1. |
Blacklight
05:19
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are you there in silence
too quiet and still?
are you where they left you
without saying a thing?
can you hear the laments?
don’t you feel too tired?
is your skin made of tears?
do you have a heart?
there are things forbidden
there are hidden truths
like the glowest flower
in the darkest room
black light pouring from your tired eyes
black light shadows growing in our lives
black light - sometimes loneliness is fine
black light lighting up this falling skies
are you there with no chains
doing as you’re told?
in a world that crumbles
languishing and cold
there are things beyond reach
there are hidden ways
like the glowest flower
in the darkest place
are you there unnoticed
rolling dice in faith?
carried by the current
will you stay awake?
black light pouring from your tired eyes
black light shadows growing in our lives
black light - sometimes loneliness is fine
black light lighting up this falling skies
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2. |
Strangers
04:16
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the last beat of my heart may find me here today
where sea and land collide and nothing else we care
I really wouldn’t mind destroying all we knew
and leave it all behind as long as I’m with you
entangled avenues chasing us all day
deception and despair, the bitter kiss of fate
we don’t belong in a world so dark
let’s run and throw it all away
strangers in the sun
with burning eyes
strangers in the sun
the fury of the sky has taken us this far
the closest to a dream by the brightest star
stop holding on to a world that’s lost
just run and fuck it all away
strangers in the sun
with burning eyes
strangers in the sun
where no one knows our name
the sunlight feels so different
strangers in the sun
with burning eyes
strangers in the sun
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3. |
Emptiness
04:31
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I’m in war with myself and lost
I am so sick of this calm
fear takes over my chain of thoughts
climbs the walls of my heart
staring down the hall
the walls are closing down
the silence seems too deep
I see only emptiness
this emptiness...
spider webs and dust
cover my wrinkled skin
I can barely feel a thing
I can’t fight this emptiness
this emptiness...
I survive feeding on a dream
and now it starts to rot
with the stars near my fingertips
but my feet deep into the mud
staring down the hall
the walls are closing down
the silence seems too deep
I see only emptiness
this emptiness...
spider webs and dust
cover my wrinkled skin
I can barely feel a thing
I can’t fight this emptiness
this emptiness...
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4. |
Sadness
04:39
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once we were light
then dark times came
just a sea of sadness
shattering your dream
is just a sea of sadness
is drowning you
all poetry sears like the grass
jewel carved in starlight
you are the light
just a sea of sadness
shattering your dream
is just a sea of sadness
is drowning you
the silence rips you from my side
your tears are tearing us apart
a dark horizon is calling...
oh, spread your wings, my angel
let me dry your eyes
I lend you my illusions
I walk you through your pain
I stay up all night with you
I’ll drown with you
the silence rips you from my side
your tears are tearing us apart
a dark horizon is calling...
oh, spread your wings, my angel
let me dry your eyes
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5. |
Oh Milena!
03:57
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shake off the spiders from your hair
open your eyes and try to focus
the moon awaits behind the trees
seems to be whispering out your name
Milena! oh Milena!
inside your head somebody’s laughing
Milena! oh Milena!
inside your head somebody’s playing with you
follow my footsteps through the dark
you cannot see beyond this nightmare
reach out your hands and touch my skin
I am the ghost inside the mirror
Milena! oh Milena!
here’s your eternal friend and lover
Milena! oh Milena!
don’t be afraid to take my hand and scape
Milena! oh Milena!
here’s your eternal friend and lover
Milena! oh Milena!
don’t be afraid of taking my hand
Milena! oh Milena!
inside your head somebody’s laughing
Milena! oh Milena!
