Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy Album Lyrics
Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy Lyrics
The Termination Proclamation
Eyes that shall never see
A life chosen not to be fulfilled
Fate does not choose a life
Before the hand of Man
As the ants march you to your grave
Welcome to this violent station
The termination proclamation
All who enter here are killed
Prepare for death, forget will
The lines of right and wrong
Are blurred in the name of freedom
As those who cannot speak
Assume their positions and die
Feel the hook pulled by the system slave
Welcome to this violent station
The termination proclamation
All who enter here are killed
Prepare for death, forget will
Forget will
[Solo]
Dead eyes can never see
The beauty of disorder
As the army ants march you to your grave
Welcome to this violent station
The termination proclamation
All who enter here are killed
Prepare for death, forget will
Writer: JEFFREY ALLEN LOOMIS, WARREL GEORGE BAKER
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Your Poison Throne
Rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
What do you want from this world
What do you want from this life
what do you want from this season of sorrow
That's waiting to swallow the light
Rise, rise
From the poison
Rise, rise
To your throne
Rise, rise
From the poison
Rise, rise
To your throne
Your poison throne is obscuring,
The lesson required before the burning
What do you want from Humanity
Are we Hollowed and stained
Maybe we're all just useless
Or maybe we're all enslaved
Rise, Rise,
From the Poison
Rise, Rise
To your throne
Rise, Rise
From the poison
Rise Rise,
Assume your throne
Your poison throne is obscuring,
The lesson required before the burning
Sit upon your poison throne you little drone
Make your plans and shift your dreams
And smash them all to hell
[Solo]
Rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
Rise, rise, rise
Your poison throne is obscuring
The lesson required before the burning
Sit upon your poison throne You little drone
Make your plans and shift your dreams
And smash them all to hell
Writer: JEFFREY ALLEN LOOMIS, WARREL GEORGE BAKER
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Moonrise (Through Mirrors Of Death)
""Moonrise (Through Mirrors Of Death) by Nevermore Turn to the left turn to the right If you judge me for my faults My soul searches for flight Awake in my violent daydreams I am lucid and torn I sleep dreaming in the netherworld Obsessed and reborn I feel the moonrise Inside my head I feel the consequence Of everything you left unsaid And now you're dead... Is this soliloquy or psychosis Or self-hypnosis Burn to the right turn to the left If society won't accept you You scream into the grave Welcome to the underground Welcome to your grave Welcome to your beautiful mistake I feel the moonrise Inside my head I feel the consequence Of everything you left unsaid And now we're dead... [Solo] Turn away from the light Turn into the right If you judge me for my faults My soul searches for flight Welcome to the underground Welcome to your grave Welcome to your beautiful mistake I feel the moonrise Inside my head I feel the consequence Of everything you left unsaid And now we're dead...""
Writer: JEFFREY ALLEN LOOMIS, WARREL GEORGE BAKER
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
And The Maiden Spoke
She was born in 1617
She tasted like the wind always chasing her dreams
She was a tortured soul in pain
She whispered this dark refrain
"You're not alone, so never be afraid
We are the cold and beautiful, you are the blue insane"
Sometimes she moves the chairs downstairs, and runs away
Sometimes she makes yourself known to those unawake
And the Maiden spoke
In stuttered streams
As if her soul was dead
She spoke of nothing
She is the infinite
She is the deranged
Her sorrow drips the blood
Of the unfortunate and pained
She was a shameless soul stranded in the rain
Her redemption never came, as she slowly went insane
Sometimes she whispers in my ear
"There's nothing to be afraid of"
Sometimes she moves the chairs downstairs
And the Maiden spoke
In stuttered streams
As if her soul was gone
She spoke from the land beyond
And the maiden spoke to me
[Solo]
Sometimes you whispers in my ears
"There's nothing to be afraid of"
Sometimes you moves the chairs downstairs
And the Maiden spoke
Inside my shattered dreams
As if her soul was gone
She spoke of the land beyond
She was just another system slave
Just another system slave
Being led to the grave
Writer: JEFFREY ALLEN LOOMIS, WARREL GEORGE BAKER
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Emptiness Unobstructed
Take me to the southern shore
Within emptiness unobstructed
My search for something more
Take me to a higher plane
Within emptiness unobstructed
Some things just can't be explained
Here we are again in this simple valley of deception
Where does it go
Is it swimming against the flow?
Or does no one ever know
Destiny, tranquility, validity of soul?
