Ad Infinitum, by Scythe of Azrael

Ad Infinitum

by Scythe of Azrael

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1.	Concrete Cage 06:55	lyrics	buy track
Concrete Cage I’m in this concrete cage making minimum wage. With deep regret, I accept these chains. I have to make it through the week so I can get paid… Keep telling myself I’ll get out of here someday. I’ve watched dreams die right before my eyes. How much more must we compromise? How much more can we sacrifice? I want to life before I die. It’s a beautiful day as I waste away, Counting the profit someone else has made. No one wants to be here and yet we remain, In this concrete prison, this concrete cage. This isn’t right. It’s all so clear. If this moment is all that we have, Why am I wasting it here? I have to make sure my bills are paid on time. I pay someone for shelter so that I can survive. I pay them for water, for heat and for light, When all of these things I can find right outside. The passerby tell me I should be outside. The sky is the truest blue it’s been in a while. Yet I sit at this desk going through files. I can’t help but feel like I’m wasting my life. Go to school, get a job, buy a house, have a kid. So many people telling us how to live. No one wants to be here and then they forget, Just why they’ve volunteered themselves for this.
2.	Scythe of Arzael - Desperate Machine 05:18	lyrics	buy track
Desperate Machine Wait… it’s not so bad. So they say, anyway. I know that we’re living a lie. They say freedom isn’t- If you fake another smile While you’re dying inside, I just don’t see how I can survive. You know that we’re living a lie, They say freedom isn’t- Revolve around the TV, So much better than reality. Propaganda tastes like candy. You fuel this machine with your apathy. You let them break you, You let them make you A bolt in this machine. All your time spent alive… What does it mean in the end? Too afraid to live, to afraid to die. You shove it down inside. They say quitters never win Until they buy a gun And they paint their final masterpiece With a bullet on their tongue. You let them break you, You let them make you This chemically induced Heaven. Wait, so many reasons to live. Come on, don’t do it! You’ve got so much to give. But no one ever takes it, And no one gives a shit. They drool over their TV sets, Programmed by the government. We know that we’re living a lie, They say freedom isn’t- They know that they’re telling a lie, They say freedom isn’t- You helped them build this desperate machine. You let them convince you that freedom isn’t free.
3.	Pendulum 07:58	lyrics	buy track
Pendulum Walking down this writhing path, Exhaustion, setting in. Nothing’s static, nothing lasts. The only definite is change. All I see is fading fast. I know this is how it begins. Receding, what if there’s no turning back, As the pendulum swings? Everything becomes one As we revolve around a dying sun. Spiraling up or down, Back and forth, round and round. Don’t speak, I can see your intentions, Lingering in the air. Swirling, penetrating my perception, Feel it holding you there. Rationality will bind itself, A snake biting its own tail. It’s complex in its simplicity. In every paradox lies infinity. Everything is the same, Coming through in violent waves. The pendulum, it swings, And we forget we are the same. Waiting for the answers to come. Transcending nothing with my name.
4.	Shapeshift 05:08	info	buy track
5.	Samsara 03:58	info	buy track
6.	The End 05:30	lyrics	buy track
The End This is the end. This is the end of me. So this is how it has to be? This is the end... of me. Dwelling in the dawn of all sorrow, Desolate and still as a shadow, The cold and darkness that not many know, Rears it's ugly head again. Dripping with silence it makes it's way, Capturing me, consuming the day. The shadows grieve as the light goes away. I'm left with all I could have said. There is some madness that can't be contained. There are some evils that can not be named. I can't help but laugh at how I thought I knew pain. I would give anything to feel that good again.
7.	Fateless 07:35	lyrics	buy track
Fateless You told me that this was never meant to be, Thinking that would console me. It might have worked if I believed in destiny, But I am fateless. This perennial garden of sedated spirits lies Still in the evening light. If you listen close enough, You can hear fate deteriorate, As your body dies. Slow decay will tear through this body. Until then, the present is mine to keep. Now I see, and all I want is some solitude. Will I face my end with no regrets? What will become of every face I forget? Now you see, and I’ll leave you to your solitude.
8.	God is Dead and So am I 04:31	lyrics	buy track
God Is Dead and So Am I Heads are bowed as widows cry, Out into a blood red sky, That was painted with the lives, That had been lost on that night. “I will dry your tears.” She said, “None of them are truly dead. They'll always live on in your hear. The after life is not so dark.” I had looked her in the eyes. “God is dead and so am I,” I uttered and walked away. She knew not what else to say. Speechless standing on the stone, That peered upon their cold, dead bones, She bowed her head and said a prayer, For all the souls lost on that night. “I can't reach you under dirt,” I fell to my knees on the earth, And grasped the grass with my hands, Remembering all of our plans. They were slaughtered in the woods, Murdered for no greater good. The death of thousands for what cause? How could one bare such a loss? “What will I do without you?” I lied above his earthly tomb. “How could I ever go on, Knowing you're forever gone?” “He's not gone.” A voice promised. She bent down and gently kissed, His tombstone marked like all the others. I looked up to see his mother. She said, “He's with us now, with God above, Looking down on us with love. He would want us to believe. He would hate to see us grieve.” That's when my heart broke in two, I could not bare to speak the truth. There are no gods or after life, Just lies made for those alive. “I'm sure he is.” I mumbled then, I stood and wiped dirt off my hands. With that final lie... I thought... God is dead and so am I.
9.	The Wanderer 07:20	lyrics	buy track
Why, why, why? He calls out to the twilight. Always questioning this world, Always questioning this life. The wanderer walks...
10.	Mankind's Reflection 04:58	lyrics	buy track
Mankind’s Reflection Watch the empires rise and fall. I know we’ve been here for too long. Cascading through this masquerade, Humanities never ending charade. They gave me this mask at birth, They called it a name. They gave me a number and the paperwork, Then they said The strongest men, they cry, When the youngest men die. And the honest men, they lie When faced with consequence. As you’re searching through this broken glass, For a shard of truth, You’ll find nothing there but emptiness Staring back at you. Consume and consume just like they tell you to, History’s repeating itself again. The poor fight the wars and the rich pull the strings, This is how it has always been. We’ve run out of land and we’ve turned to the sky, Dividing it with our invisible lines. The earth quakes trying to shake us from its back. Do we deserve to survive?
11.	Life Dies. Death Lives. 06:11	info	buy track
12.	This Time 05:17	lyrics	buy track
This Time This time, I know you're gone This time, I'm left alone... This time, I can't go home to You, I know you're gone. This time I can not find a reason, Autumn was your favorite season, You didn't live to see it this year. This time your body has become ash, And poured upon a waterfall, A waterfall that's far away from me. You always spoke of Heaven, But I don't believe in angels or devils, I can only hope that you've found some sort of peace, I can only wish that you could hear me. This time I'm sorry I left you, All alone when you called my name. I should have been there when you closed your eyes, For the last time. Mother, I know you're gone, This time, I'm left alone, Mother, you're always in my dreams, This time, I hope you've found peace. This time. Mother, mother 4x They should have left me alone to say goodbye. They should have left me alone so that I could cry. I love you so much and now you've died. Your life was a tragedy, I'm sorry I wasn't there. I didn't want to say goodbye. I didn't want to let you go! I should have been there when you closed your eyes. I'm sorry that you had to die alone. This time. Mother. 4x

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released June 11, 2008

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Scythe of Azrael Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Scythe of Azrael was a melodic, metal band consisting of members Amanda Wyckoff, Andrew Stubbs, Sara Neidorf and Brian Stubbs. They disbanded in 2008.