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De arte moriendi

by Toad In Transit

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Tomorrow we'll be giants 12:37
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A year.. a grace of times awake Distant horizons paint red in bluish fate How I call the spirit’s wake Just to keep the months the same A month… conquer wisdom’s desert plains The tales I tell you are the clouds that paint the rain How I wish this night to fade Just to keep the days the same A day.. taking steps by the smallest effords made Near horizons paint black in redish fate How i pray for spirit’s sake Just to keep a minute’s wake A breath… overcome what remains Rewind, erase, improve, all the thoughts that go undreamt How I lie for sleep’s sake Just to keep this second away (1) In marbles – the sun- waking hopes of what comes This night is endless The lines of our lives – drawn by giants hands A maze from the inside On the wave that tomorrow brings our ship will turn over The wake of all things to come may shelter our time left The taking of time it´s forgiven but mine There´s nothing thats left now The lies of our lives will break all oft he shells And move through the inside On the wave that tomorrow brings our ship will turn over The wake of all things to come may shelter our time left Above and below, there´s a way through the core But nothing to fight for A tune on a lute, what has ripped me from you The coins have been placed now They divide and shall never stop till nothing is left now Through the rivers red an the unstained paths – a hell up in heaven Ref: Down where the styx flows there i will be Forging our life´s fate So giants we will be By the banks of lethe the fires are still alight To hold up your memory To turn their wrongs to rights Through the tears of acheron bloods on my hands To give you the promise Your feet on foreign sands The scent of sulfur lines my feet The darkness everything I see Your face in front of my worn eyes All my hope that you will rise Over time against the will Hold my tears, descent still Steps are worn by despair Can something take you back from here? There´ll be lies and there´ll be pain And the structure will remain Hold your breath count tot en Empires shatter and all that´s been Weßre all cold – burned to ice Off the spring it shall arise Spread it´s seed to all domains Cast the splinters – that´s what remains
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Waving the flags of denial 06:35
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Hypocrite in white – wisdom by weight of gold Deny the facts that I can see clearly through you Among the praying sheep there is the waiting wolf Denying all the lies of your scholastic throne Believe me – I will fight against the lies you’ve told me here Deceive me – I won’t fall to the hordes of thoughtless waste You’ve cut my wrist open - start the drain This stigmatized victim – just me to blame There is no haven – no place to flee No justified reason left to be Become divine savior – god in white Don’t let your own fame out of sight Your personal guinea pig in wait With just my hope left as trait You force me to sign this vow of shit Led by the lies you’ve fed me with I cannot deny the fact - I fade I live in the cage of hype you’ve made I don’t have trust in you – just myself to blame The fear of failing at me – there is no piece of shame You can’t control the lust you feel at my X-ray screen You are now to decide what kind of saint I’ve been I feel your venom drop by drop fall into my veins These are the hours I wish that I had never complained Beside my crumbling will and pain that holds me down Oh god, I can’t remember I’ve tried to touch your crown Misery comes in, drop by drop flush the wisdom in I feel the devil’s march blistering beneath my skin My hairs are waste I now know I cannot turn back time The ferryman’s waiting dows to get his final dime I can’t breathe, I can’t talk – this can’t be my true reality Just a dream – I must wake up to face the light of day Ref: Nights fly by – days in waste Can’t you wake me out of this? The dream in denial Just a noise outside and I’ll be awake This can’t be real – It’s all just a fake I wave the flags of denial
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No pity for the dying 03:52
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(1) Is there something beyond this point? Is there someone I missed to pray to? Why they live and why do I die? Why am I punished for a deed I’ve not done? Can we hear the sound of light? Passing through the mirror’s infinity? Life is something we can’t abide Dying is time’s mockery (2) I haven’t felt any pity for the dying Why does no one shed a tear for me? Nothing’s more senseless than praying It won’t endow you any time to be It’s the clock hand and the beat of nature That is tearing me away from here I won’t see any sense in dying When all around me is well and clear
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Barter 06:35
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When everything lies calm and dark No light´s left to light my life´s spark Darkness embraces what´s left of my time Close my eyes for the ferryman´s dime No wealth in life can prepare for this price Absence of light, ultimate sacrifice Ultimate sacrifice! I know I will die tonight! I know there will be no light! Just one final kiss from my bride! Why am I the one to go? Haven´t I just cleansed my soul? I led a life devote to faith, why must I face this cruel fate? Please Lord, give me one final chance. Please Lord, will you meet my demands? Grant me, a new start in life to be good. Give me, hope and all that what I never could. I´m not ready to face my demise, So many things that I´ve never tried. I would carry my soul straight to hell, If this would swallow the sound of the bell. A barter for life on a plane high above, The devil´s cauldron still sits on it´s stove. Ultimate sacrifice! I know I will die tonight! I know there will be no light! Just one final kiss from my bride! Why am I the one to go? Haven´t I just cleansed my soul? I led a life devote to faith, why must I face this cruel fate? Please Lord, give me one final chance. Please Lord, will you meet my demands? Grant me, a new start in life to be good. Give me, hope and all thet what I never could.
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The Shadows Of Our Past Shall Light Our Darkest Days 05:54
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(1) There’s a time when everything turns to stone There’s a time of ashes and dust There’s a time when you are still unknown There’s a time full of disgust Ref1: Come a time when shadows like stars will shine Come a time the margins are gone Come time when darkness lights itself Come a time when you are one (2) Like a fire takes away its air Like desires are tearing you down Like the water grinds the stone to sand Like the pain inside’s your crown Ref2: Like a candle’s flame inside the storm Like the tolls you’ve paid to be here Like a wooden chair you’ve been burned upon Like the plains inside you sear Bridge: Oh lord, why don’t you hear me? I’m trapped in the dust – the tears I left behind God, have you forsaken me? I’m trapped here in the deepest sea Oh lord why don’t you hear me? I’m trapped here in the dust And the tears I left behind
