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The Engineer

by Darkhorse

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Atlas 03:32
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Hand over hand Hoping the climb is a means to an end It means it's the end My Everest I'll conquer it with a flick of my wrist Settle the grudge Slept through the earthquake in blankets of dust Tectonics push Colliding crusts Pangaea broke like my faith And my trust It's something that'll leave you hollow An emptiness inside your heart Like drinking from a broken bottle Chase your dreams with shots in the dark It's somewhere where the wolves won't follow Like shadows on a battle ground So when you're staring down the barrel, chase your dreams and bury the doubt Take me to task, held over hot coals you walk on my back Compare and contrast The cause, the collapse Foundations fucked so start over from scratch Sand into glass, Icarus inspired hearts made of wax They know of the past, the impending crash Strong willed and stubborn they're breaking their backs It's something that'll leave you hollow An emptiness inside your heart Like drinking from a broken bottle Chase your dreams with shots in the dark It's somewhere where the wolves won't follow Like shadows on a battle ground So when you're staring down the barrel, chase your dreams and bury the doubt So stand your ground and watch as the levees break As time stands still The monuments wash away Rise like heat, feels like fucking forest fires follow me Memories Burned and scattered willingly I've always, only, aimed to please myself It's something that'll leave you hollow An emptiness inside your heart Like drinking from a broken bottle Chase your dreams with shots in the dark It's somewhere where the wolves won't follow Like shadows on a battle ground So when you're staring down the barrel, chase your dreams and bury the doubt
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The Lottery 03:59
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I cry out "it's just a matter of time" Like a rope against a rusted hutch I will break down You goddamned fool With a liar's sense of pride Got caught dead to rights The attic light, it just went out Who the fuck said we were safe Who the fuck are you anyway I'm driving the point home Cut the brake-line Turn the key Kill the headlights and go to sleep And brace yourself once more They're lying in wait And stalking the skyline An ambush in half time They're chancing their fate We're twisting it clockwise Like handles on steak knives The art with the arsonist Is echoing off coffin lids It never breaks or changes shape It's strong like stone But bends like clay The meek count sheep, the weak count wolves The strong won't sleep Until their blood runs cold A straight line's always faster my friend You're shaking the goddamned canvas again They're lying in wait And stalking the skyline An ambush in half time They're chancing their fate We're twisting it clockwise Like handles on steak knives It's a requiem Cheers to the impending end. Sing an elegy Send my body out to sea They're lying in wait And stalking the skyline An ambush in half time They're chancing their fate We're twisting it clockwise Like handles on steak knives Who the hell let them through They're scared of the truth The evidence failed And they're all out of proof We're lying in wait And stalking the skyline
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Breach 02:37
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I'll leave you to the crows Cause you're screaming in tounges You expect me to right the ship, but you keep drilling holes. Watch them pick your bones. To give up on your ghost Cause the flesh is irrelevant, you've got shit for a soul. In like a lamb Out like a liar Led to the slaughter Left me to die there Sleepwalking through hell Each footstep is felt For miles in my mind This room is a cell A tomb, or a well To dry to inspire To weak to catch fire The vultures circle me Endlessly It's all in vain Make me a monster and I'll make a killing cursing your name You tried jumping the gun It was already too late I got the bullets from the preacher Giving up on his faith Abandon ship Rather swim with the sharks Than float up with the fish It makes me sick Turn the safety off And let the hammer slip Sleepwalking through hell Each footstep is felt For miles in my mind This room is a cell A tomb, or a well To dry to inspire To weak to catch fire And into the deep I dive head first to the sea Dare me to breathe I'll gladly fill my lungs up A son of a gun Thats born to battle Spitting fire from his tounge The Calvary won't come Sleepwalking through hell Each footstep is felt For miles in my mind This room is a cell A tomb, or a well To dry to inspire To weak to catch fire
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Gunslinger 03:51
