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Tearing Back the Veil II: Awakening

by Lithium Dawn

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1.
Loose Ends 06:49
My body seized by a moment Piece by piece I'm realigned Of the view that I'm aware of All that's here now redesigned Unaware of My composure Hot, the skin is shivering Can't deny this state no longer And I'm slipping.... Where do you go? Are you with me? My friend? Can you feel What I am hearing? Far too hard To comprehend Kick to see If I am breathing Just to feel the physical Thoughts arranged In prism spires Protruding through the logical Grip the matter Here before me Grasp so I can't fall again Heavy handed Fall forever Forward and then back again Where have I gone? Are you with me? My friend? Can you hear What I am feeling? Far too gone To comprehend Let it all, go Let the pieces slip away They will come, back down Rearranged another way Just one, deep breath Is all that is possible til the next, one Appreciate this moment, appreciate the movement, appreciate the space we are in The size and shape, are the same Shifting and spreading again Deconstruct the beginning parts But do not mind the end Reconstruct the finished moments Let yourself breathe, it's useless to pretend The loose ends tied The loose ends tied Tightly once again
2.
Pantheon 06:57
I remember You as another you What it felt like To see through those eyes I won't go back To that lost time Before you rearranged The gods in your skies Seek these places out The roads lead nowhere I seek this temple in my dreams But my visions obstruct me so I'm digging deeper inside of me For some sense of belonging Why do you haunt me? Ghost of poison Stinging bitterness My senses dissolved Why can't I let go? The claws sunk in deep Lingering, preventing me From being absolved I seek this temple in my dreams But my visions obscure me so I'm digging deeper inside of me For some sense of belonging Where are you going to now? Where are you running to? I am searching for the reasons why My thoughts just keep colliding I am finding The very limits of my Perception of what will come to be My pantheon, the stars and sky, All paced out with all aligned The boundaries and borders were Constructed and clearly defined Now I realize and find The construction of my mind And rearrange the pieces Shatter all my sense of why
3.
This plague In my mind Is a thousand vices Without a place to attach And I'm trying But the effort's wasted In the gaze of your faces I'm dying to see the flames Of the diamonds in your eyes How futile is this fate? Without the drive to achieve it Losing time The glass is broken As the sand slips through my hands I feel like I'm dying Every atom returning I feel my soul burning I'm beginning to see the flames Of the diamonds in your eyes How futile is this fate? Without the drive to achieve it Slipping away Time is slipping away Realize, what you hide inside You are primed, prominences rise We are star driven We are the children of the sky Here we stand together We'll feel forever The moonlight embrace Stars becoming displaced And if we should ever Fail to stand and weather We'll be swept away Drowned in eternal grace
4.
(Instrumental)
5.
Dreadnought 07:35
Waiting To feel your warm Breath upon my skin As your voice comes close to me Whispering to Let go of your choice And to believe That there is more to here If you just wait and let it be Revealed A pain A static in my heart That I wish you could see As the words slip over me Your everlasting love Is what I need What I crave But I can’t seem to fi nd The feeling left inside It’s gone from me And if you don’t recognize me, I will drink to numb the taste Of the ashen dissolution Of what was to be our fate In your smile I still see the Very same skies and the shorelines That have haunted my thoughts Since you passed out of my sight Drowning Within the sounds Memories That just keep on Repeating inside And I feel your old voice Still speaking, Whispering I keep on believing That my choices are my own The steps I choose to take Are only mine and mine alone But you keep being with me Pervading every thought Dispelling the illusion My dreadnought I cannot escape what I am I cannot escape I am you Every single mirrored action Every motion shows the truth Every single Mirrored action Every motion Shows the truth
6.
(Instrumental)
7.
Inverse 05:06
Through blind eyes I can see Through deaf ears I can hear Assembling my fate Has become all too clear I can’t return To where I’ve been The fading black Takes all I’ve seen The shadows cast reflect on me Inversely falling to the sea The future has become The past in front of me Locked inside a space so real Break the cage and fi nally set me free I can’t remain Where I have been The fading black washes my sin The shadows cast reflect on me Inversely falling to the sea Pillars stand Crumbling Fading black Reflects on me (through what I see) Unfamiliar (known to me) Familiarity Beginnings over (end is near) And I know that I can’t return here I cannot return where I think I know I come from Seeing black and hearing The sounds of the nothing calls me You and my refl ections cast Shadows upon the æther Answering the questions Unbeknownst to us for meaning
