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Ambivalence: A Threat To The I

by CARDINAL

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ANHEDONIA 17:26
-LYRICS- DO YOU REMEMBER THOSE BLISSFUL DAYS? INOCENT LAUGHS WERE OUR WALLS NO WORRIES COULD BREAK 'EM THROUGH EVERYTHING WAS EASY WE USED TO SIT AND WATCH HIM GROW THE SEED BY WHICH WE LIVED FOR BETRAYED BY TRUST TO FIND YOUR BETTER HALF THE SHINE IN THE EYES OF MY CHILD HER LAST BREATH FEELING HELPLESS AND NUMB HIS VOICE TAKES ME HOME THERE IS WHERE I BELONG AND MEANS NOTHING, NOTHING TO ME NOW WHITE SHINING WALL BLURS INSIDE MY HEAD TURNS AROUND I CAN SEE MYSELF LYING IN A SILENT PLACE COULD IT BE A CHILDHOOD MEMORY? NOW I SEE IT'S REAL NOT JUST AN ILLUSION MEANINGLESS LIFE IN ISOLATION RAVENOUS ENVY SOLITUDE IT WAS LATE WHEN I REALICED THEY WERE GONE FOREVER AND I'M LOST IN MYSELF IT'S TOO SOON TO BE ALONE AND I'M LOOSING MY MIND AND I'M STRAYED WITHOUT YOU HEY BROTHER, WHY THE HELL DO YOU CARE? HERE I AM, FROM NOW ON I'LL TAKE THE REST LET YOURSELF GO I LOOK, AND MY REFLECTION IS EMPTY ONLY THE STRANGER IN ME STARES BACK, IN SHADOWS I WILL BE KING, JUST LET ME IN I EMBRACE THIS DEAL, WHO COULD REFUSE? I CAN BE HIM, AS HE CAN BE ME A THREAT TO THE I I WAS WAITING FOR THE WORLD TO END, BUT IT NEVER ENDS WHERE DO WE LEAVE OUR MARK? WE WERE MENT TO BE TOGETHER, FOREVER WE CHOOSE TO EXIST IN THE LACK OF CHOICES SOMETIMES YOU LEARN THE HARD WAY THERE WAS A TIME WHEN LIFE WAS SIMPLE, THEN THE STORM BETRAYED BY TRUST TO FIND YOUR BETTER HALF THE SHINE IN THE EYES OF MY CHILD HER LAST BREATH FEELING HELPLESS AND NUMB HIS VOICE TAKES ME HOME THERE IS WHERE I BELONG AND MEANS NOTHING, NOTHING TO ME NOW BETRAYED BY TRUST TO FIND YOUR BETTER HALF (AND THEN NOTHING) THE SHINE IN THE EYES OF MY CHILD HER LAST BREATH (AND THEN NOTHING) FEELING HELPLESS AND NUMB HIS VOICE TAKES ME HOME (AND THEN NOTHING) THERE IS WHERE I BELONG AND MEANS NOTHING, NOTHING TO ME NOW
2.
-LYRICS- What can you see beyond the shades (of grey)? Stare at the mirror. It's you, just you, awake! I am not able to clearly see a path, the path of reality. Sleepless i cannot reach those blinding lights. Will you face the beast holding on your dreams? Locked within. It's me, just me, asleep. Cold sweat sliding down the spine Trembling hands stroke my arms The splitting sound of grinding teeth, pierces my mind again. You cannot drive you life I own the night. Don't try to come this side I own the night. No, you can't disguise Cause I own the night. Don't expect an easy ride I own, i own the night. Where do your demons dwell, waiting to prevail? Swallow the poison. Hear'em calling from the deepest dale. Together we can walk as one, infinitely multiplied Bound to a shattered realm of ache. Undivided. You cannot drive you life I own the night. Don't try to come this side I own the night. No, you can't disguise Cause I own this fucking night. Don't expect an easy ride I own, i rule inside. I rule inside. -----------------------------------------------------------
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-LYRICS- NO LAST SHOT, I´M INVINCIBLE CAN´T BEAT ME, JUST TRY ME I´LL CRUSH YOU DOWN TO THE FLOOR MY HEART PUMPS SWEET ADRENALINE ONE LAST CHANCE TO BLOW IT LET THE SHOWDOWN BEGIN “YOU´RE DEAD MEAT”, FUCK OFF CRAZY BITCH MAN, I CAN´T BELIEVE HOW I CAME HERE OH DAMN YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING WALLS START TO FALL, SHADOWS GROW HOLLOW EYES THAT DRILL TO THE BONE COME ON, THE HUNT IS ON, PREPARE FOR MORE IT´S ME WHO´S HEADING THE RUN I´M HEADING THE RUN I KNOW I´M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, DRIFTING AWAY I´M ALWAYS DROWNING INTO JUNK DON´T YOU DARE TO JUDGE ME I KNOW I´M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BITTER INMATE I´M ALWAYS DROWNING, I WAS KING, NOW I´M OBSOLETE I´M OBSOLETE LIFE MAY DECAY BUT THOUGHT STILL PREVAIL WILL BE MY HAVEN FOR TOMORROW I KNOW I´M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, DRIFTING AWAY I´M ALWAYS DROWNING INTO JUNK DON´T YOU DARE TO JUDGE ME I KNOW I´M RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BITTER INMATE I´M ALWAYS DROWNING, I WAS KING, NOW I´M OBSOLETE I´M OBSOLETE
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-LYRICS- NEVER SEEN COLORS FILL PERCEPTION ENDLESS OCEAN OF DEAFINING WHISPERS NOW THE RELISH OF A MILLION SCENTS, SCRAMBLE AGAINST THE ITCH WITHIN *DENIAL * “I AM ALIVE IN THE PRIME OF LIFE I OWN THE NIGHT, THIS WORLD IS MINE, AND I DON´T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT THE CONSECUENCE” *BARGAINING * “HOW LONG, HOW LONG I HAVE? CAN YOU PURGE MY SINS IF I PLEDGE? TURNING BACK MEANS IMPROVE TO ME I USED TO DIVE IN THE RIPTIDE” EMBRACE LIFE SEIZE TIME ASSUME WHAT IS TO COME TAKE A BREATH, THINK TWICE ASSUME YOU ARE NOT ALONE *ANGER * “WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME? GNAW, TO GNAW YOUR BONES TO DUST” *DEPRESSION * “NO MORE BRIDGES TO CROSS THERE´S NO LIFE WITHOUT REGRETS EXISTANCE IS JUST A WORTHLESS ENDEAVOR NEVER MIND THE CHOICE, FOR IT'S SET TO FAIL” EMBRACE LIFE SEIZE TIME ASSUME WHAT IS TO COME TAKE A BREATH, THINK TWICE ASSUME YOU ARE NOT ALONE *ACCEPTANCE * “TRANSITION. DEAD LINE. WHO KNOWS WHAT LIES BEYOND?”

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released March 6, 2015

Music & Lyrics by CARDINAL
Mixed and mastered by Anti Horrillo in "Casa de la Música studios" (Madrid)
Guest Bass - Edu Fernández
Backing Vocals & Vocal Coaching - Leo Jiménez
Artwork by Tamara Kadoura

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CARDINAL Madrid, Spain

In 2010 the band recorded their first concept album entitled “Black Dawn”, in “Casa de la Música” studio (Madrid) where bands like Leo Jimenez, Stravaganzza, or Supra, have recorded their albums.

New single, "Diametrally Converse Paradigm", was released in november 2013.

The band is currently working in a new album, a transmedia proyect that includes 5 new songs, 3 videos and illustration.
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