Music by M. Venäläinen; Lyrics by H. Hämäläinen, M. Venäläinen & A. Venäläinen

Rewind memories to scene of disorder
Observe and pay attention
Blurred visions, silent screams
Shared dreams fading out
Pointless struggle under dark clouds

Bear the facts and release yourself to be free again

Fast-forward back to future
Let ghosts rest in peace
Torn down remains of dissonance
This is not the end of the story
Just a beginning
Neon will light the dark

Pause the game and take a breath
This is where dreams come to die
Are you in or are you out?
Play with fire - and make your move
Collect the pieces and solve the puzzle

Stop this madness at once
Reminiscence won't heal the wounds
Dead weight on your shoulders
Bellwether turned to burden
Misguided by the walls of trust

Unlike some we are born to survive
Learned to harness the turning tides
Never abandoned this forsaken path
Once lost in these wastelands
To reach the burning skies

Stop this madness at once
And never give up on this path
To reach the burning skies

This endeavour has reached the turning point
There are no more worlds to conquer
The alliance has lost its righteous meaning
So unleash the warrior within

Their words have lost all of their meaning
Now there is nothing left to say

Fast-forward back to future
Let ghosts rest in peace
Torn down remains of dissonance
This is not the end of the story
Just a beginning
Neon will light the dark

Anno Dystopia

Reminiscence

Music by L. Nousiainen; Lyrics by H. Hämäläinen, A. Venäläinen & L. Nousiainen

Days of wonder are long gone but not forgotten
A brighter future lives on in the souls of the like-minded

Times are changing like tides are turning
Back and forth on this forlorn journey
We must face it without fear
Risking everything we held so dear

The world is waiting for something new to come
The end of file is drawing near on this day as dark as the last one

United forces of nature
Are lining up again
Restoration and new creation
Let the world be reborn in your flame

Lying dormant to some we appear
Hibernating but still we are trapped in here
Redefine the future so that our world can prosper again

The world is waiting for something new to come
The end of file is drawing near on this day as dark as the last one
We are waiting for tomorrow to bring back the sun
Overthrow the programmed age of man and revive…

No matter how long it takes
We'll make this world thrive again
Won't let it all end in flame

Truth lies beyond the neon-lit facade
Providing ways to create new Gods

The world is waiting for something new to come
The end of file is drawing near on this day as dark as the last one
We are waiting for tomorrow to bring back the sun
Overthrow the programmed age of man and revive…

No matter how long it takes
We'll make this world thrive again
Won't let it all end in flames

No matter how long it takes
We'll make this world thrive again
Overthrow the age of man to become undone

Revive

Music by M. Venäläinen; Lyrics by H. Hämäläinen, M. Venäläinen & A. Venäläinen

Frequent nightmares came alive
Through these toxic clouds as we dive
While seeing the view so fragile
I ask for a way to survive

Spread your wings and aim
In the end the truth awaits

Observe the space around you
Open questions in the air
Unanswered they float
Do we ever get an explanation?

Follow the trail of light, dive into unknown
Spread your wings and take your aim
And wish that landing will be the last thing to hurt
At the moment you hit the ground
You wake up and reset the rules

Must get away from this vicious cycle
Disguised as life
The end of lies in this vicious cycle
Descending tonight

So spread your wings and aim
In the end the truth awaits
Embracing your fate
Their hunger repaid

This world has shown its true face
No escaping the heartless fate
Like leaves we fall and fade
No shouting back beyond the grave

The rivers of disinformation
Are flowing deep

Dissolving the last bits of our immortality
Relentless force that cannot be detained
Will wash away the unprepared

Follow the trail of light, dive into unknown
Spread your wings and take your aim
And wish that landing will be the last thing to hurt
At the moment you hit the ground
You wake up and reset the rules

Must get away from this vicious cycle
Disguised as life
The end of lies in this vicious cycle
Descending tonight

So spread your wings and aim
In the end the truth awaits
Embrace your fate
Fall to amongst their concrete gods, o' saint

Trail of Light

Music by M. Venäläinen; Lyrics by H. Hämäläinen, M. Venäläinen & A. Venäläinen

The ground was fled decades ago
With cities built in the sky
Rose beyond what once was fiction
What an age of wonder

Death reversed in a flick of the switch
Just for the ones with the wealth
Technologies nearing godhood
Life close to divinity

Intelligent and arrogant creature of most peculiar nature
To be plundered of its pride under the coming storm
May the ruins be served as their most gruesome reminder
Chaos will reign and strength will favor the cruel

One by one we're gone
Taken by the storm
Taken by the storm
Fall from the sky

Primal screams from down below
Before they start to decay
Shattered dreams for years to come
Now it's time to know what we have done

Have you ever seen the world fall right before your eyes?
No pardons, no return, this is the end of line

Have you ever seen the world fall right before your eyes?
No pardons, no return, this is the end of line
The end of life

I knew this day would come
And set the end of the light
No remorse, no remains
Is this the end of time?

