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Prelude
00:57
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2. |
Welcome to Rapture
06:45
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Verse 1
In obscurity hinges the balance of nature
In a chasm under the ocean
...lies Rapture
The vision of one man unleashed
Unscathed by the parasites
that meander the world… above
Verse 2
As the forsaken choose their prophets
Through rebellion they seek to control
Hordes of men
Butcher one another
Conquest, their divine will
The enemies resent dissidence
Their doctrine spells our destruction
Chorus
Their fangs dig deep
Into the flesh of the free
They’d rather choke in filth
The scourge of the parasites
We kneel to no man
To no gods, to no kings
For a man chooses
A slave obeys
Interlude
The surface threatens with fire
Enlightenment under demagogues
Our dissidence haunts them restless
Their vicious minds unleash the hounds
Verse 3
Insurmountable odds triumphed by greatness
United by the chain of industry
Our intellect lights the eternal flames of glory
A mesmerizing marvel of sheer will
Absolution forged this sunken paradise
Where unforgiven justice is the law !
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3. |
As Fate Draws Near
06:03
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Verse 1
Perplexing memories riddle my mind
Recurring dreams foretell a prophecy
It lays bare the beacon
To which I must fly
As the clock ticks
To the opportune moment
I awaken…for… it is time!
Verse 2
As I bask in the twilight
A descent marks my destination
My fate starts to unravel
As etched in my mind to perfection
Overwhelming powers compel me
A decisive rage calms my mind
An overwhelming voice coerces me
Its rhythm… guides my actions
Chorus
Sand swirls around my ankles
As Rapture swarms alive to receive me
My steps carve the path
To my creator
A soothing familiarity
As my fate draws… near !
Post-Chorus
Hordes of mutants
Lurk in the shadows
In the dark corridors
that bridge this city
I find comfort…at home
…I feel I belong
As I'm obliged to obey
To fulfill my destiny
Interlude
This ocean reeks of life
Of vicious creatures that dwell in this labyrinth
Defiled and condemned
…by genetic desecration
Spliced to survive
…molded to imperfection
Personal pawns resurrected
…to fuel… this nightmarish creation !
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4. |
The Sculptor of Flesh
06:31
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Verse 1
Blades of impeccable steel
Embed the scars to perfection
Obsessed by celestial beauty
My moral obligation
Abandoned in this decaying fortress
Martyrs of a fallen generation
Slithering dark creatures
Laced with a contagious essence
Pre-Chorus
As I gaze at the horizon
I uncover an ancient forest
The woods littered with flesh
The roots feeding on blood
In this serene atmosphere
The mist whispers death
This nightmare I live
On the astral plane
Chorus 1
In utter silence
A bitter harmony rings in my ears
As I relive the battles
The echoes… of a sinister past
My tender touch brings life
To the defiled who seek purpose in lies
The sinister forces of Rapture
That wither… my… mind!
Verse 2
My sculptures speak to the goddess
I worship in admiration
The aesthetics of symmetry
Define the cosmos
With beauty comes glory
In beauty there is horror
As my hands reign still
In the art of mutilation
Pre-Chorus
As I gaze at the horizon
I uncover an ancient forest
The woods littered with flesh
The roots feeding on blood
In this serene atmosphere
The mist whispers death
This nightmare I live
On the astral plane
Chorus 2
In utter silence
A bitter harmony rings in my ears
As I relive the battles
The echoes… of a sinister past
I gift beauty to my enemies
I seek my purpose in lies
While the sinister forces of Rapture
Wither… my… mind!
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5. |
Corridor of Torment
06:58
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Verse 1
Torn between two realities
At dusk I wake up
On the other side
Conscripted into a purgatory
To relive the memories in the past
Memories in time
Memories… that I do not recall
Ever… experiencing !
Pre-Chorus
As truth and fiction
Make the miracles
That keep turning my life around
I question myself for answers
That are all beyond my comprehension
Chorus
In this corridor of torment
I face my darkest fears
I search for parts of my soul
That lie locked behind these doors
I must conquer through this maze
That masks my mind from reality
But every time I escape
The nightmare begins… anew
Verse 2
Sometimes… I escape the darkness
Quite often… I hide in it
Because wherever the light leads
The beast awaits
The twilight also brings alive
The creatures abnormal
That paint the ground in red
As they leech off my spirit
Outro
But now… this has gone far enough
As my intuition speaks to me
I muster the force
To step towards him
His eyes reflect suffering
His constant urge to kill
I tremble as my terror manifests
As he reveals a familiar… face
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6. |
The Cabal
07:01
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Verse 1
As suspicion clutches the netherworld
The inquisition leads the purge
For the empire must be built anew
From the ruins of the former vassal
As the fallen clench their fists
In futile attempts to cling on
They must fret no more
About the conflicts… of…. life !
