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Lifelines

by Life Artist

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Most time of your live you’re in a hurry, under pressure, and more and more you lose focus on the things that once were so important to you And you realize that the lifelines that once were strongly connected are now separated, isolated, without connection Most of your friendships have dried up like flowers you`ve forgotten to pour and then, you wake up in a late autumn night and you realize that your live is purposeless, useless, without any meaning And you sit there, in your dusty ivory tower - confused, tired and scared to death a prisoner of your own labyrinth in which you led yourself astray And you look to the sky, without destination You, the architect of your own destruction ...
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These days, they seem to be endless far away, cannot feel my inner self In this place, alone and defenseless I’m hiding in a shell, cause can't bear the pain But you gave me new perception And I knew: “This is a new beginning!” I was torn, now I´m picking up the pieces New horizons, I´m slowly coming back to live Save your soul - I was so close to the edge Save your soul - To end these wars in my head Save your soul - A light that is shining on me Save your soul - God's children shall be free Mind Control, to make you whole Until you know who I am I am your energy, I want you to follow me So come to the places they'll never see in their apathy I am the remedy, your mind is an enemy so behold your death and keep marching for victory, Fulfilling the prophecy, we’re killing our enemies So come, human race ain't never see their tragedy I am the remedy, glorious supremacy, so come, catch your breath and lay all of your trust in me My heart was filled with sorrow Despair my invisible friend But this promise of tomorrow Will make me change I can change, rearrange and the time that I can borrow has boundless range I make you bleed, just like sheep The poisoned seed, I must proceed I break the spine, of mankind So cross the line to your decline Twisted lies and lullabies Blinded eyes, you're paralyzed Your burning soul, is my control Depravity, my only goal And again, my life`s a shattered zone of broken pieces And I know, sad spirits turn toward the dead I stare into the frozen light of my prison cell Dreams die, as I walk along a dead-end street I was blind, hoped you save my soul from drowning Paralyzed by the anguish of a torn mind Heaven’s will, just the obsession of a madman I was brainwashed, I wish I could just turn back time Save your soul - I was so close to the edge Save your soul - To end these wars in my head Save your soul - A light that is shining on me Save your soul - God's children shall be free Mind Control, to make you whole Until you fall If I could turn back the time, back to the roots of my crimes I was content to be blind, how could I do this? this question tortures my mind, but I cannot rewind I’m leaving ashes behind, how could I do that? I should rather be dead, there’s something's wrong with my head I must have been totally mad, to pull the trigger The loss of humanity, a pledge of insanity A tool of conspiracy, how could I do that to you? My heart was filled with sorrow Despair my invisible friend But this promise of tomorrow Will make me change I can change, rearrange and the time that I can borrow has boundless range I make you bleed, just like sheep The poisoned seed, I must proceed I break the spine, of mankind So cross the line to your decline Twisted lies and lullabies Blinded eyes, you're paralyzed My control, like a black hole My deadly goal: Your burning soul!
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I kept those memories in my mind we were stricken, deaf and blind one million miles away from our lives We were drowning in the quicksand of time and the years went passing by Two different souls in turning tides stood at the crossroads of their lives You left me here in ruins of wasted time Oh I wish I just could turn back time but the years keep passing by Most times of our life we walk over battlefields we close our eyes in search for the light Our world is upside down we`ll get back on our feet again In circles we spin while we hang by a thread We´re leaping into the void to unveil the mysteries inside the dark to find something profound We´re searching high and low in need to find our way back home our castle in the sky is ready to fly And we will prevail our souls will stand the test of time We´ll walk with open eyes reconnecting our lifelines Now that we’re old, I must confess my sad mind reflects a sadder mess the astronaut still circles around a black star all illusions fading in our minds while the years went passing by Most of our life we walk over battlefields we close our eyes in search for the light Our world is upside down but we`ll get back on our feet again In circles we spin while we hang by a thread Through the noise we hear eternal melodies beyond the dirt finding rivers underground We´re searching high and low and we are not alone our castles in the sky so pure and divine
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Now there´s no chance to turn and start all over I´m reeling in a daydream that falls apart The world is moving too fast for my imperfection I’m trapped in my own mind with a burning heart I´m striding through the center of the storm I´m striding until the rope is torn the rope is torn They´re waiting to see me falling watching the sky, me and my tightrope They pray for my death, my failure as I pass the edge, the point of no return And I follow the stars no matter how far and search for the place that I once knew I tried hard to be like you I tried to break through Now I´m on my way to get all over you Guess I´ll never redeem my impossible dream but I had to shut this theater down All your dogmas have failed I cannot be saved The blind are leading the blind into damnation deluded by the factories engineering their minds and they want to force you to rewind, obsessed and clueless projecting all their anger onto the dissenter’s life I´m drifting through the echoes in my mind I`m tumbling on the tightrope of my life They´re waiting to see me falling watching the sky, me and my tightrope They pray for my death, my failure as I pass the edge, the point of no return This is the point of no return And I follow the stars no matter how far and search for the place that I once knew I tried hard to be like you I tried to break through Now I´m on my way to get all over you Guess I´ll never redeem my impossible dream but I had to shut this theater down All your dogmas have failed I cannot be saved
