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Masks

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1.
Isador 08:30
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Ack, min Isador Blind av rök och eld Blodet porlar mot din häll För dig, min Isador Brinn, min Isador Stel av hungersnöd Sväljer jag din glöd För dig, min Isador Se mig, Isador Svart av hjärtesorg Bygger jag din borg För dig, min Isador Bär mig, Isador Röd av tankeblod Strömmar jag i din flod För dig, min Isador Se mig, Isador Glömd av den jag var Ger jag dig allt jag har Mitt allt, min Isador English (approximate) translation: Oh, Isador Blinded by smoke and fire Blood boiling in my veins For you, my Isador Burn, my Isador Dry from starvation I gulp down your glow For you, my Isador See me, Isador Black from the heart's sorrow I build your fortress For you, my Isador Carry me, Isador Red from blood of thoughts I stream in your waters For you, my Isador See me, Isador Forgotten by the one I was I give you everything My all, my Isador
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Dragon 08:14
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3.
Klagan (Lament) 06:49
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Jag vrider mina händer i blod Jag höjer blicken ovan molnen En himmel gjord av brustna glas En brottsling oförlåten Min tid är glömd, min levnad bruten Små röda flagor yr i natten Jag lever på en värld av rök Mitt huvud under vatten Ack, världen är ett mörker stort Och ensamheten tung att bära Jag sörjer ej mitt unga liv Ej heller världslig ära Jag lämnar denna karga tid Jag skänker vinden min förtvivlan Strö maskar över min bleka hud Och lägg mig ner att vila English (approximate) translation: I wring my hands in blood I raise my eyes above the clouds A sky made of broken glass An unforgiven criminal My time is forgotten, my living broken The night full of whirling embers I live upon a world of smoke My head under water Oh, the world is a great darkness And loneliness is hard to bear I do not mourn my young life Nor worldly honor I leave these cruel times I give my despair to the winds Let the worms fall upon my pale skin And put me down to rest
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Fradga (Froth) 07:28
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Kom visa din falska tunga Visa fradgan runt din mun Och låt din skarpa blick Skära mig i bitar Låt mig känna dina svarta tankar Dina fingrar runt min själ Ge mig ditt brinnande hat Och jag är din Blind och övergiven Kom Kom till mig Kom ta mig ut Ut ur kylan Ge Ge mig mig Ge mig tillbaka Och du faller som sand i mina händer Som taggtråd i min mun Och jag håller ditt liv mellan mina tänder Min sista vakna stund English (approximate) translation: Come, show me your false tongue Show the froth around your mouth Let your sharp gaze Cut me in pieces Let me feel your black thoughts Your fingers around my soul Give me your burning hatred And I am yours Blind and abandoned Come Come to me Come, take me out Out of the cold Give Give me me Give me back And you fall like sand in my hands Like barbed wire in my mouth I hold your life between my teeth My last waking moment
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Hea 07:46
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6.
Alaska 05:10
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about

Acoustic guitar, voice and thumping feet with dashes of bowed lyre. An otherworldly, yet familiar place for the mind to escape to.

A simultaneously dark and hopeful picture of humanity and the masks we, knowingly or unknowingly, wear as we make our way through the world.

credits

released September 23, 2014

CREDITS:

All instruments and vocals by Martin Åkesson.
Swedish lyrics by Martin Åkesson.

Recorded in a grey classroom in Helsinki July-August 2014.

Mastered by great friend Girilal Baars.





Freesound.org sounds used:
"Wind in the trees" by laurent, freesound.org/people/laurent/sounds/16995/
"Milagra.mp3" by foosiemac, freesound.org/people/foosiemac/sounds/76797/
"20070325.crane.wav" by dobroide, freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/32746/
"120323-010-canada_geese.wav" by reinsamba, freesound.org/people/reinsamba/sounds/151298/,
"20071202.walking.shadow.wav" by dobroide, freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/44708/
"Epic Laughter" by Tomlija, freesound.org/people/Tomlija/sounds/106883/
"Berlin rant 2.wav" by uair01
freesound.org/people/uair01/sounds/242497/

All sounds licensed under: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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