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Heathen

by OF THE OPERA

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1.
Widow 03:41
Call to the widow I was a liar I held my tongue and this desire in my shaking hand Call to the widow Punish the liar I hear her voice in the winds of a foreign land But I don't believe this to be true In this room This view Oh it begs my dear You won't have remove our pride But it'll be easier if you set it aside I want you You won't have to forget this my love But it'll keep you at ease with that guilt from above I want you Climb out the window Swing from the wires We'll set the fires as the hourglass is shifting sand Under the willow I had a brother Cut off his arm because no one ever shook his hand But how can I identify with this man? In the dark The lament It draws you in You won't have to reveal where we hide Just take slow, steady breathes; they can't hear us inside I want you You won't have to forget this my love But it'll keep you safely hidden from the light up above I want you Don't worry baby how the deed gets done This anxious feeling that you have is half of the fun I want you You won't have to forget this my love We will keep it alive with everything we're made of I want you The silhouette of a figure In the doorway Point your gaze to the distance The son of envy shall be reborn
2.
Heathen 04:57
Raised a heathen, I was left behind They found me reaching in the darkness And calling for a sign They dragged me home and put me to bed That night had opened my eyes Don't fight the feeling of an afterlife Don't be worried that the ceiling is the last thing you will see We'll stir the blood and put it to boil We shall be alright These nights I hear it A voice commanding me Won't help to fear it It will not let you free And now my dearest You have to let me leave It floats on the breeze These words they haunt me Chase me darling or you'll be sorry Now you're running out barefoot Stagger through the alleyways Now lost, you whimper and moan Severed connections to home You better start your search Or this will cut you to the bone I was a fighter Though I carried a weight I could not bear I tried to make it lighter Convince myself it's the world that just ain't fair They made an offer I took a dive I didn't do it for the money I just needed a friend And when they told me "kid, you done good." You saw defeat in my eyes These nights I hear it A voice commanding me Won't help to fear it It will not let you free And now my dearest You have to let me leave It floats on the breeze These words they haunt me Chase me darling or you'll be sorry Now you're running out barefoot Stagger through the alleyways Now lost, you whimper and moan Severed connections to home You better start your search Or this will cut you to the bone
3.
Eclipse 04:53
I'm so tired Watch the ground and it lifts The burning pyres The smoke off in the distance We will raise our hands to shield the light The sun it drags us It pulls us into the night Please let me wake up To claim the lost time We will raise our voice to protest this crime We see it comin' Try to run away Where are we runnin'? There's no way to hideaway We should be punished So many wasted days You bet it's comin' My dear don't look away These desperate people Yearning for every touch I've had enough of all of the excess of love I will eclipse my eyes to block out the sights And now I feed off This jealously and regret There's a side of me that you still haven't met I will induce this fear and this incessant fight I used to wander dirt roads Now I'm lost underground I can't explain how I've strayed I can't predict how I'll ever be found Now close your eyes and hear the sound You've been so tortured by the loss You were blind to the world that was found We see it comin' Try to run away Where are we runnin'? There's no way to hideaway We should be punished So many wasted days You bet it's comin' My dear don't look away 'Cause one day it all fades away

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released December 18, 2013

Produced by Robert Bock
Mixed by Robert Bock
Mastered by Alex DeTurk @ Masterdisk
Photography by Alexandra Lanzendorf
Art Direction by Matthew Tenney

Additional Tracking Recorded at Strange Weather Studio
Engineered by Marc Alan Goodman

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