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lyrics
Once upon a lost moment
A pattern challenged possibility
No flaw inherent to find
Pushing thoughts of destiny
Once upon a lost moment
A child became anomoly
Mortality was left behind
Illusion of systems free
These two, they just had to meet
Heroes of the old gods
Represent focus and growth
The first anomolies?
Then a mindless monster came to one of them
A driven faceless lady concealed in dream
It's purpose obscured, origin unknown
An animate object built to test
What do these three have in common?
They were connected, but what does it mean?
Can some thing in them be used to identify
To discern other gods from anomolies
Is there any hope there in the past?
Can we at last find new secrets?
Is there any use asking at all?
Very soon now, he will be here
I hear those blasted cogs spitting their steam
Voiding moments in my mind, in my dreams, can't shake it
We let go of our past the first time
Is this the same?
If this is what the Darkness wants
Can Universe really be to blame?
I faced my enemy, I faced my fear
And then I faced my self
To grasp glory, a love so dear
But now I need your help
Look how far we have come
Observe what we have become
Two gods from the Darkness
Does that mean we are so different?
What were Feynd and Vizilv?
Were they necessary, gods?
Why do I think on them?
Universe knows not a word
Why should a puppet such as I feel so alive
Is this cruelty or compassion or just what is
Is it not ironic?
After Fade, Feynd, The Harpist
Only Universe can
Only anomoly can erase
Is that his true purpose?
What is ours, is- is there more?
Are we two the puppets?
Are we all, which do have free will?
Do we follow a plan
Are my thoughts preprogrammed
Are we pushed then watched
Is that really wretched?
I faced my enemy, I faced my fear
And then I faced my self
To grasp glory, a love so dear
But now I need your help
I look upon my past
Such great memory
I recall a thousand worlds
Do I deserve more than them?
I toil with my intentions
Oh, how I've changed
The paradox of not knowing
What may become, had I died
Do we remain because we must?
Do we mourn their destiny?
If this is one last great
Adventure I am prepared
I feel an other sequence
Fade away, was it but clutter?
Fantasies, fractioned dreams, ideas
Is the King cleaning house?
It once was acceptable to forget
Have we forgotten the beauty of absense?
When all things are known, there is no thing left
Does this mean that we have won?
They who have seen The Frame, and they live
Must she forget it?
May they step beyond? Is the Frame contained
If there is chance of rebirth?
Once upon what was mistaken for time, Ha!
I observed a magic previously unknown but to one
They, four friends of consequence, per haps
Fulfilled the true dying wish of VizilV
By accident, with no knowledge of it
They confirmed a magnificent truth
They who have seen The Frame, and they live
Must she forget it?
May they step beyond? Is the Frame contained
If there is chance of rebirth?
If not a life does have the right to program an other
Is Universe still exempt from our rules?
Must The Darkness be stopped this time to prevent genocide
Or may we now finally make the call to nature?
Though it may be the worst
travesty to ever occur
I am inclined to feel inspired
As if adventure is underfoot
Oh, my predecessors
Can you forgive me?
I swear I should have known
Oh, my predecessors
None of you knew
Not even the last, VizilV
Oh how clever, that she was
Cared not the question:
Are we not but puppets?
Through the clearest eyes I see
Back to no evidence
Are we not gods at all?
Hearken! We may remain in an other sequence
Matters not, is it worse? Matters not
Duality, matters not, follow your purpose
Is it too late to ask questions of choice?
Is it vain to see a test of will?
When it comes to the final moment
Inquiry goes unfulfilled
Oh, my predecessors
Why can't I forget you?
It seems easy for her
Her darkness, it wants you gone
Are we truly a product
Of madness, what's the difference?
Oh, my predecessors
What have we become?
Reduced to items of dream
Until we are forgotten
Through the clearest eyes I see
Dear friends, the majesty
Oh, I wish you could see it
Imp King, he expects to win
None can know
Truly we are even
Imp King, you have inspired us
Gave us too many events
Wipe that smirk off your face
We are the gods here
Honestly, I'd hate to wake up
To see a realer world
I know I am not the only one
Who is satisfied with what we've learned
We can take it as a sign
There is no thing left to learn
We shall take it as a sign
There is no thing left to learn
Sentimental thoughts, they come to mind
Though love is not a force
I feel, we do feel empowered
What happens next is of great concern
But without fear
We six, each other are all we need
I bid you all good bye, my friends, while I can
A salute, the last honor to ever be given
Tears, I shall shed a few for love and purpose
We did right, we were heroes, what more can one ask for?
A pattern challenged possibility
No flaw inherent to find
Pushing thoughts of destiny
Once upon a lost moment
A child became anomoly
Mortality was left behind
Illusion of systems free
These two, they just had to meet
Heroes of the old gods
Represent focus and growth
The first anomolies?
