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Shattered Sanity
05:11
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Some people
Hide in the depths of their minds
Hell itself
Can't help it but compromise
To this voice
That whispers inside their head
Cracking their brain
Twisting their reality
REALITY
A beast is lurking
For years under their skin
Waiting to strike
Time to feed
Look close
Can you see the shadow of death?
Into their eyes
Haunting their soul
Taking your life is an instinct they cannot control
Cruelty disturbingly pure
They look like you
TALK LIKE YOU
Nothing gives away their
Shattered
Sanity
Shattered
Damaged by life, excited by DEATH
Some people
Hide insticts you won't learn in school
A hell in their own minds
For them it seems
Natural and pure
Maybe they suffered
Youth in pain and despair
Parental abuse
Wounds you can't fucking see
By naked eye!
Afraid to close their eyes
Someone else may take control
Screams in the night
Echoes of a spotted mind
They look like you
TALK LIKE YOU
Nothing gives away their
Shattered
Sanity
Shattered
Damaged by life, excited by DEATH
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2. |
Theater Of The Absurd
04:39
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Driven by
The need to believe
In something bigger
Than their petty needs
Self-declared
Prophets of a lord
Commanding from the sky
Justifying the means
To exploit the faith of the weak
Making fortunes of marvel and deceit
Selling lies
Sacrifice your life, to earn a seat
In the theater of the absurd
Have faith
And doubt not
A pray away
From purifying your soul
Go blind, to all the blood
Got spilled in the name
Of the god's will
To love with hate
All for him, but he for himself
To love you back he will need
Something in return
Buy your way through the heaven's gate
The theater of the absurd
Empires made from gold
Lies and deceit
Mercy us all, but heathen must die
Driven by
The need to believe
In something bigger
Than their petty needs
Sacrifice your life, to earn a seat
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WAKE THE FUCK UP
Look at the things you care about
YOU IGNORANT FUCK
Victim of our times
They made you believe you need
ALL THIS USELESS SHIT
To be part of the herd
You worship and you idolize
A BUNCH OF PLASTIC DOLLS
And you wish you were one too
For 5 minutes of publicity
YOU’D SELL OUT YOUR LIFE
And be a fucking clown
Why you need to think and be free when you can have a luxury car, fancy clothes, expensive phones and a parade of idiots admiring you?
Look at the things you care about
YOU IGNORANT FUCK
Victim of our times
Your only problem is
THE CLOTHES YOU WILL WEAR
Do they worth enough?
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4. |
Obedient Dogs
05:02
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To serve and protect
Their boss's ass
Hitting and killing
Blindly following commands
Given the right
To break their own law
As long as it fits
Their boss's call
Abusing their power over us
Feeling superior, my ass
Trained not to feel
Always aim for the kill
Police is here to protect you
Or is it to steal?
Abusing their power over us
Feeling superior, my ass
Awarded with budges of honor
For being obedient dogs
ANIHILATE
VIOLATE
EXTARMINATE
Drunk by the greed of power
Sadistic, carnivore dogs
ANIHILATE
VIOLATE
EXTARMINATE
OBEDIENT DOGS
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Wired
03:48
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You’re wired
Addicted to looking at a screen
Forgot how real life seems
A servant of your egoism
Seek confirmation in other’s clicks
It didn’t happen, if others can’t see
Instead of living it you took a pic
Like a zombie you always look down
Hypnotized, your brain shut down
You live for the eyes of the others
What they will think of you, is what matters
It didn’t happen, if others can’t see
Instead of living it you took a pic
You became a puppet
Of your own
Creation
It didn’t happen, if others can’t see
Instead of living it you took a pic
You became a puppet
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6. |
Soul's Crypt
04:53
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I am the evil that haunts your soul
he one who stares behind your eyes
The one to teach you how to hate
Drain life, from other's pain
Other's pain
I am the evil that sows despair
Slowly rotting your brain
The one that whispers inside your head
Show what’s real, but telling lies
Telling lies
Straight
from the deepest crypt of your soul
I am the anger that runs through your veins
The darkness that dyes your blood
The envy that poisons your mind, driving you mad
Don't you try to escape me
Now you are mine to possess
Now your fears gone real, I am yourself
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Sacred Machine
05:45
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Hear my son
In life you have to compromise
Yes you can dream
But you must
Mot dream too far
You have to plan
Everyday
Of your entire life
Stay safe
In your self-made cage
In your self-made cage
Society will spit you out
Join us or die poor
Everyone settles for
A tedious life
Bow to
The sacred machine
Choose a profession
Earn a degree
Dream of a future possession
Now you are free
Play by the book
Do not stand out from the crowd
Who are you
To turn things around?
Society will spit you out
Join us or die poor
Everyone settles for
A tedious life
Bow to
The sacred machine
I won’t live my life in a box, working for a machine
I won’t be a shadow of myself, just a tool In the game
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8. |
Addicted To Green
03:56
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Money has become your god
Your sole reason is to have more and more
You’ll always answer to their call
You reign and you step over all
Over all
The only way
To make your pig face smile
To fulfill your sick need
Addicted to green
Betray your friends, your family, your cause
Obey your greed without
Remorse
Steal and hide behind a suit
You think, you’re the one to decide
Our lives
The only way
To make your pig face smile
To fulfill your sick need
Addicted to green
Corrupted
Your filthy rotten soul
Is Hidden
Behind your condescending smile
You win in a game
That’s set up
By you
For yourself to win
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AMKEN Athens, Greece
AMKEN was formed in 2011 in Athens, Greece. Blood-pumping thrash metal that bridges the gap between old-school and the new-
era, crafted by the band's unique style.
AMKEN released their second album “Passive Aggression”, via Massacre Records on August 26th 2022.
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