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End titles 04:29
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(1) So afraid, so unaware As you’re watching the drops fall by So detached and unbelieving As you’re waving the flags of denial Br: Outside the sun is drawing circles I won’t miss them at all The lights enforced my will to sleep To fade away with the night Ref: Why do you scream? Why do you cry? Every world must end The fragile suns collapse – feeds the pain And let all the tears Become the desert’s rain Every drop that falls will bring all life anew Carry on this day will end (2) Come closer, so beautiful As you’re drying the tears that fell by Hold tight, for one last time As you’re sparkling eyes won’t let me go Br2: Outside the night has brought the stars back I can touch them all at once The cold converted to warmth inside As everything’s set to end Ref 1&2: All signs will fade My sight is getting weak Every word I speak A humble try to reach You through time When the sinus calls Our time is running out Every picture kept A memory of me Carry on, my way has ended
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Danse macabre 03:40
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Cast in stone 04:56
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(1) All the grief and the suffering It all went so fast Still begging for the grace from above But still my time won’t last Br: As the days pass As the years fly by An emotion flows Even in rivers dry To my loved ones To those left behind Keep your way still In sight because… Ref: I’ll cast a shadow trough the tears on your face A guiding light on your darkest days Beneath the ghostly scheme of earth A candle retells all the stories unheard (a candle guides you to my last words – cast in stone…) (2) What is left is remembrance, my dear It’s now all you’ve got If there’s a heaven shine a light from above To guide your way home
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Para Bellum / Army of one 04:48
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Like a fire I’ve walked trough The scars build my face Every word you’ve spoken A burning touch of grace All the nights full of loneliness Without signs of any star Leaving place for the bitterness Nothing will tear us apart None has the right to tell me what to do Here in my world just my will is truth None has the voice to calm my will to fight Just my inner self is telling me what’s right (Ref) We were born to touch the sun We are second to no one We are fallen angels reaching for the sky We’ll set fire to all lies We’re a kingdom to arise We’re a thousand strong – An army of one! (2) With the strength I’ve gathered My way is long and bright All the lights that guide me Will break the wrongs to rights With the sun that’s fallen From a heaven just below I will stand my ground Here’s just where I belong
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The Waterfront Cemetary 03:19
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We are standing at the ocean And waiting for the shore Shall the ark now come To take us all aboard For a promise of a better life A paradise in wait The blood and tears we left here What we´ve done was all too late All the leaders broke their promises The warning signs we´ve missed Everything is vanished now Ironic all this is We have battled for the sun And to reach the farthest star All our backs broke long ago A new start is to far Ref: We´re the banished and the broken The heartless and diseased We´re the dreaming sparks of our desires Here to reap what´s left and meant to be The art and wisdom´s grind We´re the fading sparks of lost mankind Now the time has come for us to leave This graveyard isn´t ours All that´s left is dead and gone There´s nothing to be done Cause we burned our beds in heresy And preached this words divine Futile thoughts and sacrifice To an old decaying shrine No leaders left for promises No warning signs to miss Everything died in our hands Cheerless all this is We have battled our own specie Black and white we´ve killed No life will grow on wasteland´s soil Drenched in blood we once spilled
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Psalm 11:3 03:53
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(1) Beside the past, Beside the faith Vows of dependence, too maculate The times of truce, a partial pact The bonds are dying, so fuck this fact Br: This is my war, my aim, the trigger pulled A mass destructive rage to end this world To set an end to this fucking loveless tale There is no truth behind, I am betrayed (2) Go fuck your life, your worthless shape I will ignore it, no more to take Because you’re worthless, a life of lies Count the stab wounds you’re dying by Ref: Can you explain how I feel? The screams and bleeding are so real Nothing can change the way I chose to walk Beneath the halo of my shells my psalm – only war it sells a savior to reap the souls of all who pray
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De ars vivendi 06:13
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Can you feel how time flies From the arms of your mothers grace to strange heights You need to believe all the dreams stained From here out through time´s what your heart learned Ref: Raise your glass – we´re the heavenly blessed From grief to hope – our hearts are obsessed Raise your voice – praise the heavenly blessed We´re bound to this life till the day we shall rest And you´ll grow old – ever wiser Those were the days – they survived us We´ve held our hearts above our minds waste The time that we spend had a sweet taste Ref 2: Raise your head – till the end is in sight Take what you get – there´s no way that´s right Raise your glass – for a final salute We were heavenly blessed – now the time has been used And now that time outlived us We´ll keep all our dreams in our new blood One final march to our deathbed To praise times gone – raise your head
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Fragile (Version 2011) 07:07
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„De arte moriendi“ behandelt die von Elisabeth Kübler- Ross beschriebenen 5 Phasen des menschlichen Sterbens in einem mehrere Lieder umfassenden Zyklus. Den Abschluss des Albums bilden 4 weitere Titel welchen verschiedene Themen zugrunde liegen und vor allem mit dem abschließenden Song „De ars vivendi“ einen sowohl textlichen wie auch musikalischen Kontrast und versöhnlichen Ausklang des Albums bilden.

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released November 23, 2013

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Toad In Transit Saarbrücken, Germany

Toad in Transit are:
Sebastian “Gutzjen” Laudwein – (Acoustic) Guitars, Clean Vocals, Co-Production
Henrik Groß – (Acoustic) Guitars, Shouting and Growling, Backing Vocals, Keys, Programming, Production, Mixing and Mastering
Nils Vogel – Acoustic Guitars, Bass Guitars, Co-Production ... more

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