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Charting An Abyss

from The Future In Reverse by starfish64

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Recurring dreams come rolling in in waves.
These times more detailed than before
Towers and bridges are crumbling into clouds of dust.
Monster breakers rise up out at sea
Keep away, hide your eyes
Better stay away from the balustrades

Recurring dreams haunt me in my sleep
These nights more scary than before
An avalanche is rolling down the mountainside
Blazing lava growls and eats the land
Hide your eyes, stay away
Better don't you step a bridge too far

Some places are better left at peace
Avoid the light, keep it dark
Some places are better left at peace
Hide your eyes, keep away

Avoid the light, keep it dark

Some places…

At the foot of the abyss the strangest flowers grow
A mutation of a rose, blossoms like singular eyes
Starring at you now, starring at you now

The framework of the aftermath is already set out there
The butterfly will flap its wings to raise a storm at last

Follow on cap in hand, don't step too far ahead
The butterfly will flap its wings
That much is for sure, that much is for sure

With eyelids closed it all unfolds
A path ahead of time
That road goes on forever
It only goes one way

The framework of the aftermath, string of dominoes
The butterfly will flap its wings, it only needs one push
The dominoes fall one by one

With eyelids closed it all unfolds
A endless chain of dominoes
A path ahead of time
And they fall one by one

A endless chain of dominoes
With eyelids closed it all unfolds
It only needs one push
And they fall one by one

Mile after mile, climbing a mountain
Gauging a desert, charting an abyss

Measure for measure, keepin’ digging deeper
Wider and further across the border

Sleepwalker's trail on tomorrows virgin soil
Long before the die is cast
Cause and effect the fabric of our days
The source of all that lies ahead

You might not like not it and it may scare you
Once you’ve seen it, it’s not a secret any more
You might not believe it and you may curse it
Once you’ve seen it, you won’t forget

A staggering chain of dominoes is winding to the point
where the horizon meets the sky
They seem to stand so safe, all of them in line
But soon you’ll them crashing from behind
There has to be reason, there has to be a cause
You may anticipate the impact, but there’s nothing you can do
Those effect will overtake you and bring them dominoes to fall
You’ll never speed that fast.

Night after night sleep desyncronized
falling deep into the dark
There is a world without light on the ocean ground
with eyelids closed it all unfolds

The sorcerer’s apprentice alone without his master
Now you better hurry and hold him back
All the hollow creatures, the spectres of your nightmare
Once you’ve called them, they won’t go away
They won’t go away…

Some places are better left at peace
Hide your eyes, keep it dark
Hide your eyes, keep it dark
Some places are better left at peace…

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from The Future In Reverse, released June 11, 2018

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starfish64 was established in 2006 by German singer-songwriter Dieter Hoffmann. Originally intended to be a vehicle for his solo-work, starfish64 began recording and publishing in the singer-songwriter genre at first. Over the years, however, sound and compositions shifted more and more towards progressive and new art rock. Current Line-up:
D. H.
Henrik Kropp
Dominik Suhl
Martin Pownall ... more

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