Communities erased
Written off the face of the earth
Deprivation, devastation
All life doomed at birth

One by one we're gone
Taken by the storm
Fall from the sky

Second Storm

Into Abeyance

Music by M. Venäläinen; Lyrics by H. Hämäläinen, M. Venäläinen, A. Venäläinen & L. Nousiainen

I've locked myself inside
The burning ruins, resigned
The walls we built once have fallen

No slightest hope in sight
Scorched earth, our demise
The great beyond is calling us home

Eradicate the terrors that've haunt your path
On this night of chaos
Let them smell your absence of fear

Break free of your chains and go on
Finally control your fate
Rule the world unlike ever before
Unleash the beast that was tamed

Set your soul on fire
Turnings shadows to light
Strength must be regained to prepare and rise again

Now I'm stuck inside the burning ruins, life resigned
Scorched earth our demise - "greater good" their grandest lie

Spin the wheel on this game of life
Play your cards right and you might survive
Set your soul on fire
Turn the shadows to light

Break free of your chains and go on
Finally control your fate
Rule the world unlike ever before
Unleash the beast that was tamed

Break free of your chains and go on
Finally control your fate
Rule the world unlike ever before
Unleash the beast that was tamed

The Great Liberation

Music by M. Venäläinen; Lyrics by H. Hämäläinen, M. Venäläinen & L. Nousiainen

Get rid of the pain
And try to remain
As silent as the grave

Fuel the fading fire inside
Keep the flame alive
And break the chains one more time

I've been waiting for the day
To see this world decay
When everything is said and done
It has begun

Disaster that will overthrow the noxious growth
Alter the state of all we know
We are the martyrs of the storm
All of us - just a Minus Entity

As I lay on the ground
In my blackened mind
I know there's nothing left to fear

I can't hold on anymore
These battles have been fought before
But this time everything will set
Once and for all

Disaster that will overthrow the noxious growth
Alter the state of all we know
We are the martyrs of the storm
All of us - just a Minus Entity

We are - a Minus Entity
We are - a Minus Entity
We are - a Minus Entity
We are - a Minus Entity

We are - a Minus Entity
We are - just a Minus Entity

Disaster that will overthrow the noxious growth
Alter the state of all we know
We are the martyrs of the storm
All of us - just a Minus Entity

Disaster that will overthrow the noxious growth
Alter the state of all we know
We are the martyrs of the storm
All of us - just a Minus Entity

Minus Entity

Music by L. Nousiainen; Lyrics by H. Hämäläinen & A. Venäläinen

System overload
Caused by reckless souls
Accusing the unknown one
Concealing the truth with lies

All systems overload
But the users were craving for more

Chaos is rising above
The last quiet before our fall
Like broken ladder against the wall
Every step is a likely pitfall

Blundering mass thrown in the dark
Terror devouring all
Zeros and ones have chosen our fate
Now fight for what will remain

All happened like written in code

Now look at all that was achieved
Resources absorbed piece by piece
Waves of distortion streaming insanity
Weak and wounded is all there is left

Memories will be erased but stories will remain
But the users were craving for more

Chaos is rising above
The last quiet before our fall
Like broken ladder against the wall
Every step is a likely pitfall

Blundering mass thrown in the dark
Terror devouring all
Zeros and ones have chosen our fate
Now fight for what will remain

All systems were brought down by the storm
Overloaded by this obscure disaster
Refresh the feed to find other survivors
Updating content...

...No response

Chaos Ladder

Music by M. Venäläinen & H. Kihlström; Lyrics by H. Hämäläinen, M. Venäläinen & A. Venäläinen

Standing on the skyline
Waiting for what is to come
Undoing society
Despair, the end of our dreams

Feel the burning heat
Hear the cries of agony
Don't you dare to slow down
Keep moving before it's too late

Shadows of our past have caught us in the turn of time
Nothing learned so everything must now be left behind

Foundations of steel and walls of stone
Collapse into mounds of rubble and rust
Take a step to the unknown as chaos controls
Welcome to the new world - Home for the Broken Ones

Hope for the best and fight for your life
The world of tomorrow will now be defined

No more screams to be heard
On this path devoid of life
Fade out under raining stars
All once so precious now gone

Trapped in this circle of fault
Our world has fallen apart
Decayed but alive we are
With fear wake up into this new dawn

Shadows of our past have caught us in the turn of time
Nothing learned so everything has now been left behind

The world of tomorrow has so been defined

Foundations of steel and walls of stone
Collapse into mounds of rubble and rust
Take a step to the unknown as chaos controls
Welcome to the new world - Home for the Broken Ones

This is the Home of the Broken Ones

Home of the Broken

Music by M. Venäläinen; Lyrics by H. Hämäläinen, M. Venäläinen, A. Venäläinen & L. Nousiainen,
spoken parts written by Isaac Asimov & Erika Gottlieb

"The dark mirror of dystopian fiction functions as a deterrent, a warning that we should not allow the still curable illness of our present world to turn into the abhorrent pathologies of the world of the future." -Erika Gottlieb

Entering the sequence in predefined order
We know our place among this static disorder
Conspiracies are woven in the darkest corners
Billboards and neon signs show off the wealth of ruthless

Data consumed by All-Seeing Eye
"Greater good" the grandest lie
This world of cipher was set to fail
Deterrence to prevail

Welcome into the darkest state of time
And find something to remain
Wake up and realize that brightest days are over
The Final sequence is getting closer

War has changed to battles fought behind disguise
Feeds of chaos, led by watchers unidentified
Oh how those proxy wars have worn us all out
The shadow networks controlling our demise

Illusions of threat - to cover
The true design (Succumb to your fears)
This world of cipher was set to fail
Deterrence to prevail

You, stop right there!
What is your status?
Identify yourself or be contained

Four seasons reduced to one by temples of toxic smoke and fog
Continuous downpour of blight brought us this eternal fall
Network built for greater good now serves to control the weak and poor
But don't you dare to run and hide, from the "comforts" of neon light

Welcome into the darkest state of time
And find something to remain
Wake up and realize that brightest days are over
The Final sequence is getting closer

"Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise enough to control our learning and knowledge, so that we use it to destroy ourselves? Even if that is so, knowledge remains better than ignorance." -Isaac Asimov

Deterrence

NEON DÆMON is a melodic metal project forged during late 2018. Group's music revolves around themes of dystopia, science fiction and the unknown.

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