1. |
Posessed
03:55
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I shouldn't sleep, I'll wake up on the other side
I cannot eat, I'm not clean
No rest, I've been bad, I need to repent
confess, I'm possessed
Nightmare
But I can't tell anyone
I'm on my own
reject, neglect
Nightmare
But I can't tell anyone
I'm on my own
reject, neglect
They're looking over my shoulder
eyes in the dark, everywhere, they watch, they stare
I seek refuge in the streets at night
in the alleys, clear of the lights, their eyes and obedient minds
fast heart rate, looming in the shadows
until my escape comes to end
night turns to day, my body aches and swells
I fall asleep, through a portal to hell
red eyes
grinding teeth
in my mind there's a portal to hell
I shouldn't sleep, I'll wake up on the other side
I can't eat, I'm not clean
No rest, I've been bad, I need to repent,
confess, I'm possessed
shut your mouth
shut your ear
shut your fucking face
you didn't see nor hear
I'll peel your eyes
I'll cut your ears
I will rip out your tongue
so you won't tell anyone
Nightmare
But I can't tell anyone
I'm on my own
reject, neglect
Nightmare
But I can't tell anyone
I'm on my own
reject, neglect
Nightmare
But I can't tell anyone
I'm on my own
reject, neglect
Nightmare
But I can't tell anyone
I'm on my own
reject, neglect
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2. |
Confessional
03:21
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I am trapped here
I don't know where
Silence, take me
far away
Do you hear the voices? they speak to me
When my limbs move without consent, it must be them
I'm not like the others, and they all know
I'm not myself, I'm alone, I need help and they all know
you're all
so suppressive
thoughts so infected
no words to explain it
It's like I'm trapped in your shame
I'm all that's to blame
I can't be contained
I keep hoping there is life outside of here
I see freedom seeping in through every tree
I won't stop until their voices let me be
I can't ever answer what is wrong with me
I am trapped here
I don't know where
Silence, take me
far away
can't you hear the voices? they speak to me
I'm not myself, I'm alone, I need help and they all know
I'm counting sins, losing track of every deed I've done
sorry brothers, sorry father, who it may concern
bread and wine won't help at all for how I've been and seem
it might be hard, but try to hear
they speak to me
I keep hoping there is life outside of here
I see freedom seeping in through every tree
I won't stop until their voices let me be
I can't ever answer what is wrong with me
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3. |
Argument
03:56
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I beg and beg, but they won't let me go
the priest is sure of it, my demons have to go
You know there are other ways
I know there are places i could go
I'm aching from the weight of the boulder
I'm done living below
The fever kicks in
burns my skin
it will not help
and you won't save yourself
I am fighting for my life
but their ropes will not break
I am lost in the face of death
and they've got you
Let me be
Don't pull that shit on me
Church of hypocrisy
I'll show you blasphemy
Fuck your cult
I'm Brutus, I'm Judas
I beg and beg, but they won't let me go
the priest is sure of it, my demons have to go
Put down the cross
you won't help me
you won't save yourself
kindness is a common sense
abuse does not bring deliverance
The fever kicks in
burns my skin
it will not help
and you won't save yourself
I am fighting for my life
but their ropes will not break
I am lost in the face of death
and they've got you
I beg and beg, but they won't let me go
the priest is sure of it, my demons have to go
You know there are other ways
I know there are places i could go
You know there are other ways
I know there are places i could go
I'm aching from the weight of the boulder
I'm done living below
The fever kicks in
burns my skin
it will not help
and you won't save yourself
I'm fighting for my life
but their ropes will not break
I am lost in the face of death
and they've got you
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4. |
Death Eating
03:25
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Innocent mind
More innocent than a first born
But behind these innocent eyes
A misconception was a cape that I first wore
What’s the reason that I’m here for?
