The pendulum swings to a deadline 
He’s fine tuned to disobey
Static goes the vision, riding with the picture tide

Red spills at the pink city
8 ticks till the 12th minute


The innocence you cradled
Will sink six feet under

Drilling deeper 
Black gold with the taint of red and blue
The slag still remains the same
 
Transcendence through the eyes of another... 

Eyes on the flame that died thrice
Trailing past the resistance
 
The innocence you cradled
Will sink six feet under
Your dammed 999…

A veil over sermons soul
Monopoly of the blind

Transcendence through the eyes of another...
Breathing in life of a stranger…

Drowning with faceless images
The light yonder beckons
Come breathe in the present
Come breathe in the present, now

Tentative questions 
Answer’s without Conviction

12 months now
His shadow plays at the doorstep 
Aching tears in a mothers’ eyes
Heart still heavy, tears run dry…

Heretic - Thoughts

Somewhere in time I’m awake
Can’t close my eyes, visions fade
Cold embrace of my hollow fears
I’m insecure but feeling safe

What I see is a deception 
What do I believe
Screams that stay inside my head 
Make my mind go numb
Am I so insane that I confide in me
Am I so insane that I confide in me.....

Every thought that bleeds 
Is a memory unhealed
For every drop I shed, I know
Bleed to heal
Crutches for my amputed soul
Won’t fall upon my knees
For every drop I shed I know
Bleed to heal...

Letting walls close in on me 
Choke me to see me breathing
Suffocating under my own will 
It’s too much to kill
Take me to the edge of life
Everything but me is numb
Fall back into life

Heretic - Bleed To Heal

It hangs on the wall, a blind man’s painting
One that betrays its purpose
His fingers smudge the colour 
As the stain sets in, thoughts sink slowly
Down into his mind

As the drug kicks in, all he sees are pictures in flashes
Her smile fills his eyes
They’ll fade with him as the candle burns out

Paintings of his life in shades of grey
His own masterpiece, in a frame upon the wall

The picture now looks barren now that she is gone

Asking for one another
They never read between the lines
No coincidence or happenstance
It’s the choice given, 
To be together is not always fate
Perchance the path one cuts through..

Heretic - Choice

Textures of life, so ethereal…
He paints from the palette…
He paints from the palette,
With a ring of colors

Heretic - Echoes From A Canvas

In a beautiful day with dreams of clay
I’m out in the sun
Where do I belong, I’m all alone 
Walking all the way
Eyes open wide awake
Think its all fate
That’s why I’m here alone

I stare at the sun 
Cover my eyes
Daylight slips through my fingers 
Eyes wide shut
Yellow fields, sky painted ochre
Closer to life
A lie in disguise

Say a thousand words that say
That convey, it’s away
A day will soon be over here
There will be no tear, with no one to hear
But I’ll turn around my fate
reach the golden gate 
That’s why I’m here alone

I stare at the sun 
Cover my eyes
Daylight slips through my fingers 
Eyes wide shut
Yellow fields, sky painted ochre
Closer to life
A lie in disguise


Lonely streets are all I see
They say truth, where can it be
I think it’s up in the sky
I’ll find it before I lie down

Shadows melt over the ground 
The sun goes down, out of my sight
I think its up in the sky
It’ll find me before I lie down….

Heretic - Alone

Track#2 from Heretic's debut album 'Words to Epilogues'


Reprise

Snap back to life 
This is not the end of road
Falling back into 
Streets of despair
What you have now is your past 
Your destiny calling you
For one last time 
Slave your body to soul

Bring back the light 
Swear by the will of burning fire
Reclaim your breath
What you have is now your past
Your destiny calling you 
For one last time
Slave your body to soul

Wake up from ruins 
one last time
Look what you’ve become 
The road that you’re on
Is to where you belong
You've got to reprise

Insecurity living in obscurity
This ends tonight
Burn the bridge you cross
You’re walking over your past
Life is not the one through crimson eyes
You’re resurrecting 

Wake up from ruins 
one last time
Look what you’ve become 
The road that you’re on
Is to where you belong
You've got to reprise


Heretic - Reprise

Track#4 from the album "Words to Epilogues"

