DEAD OR ALIVE

Produced by Mark Xenophontos 

Lyrics by Mark Xenophontos 

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Look in the mirror
Like what you see?
Look in the mirror
Are you really free?

A war for tonight
Two flights to hell
That gutted the city
How the mighty fell

In this sleepless world
Where life runs cold
Where money rules us
Souls bought and sold

Just look in the mirror
Like what you see?
All the pleasures on offer
Are you really free?

You think it's forever
But the day will come
Everything you built
Gone in a blink of sound
Gone in a blink of sound
The souls you traded
The love you sold
Gone in a blink of sound

Beauty buys gifts
It might buy you love
But it can't buy hope
Like the birth of a dove

The apple cursed you
Flame of desire
Heaven watches you burn
In eternal fire

Just look in the mirror
Like what you see?
All the pleasures on offer
Are you really free?

You think it's forever
But the day will come
Everything you built
Gone in a blink of sound
Gone in a blink of sound
The souls you traded
The love you sold
Gone in a blink of sound

They built temples of flesh
Where innocents bleed
We fed our children poison
Called it everything they need
We sold tomorrow for today
Now watch the innocent bleed
Look in the mirror
At the blood on your hands

You thought it was forever
But the day has come
Everything you built
Gone in a blink of sound
Gone in a blink of sound
Gone in a blink of sound

The souls you traded
The love you sold
Your children will curse you
For the choice you made

Look in the mirror
Like what you see?
There's no forgiveness
For what we've become
Gone in a blink of sound
Gone in a blink of sound
Look in the mirror
Like what you see?

Blink of Sound

Anthem Of The Dammed

A Higher Path.mp3

[Intro]
Dark thoughts creeping, I can’t escape,
The mirror shows a stranger, my own face.
Trapped inside this storm, can’t find my way,
Save me, baby… before I decay.

[Verse 1]
Every night I fight the demons in my head,
Lying awake with the weight of the dead.
I’m tearing at my soul, ripping my chest,
Every heartbeat a war, never a rest.
I scream for help but my voice is gone,
The darkness keeps pulling, dragging me along.
I see my reflection, it’s twisted and vile,
I’ve been losing myself for a long, long while.

[Pre-Chorus]
I can’t escape this pain I create,
Every thought a chain, sealing my fate.
I need your hand, I need your light,
Before I fall completely into night.

[Chorus]
Save me, baby, from myself,
Before the darkness swallows my health.
Every scar, every tear, every lie,
I’m breaking inside but I won’t die.
Save me, baby, don’t let me fall,
I’m screaming, I’m bleeding, I need it all.
Hold me tight, pull me through,
I can’t do this fight alone without you.

[Verse 2]
Mind’s a battlefield, chaos in my veins,
Every thought is fire, every thought is chains.
I lash out at shadows, I lash out at me,
Caught in a war that I cannot see.
Your voice is a beacon cutting through the haze,
A light in the pit of my endless maze.
I’m clawing, I’m bleeding, I’m screaming for more,
Don’t let me drown on this cold, dark floor.

[Pre-Chorus]
I can’t escape this pain I create,
Every thought a chain, sealing my fate.
I need your hand, I need your light,
Before I fall completely into night.

[Chorus]
Save me, baby, from myself,
Before the darkness swallows my health.
Every scar, every tear, every lie,
I’m breaking inside but I won’t die.
Save me, baby, don’t let me fall,
I’m screaming, I’m bleeding, I need it all.
Hold me tight, pull me through,
I can’t do this fight alone without you.

[Bridge]
Save me… before I break,
Save me… for your sake.
I’m a storm, I’m a fire,
Pull me from this funeral pyre.
I need you now, I need you near,
I can’t face this monster here.

[Final Chorus]
Save me, baby, from myself,
Before the darkness swallows my health.
Every scar, every tear, every lie,
I’m breaking inside but I won’t die.
Save me, baby, don’t let me fall,
I’m screaming, I’m bleeding, I need it all.
Hold me tight, pull me through,
I can’t do this fight alone without you.

[Outro]
Save me…
From myself…
I’m reaching…
Don’t let me go…

Save Me From Myself

Lyrics:

The summit reached, but nothing there
No crown of light, no breath of air
The climb was long, the body torn
But at the top, the void is born

No fire left, no soul to claim
The silence speaks, it knows my name
A hollow throne, a vacant hand
The apex carved in shifting sand

Apex Null, the void complete
No heart remains, no pulse, no beat
The highest place, the lowest fall
At the end, there’s nothing — nothing at all

The echoes die, the wires hum
A hollow choir, the voice undone
No thought, no pain, no hope, no will
A crown of silence, cold and still

The human gone, the machine is ash
A lightless sky, a mirrored crash
The summit void, the purpose gone
A hollow hymn, a dying song

Apex Null, the void complete
No heart remains, no pulse, no beat
The highest place, the lowest fall
At the end, there’s nothing — nothing at all

I reached for fire, I found the dark
A temple cold, without a spark
At the height, the silence calls
At the end, there’s nothing at all

Apex Null, the void complete
No heart remains, no pulse, no beat
The highest place, the lowest fall
At the end, there’s nothing — nothing at all

Apex Null

Life on the inside! Living the good life!

Life on the Inside

INTO THE VOID

A holy fury unleashed. Rage of the Redeemed explodes with battlefield drums, chainsaw-groove guitars, and a chorus that hits like a war cry from the gates of heaven.
This track is the moment the broken refuse to stay broken — when redemption stops being quiet and becomes a roar that shakes hell to its foundations.
Fierce. Defiant. Spirit-charged.
This is what it sounds like when a saved soul fights back.

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