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At the Gates
At War With Reality
The Book of Sand (The Abomination)

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The Book of Sand (The Abomination)

Release date: 23rd October 2014

From At War With RealityTrack 84:28

Death Metal/Black Metal

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"The Book of Sand (The Abomination)" is a track by At the Gates, from the album At War With Reality, released 23rd October 2014. The track is 4:28 long. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

At the Gates

At the Gates

Lyrics

The Book of Sand (The Abomination)

The despair eternal, deafening
Watch it burn

We run like rats - along the walls
Rising higher - around solitary lives

Deep in your dreams - the dead they sing
Our name spells C.U.R.S.E.

We run like rats - along the walls
Rising higher - around solitary lives

Infected forever - we hide inside the hive
Grey and faded - hibernated lives
A moment without presence - as we fall in line
Lost in the maze - of iron must be the night

Of iron must be the night

The golden age - an inner wasteland
The abomination - the book of sand

We run like rats - along the walls
Rising higher - around solitary lives

Infected forever - we hide inside the hive
Grey and faded - hibernated lives
A moment without presence - as we fall in line
Lost in the maze - of iron must be the night

Of iron must be the night

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Track details

From At War With Reality

4:282014

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Album

At War With Reality

24th October 2014

Track number

8

Release year

2014

1El Altar Del Dios Desconocido
1:06
2Death and the Labyrinth
2:33
3At War with Reality
3:09
4The Circular Ruins

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5Heroes and Tombs

6The Conspiracy of the Blind

7Order from Chaos

8The Book of Sand (The Abomination)

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9The Head of the Hydra

10City of Mirrors

11Eater of Gods

12Upon Pillars of Dust

13The Night Eternal

—The Skin of a Fire

—Language of the Dead

Credits

Writer: Anders Björler, Jonas Björler, Tomas Lindberg
Producer: At the Gates, Fredrik Nordström