The instrumentals were originally recorded between 2007-2009, however the vocals were not recorded until 2015, with this year also being the year of it's first public release.
Released in partnership with The Infidel Netwerk artist, musician, and philosopher collective:
www.theinfidelnetwerk.com
Album artwork digitally modified by Matt "theProphet" Smith
lyrics
Dreams come so quick to an end,
All of these feelings, no where to send.
Gave away all that is left of me,
Just to repeat this broken history.
The same routine, the same mistake,
I didn’t know until it was to late,
Freedom comes at a price of pain,
Nothing will ever be the same,
We fix the future but there's always the past,
Creeping, crawling, and always to fast.
I didn't know where to go,
I didn't know how to be,
I lost my heart, but you wouldn't see, wouldn’t dream.
Why do I return to this palace
Of this broken innocence, lost sanity,
I can barely feel anything,
Can I break through this wall I have created.
An open wound, and open sore, that won't close,
Opening a door of decay, into my soul.
Shed the skin of hate and deceit,
Time to look for some fresh meat,
The only answer is to cut, cut cut
Hopeless… Innocence… Oblivion...
Bleeding so long, only god knows,
Things are never quite as they seem,
One day you will know what I mean,
When I say this was a mistake,
Instead of giving we chose to take,
Where is the future when we've taken everything?
Only desolte emptiness... nothing....
credits
from Shadowalker,
released May 4, 2015
Vocals, lyrics, music composition, FX, mixing and mastering by Matt "theProphet" Smith
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