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1.
All the lines and all the shapes Everything on its right place For me to rest Then it comes into my flesh Flood my eyes and push my nerves The greed comes in It takes me on a wild ride It shakes me on a wild ride It keeps me on a wild ride And push me on and on All the shapes and all the lines Like a poison to my heart A heat on me Don´t you take me home tonight After all it just a ride Forgive my sins It takes me on a wild ride It shakes me on a wild ride It keeps me on a wild ride And push me on and on This is my heaven All filled with dirt This is the heaven you asked for Take you on a wild ride It takes me on a wild ride It shakes me on a wild ride It keeps me on a wild ride Takes me on a wild ride And push me on and on
2.
Lila (free) 04:15
Willing to become a ghost She´s a spectrum on the high school prom Willing to surrender down To the chains of the eternal night Lila-la-la-la-la-lila! Lila-la-la-la-la-lila! Wishing for the wish of blood Wants to taste the darkness on her flesh She´s so innocent, so young A fake promise took her to my hands Lila-la-la-la-la-lila! Lila-la-la-la-la-lila! My little whore I have raped down your dreams I have pushed you to taste Real fear... and death Lila-la-la-la-la-lila! Lila-la-la-la-la-lila! My little whore I have raped down your dreams I have pushed you to taste Real fear and death But now I´m running away From you, demon and child Now your raptor is your capture My victim came back from hell
3.
Sparkle 05:24
Dangerous temptation Fate is calling at your door Under skin vibrations Thoughts you never had before Show no desperation But something´s burning up inside The calling of the nature Lights that sparkle in your eyes Heat and suffocation You just have to get it out Set your new direction Straight and forward to my arms Love's abbreviation You and I confronting on A sweet amalgamation Of our sould skin and bones Here in your words In your silence I´ve been caught Here in your wings I got higher than I ever thought Dangerous temptation Fate is calling at your door Under skin vibrations Thoughts you never had before Show no desperation But something´s burning up inside The calling of the nature Lights that sparkle in your eyes Here in your words In your silence I´ve been caught Here in your wings I got higher than I ever thought
4.
Madeline (free) 05:27
Isolation lives inside my head And surrounds me and keeps me safe You could kiss me with your silken lips Almost reach my heart with your fingertips And I feel nothing You are not there at all You can come yet closer if you want Let your skin become one with mine Whisper on my ear your passion dreams Tell me a love tale before I fall asleep And I feel nothing You are not there at all Tell me, beautiful Madeline How come you are in love with me Will I ever love you as you love me now We don´t know... I don´t know Isolation lives inside my heart There´s another girl that I keep inside The door is closed, I can´t let you in And the story ends where everything begins And I feel nothing You are not there at all Tell me, beautiful Madeline How come you are in love with me Will I ever love you as you love me now We don´t know... I don´t know
5.
Room 524 04:00
The cigarette smell The bloodstained floor The skin so pale The crack on the door The whisky glass The lips un-pure The ghost remains in the room 524 So alone A sad song on the radio Sing along A sad song on his way back home The drugs on the bed The noise from the hall The snake-skin belt Around the throat The lipstick stains The cracking bones The reaper danced in the room 524 So alone A sad song on the radio Sing along A sad song on his way back home The TV glares The eyes are lost The clothes away The dripping blood The shocked maid The mourning voice The devil inside the room 524 So alone A sad song on the radio Sing along A sad song on his way back home
6.
Gray 04:27
When the clouds are all removed I see blades of moonlight And the shadows come alive And the streets are hungry There´s no secret hidden behind this pale gray And this city has no voice Just a lifeless whisper And it´s magic fell asleep And we roam like phantoms There´s no fate lines in our hands of a pale gray Everything we´ve lost Everything we have Everything we love Everything we hate Everything is cold Everything is gray
7.
Salvation 05:05
You´ve been here by near 2000 years You preach about love and darkness You´r kingdom in built upon our fears To make us just blind and hungry Throw me a crumb ´Cos I want to believe Throw me a bone I´m your dog, I´m your deer Throw me a crumb I am down on my knees Throw me a bone I just can´t believe You just stay away from me Don´t want to know about revelations You just stay away from me Don´t want to hear about my salvation You made up the sin, a fancy word To control our basic instincts How many innocents killed on god´s name But sex is just something dirty Give me a clue ´Cos I´m feeling alone Give me a chance ¨Cos I need to be loved Give me a clue I am down on my knees Give me a break I just can´t believe this shit You just stay away from me Don´t want to know about revelations You just stay away from me Don´t want to hear about my salvation And what if heaven is not a place for me Yeah, maybe heaven is not a place for me You just stay away from me Don´t want to know about revelations You just stay away from me Don´t want to hear about my salvation
8.
Colourless 05:27