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I'm the ransom note on the headboard I'm hard to read I'm the goddamned ghost in the backyard Lost amongst the leaves Couldn't find the trail of breadcrumbs There's no light to see Had to cage my fevered anger Had to hide the beast A song of suffering echoes into the streets But they're singing it all out of key Strange how silence is welcomed in times like these When we're all just screaming for relief You could light a match on my he tension Leave it in the past, turn your back And watch that motherfucker burn in the rear view Piss caution to the wind When consequence and circumstance don't matter in the end This bastards caving in Another wasted night, we're just burning time It's the thrill inside, eating me alive A song of suffering echoes into the streets But they're singing it all out of key Strange how silence is welcomed in times like these When we're all just screaming for relief Seein red, like an ember on my tongue I know I should've seen it all along Seein red, like an ember on my tongue And my temper flares up, rivaling the Sun. A song of suffering echoes into the streets But they're singing it all out of key Strange how silence is welcomed in times like these When we're all just screaming for relief
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I Saw the Devil 03:43
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I brought a pen to a knife fight I'm writing you off I'll aim my fist like a gun sight Do it myself so it's done right I'm twisting your words Back into blueprints and battle-lines I never asked to be the villain But if the shoe fits I'll wear it I'll grin and I'll fucking bear it Just so you know I'd walk for miles on burning coals That's how the story goes Cause I've been waiting by the Backdoor A deadbolt keeping me at bay Cause I've been Yea I've been Sick of taking high roads So I'll set fire to the front porch The flames will funnel you my way Cause I've been Yea I've been waiting Patiently waiting with some bad blood Let's get the fuck out if dodge The hero's hanging from his soapbox in a rusted garage. As panic spills on the streets You claim you wanna die together Just to make ends meet And I know And I know that the guilt will catch up The more that I struggle The more I get stuck I'm starting to stumble It's quicksand I'm fucked So I'll sink to your level Seems like white noise and static is all that I hear Feels like the devil is taking the wheel He's testing my mettle, I'm testing his steel With my foot on the pedal Cause I've been waiting by the Backdoor A deadbolt keeping me at bay Cause I've been Yea I've been Sick of taking high roads So I'll set fire to the front porch The flames will funnel you my way Cause I've been Yea I've been waiting Patiently waiting with some bad blood Paper tiger Despite it's frame Can't withstand the wind and rain Paper tiger Burning bright Flames reveal it's harmless bite Cause I've been waiting by the Backdoor A deadbolt keeping me at bay Cause I've been Yea I've been Sick of taking high roads So I'll set fire to the front porch The flames will funnel you my way Cause I've been Yea I've been waiting Patiently waiting with some bad blood
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Division 1 03:52
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No words to describe It's like my voice was burglarized Screaming out "thief" Somebody broke inside And stole you in the night Wait, just give me time I could just use a little quiet Trying to think The silence is deafening And I'm losing my mind Fate? Don't be a child There is no reason that I believe in And I can't find the silver line Only unflinching denial Have a little faith in me Don't know how to live this down Have a little faith in me I can't stand to pierce this frozen ground Please be a sick joke Or some psychotic twisted dream The scent of gun smoke Still couldn't trigger me from sleep Hopeless again Hope for the- Hope that it ends Restless like Russian roulette Patient like hospital beds Clear the chamber of regret Have a little faith in me Don't know how to live this down Have a little faith in me I can't stand to pierce this frozen ground Have a little faith in me Take it all away from me How am I supposed to see Hear it when the sirens scream Drifting in this urgency How am I supposed to breathe Speaking out in honesty I've found the strength but honestly I'm lost Screaming out in vowels Like there's a barrel in my mouth I'm at a loss As the city sleeps, it's running rampant with decay And on these shitty streets, is where the predators will pray But if home is where the heart is Then I'm homeless and I'm heartless once again Yea we slept through the fire alarms, smoke detectors and warnings. We were reckless But fuck it We loved like we'd die in the morning Have a little faith in me Don't know how to live this down Have a little faith in me I can't stand to pierce this frozen ground Have a little faith in me Take it all away from me How am I supposed to see Hear it when the sirens scream Drifting in this urgency Tell me when it's safe to breathe
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Haunted 03:43
