1. |
Create the Absurd
04:45
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Verse 1 (0:37 to 1:10)
From the shadow and the string
Give me all the light will bring
Bring me matter and the source
And design your universe
For ambition and for pride
All convention cast aside
Renovating space and time
To improve on the divine
Pre-Chorus One (1:11 to 1:28)
Sworn to the empty stars
And the paths above
Seven open wounds
In the house of heaven
Seven open roads
To define it all
To erase the pain
From the firmament
Chorus One (1:47 to 2:04)
Droplets of solitude condensed from the sun
Infinite reasons refined into one
Verse 2 (2:05 to 2:24)
From the chasm where dwell our hearts
To the peaks where light departs
From the ocean to the ground
To the endless sky unbound
Semi-spoken (2:24 to 2:39)
Forsworn the definition of absolute
Limitless in my absurd urge to ascend
From the last remnants of creation
Afterglow of a newborn universe
Chorus Two (3:13 to 3:30)
Visions of chaos beneath fading stars
Absurd creations, an assembly of scars
Verse Three (3:30 to 3:48)
I saw vanity and grace
Underneath all-seeing gaze
Saw profane rise from profound
Pure intentions, now unwound
Semi-spoken (3:48 to 4:25)
Beseeching the impossible complexity
Of grand cosmic definition
And in the string of strange particles
The everlasting flow is invincible
Coming back to the vision
The ultimate creation with no meaning
No reason, no hope, no understanding
In the end, we are all alone
© Alex Shalenko, May 30th,2020
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2. |
I Forgot the Sun
04:36
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Verse 1 (0:44 to 1:16)
Uncounted years ago
Or maybe more
I was the last to survive
And left it all behind
That dreaded hateful star
Its lethal rays
Turned my world to ash
Smoldering ruin, laid to waste
Chorus One (1:16 to 1:47)
I forgot the Sun
When all was said and done
I forgot the Sun
Lost in dreams of the past
I forgot the Sun
What I did, it can’t be undone
I forgot the Sun
Was another time and place
Verse Two (2:03 to 2:19)
Wrought by my own hands
Miscalculation
Triggered deep within
Massive solar discharge
Chorus Two (2:19 to 2:51)
Chorus Three (3:26 to 3:57)
© Chris Dagenhart, May 21st, 2020
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3. |
Machine I
04:09
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Verse One (0:18 to 1:31)
Running out of phase
Sacramental dream
In this crowded place
Faithless and obscene
This was all for you
This was all of me
My discordant urge
A tale of misery
Heavy lies the crown
Noise is heavier still
As the lights go down
Silence is my will
Chorus (1:59 to 2:22)
And I feel extension of my soul
Breathe the light above me, feel it take control
City flashes madly at the end of waking dream
I am the reflection, ghost in the machine
Verse Two (2:49 to 3:33)
The current and the flow
To scream or not to be
An absolution show
My cinematic revelry
This is all it was
Blind watcher in the sky
Whispered monologue
For machine and I
Verse Three (3:36 to 4:01)
And I hear it in the whispers
Warnings of what I will become
As I walk into the river
The current and me are one
© Alex Shalenko, May 30th, 2020
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4. |
Mirrormaze
04:37
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Verse (0:27 – 0:38)
In a place which time forgot
Beneath the cratered crust
An ancient installation
Covered by moon dust
Pre-chorus (0:39 – 0:50)
There it awaits, silent as the night
Its purpose unknown, of its creators not a sight
Chorus (0:51 – 1:14)
A timeless monolith, the sum of all our sorrows
Our past and present smothered in its gaze
In its consternation, false promise of tomorrow
Our futures written in the mirrormaze
Verse (1:15 – 1:26)
Behind reflective surface
A quantum mystery
All answers to our questions
If we only had the key
Pre-chorus (1:26 – 1:38)
There we seek, like children in the fire
What might have been, the object of desire
Chorus (1:39 – 2:02)
A timeless monolith, the sum of all our sorrows
Our past and present smothered in its gaze
In its consternation, false promise of tomorrow
Our futures written in the mirrormaze
