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Nightmares Of Our Design

by Svengahli

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Shadow aligned My hunger, my thirst, burning Vanity engaged Unaware, aloof Of self-inflicted, mortal wounds Soaring pillars of toxic fog Burning up all the air within our lungs A warning scrawled out with my own blood Why should the writing on the wall stop me? A dying heart writhing in my hands Absurd to think that it could be my own Unstoppable, this yearning to own it all Only focused on the cold horizon Oblivious to the infection within Soaring pillars of toxic fog Burning up all the air within our lungs My own blood spilling won't suppress my lust Power, my promised land Unconcerned with what's destroyed to get me there When every river runs dry When the flowers shrivel up an die I'll be living carefree Away from earthly misery, forever Basking in the glow Of flames engulfing my home Apathy, catastrophe can't touch me Floating up on a cloud of arrogance So how could the writing on the wall sway me? A dying heart bleeding in my hands Unwilling to admit that it's my own Living emptiness That's hidden in my skin A boiling darkness An infinite abyss That is always longing Always calling Drag the world deeper into a hell Lined with my monuments Shrines of filth An homage selfishly offered up to my vanity Feed the blazing fire With anything in reach Even the ground under my own feet Tear all the walls away There's no need for shelter When living in conceit Laughing, up on a cloud Clearly invincible Basking in the glow Of flames engulfing my home Apathy, catastrophe can't touch me Floating up on a cloud of arrogance Sure that the writing on the wall won't stop me
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Captive of dogma Conviction, unshakable Unaware how their mantras Clearly lead you astray Decree from heaven The mountain, unmerciful Will eclipse all inner light Leaving our hearts in bitter darkness A sickness of our world Our love benighted In nightmares of our own design The silent voice A whisper from within Illusively clouding the eyes of our humanity “Submit! Obey! Assimilate!” Faith so immutable No thought that contradicts tradition Can flourish within these archaic rituals While malice justified by an old, pernicious lie survives Purity, a narrow ideology Toe the line or face the wrath of stigma While malice justified by an old, pernicious lie remains alive Echoes of prejudice fester in our bones A global plague is threatening our survival Caustic animosity permeates Settling deep within our marrow Hate, shallow and inane, instigates Causing us to crucify those of our own blood Passed down intolerance takes control Ignorant to why these thoughts have become your own Lost in the tempest of your fear Surrounded by mirrors you blindly thrust A dagger right into your own heart All our hearts As you drift away The painful truth remains Murdered by your lack of affinity
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Cruel deception Bathed in fear of the unknown Our reflection turned into the enemy Blind revulsion, mindless hate and bigotry Our compassion lost Trapped in a maze of deceit Master of dogma Conviction, invincible Unconcerned how your contempt Clearly leads us astray Decree from heaven A burden, insufferable Slowly crushing our free will And our bond with the world around us A sickness of the soul Our hate ignited In nightmares of our own design

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Debut EP from Baltimore based project Svengahli

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released March 6, 2020

Matt Rossa - Guitars
Charlie Eron - Synths, Guitars
Alex Weber - Vocals, Bass, Drum Programming
Anup Sastry - Drum Production

Rafael Trujillo - Guest Solo on Writing On The Wall
Kevin Hufnagel - Guest Solo on Nightmares Of Our Own Design II: Adrift

Mixed and Mastered by Anup Sastry
Vocals engineered by Kenny Eaton at Mystery Ton Studios Monrovia, MD
Artwork by Will Shanklin
Logo by Sebastian Jerke

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