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Wounded Animal

from Winter Soulstice by Sonus Umbra

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lyrics

Once there was a boy who walked alone
Wounded - afraid of the night
He knelt on the rooftops
Reaching for heaven
Begging to make things right

But God never spoke
And the black sky did roar
The silence a cosmic joke
He knew then his dad was gone
But he would carry on
And he vowed to never rest
He would die or pass the test
The bastard son would never beg again

Life is just a jigsaw made of scars
Shadow play, witnessed by the stars
Can’t you see? No matter how you crawl
God will laugh and charge you for the call
Unbeliever he is fodder for the grave
Bound in chains of Godless, faithless fate
But he is not a slave
And he won’t be saved!

So he turned his back on God
Swore he’d make him pay
For the life he cast to the abyss
But the years drew first blood
And the boy lost his way
In the nest where old serpents hiss

Lost in a spiral trance
Tied up in a Gordian knot
Life’s just a game of chance
Tough luck, that snake eyes was his shot

Punch drunk and snow blind
He’s lost within the labyrinth walls
Deep inside his mind
Groping for the reins
Monster inside him
Is calling as the darkness falls
“Give me control!”
Gnawing at the chains
“You cannot destroy me
I am you and you and I
We bear the mark of Cain
Why do you grovel in shame?
Foolish moth – lured by flame
You gambled for redemption,
You’ve lost the game, you’ve lost again!”

Life is just a jigsaw made of scars
Shadow play, witnessed by the stars
Keeping silent vigil in the night
Voices from the past that sing with light
Like a midnight squall the darkness drowns his song
Tainted prism bending, twisting every word
Thoughts entangled in a mental web so strong
Isolated from a tortured mind the logic screams unheard

The years have flown
But the pain remains the same
The boy has grown
And there’s no one left to blame
The stars shine on the shadow carnival
Center stage howls a wounded animal
You can’t feel a ghost intangible
You can’t heal this wounded animal
You can’t feel a ghost intangible
You can’t heal this wounded animal

credits

from Winter Soulstice, released August 23, 2013
Music by Luis Nasser and Andy Tillotson.
Lyrics by Luis Nasser and Roey Ben-Yoseph.

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We are a progressive rock band: currently geographically dispersed between Chicago and Abu Dhabi, but established in Mexico City, back in the 20th century. If you want to hear shadows made of sound, we invite you to join us, take the great fall inwards and listen. ... more

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