1. |
Aberrant Host
03:56
|
|||
|
Closer draws the shiny sphere every year
Closer draws the shiny sphere every year
Closer towards the atmosphere dragging me
Closer towards the atmosphere dragging me
Life cycle incomplete
Former vessel obsolete
Can't follow to your final retreat
You have been a part of me
Now you are just apart from me
Mind cannot conceive, what eyes have not perceived
Paralyzed by what we cannot imagine
An aberrant sound that demands attention
We deploy the one, we will send our eye to meet
|
||||
2. |
Caverns
06:24
|
|||
|
From a world of black and white
The Eye ascends, the I descends
Exposed to distant light
The lucent gleam that fills our cave
The shadows of many cast on the wall, onto the wall
Dancing to a tune, a tune to re-enthral
You are not alive, not alive, alive outside
You are not alive, not alive, alive outside
You are not alive, not alive, alive outside
You are not alive outside this hive
Your cells recall the howl of the pack
Being the prey that exposed its neck
The straggler starves but the tribe will survive
We were raised into one
One that denies itself
We were raised into one
One that was built to deny itself
Deny itself, remain an empty shell
You are the saurian tail, I drag behind, I drag behind
Persistent shadow there, there to constantly remind
The deepest darkest fear of a collective mind
The individual advanced, however much maligned
A primal fear, washes ashore
Tries to drag me back down
Where I was us
I will exist outside, I will exist outside
I will exist outside, I will exist outside
I will exist outside, I will exist outside
I will exist outside, I will exist outside of us
Outside of us, outside of us
We were raised into one
One that denies itself
We were raised into one
One that was built to deny itself
Deny itself, remain an empty shell
A primal fear
Washes ashore
Tries to drag me back down
Where I was
We are raised into one
One that denies itself.
We are raised into one
Remain an empty shell
Remain an empty shell
|
||||
3. |
Ancient Movie
02:11
|
|||
4. |
Migratory Mind
03:52
|
|||
|
Let there be light
Feel the seed sprouting, body knew the fact
Long before its mind woke
Inner landscape built by my own design
Not by some plan divine
Brain is gearing to new environments
Unknown thoughts and feelings
Fill the conscious mind, lift it to new heights
Shed light on every corner
Let there be light, a blazing spark
An idea arose from a night so dark
I've seen my path out of our cave
Then color gives away a spectrum unexplored
It's unexplored
A seismic shift conceals what is beneath
What lies beneath, down below, deep within
A seismic shift conceals what is beneath
What lies beneath, down below, deep within
Not one drop of cold sweat when the fire dies
Our concept of divinity once more humanized
Not one drop of cold sweat when the fire dies
From our genius built anew - Prometheus rise
Let there be light, a blazing spark
An idea arose from a night so dark
I've seen my path out of our cave
Then color gives away a spectrum unexplored
Let there be light
|
||||
5. |
||||
|
The sleeper wakes, slipped from nothing
Who lifts the veil of sweet oblivion
I have come a long way to see your face
I have left pieces of myself en route
Alienation from who I called 'us'
Caused my mind to be
Caused my world to
Split into, split into
Split into, split into its elements
Take one more step toward the light
And show me who you are
Take one more step toward the light
And show me who you are
Hardly more than a sophisticated polliwog
Trained to paint by numbers
Connecting the dots, but missing the point
You do not bear the faintest resemblance
To who will come and claim the throne
Carved by shamans and priests
Why did you then pass us the torch
You have taken away
From those who tried to stand above us
Above!
Was I even right to shed some light on
This shrouded mind of yours
Or did I put Descartes before the horse
You do not bear the faintest resemblance
To who will come and claim the throne
Carved by shamans and priests
Why did you then pass us the torch
You have taken away
From those who tried to stand above us
Above us! Above!
I will build, I will build,
I will build anew, I will build a new...
I was wrong to think I could make the leap
But now I can see the lump of clay in front of me
I used the torch to burn the bridges
That lead me back, so I will build a new home
A new host!
A new home!
|
||||
Manhattan Century Austria
Manhattan Century are
Alexander Artner - Guitars
Florian Artner β Bass, Keyboard
Michael Notter - Drums
Ritchie Krenmair - Vocals
If you like Manhattan Century, you may also like:
Broken Archetypes
by Cosmitorium
Knotty prog-death from Cosmitorium combines raw fury with head-spinning instrumentation.
go to album
Chronicle: Prologue
by Mountain Caller
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jul 9, 2021
go to album
Chronicle I: The Truthseeker
by Mountain Caller
featured on Bandcamp Radio Jul 9, 2021
go to album
The Australian prog band channels the chaos of climate change into powerful songs that juxtapose beauty with unpredictable brutality.
go to album
Midwestern prog-metal stalwarts go for the throat on their new EP, featuring a roiling cover of the Smashing Pumpkins' β1979.β
go to album
Chronicle II: Hypergenesis
by Mountain Caller
featured on Bandcamp Radio Feb 2, 2024
go to album
featured on Bandcamp Radio May 27, 2022
go to album