8.
Repression 06:50
You awaken To a prison of your own making The walls too tall And the sunlight far away You’re insisting On a labyrinthine existence The pathways shrouded And the ends obscured You walk as though your feet Are not yours You see as though your eyes Turn inwards You’re following a beat That’s unsure Knowing deep inside, You are impure I want to be free of From this cage of All my forgotten memories Show me the path now, I don’t want to be drowned In the darkness Taking hold of me Foreboding Of your simple world imploding Illusions gone As the veil is torn away You shuffle like the road Will give way and You’re counting every hour Till moonlight comes And brings with it The key that will unlock The core of your soul, That growing up stole I will tear this open wide I won’t stop until I’m free Bleeding out the poison inside Of the repression consuming me You think you can escape from me Underestimating what it is you feel My roots run deep, my grasp is strong I will be with you forever long Then comes the day, rays pouring in, Purity rising up, from deep within The pathway revealed, obscured no more, Into the light, open the door I will be free
9.
I am the sight before the sound The bolt before the thunder The always assimilating Nomadic wanderer I stand watching auras glowing in the moonlit sky As the sand around my feet is washed by waves of foaming white Look into the distance Search into the depths As you gaze through the æther You may find yourself The mountains in the distance Are a visage staring back As the arches frame an iris With its center pupil black What are you hiding (Just feel me) Behind what you show? (Let me through) What are you fighting (Just speak to me) With your waves crashing so? (Let me through) What are you hiding Behind what you show? What are you fighting With your angry waves crashing so? You have to Find ways to See past you And ascend beyond the void You're passing The edge of your senses And there is no Returning
10.
Entheon 03:37
Instrumental
11.
Awakening 06:01
I stand before you A waking dream of all you’ve been and seen, and I am a mirror A pane of glass for this world to see through I am a lexicon Inscribed with all of the thoughts inside, that I will deliver From the path of the lies I hide Awakening from all my fears I cleanse myself, I shed my tears I tear the veil right down around me I find out what I’ve been You are a shadow Of all the dreams I have felt before, and You are a codex Of all the thoughts I have tried to hide, and I am so frightened By the layers buried in your skin, but I am enlightened I will find the truth within Awakening from all my fears I cleanse myself, I shed my tears I tear the veil right down around me I find out what I’ve been Morning bells, wake me from my slumber To the light I will find I will sleep not any longer, I will climb to the outside
12.
The kiss of rain upon the skin Feels so new I take in the air I breathe As if I never learned to Who I was What I've done It's all a memory Maybe I'll revisit Maybe I'll stay the same But... I have tasted failure I have faced my fear My sense of self so narrow That I disappeared What held me together Slowly came undone It's only when you fall apart That your feet can touch solid ground Break it down and build again Take my time It's like a million dreams But only one that's made for me The cracks will show But all will grow Back together Maybe I will diminsh Maybe I'll grow stronger I have tasted failure I have faced my fear My sense of self so narrow That I disappeared What held me together Slowly came undone It's only when you fall apart That your feet can touch solid ground Run to the edge of the sky...

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released November 21, 2017

Lithium Dawn is:

Ondrej Tvarozek - Lead and backing vocals, guitars, synths, programming
Matt Benoit - Drums, percussion, synths, guitars, programming
Jens Marcelis - Bass, guitars, soundscapes
Aaron Gage - Lead and backing vocals, flute, strings, piano

We are joined by our generous guests:
Mike Odabashian - Hand percussion on "Prominence" and "Repression"
Garrett Gleason - Guitar solo on "Prominence"
Plini - Guitar solo on "Sight Before the Sound"

Recorded at Monolith Studios
Engineered and Mixed by Ondrej Tvarozek
Additional mixing by Matt Benoit and Jens Marcelis
Drums engineered by Taylor Larson at Oceanic Recording
Drum tracking/editing by Ernie Slenkovich
Percussion engineered by Nik Gudmundsson at Predation Audio
Mastered by Taylor Larson

Album artwork and layout: Jens Marcelis
Band photos by Chris Martinez
Booklet layout by Jens Marcelis

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Lithium Dawn Washington, D.C.

Progressive metal with ambient and dub influences.

Lithium Dawn is:

Ondrej Tvarozek
Matt Benoit
Jens Marcelis
Aaron Gage

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