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A Fearful Wonder

by KOZEN

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1.
There’s so much you won’t let go So gripped by the emptiness You won’t show it but I know You’ve sunken into distress All that you refuse to face Leaves you guarded and austere Hiding an arcane disgrace And living enslaved to fear Don’t you want to feel a little more alive And live with open eyes? ‘Cause if you can believe, you’ll find you’re just in time To leave it all behind You have carried endless war Inside of your mind Picture now an open door And take back the time Don’t you wanna feel a little more alive And live with open eyes? ‘Cause if you can believe, you’ll find you’re just in time To leave it all behind With open eyes Don’t you wanna feel a little more alive And live with open eyes? ‘Cause if you can believe, you’ll find you’re just in time To leave it all behind
2.
They said there was nothing out there But what has always been Worlds eternal that never did begin An infinite regression And quietly I've longed for something else But where's the truth to tell When someone's truth is false to someone else And thoughts unwrite themselves? I feel this mystery (It's so real to me) Show me your reality Beyond the lies they share, They're rooted in thin air Let me see the mystery Around us everywhere In thin air They said you had come from somewhere else Older than time itself Worlds above us sent a message down And somehow I never found out. "Show me your reality Let me see the mystery" Show me your reality Beyond the lies they share, They're rooted in thin air Let me see the mystery Around us everywhere In thin air
3.
Steel 05:02
Light me in the forge and forge me in the light Teach my soul to stand, my soul to stand and fight (I) Steel myself to test the steel that’s burning bright Teach my soul to stand, my soul to stand and fight Oh my soul to stand and fight Formless ore to brandished blade A transformation wrought by pain Born of hammer, born of flame Born again with a new name Arms made strong to bear the sword Are first to bear the cross Victory the true reward Of those who learn from loss Light me in the forge and forge me in the light Teach my soul to stand, my soul to stand and fight (I) Steel myself to test the steel that’s burning bright Teach my soul to stand, my soul to stand and fight Oh my soul to stand and fight And all that burns away was never meant to stay Scorched and tortured into shape With every strike the hammer makes A living weapon, loathe to fate So stick me back into the blaze Sharpen the edge of my defense Scars will forget the blood they’ve bled So bleed Bleed Light me in the forge and forge me in the light Teach my soul to stand, my soul to stand and fight (I) Steel myself to test the steel that’s burning bright Teach my soul to stand, my soul to stand and fight Oh my soul to stand and fight
4.
Waveway 04:24
Love I need I give away Love in vain – the price I pay Love I need I give away I’ve trained my heart for this mistake So there’s a singer on the stereo Who said he had a little love that he spread too thin Now perfectly lonely is the song I know Cause only I know how I’ve spread my sin Indictment comes when I least expect Rebuking this inclination They wage their war with no respect Make love – make war, these passions wreck Until my heart learns to love right I give the love I need away Love I need I give away Love in vain – the price I pay Love I need I give away I’ve trained my heart for this mistake Evermore becoming fake It’s a sin sick wish I make One of many hearts I’ll break I’ve trained my heart for this mistake Awake before it so desires My heart lights me with this dark fire I make believe sincerity If I can't think that I'm even worth saving I will bleed disregard And so watch them wave as they fade (images all float away) Misappropriated passion spawns bewilderment Vanity presumed on its right time And thought you were mine Love I need I give away Love in vain – the price I pay Love I need I give away I’ve trained my heart for this mistake Evermore becoming fake It’s a sin sick wish I make One of many hearts I’ll break I’ve trained my heart for this mistake Regret knows my name, Regret knows my face, My hand, Your heart torn through your ribcage And through skin I never meant for you to truly let me in.
5.
To The Wind 04:03
Throw it away to the wind and start again We built a wall made out of words To try to keep us safe We built that wall into towers With keepers at the gates Now I want to find out what is real Not just what they told me I should feel I saw a light from the outside A window opened wide And if I don’t belong here in this place Let the walls give way; they can’t keep me safe And if the words are wrong, find out what’s fake Throw it away to the wind and start again Backspace on bricks around the frame Remove the windowpanes The wind could blow this house away Erase the phrases out of place My faith, my heart rose to the wind And I don’t know where it will lead me I don’t know where to begin But I’ll take my chances just to find a firmer foundation And if I don’t belong here in this place Let the walls give way; they can’t keep me safe And if the words are wrong, find out what’s fake Throw it away to the wind and start again Let the walls give way Let the walls give way Backspace what’s fake, throw it away They can’t keep me safe I’ll hold to my faith and find a new way I’ll find a new way And if I don’t belong here in this place Let the walls give way; they can’t keep me safe And if the words are wrong, find out what’s fake Throw it away to the wind and start again And if I don’t belong here in this place Throw it away to the wind and start again And if the words are wrong, find out what’s fake Throw it away to the wind and start again Throw it away to the wind and start again
6.
Take The Sky 07:16
