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Architects

Nihilist

Release date: 26th May 2016

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Track 1
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'Nihilist' is a bleak inventory of spiritual and moral collapse. Architects frame their subject as a crisis of faith and worth: a world where the powerful weaponise belief, where souls are traded but salvation cannot be bought, where even god is found in despair. The song moves between collective confession and accusation, the repeated refrain "all our gods have abandoned us" functioning as both diagnosis and epitaph. The track's force comes from its refusal of comfort. There is no redemption arc, no hope deferred; instead, a vision of a corporatised afterlife where divinity itself has surrendered. The lyrics pair visceral despair with sharp social critique, collapsing personal spiritual crisis into indictment of systems that profit from faith whilst delivering only emptiness. What remains is the image of a god broken by the world he was meant to save.

"Nihilist" is a track by Architects, from the album All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us, released 26th May 2016. The track is 2:51 long. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 11 articles about Architects.

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Nihilist

We are beggars, we are so fucking weak
And once upon a time we had the world at our feet
Well, we're all dying to meet our maker
But all our gods have abandoned us

All our gods have abandoned us
This is the great esoteric depression
We sold our souls, but couldn't buy salvation

We are all the shades of misery
The reigning champions of tragedy
They use their faith as a weapon, they count our sins by the seven
Blackwater at the gates of heaven
All hail the corporatocracy
The word of god written in binary
All hail our apostasy
The dying notes in an unholy symphony

All our gods have abandoned us
This is the great esoteric depression
We sold our souls, but couldn't buy salvation

I found god clutching a razor blade
He said, "Look at the fucking mess they've made
They'd trade their hearts if they were made of gold"

We are beggars, we are so fucking weak
And once upon a time, we had the world at our feet
Well, we're all dying to meet our maker
But all our gods have abandoned us

All our gods have abandoned us
All our gods have abandoned us

I found god clutching a razor blade
He said, "Look at the fucking mess they've made
They'd trade their hearts if they were made of gold
But they're as worthless as the souls they sold"

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From All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us

2:512016
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Album
All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
All Our Gods Have Abandoned Us
Architects
27th May 2016
Track number
1
Release year
2016
  1. 1Nihilist
    2:51
  2. 2Deathwish
    3:53
  3. 3Phantom Fear
    4:06
  4. 4Downfall
    4:05

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    Writer
    Tom Searle
    Lyricist
    Tom Searle
    Composer
    Tom Searle
    Producer
    Fredrik Nordström, Henrik Udd
    Drums
    Dan Searle
    Guitar
    Adam Christianson, Tom Searle
    Vocals
    Sam Carter
    Bass Guitar
    Alex Dean
    Brass
    Tom Searle
    Mastering Engineer
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    Programmer
    Dan Searle, Tom Searle
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    Fredrik Nordström, Henrik Udd
    Strings
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