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1.
Terminus Est 04:14
2.
On and on until I'm satisfied Chasing after all I'm meant to be Oh, to hope, a city in the sky Where the stars will set us free The artist rushes To fit her life inside a day Someday she'll make it But her breath is short, her light is fading She's reaching for a future That dances to her heartbeat We'll run into the sunrise We'll run, oh we'll run for Heaven The lawyer paces Atop a skyline she forgot Still reaching upward When will her restless soul be sated? They're reaching for a future That echoes out their names We'll run into the sunrise We'll run, oh we'll run for Heaven High above the mountains, over stormy seas We cast the stone at gravity, waging war against where we've been The stars are bright above us, someday we'll be there We'll climb until night succumbs to day The nothing breathes in A spirit battered time again I'll find a way up I can't look down, no, nothing left We're reaching for a future Where all we've lost is found again We'll run into the sunrise We'll run, oh we'll run for Heaven Oh we'll run for Heaven High above the mountains, over stormy seas We cast the stone at gravity, waging war against where we've been The stars are bright above us, someday we'll be there We'll climb until night succumbs to day A Heaven that waits for us to rise A dream we dreamt a thousand lifetimes Come now, our victory is nigh Scream into the clouded skyline A Heaven that waits for us to rise A dream we dreamt a thousand lifetimes Come now, our victory is nigh Scream into the clouded skyline On and on until we're satisfied Chasing after all we're meant to be Oh, to hope, a city in the sky Where the stars will set us free On and on until we're satisfied Chasing after all we're meant to be Oh, to hope, a city in the sky Where the stars will set us free Where the stars will set us free
3.
Saint 04:16
Hear, hear the nothing that heralds his coming again See all the peasants, with bated breath, for the savior's parade Here, in a courtyard of twisted horizons and glass May, may we one day be rid of all the confusion and pain Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da The way that life has always been The way that life was always meant to be The holy law engraved in us To save us from To save us Hear ye, all you wanting, the Saint is upon us today Lay down your palm leaves and dance with me in the rapturous light The Saint and the City below, a man with a way to appease every demand "No price is too high," we confess as we wait for a sign to assure Heaven is near Hear, hear the cleansing that heralds the judgement and death May, maybe someday, the world will be alright in the eyes of the Saint The way that life has always been The way that life was always meant to be The holy law engraved in us To save us from the journey in between The way that life has always been The way that life was always meant to be The holy law engraved in us To save us from From the unknown The way that life has always been (Has always been) The way that life was always meant to be (Always meant to be) The holy law engraved in us (Engraved in us) To save us from From the unknown Yeah
4.
Heat 04:39
Evening sky Stay away Never one for rest, never could sit still Nothing to protect, everything to burn Yeah Watch the entire world stop and neon light erupt In a fervent wave to light a fire on us Done away with rest, addicted by design I've been here time and again to blast away my mind Don't let me down, don't let me down Don't let me swim, just let me drown Hearing the light, seeing the sound, woah Get on your feet, endure the beat Feeding the furnace, feel the heat I wanna burn, I wanna bleed Burn till I forget Burn till I forget Yeah And when I've burned it all away What if I burn it all away? Yeah I wanna burn, I wanna bleed Feeding the furnace, feel the heat Woah Don't let me down, don't let me down Don't let me swim, just let me drown Hearing the light, seeing the sound Get on your feet, endure the beat Feeding the furnace, feel the heat I wanna burn, I wanna bleed Burn till I forget Yeah
5.
Visions indistinct of a simpler time The Saint dotes upon a life he once lived Dancing in the mist, an ambition fulfilled A dark calculus born of a restless soul An Atlas of our hearts and minds A chaos of our own design Woah, woah I see the future before it begins See determinate time Every step yet to take laid before The immaculate eye Visions I push away of a more colorful place Of a town I refuse to believe can haunt me here Every breath another thread forming the tapestries of fate I guide the needle with hands rough from clawing at the dirt An Atlas built to take control To cleanse the world of wayward souls See the effects of what's been, and the cause of what's yet to come Why leave the future to chance when the answer is right in front of us? See how we've lifted ourselves to the Heavens away from the hell below So why can I not shake this feeling it's following me, woah I see the future before it begins Before it begins, I will be there, woah See determinate time as the world turns, as the world turns And it turns, and it turns, and it turns as we try to hold on Every step we take could be the last Woah The eye, the eye, the eye, the eye, the eye The eye I'm just a man, a man with a scar Carried over from an era before So I'll be a Saint, a healer for all A Vergil to guide them through all that they know I will see Demon eye
6.
