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Now We Sleep

by Artificial Language

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Agent Echo
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Agent Echo What else can I say? This just goes above and beyond. It's not "just" neoclassical music. It's emotional, thought-provoking, and lyrically entertaining! Favorite track: Endless Naught.
William
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William this is the kind of thing you simply cannot top. Favorite track: Trail of Lights.
Leterren
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Leterren A prog rock album has no right being this catchy. Every song leads right into the next with such momentum the album feels half its length. Favorite track: The Back of My Mind.
Petruvai
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Petruvai On release day I can't even wait until the first track is over to type this review. I'm already blown away! The riffs are *@*#ing amazing, the lyrics are killer as are the vocals, the keys are ethereal, and the drumming and bass are on point. I'm blown away and even more in love with this band now. Favorite track: The Back of My Mind.
v4nthr4x
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v4nthr4x I haven't been able to stop listening to this album for like two damn weeks. Favorite track: The Wild Haunt.
Marissa
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Marissa This album is a masterpiece. Favorite track: Now We Sleep.
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1.
I can’t tell if you’re worth saving Who here’s convincing who to lean away from the prize? Can you save you from yourself? I’ve stood so close to you While you’ve counted reasons to live out your unfinished design Our common retreat is where you can leave me futile replies Then check your doorstep at sunrise A good night’s sleep is all that we really do need Not alone We’re just one in a billion What makes us truly unique? I’ll offer many questions with answers we shouldn’t speak I’ve stood so close to you While you’ve counted reasons to live out your unfinished design Let’s slowly dim our living daylights until we are all blind The night life’s perfect You deserve it A good night’s sleep with no expectations you’ll wake all alone Dear friend, we are one in too many Used as gears we run a machine We’re just one in a billion What makes us truly unique? I write to you because no-one else listens Will you convince me to step far away from the prize? Can you save you from yourself?
2.
The world made us, and we’re it’s bad seeds So instead of growing flowers, we’ll sink with the ground beneath Inside the pit another one descends And I know I’ll surface, but I can’t promise you the same No need for dialogue, one word would hurt too much While you’re sinking, I’ll watch a lovely sky, leaving another piece of me behind The world made us, and we’re it’s bad seeds So instead of growing flowers, we’ll sink with the ground beneath And we’re it’s bad seeds, so instead of growing flowers we’ll sink It’s pointless, we’re pointless We’re pointless It’s pointless, we’re pointless We’re pointless I’ll surface, but I can’t promise you the same The world made us, and we’re it’s bad seeds So instead of growing flowers, we’ll sink with the ground beneath
3.
Pulses 02:51
This feels so familiar Have I met you here before? I think we see eye to eye on conversing where we lost ourselves slowly We’ve found our place of desperate silence in the sound of clockwork counting our loud pulses Mine’s gone It’s hard to see how I could be the one keeping you here lately I’ve dreamed your dreams I’ve wished death on my well-being, then woke to a calling We’ve found our place of desperate silence in the sound of clockwork counting our loud pulses Mine’s gone We’ve found our place of desperate silence in the ground Let clockwork run its course counting breaths We’ve found our place of desperate silence in the sound of clockwork counting our loud pulses
4.
The air’s cancerous, and I’m the black cloud that fills the sky A fading vapor hovering above things I have uprooted Is there anyway I could ask you to leave here? I know it’s selfish I’ll show you it’s worth it The ground feels so unstable The earth swallows my steps Standing still will only make things worse Could I change your mind? The air’s cancerous, and I’m the black cloud that fills the sky A fading vapor hovering above our loss In some ways it’s perfect that in most ways we’re flawed Will we feel a release once evaporated? This world breeds like an animal, invasive and inept As a parasite, I felt remorse for bleeding soil dry The air’s cancerous, and I’m the black cloud that fills the sky A fading vapor hovering above our loss
5.
Surely there’s a place for us Surely there’s a place for us Please, leave me out of breath Inspire a fire undimmed by this abyss swallowing us Is there a way to take control of our directives? Please, leave me out of breath Inspire a fire undimmed by this abyss swallowing us Separated from what’s burnt out I am years and miles away from the man that I had wanted to be He’s a stranger distancing himself, as I chase the air that he breathes Is there a way to take control of our directives? Please, leave me out of breath Inspire a fire undimmed by this abyss swallowing us Surely there’s a place for us, swallowing us Surely there’s a place for us, separated from what’s burnt out
6.
I’m daydreaming as I commute to my compensating trade I’m replacing the roads with ice, so I can slip away from this dotted line We’re drawn with precision between segments of our time line Our great depression was caused by repressing needs There’s something concerning about others passing right on through I’m losing sleep again, while others rest softly in bed never questioning routes Never questioning routes Never questioning routes Passerby please stay with me a little longer Do my eyes still read like chapters unread? Or am I approaching my epilogue; quickly, concluding my myth? There’s something concerning about others passing right on through I’m losing sleep again, while others rest softly in bed never questioning routes There’s something concerning about others passing right on through I’m losing sleep again, while others rest softly in bed never questioning routes Never questioning routes Never questioning routes
7.
You’ll listen with open ears, and drown in peace with me Please, don’t hesitate There is a reservoir for us where we’ll lay There the shapeless are drank from It never rains, but we still give them what they need We’re solutes in a pool of water that caters to those who strike the iron while it’s melting Suffering is something we’ve outgrown in our adolescence Moral compasses will direct us to our flawed detriment There is a reservoir for us where we’ll lay There the shapeless are drank from It never rains, but we still give them what they need We’re solutes in a pool of water that caters to those who strike the iron while it’s melting Will this pen be the dagger that writes you last goodbye? And severs the ties to your body? Let the salt and darkness fill your old lungs
8.
I thought I could care for once in my life I’m finding value in my face You can too, feel this will Let’s make our motivations to live today all lies Faking the charade rewires the circuits that programmed me so distant You had me before Now, your once contagious words won’t turn me against myself Stop writing to me Your hand writing's a ghost I thought I could care for once in my life I’ll trick myself to think that I’m free to be what I want, regardless the length of my chain You had me before Now, your once contagious words won’t turn me against myself No one cares who you are I don’t care to make any guesses Your threats are empty when you hide behind envelopes with no return address You had me before Now, your once contagious words won’t turn me against myself again
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Now We Sleep 06:59
I’m your inner voice bringing things to light Opening doors to one’s sealed closed, then keeping us inside I’m sure there’s reasons for lack of control I am sure there’s reasons for that We know to well We’ve done this dance before As your eyes close, mine awake just in time to let you know Every day’s a blessing because time is shortening Wide awake or dead asleep, I never catch dreams Sometimes self love comes with self harm The pills are poison only if you want them to be I wish that we shared the same thoughts, and not the same bed Choosing who dreams and walks toward death By the time we’re eaten by the rivers mouth, we’ll be driftwood Moving with the stray channels, we’ll be The back of my mind’s deserted It is time to find your way there and make your peace, without me holding you back Without me Without me holding you back Once again, the void called us towards it’s calming warm embrace Then, you left me stranded here; when we were so close to our own endless conversations I’ll sneak away to the surface when you falter again Every day’s a blessing because time is shortening Wide awake or dead asleep, I never catch dreams I can’t tell if you’re worth saving I can’t tell if you’re worth saving I can’t tell if you’re worth saving Who here’s convincing who to lean away from the prize? Can we save us from ourselves?

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released May 17, 2019

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