SHADOW ON THE SAND

Standing at the shore
under the cloak of the sky
I can feel the ocean
Consuming my shallow life...
Oh, I am nothing more
But a shadow on the sand
Resting in the dawn

We are
Puppets of the solar winds
Fooled by our own worthless dreams
Remnant of the stars
Insignificant shards
Debris of the universe

Standing at the edge
The edge of this universe
I can feel the black void
Consuming my shallow self...

My journey back to the Earth
served me as a reminder:
I am nothing more
than a god who is dead
I am nothing more
than a king who is lead
I am nothing more
than a shadow on the sand

A gentle breeze on my face
The beauty and grace
Can all make me forget:
I'm a shadow on the sand.

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Shadow on the Sand (ft. Susana C. Marquez) [free download]

HUMUS

Lost in the woods of hypocrisy
I'm sick of all the masks and lies
Staring at the void in my chest
The world in me withers and dies
It is the ultimate demise

As I kiss the bleeding Sun goodbye
I will feed the Earth with my life
And crows will sing at my funeral
Oh, nothing's eternal

Humus: ointment for my wounds
Humus: heaven for the doomed
Humus: cradle for the dead
Humus: gallery of our end

Humus [free download]

EMPTINESS

Forgotten realms of broken promises
Your kingdom haunted by the eyes of death
The distant fields of cherished dreams and plans
Collapsing landscape of your freezing breath
And your void swallows all that you touch

I can see the emptiness staring back at me
from your frosty frozen eyes
I can hear your shielded heart screaming apathy
fortress of your twisted lies

You are like a feasting black hole
In the colorful canvas of the world

How?
How can you be so full of vanity
You're nothing more than any of us
Still you think of yourself as a deity

Emptiness [free download]

CLOSER TO THE END 

Act I. 

Shadows of time 
Furrows of mine 

Once I was born with a curse on my forehead 
Time is a curse no one can avoid 
The hourglass of my life looses its sand 
Dust in the wind devoured by the void 
As autumn leaves forsake their weeping trees 
Years have gone by 
The shadows of time slowly force me on my knees 
Destined to die... 

Into the ocean of stars I land 
As I get closer to the End. 

Into my own blood I will blend 
As I get closer to the End. 


Act II. 

Shadows of time took everything from me 
I am broken, I am hollow 
There's nothing left inside of me 

How can I end this pain? 
To stop suffering again and again 
Please, someone, hold my hand 
And lead me closer to the end... 

A faceless silhouette approaches me 
And comforts me with her cold embrace 
Finally, I'm smiling as she kisses my hair 
And takes my life with an endless grace 

She leads me closer to the end 
She leads me closer to my end 

Shadows of time scare me no more 
For I'm at peace with the world 
I'm not afraid anymore 
I stare in the eyes of the End...

Closer to the End (Act I. & II.)

THE BLIND LADY

Joyful moments are like scattered pearls
On the bottom of the ocean of misery
Waters of pain full with our regrets
That will never find its way to tranquility

Above this ocean of men,
there she stands with a scale in her hands
wielding her sword as a just queen

Blindfolded by her own will
she can judge without favour and fear
calming the waters with her wit

Take off your blindfold and see the world of colors
There's so much more than black and white, wrong and right
Don't pretend you see it all... You don't!
Blind leads the blind

Giving with one hand and taking with the other
Is not an act of charity. Hypocrisy!
Don't decide our faith with dice... Just don't!
Give our pearls back!

She has never been fair
Nor she did ever care
About us or anything else
This is how we'll meet our end

Justitia
The Blind Lady leads our world
This is why we all get hurt

The Blind Lady

BROKEN TIARA
 
I feel my strength pouring out of me
My breath escapes my melting body
Soon I will fail to keep on struggling
And finally I'll close my eyes

I'll enjoy my own demise
At the feet of a tree
In the lap of a stream
But Death would never come... NO!