Spoken (2:02 – 2:49)
And it is written on the walls
All who came before
Infinite possibilities
Captured in infinite multiverse
A cosmic Rosetta stone
In the maze of alien mirrors
Answers to all questions
If you only know what to ask
Transition (2:51 – 3:14)
Come to me you seeker, come to me
Of your burdens, free at last
I shall be the answer that you seek
I shall be the present, future, and the past
Chorus (3:15 – 3:38)
A timeless monolith, the sum of all our sorrows
Our past and present smothered in its gaze
In its consternation, false promise of tomorrow
Our futures written in the mirrormaze
© Alex Shalenko, September 27th, 2020
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5. |
The Empath
04:34
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Verse 1 (0:07 to 0:46)
For better or worse, it has all been preordained
There is nothing new under the sun, and nothing will remain
It’s been too long, it’s time to disconnect
Upon the concrete, pale light reflects
The fragments of our selves, the first ones to arrive
Bridge (0:47 to 0:55)
It’s all within my hands…
Chorus (0:56 to 1:26)
I will leave it all behind
I will seek the peace of mind
In the seconds between breaths I will remember who you are
When the stars again align
All these dreams are yours not mine
In the space between the moments we will stay apart
Verse 2 (1:34 to 1:58)
For all the symbols which form the binding ties
Will our divisions linger while the earth abides
For all that beckons, today I must abscind
Bridge (1:59 to 2:05)
It’s all within my hands
Chorus (2:07 to 2:40)
Chorus (3:43 to 4:14)
© Alex Shalenko, May 31st, 2020
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6. |
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Intro (0:28 to 0:47)
They dream in the cold
They dream of discord
Verse One (0:48 to 1:25)
In the shadows of the sun, voices whisper words unsung
In the vastness of the void, fear and emptiness alloyed
Dreaming city in the stars in the embrace of endless hours
Children of the dying light, covered still by velvet night
Chorus (1:25 to 2:03)
On through the ages of the light
On, out of mind and out of sight
On, shuttered life and fearful scream
On, to their universal dream
Chorus (2:35 to 3:13)
On through dark galaxies and lives
On through the passage that divides (life and death)
On through the boundaries of never
On, for those who fear forever
Bridge (3:13 to 3:52)
A billion years, or a billion more
Time no longer matters in the never-ending flow
Fragments of a race in desperate design
Waiting out the end of endless space and time
Verse Two (4:31 to 5:08)
No communions or ties, years and ages slipping by
Ancient trauma magnified, fate and evidence defied
For the dreamers in night waiting out the end of light
Rabid dream which once foretold sanctuary in the cold
Chorus (5:09 to 5:47)
On through dark galaxies and lives
On through the passage that divides (life and death)
On through the boundaries of never
On, for those who fear forever
Outro (6:19 to 6:59)
Some day the time will come
Some day they will return
Into the empty void
When the stars no longer burn
© Alex Shalenko, June 1st, 2020
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Intro (0:21 to 0:38)
Our bane is discovery
Our atavistic sentiment
On wings of illumination
This light is our imminent demise
Verse One (0:39 to 0:56)
See our legends written in the lunar dust
Swallowed by the age and unmoving stone
Chorus (0:56 to 1:13)
Our steps are written
Our steps are written in the lunar dust
Verse Two (1:40 to 1:56)
See the sum of histories upon the lifeless rock
Conclusion of an age, a tale of our errors
Chorus (1:56 to 2:31) X2
© Alex Shalenko, June 1st, 2020
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8. |
Vega I
06:14
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Intro/Soft (0:42 to 1:20)
To ride the comet through the crying skies
To soar the clouds above the molten ground
To evening star, to morning star
A fading destiny, the nation’s dream
Verse One (1:21 to 1:59)
Через тернии в млечный путь
На крыльях прогресса назад не повернуть
Найдена цель, неизвестный мираж
Стена облаков стоит как безжалостный страж
Там на Земле, людские глаза
