1. |
Mare
03:58
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Dazed I walked
Slipped, tripped and woke up
I looked back in fear
Trees had changed
Naked pines had turned to shades
How long was I away
And where are you now
Are you still out there somewhere
Dreams untrue
Are keeping me in solitude
When will I shake my mare
A blaze of light
Falling from abandoned skies
Was that you I saw
Had to be
Nothing here makes sense to me
All I knew is gone
Where are you now
You’ve got to be out there somewhere
I can’t tame
The violent winds that howl your name
When will I shake my mare
Once I get out of here
Then I will know where to begin
I’ll cross the sea
I know what I’m seeking
Once I get out of here
Then I will know where I am bound
I finally
Know I am leaving
I don’t know where you lie
Glimpses of quiet lights
Down in the doldrums
A shimmering ocean
Loss of sight
I’ve waited for a long, long time
Thought that you were here
Dark and bent
Shades swing from end to end
Will I see you again
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2. |
Ashes
03:13
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Just a matter of minutes until dawn
Just a matter of minutes until we awake
Just a matter of minutes until dawn
Just a matter of minutes until morning breaks
Here it comes
You sense there’s something wrong
Here it comes
The sunrise like a bomb
Here it comes
I had things going on
Here it comes
Here it comes
Strike me right down
Blow me to pieces
Ashes rain down
Falling to peace on the earth
Looming silhouettes in twilight
They were looking at me, their eyes were glowing
The endless fear of the finite
And the dams that we built were overflowing
Here comes the sea change, the high tide
I can but wait as the seething hate intensifies
On the horizon, the sunrise
Just a matter of minutes left to wonder why
Here it comes
The new sun rising up
Here it comes
The rays pierce flesh and bone
Here it comes
And you, where have you gone?
Here it comes
Here it comes
Strike me right down
Blow me to pieces
Ashes rain down
Falling to peace on the earth
Just a matter of minutes until dawn
Just a matter of minutes until morning breaks
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3. |
Undertow
02:48
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Toy boat downstream
Tumbling free
Caught in riverbank
Stick tore a hole
Me on the stern
Singing as it sank
Water felt quite warm
And as I was drifting
I thought of home
Tried to stay afloat
But some foul undercurrent grabbed a hold of me
Tossed like a doll
Caught in a sprawl
By the undertow
Gathering speed
I need to breathe
But I’m dragged below
Struggling on my own
Nowhere is solid
Nowhere is home
Now I’ve learnt the rules
My burning lungs shall have their way or down their tools
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4. |
Avalon | The Tide
04:11
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Backwater silent
A pocket of peace
Driftwood floats by me
With the raging sea
In little glimpses
It comes back to me
Rushing sensations
As they come, they leave
Sometimes I can forget
Sometimes I sing to myself
Ooh
I will reach your shore, Avalon
Nothing matters more, Avalon
Where the ocean meets the sky
I know that’s where you lie
In a place where memories wane
As they wash with the tide
Breaker on breaker
Removes every trace
Wish as they might, but even kings can’t
Push back the waves
Sometimes I’m gone for long
Sometimes my nights filled with song
Ooh
I will reach your shore, Avalon
Hear your silent call, Avalon
‘Cause where the ocean meets the sky
I know that’s where you lie
And I know all things in time
Will wash with the tide
I will reach your shore, Avalon
Hundred years or more, Avalon
Where the ocean meets the sky
I know that’s where you lie
I will know that I’ve arrived
When I wash with the tide
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5. |
52~
04:19
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Waterproof
Camera is rolling
Sinking slow
Floating, falling
Shafts of light
Blurred and wobbly
Pulsing waves
Low frequency rumblings
Down under the waves there’s no harm
Nothing to upset, no alarms
I can sense the beat of your heart
Even though we’re oceans apart
I’ll wait this out
Until it blows over
They won’t think
To look underwater
Deep in blue
I hear you beckon
Fifty-two
Cycles per second
Down under the waves there’s no harm
Nothing to upset, no alarms
I can sense the beat of your heart
Even though we’re oceans apart
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6. |
Abalus | In Time
03:54
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Waves roll in under arc light
Something glints in the sand
Carried on tidal currents
To an alien land
Strewn on the ground like marbles
Lie the parts of my mind
Frozen like bugs in amber
Each a moment in time
Flicker sudden
