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As The Colours Seep

by Zero Stroke

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Harald Schmidtke Really cool, pure sound, different yet mellow . . . Favorite track: There Were Flaws.
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1.
Our ligatures sustain decay The umbra wanes The system falls away Broken seams append words to dismay False figureheads slowly rust away They fade away Tattered flags raised in disrepair They looked over the mountains to those in despair We all took a bite out of forbidden fruit To realise that there’s nobody there Slowly fading, eyes are racing An aegis donned and necessary Slowly burning, the eyes are turning As the colours seep into the wall And now I know that crazed piercing gaze While the beast starts to stir Chaos reigns as the tables are now turned Peace returning, orders forming Hope is the new pacifier Swift appearing, the eyes are turning As they rebuild their empire And now I know that gaze’s piercing craze As the beast starts to stir Chaos reigns as the roles are reversed
2.
Mask 06:57
All good intentions and perfect white smiles A beggar's open mind, filled with yearning That spread through the air for miles Abandon what you covet Bereft of guilt Silence doubts, thoughts atrophy Be pawns in the design Pre-chorus 1 Sharpened mind, false words refined To lead with misconception a feigned reward to those implored Misled since the inception What do they devise Beleaguered in lies Their mask of trials Will be their demise What do they devise Their cold mask of trials Can't be their only diguise How could I have been so blind To fall for their deception? The great reward would be deplored to perpetuate false redemption What do they devise Beleaguered in lies Their mask of trials will be their demise What do they devise Their cold mask of trials Can't be their only demise Them, us, fog, dust Warm, ice, under our limbs They can’t see through their ears Through the days, all throughout the years As blank spaces for our colours How can a man be stripped of his wings willingly? When no one is nothing but every choice is already made? But behind the mask and behind the skin All is revealed to me, true indemnity There’s a face, sharply rising doubt in yourself, we absolve. I don’t mind that I was blind As now I create deception The great reward I can afford For I made an exception What do they devise Beleaguered in lies Their cold mask of trials Will poison all our lives Now it would seem that the mask I once trembled behind blindly fortifies my protection
3.
Machine 04:37
An abandoned form, a heart of scorn The residual effect of a life unborn solitude, the self adopted way Vacant stares, walls kept bare A misanthropic husk ensnared The lack of light keeps the thoughts away Judgement unrefined contradictory statements in mind seeing the opaque visage of the seeming decay Confounded in its eyes Picturesque its view up on high Stealing the light we radiate Whilst grinning at demise. Look and you will see They are manufactured and able to stand From the boxes they arise The lonely builders skillful hands have Paved the way for trouble Have drawn up the lines of anxiety Resulting in self-important aura The Man-built-number-crunching-deity In moments of lucidity The ceiling tears away To reveal the sky's serenity Dimmed through the cloud's decay
4.
Shed 02:42
Empty vessels have gathered here Mourning as they lay down Ambition Broken words fall on barricaded ears Confirming what they search for Salvation The mind is on fire The struggle in perceiving worth Shed the husk of Suffering your own rebirth Shed the husk of Suffering the earth It's only a moment gone It's only a moment lost There is time Hidden beneath your will Find resolution
5.
Mirrors fall to the pieces we all see now Echo images repeated and scored The times there were flaws in the eyes of the head They looked back and saw through it all instead Now it’s clear and so revealing What I thought was concealing In its light it’s so appealing In all its naked shame In the fall, in the pieces in the glints and shards With inglorious enticing bonds That reflects the path told not to retread For something opaquely alluring instead In the mess of euphoria it’s dull and slow In the mess of euphoria I will let go It seems what’s behind is impossibly steep Instead find a whole life of waiting for sleep Desolation! Revelation! Rebirth! A feeling all but chained A distrust trained A past reflected and a future mould projected Lost adulation is gained I’ve created my visions but I’m not sure where to go Conflicting decisions force me to know Now it’s clear but oh so fleeting Or it is just a feeling That this light is so appealing In its glorious shame

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'As The Colours Seep' is the first EP from Cape Town-based progressive metal band, Zero Stroke.

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released January 21, 2015

All music written, performed and produced by Zero Stroke.
Album cover credits: Jethro Stebbings, Zero Stroke, and Nicholas Raine

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Zero Stroke Cape Town, South Africa

Zero Stroke is a progressive rock/metal band
from Cape Town, South Africa. Debuting live in early 2014, the band consists of
Michael Short on vocals, Chad Adam Browne on guitar, Alex Rohloff on bass and John Yarnold on
drums - four musicians who've spent the past few years working together. Debut EP "As The Colours Seep" now available.
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