Rusty whispers of autumn
Aging my pale skin
Mourning sunrays of winter
Eating me from within

You don't need to show me what have I done wrong
You don't need to save my soul: I have none
You don't need to carry me on the wings of angels
Just let me die!

I give up my light, I give up my pride
All I have left is my broken tiara
I give up my hopes, I give up my dreams
All I have left is my broken tiara

Broken Tiara

TO THE MOON 

Ruling over a sea of gleaming shards
As the King of the night sky
Watching careless the accidents of time
As countless seasons pass by
 
Faceless warden of all things above
in the black ink of the sky
Silver breath on the lake of our souls
hope and despair of our lives

Faithful friend for the lonely and the dead
Guiding light for the wanderer
Muse for the artist, idol for the beast
Enemy of the golden sphere of fire

Hear my ode to the moon
Find the words in my eyes

To the Moon

LAKE OF SUFFERING 

Act I. Birth 

At the moment of rejection 
from the womb in which I grew 
I fell into a silent lake 
into the lake of sorrow 

Screaming flowers of tormented meadows 
Singing the lullaby of pain 
Lake of suffering, a bottomless mirror 
Leading my aching soul astray 

Act II. Life 

The age of helplessness is over 
I feel I could swallow all the stars 
Yet everything is out of my reach 
Why am I not the master of my own life? 

Blinding lights of confusion 
Poisonous fruits of a broken society 
Barbed leashes of delusions 
Venomous teeth of our hypnotic misery 
Oh, Nothing's what it seems to be 

Act III. Death 

Watching my shapeless image 
In the shards of my broken reality 
Choking in my misery's grime 
Begging all the demons of time 
"Oh, take my pain away" 

I'm the casualty of this war 
between my heart and my mind 

Weeping willows... 
Weeping willows with contorted shadows 
Humming the chronicles of pain 
Lake of suffering, a bottomless mirror 
Leading my aching soul astray 

Let me be ashes in the earth 
Let me fly in the wind 
Let me be water in the sea 
As all I leave behind are these words...

Lake of Suffering

Cold. Dead.

We are cold and dead
Just like the world around us
Rotting lumps of flesh
A wretched shell for a soul

Hollow as a lifeless tree
Only a scratch on the landscape
Whoever we try to become
We end up in a shallow grave

All we have left is the dream
Of painless and colorful days
Hiding the truth, it's not real
We're doomed to die lost in a maze

We become a sad echo of this scenery
Depicting the ruins of our misery...

We are cold...
We are dead...

Cold. Dead.

Symmetry lost

The time has come,
for the rich to draw their knives
for the poor to loose their lives
for the blind to lead the way
for the heroes to die in shame

Sinking into apathy
The world cannot see
The lurking stink of terror
Distorted putrid symphony

Hiding from the empathy
Living in denial
All that you will leave behind
is a wretched screaming effigy

The symmetry is lost...

Putting the sword behind your back
Won't undo your despicable deeds
Hate in your eyes, blood on your hands
You are a slave of ritual needs

You are no-one, worthless nothing
And your crown is imaginary
We will enjoy the dance on your grave
And hope you'll suffer for an eternity

You make the world even less bearable...

Symmetry Lost

FROM FAR AWAY

Pain!
Every day it strikes me down
Slowly puts me in the ground
As I fall asleep again
It all seems so far away

I see green fields, oceans and blue skies
My humble soul is allowed to fly
I see the light, the light within myself
And finally slowly I ascend

Pain!
I don't feel it anymore
I am free from life and gore
No more need to sleep again
It all seems so far away

I see green fields, oceans and blue skies
My humble soul is allowed to fly
I see the light, the light within myself
And finally slowly I ascend

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Soundblade is a relatively young Gothic/Doom Metal band with several other influences from Tg-Mures, Romania. All the band members were in different metal bands before. Currently we are in the composing / recording-in-house state.

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