On a silent day Walking out the non-sense world Like I always did Shadows surrounding my thoughts And the skies went red And the night starts calling And a hundred birds crying out Just like a hundred ghosts On a silent evening Looking for some real fun Then I saw her there Like a living marble doll And our stares collided And the shades gone brighter And the spotlight where she danced Became my one and only hope No blame, no chains That´s the lover´s game No pain, no gains So hurt me once again I´m not myself When dancing in the flames where I´ll die tonight On a silent morning She was laying by my side I can´t feel her breathe I can´t hear her beating heart And the skin went pale A touch cold as winter And my memory was empty like her colourless eyes No blame, no chains That´s the lover´s game No pain, no gains So hurt me once again I´m not myself When dancing in the flames where I´ll die tonight
9.
Into Words 06:17
Don´t know how to put this into words For so many years I´ve been so lost A man who has fought against the world Can easily forget about love But I´m healing now below your touch Allow me to believe is just us That no one out there cares where we go And open your arms to let me in I know there´s a shelter in your dreams I can be your shell to fight the cold The summer shades The night sky falls I want to stay with you Erase the time Turn down the lights I want to stay with you The sun will be rising very soon Will break like a thief inside this room So let´s push the dawn backwards again You can freeze the time within your hands Tomorrow will never ever come The summer shades The night sky falls I want to stay with you Erase the time Turn down the lights I want to stay with you
10.
The time is here between cracks and voids I see you fall The time is gone like a bad dream fades We do both fall Light of my life, stay beside me Don´t walk alone through this cold labyrinth Deities gone blind, heaven in gloom And nothing remains sacred but you The time is here, the silence so unclean I hear you cry The time is gone and left the torture mark We do both cry Light of my life, stay beside me Don´t walk alone through this cold labyrinth Deities gone blind, heaven in gloom And nothing remains sacred but you The time is here, behind the darkness veil I feel you bleed Anguish is the flame that lights the only path to follow And we do both bleed Light of my life, stay beside me Don´t walk alone through this cold labyrinth Deities gone blind, heaven in gloom And nothing remains sacred but you No child forgets, no man forgives There comes the white night dressed in black winds Light of my life, your soul is pure Among the spirits I´ll look after you
11.
Intimate War 04:44
I have never had compassion Nothing´s gonna change today See all of the crap that god Or the devil puts on the way I have very few rewardings Few things make me feel ok Where I see a chance I take it I will break you if I can I have nothing else to lose now My own life is on the bet A bit of pain, a bit of pleasure But no one´s gonna win this game The hands are tied, the legs in leather Half naked and lips so red Say my name and go to heaven While the flesh still burns in hell Pull the stars down Push the rain up Hit me to the floor Beat me down in this intimate war I have nothing else to lose My own life is on the bet A bit of pain, a bit of pleasure No one´s gonna win this game Pull the stars down Push the rain up Hit me to the floor Beat me down in this intimate war She says is not yet enough She says is not yet enough She says is not yet enough She says is not yet enough Pull the stars down Push the rain up Hit me to the floor Beat me down in this intimate war Pull the stars down Push the rain up Take me on the floor Beat me down in this intimate war Beat me down in this intimate war Beat me down in this intimate war Beat me down in this intimate war
12.
The Descending (free) 05:45
She´s descending on spirals Deep into the woods Following a path of fireflies Like a ghost she moves Shattered white dress in the darkness Catches the moonlight glow Walk away beside the ravens Hear the autumn moans Careful, don´t disrupt the lion Do not whirl the mist Leave the wolves alone and quiet On their mellow dreams In her eyes you can see nothing No remains of soul Through the winds Sibú is calling While she walks almost alone She´s descending on spirals Through the veins of earth Where spotless secrets can lay On a silent grave Holding on the hands of her love Carrying on his head Drags him deep into oblivion Leaves a trail of pain Down the swamp the night goes deeper There´s no turnaround Nor even the wind can be heard On this unforgiven ground Trails of blood has been erased Tears where never drop On this god´s forgotten landscape Where she lays almost alone

credits

released February 15, 2015

Ariel Maniki: Vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, synths and programing.

Randall Redondo: Additional guitars.

Josue Peraza: Additional guitars

Henry Vega: Bass

As Lee Smith: Live bass

Cover Art: Ariosto N.

Recorded and Mastered at Martenitsa Recording Studios
Recording assistant: Janice M
Production, concept and engineering: Ariel Maniki

ANK Records 2015

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Ariel Maniki and the Black Halos San Jose, Costa Rica

Since 2013.

A unique dark alternative gothic wave act from San José, Costa Rica.

Led by multi instrumentalist/song writer Ariel Maniki.

Label: ANK Records / Deepland Records

Pic by: Rodrigo Alfaro
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