What If 06:46
The streetlights sear my skin as I lie awake In a maze of heated nights and empty days Where did you come from? What has led you here? This place was not made to be entered by choice Can you see me now? Can you hear me now? And what if we, we ran forever, we ran forever? Can we be free? Can you save me? Can you lift my head again? And what if we, we ran forever, we ran forever? Can we be free? Will you save me? Will you someday tell me when? And what if we Don't journey, don't leave, don't envy Don't stay, don't fight, don't watch me Don't find a way without me Don't go where I can't see Don't journey, don't leave, don't envy Don't stay, don't fight, don't watch me Don't find a way without me Don't go where I can't see And what if we, we ran forever, we ran forever? Can we be free? Can you save me? Can you lift my head again? And what if we, we ran forever, we ran forever? Can we be free? Will you save me? Will you someday tell me when? And what if we, we ran forever, we ran forever? Can we be free? Can you save me? Can you lift my head again? What if we ran forever? (And what if we, we ran forever, we ran forever?) Can we be free? Will you save me? (Can we be free? Will you save me?) Will you someday tell me when?
7.
Duet 03:46
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June 04:14
Rain, pouring down on this garden of mine Tending a sea of kaleidoscope dye I've, I've lost track of the pedals I've pulled Now, now my hands have gone numb from the cold I've held every answer I'll hold Hello, my darling, I've waited a minute or two to see you again Maybe you don't have to learn, if only you knew who I was back then The pedals I lay in have ceded their help, so I don't know what I should do So, I will wait for June Who are you, who am I, who are we? June, will your summertime sun set me free? June, I'm enduring the stormiest night I, I know Heaven's not mine to invite Why can't you just make it right? Rain, beating down on this graveyard of mine Tending a wasteland of my own design Maybe it's best that the sickness would stay So, till I paint a new canvas with day It's best that I just stay away Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da Hello, my darling, I've waited a lifetime or two to see you again Best that my heart won't return, can't bear to be hurt the way I was back then And since my heart has split in two I can't give it away to you till June
9.
Sakura 04:42
Fuscia fire in the air, petals far and wide Feels like we've been here before, here among the trees of life Here, I've given everything, everything I am What is left behind for me? Is there anything? Is there anything? Away, away, away, away The petals fly another day When will I find another way? Woah, woah Everything I've ever been, everything I'll be In between each little thing, will I learn to breathe? For me? When my breath returns to me, will it be the same? If it flies beside my face, will I see it now? Will I see it now? Away, away, away, away The petals fly another day When will I find another way? Woah, woah Will I find a way? Will I find a way someday? Will I find a way? Will I find a way someday? Will I find a way? Will I find a way someday? Will I find a way? Will I find a way someday? Will I find a way? Will I find a way someday? Will I find a way? Will I find a way someday? Will I find a way? Will I find a way someday? Will I find a way? Will I find a way someday? Away, away, away, away The petals fly another day When will I find another way? Woah, woah Away, away, away, away (Away, away, away, away) The petals fly another day When will I find another way? (When will I find another way?) Woah, woah I'm trapped without the in-between I've separated from the tree I'm falling with the summer breeze Woah, woah
10.
Chroma 06:33
Assessing his canvas again, a painter dries his brow His masterpiece, an unfinished choir of light Though inspiration has struck, his paints have just run out He wanders back to the day he discovered a reason to rhyme He happened upon a boutique, covered in July Run by a girl, a traveler who dances on the wind "What are you seeking, my friend?", she asked with knowing eyes He said, "I need to find color so I have a place to begin" She said, "I'm happy to give you what color I have for your endeavor What's mine is mine to give, at least for today Maybe I'll have what you need, but surely it won't last forever Just as summer always gives way to autumn rain" He recalls that summertime day, almost a year has passed He shoulders his bag, departing his refuge from the sun When he arrives at her shop, he finds himself downcast At a shop rendered bare, a void where the sign had once been hung "How will I finish it now?" he mutters under his breath "I'll never see the way it was always meant to be" She said, "Were the colors I trusted to you not to your content?" "The paints were wonderful but they were everything to me" "I'm sorry I have nothing for you, but don't you remember What's mine is mine to give, not yours to take The painting you're making might not be quite the one you intended Know that using the colors the world has to offer to you is not a mistake" Assessing his canvas again, the painter heaves a sigh He fails to see how it could be part of something more The girl who danced on the wind unwilling to say why She left him there, alone, to what fall would have in store But the girl didn't owe him a thing, what's hers to give was not his to take, he could Obsess over what could've been, drown in the showers the world sends his way, or he could Let go of all that he'd built up inside of his head, the canvas of life is one that is Painted with every elation and every mistake, the sweetest delight and the sourest pain Why can I not learn my lesson? Is my soul out of order? My heart just wants to be buried under the weight Though I know if I look, I can find a million ways forward I just stare at a half-painted canvas and drift away
11.
