The Way Is Through
from The Crash And The Draw by Minsk
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lyrics
We've built illusion, into every failing sequence / Welcome decay in honor of the sun
This hollow shell, this beacon of suffering / The path unknown, we carry on, we approach
A death march, repeating, forever in a circle
And hidden from our sight, for an end we still falsely seek / To see the road, and to not traverse
There is a cost here, etched in every heart / Would destroy the will, would vanquish the soul
The pain we hide, from ourselves / And now let us proceed with all that we know, balance returns
That will awaken to begin
A new procession
Toward an undoing
Stowed away beneath time
How far can you see, never far enough
And how much ground must be covered to roundly crown the bluff
The circle ever bending
The cycle never ending
The way is through, no circumventing here
To see the road and not to traverse
Would destroy the will, would vanquish the soul
So let us proceed with all that we know
This fire inside ascends, awaiting, new light to rise
Awaken to begin a new procession
Starlight commands the world be built again
To start again by ceasing
We approach, another cycle
Awaken, to begin, renewal
Why aren't you living
Why would you repeat this
This hollow shell, this beacon of suffering / The path unknown, we carry on, we approach
A death march, repeating, forever in a circle
And hidden from our sight, for an end we still falsely seek / To see the road, and to not traverse
There is a cost here, etched in every heart / Would destroy the will, would vanquish the soul
The pain we hide, from ourselves / And now let us proceed with all that we know, balance returns
That will awaken to begin
A new procession
Toward an undoing
Stowed away beneath time
How far can you see, never far enough
And how much ground must be covered to roundly crown the bluff
The circle ever bending
The cycle never ending
The way is through, no circumventing here
To see the road and not to traverse
Would destroy the will, would vanquish the soul
So let us proceed with all that we know
This fire inside ascends, awaiting, new light to rise
Awaken to begin a new procession
Starlight commands the world be built again
To start again by ceasing
We approach, another cycle
Awaken, to begin, renewal
Why aren't you living
Why would you repeat this
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from The Crash And The Draw,
released April 7, 2015
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Minsk Illinois
Scattered between the sleepy city of Peoria and metropolis of Chicago, Illinois, and drawing inspiration from a remote Belarusian city that has been burned to the ground only to be rebuilt like a phoenix rising from its own ashes, MINSK is an enigmatic collection of opposites. The music is at once modern, organic, and other-worldly; songs are stirring sonic journeys. ... more
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