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Oh, please take me back to the sea this life just brings me down until I´m drown and gone The sound of the wave symphony is only unreal when I cease to dream Erase and rewind cut it out I´d like to see how it could be My dark thoughts fly far away Obscured by clouds of a summer day to lighten up my dark Just like the sand under my feet, I will retreat, you won´t find me I´d like to rest just a while at the seashore I want to feel the soul of the sea Goodbye, blue sky the sun is high, and my trembling spirit flies Let me stay at the breaking waves Nothing left to say til I awake someday My troubled mind is swept away by the sound of the breaking waves I look up to the sky The setting sun is guiding me the roaring sea, come and cover me a perfect day to die My silent cries behind closed eyes the prisoner of time Goodbye, blue sky a perfect day to die and let go of my life Let me go carried by the flow Into the great below In arms of undertow Pain - life is a prison Insane - endless tunnel vision Chains – forced to machines Remains – my silent screams Flesh – a lifeless shell Helpless – a prison cell Infest - nothing left to heal Depressed – to agonized too feel Why – don’t they just let me Die - my mind is in a frenzy Lies – I know it’s hopeless Cries – I’m a ghost without focus Death – I wait for my final Breath - nerves ripped from the spinal Press - turn off this machine Bless - my infinite dream
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Some say I´m a rebel but I´m just a sad devil I must pay for my deception Oh, I fell in disgrace Release me from this pain Release me from all this sorrow my heart`s filled with ashen gloom this is my mournful doom Once I was a king Yeah, once I was a guardian I lived a perfect life but now my days are filled with sorrow gods never forgive gods never forgive There's a small spot up on the mountain The king that has fallen from grace This is my curse, an endless rebounding it never ends The lunatic is in the hall – forever I can hear his haunting calls – forever no aspiration, no relief – just sorrow to cease my pain I push the rock to the top frown I push it up it tumbles back down again sinister clouds like a shroud down no way out this roundabout so is my pain The lunatic behind the mask – is screaming Forced to fulfill his infinite task – the bleeding That’s the price for eternal life Break the spell or just let me die There's a small spot up on the mountain The king that has fallen from grace This is my curse, an endless rebounding it never ends
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Yes, I know from whence I came! Discontented as a flame, Upon myself I live and glow. ll I grasp like lightning flashes, All I leave behind is ashes: Flame I am - that much I know I just try to live my life like I want to But in my mind, the demons rise and they laugh at me 10.000 lies, like war cries welcome to the machine My life is like a paper ship on the open sea, so lost this is a distress call, can´t you hear me call bring this war to an end So here I stand with a heart filled up with sorrow my castles made of sand washed away by the waves of the sea So I set my world afire and the pain soon will cease I thought, but as the flames went higher I realized that was caught in a maze Hypnotized - you will never make it Mesmerized – you don´t even try Inside my mind - you will never make it It´s do or die! From the ashes of my mind I rise to dig a bit deeper I see shadows of a trace to find a way out of the dark My whole world collapses I must leave it behind, and I look through the eyes of a stranger to see the devil cry black tears from his eyes crucified - and you just take it tantalized – you don't even cry Inside my mind - and you just take it to be alive! I - I´m the offender AM - and must surrender IN - awake from dreaming SANE - and face my demons FIX - I am the monster MY - slave and employer SICK - and as I´m burning BRAIN - my soul´s returning I - crucify me MUST - annihilate me LEAVE IT BEHIND at last I feel it a future spirit HEAL - a crumbling image MY - resting unfinished blind open eyes I have built my own giant maze to wait for the end of my days Sitting and waiting for time to stand still Breathing deep the gathering gloom as the colors start to fade surrounded by darkness I murdered my will buried in the impossible dream behind these walls in my head when will I wake up and peel off my skin? I'm crawling back to life It´s time to rise, erase my prior life See, the fire´s all around burning castles, shattered crowns the labyrinth is breaking down Here comes the flood, so I can drown, to live I - I built a prison AM - by my decision IN - beyond the borders SANE - mental disorder FIX - cold and cynic MY - a stillborn spirit SICK - but as I´m burning BRAIN - my soul´s returning I - burn my ego MUST - no more placebo LEAVE IT BEHIND at last I feel it a future spirit HEAL - a crumbling image MY - resting unfinished BLIND OPEN EYES I have built my own giant maze to wait for the end of my days Sitting and waiting for time to stand still Breathing deep the gathering gloom as the colors start to fade surrounded by darkness I murdered my will buried in the impossible dream behind these walls in my head when will I wake up and peel off my skin? I'm crawling back to my life It´s time to rise, erase my prior life
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released August 27, 2021

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Life Artist Soest, Germany

Life Artist is a Progressive Metal band from Germany. After the success of their first
Demo "Faith" (1991) and tour support for Psychotic Waltz and Gypsy Kyss they had an album release in 1992 (A Diary Of Inner
Visions"Visions).

In 2012 Ingo Holzhauer and Marco Witte decided to reanimate Life Artist.

The new album "Lifelines" will be available on August 27, 2021 (CD via Ragnarök Records).
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