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1. |
Finally See Myself
09:00
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FINALLY SEE MYSELF
This prison I was caught in
Eventually forgotten
(These) shackles of the mind, they were my own
Constantly suppressing
A saviour with a blessing
Smiling towards the grave, I should have known
My ghosts are now too tired to fight
They lay it on the line tonight
And I finally see myself
The writing’s on the wall for me
Cold hard truth at last when we
Can finally see ourselves
Breaking down, and just like before I have hit rock bottom
But this time I’m not alone
Eyes opened and I don’t
See how I’ll ever go back
To a place so black
I was not supposed to find my way back home
But I finally see myself
The voices I was hearing
Are slowly dissappearing
As I recall a friend from long ago
I panic through the nightmares
Trying to find a spot where
A ray of light protects from the unknown
Open your mind and you’ll find you cannot see the world like before
Suddenly though you can feel in your soul you areå living once more
All you ever wanted is here
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2. |
Some Take To The Stars
18:00
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SOME TAKE TO THE STARS
What is it worth?
When our lives are on the scales with progressing
When our lives are on the scales
What is it worth?
How come they shout?
When there's no one there to hear them reaching out
'Cause we look the other way
How come they shout?
We spend our gold for a higher purpose, aiming for that dusty surface red
At least that's what they said
Friendly eyes but dark within, saying there's a race to win
People are dying but I'm taking off, taking off
What have I done?
Spent so many years preparing for this day
Yeah I spent so many years
What have I done?
They send me off their greatest hero
A million miles away to where oh no
Where you can never go
To claim a world not ours to claim
Getting close I'm not the same
People are dying but I'm taking off, taking off
What we tell ourselves is downright deceptive
It’s all about perspective
What’s right and what is wrong
The time is right to show a little compassion
Take a little action
Not just stand by
And not ask why
We race towards the sky
You people are dying but I'm taking off, oh God
Call me anything it’s all the same
For what’s in a name
I’ve seen a thousand horrors in these lands
Fought and lived, Blood is on my hands
I’ve tried to tell ya, time and time again but you said no
This living hell I’m going through you’ll never know
Come
And let the rain pour down
Let the shade of clouds
Still my raging mind
Let the chains that bind
Fall to the ground
Let this broken man
Escape the desert sand
And live my life like it’s supposed to be
Pick me up and carry me
Looking down at the tracks
My million dollar grave
I’m so tired of faking a smile
Tired of trying to be brave
The more it hurts, the more this shadow falls
Burying all sense, it’s thick damp and dense
A colossus on my chest
A city where the streets are paved with gold
But hapiness escapes both young and old
Some take to the stars
Some live like there’s no tomorrow
Some work really hard
Or drink to drown the emptiness and sorrow
But we all run away
Sooner or later we run
They all run away
Til there’s no one left for me to even say goodbye
We tried to tell you, time and time again in so many ways
You took what you came for then left without a trace
Are we just blind?
That we can not see the billions left behind
Are they the price we pay for peace of mind?
But I can’t erase
The memory of the boy with the sad face
Still I looked the other way
It’s just a pale blue dot to me
Somehow it’s now so plain to see
This is all for us and not for them
The blind, the poor, sick and the lame
And all that love I stood to gain
Lost on a world I’ll never walk again
As I race towards a bitter end
There’s not enough pride to pretend
You people are dying but I’m taking off
Taking off, taking off, oh God
So come
Let your rain pour down
Bring those heavy clouds
We’re all raging blind
Let these chains that bind
Shatter by the sound
Of when you lead us right
Out of the pitch black night
Back into the light
Back into the light
Back into light
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3. |
Hopelessness
05:18
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HOPELESSNESS
I telephone
The radio
There’s a stranger listening
Try to open up
There’s so little time
And I’m on my own again
Love is so far away
It cannot even be, no way I can believe there is hope or meaning
I’ll face another day
Some twenty senseless hours in the rain
Take my pain
The hopelessness I’m drowning in
So at loss I don’t know where to begin
It’s got me feeling so ashamed
And I can’t put to words how much I’m drained
Desperate for just one thing to hold on to
It’s getting late
And all this weight upon my shoulders pushing down
Darkness won’t wait
Soon surrounding me
An empty street
Wish I could sleep
I can hear them singing
So full of joy
And friendly warmth
Man how I just wish they’d care
Life just feels miles away
Not close to what it was, I’m stranded they say it’s because of my condition
I can still hear them sing
There must be something more beyond the rain
Please take this pain
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KALEIDOREAL Sweden
Epic progressive rock from Sweden. Third album Love's Bright Light out on November 5th.
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