Soen - Imperial [The Best Alternative Metal Album]

Lyrics to Imperial [The Best Alternative Metal Album] by Soen

Tracklist: 01. Lumerian Gathering all the hidden keys Turning rocks to diamonds I'll lead you in I will make it easy now Turn unrest to comfort By my side you may close your eyes And I'll be your guidance Come suffering, let me be your medicine Lay your hopes on me We're hunting blind and aimless Embracing gods to feel their light We fell from grace right into the unknown I believe That in the end we could be something more But every trace of who we are is gone Still I hope we could be the ones Be the ones And I see How we surrender for the endless greed And we do nothing to prevent its spear To keep piercing into our hearts Our hearts Open minds unveil the disguise Of the friendly imposter Who lures you in Wearing a warmhearted grin To leech off your vein We are done Feeding the machine Losing trail of our only home We're hunting blind and aimless Embracing gods to feel their light We fell from hope right into the unknown A day will come A time to deal with what we did And our pride will crumble down on us Someday we'll scream To raise our voice for our belief Together we can change the fate of all I believe That in the end we could be something more But every trace of who we are is gone Still I hope we could be the ones Be the ones And I see How we surrender for the endless greed And we do nothing to prevent its spear To keep piercing into our hearts Our hearts Our hearts 02. Deceiver Love, light, have abandoned our side Leaving us dull without will to thrive Lives pass uneventfully by Anything challenging set aside Stand by, let the tension arrive Grateful receive what deceit provides This vice is a sinful ally Fading to black every glimpse of light When the heart is young and the will is strong You expect yourself to conquer But the winds of time will disperse the signs That you left to find your trail In the waters of sin I will drown my awareness of you You have always been there Covering the sun Aching in my chest Someday I will do as you say Cracking my armour to break away All blame I assign to myself Carrying the guilt of a doom we share When the heart is young and the will is strong You expect yourself to conquer But the winds of time will disperse the signs That you left to find your trail In the waters of sin I will drown my awareness of you You have always been there Covering the sun Aching in my chest You're my shadow within And I'll give what I harvest to you In the river of shame Certain we immerse Preying on the blessed In the waters of sin I will drown my awareness of you You have always been there Covering the sun Aching in my chest 03. Monarch When the eyes of war Set their sight on the dissident land When the meek turn clamorous And the sheep are the lions As the curtain falls And devotion is measured in blood Hear the monarch call For the lost and the bitter Unending blazes light the sky, so bright (so bright) And thundering choirs pierce the air with cries (with cries) Into the fire I am Leading the slain Steering the fallen to the end Into the pyre I reign Drowning in flames Raising empires on remains I'm a walking corpse Who abandoned humanity's cause To become the god of harm To divide and devour Seek among the bones For the ones who confronted my hate Artisan of gore Steaming smothering venom Unending blazes light the sky, so bright (so bright) And thundering choirs pierce the air with cries (with cries) Into the fire I am Leading the slain Steering the fallen to the end Into the pyre I reign Drowning in flames Raising empires on remains You could be someone who loves You could be a dearest friend But compassion isn't strength And you were raised to be a man And sometimes when you're alone You despise who you became And I see the next in line Just hoping to become the same Who are the ones we are sending to die? Starry-eyed youth in disguise (the same) Carry a banner of misleading pride They are the ghosts of our time Who are the ones we are sending to die? They are the ghosts of our time 04. Illusion Here we are Blaming failure on the other Here we are awaiting to depart Do we care Just enough to aid our brother? Do we care enough to cease the harm? With every step we take we get further away From everything we need to reach harmony For all of us who won't linger on to pretend And everyone who follows their dreams Run away From the weights that keep you cornered Find a way to take back what is yours You and I We're depending on each other While divided we won't hear the call Where do I heal when the river runs dry? How do I sweeten the bitter? A word decides our fate And our silence condemns Would you give us what is left of your time? Give yourself up for the others? The choices are our own But the failure we'll share The man in charge is announcing He'll be the one who saves the earth and feeds the poor And when that promise is broken The next in line with the same lies will claim the throne For every step he takes, we get further away From finding what we need to reach unity With every word he says he condemns who we are Depriving us from reaching our dreams Where do I heal when the river runs dry? How do I sweeten