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AN OCEAN WITHIN is inspired by the element of water, translating the layers of the ocean to our level of connection with our inner self.
Layers of the ocean / Pelagic zones:
I Sunlight Zone
II Twilight Zone
III Midnight Zone
IV The Abyss
V The trenches
lyrics
AN OCEAN WITHIN
WEIGHTLESS
FLOATING ON THE SURFACE OF MYSELF
EARS IMMERSED YET DEAF TO TRUTH IT TELLS
WAITING
BLINDED EYES ARE DROWNING IN THE SUN
WAVES OF CRYSTAL AIR DELUGE MY LUNGS
SINKING
INTO THE OPEN DEPTH BENEATH MY SKIN
I EMBRACE THE SWAY OF EBB & FLOW
DRIFTING FURTHER
DRAWN TO AN UNKNOWN LATENT UNDERTOW
SEALED UNTIL I LET GO
CRYPTIC ECHOES FROM THE DEEP
NOW FORESHADOW
THE URGENT VOICE OF THESE SUNKEN MEMORIES
OF MY CONTROL'S DECEIT
VACANT
A TIRING SUN STILL FLICKERING ABOVE
AS TURBID EYES DELVE INTO PUREST DARK
WAKING
LEVITATING THROUGH OMNISCIENT BLACK
THE SOUND OF SYMMETRY IN PULSE AND BREATH
SO DEEP
I IMMERSED IN LISTENING TO ME
I EMBRACE THE SWAY OF EBB & FLOW
SINKING FURTHER
DRAWN TO THIS UNKNOWN LATENT UNDERTOW
UNSEALED AS I LET GO
LONG LOST WISDOM FROM THE DEEP
TO TRUST MY DISTANT
WHISPERING AND KEEP THE SALVAGED MEMORIES
OF MY CONTROL'S DECEIT
A VAST UNFOLDING REVELATION
AGAIN I DITHER OVER THIS ABYSS
THE WEIGH OF DAUNTING ASPIRATIONS
I CRAVE THE THRUST SO I DIVE INTO IT
BEYOND THE BLACK I SENSE MY DEMONS
TRAUMATIC SCENES DIVINED SO ANXIOUSLY
AND YET I KNOW I NEED TO FACE THEM
SO I MOVE ON FOR TRUTH TO PULL ME IN
AND I LET GO, I LET GO
INSTINCTIVELY I START TO REALIZE
THAT I HAVE TO JUST LET GO
FOR DEEPEST TRENCHES MAY LEAD ME TO FIND
MYSELF
SO VULNERABLE AND TRUE
THE SAIL IS SET FOR HOME
credits
released July 3, 2020
Music by Oliver Warweg, Jakob Abeßer, Carsten Land and Robert Graefe.
Words by Robert Graefe.
Recorded by Carsten Land and Robert Graefe.
Mixed and Mastered by Michael Simon.
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