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A Life Wasted Part 1
19:06
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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...
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2. |
I Was Dust
07:40
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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...
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3. |
Yellow And Blue
10:46
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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
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4. |
Ozone
03:08
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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.
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A Life Wasted Part 2
16:06
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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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Epic progressive rock from Sweden. Third album Love's Bright Light out on November 5th.
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