These walls keeps talkin, the door slams open
I can't take this, motherfucker, i'll be the last nail in your coffin
No sleep tonight, skin pushed,
to the steel bed-frame with my hands tied
Come closer, this is all you, look in my eyes
You just woke the demon inside
Repent? I'll make you regret it
I plot revenge at every prayer, you won't forget it
I needed help, and I was alone
But I was thrown down under the weight of your throne
“I command you”
“Depart, depart”
“I confront you”
“Depart, depart from this serpent of god”
Repent, I'll make you regret it
Repent, I'm plotting revenge at every prayer
Repent, You won’t forget it
Repent, I'll make you regret it
No sleep tonight, skin pushed,
to the steel bed-frame with my hands tied
Come closer, this is all you, look in my eyes
You just woke the demon inside
The beast, just smoke and mirrors
They believe that I can be another finger on the gun
They want me to be a serpent, they want to see me hurt, tryna close the curtain crush with the weight of their throne
I see red, red, rum
I feel I’m burning and I can't move, cannot make a sound
I feel dead, dead, dead and gone
Put your hand upon my head, tryna force the demon out
Release me, fuck your god and the lies that you feed me
Retaliation won’t come easy,
Every chance imma seize it
I’m there just believe me
I hear your words the voice respond
It follows me to my death and beyond
Your torture just causin my wrongs to be stronger, stop callin your savior to save me, you're causing it all
You’re killing me, motherfucker, how come you cannot see it?
I’m sinking to the abyss, falling down to my knees
It’s so illiterate, thinking, even consider it, that I’m a sinner
voices in my head is just a spirit, man I can't believe it
I’m feeling like I’m burning up
I panic, everything is hurting, stop it now I’ve heard enough
Next one to bite the dust
Next one is one of us
I won’t rest until you’re crushed on your way to see the god you trust.
No sleep tonight, Skin pushed,
to the steel bed-frame with my hands tied
Come closer, this is all you, look in my eyes
You just woke the demon inside
Repent? I'll make you regret it
I plot revenge at every prayer, you won't forget it
I needed help, and I was alone
But I was thrown down under the weight of your throne
Repent? I'll make you regret it
Repent? I'm plotting revenge at every prayer
Repent? You won’t forget it
Repent? I'll make you regret it
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5. |
Church Burning
02:27
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Time's out, I'm in the red now
Can't hold me back, I got that
Red hot stare in my eyes, I wanna
BURN BURN
Poor out, all of the gas, I wanna
BURN BURN
set it off, light up a flare, I wanna
BURN BURN
set it off, throw a fit, watch it
BURN BURN
Eye for an eye, church for a soul
I'm setting the first fire in a holy war
It weeds out the weak
nurtures the pure
fire is the antidote
it's the cure
Red hot stare in my eyes, I wanna
BURN BURN
Poor out, all of the gas, I wanna
BURN BURN
set it off, light up a flare, I wanna
BURN BURN
set it off, throw a fit, watch it
BURN BURN
this beacon of fire, a call of distress
you had it coming, the village is next
fuck it
the show show is done, I'll drop the mic
too little gas to burn them all down
the smell of gasoline, my first smell of freedom
let me go or there will be an encore
i got that
Red hot stare in my eyes, I wanna
BURN BURN
Poor out, all of the gas, I wanna
BURN BURN
set it off, light up a flare, I wanna
BURN BURN
set it off, throw a fit, watch it
BURN BURN
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6. |
Done With The Darkness
02:58
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I've reached bliss
after years in the abyss
I'm reborn
found the joy that I missed
I freed the captive that I used to be
it was a dream then, but I still believe
I found the real lies
laying the basis for real lives
deceitful identities built on the fake
disrupting your mind in the world of the snakes
I'm hungry for more
I'm coming, I'm strong
observe it
I fucking deserve it
I'm not abandoning friends
I'm abandoning problems
I'm fighting to restart
a black heart
I'm done with the darkness
and it might be working out
I found the real lies
under the fake lives
fought my way out
made my way out
I've reached bliss
after years in the abyss
I'm reborn
found the joy that I missed
I freed the captive that I used to be
it was a dream then, but I still believe
7 years on the grind
I'm still in it
I have a purpose
and I scream it
so they'll pay attention to the misfits
I'm not abandoning friends
I'm abandoning problems
I'm fighting to restart
a black heart
I'm done with the darkness
and it might be working out
I found the real lies
under the fake lives
fought my way out
made my way out
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7. |
Birth
00:47
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8. |
Lock Shut
03:57
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You've come to know, these waters to well
They don't mirror heaven, nor resemble hell
They're ever reaching waters
Of angst and despair
It's not bad to be fair
As it's fear, not love, that conquers all
It's always there when you fall
I am a hypocrite
It’s for survival, a way to feel normal
I have nothing to give
So why aren’t you fucking leaving
Shards of glass on dark, cold, floor
Lush, violent anger, held back no more
Relapse
Repeat
Once more, defeat
Numbing
I've been waiting for this
spin of insensibility
Shutting down
Then it turns around
A pleasant feeling of loss
A lovely smell of grief
Just take it from me
Nothing ever felt this bleak
You've come to know, these waters to well
They don't mirror heaven, nor resemble hell
They're ever reaching waters
Of angst and despair
As it is fear, not love, that conquers all
It's always there when you fall
I twist the cold hard steel till I hear it click
I pull back hard on the handle to make sure of it
These locked doors deliver the solitude that I look for
To grey matter in civil war, they're safe shores
I know the knocks on the door know that I need them
So I write my thoughts down, to save them
And these words are soliloquies
From minds that are their own damn enemies
I am a hypocrite
It’s for survival, a way to feel normal
I have nothing to give
So why aren’t you fucking leaving
Shards of glass on dark, cold, floor
Lush, violent anger, held back no more
Relapse
Repeat
Once more, defeat
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9. |
Oil Rigs
03:14
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Black gold
Back to battle, the call goes
Black gold under my foothold
Pipe’s in a chokehold, under control
We all know, we break our backs for products already sold
I can't shake the mindset I was told
I carry thought and ways of old
It's so fake
Am I disposable?