inside your head somebody plays with you
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6. |
Mirrors
04:16
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little stranger
oh sweet thing
lost in empty rooms
seeking ways to hide the pain
ways to scape your truth
fake a smile
cut the talk
time is running fast
push me further than the edge
shivers may outlast
the mirrors are witness
we dance in slow motion
shimmering eyes reflect
dim glass and fast love
little flower of my heart
I won’t say your name
I can tell your wounds are deep
they won’t go away
lay your petals to the floor
put your heart aside
drown me in your darkness
till the dawn strikes us down
the mirrors are witness
we dance in slow motion
shimmering eyes reflect
dim glass and fast love
red walls, neon lights
black velvet, white noise
healing souls through the skin
the same old overdose
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7. |
We only have tonight
05:31
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sometimes I see you around
in every corner I turn
in every dream that I have
already feel you so mine
sometimes I cherish your voice
the words I can make you say
this melody in my head
the sigh I hear when I’m close... to you
we only have tonight
and then forever
touch me
touch me my love
take me
take me my love
kiss me
kiss me my love
feel me
feel me my love
sometimes you may hesitate
can something wrong feel this good?
sometimes you’re lost in my eyes
so fragile, covered in sweat
we only have tonight
and then forever
touch me
touch me my love
take me
take me my love
kiss me
kiss me my love
feel me
feel me my love
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8. |
Absence
06:20
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anguish dwells across this land
a serene place under a violent sky
with absence signs on your face
nothing seems to hurt anymore
a cold spell behind a glass
you seem to sleep but you wont dream this time
I’m whispering a prayer
and no one seems to hear anymore
too late for words, too soon to cry
I brought you flowers, I hope you don’t mind
they’ll die in one or two days
but nothing seems to care anymore
we were one flesh
we were one blood
walking together we faced the sun
we were one flesh
we were one blood
into the darkness you walked alone
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9. |
Nine
02:55
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brother sleep and succubus…
brother sleep and succubus…
brother sleep and succubus…
I hear you in the dark
I feel your invisible spark
every night and every noon
in every corner of my room
I hear you wispering my name
come Nino, let’s go insane
brother sleep and succubus…
brother sleep and succubus…
brother sleep and succubus…
every night and every noon
in every corner of my room
I hear you wispering my name
come Nino, let’s go insane
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10. |
The pale horseman
03:51
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(instrumental)
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11. |
Sleep
04:18
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in the hungry eyes of the night
there’s no sin I haven’t try
but my head is flooded
with premonitions, hells and nightmares
when I close my eyes
no I don’t want to dream
when I close my eyes
I could sleep forever
in the hungry eyes of the night
just making love to asphyxia
and I know this pain
is just a piece of what I deserve
when I close my eyes
no I don’t want to dream
when I close my eyes
I could sleep forever
(I am falling into a dreadful lethargy
a gentle self destruction)
when I close my eyes
no I don’t want to dream
when I close my eyes
I could sleep forever
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12. |
Lilies and carnations
04:47
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every moment was a leaf
fragile in the angry wind
they fell and went away
we were dreaming
there’s no present - all is gone
even shadows walked away
even our memories are broken
soaking in the rain of may
faces in a sea of gray
I can’t tell who cries and who is laughing
so light a candle on my name
please forgive me if it hurts
time has come to drown into the past
bury me here
my bones are seeds
bury me under the rain
vultures are near
they know I bleed
bury me under the rain
lovers die like shooting stars
run and hide deep underground
burying all those kisses and confessions
chained into each other’s arms
‘till rot in the morning light
among lilies and carnations
bury me here
my bones are seeds
bury me under the rain
vultures are near
they know we bleed
bury me under the rain
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13. |
The Shelter
05:14
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this is the land of stone spheres and jade
I was born here under new moon
I spend my days scattering bones
I swing with the wind and the pines
searching for jewels in the sky
I just dilute myself into the night
tearing my hands against the ground
digging a grave tired and bowed
this land cries out forbidden rites
exiled tribes rot in the mud
creatures drop dead right on my door
here’s where I will shelter my soul forever
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14. |
Afterthought
03:46
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those nights we walked right on the edge
the music was our silent faith
those lies we wanted to believe
we thought we found our heaven
today we wear the scars with pride
in nonsense isolation
is it raining outside?
is there where to go?
did we catch the moon?
or is it just an afterthought?
those things we said but never felt
the hotel sheets, the world insane
the nomad lips and wishful hearts
we have no place in heaven
is it raining outside?
is there where to go?
did we catch the moon?
or is it just an afterthought?
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15. |
Cocoon
01:51
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(instrumental)
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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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