And I will say once more
The world is still a spinning ball of confusion
That no one understands
Within the cold absolute
The cold brutal truth
There is a pained angel
[Chorus:]
Take me to the southern shore
Within emptiness unobstructed
My search for something more
Take me to a higher plane
Within emptiness unobstructed
Some things just can't be explained
So the river ends
In this calamity we call heaven
Is this perfection
Are we spinning into the grey again
And transforming into the insane
And I will say once more
The world is still a spinning ball of confusion
That no one understands
Within the cold absolute
The cold brutal truth
There is a pained angel
He will shelter you from harm
And sing to you throughout your darkest hours
[Chorus]
Take me to the southern shore within emptiness unobstructed
My search for something more
Take me to a higher plane
Within emptiness unobstructed
Some things just can't be explained
[Solo]
[Chorus]
What grows upon this rock
And its urgent sense of tragedy
Time has stopped
Within emptiness unobstructed
My search for something more
Take me to a higher plane
Within emptiness unobstructed
Some things just can't be explained
Here we are again in this simple valley of deception
Where does it go
Is it swimming against the flow?
Or does no one ever know
Destiny, tranquility, validity of soul?
And I will say once more
The world is still a spinning ball of confusion
That no one understands
Within the cold absolute
The cold brutal truth
There is a pained angel
[Chorus:]
Take me to the southern shore
Within emptiness unobstructed
My search for something more
Take me to a higher plane
Within emptiness unobstructed
Some things just can't be explained
So the river ends
In this calamity we call heaven
Is this perfection
Are we spinning into the grey again
And transforming into the insane
And I will say once more
The world is still a spinning ball of confusion
That no one understands
Within the cold absolute
The cold brutal truth
There is a pained angel
He will shelter you from harm
And sing to you throughout your darkest hours
[Chorus]
Take me to the southern shore within emptiness unobstructed
My search for something more
Take me to a higher plane
Within emptiness unobstructed
Some things just can't be explained
[Solo]
[Chorus]
What grows upon this rock
And its urgent sense of tragedy
Time has stopped
Writer: JEFFREY ALLEN LOOMIS, WARREL GEORGE BAKER
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
The Blue Marble And The New Soul
Welcome to planet Earth
Tread your steps carefully
For the ground can twist and turn
Tread your steps carefully
For the ground may twist and turn
Choose your friends wisely
For just when you think you know someone
They could abandon you with scorn
Oh little one
Your mother will hold you in her arms
Your father will teach you his dignity and charm
Welcome to planet hate, to this emotion that I berate
Yet some people force me to feed my violent seed
What have we become, the damage remains and cannot be undone
Oh little one
Your brother may stab you in the back and laugh
Your sister will love you unconditionally as all love should be
What have we become, the damage remains and cannot be undone
[Solo]
Stare into the sky with newborn perfect eyes oh little one enjoy your time
There will be heartache there will be rain and joy I can't explain
My precious little one explore your time
Your mother will hold you in her arms and smile
Your father will teach you his dignity and charm
Writer: JEFFREY ALLEN LOOMIS, WARREL GEORGE BAKER
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Without Morals
Thread the path of sin and sorrow, swim into the red
If you slowly pull the noose
You choose to walk as if you're dead
Choke until you cannot feel
The pressure never ends
Without morals we wither
We might as well be gone
I believe in the other world
We cannot right our wrongs
If you lie to me, you slander me, this is why I hate you
Your petulant seed is a dying breed, this why I hate you
Scream into the grave
Unrelenting and unrepentant
Suffer guilt in shades
Choke until you cannot die
The lines refuse to bend
Without morals we wither
We might as well be gone
I believe in the other world
We cannot right our wrongs
If you lie to me, slander me, this is why I hate you
Your petulant seed is a dying breed, this why I hate you
If you lie to me, you slander me, this is why I hate you
You lie to me, you slander me
This is why I hate
[Solo]
Roll the dice, the plot device is fatality in disguise
Choke until you until cannot feel, the pressure never dies
Lie to me, slander me, this is why I hate you
Your petulant seed is a dying breed, this why I hate you
You lie to me, you slander me, this is why I hate you
You lie to me, you slander me
This is why I hate
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
The Day You Built The Wall
I am the black lord
I am a slave
Our world is dying
We are all naïve
I am the darkness
I am the grave
I am the voice you love to hate
Blame the world or blame yourself
Or just accept what cannot change
Your shameful burden burns into your skin
Suffer your sins
I am the black lord
I am a slave
You are the aftermath
The blue insane
You are the shamed
You are the drained
You cannot change the world
You cannot change
Blame the world or blame yourself
