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Faster Than History

by Brocade West

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1.
History Hunters 04:07
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Releasing all the ghosts Planning your escape Destiny or hope Find a lucky break Factions are prepared Splitting upon lines Never do they see How far they are behind Study ancient history We’re they all just born this way Or did they just get lucky breaks Consulting with the Greats Gathered in their camps Splitting up the tribe Players cannot see They’re on the same side If you could travel time Who would you bring back Hero’s come alive Villains cut the slack We stirred the waters briefly with our bodies We drunken danced before the love of life The instruments of Time Take back what is its’ own We occurred, now we’re not here to move any stones
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Darkest Before 03:50
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Always is darkest Before you have won Light in the morning Shows what you have done Proving you’re foolish Is not very wise Imagination Can mess with your mind Before the day is over Your struggle will be through But each and every hour Will be a test for you Grasping delusions The wrong path to choose Feeling defeatist Is a bad attitude
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Griffin Descends 03:27
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Listing all the tragedies A repertoire of pain Brothers are missing And futures are dim Organize the suffering A symphony of tears Children are gone And chances are slim It’s so hard To do what is right all the time When the darkness conspires Caught outside in the battering wind Your only thought is survival Catalog the misery An opus full of fear Trust can’t be given And secrets are shared Publish all the agony An exercise of woe Treachery wins When dreams are impaired Hold against the creaking storm Then look out Hear the static beacon crack With your shouts Clear the throat Thin the ears Lurch across the sand
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Machine Crusade 04:12
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The war is never over As each battle starts again Victories take their toll Defeats stack end to end For failure there’s no excuses Each sequence you can see and plot Hope is not an accident Intentional or not As the fervor dies down There’s less to rally around But still the enemies want our destruction No is not an answer One hears in these exalted realms To survive in harsh conditions You’ve got to take the helm Careful what you wish for The wolves are inside your door And still the enemies want our destruction The only guarantee Is unpredictability The closest scrutiny Requires all our eyes to see The universe is endless And love is almost infinite Some things are stolen or given away But love always comes back
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Faster Than History 03:23
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Remembering Everyday patterns Tasks that call you out Always seem scattered It’s understood The universe’s vastness Touch the tragedies Power is attractive Without death Heroes start to rise Faster than history Can realize The games they played Are this way for a reason Chaos brings along The absence of cohesion You can’t understand the seeds that you’ve implanted Dominant philosophies Abandoned
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Golden Lion 04:03
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Measured surroundings The sound is low Where’s the commando? You will never know This pale ceiling I feel in my mind The treasure brings blindness So it’s hard to find Make a life With what’s presented In front of you Circumstances Determine what you have to do The man with the murder Stood up on the ridge Burning the bridges He cannot forgive Thinking of victims Like crickets at night The sound has a brightness Like a bird in flight What you become’s Dependent On where your feet are planted Are you a servant Or a leader of men Dependent What will you see Contingent Are we the same or different? Might take a minute Or a couple of years Contingent
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The Hawk Must Learn To Soar 04:20
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Thrust into a leading role Trust you are prepared Enemies have schemed and planned Caught you unawares You can’t choose the simple life With responsibilities comes strife Take the bull by poisoned horns See the danger you were born to survive Hunted by the predators A deadly game they play Your enemies do not fight fair Barely just escaped You want a chance for a simple life But responsibilities arrive Use your wits to overcome You may be cold and numb and have to survive Trial Forfeiture Exile Your fate Allies Foreigners Juries Await
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Liar Spreads the Gossip Around 06:05
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Return behind the line Tonigh we're drifting Loose face Had that out happy time Above descends the mind Already standing inside Wakes the dust Earth behind Loose all command Shrinks and expands Pride comes firsthand You out there standing On your own familar ground Shackles wait for you Should the liar spread the gospel around The dust and rain collide Somehow the deep breath blows up Bleeds the slab Lost besides It's what you find out in the world The bridges that you never hold Another day to bide your time The sinkhole swallows all your pride Goodbye Somehow further down the road Walk could not disturb her
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Sip And Stroll 04:20
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Take a look at the water tower By the light of the sun Slowly setting in the summer sky Everyone having fun Take a sip from your wine filled glasses Watch the people stroll pass In their thinness and multitudes Everyone has a past You’re taking the love You can See the beauty of Where’s that Playground of unspoken, hopeful views Never breaking words to you That we choose Take a brick from the broken building Make a new work of art Leave them lying on the lazy lawn Everyone plays a part Take a drive to the next town over For an evening of fun Journey back in the thinning light Everyone, everyone
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We Sing By The Stars 04:24
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The dearest kisses A dream with stars Brightly shines her arms Around my heart The faintest perfumes Were in her gaze A footstep approaches We trembling wait While we sing an aria The town is invaded Never such a melody was sung Only to be faded underneath the stars are shinning soft Carressing you The earth pervaded A garden dream Loudly creaked the gate Despairing extreme The somber opera That famous tune A stanza was finished It ended too soon

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A collection of Alt Rock songs. The first 7 are each loosly based on one of the Dune series of books. The other 3 songs tell of our current media landscape, a wonderful trip to a small town, and a take on the famous aria E Luccevan le Stella

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released August 1, 2023

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Exciting original music in three genres: Alternitive Rock, Electronic, and Jazz. Part of Chapman Pond Music

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