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Tempest II

from This Sundered World by Icarus Machine

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"It was never meant so. A lashing was all. But was it? Was this not always as it was? This is not known? Where did they go? Were they ever there, here, anywhere? And where, in this tempest, can home become not pain? Can pain again become home?"

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In this land, a broken garden.
A man tries to kill it to give it some light.
With his hands, with his hands.
(Hands of plaster and steel.)

In this garden, a broken tree that fell.
A woman tries to raise it from the dead.
With her hands, with her hands.
(There's no salvation here, not now, not ever)

You lie down to fly.
You live just to die.
Tell me why I should release you from fear
You love just to fight.
Confess all your lies.
When your eyes go dry then how do you know to cry.
(There's no salvation here.)

In your land, a broken ocean.
A school where the fish becomes a man.
But his hands, but his hands.
(Hands made of old steel.)

In that land, a broken mountain.
Where creatures try to dig down out of the light.
With their hands, with their hands.
(There's no salvation here, not now, not ever.)

You lie down to fly.
You live just to die.
Tell me why I should release you from fear
(You'll find no salvation here, not now, not ever.)

You love just to fight.
Confess all your lies.
When your eyes go dry then how do you know to cry.

See this world.
If it's raining that's me crying.
See that city.
If it's burning that's me tired of trying.
See that man.
He carries his eyes in a box made of brass.
He says.
Have you seen my children?
I can't see my children.
(Don't ask for your salvation here, not now, not ever.)

You lie down to fly.
You live just to die.
Tell me why I should release you from fear
You love just to fight.
Confess all your lies.
When your eyes go dry then how do you know to cry.
(There's no salvation, not here, not now, not ever)

You lie down to fly.
You live just to die.
Tell me why I should release you from fear
(Don't ask for your salvation here, not now, not ever.)

You love just to fight.
Confess all your lies.
When your eyes go dry then how do you know to cry.

Do you see this world.
Don't you wish it would rain.
Do you see this city.
Don't you wish it was gone.
Do you see that man.
He never had any children.

credits

from This Sundered World, track released August 12, 2016
Bill Babcock: Guitars, Keyboards, Drum Hackery
Jordi Ribas: Bass
Jenny K Brennan: Vocals, Lyrics

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Icarus Machine Lakeville, Massachusetts

Icarus machine formed 2015 with Bill Babcock (United States) as Maker of Music and Jenny K. Brennan (Canada) as Storyteller vocalist.
This Sundered World is steam-punk fiction which inspired our first album.
Jordi Ribas (Spain) joined the band on bass.
After the release of Corium, Ben Theobald (Ireland) joined as drummer.
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