It's what I feel when I leave
And while I, left long ago
I'm tied to thoughts that still grow
Dissociated, as days turn to years
I'm never here, when I'm here
Calloused hands
Providing
For what, for who?
Searchlights
scour every wall
Where can I find home
for me alone?
Black gold
We break our backs for products already sold
Black gold
We break our backs for products already sold
We break our backs for products already sold
Already sold
Black gold
Back to battle, the call goes
Black gold under my foothold
Pipe’s in a chokehold, under control
We all know, we break our backs for products already sold
I'd settle if I could
It's all on me, but I can't reach my dream
I'm guilty
I'm thinking about it every day, constantly
There's something wrong with me, there's always been
and I know
Imagining scenarios
where you go
I’d settle if I could
I’d settle if I could
Calloused hands
hanging head
Providing
For what, for who?
Searchlights
scour every wall
Where can I find home
for me alone
Searchlights
scour every wall
Where can I find home
for me alone
Black gold
We break our backs for products already sold
Black gold
We break our backs for products already sold
We break our backs for products already sold
Already sold
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10. |
Cheater
03:23
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coming home, early
what's with the open door?
where's the front key?
static on the phone
can't shake the thought
house should be empty this hour
she's not alone, what the fuck?
My picture watching you fuck, from the frame,
on the walls that you tore down
he's tainted your body, I don't share
I'll stab you and I'll fuck your open wound instead
How much money to be loyal, huh?
how many likes to be loyal, huh?
how much attention to be loyal, huh?
It's not enough? It's not enough?
I work all fucking day being loyal bringing money
while I'm slaving for a future for the kids
for the momentary bliss
when I come home but you treat me like shit
we promised blue skies
but we ended up living a lie
I should have planned the census
I should have locked you in
this stone paved path now broken
you let him taste your skin
My picture watching you fuck, from the frame,
on the walls that you tore down
he's tainted your body, I don't share
I'll stab you and I'll fuck your open wound instead
Unfaithful, unclean
there's nothing left to sever
the scratch marks on his back
my scars forever
you'll get the fucking money
you'll get the fucking gold
always first to clear the site
where my possessions fall
VULTURE
looking out for yourself only
always looking for the kill
circling till I run out of power
making me suffer still
No matter what she taught you
what ethics might have stuck with you
she don't even bother to stay true to herself
forget it, just forget it
mother doesn't love you anymore
you'll get the fucking money
you'll get the fucking gold
always first to clear the site
where my possessions fall
you'll get the fucking money
you'll get the fucking gold
always first to clear the site
where my possessions fall
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11. |
Heartless
03:36
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I was alone when it began
I still am
Here’s to the few that stuck by
You know I tried
When the weight kept stacking up
I still fought
To barely get a taste of
What we sought
The remedy
A life born free
But the fires came back to haunt me
I still hear the voices
When the fires come back again
I still hear the voices
When the fires come back again
And it still burns in my chest
I’ve become heartless
It still infects my chest
I’m still possessed
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ATENA Oslo, Norway
NORWEGIAN METALCORE
Atena have pushed through to become the forefronters of norwegian metalcore as
well as proving there’s more than black metal that roams in the country by extensive touring through Europe.
With a deep inspiration from hip hop, classical composers and love for heavy music the band entwine these elements together with lyrics of darker episodes that occurs through life.
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