HOLOCEN
Our first full length album from 2018.
Produced by Fredrik Ingebrigtsen & Chris Clancy
Co-Produced by Nikolai Svorte
Engineered by Fredrik Ingebrigtsen
Recorded at Front Row Studio, Norway
Additional recordings at Infusion Audio, Norway
Mixed by Chris Clancy at Audioworks, UK
Mastered by Acle Kahney at 4D Sounds, UK
Artwork by Josh Middleton
TRACK LIST / LYRICS
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Water drops
I feel them soak my skin
In solitude I take my form
I find a source withinI'm purified
Yet cold inside
In time I will decayI'm petrified
So dead inside
I'm done
I'm done -
Evolving, trying to grow
Out of the darkness and into the sun
Dissolving, I wither
But I'm willing to tryWithered inside out
Why won't the raindrops fall?
Hopelessly clinging
Onto the surfacesSeamlessly falling through a hole in time
So insignificant, yet vital
Can't you see it?
Can't you see that there's a hole inside?A drop in the sea
A grain of sand in the desert
These condescending thoughts
(So condescending)Withered inside out
Why won't the raindrops fall?
Hopelessly clinging
Onto the surfacesA drop in the sea
A grain of sand in the desert
These condescending thoughtsI thought I had a chance
To tie a bond
Surrounded by these flames
I don’t belongWill you come to me
Deep within my sleep
Let go of everything
Even though I’m weakWater drops
I feel them soak my skin
In solitude I take my form
I find a source withinI'm purified
Yet cold inside
In time I will decayI'm petrified
So dead inside
I'm done
I'm doneWithered inside out
Why won't the raindrops fall?
Hopelessly clinging
Onto the surfaces -
Hidden away by myself
A chance to sculpt these feelings
Into something,
Something of substanceEscape the formula
Avoid repetition
A cathartic releaseDecompose, disintegrate
Pick up the elements
Turn them upside downIntuition leads the way
Creates a natural expression
Forges our shapesStuck in one dimension
Following misleading paths
We’re just wasting timeDecompose, disintegrate
Pick up the elements
Turn them upside downDecompose, disintegrate
Pick up the elements
Turn them upside down
Upside downIt’s such a shame to waste
Our colours and shapes (colours and shapes)
Watch the frictionWhat can I do? (What can I do?)
Direction determined (Determined)
Just take this dayColours die
Shapes collideIt's such a shame
To waste our colours and shapes
What can I do?
Direction determinedIt’s such a shame to waste
Our colours and shapes (colours and shapes)
Watch the friction
What can I do? (What can I do?)
Direction determined (Determined)
Just take this day -
Creative for no one
Productive alone
I constantly get in the zone
Just in time (for the world to close)Crashed, collapsed, left as ash
Strong enough to be weakTake your time
Relax, breathe, flow
Waves will come
(Waves will come)
I must battle the tideI must battle the tide
I must battle the tideI constantly get in the zone
(Constantly get in the zone)
Just in time for the world to closeCreative for none
Take your time
Relax, breathe, flow
Waves will come
(Waves will come)
I must battle the tide -
Exotic dreams so deep
We were going all these places
Then I opened my eyes, stared at the seams
Gone without a traceSuffering from delusions
Voices in my head
Echoes creating all these illusions
My mind pulls at the threadsI need to lower expectations
Minimize anticipation
The dreams I follow are made of glassI need to lower expectations
Minimize anticipation
Cause they’re made to break
Made to breakI’m overthinking
It’s an incessant disarray
Of patterns not worth repeating
These lines won’t see the light of dayI’ve realized it’s not okay
I’ve realized it’s not okay at all
Breathing makes me shiverI need to lower expectations
Minimize anticipation
The dreams I follow are made of glassI need to lower expectations
Minimize anticipation
Cause they’re made to break
Made to break
The dreams I follow always lead to collapseI need to lower expectations
Minimize anticipation
The dreams I follow are made of glassI need to lower expectations
Minimize anticipation
Cause they’re made to break
Made to break -
A cult enclosed
The line is drawn
Imposing depraved beliefs unto meBlinded by devotion, your eyes wide shut
You've lost perspective of right and wrongA new level of ignorance achieved
You obey the words, but they're falseBlinded by devotion, your eyes wide shut
You've lost perspective of right and wrongNumen, do you even exist?
Numen, do you hide in our midst?
Depraving minds, inciting crimes
I watched them all create your nameCreate your name
Killing in his name
Will not release you
Your hope's in vain
You've only got yourselves to blameKilling in his name
Will not release you
Your hope's in vain
You've only got yourselves to blameBlinded by devotion, your eyes wide shut
You've lost perspective of right and wrongNumen, do you even exist?
Numen, do you hide in our midst?
