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Acid 1
06:19
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There was a time in an old land with no rain
a time of war, survival tricks
And in the shelter of the little dorp of Kale
a mum was givin' birth to her man
A blinding light, one deafening blast breaks
a few meters from his pain
and in the air, made to shock a lot of brains,
a new gas (a nerve one) spreads
Acid 1 you're creating mostly bad dreams
hallucinating all for some days
Aren't you blinding with your raving, mad veils?
just a crazy mix of heaven and hell
Inside the town took place the strangest day
Nevrotic dances and orgie's whirls
A kind of celebration, a worship never made
to venerate a goddess with treats
The child is put from the mother's safer den
and no one tear came out that day
Umashi breathes for the first time in his life
soaking up that stunning air...
Acid 1 you're creating mostly bad dreams
hallucinating all for some days
Aren't you blinding with your raving, mad veils?
just a crazy mix of heaven and hell
Acid 1 you now run through the veins of that man
in his starting to the journey that he has to follow sooner
than the night come fully with its terrific flares
overshadowing the stars that guide you
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The Dark Militia
03:33
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Inside the highest mountain, once rich of gold,
there is a labyrinth of a thousand tunnels
when the gold ended a general
thought an evil plan of manic terror
A war was coming with its gloomy tricks
the labs were cooking up so many strange things
a drug that gives you a lot of skills
cunning, strength, aggression and the most blind obedience
“Give it to the guys which will have to guard the nuclear bunkers”
“Into the old mine They have to live, warding it from every
external”
“We live in isolation, in our sombre place...but there's more...
...We are best militia of the world”
“Send us someone, an elite troop...will not come back...
...We are the dark militia”
“Many have come here, down in the Big Whale, no survivors...
...although They were all highly set to fight”
“We don't trust anyone, only our general, we obey him....
and here we'll stay forever”
Inside the highest mountain, once rich of gold,
there is a labyrinth of a thousand tunnels
when the gold ended a general
thought an evil plan of manic terror
“Give it to the guys, to the Dark Militia”
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Sidereus Fatum
07:24
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SIDEREUS FATUM:
At his birth fire around
divin' in acid and poisonous clouds
over him regent stars
three of them already close to blowing...
blowing up a set, coming true again
darkening the sun, enlightening this child
He will sleep with no dreams
No way to enter in the Tahabaat reign
He will take other ways
Reaching that reign just enjoying the dreams
of some other men, following their soul
moving dreams to earth
In the fire now is dancing
all his troubles far away
Hoping for a help to come
Dark and godlike from the sky
Now the body starts to blaze
But the flames do not do anything to me
Show me your grace, show me what i feel
Cure me with sleep
And close your heavy wings on me every day
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Hypnos comes inside his bedroom like a nimble cat in the night
and just as He opens up his bag a thousand specks start to run light
Lots of spiders start to enter in the nostrils of the child
“Laborious friends, from that day you are living for me”
It is a little past midnight, something strange seems to appear
like living smoke floating in the air…
from his eyelids a million threads
are coming out, dancing slowly, looking for another place
“another...man from whom to steal for me” ?
“another man where to take a new dream for me” ?
“a dream to take me to the unnatural, Tahabaat world”
A throbbing bead, gently slows upon a silky wave
Umashi gets the dream he needs to cross this “Universe”
He never had dreams of his own, they steal them everyday
An early dream with prophecies... the dream that still remains
He will be ready to forgive also his land
when his 2 old friends will leave him alone
Far He will go passing through....
through the mountains of “Serpent”
Searching for gold with a metal detector He will leave
Now in the town all the people are standing out in the plaza
They look at the sky motionless and petrified 'til the end
Weird and with no why, that is how comes the night with its spells
Nemesis has thrown sorceries pandering to the fate
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Erkil
03:31
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Music now is coming from a cave and I'm alone
I follow it, it’s charming, solos whistle like an owl
“come on, take a seat...so You can come into my place”
“You cannot come to face...come to face your fate”
What the hell! wide open eyes are looking all around
I can see junk everywhere, of all times, like the sound
Man, it’s unbelievable ! Like almost is his face
You've got to see his face, you have to see this place
- Erkil is an old fortune teller who has been living alone
for many years. His aspect was strange but not terrifying,
nothing in common with the village stories speaking about him
like a fierce cannibal.
Under the multicolored mantle He was wearing a snakeskin skirt,
red platform shoes and a shirt with lots of stripes. He had a ray
painted on his face, running from his forehead to his chin, passing
between his glass eyes, one green...one gray.
“Are you going to the west, right?”