the bitter? A word decides our fate And our silence condemns Would you give us what is left of your time? Give yourself up for the others? The choices are our own But the failure we'll share 05. Antagonist With the rejects and lonely I blend With the beggars and junkies I welcome the pain Of a life as the target of blame For the outcast who wouldn't align With the ruthless unfairness that rules on our time For the wolves driven out by the lambs You're mistaking the crook for the honest While you're building your homes far away from us Raising walls to keep us on the outside Of your meaningless life Fire up your guns, to honor the ones Who walk on the edge of the light to follow their cause Fire up your guns, defying the kings For the word that they preach Is the wound that is making us bleed I break my bread with the thieves I share my wine with the villain you fear To be cursed by the ones you revere The weak and the bullied, we are The tyrant is feeding us crumbs from its hand Celebrate a disheartening life Dishonesty cracks in the light Necessity forces the proud to be humble Failure in life purifies Dependency dampens the wild Inequity weighs down the motion of progress Life isn't just to survive Fire up the guns, light up the flame and they will hear Let anger be the voice that speaks Born, as a shade in the dark Like a stain of shame On the flag of our cultural pride Are we all unaware of our loss? For a part of our kin We refuse to relieve and condemn to exile Fire up your guns, to honor the ones Who walk on the edge of the light to follow their cause Fire up your guns, defying the kings For the word that they preach is the wound that is making us bleed Fire up your guns 06. Modesty Searching for a cause Leaning on the answers Nothing comes to mind When grasping for a thought Nevermind the cost Our rival is our modesty Compromised ideas Muddy at their core Freeing yourself from right and wrong Leaving behind all pride and shame Follow me, follow us 'Cause there's no one coming to help us Coming to help us To defeat this monster Follow me, follow us Are we strong enough to betray Our love and our affection To defeat this monster We're better off alone Nothing left here to discuss If you bought or if you sold You still won't get what you want Freeing yourself from right and wrong Leaving behind all pride and shame Closing the door for mental burden Welcoming back the ones who left Follow me, follow us 'Cause there's no one coming to help us Coming to help us To defeat this monster Follow me, follow us Are we strong enough to betray Our love and our affection To defeat this monster 'Cause sometimes it is hard to feel hope 07. Dissident Use your head, break away from this Don't trust in a scale unfairly levelled Ask yourself, do I need to stay Or am I restrained by my possessions Wake us up, free us from our fate Give us something real to fight for Break us out from reality Rescue us from domination Take the lead to guide the course Break the chains enslaving us We are one, undivided fallen sons And we are designed to open our hearts to the night Not to serve and comply We have a fire burning inside of us all Driving us to break out Take the fall, blame it on yourself Gather what you've lost and start from zero Wander on, sacred is your time Don't resign the things you care for No remorse, no passivity Driven by determination Take control of your innocence It is easy to walk the distance and fade away Away we go to the unknown To lessen the pain So far within, it breaks the skin And clears the trail Be aware of your ignorance There's a reason why the deceitful do find a prey Among the lost we share the cost And feed off the pain The time is in, thicken your skin And give it a chance We are one, undivided fallen sons And we are designed to open our hearts to the night Not to serve and comply We have a fire burning inside of us all Driving us to break out We are the designed to fight for what burns in our hearts To unleash who we are 'Cause there is a fire burning inside of us all Tearing down every wall 08. Fortune Time, it's unveiling every end What we couldn't comprehend is now avowed Weak is the soul of every man And the wicked ones decide the fate of all And one day I know you'll understand That your happiness depends on you Even after all the battles lost We still stand here believing Doesn't matter if they know our name When in darkness we will make it through To be broken doesn't mean to fall There's nothing to fear I'll keep your path clear As long as we walk We'll find what is real And I will become Your shield and your wall Unbreakable stone Just keep yourself near Cold is the hand that rules the game And the pieces of the play have no control Doomed is the heart of every man That is taking for himself what is for all And one day I know you'll understand That your happiness depends on you Even after all the fights you've lost You still stand here believing Doesn't matter if they know your name When in darkness you will make it through To be broken doesn't mean to fall There's nothing to fear I'll keep your path clear As long as we walk We'll find what is real And I will become Your shield and your wall Unbreakable stone Just keep yourself near