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Civilization

by Across

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1.
Peace 02:20
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Peace is calling life in here Asking the questions we can’t hear No one’s gonna make the time for it Leave it hanging like we do Pin it up there where it’s true Let it fly a calculated path Round and round but always coming back Shining bright in the blue skies above So no one dare look at what’s down below Watching out for their belief Always treading near the unseen Losing sight of what it’s like to be Looking up to find the truth Wonder if it could break loose Flying in highly erratic ways Wonder if it will come back again Shining bright but from so far away Still, its light will pave the path ahead
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Unevening Ground 05:56
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I’ll have the fruit and the seeds I know what’s best for all these So I’ll make the call Would wonder how to feel free If there was any time to be Or just time at all The promise of a distant place Wherever issues are erased Putting dreams up for sale Can’t let up and lose the race Hoping to find some space In a world that’s derailed Unevening ground Cracks begin to show, two worlds taped as one Dissipating clouds, unevening ground Now it’s time to start the show, please make your own self right at home Sit down and enjoy the treat, thrilling product of receipt Get ready for the flight of dreams, just fight your way into the ring Don’t worry if you fall behind, there is always next time Seize control of all that’s left Take everything you can get And also all you can’t Struggling to make way back home If there’s such a thing anymore Amidst all of the wreck Unevening ground Anytime that I wish, anywhere I will be flown to Anything that I touch, anyone will do such as I want Civilization needs control Not the time to believe, not a place to stop and find a dream Not the way to go on if no one can ever come along Civilization’s not for everyone We hope you’ve enjoyed the show, we and they gave it our all Looking forward to next time whenever you so desire As the curtains close again, the backstage sleeps in unrest One more chance slips through their grasp, surely this will be the last Unevening ground Cracks begin to show, two worlds taped as one Dissipating clouds, unevening ground
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Civilization 04:49
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Hear the calling in the skies above The chance to bring it all under control Follow lines that fall before you Tear through lies as you’re told to This is what you’ll do Sing along a song with no face Let all of your scars be erased Leave behind the world as you know You’ve long sensed it was gonna fall Don’t open the door There is nothing more Blinding out the wider scope Forcing out belief and hope In dreams that belong to no one Wave a flag that isn’t yours There’s no civilization left for anyone to speak No civilization left for anyone to think No civilization left for anyone to live See the light as it’s drained away You won’t survive as long as they have their way You can’t decline without breaking through Know the lies to know what you’ll do Fake it no more Let it all go Widening the frame Make it cover all Answering the call And now to take aim There’s no civilization left for anyone to speak No civilization left for anyone to think No civilization left for anyone to live And there’s no civilization left for anyone to see No civilization left for anyone to hear No civilization left for anyone to be
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Deadlock 01:48
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Standing their ground, staring ahead There’s no way out, never mind a way back As unrest drowns time to a halt The crowd awaits for someone to break them out Their arms readied In heads willing The fires readied Ready it all to fall
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War 02:18
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I came to show off what you don’t have Waiting to hear out the pleas of the rash Words they will never be able to take back One after another they will all crack Can’t take anymore Watch as the smiles rain down from above Nothing to smile at if they were on their own No one can keep up with how it’s all become The world’s on fire yet under control Can’t take anymore War, war No more time to be here, that’s clear Count their time to be, break free War
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Fall in Red 02:30
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Here is the meeting you’ve all been waiting for Hard to open the door knowing what it leads into It’s the time to do, the time to break through You are going to bleed, you know what to believe Wipe the array, make it all our way And fall in red Living or dead, we will go ahead And fall in red A moment to take it in and breathe it out Don’t stop now Watching the petals soar up and down Make them proud Wipe the array, make it all our way And fall in red Living or dead, we will go ahead And fall in red
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Aftermath 04:27
