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At the Edge (VI)

from Distance: Definitive Collection by Vultress

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lyrics

In these burdened moments, caught in inexperience
The world goes out of focus
Sweat pours down his eyes but he's too scared to notice

In these burdened minutes, presented with the source of my pain
Growing vengeful and livid
A man once respected belied and rejected

But through this immortal lens
A mortal cries out
His world on her depends
The boy in the scope of the beast cocks, back, and defends

Let now the bell toll
Let all who stands before me hear it ringing
Join me or die,
Let curtains close on this inevitable end

"Find your army!
Choose your allegiance!

"Now shall you pray for forgiveness, child of innocence!
If not saved by ignorance, I would strike you down with God as my witness.

"Your freedom relies on my charity
Your right to live is contingent on clarity
Now rub the pane gently
Define your fidelity!"

Let now the bell toll
Let all who stands before me hear it ringing
Join me or die,
Let curtains close on this inevitable end

That night we lay wide awake
The backseat keeps ur secret safe
The glory of the mighty spell
The stars shone bright before they fell

You can't tell me I was wrong
You can't keep me strung along
You were everything but everything's long gone

That morning made fears alive
I believed in words contrived
My tired eyes, betrayed
Symptomatic of the end of days

You can't tell me I was wrong
You can't keep me strung along
You were everything but everything's long gone

If the first shot missed his heart, and the second never fired,
is the deed left undone?
If given this last chance to transform your regret,
would you pick up your gun?

Go now, forward to the end
We all on us now depend
The ends will justify the means
Though such justice futile leans

Find strength to tear your world apart
Retrieve the mirror from your heart
Go then, to the edge, alone
Make the jagged coast its home

The trail of men whose bodies line
This boulevard of my design
Their bones are scattered, clothes are torn
With rats and gnats they are adorned

I am blameless, I stayed true
To nature's cruel intent for you
Not guilty for the man I'll kill
The predator predates me still

I jog down the night-deadened alleys where no one can hear me
Vacant lots and fragrant bars
I can sense I'm not alone
A stirring in the alcove interrupts my shortcut home

Enter the vagrant
Though my mind erased his face...
He cackles ironically, Caesar, sans time and place

Surrounded by the remnants of his childhood
Colored bricks of plastic, covered box of sand
I discovered the boy rocking gently with the mirror in his frightened hands
Daring not to stare it in the eyes for what lies there is scared and scarred as him
Quaking in the corner seeing all his features bordered by a frame of sin

I will guide him to the edge
He will see his fears alive

How far we are / we are from home / from home for someone / for someone to call / someone to call our own / someone to call

With a swift and single motion, the boy cocks back and throws
The man nor boy will notice how the golden remnant glows
The jagged rocks below them merge the mirror with the land
The ocean scatters bits of it and mixes them with sand

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from Distance: Definitive Collection, released May 3, 2019

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Vultress

Vultress is a progressive rock, heavy-prog band: Jordan Gaboian (guitar) Paul Uhrina (drums) and Anthony Capuano. (Vox/keys)

On Hypnopompia, the band fuses prog rock, metal, modern heady alt-rock and other eclectic influences.

Critics called their debut:

"[A] flabbergastingly high-quality release" (Scene Point Blank)

"one of the finest recordings ever of a debuting band" (Background Magazine) ... more

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