Slaves and the System

This world is too young 
To die drowning in tears of pain
In their silent cries 
Blood stained thousand truths
Buried under shadow of the olive
As they drive you through the maze
You’re already sold to the system
So there you stand

Slaves and the System…

You’ve seen the three sides of the square ensnare
Can they still remember our names? 
“STALKER X03”

You never knew that did you,
System Failure, odium activated

They never pull your strings 
They just want you to play along
They never pull your strings
They just want you to play
 “Follow the Leader”

Slaves and the System…

Pay-cheque for one more blasphemy 
Why does life pivot on weakness?
Pay-cheque for every blasphemy,
Life  pivots on weakness…

What you want is not always what you need
Its a bait for the greed 
Lured into “civilized zoo”
Curtains up, your part of the show…

So there you stand…
Slaves and the System…

Heretic - Slaves and the System

The title track from Heretic's debut album "Words to Epilogues"

Words to Epilogues

Words in spite
Push past doors
Painted, animated
Suspended by the threads of memories
Curled up, eyes closed
But that won’t stop the voices

Neither will it drop short
This is no melody
Stinging pictures it carries
Lend your ears
It plays out the cacophony
Unrestricted, Indiscrete
 
As the nations clench their fists
The two states in agony unseen
 
Quite a charmer and loved
The pied piper bows out
Perfecting the imbalance
Not a clichéd story,
Written over and over again
But a new perspective for The Architect
 
Bold words wither as he speaks
Drawing images he always feared
The one that smothered him from 11
The same; that grew with him since
 
Their eyes never meet
But of course the war
New fences
Eyes narrowed and apprehensive
Another chapter in the offing
Silently as they script
Their personal epilogues

Heretic - Words to Epilogues

The 9th and final Song from Heretic's debut album "Words to Epilogues"

Ring of Colours

Tides ebb away,
From the earth’s warmth,
Breaking beliefs, 
A perpetual lesson
Relentless, but ever caressing, 
A change with a degree of perspective,
Beauty that betrays the passing eyes
Touch of creator,
For you who romances creation 
 
Mind, chaos with a simple key,
Augmented between your logic and belief 
Simple but crafted,
White walls don’t tell stories 
 
Paint new stories,
Write new pictures 
More beautiful than simple
Is your resonance with native skin
Naive travelers, trying to buy
A space in time
Entwined in, inevitability of the moment
Caught in the flutter,
Of the butterfly's wings
 
Linger in the arms of nature,
Swim the still waters of time
More than often,
Your questions are answers
 
Branches of violet in the grey sky,
Crimson melting in the oceans bosom,
Fragrance of the earth with touch of a drop,
Textures of life, so ethereal
Knit into a canvas
He paints from the palette,
With a ring of colours.

Heretic - Ring Of Colours

After months of impromptu jams and conversations at coffee shops, in September 2005, Abhijit Namboodiripad and Hareesh Kumar started putting together the pieces that would eventually form the primeval Heretic, a thrash metal outfit based out of Cochin, Kerala. Months of jamming and tryouts later, the band was still looking for the perfect voice to wield the microphone. This need was finally met by Akhil Unnikrishnan, whose discovery was a matter of sheer good fortune. After further scouting, Arpith Easo Samuel was appointed the Heretic drummer. Benjamin Thomas completed the line-up taking up bass duties and thereby completing the back line as well as Heretic’s essential line-up. With the influx of talent, the band matured and picked up a sound somewhere within the alternative metal sphere. The band paced things up by playing local gigs and competitions, but the real break came when they went on win the Kingfisher Kerala Rocks competition, thereby also landing a contract with Kingfisher for live performances. There was no looking back after then, and Heretic began playing bigger arenas and prestigious festivals like the June Rock Out, Kingfisher Great Indian October Fest, Independence Rock and Yamaha RoXX. A line-up change that saw Kevin Prichard replacing Arpith on the drums, however did not deter the band’s intent and Heretic forged ahead working towards writing new material and recording the debut album. With selective live performance appearances, Heretic concentrated its efforts into the studio, bringing out a high quality record working with renowned producer Keshav Dhar. 
Having their talent set in stone with this album, Heretic is poised to take over the live music scene in the coming year by storm. With work already underway for the next album, Heretic promises to reach greater heights and affect greater numbers with their brand of beautifully aggressive music.

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