I caught a glimpse of you
Under empty skies
Silent as stone
Sable and starless
Vacant and blind
Pieces of us
Abalus harvest
Unstuck in time
Foiling the total darkness
False and radiant sights
Wheels spin in reels and riddles
Tunnels burst from pale eyes
Now I see strangers far away
I don't know what they say
Or where they are
Flicker sudden
I caught a glimpse of you
In oppressive night
Silent as stone
Sable and starless
Vacant and blind
Pieces of us
Abalus harvest
Unstuck in time
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7. |
Long Ago
04:07
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I can see you
I can see you
Lingering in veiled periphery
A hazy shroud of shade
Far away
I can hear your
Lonely echoes
Singing in my ears from long ago
And in the fading light
You come alive
Evening
It’s so good to see you again
Your shades turn to shapes of thoughts I thought was lost
From long ago
I can hear my mind running away
Close my eyes, why should I look
Shades escape and now I have to wait
All I want is to see you again
Wish I could be miles away
Can’t even see what’s in front of me
Wish I could leave and find my way
All my years are dwindling memories
I am chasing shadows
From long ago
You can tell them
You can tell them
You can tell them, dear
I could find no reason to stay
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8. |
My Barren Road
03:17
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A flickering glow
Faded into the frost
Lost in the fog
Trapped like a ghost
In an ashen flake of snow
Caught and carried within
Someone who knows
Day turned to night
In the empty dark
A beating heart
I think of you
You’re the one I can’t lose
Under endless skies
Morning arrives
Like an arid stream
Unveils a trail
You showed me where to go
Now I must walk alone
On my barren road
Gray light of dawn
The blind dogs of the sun
Mindlessly run
They chase you and I
Borrowed world and borrowed time
And our borrowed eyes
Sorrow the sight
Like an arid stream
Unveils a trail
You showed me where to go
Now I must walk alone
On my barren road
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9. |
Cannons
03:42
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I’m lost in between
Dreams and memories
I’m falling down
Wherever I may be
Darkness follows me
No way out
Light the evening sky
With cannon fire
Clouds collide, blazing bright
Let cannon fire end the night
I saw a ray of light
Something from the sky
Falling down
Whoever you may be
I would do anything
To see you again
Light the evening sky
With cannon fire
Clouds collide, blazing bright
Let cannon fire end the night
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10. |
Iron Henry
03:20
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Enchanted puddle
Sit down and rest a while
Whisper your promise
Rid me of my disguise
Open the door
Remember from before
The fountain cool in the greenwood shade
The sky above is with me and always will be
Woods frozen over
I have nowhere to be
Our concrete castle
Seems to cave in on me
Sever our bond
I’ve fallen in the pond
No golden ball and no prince enthralled
The sky above is with me and always will be
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11. |
Firmament
02:45
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Soft morning glow
Let the light in slow
I have woken from a troubled sleep
Breeze strange and warm
Carrying skylark’s song
With the curtains drawn I finally see
Underneath the arching of an unrelenting sky
Time will pass you by
Always in denial
No reason, no rhyme
In my sleep
You were there with me
And you said the words that no one would speak
You’d lift your curse
And the mist would be dispersed
And the sky would tear and I’d be set free
Underneath a firmament of little things unseen
I will soldier on
Clinging to the song
That you passed on to me
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12. |
Meridian
04:56
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We
Out to sea
Waves roll by
Easily
We
In blue-green
Below us
The unseen
We
Hewn from stone
Water breaks
Upon our bones
We
Sinking slow
Doing
What we know
Throwing rocks
Throwing rocks
May the sea
Part for me
We
Are in deep
Weightless
And oblique
Screaming
Our lungs out
In protest
Against the endless
Throwing rocks
Throwing rocks
May the sea
Part for me
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Dim Gray Oslo, Norway
Following in the wake of Flown, their critically acclaimed 2020 debut album and their second album Firmament, Norwegian art
rockers Dim Gray return with their latelst single, Murals!
‘Well-written and superbly performed material that stays with you’ – Guitarist
Having supported Marillion and Big Big Train throughout Europe in 2022-23, Dim Gray are back at work recording their third album.
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