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Deadlight by Draconian

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Draconian

Deadlight

Release date: 23rd June 2011

From A Rose for the Apocalypse
Track 5
6:33
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"Deadlight" is a track by Draconian, from the album A Rose for the Apocalypse, released 23rd June 2011. The track is 6:33 long. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Draconian

Draconian

Lyrics

Deadlight

Greed in a cage obsolete
Paining colors of old
Victims of culture unfold
The world sighs once more

Look at us, our eyes are dead
A gaze of incentives mislead
A deadlight, a whisper
Unearth your face in the mirror

My hope soon to be over
Take me and lock me in
Throw away the key
I'm beyond all help so kill me

Bleed in this cage of deceit
Then die in the cold
This is the pain you withhold
When the world sighs once more

A treacherous spawn here fester
Holding the future hostage
And dancing restlessly
And bare with the phantom of time
Flies swarm as mouths open
And dead words are spoken
This room has a foul smell
There's blood on the walls
And I need to break out

Look at us, our eyes are dead
A gaze of incentives mislead
A deadlight, a whisper
Unearth your face in the mirror

My hope soon to be over
Take me and lock me in
Throw away the key
I'm beyond all help so kill me

A screaming silence
Hushed beneath the sky
Silence thrashing the firmament

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Track details

From A Rose for the Apocalypse

6:332011
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Album
A Rose for the Apocalypse
A Rose for the Apocalypse
Draconian
24th June 2011
Track number
5
Release year
2011
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    7:19
  2. 2The Last Hour of Ancient Sunlight
    5:27
  3. 3End of the Robe
    6:34
  4. 4Elysian Night

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Anders Jacobsson, Johan Ericson
    Lyricist
    Anders Jacobsson
    Composer
    Johan Ericson
    Producer
    Jens Bogren, Johan Ericson, Johan Örnborg
    Drums
    Jerry Torstensson
    Guitar
    Daniel Arvidsson, Johan Ericson
    Vocals
    Anders Jacobsson, Lisa Johansson
    Bass Guitar
    Fredrik Johansson
    Mastering Engineer
    Jens Bogren
    Mixing Engineer
    Jens Bogren
    Recording Engineer
    Jens Bogren, Johan Ericson, Johan Örnborg
    Violin
    Olof Götlin
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