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XV

by Absense

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1.
Of Lies 04:50
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River flows inside my mind Running from visions sacred Wondering to cut myself astray? Just if I could run astray? A deprived sense of security I'd never wish upon my prey The irony lost in you, the weakest side of fate Realise these primal needs are Manufactured This illusion undermines your Very nature Lost inside a veil of lust Your reflection reveals your true identity We celebrate our weakness Free from the need to pretend Dispose ourselves of this sickness Begin anew We celebrate our weakness Free from the need to pretend Dispose ourselves of this sickness Begin anew /We bless ourselves to begin anew, In a new world In a new fate, /Without reflections of ourselves we have to obey We refuse to obey! Stay, stray, Astray! Fall, chained to your lies Fall, betrayed by your skies Set me free I will not obey Not obey Darkness / Isolation / Security Darkness / Isolation / Security
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Li(f)e 03:17
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What do you want to see when you’re haunting me, What do you want to say, What do you want to say when you think of me? What is your excuse? A Liar / Denier A Liar / Denier Live in vain, meet the real you Narrow mind deserves pain Surprise to it’s thoughts A Lie / Inside A Lie / Denied Doomed to feel hollow, blurred and confused Seeking completion but yet still so lost Stumble through nightmares Your perfect dreams A noose around my neck Words come out hopeless With fear and neglect What do you want to see when you’re haunting me, What do you want to say? What do you want to say when you think of me, What is your excuse? You live like a parasite Tryin’ to move under my skin Are you gonna save yourself Or drown inside of me? Welcome to the void My empty, empty world Where everything ends A Lie / Inside A Lie / Denied Why can’t you save yourself now, Why will you open your mind?
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Departure 04:34
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Inside the dark paths of my mind I can hear you screaming my name A buried sound where you lay still But there’s no one here for you A barren land I left behind I had enough of you, this life is mine You always said “I’m on my own” Time to prove these fucking words Why do I long for your heart to unfold Reaching down to the core But this time will never come A barren land I left behind I had enough of you, this life is mine You always said “I’m on my own” Time to prove these fucking words When all is said and done, there is no turning back A dead end of compromise where our hope is lost within /Words may swerve /but you can’t appreciate /what you don’t deserve Absorbed inside a loop Absorbed inside a loop, not anymore You used to say that life is pain But you forget you choose your fate I was there to stay and not to blame Your endless ego pushed me away The mask is broken, watch me escape
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Crawl 06:28
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Denying what’s inside you Still holding to your last breath Can’t break free from your past Enshadowed you fall starring up to your soul Destroy/Break down/Annihilate This part of you is long gone Succumb to your illusions Reach through your heart let them all fall apart Betrayed, abandoned Your screaming eyes deceiving The hate, your dungeon Won’t quit till I stop breathing Lost in vacant dreams where no one hears your screams Can’t bare your life of sin Facing yourself is the key to within Betrayed, abandoned Your screaming eyes deceiving The hate, your dungeon Won’t quit till I stop breathing Reveal the weakness Your shallow heart in pain Set free the sickness My heart fades out Forget my past, forgive my lust Killing my soul, left down to crawl, left down to crawl Forget my past, forgive my lust Killing my soul, left down to crawl, left down to crawl Visions haunt my mind a craving for a lie Wondering what’s wrong with me Creeping in dismay, no shelter over me can break through this hopeless destiny And there I lay, abandoned and betrayed Waiting for my last breath to exhale And there I lay, abandoned and betrayed Waiting for my last breath to exhale Forget my past, forgive my lust Killing my soul, left down to crawl
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Bleed to Death 04:04
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Walking through a shameful end, Feeding on my will to live Is this worth fighting for, Is this worth dying for? Never thought that things would reach the end Broken bones never seem to mend Ever be set free, suffering from now to eternity In this hell I made, all I know, nothing to create Keep my mind at ease, symptoms of a great disease Go, waste yourself Go, bleed to death Go, waste yourself Go, bleed to death Life slipping through my fingers Salvation no more lingers Dark path of illusion, my escape is mine Self destruction, mind corruption Flesh obeys / Pain invades Closed up inside, thoughts now collide A hollow man /Guess I’ll never realize who I really am Growing stronger all within me, can’t recall my past Need to break free from this Symptoms of a great disease Reach through the pain Where all remain Pride versus shame /Drowned in guilt for I’m the one to blame Tears painted red, infected hate Shall we begin? Let go of everything I’ve been
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Once Upon a Crime 05:03
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Born from a guilty womb Fighting alone with the motherfucking world She was found bathing in sin Skin washed off silence and regret Growing hatred inside her, there’s no one there Instead they push her deeper into them So-called loved ones turning to snakes Prey of her love the truth unfolds saying “Now I see the darkness in me Reviving all the nightmares I’m in Now I feel the poison in me Showing a new way of cleansing” With her eyes drowned by tears Voice bled by screams Running as fast as she can Escape from those staring eyes She was betrayed, love turned into hate She was erased, the debt must be repaid Twists the knife, hears their cries Smells their fear ,tasting her win Opened the door, red letters on “Once upon a time there was pain And everything was real” In my eyes I see you, in my guts I feel you I pick up the knife, blood flows from their eyes And I know there’s no way out And they lived happily ever after I see a light /Kill Voices demand /Kill I see the light /Kill

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Our first release, XV

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released November 3, 2020

Recorded/Mixed/Mastered at MD Recording Studios
Arrangement/Production by Ilias Krassas & Dimitris Sakellaris
Drum Performance by Defkalion Dimos
Mixing by Dimitris Sakellaris
Mastering by Nikos Michalodimitrakis

Thanks to Semeli Avramioti for the artwork
and Spiros Steriotis for the photography

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Absense Athens, Greece

Absense is a five-piece Melodic Death / Groove Metal band from Athens, Greece.

Absense is:
Nefeli Pischou - Vocals
Dimitris Sakellaris - Guitars/Vocals
Ilias Krassas - Guitars
Efthimis Mallios - Bass
Nodas Chatzopoulos - Drums ... more

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