Or just accept what cannot change
Stack your stones with blood and bones
And build your wall of separation
Smash yourself and kill your friends
And build your wall of separation
The day you built the wall our world was dying
The day you built the wall you were the bastard
[Solo]
The day you built the wall our world was dying
The day you built the wall you were the bastard
Writer: JEFFREY ALLEN LOOMIS, WARREL GEORGE BAKER
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
She Comes In Colors
Destiny followed the sun and infinity bent
Into twilight's last slave, into the gray again
Until tomorrow, follow the sun
Until tomorrow, in your eyes
She comes to me in waves of shock until I'm drained
I accept her orders, I accept her pain
Until tomorrow, follow the sun
Until tomorrow, she comes in colors
She likes to play acid mind games
Within our faults and without blame
Until tomorrow, follow the sun
Until tomorrow, she comes in colors
She comes in colors and waves until I'm drained
She comes again
[Solo]
Until tomorrow, follow the sun
Until tomorrow, follow the sun
She comes, she comes in colors
She comes, she comes, she comes in colors
Writer: JEFFREY ALLEN LOOMIS, WARREL GEORGE BAKER
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
The Obsidian Conspiracy
Blank in your selfish state
And enraged
Never should one die
That cannot decide the truth
Never should one cry
So suffer the children
The snakes arrive to assist and surround the stage
Black expression is force-fed rage
Create, and deny
Your subversive wings
The obsidian conspiracy is rising
Justify your shame
The obsidian conspiracy is rising
Regardless of the consequence
We drown inside our arrogance
We choose to bring our nameless
To this false place so shameless
Never should one die
That never could see absolute
Never should one cry
Let nothing destroy them
The blades align in indifference they feed the plague
This black agenda of hate is born of pain
Create, and deny
Your subversive wings
The obsidian conspiracy is rising
Justify your shame
The obsidian conspiracy is rising
The coming waves in silent rage
Will storm the sea of glass
And in its wake all the burnt remains
[Solo]
Never should one die
That cannot decide the truth
Never should one cry
So suffer the children
Create, and deny
Your subversive wings
The obsidian conspiracy is rising
Justify your shame
The obsidian conspiracy is rising
The drowning sage can't feed the silence
The firestorm can never be heard
These are my last words
And enraged
Never should one die
That cannot decide the truth
Never should one cry
So suffer the children
The snakes arrive to assist and surround the stage
Black expression is force-fed rage
Create, and deny
Your subversive wings
The obsidian conspiracy is rising
Justify your shame
The obsidian conspiracy is rising
Regardless of the consequence
We drown inside our arrogance
We choose to bring our nameless
To this false place so shameless
Never should one die
That never could see absolute
Never should one cry
Let nothing destroy them
The blades align in indifference they feed the plague
This black agenda of hate is born of pain
Create, and deny
Your subversive wings
The obsidian conspiracy is rising
Justify your shame
The obsidian conspiracy is rising
The coming waves in silent rage
Will storm the sea of glass
And in its wake all the burnt remains
[Solo]
Never should one die
That cannot decide the truth
Never should one cry
So suffer the children
Create, and deny
Your subversive wings
The obsidian conspiracy is rising
Justify your shame
The obsidian conspiracy is rising
The drowning sage can't feed the silence
The firestorm can never be heard
These are my last words
Writer: JEFFREY ALLEN LOOMIS, WARREL GEORGE BAKER
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
The Obsidian Conspiracy is the seventh and final studio album by American heavy metal band Nevermore. It was released on June 8, 2010, in North America by Century Media and at the end of May in Europe. The band's previous album, This Godless Endeavor, was released in 2005, making the five-year gap the longest between two consecutive Nevermore albums.
The Obsidian Conspiracy was met with generally positive reviews. It was the band's first album to chart in Austria, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and the United States Billboard 200. The band went on an indefinite hiatus following the departure of guitarist Jeff Loomis and drummer Van Williams in mid-2011, subsequently the death of frontman Warrel Dane in 2017 ended any possibility of a reunion, making The Obsidian Conspiracy the last studio recording by Nevermore.
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NevermoreThe Obsidian Conspiracy was met with generally positive reviews. It was the band's first album to chart in Austria, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and the United States Billboard 200. The band went on an indefinite hiatus following the departure of guitarist Jeff Loomis and drummer Van Williams in mid-2011, subsequently the death of frontman Warrel Dane in 2017 ended any possibility of a reunion, making The Obsidian Conspiracy the last studio recording by Nevermore.
Genre(s): Progressive metal, thrash metal
Producer(s): Peter Wichers
Length: 45:01
Released: June 8th, 2010
Year: 2010