in stone
Nothing is cast in stone

My tribute to their lives:
I'll be their legacy

Loud and cold,
The silence of their graves
Break the walls, between
The drowned and the saved
Risen from the dead
Risen from the dead

Open your eyes and breathe again
Only their name remains
A distant call, a faded memory
Yet I'm never alone, roaming
In the void, but not astray

Loud and cold,
The silence of their graves

Break the walls, between
The drowned and the saved
Risen from the dead
Risen from the dead
Open your eyes and breathe again

Loud and cold,
The silence of their graves

Break the walls, between
The drowned and the saved

Open your eyes and breathe again

3. A New Extinction

Whichever way I look,
There's only chaos
The sun is black raining with fire
The ground is shaking
And bursting with lava
I cannot recognize
The land that was mine

This is the death of the world
We're going deaf with
Our children's screaming
These are the final throes
We had been warned,
Payment for hubris has come

I can't save the ones I love
Or even save myself
Here comes a new extinction

There, the wave, it's coming for us
Pray, you did, but to the wrong gods
There, the wave, it's coming for us,
There, the wave,
It's gonna wipe the slate

I saw an eagle fall from the sky
Followed by legions of other birds
Struck as they scrambled for shelter,
Slain as they flew away

Crazed and dazed humans and beasts
I can't separate
Panic is making them monsters
Blinded by fear
Crawling in terror
And clawing for air
Here's the wave

I can't save the ones I love
Or even save myself
Here comes a new extinction

4. We All Saw It Coming

God's blood, the gift
We received, for millenaries,
The flag of our nation
Flowing in circles in rivers of light

The holy girdles protecting
Our homeland, we knew
The prayers, we sang them loud

We all saw it coming
Helpless to our fate
We all saw it coming
And there is no place to run away

Pride and the stream of years
Corroded our souls
Pride was the snake of doom
Watch its fangs

Dirt in the corners
Of temples and hearts
We wouldn't sweep it
We let ourselves drift and weaken
With the lust for gold
And the thirst for honour

And the godly kings
Five and five on our land
Let the sceptres rust
And the crown of Poseidon
Left to sleep in gloom
Left to sleep in shame
Sealing our fate in silence

Wipe our world away
In only a breath you'll be here
To gut our walls
This is the price we knew we'd pay

We all saw it coming, helpless
To our fate, we all saw it coming
And there is no place to run away

5. Obsolete Bodies

There is another
Page to the tale
Floating on the sea of time
Another realm men will occupy
When their pride is gone

Just like seagulls in a storm
They flew away
They found a home
Within the coral walls
A shelter in the depths

Let's now embrace
Our weaknesses
Heed the lesson
That life has sent

Let's now embrace
Our weaknesses
Close the chapter
Of our descent

Bodies changing shapes
And lungs breathing
Life from the water
Riding white horses
Astride on the groundswell

Rebuild from nothing
No longer earthbound

We must shed our former skin
Our obsolete bodies
Washed away

Let's now emerge
Our weaknesses
Heed the lesson
That life has sent

Let's now embrace
Our weaknesses
Close the chapter
Of our descent

6. Ruins and Memories

Ruins and memories
Smouldering down
But I'm not willing to fall
'Cause I've heard
The call to wake up
Thundering for me to soar

There's no road to follow
Not a star to lead the way
As I roam, I'm drawing my own map
With the blood and the tears
That I've shed

This is the promise
That I make
And send out
Through the void
I'll bid what I was farewell

Lost, buried in time
The earth as we knew
It is gone

Struck by disaster
I need a new skin
And we need a new faith

And the sky is hollow
Not a star
To lead the way
In the dark
I'm drawing my own map
With the blood and the tears
That I've shed

This is the promise that I make
And send out
Through the void
I'll bid what I was farewell

7. The Great Escape

[Instrumental]

8. The Great Inscape

Before the light, before
The beginning of space and time
There we deep
And strong vibrations
Notes of a lost symphony
Written by the gods themselves

Who am I?

Do I have a purpose?
Why was I chosen
Among the others?

Brick by brick, chaos began
To build everything we know
Shaping destiny for better
And for worse
Nothing is lost, nothing is created,
Everything is transformed
I am and shall stay dust

Maybe I'm dead
Maybe I was never born

But through the silence
I can hear your voice
I feel this link deep down in my guts
If I am a part of you,
You are a part of me too

I hope I never lose you
Be forever my guide in the darkness
I'm probably not the one
You've expected
And I can't promise not to fall

Maybe I'm dead
Maybe I was never born
But through the silence
I can hear your voice
I feel this link deep down in my guts
If I am a part of you,
You are a part of me too

9. The End Is Near

(The end is near)
(The age of ego is over)

Listen to the very last breath
Of this great
Collapsed civilization
Once the oracles have spoken
There is no way back

We laughed at the alerts
And followed liars
Of our free will
What else could we really expect?
It's nothing else but a fair reward

Sons of Narcissus
You lose yourselves
In your own reflection
Now face the aftermath

The end is near
The age of ego is over

Listen to the very last breath
Of this great collapsed civilization
Once the oracles have spoken
There is no way back

We must be blind not to see
That the world we know
Is about to collapse because of us
We have more than what we need,
But it's never enough
Averting our eyes
Not to see the truth
We must be blind not to see
That the world we know
Is about to collapse because of us

I see a crown in the black clouds
Coming towards us
And a threatening face
In the mountains of water
Mountains of water

The end is near
The age of ego is over

10. Fatherless Nights Ahead

Blank is the world
That they left for their sons to rebuild.
Dark is the day that they cast us away
When they walked out on us

Even though I know the skies will shake
Even though I know the tears will flow
I'm gonna stand for myself
Even though I know my soul will break
Even though I know the tears will flow
I'll put the pieces back together

Ice down in my heart
The days of weeping are behind
No one's gonna come to save me
As I stand on this cliff alone

Fatherless nights ahead
In gardens of salt and stone
Is man the failure of gods?
Or gods man's fatal mistake?

Even though I know the skies will shake
Even though I know the tears will flow
I'm gonna stand for myself

Ice down in my heart
The days of weeping are behind
No one's gonna come to save me
As I stand on this cliff alone

Blank is the world that they left
For their sons to rebuild
Dark is the day that they cast us away
When they walked out on us

Even though I know the skies will shake
Even though I know the tears will flow
I'm gonna stand for myself
Even though I know my soul will break
Even though I know the tears will flow
I'll put the pieces back together

I'm gonna stand for myself







ATLANTIS CHRONICLES LYRICS