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The Puppet's Hall, Pt. 1
05:24
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(Instrumental)
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A flicker of the light, this is all
Shadow's dance in The Puppet's Hall
Never turn, never look away
This is where they were meant to stay
"All there is to know of this world
We see it in the shapes passing by
All there is to know of this world
Doesn't come from asking why"
Satisfied not to understand
Why they're here, why they've bound their hands
Name the shapes, call them what you will
It won't change that you're trapped here still
"All there is to know of this world
We see it in the shapes passing by
All there is to know of this world
Doesn't come from asking why"
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(Instrumental)
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2. |
Free?
03:32
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Suddenly I feel like something's slightly strange
I no longer feel those familiar chains
I begin to wonder what this should mean to me
Then comes the voice in my ear:
"You're free"
I protest to him that I was never bound
Still he beckons me to stand and look around
Yet I can see the shapes and call them all by name
Then he laughs and says,
"You think there's truth in that game?
But I know the way to leave The Cave
I can show you the way, your soul to save
Freedom only comes once you leave this place
So you can find your way, and you can leave The Cave"
I try to shut him out and let him keep those claims
But it makes no difference and, to him, it's just the same
He smiles and says, "It's time to leave this world behind"
No second chance to speak my mind
"Come," he says to me
"Come and you'll be free"
"Come and see the truth you've never known"
But I don't understand; what could be wrong?
Still he leads me on and on
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3. |
Ascending
03:37
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(Instrumental)
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What is this shape that burns my eyes?
Is this his truth?
This means nothing to me
Still there's more, he says
As he leads me further on
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(Instrumental)
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4. |
A World Beyond
06:51
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A blinding world beyond my shielded eyes
Can't seem to see what's true and what's a lie
The silence broke and something changed inside
I see the shapes, but there's something more they hide
With unbound hands, I venture further
I need to know what truth is found there
Then, far above:
A shape so full of light
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It's all so beautiful
It's all so clear
Such brilliant light
Such perfect truth
It's all clear as day
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5. |
The Ones I Left Behind
04:37
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For too long, I lived in darkness
My truth was only shadows on the wall
I rose to find the light of day
What waits not far above, if I had only thought to look beyond
And if I could arise from a world of lies
Could I save the ones that I left behind
in the shadows of a better world?
As the smoke was cleared, I forgot my fears
And I found myself drawn ever-near
to a truth beyond the lies I once held dear
For a moment, did I raise my eyes?
Did I wonder why?
Or was I really sure it all was fine?
And though I dread to see that place again
Can I let them all stay lost within the lies, the Puppet's Hall?
And if I could arise from a world of lies
Could I save the ones that I left behind
in the shadows of a better world?
As the smoke was cleared, I forgot my fears
And I found myself drawn ever-near
to a truth beyond the lies I once held dear
So could I save them?
My brothers
I'll set you free
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6. |
The Puppet's Hall, Pt. 2
09:10
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There's a higher truth than what you've known
There's another world beyond The Cave
There's a way to rise above the stone
There's a chance for your souls to be saved
And you can find your way
Out of The Cave
There's a better life not far above
There's a truth you can't yet comprehend
There's a place that you will come to love
There's a sense of knowing in the end
And you can find your way
Out of The Cave
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(Instrumental)
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That's when I realize my eyes cannot see in this pale light
How can I play their games when I know there's so much more?
"All there is to know of this world
We see it in the shapes passing by
All there is to know of this world
Doesn't come from asking why"
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"There's a higher truth you claim to know
There's another world that's left you blind
You call it light but fail to show
that it's more than poison in your mind
You leave us no choice but to make you pay
the price for your lies"
But I know the way to leave The Cave
I can show you the way, your soul to save
Freedom only comes once you leave this place
Please
You're living a lie
"There's a higher truth you claim to know
There's another world that's left you blind
You call it light but fail to show
that it's more than poison in your mind
You leave us no choice but to make you pay
the price for your lies"
But I know the way to leave The Cave
I can show you the way, your soul to save
Freedom only comes once you leave this place
Please
You're living a lie
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Blind, they could never look away
For the ignorance, this is the price you pay
The way of light in The Puppet's Hall
is only flickerings on the wall
And now you become as the shadows are
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And so, those who have ascended to the light of higher truth must make the noble sacrifice: to return again to The Cave and, even in the face of death, beckon those prisoners to undo their chains. Only then may this story someday have a different ending, and may we someday leave the passing shapes as they are:
A flicker of the light, this is all
The shadow's dance in The Puppet's Hall
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7. |
To Silence
04:51
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Silent social stigma stands
Belief through bated breath
Tiny words and fractured hands
were never any less
A subtle change inside us all
Black light that lights the way
Doubly I'd hear the call
as she would say
The world is not dying
All is all
From splinters breaking free
To silence holding me
Believe me, if I could, I'd look you in the eye
What once was not the same
Still tried to play their games
And now it holds me back much deeper than before
If this would ever really change
and time's the only test
Underneath it's all the same
Pretend that it's the best
The mind is not dying
All is all
From splinters breaking free
To silence holding me
Believe me, if I could, I'd look you in the eye
What once was not the same
Still tried to play their games
And now it holds me back much deeper than before
And when a voice inside my doubt says,
"It's all right to feel alone sometimes
To let it all be known, sometimes you fall"
I try to connect to myself again, but it seems I've lost the way
So I'll move quietly
To get to where I've got to be, I fall
I fall
From splinters breaking free
To silence holding me
Believe me, if I could, I'd look you in the eye
What once was not the same
Still tried to play their games
And it still holds me back as my words slowly fade to silence
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8. |
While It Lasts
04:31
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At the surface
Where the clouds break
Where the winds don’t blow
It’s all perfect
It’s everything we have ever known
In the open
Where the sun bakes
Where the truth roams free
There’s a child
Who is hoping
That someone still believes
Don’t move too fast
Breathe in deep while it lasts
Don’t let it pass
Feel the moment while it lasts
At a time when
I was drifting through the open book
There you found me
Slowly lifting in the words from us they took
They were:
Don’t move too fast
Breathe in deep while it lasts
Don’t let it pass
Feel the moment while it lasts
So they told us to wait for something
But tomorrow never came
That fulfillment that we ordered was so surely coming
But it seems it lost its way
We had to find our own reason to stay
At the end of that which once was
Just the everyday
You’ll know that the world keeps turning
And the memories remain
Don’t move too fast
Breathe in deep while it lasts
Don’t let it pass
Feel the moment while it lasts
Can you teach me how to breathe here while it lasts?
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9. |
This Time
07:26
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There’s a sign on the wall
Did I already take my fall?
There’s a passion still moved
But is there something else I lose?
‘Cause the sun seems just a little colder somehow
And those dreams feel a little bit different now
So this time
Maybe I’ll find myself alone
Lost in another world not quite my own
And this time
Maybe I could set my true self free
If I only knew what I was meant to be
There’s a dream I’m still dreaming
Yet still not yet the life I’m living
‘Cause the sun seems just a little colder somehow
And those dreams feel a little bit different now
So this time
Maybe I’ll find myself alone
Lost in another world not quite my own
And this time
Maybe I could set my true self free
If I only knew what I was meant to be
This time
Maybe I’ll fall out of the sky in the end
This time
Look away in the fear that you hold now
You can stay in the pride that has come down
For a time
It’s all your mind
So just wait again to seize the day
Look away from the calling
Don’t acknowledge the fact that you’re falling
And as such
It isn’t much
Only your life
If I only knew what I was meant to be
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