“so don't waste your time and go!”
“Let me help you...sleeping pills...”
“...to take when you're in trouble”
So the man connected his old tv to my brain
I had never seen so many things, all out of range
luxury, jacuzzis. lot of parties in the night
This is a kind of sight, this is a kind of sight
Later, on the screen I can see something that recalls
memories, sensations that I had when I was born
Heaven touches hell, I think the link is just a tree...
a neverlasting scream, time was truly still
Suddenly we hear some machine guns outside the cave
Erkil leads me to a secret exit to escape
Walking in the darkness I just cannot stop thinking
that was my first dream
that was my first dream
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Who can say it's night
06:00
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He worked hard until midnight...and four hours just to rest
Restrained in a mucky, foul land
Erkil stands still looking up at the stars all the night time
But who can say it's night?
The chimneys soar high, only dark clouds in the sky
Lost prisons of war, so old
What do I have to say? That his smile still remains
as indeed throughout his life
but now, man, it's really strained
Erkil: “If you catch the stars dancing
You can see everything, my dear
And even if You were blind like me
You could cross faraway limits
thus arriving in the western sea
You will have to conceal your face
From the father of your only guide
She's the one You'll need to pray
when You'll be in the western great town
And You have to know that You'll also be tired of waiting
for your life to take wing, to swell
You'll not find many helps by your side
There's no time, it's our midnight
And I feel out of place just like You”
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My shadow kills
06:39
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12 boys and 12 girls were born 9 months after the
bombing, one at each hour of the day. They were all similar, with
slightly greenish skin, curly black hair, green eyes and with a
snorty and freakish personality. No child was born after them,
people thought they had been cursed by the Gods for the lustful
episode that took place that night
Here, in the mine of the “Whale” I feel blind
Hermes told me ”Give your gold and you'll not die”
Guide, where are You? I have paid all I've got!
Walking with me 24 guys like twins
conceived that day when the town had mixed itself
I've met You... soldiers of gloom
sleeping pills, my shadow kills
Before closing his eyes Umashi saw his shadow, darker
and bigger then ever. It rose with evil form over the soldiers who
were looking at it with terror.
When He woke up He saw the carnage and his shadow resting
satisfied next to him.
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The Blind Polifemo
05:53
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Finally out of the murky, black caves of the “whale”
A sparkle fills them with genuine hope, it's the sea
They could also see a city down there
Control towers, processing plants
Many rails and pipes wrappin buildings all the way down to the port
“So welcome here, where You can find a job”
Needless to say, everything seemed like a big hoax
all the money gained was spent on rent and to feed...
to feed themselves, not to feed the desire to travel
'cause to buy a boat trip You need a breakthrough, come on
And suddenly, one day, Seven just became
the employee of the month
the hope of leaving was becoming real
In addition to money and beside the promotion
there was something more
A dinner with big P., the absolute master
The door was opened and a monster shape took its place
He had only one eye, a huge, black pit full of crusts
The giant leaned the cane on the door
He pulled Seven out of a garbage bag
Umashi was seeing that terrible scene
the monster devoured him in less than 3 morsels
“Now it's time to leave this incredible nightmare
a fast run to plot
Set fire to warehouses, to what He loves most!
Hiding ourselves in the goods containers We will come on board
Sailing the seas... and looking for fortune....”
...A land to live ...a final goal... ...a goal to fail... a void to fill…
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The Plastic Island
06:34
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Hermes told me to follow strange ideas not decided by me
My misfortunes fellows took the ship to a world of swill
The sickening smell made us faint
Waken up everything was else
Lovely people are surrounding me, They offer us everything
Vivid colours dancing free, love and music interwine
in a kind of paradise
But what is the guile? Are They just drugging me?
“When He woke up He was surrounded by garbage. Now
those elegant trees were nothing but yellow polyethylene pipes,
the hammocks...vulgar garbage bags. The beautiful birds were
flocks of sick seagulls, the scampering animals... lousey rats, the
colorful fires... burning tires, the breeze was no longer caressing
his skin... It was carrying an unbearable stench.
He had to find out a way to leave.”
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Meeting the Mermaids
05:33
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Umashi: “I thought about facing time
on the edge of the sea, far away from my home
When I thought I would have failed
I had always to choose to unleash the dark drive
Now I don't know how to play
when the music's so sweet that You forget your mind
I... I want nothing but this
this perfection of sounds... magic voices call me”
Mermaids: “Come where You can lose the time
the conception of love and your turning around
Feel all the worries recede
all the troubles that leave this inscrutable earth”
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