Cathedral 10:33
One day after another, I withdraw They say, "there is a place here, a place where you may speak to him In a world stained by glass" A stone sanctuary where the voices deliver their sermons Righteous in their judgement See a sinner falling to his knees again Heretic, burn away to ash They say, "his authority is all but absolute" And I feel the weight of Woah, woah, woah, woah His words, a mandate to trust him that all that I long for will find me But darling, why are we still right here? Woah, woah, woah, woah See a sinner falling to his knees again Heretic, burn away to ash Hear the story of a man who's lost his way Why can't I turn the page for us? The Saint and the City below have put on a show of a joyous ascent He has the world in the palm of his hand, but he clenches his fist nonetheless He saw the future before it began I am where I should be At the altar of fate, on my knees Just a drop in the sea Ba-dum-dum-dum-da-dum The Saint and the City A nightmare within me Oh, pride of mine I wait, I wait, I wait impatiently I wait, I pray, I wait, I pray Darling, I have turned the key and let it go Bitterness blanketing the earth I have fed the furnace everything I have Why can't I feel a thing? Here, in this cathedral, I accept my fate Hear my hymn echoing Here, in this cathedral, burning at the pyre Hear my cry overtake the bells See a sinner falling to his knees again Heretic, burn away to ash Hear the story of a man who's lost his way Why can't I turn the page?
12.
Tower 03:29
The climb is all of me, all I know The clouds will bow to me, jealous, envy If there's another way below I cannot see it now, climbing higher I won't fall I won't fall To my place Beneath it all From a tower rising in the sea Of concrete misery, demon dancing Watching from his twisted throne, ascendant I fall before the eye, demon of the light I won't fall (I won't fall) I won't fall (I won't fall) To my place (I won't fall) Beneath it all Ah, ah, ah I won't fall (I won't fall) I won't fall (I won't fall) To my place (I won't fall) Beneath it all
13.
Starfall 09:05
The banners of our conquest fly A city singing the song of victory But striving patiently has burned a hole in me Why fly the flags when the battle's not won? Come, turn to the sky, souls of the lost Where can your comfort be found? The stars cannot wait, wait forever An unending masquerade, chasing the stars unaligned Dancing through the night, on our mountains of pride Running after utopia, driving our sorrows aside Forging a path to a place we'll never find Paradise unfallen, behold A city dancing the dance of revelry These fools that line the street, never taking heed But who am I but one of the crowd? Come, turn to the sky, souls of the lost Where can your comfort be found? The stars cannot wait, wait forever An unending masquerade, chasing the stars unaligned Dancing through the night, on our mountains of pride Running after utopia, driving our sorrows aside Forging a path to a place we'll never find Starfall, plummet to the present before our eyes Starfall, illuminate a path to guide us Starfall, tear the earth asunder, heaven rain Starfall, paint the sky a shade of wonder Starfall, plummet to the present before our eyes Starfall, illuminate a path to guide us Starfall, tear the earth asunder, heaven rain Starfall, paint the sky a shade of wonder An unending masquerade, chasing the stars unaligned Dancing through the night, on our mountains of pride Running after utopia, driving our sorrows aside Forging a path to the void Starfall, plummet to the present before our eyes Starfall, illuminate a path to guide us Starfall, tear the earth asunder, heaven rain Starfall, paint the sky a shade of wonder

credits

released June 10, 2022

Michael Burrowes - Music, lyrics, guitars, keyboards, bass (Terminus Est), programming
Mike Semesky - Vocals
Alexander Stallings - Bass (City in the Sky, Saint, Sakura, Chroma, Tower)
Nathan Navarro - Bass (Heat, Starfall)
Conner Green - Bass (What If, Cathedral)
Philip Bynoe - Bass (Duet)
Poh Hock Kee - Guitar Solo (City in the Sky, Chroma)
Richard Henshall - Guitar solo (What If)
Matt Dougherty - Mix, master

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