Гордость страны и мира в наших сердцах
На зависть планете отчислен маршрут
Полгода полёта, а потом двадцать минут
(English translation:
Through thorns to the Milky Way
On the wings of progress there is no turning back
Target is found, an unknown mirage
Wall of clouds stands like a merciless guardian
There on Earth, human eyes
Pride of the nation and the world in our hearts
To the envy of the planet, the path is calculated
Half a year of flight, then twenty minutes)
Chorus (1:59 to 2:18)
Падать вниз через вуаль
Чужих облаков
Падать вниз на милость
Странных ветров
(English translation:
To fall down through the veil
Of alien clouds
To fall down to the mercy
Of strange winds)
Verse Two (2:19 to 2:57)
Through the thorns and to the stars
Through limitations of man and machine’s diktat
Star of the morning, star of the night
Depths of inferno hidden behind her light
Pride of nations, a clarion call
Unity and ambition defining us all
Our aspiration, an orbital dream
Illumination of both man and machine
Chorus (2:58 to 3:35)
Sailing like a flagship
Through the alien skies
A symbol of our unity
For all mankind
Far away from division
A worthy goal
Pride of man, ascended
In our souls
Verse (3:54 to 4:32) solo (4:33 to 4:53)
Зеркало мрака знойных миров
В нас отражение бурь и звёздных костров
Тропа сотворения ждёт только нас
Другие миры и песни, здесь и сейчас
Mirror of darkness and of molten worlds
We are the reflection of pyres beyond the void
The path of creation made for our prowl
Other worlds and songs, but here and now
(note: English half of the verse is the translation of the Russian half)
Intro/Soft (4:54 to 5:30)
Мы видели эхо звёздных глубин
Наши губы шептали слова нездешних былин
Наши творения плыли в следу у комет
Нас будут помнить даже тогда когда нас нет
(English translation:
We saw the echo of stellar depths
Our lips whispered words of otherworldly epics
Our creations swam in the comets’ trails
We will be remembered even when we are no more)
© Alex Shalenko, June 1st, 2020
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9. |
Venusian Sunrise
01:26
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(Instrumental)
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10. |
The Forever Project
04:59
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Intro/Bridge (0:21 to 0:35)
This is us, this is casting of the stone which shatters glass
This is us, scions of forever come to pass
Verse One (0:36 to 1:05)
Vermin of creation raised to dignity and pride
Kings of evolution and inelegant design
Wrought from precognition, these malevolent forms
Prophets of division – rule, ascend, transform
Chorus (1:05 to 1:35)
This is all of us, this is who we are
Forecasted absolution from dejected hearts
This is our last chance, a point where we rise
To seek and dream forever, following the light
Verse Two (1:35 to 2:04)
Children of tomorrow in chains of yesterday
Fruits of indecision led our lives astray
Breathing in the darkness, what will we exhale?
We are at the threshold of where to take this tale
Bridge (2:09 to 2:37)
Escalation of our fight
Premises of wrong and right
Sign our names into the dirt
To remind us what we were
Absolution and demise
Evolution where we rise
Into star-encrusted void
The forever project
Intro/Bridge (3:08 to 3:22)
This is us, this is the casting of the spell not meant to last
This is us, children of the shadows in the stars
Verse (3:23 to 3:51)
Will we find our purpose in the great beyond?
Will we forge our differences into one alloy?
Will we find infinity bred within our hearts?
Will there be salvation made from disparate parts?
Outro (4:22 to 4:50)
This is the life, forever
This is the word, forever
This is the hope, forever
This is the end, forever more
© Alex Shalenko, June 1st, 2020
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The Forever Project Hagerstown, Maryland
Founded by Alex Shalenko and Chris Dagenhart in March of 2020 as an outlet to explore more progressive and modern sounds.
Influences run the gambit from prog rock/metal to modern depressive rock and goth rock/metal,
Machine I the project's debut EP comes out November 17, 2020.
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