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Architects

Colony Collapse

Release date: 7th March 2014

From Lost Forever // Lost Together
Track 8
4:31
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'Colony Collapse' by Architects is a 2014 metal track from the album 'Lost Forever // Lost Together'. The lyrics speak in a tone of weary reckoning, with a sense of fall-out and being left behind, as the narrator counts days and warns that there is nowhere to hide. The imagery turns ominous, invoking ghosts in the water and calling for drought, in a climate of fear and impending ruin, summed up by the line, “pray for drought”.

"Colony Collapse" is a track by Architects, from the album Lost Forever // Lost Together, released 7th March 2014. The track is 4:31 long. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 11 articles about Architects.

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Lyrics

Colony Collapse

Dear, oh dear, what a sorry state we're in.
We brought the battle, we saw the signs,
We've found ourselves two steps behind.
I'm counting days like they're running out.
There's ghosts in the water, so pray for drought.
(pray for drought)
This time there's nowhere to hide.
We're facing the firing squad side by side.
1986. This is full relapse.
Our latest apocalypse.
This is colony collapse.
Give us the rope and we'll tie our own noose.
We truly believed all we touched turned to gold.
We were warned but we wouldn't be told.
I'm counting days like they're running out.
There's ghosts in the water, so pray for drought.
This time there's nowhere to hide.
We're facing the firing squad side by side.
They said the ocean's on fire.
Say it isn't true.
Say it isn't true.
The truth never hurt so much.
Can we start anew? Can we start anew?
1986. This is full relapse.
Our latest apocalypse. This is colony collapse.
Colony collapse.
Dear, oh dear, what a sorry state we're in.
Dear, oh dear, what a sorry state we're in.
They said the ocean's on fire.
Say it isn't true.
Say it isn't true.
The truth never hurt so much.
Can we start anew? Can we start anew?
This time there's nowhere to hide.
We're facing the firing squad side by side.
They said the ocean's on fire.
Say it isn't true.
Say it isn't true.
The truth never hurt so much.
Can we start anew? Can we start anew?
1986. This is full relapse.
Our latest apocalypse.
This is colony collapse.

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Track details

From Lost Forever // Lost Together

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Lost Forever // Lost Together
Lost Forever // Lost Together
Architects
7th March 2014
Track number
8
Release year
2014
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    3:26
  3. 3Broken Cross
    3:53
  4. 4The Devil Is Near
    3:35

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    Elizabeth Clarke, Michael Rollins
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