Then a mindless monster came to one of them
A driven faceless lady concealed in dream
It's purpose obscured, origin unknown
An animate object built to test
What do these three have in common?
They were connected, but what does it mean?
Can some thing in them be used to identify
To discern other gods from anomolies
Is there any hope there in the past?
Can we at last find new secrets?
Is there any use asking at all?
Very soon now, he will be here
I hear those blasted cogs spitting their steam
Voiding moments in my mind, in my dreams, can't shake it
We let go of our past the first time
Is this the same?
If this is what the Darkness wants
Can Universe really be to blame?
I faced my enemy, I faced my fear
And then I faced my self
To grasp glory, a love so dear
But now I need your help
Look how far we have come
Observe what we have become
Two gods from the Darkness
Does that mean we are so different?
What were Feynd and Vizilv?
Were they necessary, gods?
Why do I think on them?
Universe knows not a word
Why should a puppet such as I feel so alive
Is this cruelty or compassion or just what is
Is it not ironic?
After Fade, Feynd, The Harpist
Only Universe can
Only anomoly can erase
Is that his true purpose?
What is ours, is- is there more?
Are we two the puppets?
Are we all, which do have free will?
Do we follow a plan
Are my thoughts preprogrammed
Are we pushed then watched
Is that really wretched?
I faced my enemy, I faced my fear
And then I faced my self
To grasp glory, a love so dear
But now I need your help
I look upon my past
Such great memory
I recall a thousand worlds
Do I deserve more than them?
I toil with my intentions
Oh, how I've changed
The paradox of not knowing
What may become, had I died
Do we remain because we must?
Do we mourn their destiny?
If this is one last great
Adventure I am prepared
I feel an other sequence
Fade away, was it but clutter?
Fantasies, fractioned dreams, ideas
Is the King cleaning house?
It once was acceptable to forget
Have we forgotten the beauty of absense?
When all things are known, there is no thing left
Does this mean that we have won?
They who have seen The Frame, and they live
Must she forget it?
May they step beyond? Is the Frame contained
If there is chance of rebirth?
Once upon what was mistaken for time, Ha!
I observed a magic previously unknown but to one
They, four friends of consequence, per haps
Fulfilled the true dying wish of VizilV
By accident, with no knowledge of it
They confirmed a magnificent truth
They who have seen The Frame, and they live
Must she forget it?
May they step beyond? Is the Frame contained
If there is chance of rebirth?
If not a life does have the right to program an other
Is Universe still exempt from our rules?
Must The Darkness be stopped this time to prevent genocide
Or may we now finally make the call to nature?
Though it may be the worst
travesty to ever occur
I am inclined to feel inspired
As if adventure is underfoot
Oh, my predecessors
Can you forgive me?
I swear I should have known
Oh, my predecessors
None of you knew
Not even the last, VizilV
Oh how clever, that she was
Cared not the question:
Are we not but puppets?
Through the clearest eyes I see
Back to no evidence
Are we not gods at all?
Hearken! We may remain in an other sequence
Matters not, is it worse? Matters not
Duality, matters not, follow your purpose
Is it too late to ask questions of choice?
Is it vain to see a test of will?
When it comes to the final moment
Inquiry goes unfulfilled
Oh, my predecessors
Why can't I forget you?
It seems easy for her
Her darkness, it wants you gone
Are we truly a product
Of madness, what's the difference?
Oh, my predecessors
What have we become?
Reduced to items of dream
Until we are forgotten
Through the clearest eyes I see
Dear friends, the majesty
Oh, I wish you could see it
Imp King, he expects to win
None can know
Truly we are even
Imp King, you have inspired us
Gave us too many events
Wipe that smirk off your face
We are the gods here
Honestly, I'd hate to wake up
To see a realer world
I know I am not the only one
Who is satisfied with what we've learned
We can take it as a sign
There is no thing left to learn
We shall take it as a sign
There is no thing left to learn
Sentimental thoughts, they come to mind
Though love is not a force
I feel, we do feel empowered
What happens next is of great concern
But without fear
We six, each other are all we need
I bid you all good bye, my friends, while I can
A salute, the last honor to ever be given
Tears, I shall shed a few for love and purpose
We did right, we were heroes, what more can one ask for?
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from Shadow,
released December 19, 2013
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Red Ankh
Red Ankh is highly experimental, including (but not in every song) elements of black metal, chiptune, dance, death metal,
folk, gabber, gothic, industrial, power metal, progressive, symphonic metal, groove metal, and trance.
Early works were mostly instrumental. That changed with Bronze. The goal of the project is to break down genre boundaries, keep music inventive, and inspire.
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