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Future Eaters

by The Pale Light

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1.
Artificial Worlds 05:41
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I don't want to wait all night for my chance I don't want to waste all day for my turn with circumstance I don't want to wait all night for my time I don't want to waste all day through this season of crime Tired of waiting for light Tired of seeing what's wrong not right Tired of waiting my turn Tired of steering through endless turns Hold on I don't want to wait all night for the truth I don't want to waste all day as it all comes unglued I don't want to wait all night for my time I don't want to waste all day through this season of crime Tired of waiting for light Tired of seeing what's wrong not right Tired of waiting my turn Tired of steering through endless turns Hold on
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City of the Dead 04:46
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I was pulled through the years, you see Through the stages of doubt Past the time when the world decreed it safe to love yourself I watched the walls fall in I watched a trial by fire I saw us burn through life itself until it melted and expired I was pulled through our time, you see Past the rise and the fall Past the age when the world was moved by faith in higher laws Then walls fall in Oh, then it finally starts Then the pressure builds and tears the layers of self-regard apart Oh, you can run but there’s nowhere to go A storm eats ships but an angry world eats more than you would want to know Oh, you can run but there’s nowhere to hide When Progress moves, it shakes the seas and swallows with its rising tide I was pulled through the years, you see Past the stages of grief Past the time when the world was gripped by self-obsessed belief Oh, then walls cave in Oh, then it really starts Then the pressures grind and tear the layers of self-regard apart Oh, you can run but there’s nowhere to go A storm eats ships but an angry world eats more than you would want to know Oh, you can run but there’s nowhere to hide When Progress moves, it shakes the seas, and swallows with its rising tide Oh, you can try but there’s nothing to save But a world on fire built to expire and drag us down into its grave Oh, you can run but there’s nowhere to hide When Progress moves, it shakes the seas, and swallows with its rising tide
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Among the Tombs 05:04
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Down under the sea I found you there Cleaved through the earth and the trees to catch you Fair and square Put you to work for a cause That eats its young Built an empire shooting off sparks and progress That never knows when it’s done All these years It’s still the same We play with words We play with names All these years And what’s to show Besides the pages ripped from the heart of a story that'll never be told Down under the earth I drew you out Tore through the layers of life for pleasure And whatever else Put you to work for a god That eats his young Built an empire shooting off sparks and progress That never knows when it’s done
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Droge 05:51
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When the arc of the age Bends away from your goal It's the world's way of telling you that You've got nowhere to go Oh, my love I let you down When the arc of the truth Crashes into your mind It's the world's way of telling you that That you've run out of time Oh, my love I let you down Put me through the years And I'll be the last one gone, Oh, the last one who gives up on the day When the arc of the age Burns its way to the edge It's the world's way of telling you that Every life has its end Oh, my love I've let you down
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Elegy 03:12
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Oh, my love Do you think these tremors will pass? Hate rules the day and the nights are on fire I’m just not sure how I'll last Oh, my love Do you think there’s hope that we'll be saved? At the best of times, it’s still an eye for an eye I’m just not sure there’s cause to feel brave Or proud Oh, I don’t know where we went wrong Oh, I don’t know how we can put things back together once they're Gone Oh, I don’t know how we fell prey Oh, I don’t know how we can walk this back and call it a day Oh, my love Do think they tire from shouting out loud? The know-nothings speak and light up the night A surfeit of lies to work up every crowd Oh, my love Do you think we’ve failed to play our part? We bleed through the days like magnets on tape So absorbed with the science that we missed the art
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A Spell for Revolution 04:09
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I had a vision move across my eyes; I said I just don't get why we lie to ourselves A painted dawn in a A smog-choked world while the High priests of commerce speak of markets to unfurl I saw our mission failing I saw our tools consume the world I saw a system built on fire Kill faster than it healed I had a vision move across my heart; I know I just don't see why I'll care when it goes A painted dawn in a A drowning world while the High priests of commerce speak of markets to unfurl I felt our instincts flailing I saw our tools consume the world I saw a system built on fire Kill faster than it healed Oh I don't know how this will end Oh, I don't know how best to spend The time that's left before We crash into the shore I had a feeling move across my eyes; I said I just don't get why they all have to lose instead A painted dawn in a A post-truth world while the High priests of commerce speak of markets to unfurl I saw our courage failing I saw our tools consume the world I saw a system built on fire Kill faster than it healed
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Night of a Thousand Suns 04:25
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We move through the dark Like spies in the night Like wind through the trees Like snow sparking off streetlights Don’t tell me it fades Don’t tell me it slows Don’t tell me it ends Don’t tell me how you know When my time is over I will bury my regrets For the lives I could live or do over For the beauty I forget We move through the years Like thieves in the night Stealing our days And building our empire Don’t tell me we’re lost Don’t tell me we’re old Don’t tell me we’re fading Don’t tell me how you know When my time is over I will bury my regrets For the lives I could live or do over For the beauty I forget When my time is over I will see right through the years And recall how the time made us bolder How the worries disappeared When my time is over We move through our lives Like sparks on a wire Shooting off light Shooting off fire When my time is over I will bury my regrets For the lives I could live or do over For the beauty I forget When my time is over I will see right through the years And recall how the days made us bolder How the worries disappeared
