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At The Gates Of Dementia
05:19
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Infected by recurrent sadness
Omnipresence of guilt, wallowing in darkness
In the expectation of the forthcoming aggression
Expression of self hate, I’m throwing up myself
I am not even the master at home
A death camp standing as the headquarter for my mind
Death as an escape, perceived as the most reasonable solution
Thoughts and cognitive patterns
Great masters of mental slavery
Conditioning of the brain
Leading to inner agony
I am not even the master at home
A death camp standing as the headquarter for my mind
Experiencing dual personality
Beginnings of schizophrenia
Insanity becomes a biological reality
I’m standing at the gates of dementia
Thoughts and cognitive patterns
Great masters of mental slavery
Conditioning of the brain
Leading to inner agony
Status quo equaling to psychosis
Suicide or struggle, choice is done
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Mental Battlefield
05:24
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Sitting on the stairs of indifference
The child looks at the emptiness
Of this white wall that offers nothing but silence
Affluence around goes on without decreasing its pace
Standing as the omniscient
In awareness of exposing myself
Stepping into a dangerous place
Where seems to dwell my dark side in silence
A shadow approaching disturbs my attention
The child turns back suddenly, his demons standing ahead
Not afraid as I am, strengthening his position
Past, present, future to be changed, self hate shall be erased
Transcend
Put an end to your fears of rejection
Freedom
Blow up the lockers of your mental prisons
Eradicate your demons
Reconcile yourself with me
And fly beyond the bounds
To reach absolute liberty
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Ghosts
06:52
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Ghosts are back
Cycles of joy and fear
Eternal feeling of standing on the edge
Of a mental collapse
Ghosts, haunting my subconscious
And beating me down randomly
Every time reminding me of
My weakness and vulnerability
Threat !
Characterized by its absence of face
Appearing sporadically through nightmares
Abstract and wicked shapes
Who from life and I, is constantly rejecting the other ?
Is this invisible pain, supposed to be endured forever ?
Ghosts, maintaining the fear
Trying to make me deny myself again
Resilience seems to be
The only remaining weapon
Who from life and I, is constantly rejecting the other ?
Is this invisible pain, supposed to be endured forever ?
Still struggling against ghosts !
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Rise !
Modified consciousness state
Your deep reality you penetrate
Painful memories
Strong emotional reaction
What you see and experience now is not what you are to be
Nightmares witnessing the trauma
Highlighting the perverted side of yourself
Dreadful and merciless murders
In light, luxury and shining
Leaving me in fear with my burning skin
Me and I heading in opposite directions
Reason and emotions, paradox and confusion
Rise !
Sultans standing proudly
At the gates of this great empire
Of serenity even in the hardest times
Struggle with awareness
And make yourself witness
The rise of the unpossessed self
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5. |
From The Depths
06:31
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Closing my eyes, acknowledging chaos within
Demons still torturing my soul and contracting my muscles
Feeling alone and helpless
When my guard’s lowered in spite of myself
Endless cycles of struggle leading to exhaustion
Reminiscence of the state of survival
Demons losing ground, but still remain the kings at night
Holding on as can be, with all my strength the pain I bite
Issue reduced to its core
Demons retreated into their fortress
Preparing the assault, afraid of what is to be found
Feeling like I’m opening the box of Pandora
“No, you won’t find anything
This is nothing but the ultimate try of a desperate man”
Digging into the depths of the past
Issue revealing its abstraction and opacity
Bewilderment has never been that vast
Am I bearing the scars of something that does not belong to me ?
Even if demons seem gone
Threat remains in the air
Urging me to annihilate everything
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I, The Resilient
06:52
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All those years
Roaming the meanderings
Of my cerebral architecture
Using white magic
To find out
The source of my suffering
The wandering shadows
Eventually revealing themselves
And laughing at me
Against all odds,
My psyche lined up with me
Diagnosed of lust for life
I shall defeat
Burden transference
Myself desensitized and repositioned
Has become stronger than ever
Burn !
Majestic dance of death
Shadows blazing away
Contemplating this great pyre
Relishing your agony
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7. |
Where The Man Shines
06:30
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Fear
First ruler of human behaviour
Spawning the need for domination
Of you, reckoned as the greatest danger
Life, death, you and I
I deeply wish to master
Shaping reality with my imagination
From this perpetual control I suffer
While the reptile remains under stimulation
Apprehending delusion with clarity
I face my fears and humbly connect myself
To our deep and common reality
In an altered state of consciousness
While you become a reflection of myself, I reach
Spiritual fullness and inner peace
Fear is definitely gone
And time has slowed down
Letting myself be surprised by randomness
This unlimited world I embrace
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Sanctuary Paris, France
Sanctuary is a blackened death metal band from Paris.
Influenced by the greatest bands of
the genre, the band creates a dark and cold atmosphere throughout its music. Melodies and symphonies are gathered in a mix where the piano holds a particular position.
After releasing a first EP (2016) and a first album (2018), Sanctuary is proud to present its new album : Resilience (november 27th 2020)
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