1. |
Summer Days
06:31
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SUMMER WAS ALWAYS SUCH A HAPPY TIME
SUN WOULD SHINE AND THE SEA WOULD GET WARM
AND WE'D KNOW SO WELL
IT'S TIME
YOU AND I PLAYED GUITARS IN OUR BAND
WE WOULD PRACTICE WITH WINE IN ONE HAND
SLURRINGLY WE WOULD YELL
IT'S TIME
SUMMER DAYS
LOST IN MY MEMORY
SEA AND SUNSHINE NOT FOR US
WE WOULD USUALLY COME OUT AFTER DARK
MUSIC BOOZE AND MOSQUITO BITES
THOSE WERE THINGS THAT WITNESSED
OUR SUMMERTIME
THAT SUMMERTIME
ONE LAST SUMMERTIME
WE FELT SO ALIVE
SUMMER DAYS
LOST IN MY MEMORY
JOYFUL FREEDOM
PLEASURES OF SIMPLE LIFE
WORLD AND TIME AROUND US
DID NOT EVEN SEEM TO TOUCH OUR KIND
BUT THERE WAS A TINY FEELING
IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND
WHAT IF THIS WAS TO BE THE LAST SUMMER
WHEN WE WERE FREE AND YOUNG?
SOME YEARS HAD PASSED
DIFFERENT CITIES DIFFERENT LIVES
WHEN ONE DAY I RETURNED HOME FOR A TIME
HALF-STRANGER CASUALLY TOLD ME
YOUR LIFE HAD BECOME A MESS AND YOU DIED
SOMETIMES WHEN I LOOK BACK ON MY LIFE
THINGS I LOST AND THE PEOPLE WHO DIED
I GET ANGRY THAT LIFE AIN'T FAIR
IF I'D NEVER DECIDED TO LEAVE
MAYBE YOU'D BE THE ONE THAT WOULD SING
'BOUT THAT SUMMER BEYOND COMPARE
SUMMER DAYS
LOST IN MY MEMORY
LIFE ITSELF WAS THE GREATEST HIGH
WE'D SPENT IT IN FULL
TOOK ONE DAY AT A TIME
THE SCHOOL WAS OUT
AND NO LESSONS WERE LEARNED
BUT THAT'S OK
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2. |
Crossroads
05:45
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WHEN GOOD IN MEN HAD DIED
AND PEOPLE TURNED TO EVIL
THERE CAME A MAN WHO TRIED
TO SHOW THE PATH TO LIGHT
AND TEACH US TO BELIEVE IN
THE GOODNESS OF OUR HEARTS
THE QUESTION WHETHER HE EXISTED
BEARS NO IMPORT NOW
FOR WE HAVE MANAGED TO FORGET
ALL THAT HE TAUGHT SOMEHOW
IF HISTORY OF OUR KIND
HAS ONE LESSON WE CAN LEARN
NO MATTER WHOM WE LISTEN TO
WE ALWAYS CRASH AND BURN
LED BY THE VOICES
STANDING HERE ALONE
WE'RE AT THE CROSSROADS
BROUGHT HERE BY FORCES
CLOSE TO THE UNKNOWN
HERE AT THE CROSSROADS
WHISPERS IN YOUR HEAD HAVE LONG BECOME
SCREAMS OF SELF-ENTITLED RAGE
MONOLOGUES OF FEVERISH MINDS
ALWAYS CLAMOURING FOR SPACE
HOW DID IT COME TO THIS?
THE ANSWER DOES NOT EVEN MATTER ANYMORE
WE ALL SAY
JUST KEEP ON SEARCHING
FIND A WAY
UNLOCK THE SECRET AND SHARE
CLEAR AS DAY
AND SCARY AS A LONELY NIGHT
NOW LOOK AWAY
LEST THE VISION BREAKS YOUR MIND
FOR THOUSAND YEARS BEFORE
SAME CHOICES HAVE BEEN GIVEN
TO STAND UP OR TO FALL
AND CHOOSING EASY LIFE
BUT NEVER TRULY LIVING
WILL CAUSE THE BELLS TO TOLL
MOURNFULLY FOREVER
THEIR ECHOES SHATTER HEARTS
HAVE WE NOW REACHED THE POINT
WHERE MANKIND'S DOWNFALL REALLY STARTS
WILL BROTHER SLAY HIS BROTHER
OR WILL HE STAY HIS HAND?