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Catalan 05:47
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I want to lay down in the womb of the world as it dies I want to sleep through all the hurt and the rage and the lies Don't want to let you know just what side I'm on I want to let it go; don't want to fight no more Here we go I want to give up just to prove I don't know how to win I want to sleep through all the bombs blasting in from the din Don't want to let you know just what side I'm on I want to let it go; don't want to fight no more Here we go I want to lay down in the cool of the earth as it dries I want to sleep through all the fire and the rage and the lies Don't want to let you know just what side I'm on I want to let it go; don't want to fight no more
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Cyclicalia 05:31
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I stood there, dumbstruck and awed Eons filled up in the time I gave pause When I heard you call my name I was saved from the ravenous maw A future designed by a capricious god When I heard you call my name Oh, I'm yours until the end consumes us And the future eaters win I was there, in the prime of my life Scared by the prospect of falling behind When I heard you call my name I was saved from the terrible odds Of a future designed by a near-sighted god When I heard you call my name Every second more Is a restless gift for this restless heart of mine Every minute more Is a lesson on the viciousness of time How many times have we met before And died in each other's arms?
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Mother of Exiles 05:04
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I heard the fascists sing Under cover of night they stormed the gates And now they fill the days with rage A song of us and them A song of fear for the modern age A tale of freedom as a vengeful god Just wait, it’s coming soon Just wait, it’s coming around the bend Our future dressed in gold and ruin from the lives they pulled apart I heard the fascists sing I heard their song on the radio And now they fill the skies with rage A song of suffering A song of fear for a tired age A tale of freedom as a angry god Just wait, it’s coming soon Just wait, it’s coming around the bend Our future dressed in gold and ruin from the lives they pull apart Just wait, it’s coming soon Just wait, it’s coming around the bend Our future dressed in gold and ruin from the lies they dress as art Oh you know These cycles come and go from time to time Oh you know It’s hard to pin a movement to a crime But you know It’s a nuclear age and a tired one at that Oh, you know I heard the fascists sing Under cover of truth they stormed the gates And now they fill the void with rage A song of us and them A song of fear for a leaden age A tale of freedom as an empty god Just wait, it’s coming soon Just wait, it’s coming around the bend Our future dressed in gold and ruin from the lives they pull apart Just wait, it’s coming soon Just wait, it’s coming around the bend Our future dressed in gold and ruin from the lies they dress as art
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An Ocean of Stars 07:25
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Speak now Or forever hold your heart in the hands of their gods See how The distance unfolds when we think we can manage the loss My heart Is beating in time to a dream of a world that makes sense But my head Is failing me now, and failing is how this could end Oh, my love Speak loud Or forever allow your voice to be slave to their gods See how The meaning spills out when we think we can counter the loss My heart Is skipping its time as the dark of the night moves in And my head Is failing me now; failing is how this could end I see you wait for your turn But there's no time to be told what to learn There's no time to be told what to see There's just time to erase this Speak out Or forever search for the time to strike back at their gods See how The feelings surge when we're drowned by a culture of loss My heart Is pumping through time; a full-blooded urge to begin But my head Is failing me now, and failing is how this could end I see you wait for your turn But there's no time to be told what to learn There's no time to be told what to see There's just time to erase this
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Future Eaters 04:33
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Come back, they swear They’ll give you the life you’re craving And no, it’s not fair They give it a name so you’ll say it’s worth saving We’ll dive through the piles of old Miles of dreams dreamt, discarded and left to waste Just like the words they sold Miles of impact, unravelled and left to stay Why, I don’t know Come back, they’re scared That you’re not convinced it’s a game worth playing And no, it’s not clear How we still want when we’re tired from the taking We’ll dive through the piles of old Miles of dreams dreamt, discarded and left to waste Just like the words they sold Miles of impact, unravelled and left to stay Why, I don’t know Stay with me through the twilight of our lives Like hungry ghosts, we're defined by what we crave And it’s gone, it’s gone away, it’s gone away Why, I don’t know
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The Disimagination Machine 05:31
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All of our wiles Have failed to preserve us Let's forget about life for awhile All of this time The feelings desert us Let's set ourselves up for a smile All of our wiles Still miles from our purpose Let's forget about life for awhile All of this time The feelings desert us Let's set ourselves up for a smile All of our days Burn by in an instant Let's forget about life for awhile All that we say Is dead set against us Let's set ourselves up for a smile All of our days Spent working past instinct Let's forget about life for awhile All that we say Is dead set against us Let's set ourselves up for a smile Oh, you said our love was stronger than our fear Oh, you said we'd move past the grinding of the years But our time is lost; cast out to the sea Oh, you said our love was stronger than our greed

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This is an album about creeping fascism and the end of the world. Enjoy!

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released March 28, 2017

Written, recorded, mixed and mastered by Robb Barnes

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The Pale Light Ottawa, Ontario

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The Pale Light is Jeff Frank, James Woods, Scotty P. and Robb Barnes. The Pale Light was born in Ottawa, Canada in 2016. We play indie rock and we like synthesizers.

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