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Jade
04:34
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A disrupted kingdom
Behind these blue hills
Condemned by our silence
Under blades of light
Savage bleeding spirits
And their blackened hearts
Seeking out for water
Crawling through the sand
Dark and sunburned faces
In war for the land
Dance around the red fire
Eager for revenge
Ceremonial hands
Carving up green stone
Their gods were corpses
All covered in jade
(There will be blood)
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Sulára
04:13
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Flickering fireflies showing the pathway
She walks alone
Sulára is blind
The veil of the night covers her face
Among the living
She’s just a stranger to tear apart
Lost in the shadows
The blood of the pure is shed once more
She’s looking for someone to blame
There is only myself
There is only myself
Myself
Foreign invaders killing her inside
She’s lost again
With somber visions about tomorrow
And no place to die
She’s looking for someone to blame
There is only myself
There is only myself
Myself
Sulára!
Sulára!
Sulára!
Sulára!
She’s looking for someone to blame
There is only myself
There is only myself
Myself
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The 5th Sun
04:22
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Do fear the sun and pray for rain
As they pay for love and love in vain
To live in pain
To die alone
And blame the god above them
Oblivion falls upon us
A mortal cold surrounds the earth
This paradise is burning
We rot under the 5th sun
We want it all
We just don’t care
Seeking forgiveness and revenge
We want to know but hate the truth
Living a convinient lie
The night is the blackest tonight
We’ll never see another day
This paradise is burning
We rot under the 5th sun
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And yet another year is vanishing away
We hide near by the fog
The gravestones and the waves
Seduced by the horizon of a dying sun
My sight is turning cloudy
My heart becomes a stone
And you...
Through times so furious
Passing by through the storm
Shine out of my world
Shine out of my world
The birds are crying loud a song
We cannot hear
The silence is not outside
But within our ears
I walk the same cold path
In line as every man
A pale face lays by the door
A cold runs through my hands
And you...
Through times so furious
Passing by through the storm
Shine out of my world
Shine out of my world
And I...
In times so dangerous
Denying every word
I sear out of your world
I sear out of your world
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I’ve followed you for so many moons
And lush red sunsets
Chasing the impossible
The shelter that you dreamed
The promise of the death
A heavenly cold embrace
And no more loneliness to walk with you
I sigh with you
I cry with you
I die with you
You pour like rain
And it’s raining upon us
What else can I say
To make you understand
That this is love
I’ve followed you hungry like a wolf
Across rivers of silence
And oceans of solitude
I’ve heard how you pray to deities in ashes
For final relief
A scape from this world I walk with you
I sigh with you,
I cry with you,
I die with you
You pour like rain
And it’s raining upon us
What else can I say
To make you understand
That this is love
We’re lost in the streets
And the darkness is closing over
What else could I do
To make you understand
That this is love
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6. |
Dead On My Skin
04:09
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Hidden away from the surface
Underneath the shadows
Our own sacred place
I’m burning with two fallen angels
Undressed and thirsty
Paradise and hell
Dead on my skin
The glory and the dream
Dead on my skin
The passion and the sin
Whispers break the walls of silence
Reaching out for madness
And forbidden words
I’m sinking in between two oceans
Far away from the shore
Devoured by the storm
Dead on my skin
The glory and the dream
Dead on my skin
The passion and the sin
Demons taking turns to kill me
The dance of the twin moons eclipsing the sun
I’m beaten
All my thoughts are fading
Look into my eyes now
Tell me what you see
Dead on my skin
The glory and the dream
Dead on my skin
The passion and the sin
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Broken
05:04
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Tender rays of light
And scars on my eyelids
A lingering shivering
I’m craving for more
The touch is so warm
The taste just bitter
And every cell on my flesh explodes
A thunder resounds
The storm is closer
I sink in its softness
Again and again
The hand of my fate
Just threw the dice away
And every vision I have is hell
The one truth I deny
Is how much I fear myself
And now I’m locked inside
This hall of mirrors
And I can hear the rolling of a thunder
I can’t surrender anymore
Can’t surrender anymore
Come rescue me for I am broken
I can’t surrender anymore
Can’t surrender anymore
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8. |
Ten Spells
04:15
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10...
Potions, liquids, witchcraft, runes, magic,
Poisons, enchants, tricks, charms and toxins
Ten spells to make you mine
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7...
You can choose
To which devil you sell your soul
As long as you’re still mine
As long as you belong to me
You broke me once
You broke me twice
Broke me, broke me
Many many times
Now I put a spell on you
Black magic, witchcraft
A spell on you
I give you love potions
Witchcraft, black magic
Witchcraft. black magic
Witchcraft. black magic
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Morningstar
03:25
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A brand new day has come
To our inmortal eyes
We’ll see the worlds collide
We’ll see horizons fall
Morningstar
Here I seed my dream
Far above this land
Where your voice comes near
Give me more
Let me take your hand
Planets fall so small
We can fly so high
Ruins of a golden dawn
A hidden path of light
Our cosmic heritage
All truths revealed in one
Morningstar
Here I seed my dream
Far above this land
Where your voice comes near
Give me more
Let me take your hand
Planets fall so small
We can fly so high
Is anything real anyway?
Is anything real anyway?
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The pain we chose
The blood we share
One heart in grief
One soul in flames
This union
Our union
This union
Your mouth on mine
One flesh, our shrine
The dripping skin
A velvet dream
This union
Our union
This union
The morning kiss
A time for bliss
Against all odds
No masks, no gods
This hurt I carry on for life
Wont make me walk away this time
No love is blind in this cold world
But if one breaks down we are both to fall
In this union
Our union
This union
Our union
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11. |
Boruca Song
05:56
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Deep into the darkened mountain
Little devils sing and dance
Howl around the burning fire
Little devils sing and dance
They rise and fall
They never gave up
They crawl, howl and bite
They’ll get to you tonight
Wooden faces
Dreadful monsters
Little devils sing and dance
Raising war screams in the woods
Little devils sing and dance
Little devils sing and dance
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12. |
Fade
04:43
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Now lay back upon the stones
Dip your fingers in the ground
Soft light shapes and silhouettes
Waving branches on a blury trance
Drop your feelings
Drop your clothes
Fade your fear
Fade your soul
Dark spirits from the wild
Made the sorrow fade in light
Falling leaves cover your mouth
Distant voices call your name
They will quit and run away
Just like muttering water through your feet
Drop your feelings
Drop your clothes
Fade your fear
Fade your soul
Dark spirits from the wild
Made the sorrow fade in light
Take a deep breath
Shut your eyes
Let the pain go, now is time
Fade your prayers
Fade yout thoughts
The black night comes upon
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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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