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Sense the trembling of the soul and what it feels to die Fulfill your only one role to buy a slice of time The never ending push for more will take it all away What’s any of this worth at the end of the day So we wonder what’s up next, gathering whatever’s left In envy of those who rest, a blessing we’re denied Have to write another way or just find another way Is there really any way to swim against the tide We tried, but I There’s nothing left in sight and nowhere left to hide Aftermath surrounds the view, blocking every way through There’s no way out, nothing else you’re about Aftermath is all there is, repent for all your sins Falling so high up in the air How can we fly down back there Waking the mind, looking alive Gotta keep trying to get up again Raise it all back up again and make it all your own Never waste another day, never waste at all That which you have so long desired reveals itself once more And at the end of it all, what will it be worth
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Out of Track 04:00
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It’s the end of the line and the time for something new Everything that goes through won’t come out alike Leave it all in waiting for a time no one can see Take it for what it be and for what it ain’t Never look down, it’s always deep down Into the never ending black Hold, holding on so it won’t crack Don’t, don’t you dare ever look back Even out of track See the air standing still, and moving in the same place Can’t make sense of the ways any of this feel Never look down, it’s always deep down Into the never ending black Hold, holding on so it won’t crack Don’t, don’t you dare ever look back Even out of track Never out of track
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Belief 04:55
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Hold onto all you do All you see, all you fear The time draws near for it to leak And make it all as can be Let the light burn right through It’s only the way it should Dig deep down and find somehow A way for it to reach out And swim back up as we push on To shift the tide forevermore As the world refinds its breath Hear the calling once again That which was long desired This is finally our time Within all truths and lies Beliefs and intents alike Take the wheel, make the call And go ahead one last time Roam the fire, and make it tread Over all that can’t feel Can’t be blind to what can’t be Cannot wait to really see That which was long desired This is finally our time Within all truths and lies Beliefs and intents alike
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Spin the Fire Wheel 06:13
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They’re just in time to put it in motion They’ll fall in line for now and the future They couldn’t wake for what couldn’t be This is the end you’ve waited to see Watch it alight with each step further Never too bright for good old workers We’ve gone astray from our foundations Show them the way to civilization Burn it down, it’s their time to fall Stop the change, and the thoughts of all They will never stop the engine from spinning round Around, around It will carry on and loud Their cries drowned Can’t break the sound There’s no more how Taketh in life, taketh in death Take one by one, our pleasure Squeezing their time to the last breath This is the wheel we treasure Spin around, round and round Never will be found out Walk along the way, in vain, you can’t recall Walk on and on, and on, and off Taketh in life, taketh in death Take one by one, our pleasure Squeezing their time to the last breath This is the wheel we treasure Spin around, round and round Never will be found out
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Time Ran Out 06:45
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Drifting away from the loud and the heat Better astray than to hear one more tick We’re all out of time and got nowhere to be The next in line will be another repeat We’ve been made obsolete Turning away from the skies above There’s no room left when it’s all in control Look to the skies while fulfilling the role It still flies and shines, but not quite like before It’s led here all along Time ran out on me Time ran out to be Time ran out for this Time ran out in peace Looking to soar ever higher above Can’t keep no more track of what was before Taking for granted what’s certain to come Flooding the pipes well into the beyond And time will be all yours Never think of time no more And as we pierce the cloud Spreading wires around Bring it all back down Staying out of sight Until the time is right To undo the flight Watch the cracks spreading everywhere All that’s left shouldn’t even be there Think in blank and never care Only thank we still have air Time ran out on me Time ran out to be Time ran out for this Time ran out, it’s bliss Witness the sky alight, burst into the night Break on through the wall, tear apart it all See what was to be, make it destiny If their wish would rhyme, it’s the end of time It all comes crashing down, nothing left to call Civilization, was it ever one See what was to be, make it destiny If their wish would rhyme, it’s the end of time

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released June 15, 2022

Music by Manuel Zuzek
Artwork by Daniel Świderski @swideer.art

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Across is a project that aims to convey messages and tell stories through concept albums. Always striving to avoid pre-conceived structures, composer Manuel Zuzek develops a guitar-centric sound that wants only to be true to itself.

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