Depraving minds, inciting crimes
I watched them all create your nameYou're to blame
Killing in his name
Will not release you
Your hope's in vain
You've only got yourselves to blame -
Take these anchors out of me
I can’t hide them here anymoreYou see what you want to see
Forcing yourself to believe
You hear what you want to hear
What do you think you’ll achieve?Your conclusions are all bitter lies
Lies that rust and dethrone
Frail attempts at defending yourself
Only weaken the soul withinTake these anchors out of me
I can’t hide them here anymoreI look at a ruin
A reminder of the past
Let go, fall into the arms
The arms that will kill youYour conclusions are all bitter lies
Lies that rust and dethrone
Frail attempts at defending yourself
Only weaken the soul withinTake these anchors out of me
I can’t hide them here anymoreTake these anchors out of me
I can’t hide them here anymoreI can’t hide them here anymore
Anchors will build my tomb
Cut the ropes, let them perish
Let them descendI look down on you
(I look down on a ruin)
Frail attempts will rust
(They will rust and dethrone)You are a ruin
Your time is over
Let go, fall into the arms
Let them kill you
Kill you
Cut off the ropes
Sink the anchors
Let them perishBury the burden
Let them descend -
Sustained deception from a violent oppressor
Genocide justified, a callous existenceThe chemicals manipulate
Divides us in two
The world is greyWe’re at the verge of collapse
Set up by the callous intent of a vicious transgressor
Polarized, hypnotized, it will capsizeThe chemicals manipulate
Divides us in two
The world is greyThe world is grey
We’re at the verge of collapseHow can you find what won’t be found?
Are we forced to obey?
How can you bind what can’t be bound?
The world is greyCompromise
The transition between the poles
To coalesce would dispossess
The controller of the leversTo coalesce would dispossess
The controller of the leversThe world is grey
How can you find what won’t be found?
Are we forced to obey?
How can you bind what can’t be bound?
The world is greyHow can you bind what can’t be bound?
The world is grey
How can you bind what can’t be bound?
Bind what can't be bound -
Pride and contempt
Which side to choose?I'm feeling divided
Can’t state my point of view
Anxiety rules this conflictThrough comfort and dismay
I’ve found all that I can be,
But I don’t know which way to set my course
Revive me, I can see
That hell on earth will cease
My silence lost, discordance reinforcedMy feet are cold
I’m hanging upside down, my head is about to explodeI'm feeling divided
Can’t state my point of view
Anxiety rules this conflictThrough comfort and dismay
I’ve found all that I can be,
But I don’t know which way to set my course
Revive me, I can see
That hell on earth will cease
My silence lost, discordance reinforcedI’m looking up
Facing towards the wall I see each day
Time has stopped, my eyes have turned to greyLost
Gone
Cursed
In the end erasedThe one who’s free to roam
The one without a flaw
Can watch the sunrise climb across the sky
I’m living in a cell
Locked inside a shell
From here perspective stays the same, it never changesThrough comfort and dismay
I’ve found all that I can be
But I don’t know which way to set my course
Revive me, I can see
That hell on earth will cease
My silence lost, discordance reinforced -
Feel the void
Feel the void
Find the will (find the will)
Fill the void (fill the void) -
I swim in filthy water
It’s not so soothing on my skinLet me in
Let me breach the passage
I don’t know
I don’t see what your shell is hidingRise again
Dare to take the leap
Complete me
Fulfill this voidFind the will to love
Trust me you’ll be fine
Embrace me
Fulfill this voidI circle around the outside
Trying to find a hole in the sphereScreaming out in the night
I'm a lone wolf, I disappear
Thought-through words washed away
I'm diminishingCan’t you hear me mourn?
Can’t you see me burn?
I can hear you mourn
I swear, I can hear you mournThe birds left the tree
(Feel the void)
I watched them flee, disappear
(Feel the void)
Kept wondering why they left
(Find the will)
I watched them move on
(Fill the void)Rise again
Dare to take the leap
Complete me
Fulfill this voidFind the will to love
Trust me you’ll be fine
Embrace me
Fulfill this voidRise again
Dare to take the leap
Complete me
Fulfill this voidFind the will to love
Trust me you’ll be fine
Embrace me
Fulfill this void -
I swim in filthy water
I circle around the outside (of a sphere)
Drawn towards the center
Then continuously pulled away
I circle around the outsideHidden truths
Invisible
Uncover the voidI’m diving through
Infinity
Deeper I go(Deeper I go, harder to reach
Sinking to depths, textures arise)Sinking to depths
Textures arise
And all makes sense(Deeper I go, harder to reach
Sinking to depths, textures arise)Filthy water
It soaks my skin
Will I drown?(Filthy water soaking my skin
We live and die, we rise and fall)We live and die
We rise and fall
Cycle of life(Filthy water soaking my skin
We live and die, we rise and fall)I thought I had a chance
To tie a bond
Surrounded by these flames
I don’t belongWill you come to me
Deep within my sleep
Let go of everything
Even though I’m weakI thought I had a chance
(I thought I had a chance)
To tie a bond (tie a bond)
But I just don't belong
I just don’t belong