Verse 2
She treads on fear and hatred
As truth becomes her fallible asset
Societal warfare rewritten
In appalling disregard for life
Under the thumb of a messiah
Death awaits all dissidents
She swiftly brings subjugation
Her Iron fists conquer through… suffering
Verse 3
Pawns sucked into her fantasy
Worship her in mystical reverence
Like swarms… of ravens
They mark the omens of death
As she demands adherence
To her doctrine
Treason remains the test
for sanity
She is their tormentor
And their inquisitor
She is their master
Yet, their only friend
Verse 4
Screams of mortals echo the frenzied trenches
Where mutants trample over
The corpses of the many beloved
That now exist only in memories
Her oligarchs fight a grotesque war
A dark aura fills the sombre night
While innocents tangled in the crossfires
Clamour for mercy !
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7. |
Subject Delta
04:47
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Verse 1
Trapped… beneath this ocean
A cryogenic… prison
Tethered… to this nightmare
I… hear the freezing waters
Taunt me… at crushing depths
Cold… lifeless horror
I sense its threat
A bitter taste of cruel… fate !
Chorus
Eclectic eyes
Stalk my memories
An eerie mind
Tames our kind
An unreal force
Provokes my senses
An impending doom
Descends upon my… will
Verse 2
Blinded… by the shimmer of elusive dreams
Enslaved… in a vicious loop of time
To escape… perpetual futility
This fevered dream… of... mad men
Bridge
Twisted, the threads of destiny
Seal the gates
To our salvation
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8. |
The Illusionary Mind
07:34
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Verse 1
On an ancient seabed
In the graveyard of machines
The thinker hides from plain sight
Beneath a crumbling city
As blood taints the ocean
Red… from the existential wars
From the grotesque realities of Rapture
It learns… it evolves !
Pre-Chorus
At its core lie the answers
A paranormal intelligence
At its core lie the powers
A diabolic… mind !
Chorus
It probes every shadow
That dares to displace
It hears every voice
Every word I utter
It knows every face
To minute complexion
Residing in its den
Transcribing life into bits
Verse 2
Symbiosis of life
In numbers and equations
A herald of what is to come
Prediction, its ritual divine
A machine shall dethrone man
To eradicate a sickness
A sickness that breeds
Within the inferior kind
Verse 3
Demented souls speak of a voice
That resembles demonic roars
The electric rattles of pistons
Deafening the ocean around
Spoken Words
As the greatest minds shall lay marooned
For the mechanized beings…
… the rivers of time shall stay still
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9. |
Shackled
07:29
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Verse 1
A torrent of violence
Followed me into peril
With fists clenched in despair
I accepted the eventuality
Yet always… destiny scurries me away
Before death finds me
Men cower in my presence
As a power harnessed from the void
Channels their fears
And their inner desires !
Pre-Chorus
Atomic ripples
Through the particle of god
Imbued with the will of man
Distort the fabric of time
Chorus
The cradle of life
Lies depleted
After aeons of destruction
Wracked with ambition
Of men who comprehend
Barely beyond their frugal emotions
Now I understand men
For who they are
The essence of their mortality
I see life as my prison
As I lay shackled
To this reality of time
Verse 2
The forebears of time
Conquered the realms of men
Their illustrious fire raged
Through every reality
The fallen gods
Preached, their faiths of war
Forgotten eclipsed by history
They repent in their graves
The kinetic nature of time
Conceals the portal to a multiverse
Restless… without answers
I yearn to meet my maker
Spoken Words
Antithetical to nature as I know
My conscience defiles life
As this fear of the uncertain
I cannot contain
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Darkrypt Mumbai, India
Darkrypt is a dark death metal band from Mumbai, India.
In 2016, Darkrypt released their debut album - 'Delirious
Excursion' - via Transcending Obscurity.
They self-released their second album - 'As Fate Draws Near' - on the 18th August 2023.
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