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A Life Wasted

by KALEIDOREAL

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Mark Arnold A real surprise this one. I had never heard of any of the participants in this project before, but on this evidence, there will be much more to come. Really high quality Scandinavian music, and well worth an investment.
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1.
I don't even think anymore It's with me in my dreams, I do it in my sleep Can't recall what I was like before Been with me all my life, and though I've felt so many times I'm in too Deep I do nothing I say nothing I don't want to run anymore I don't want to care about who and what they see I wish I had an open door That I'd pass through tonight, and in a cleansing light I would just be me and truth would set me free I see a boy, eight years old He will believe almost any lie he's told A seed was planted on that day And ever since it has been growing, twisting, turning, stinging, burning, Cutting deeper all the time, growing stronger, intertwines, with my sense Of what is real, how I think and what I feel, how many years can this go On? I feel I'm turning to stone What a dark day it was And all because what one kid said to another What a cruel attack, now it's still on my back and to what extent does it Matter? Did I change? Or maybe the world did.. In here no one can find me The searching lights won't reach me here Up there the truth abides there All exposed and won't disappear Once I nearly made it To end this dumb charade I was so close But well on top, I just froze I stood up there a year or two It felt so good and still I knew I was sliding down God I was sliding down Here come the fools, losers on parade Know what they've done, watch them squirm watch them crawl in shame Take a good look at what your good God made All broken men they're in pain and they're afraid Here are the lowest of the low Get in, get down and find your place the one we know You've come to see the best of Me My speciality, the place to be Here are the lowest of the low Get in, get down and find your place the one we know It's you and me we're both to blame In the parade of guilt and shame Are you afraid to speak your mind? Afraid you'll get pushed down, beaten, left on the outside Afraid they do not like your kind? And you'll get laughed at, messed up, is that why you run and hide? Is this fear in control of your life? You are not alone, you'll be fine Jenny's made it alright She's alive today And Johnny got his share of trouble Kicked through the mud and the rubble 1)And so you are here to stay, I am with you every step of the way 2)And now you are here today, but I'm with you every step I'm the way Are you afraid of what they'd do? Is it enough to change your mind 'bout what you know is true What are the secrets that you keep? Let go just one step at a time before you take the leap Don't let them push you to the ground No let the truth inside be found And all that fear will melt away and no one can touch you Get up again and turn the cheek 'Cause love is strong, their hate is weak The you that's waiting 'hind the wall will make it alright too Jenny’s made it...
2.
I Was Dust 07:40
He was down on his luck and hopeless Enough to drown in despair and darkness Between the bottles and smoke Felt he was a joke The cruelest comedy Dreading his own reflection Everyday - A stranger without a soul It's safe to say life's not going my way But then whose way is it now? In his time he was strong and handsome He'd figure it out No matter what trouble would come But at the end of the day Was this aching in all his bones Dreading his life was ending Any day - his thoughts were racing so It took all he had just to get on his knees His search is over now I was dust, terrified Scattered across the ground Broken up, just waiting for the sound Of the storm, raging through my life But it never came, never showed All I've done, all I owed Washed away now She got up Packed her bags and left there In a strange twist of fate Starting over is never too late Looks like it's always been this way Everyday - a soul that's lost is found When the unexpected is all that we need And finally we see I was dust, terrified...
3.
Walking among the accepted On the right side of the fence Were the parachutes are handed out We're safe but afraid Ideals that stopped making sense And we forgot what we were all about We like to be included But we'd love to sit alone Saving the poor from the comfort of our homes And if they only knew what you did To make the world a better place You let them live by your grace Inside we're all so high on dreams and pleasure Behind the wall we built with all our treasure While on straws we are sipping, anothers' are slipping away Can't you hear them say We just want to stay Just want to stay alive another day Walking along we are the skeptics Open and accepting As long as you're like us And we'd love for you to be happy As long as it's not from religion While we look to our own selves We're all for security For us, not for the others And if we only knew what it takes To live on the other side Maybe we would open our eyes Inside we're all... Yellow and blue Is this really true Can someone explain all this madness in you Drunk on success We call this progress Losing our grip I'm afraid what comes next A folk without feeling A land that needs healing Building our lives on a stolen foundation Darkness disguised as the true liberation The rich and the famous cry on our screens While the sick and the dying Get lost in between Yellow and blue Is this really true Can someone explain all this madness in you One at a time We wave them goodbye Off to somewhere they might suffer or die A prize worth receiving? A lie worth believing? Blind to the souls in our streets in our malls As we sit safe behind our blood red walls The spoiled and the careless An ocean of excess Recklessly spending Blind or pretending On thousands of children We close the door As we try not to wonder what they're knocking for
4.
Ozone 03:08
i held you close you said goodbye i dropped you off and into the night you went on your way now and shadows rose across the sky i could hear them scoff as into the night, consumed by it, your silouette faded away on your way now but i won’t forget your smiling face this world of shadows can’t erase all my tears of joy as we embrace and now i have to let you go oh son expect the unexpected i wish i could protect you from it all please understand oh son you listen to your heart now and if we’ll be apart remember this that wherever it may lead you you do all that you need to as long as in the end you come back home i will always love you son.
5.
i can give you what you want if only you will tell a lie i can give you everything if only you would rather die than to face yourself there are days i dream of coming clean and picking up the pieces of what could have been i’ll try to work this puzzle out no matter what the cost i might just lose a friend or two be left outside for something i would say or do i need to work this out one way or another just like the seasons change and bring the sun just like the stream runs down and i’ll be on my way just as the morning comes in time the dark succ-mbs and i become my self again and i won’t run anymore just like the seasons change and bring the sun just like the stream runs down and i’ll be on my way just as the morning comes in time the dark succ-mbs and i become my self again there’s a part of me that’s a’ longin’ home who i want to be it knows where i’m coming from i can hear its silent voice when i’m forced to make a choice what i need to be it knows where i belong one step at a time all my life i will climb to be with you, alive and free and this time i hope they see one foot after the other we’re many let’s help one another on our way to you with hope that light shines through there’s a life to lead that i’m longing for and it’s real to me it’s all i’ve searching for when i look back on it all there’s such sadness in my soul but what it took from me i know will be restored one step at a time… i don’t want to run anymore i don’t want to lie anymore and i know there’s an open door and if i’d p-ss through tonight into that cleansing light i would just be me and truth would set me free and now here i am today, please be with me every step of the way

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released July 9, 2018

All songs written and arranged by Lars Granat.
KALEIDOREAL is:
Rikard Rynoson - Vocals
Lars Granat - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards
Sebastian Johammar - Drums

Guest musicians:
Bjorn Headlam - Additional keyboards on A Life Wasted Part 2.
Jonatan Bengtsson - Keyboards on I Was Dust
David Kallberg - Percussion, Nose flute

Mixed and mastered by Lars Granat

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Epic progressive rock from Sweden. Third album Love's Bright Light out on November 5th.

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