Taken hostage from skies where I once flew My heart is chained and my wings removed Tethered to the earth, taking undesired root The heavy, fettered birth from seed to bitter fruit For my wings I wait in the silence Keeping my eyes trained on the horizon When they bloom from me, I’ll fly away I’ll take the sky, I’ll take the sky today Sever the ties, the stitches that they used To bind me down, to serve the ground I’m ready now For my wings to bloom For my wings I wait in the silence Keeping my eyes trained on the horizon When they bloom from me, I’ll fly away I’ll take the sky, I’ll take the sky today Fly away Run, and fall, and rise again For no fall is ever the end Lift me up to where I belong Let the weak say “I am strong” For my wings I wait in the silence Keeping my eyes trained on the horizon When they bloom from me, I’ll fly away I’ll take the sky, I’ll take the sky today No imprisonment to circumstance Hope is endless No destiny but liberty Convalesce Sever the ties, the stitches that they used To bind me down, I’m ready now To fly away
7.
Release the lamentation, the anguish in a burning lung For all the devastation that’s only just begun The mandibles of sorrow have come to drag away the world The season of the locust, the sickly skyward swirl So never let my spirit break; We will begin again Never let my spirit break, and I’ll embrace the end Never let my spirit break; We will begin again Never let my spirit break, and I’ll embrace the end Provoke the day of darkness; The ancient hand strikes the field The army comes devouring, reversing Eden’s yield So gather all the people whose hope has still survived The day for dreams to come alive has arrived So never let my spirit break; We will begin again Never let my spirit break, and I’ll embrace the end Never let my spirit break; We will begin again Never let my spirit break, and I’ll embrace the end When the world is wrapped in dread wonder Brother, sister, just look up Don’t be fearful when you hear the thunder Blood and fire means it’s only just begun As the sun goes dark it truly seems That the whole world’s sight’s gone blind But the sons and daughters dream their dreams For they know that it is time And the locust season sinks its teeth Into every faithless mind But the children dream their father’s dream For they know that it is time Never let my spirit break; We will begin again Never let my spirit break, and I’ll embrace the end Never let my spirit break; We will begin again Never let my spirit break, and I’ll embrace the end
8.
Nail 04:05
Don’t you know just what you’re made of? Child I see you there Regretting all you couldn’t be A fearful wonder when you wake up ‘Cause you were unaware That you have a destiny Nail the lid shut on your past The casket for your doubts Who you're meant to be is yours for finding out Don’t be satisfied with a compromise When you realize that you’re worth so much more Don’t be scared to try; raise your colours high If you don’t then I’m afraid you’ll never know You’re a child of eternity Seen by Divine eyes Bought by sacrifice And led into the light Nail your colours to the mast And let the whole world know You’re not scared to face the danger on your own Don’t be satisfied with a compromise When you realize that you’re worth so much more Don’t be scared to try, raise your colours high If you don’t then I’m afraid you’ll never know Someday you will wake, and you won’t run away Don’t be satisfied with a compromise When you realize that you’re worth so much more Don’t be scared to try, raise your colours high If you don’t then I’m afraid you’ll never know
9.
Show me my hubris and my abuses All my excuses become elusive Another broken vow today Another price I couldn’t pay Another nail in hands that save I let my promise break Oh, it’s burning in my mind How I can’t face all my mistakes or bring them to the light No, I’m running out of time And I can’t face my judgment day if I can’t make this right My mind’s a ruthless internal Judas This voice abuses, tells me I’m useless Another hour wastes away Another selfish word to say Another nail in hands that save I let my promise break Oh, it’s burning in my mind How I can’t face all my mistakes or bring them to the light No, I’m running out of time And I can’t face my judgment day if I can’t make this right It’s time to go; terror grips my throat Death calls, I know just why the bell tolls I stand alone at the judgment throne Guilt breaks these bones There’s no way that I could atone Oh, it’s burning in my mind How I can’t face all my mistakes or bring them to the light No, I’m running out of time And I can’t face my judgment day if I can’t make this right Oh, I can’t believe my eyes But I’ve seen grace replace mistakes with perfect sacrifice And though I fall a thousand times I will remain to rise again and stand to face the light
10.
Red Sky 04:36
Burning, oh the sky is burning Holy red lights dazzling this judgment day Yearning, I can feel the yearning Of the lawless jaws that long to carry me away Light, erase this age Scarlet lights - the sky’s so blinding I’m ready for the foe that finds me Watching all the world unwinding now Crumbling down Scarlet lights - the end is nearing See the signs that you’ve been fearing Blood for a world running weary now All around Watching the world unravelling The earth begins to sing itself to sleep Slumber for this perishing age But come and wake the graves Empty graves, greet the morning Come awake O Behold! The end inaugurates a new forever Baptize it in blood And let the world rise up in flames Come hell and high Heaven Let light erase this age Erase this age Scarlet lights - the sky’s so blinding I’m ready for the foe that finds me Watching all the world unwinding now Crumbling down Scarlet lights - the end is nearing Open hearts no longer fearing Blood for a world running weary now All around Look to the red skies

credits

released June 7, 2019

Maxwell Kozen: Vocals, Guitars, Programming/Synth, Bass
Sidone Harrison: Keys, Synth, Vocals
Jericho Leal: Guitars
Jared Leal: Drums, Percussion
Antonia Lawrence: Additional Vocals (Tracks 4, 7, 8, 10)

All songs written & arranged by Maxwell Kozen, Jericho Leal, Jared Leal, and Sidone Harrison.

Produced by KOZEN & Stephen James Kerr
Mixed & Mastered by Stephen James Kerr (musicbysteves.com)

Cover art by Tyler Dooks (www.instagram.com/mad_average/)

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