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Obelisk

by Jak Locke

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Denied 04:31
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Why do all the children die Why do all the children cry Why are rivers turning red What's a cause worth when you're dead What's the thirst for power for How can one be evil's whore What's the price of living free Rules made by one we can't see Children, die Children, cry Ain't no war, just lies Follow me silently Final peace denied When will our blood be suffice When will your heart melt to ice How long will we stand forsaken While our futile lives are taken What's the thirst for power for How can one be evil's whore What's the price of living free Rules made by one we can't see Children, die Children, cry Ain't no war, just lies Follow me silently Final peace denied Children, die Children, cry Ain't no war, just lies Follow me silently Final peace denied Children, die Children, cry Ain't no war, just lies Follow me silently Final peace denied Children, die Children, cry Ain't no war, just lies Follow me silently Final peace denied
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Behemoth 05:48
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Out from below, like a flood the evil shadows flow Earthquakes began as the monster walked onto dry land I can see away I could walk away I could drift away I could die today Cloaked by a shield, only to my eyes is it revealed Come just for me, come to kill me oh so silently I can see away I could walk away I could drift away I could die today Born of the flame, in the end just it and I remain Formless and free, chasing phantoms floating randomly I can see away I could walk away I could drift away I could die today Pushed down below like a flood the searing venom flows Rainbow of gray, it pursues me to my dying day I can see away I could walk away I could drift away I could die today
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Passing Friend 03:06
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I saw a friend just yesterday and he saw me and walked away Could I have changed so much since then But now I can't remember when It takes me back to see his face, then right back here where I'm erased Is this the way it's going to be Would there be anything that's worth this to me Every cold wind I have ever felt before Everything I've lost for that "something more" Every "this is worth the price" I've said til I believe again Called to question when I feel the silence of my passing friend Connections lost for something else, at least that's what I've told myself Is there a day coming when I will wish I hadn't aimed so high Something at least that I could show to convince myself the cost was low Cuz for now all I see is the end of what had once accepted me Every cold wind I have ever felt before Everything I've lost for that "something more" An absence for a time and now I'm stranger bound But if that's all it took, was that ever a friend I found?
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Obelisk 06:11
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Paragon break of dawn Free and clear, gods so near I can climb so high Penetrate the sky Taking any risk I am the obelisk Seeing all Up I fall See all ways Seen all days I can climb so high Penetrate the sky Taking any risk I am the obelisk Wind and I call our cry Land of one Equals, none I can climb so high Penetrate the sky Taking any risk I am the obelisk Paragon break of dawn Land of one Equals, none I can climb so high Penetrate the sky Take any risk I am the obelisk I am the obelisk I can climb so high Penetrate the sky Taking any risk I am the obelisk
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Mutiny 04:16
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The rudder turned but by someone else's hand The crew looked around, not sure what had gone down Only the first mate did truly understand And the second mate, but he was gagged and bound In the hold beneath the deck where no one was sure to check Vicious rumors were elect of the mate's lack of respect Young Jones up in the crow's nest kept his view upon the sea When Old Jim Bones told him "Come on down, boy Go below deck and bring up us some whiskey" What he saw was quite a shock The second mate stuffed in a box The other's body cold as rock The hold door slammed and then was locked And Old Jim Bones in the sunlight making sure he had a clear shot Fired his pistol into the back of Smithy Smithy fell over, dead on the spot And the mutiny carried on til the final outsider was gone But unknown to them there was one who was not so easily done Jim Bones, the first mate and the cook Their fate was set by Eagle Eye They never saw that it was comin Left on an island for to die And this also sealed his own fate But now it was too late He couldn't go back home at any rate It'd look like he'd have done what they'd So he cast the sails westward to uncharted lands that way Ravens were flyin round the spires that came out the water grey He walked over to the bow, saw this omen, thought "What now" But that was all his mind allowed There was no turnin back anyhow And the wind blows all around him as the sails go flowin by He will go where the sea takes him And he'll keep goin til he die Sailin further from his home Ever more to roam Yet even the sea turns to foam His journey ends here alone alone alone alone alone
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Shell 02:54
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Find the words to lie to me, I'll find a way to go Down in an illusion all but you and I would know There is only so much time I've got to waste away Wasted seven months so what's it matter one more day When will I have my fill and when will I return There's no way this makes any sense All of this time to kill and all this youth to burn Bet there's regrets after the end To be at such a place and know just what I've got to lose And just keep going forward keeping myself in the ruse There's no way that I'll look back at this time with any joy Here's to another cycle where I watch myself destroy When will I have my fill and when will I return There's no way this makes any sense All of this time to kill and all this youth to burn Bet there's regrets after the end Bet there's regrets after the end (in reach if only you would dare)
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Double Loss 02:30
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Pain in passion Flaming wire Pain in passion Gone on fire Sudden terror rips apart Pain in passion Bleed your heart Gone to lengths they never thought they'd go Gone to lengths they never thought they'd go Extra lengths they never thought they'd know It is lost, it's lost, it is lost, it's lost Double loss, double loss, double loss, double loss
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Horizon 03:13
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Have you ever wondered when life begins If left is wrong and good is sin Whose point of view is right today And if your youth just gets in the way Can you really tell the way that it should be Can you really know what's right for you is right for me Does a rising sun seem like it sets And do you deserve everything you get Are you just waiting for a sign Or is it planned and you just put it all on the line Can you really tell the way that it should be Can you really know what's right for you is right for me Are you there waiting in the sun Knowing what you want awaiting it to come Are you living for the day Or does your youth stand in your way Can you really tell the way that it should be Can you really know what's right for you is right for me So much standing by at stake Ever thought that promises could break Everything you ever knew Who knows if any of it's true
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Far Away 03:36
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If I don't get up from this fall It's not for wanting to refuse Meanwhile you are so so far away, so far away So nothing mattered after all Could be it's something I could use Could be we've spent a while so far away, so far away Maybe stay far away Maybe stay far away, so far away, so far away

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released February 24, 1999

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Jak Locke New Orleans, Louisiana

Jak Locke is a multi-genre songwriter and performer based in and native to New Orleans, LA.

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