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Take this one step at a time You're losing your fucking mind To think that I'd die without you I'll be hanging my halo up The devil's inside looking for angels to fuck Hellbound on my way home My wings were clipped a long time ago Shifting in and out of focus pixelated paint by numbers blueprints bleed away Color coded intent would seem to set the stage You won't believe me tonight So I'll be leaving your side You won't be heading the fact That your actions have defined You and your need to feel alive I've just been dying to decide If I should try or simply drive away Oh good lord I spent forever in the glow of oncoming headlights Oh I'll leave you Walk beside this chalk outline? No I don't need you You won't believe me tonight So I'll be leaving your side You won't be heading the fact That your actions have defined You and your need to feel alive I've just been dying to decide If I should try or simply drive away Subtleties ripe with insincerity Lack of clarity drowning the severity I can see miles of false sympathy Haunting like a symphony Locking up the melody in a broken key You won't believe me tonight So I'll be leaving your side You won't be heading the fact That your actions have defined You and your need to feel alive I've just been dying to decide If I should try or simply drive away
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Sea of Trees 04:14
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No one knows where the time goes Steady hands start to shake, not from the cold I'm sleepwalking she's talking more The dreams come but leave like a storm This muse is abusive and useless, a bore A room with no door I'm down on the floor Feels like I've been there before But the moment was fleeting The page has been torn Prechorus The pressure was testing me, I fell to its sword, it seemed like a blessing but it's more like a curse Found the light, when I lost the fight Maybe I'll make it through Hope that it gets to you Watch time pass as we raise our broken glass but the shards won't hold us back I'm starting to pass out, from my past doubts Black out in the background Lash out. At what I've found Cash out. The chips are down The pressure was testing me, I fell to its sword it's seems like a blessing but it's more like- It seems like a test but it's more like a curse Found the light, when I lost the fight Maybe I'll make it through Hope that it gets to you Fed the fire as it cracked the sky Starts with a spark inside Like Tangled in power lines I Start to crumble like the cracks in the concrete You start to shake like the leaves on the trees We start to move like the music we make How it's strengthens our hearts but it weakens our knees Found the light, when I lost the fight Maybe I'll make it through Hope that it gets to you Fed the fire as it cracked the sky Starts with a spark inside Like Tangled in power lines
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Open Water 03:28
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Salem 03:36
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I am coming home The witches within me have burned Now I'm looking for you I'm no fucking ghost But I'll haunt you till the day that I In spite of the anchor my body Insists it will float And wash up on the coast Bring me the head of the horseman Bring me the heart of the hero Drag the notion to it's grave When the search party has not succeeded And nobody is safe Just check beneath the floorboards A rusted heart remains It tells no tales It's function fails And it will never be replaced The remission is over The cancer is back Silhouette of a soldier With a soul just as black Tell me what good is closure As you die on your back Choose your words with closure Cause they might be your last Set the tone, sleep with one eye closed A pound of flesh isn't suitable payment We woke up a sleeping giant by slitting his throat And took over the throne Bring me the hands of the blacksmith Bring me the tongue of the poet Dredge the bottom of the river As the monster drags me down I pull myself up by the hangmans rope, in search of solid ground Come hell or high water I will sink without a sound Well it comes in waves, as blacks spades It will never let me drown The remission is over The cancer is back Silhouette of a soldier With a soul just as black Tell me what good is closure As you die on your back Choose your words with closure Cause they might be your last Swept up in the flood World at my shoulders Atlas may shrug But I wont tip over To gladly bury this burden The remission is over The cancer is back Silhouette of a soldier With a soul just as black Tell me what good is closure As you die on your back Choose your words with closure Cause they might be your last

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released February 20, 2014

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Darkhorse New York, New York

Darkhorse brings a visceral sound that combines aggressive textured music with meaningful, dark lyrics and intense melodic vocals. The end result is their debut album, The Engineer. Darkhorse is aimed to leave their mark.

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