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Neapolis

by Blackbirch

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1.
Neapolis 01:42
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We are the only living beings Who lie with the eyes towards the sky But if we sleep, we can’t see A burden pulls our glance to earth The light we feel is never pure It’s reflected by the glass, or it’s electric A tree would never grow with it The city suffocates our lives And buildings are not a shelter anymore I saw the birds reflected in the window’s glass Flying they could breathe the air They were free I am slave
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The Glass 05:01
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I saw the birds reflected in the window’s glass Flying they could breathe air I'm a slave I saw the birds reflected in the window’s glass They were free I am slave Trapped in invisible cell Hard to break free, when you don't see Lies and reflections Again
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Calliope 05:00
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You started a fire in my heart My blood runs like air in sky A moon that is heating a dream A sun that is freezing my fears You said it’s too much for me To carry your weight with me Well I say you’re melting The stones within my heart And I’d like to paint you so With a cup of tea in your hands I’d like to print your eyes When they watch where I don’t know With a pendant that reaches your shoulder And the smile you always have for me ‘Cause if there’s a thing that’s worth living Is having a cup of tea with you A present that’s bringing me life A muse I am inspired by Everything’s simple and clear You’re a gift that has come from the light You said it’s too much for me To carry your weight with me Well I say that future Will be seen by both of us And I’d like to paint you so, with a cup of tea in your hands I’d like to print your eyes when they watch where I don’t know With a pendant that reaches your shoulder And the smile you always have for me ‘Cause if there’s a thing that’s worth living Is having a cup of tea with you I want to seize all the spring that’s in your heart I want to use it and see the art in you As you were a painting that I drew With all the colours we could see ‘Cause if there’s a thing that’s worth living Is passing all my days with you
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Living In The Past 04:46
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Heart of mine Why do you carry the weight of my mistakes The pathways of my mind Make you wither Heart of mine Why do you feel so alive Upon this wasteland This wasteland of glass And in all of my thoughts In the reflections of stones and concrete I find myself Living in the past City of grey walls and white sun Why are you so cruel? Why do you never forgive? Why do you hide love from me? And in all of my burdens In the obsessions of stones and concrete I find myself Living in the past Light, dark Mind, heart White sun Black clouds In, out Soft, loud Less, more Fly, fall
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Brick After Brick 05:32
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Unable to move, petrified Unable to think, hypnotized Elevating, I raise my walls Isolating, I gain control I will fly I will fall Coming back to life Fragmented body intact soul Brick after brick I control myself Brick after brick I will come back Ascending, protected by stones The queen, the throne, the power unknown I'm more than human, I'm my own creation Coming back to life Fragmented body intact soul Brick after brick I control myself Brick after brick I will come back I'm gaining control Coming back to life Fragmented body intact soul Brick after brick I control myself Brick after brick I will come back
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X - The Missing Piece 03:13
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We are free As long as freedom doesn't collide with our children Where is the missing piece that makes me be an X?
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X - Colliding 04:24
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Your desire Is not the borderline of a lifetime The thing you miss to feel complete But it's a dress for your soul For everyone to see We are free As long as freedom doesn't collide with the others With people who are innocent And you are colliding I'M AN X PUT A PRICE ON MY BEING, IF YOU WANT IT BRING SOME LIFE INTO ME, IF YOU HAVE IT We are selfish And act like we don't influence children We don't think of the future When we will not be anymore Not everything's lawful You should guess why I'M AN X PUT A PRICE ON MY BEING, IF YOU WANT IT BRING SOME LIFE INTO ME, IF YOU HAVE IT I WAS YOUR WHIM From toddler to adult in the blink of an eye Ferocious urges, constantly clouding my sight The lights of the city revealed my dark side Freedom is there for me to buy, but I can't afford the price
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Asphalt Seas 05:42
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Heat me one last time before the flight turns into fall Let me feel again what is the world I'm going to leave From a throne built upon concrete waves The queen stares at the void In grey, in asphalt seas I'll dive I grew up waiting I grew up to discover a future of loss When everything expected faded out Once I was a princess, now I've become a stone Stoned, I waited for friends And they gave me drugs to make me feel more alive I waited for love, I waited for him He waited for my body, without any heat But this is the city, this is the sea From a throne built upon concrete waves The queen stares at the void In grey, in asphalt seas I'll dive All those dreams broken by carelessness Were swallowed down In grey, in asphalt seas I'll dive
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Skyscrapers 10:43
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You wanted what you have A prison made to isolate yourself It crackles, you’re unsafe Ascending, isolating from the rest Skyscrapers, our Babel I'll lead you to where you've never been Guess all the occasions that we missed Developing vertically in towers of glass Walls – communication failed Detached and imprisoned by concrete thoughts It crackles, you’re unsafe You are Icarus with wings of glass Skyscrapers, our Babel Neapolis' architect is in your head Fear me! I am all and nothing Step in the kingdom of loss Let go of all your expectations Bow down to the rubble and rust Accept the fact that you want to Be me! God of cold perfection Step into the city of lead Erase yourself among grey walls Step back and watch the cancer spread You know this is the end Ascending Isolating You know this is the end Sometimes we bend For the world we're trying to save Sometimes we break But the world just doesn't care And the wind will clean what's left Once we were conquerors And now we're prey Once we broke barriers And now we can't escape from here Syncing our hearts to the traffic lights Drowning in soot as the days go by Like bees with barcodes in an artificial hive Is this world for me to live in Or is it just my tomb? It shatters under your feet Feel free while the flight turns into fall Skyscrapers becoming sand Neapolis burns forever then
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Our Image 05:35
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Create Life can only come from life What is dead will not be born again Your heart is beating in your chest And I know it always will We do not need an end for this I swear it's true cause it's me and you, a world in blue Yes it's me and you and we'll get through Our birth Did it come from love or not? How can flowers bloom in mud? Through oppression we were growing up It's a lesson we have learned We do not need an end for this I swear it's true cause it's me and you, a world in blue Yes it's me and you and we'll get through 'Cause all I need Is to hear your voice To tell me I'm safe And if I die I'll ask you to come with me I'carry you through the clouds And show you we left the world A better place to live in We'll see our kids and cats We'll watch them grow old Learning the only thing we taught We were created in an image And our image is love

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released February 23, 2019

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