PERHAPS WE'LL FIND SALVATION
DEEP INSIDE OURSELVES BEFORE THE END
NO SHAPE WITH HORNS
NO WINGS UP HIGH ABOVE
WE'RE AT THE CROSSROADS
THERE IS NO TRADE
YOU WILL NOT TAKE OUR SOUL
HERE AT THE CROSSROADS
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FIFTEEN ODD YEARS AGO
I ARRIVED IN THIS COUNTRY
THE TRIP WAS AWFULLY LONG
THE NIGHT WAS COLD AND CLAMMY
I DID NOT COME
TO STEAL YOUR SHIT
I WANTED HONEST JOB
AND DECENT LIFE
IT TOOK SOME TIME
TO GET THINGS GOING
BUT IN THE END
I'D MANAGED TO SETTLE DOWN
NO HAND TO GUIDE ME
NO FRIEND TO HELP ME OUT
RESTRAINED AND UNDEMANDING
AS IF I HAD A BORROWED LIFE
MY LIFE - BORROWED...
QUICKLY LEARNED TO TO SAY YES SIR
JUST TO BE LIKE EVERYONE
UNTIL I'D BECOME NO ONE
ONE OF MANY
ONE OF THEM
ONE OF US
STILL TO YOU I'LL ALWAYS BE
AN ALIEN - A FOREIGNER - A PASSING STRANGER
NOBODY SHOULD EVER TRUST
AN ALIEN - A FOREIGNER - A PASSING STRANGER
YOU TRY TO SHUT YOUR LAND OFF FROM
AN ALIEN - A FOREIGNER - A PASSING STRANGER
BUT IT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S PUT
YOUR HUMANITY IN DANGER
MODERN MODERN MODERN WORLD
BESIEGING OUR PLACES OF WORSHIP
AT PERMANENT DAWN OF THE DEAD
THE TOUCHSCREEN PRAYER BOOKS
ILLUMINATE THE VACUOUS FACES
WITH FAINT GHOSTLY GLARE
"THE ENTERTAINMENT WE SO ENJOY
IS BUT A MISERLY NOURISMENT
OF IMPOTENT TASTE"
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4. |
Paranoia Blues
04:42
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SAME THING HAPPENS EVERY MORNING
IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS
DRILLING POUNDING I CAN'T GET NO SLEEP
FOR GOOD MEASURE SOMEONE SHOUTS
I DID COMPLAIN TO MAN IN CHARGE
HE SAID "SORRY, THIS AND THAT"
I DON'T NEED HIS EXPLANATIONS
I JUST WANT THIS NOISE TO STOP
IT'S BEEN A HARD DAYS NIGHT
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING LIKE A DOG
BUT THERE'S NO REST TO BE HAD
UNLESS I'M KNOCKED OUT WITH A LOG
THEY MUST BE
DOING THIS DELIBERATELY
HOW ELSE WOULD THEY KNOW
WHEN I NEED TO SLEEP
AND WHEN I COME AND GO?
PARANOIA
I'M GOING MAD
PARANOIA
IT'S REALLY SAD
IT'S ONLY A TIP OF THE ICEBERG
PROBLEMS FOLLOWING THE TROUBLE
SUCH HAS BEEN MY LOT IN LIFE
EACH TIME I TRY TO BUILD SOMETHING
BASTARDS HAVE TO BRING IT DOWN
GO SEEK HELP OF A PROFESSIONAL
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THAT MEANS
MEDICATE MYSELF WITH BOOZE AND PILLS
UNTIL NONE OF IT SEEMS REAL
THE LINE THAT MARKS MY SANITY
I'VE BEEN PUSHING IT FOR YEARS
IT LOOKS LIKE FINALLY SOMETHING SNAPPED
AND THE LINE'S JUST DISAPPEARED
PARANOIA
I'M GOING MAD
PARANOIA
IT'S REALLY BAD
IF I TAKE ONE MORE STEP
I WILL DO SOMETHING I'LL REGRET
IF THEY PUSH ME ONCE AGAIN
I'LL CROSS THE POINT OF NO RETURN
MAKE IT STOP!
PLEASE MAKE IT STOP
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5. |
Arms! To Arms!
