1. |
The Lurking
05:40
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It's watching
And waiting
And still anticipating
Uncanny
Desires
Embers rekindle fires
Something dangerous here lies
Concealed before our frenzied eyes
To those who
Have fallen
This vision keeps on calling
It's settled
In stillness
And filled with creeping illness
Never meant to travel
To where it all unravels
Allure of what's forbidden
Some things should remain hidden
Something dangerous here lies
Concealed before our frenzied eyes
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2. |
The Black Horizon
04:25
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Works of a perfect subtlety
Appear more real than reality
A universe in a brief moment of time
A fleeting chance to peek at the sublime
Look away to the black horizon
The eye betrays the face it lies in
Walk the line to the black horizon
The truth defines the space that it dies in
Read a Map of the unseen and unknown
Look around and find yourself alone
All the myths now forgotten by the day
Reaching out and compelling you to stay
Digging deep to the reservoir below
Unconscious shadows begging you to know
Turn your back to the dying rays of sun
Face the beauty of oblivion
Look away to the black horizon
The eye betrays the face it lies in
Walk the line to the black horizon
The truth defines the space that it dies in
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3. |
Terminal Station
04:38
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Disconnected
Out of step
Thoughts collected
Just regret
Nowhere to go
At the end of line
Pacing the row
Just passing time
We stand alone in the station tonight
Escape imagined
In a glance
A call to action
So take the chance
Step off the road
And walk into the dark
No paths erode
Where the map bears no mark
We stand in the station tonight
The train approaches, it's lights are so bright
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The Shadowed face behind the glass
Recalls what's always out of reach
The echoes of a life now passed
Abandoned on a distant beach
Allure of repetition
To mould our disposition
Lost in a land of silence
Absence is its own violence
Torn between sadness and revolt
Conflict in every human heart
Closed off behind a lock and bolt
Alone we cannot play our part
Allure of repetition
To mould our disposition
Lost in a land of silence
Absence is its own violence
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5. |
Sympathetic Monsters
03:56
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By circumstance and not by choice
A tragic figure given voice
Turning from a crueler fate
Finding love in place of hate
If I am the phantom, isolation made me so
Seeking with abandon, determined all will know
Here in London after midnight
A coalition gathers pace
Together thrust into the limelight
Born aloft by hope's embrace
I am revealed, the man who laughs
Seeking solace from the past
Although I did not ask for this
To pass it by would be remiss
If I am the phantom, isolation made me so
Seeking with abandon, determined all will know
Here in London after midnight
A coalition gathers pace
Together thrust into the limelight
Born aloft by hope's embrace
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6. |
The Romance Of Ritual
04:31
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Adhere to tradition
To veer is an admission
Invest in illusion
Suppressing all confusion
The form is completed
All doubt is defeated
The passage lies open
In wait to place all hope in
Belief is currency
Kinship by what you show
Cling to it fervently
Don't let go
A vessel to be filled
All questions to be stilled
The truth is still gated
Unless initiated
This pledge can't be broken
Repetition seals what's spoken
The fear that is not faced
Can only be replaced
Belief is currency
Kinship by what you show
Cling to it fervently
Don't let go
Belief is currency
Kinship by what you show
Cling to it fervently
Don't let go
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7. |
The Hidden City
04:38
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In the Hidden City
Seek and find me
The Hidden City
Is where I will be
Beyond the back of beyond
An open door under a light
Waiting for you to respond
To take that step in from the night
A memory,
Evoking
A past that never was
Find the beauty in ugly times
Reverie,
In hoping
A future with a cause
Just follow the lines
In the Hidden City
Seek and find me
The Hidden City
Is where I will be
There is a place to be received
A corner not yet colonised
This haven waiting to relieve
The alienated and despised
A memory,
Evoking
A past that never was
Find the beauty in ugly times
Reverie,
In hoping
A future with a cause
Just follow the lines
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8. |
Cathode Ray Mission
03:50
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As something in the signal rots
Building on the ruin of flesh
Visions coalesce from thoughts
The scrambled fragments now enmesh
My flesh is frail, but I am not
About to fail, connection sought
Uncanny minds, reduced to ash
These savage times, wrought from the past
From underground we wage a war
The battle for the mind begins
Examine what's left on the floor
Control the message now to win
My flesh is frail, but I am not
About to fail, connection sought
Uncanny minds, reduced to ash
These savage times, wrought from the past
Without the mind nothing exits
Once unplugged do we persist?
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9. |
Reflections In Dust
03:24
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Ghosts dance in electric flame
Bright shadows play before our eyes
Last chance, at a life reclaimed
Light fades, and a history dies
In Our Eyes
Time is remade
White heat of a forgotten dream
Faint echoes flicker cross the walls
Silver sheet bears a silent scream
In Art Deco darkened dusty halls
In Our Eyes
Memory fades
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10. |
Silent Protagonist
06:36
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All the colours you need
Are right here in black & white
Lost in streets you cannot read
Trust in shadow and in light
Don't look away
Don't look away
Imprinted memories to stay
To see the world through a ground glass
Distorts perception, narrows view
When you see what comes to pass
Not taking part, what can you do?
Knowing this distance cannot last
The choice of action falls on you
Don't look away
Don't look away
Imprinted memories to stay
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Spectral Emissions London, UK
Drawing on elements of post-punk, shoegaze, grunge, and various other corners of alternative rock, Spectral Emissions is
currently a solo music project by London based artist Matthew Sheppard.
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