1. |
Inverted Spires
03:56
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How far are we falling towards our destination?
Icarus in reverse: consumed by moonlight
What a sinful glory…
Burn the citadels
Consume the ashes
Suffering to the conquered
VAE VICTUS
A puppet no more
Long live the night
CARPE NOCTEM
Woe to conquered
Seize the night
Like fingers reaching from out of a grave:
These forsaken spires scrape the sky
A symbol of decay bracing for the new way
Burn the citadels
Consume the ashes
Suffering to the conquered
VAE VICTUS
A puppet no more
Long live the night
CARPE NOCTEM
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2. |
Stalker
06:25
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Are you awake?
Let’s talk about the meaning of life
Unselfish artists seeking connection
In this imperfect life
No need to speak of this
Sit in silence, try to recall
When we think on the past
Do we become kinder?
You can’t just purchase happiness
With misery’s currency
Everything in the end
Carries its own meaning
Stalker lead the way
This place has a mind of its own
It demands respect
It will only let you pass
If you’ve lost all hope
Then you might survive
Here in the quietest place in the world
What do you seek?
We don’t seem to know
Anything about this zone?
Kissed by rain
Haunted without ghosts
Why can’t we speak of this?
Scream in silence - loathe what’s recalled
When we confront our past
Do we become wiser?
You can’t just purchase happiness
With misery’s currency
Everything in the end
Carries its own meaning
This place makes you lose control
It demands your death
If you’ve lost all hope
Then you might survive
What do you seek?
Rainfall turns into fear
This quest becomes revelation
The wonders of this godless place
Resurrect a sense of grace
The laws of nature died
So wonderment can thrive
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3. |
Undone
04:18
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Welcome to my sanctuary of woe
Every wall is painted with melancholy
Won’t you stay with me for the night?
Black swarms of flies
A veil upon this face
Oleander curse
Icon of deceit
Lost and dejected
Consigned to oblivion
Scorned and rejected
I am first mourning son
Undone
Embodiment of dust
Undone
Never to be laid to rest
There’s a devil in these details
Memento mori
Mortui vivos docent
Malediction
Conjuring new fears
Grim whispers
Darkness revealed
Lost and dejected
Consigned to oblivion
Scorned and rejected
I am the first mourning son
Undone
Embodiment of dust
Undone
Never to be laid to rest
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4. |
Liminal Space
05:07
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We are the in between
Transitioning
Our domain remains here
A liminal space it seems
We are still yet moving
Is this a war internally?
The stage is set
The music plays
Yet no one is there
Who really resides in this place
Can we justify another day
We are at the threshold
Of the there and not there
This forlorn memory
Haunting like a past dream
It leaves me with a feeling
Tranquil yet unsettling
This trauma is in these walls
I do not want to leave
It’s suffocating, dark and dormant
Within the grain of restless memory
The siren’s call to the past can drag us down
This lethargy is poison
A dreamworld of deceit
Who really resides in this place?
Can we justify another day
We are at the threshold
Of the there and not there
This forlorn memory
Haunting like a past dream
It leaves me with a feeling
Tranquil yet unsettling
This trauma is in these walls
I do not want to leave
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5. |
Back Masked
05:03
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Within the hiss and static
Whispers from a time long gone
Is it fiction or history?
I cannot hear the voice of reason within me
A shadow of a doubt is spying from the streets
And all we hear is in reverse
These unsaid words feel like a curse
Out of earshot signals worn
With vocal chords ripped and torn
Play the tape and it’s back masked
To the front these ghosts are dragged
With the electric noise filtered out
Does the message become more clear?
In the background a muffled shout
Is it in rage or fear?
Is it even real?
And all we hear is in reverse
These unsaid words feel like a curse
Out of earshot signals worn
With vocal chords ripped and torn
Play the tape and it’s back masked
To the front these ghosts are dragged
With the electronic noise filtered out
Is the message more clear?
Out of earshot signals worn
With vocal chords ripped and torn
Play the tape and it’s back masked
To the front these ghosts are dragged
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6. |
After Hours
03:59
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Nightfall descending
We are after hours
The unwelcoming dark
Vignetting August daylight
Fading bokeh of summer vespers
Remember the heat
Recall the uttered word
Indulge the memory
Before it shifts form again
Long exposure of pale evocations
This golden hour
Reminiscing eventide
Those golden years
Blurring all my memory lines
Macro of the eve
When it all fell apart
The orchard past the field
Drinking til the sun rose up
This golden hour
Reminiscing eventide
Those golden years
Blurring all my memory lines
Fading bokeh of summer vespers
This golden hour
Reminiscing eventide
Those golden years
Blurring all my memory lines
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7. |
Contrapasso
04:38
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8. |
Hall of Shades
04:30
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Apparitions
Observing hunters
Reaching out to those who believe
Transmit your pain
Relay all of your grief
Submit to the hall of shades
Do you dare look beyond the veil
Speak to the other side
The feedback loop of life
We can’t harm you
But we may change your life
With a comfortable truth
Forgotten in life
Sought out only in death
The unwanted and unseen
Have never been more alive
Do you dark look beyond the veil
Speak to the other side
The feedback loop of life
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9. |
Pretender
04:35
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Gray day with unrelenting rain
A promise of rage within the clouds
The asphalt is slick and darker
Like a mirror distorted by dust
It’s bleak now
It’s harsh now
Colder still and bolder
It’s violent
Conflicted
Do you hear it howl?
Pretender
You used the storm to mask your voice
Pretender
Heavy are the lies upon your crown
It’s twisting and writhing in place
Like a sick and feral hound
There is no light in the eye
Only consuming shadow
It’s still now
It’s calmed down
Echoes in the clouds
Survey the damage done
And begin anew
Pretender
You used the storm to mask your voice
Pretender
Heavy are the lies upon the crown
Pretender
Elemental rage unbound
A whispered shout
Pretender
A twisting feral hound wears the asphalt crown
Pretender
The darkness lifting, beguiling mist
Pretender
Become cold pale, face the storm
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10. |
Grime & Rainwater
05:37
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Subdued unease incarnate
Is waiting for you
This yearning divides
Into something colder
Somber skies
Neon whispers
In static we’ve lost our minds
How many days have gone by?
I never felt such peace in our uncertainty
Let it all slip away - drown with me
Who can deny the peace of mind knowing how it ends?
A slow willing descent into the unknown bliss
Nights felt longer than our days
These pensive thoughts won’t fade
Paralysis felt in every way
Celebrate the end
I never felt such peace in our uncertainty
Let it all slip away - drown with me
I never felt such peace in our uncertainty
Let it all slip away - drown with me
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11. |
The Sullen One
03:23
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It isn’t hard to see when you’re looking from the outside
My sight is monochrome
There is nothing left yet I can’t let go
I fear there won’t be sleep for many years
I am the sullen one
Empowered by anger
My discontent will be my anchor
I am the sullen one
Breathing in the languour
Drowning deeper than before
I don’t even know when it all began
I just feel this fire burning in my core
Reduce it all to cinders
The wind clears the slate
Smother what remains
Beware the sudden spark
I am the sullen one
Empowered by anger
My discontent will be my anchor
I am the sullen one
Breathing in the languour
Drowning deeper than before
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Malacoda Oakville, Ontario
Malacoda started as a recording project based out of Oakville, Ontario in 2014, by multi-instrumentalist and music producer Lucas Di Mascio. Early-lineups consisted of some great local musicians from the Greater Toronto Area. The self-titled debut was hailed as a dark modern melodic metal take on popular music trends. ... more
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