06:24
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MY CHILDREN GATHER ROUND
AND HEAR THE STORY
OF HOW THE SLAVES
DEFEATED EVIL MIGHT
FIRES BURN ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
PUSHING BACK THE DARKNESS AND THE DOUBT
THEY SHALL LEARN THE STRENGTH OF OUR KIND
AND REPAY FOR THRALLDOM WITH THEIR LIVES
ARMS, TO ARMS!
LET EVERYBODY SEE
HOW KINGS AND KNIGHTS
ALL FALL UPON OUR KNIVES
HARM, DO HARM!
LET EVERYBODY HEAR
HOW EVIL DIES
AND FALLS BEFORE OUR EYES
BLOOD WILL SPILL
ONE HUNDRED FEET HIGH
MASTERS FALL AS WE ENTER THE STAGE
IT IS NOW WHEN WE SET THINGS RIGHT
AND TOMORROW IS THE DAWN OF NEW AGE
COME AS WITNESS
COME AS JURY
COME FOR JUSTICE
COME FOR VENGEANCE
BE THE WITNESS
BE THE JURY
SERVE THE JUSTICE
WITH SWORD AND FLAME
WHEN RULES MAKE YOU FEEL HELPLESS
AND COURTS ARE FILLED WITH DREAD
NEW RULE OF LAW APPROACHES
BORNE OUT OF REVENGE
MARCH THROUGH THE CITIES
SWEEP OVER LAND
OLD WORLD COLLAPSES
AS FIRES BURN
NO LORDS HAVE SPOKEN
NO GODS RETURNED
BUT LAW OF WISDOM
WE'VE YET TO LEARN
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6. |
One Thousand Years
04:39
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ONCE GREAT NATION
OF POETS AND HEROES
OR SO THEY SAY
NOW WHO CAN REMEMBER
THE LAST OF OUR PEOPLE
THAT MADE US FEEL GREAT
SO MUCH OF HISTORY
TELLS US THINGS THAT WE WANT TO HEAR
BETWEEN THE LINES
AND BEHIND THE SCENES
IS WHERE THE TRUTH IS
MOST OFTEN REVEALED
CHILDREN TAKE HEED
FOR THOSE THAT YOU FEED
MIGHT TAKE ALL YOUR FREEDOM AWAY
HELD BACK ONE THOUSAND YEARS OR MORE
OUR FUTURE IS DENIED
THE GRUESOME DAYS TRIUMPH ONCE MORE
AND HOPE MUST SURELY DIE
HELD BACK ONE THOUSAND YEARS OR MORE
THE VOICES THEY DON'T LIE
WE'RE MARCHING BACK FOREVER MORE
DIVIDED DEEP INSIDE
WE LIVE IN THE TIME OF GREAT TENSION
UNABLE TO TRUST OUR FELLOW MAN
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IN 21ST CENTURY
SUSPICION AND PARANOIA STILL REIGN SUPREME
LINES THAT DIVIDE US
WERE DRAWN UPON THE MAPS
THROUGHOUT THE AGES PAST
THEY USED TO MEAN A LAND, A COUNTRY, A STATE
BUT NOW THERE ARE ONLY TWO NATIONS: US VERSUS THEM
HELD BACK ONE THOUSAND YEARS OR MORE
OUR FUTURE IS DENIED
THE GRUESOME DAYS TRIUMPH ONCE MORE
AND HOPE MUST SURELY DIE
HELD BACK ONE THOUSAND YEARS OR MORE
THE VOICES THEY DON'T LIE
WE'RE MARCHING BACK FOREVER MORE
DIVIDED DEEP INSIDE
WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE
AND THIS IS JUST A STORY
WILL IT BE ONE
OF VICTORY OR DEFEAT?
WILL THEY REMEMBER US AS HEROES
OR FEEL SORRY
WE STILL HAVE TIME
AND HOPE IS WHAT WE NEED
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Natura Morta Norwich, UK
INHUMAN was formed in 1987 in Swinoujscie, Poland. I joined on drums in 1988. We recorded a rehearsal demo of primitive thrash-death in 1989. Now I play guitar and yell. In 1990 we changed the name to MORAL DECIMATION-slow depressive doom. A demo was recorded that year. In 1991 another name change, to NATURA MORTA. 1993 we split. In 2018 I resurrected the name, if not the band. ... more
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