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Monarch

by Desolation

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1.
The battle that rages inside of your mind As you struggle to silence the fire The flames of passion that seduce you And fuel your desire to consume All you've been given at once Reaching out to grab a hold Of the hand that would be my salvation Just out of reach I meet your eyes as your image fades away And it seems I had been chasing nothing but a ghost So tell me what do you believe About the war inside my head Innocence is dead There is a monster in you Someone please Take my hand and guide me out of this place Away from the memories and pain Left to wonder yet again What would the world be like if we were dead And nothing but our ghosts were left So tell me what do you believe About the war inside your head Innocence is dead There is a monster in me This perspective Is not mine alone So please open your eyes With the fires all around us How can we deny all we know? Do we have to lose all that we had Before we recognize our flaws? So tell me what's the difference Between the hero and the thief To survive in this dying world We all will struggle to stay free There's nothing left for me Just ruins and remains And if you're listening It's stopped making sense to me
2.
Isolationist 07:55
I'm hearing voices in my head Telling me to do things That I would never purposely do I've been sitting here thinking to myself Isolating myself from the rest of the world Now these voices are driving me insane Getting in my head and telling me what to do But I will never let them get to me I'd rather burn in hell for eternity I need to find some solace I need to find some peace of mind I need to find my tranquility And find a way to escape my head I am far beyond driven I can't turn back anymore The voices are eating me alive Their one desire is to kill me Now I keep thinking to myself What should I do? With the noose hanging from the ceiling Should I go and end it all right now? Or should I stay and live in this hell? I need to find some solace? I need to find some peace of mind? I need to find my tranquility And find a way to escape my head I leave this world behind
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Another day and our gods don't take aim at us We check it off as a victory of faith Living our life in a utopian dream-land While those above are deciding our fate A profit gained and territory expanded A loss of life is no cause for shame Protect and serve, protecting their wallets For even deities will bow to the bank Obey our orders and we'll show you the enemy We'll take them down so you can be what you want to be Ignore the truth for our monetary gain For the American dream Aggression born of fear A truth we'll never know Ignorance is bliss for us We'll run them down to take control A war to create peace For our own kind at least For our superior souls Terror campaign against the objects of terror We'll save your souls by bombing your land Take what we want and crush all opposition A thousand soldiers roaming the sands Their eyes will never see what remains of the truth They question nothing when they're living like kings Creating fear to invade who we want to No one is stronger than the land of the free Obey our orders and we'll show you the enemy We'll take them down so you can be what you want to be Ignore the truth for our monetary gain For the American dream Aggression born of fear A truth we'll never know Ignorance is bliss for us We'll run them down to take control A war to create peace For our own kind at least For our superior souls
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Acid Tongue 04:40
Acid-tongued, you're lying through your teeth Spreading hatred for what lies underneath Your reputation matters more than their lives Create a veil to mask the demons inside You're weaving a web of lies Master of your own disguise You sit on a throne of lies Master of your own demise Gaining their trust until the knife's in their back A serpent waiting for the perfect attack Written of blood-lust is the story of you The dagger twisted until the pain is renewed You're weaving a web of lies Master of your own disguise You sit on a throne of lies Master of your own demise Dig yourself deeper when their's nowhere to turn Instant decision to cast a friend down to burn Hypocritical and no morality Born of desire and to spread misery You're weaving a web of lies Master of your own disguise You sit on a throne of lies Master of your own demise
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Living in denial of me I'll take control of you Society will torture your mind You know not what to do You can't avoid the monsters When they're a part of your own soul Lurking inside the crevice of your mind Searching for ways to grow A part of you you fight to repress Animalistic urge Live for the beast, the monster inside For the adrenal surge You can't avoid the monsters When they're a part of your own soul Lurking inside the crevice of your mind Searching for ways to grow The monster inside Will make you feel alive So just see through its eyes The monster inside Wants you to live your life The way you were designed
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Hatred consuming, there is nothing left in me These fits of anger are destroying everything I look inside myself, at the monster I've become Asphyxiated, choking on a world I've come to loathe Alive in me This hatred shall always reside in me I fail to see What justifies living a life in here In this temple of hatred Blood boiling and purging logic from my mind Suffocating on this anger trying to survive Suppress, suppress, suppress, it's all I ever do The edge of sanity will destroy all that I know Alive in me This hatred shall always reside in me I fail to see What justifies living a life in here In this temple of hatred This rage inside Builds up and consumes me To let it out Would be the death of me This rage inside Builds up and boils out To drown everything Alive in me This hatred shall always reside in me I fail to see What justifies living a life in here In this temple of hatred
8.
Chains are weighing down Wrapped around me Drag me to the edge Constrict and bind me Panic hopelessness, as I'm being ripped across the ground Strength don't fail me now Fear sets in breathing becomes scarce Broken, I'm caving as I'm giving in to my will Scream Hands claw futile Cling to the edge of Sanity Insanity It destroys me Pulls me down Drags me down Chains wrapping around my neck Constricting the air that I breathe Immobilized, I plummet to my demise Demons destroy my body Burdened by my great regret Drag me Drag me below You won't You won't mourn me And thinking back I wish this to pass
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Succumbing to the monster inside I stumble through the depths Struggling to ward off the guilt Spawning demonic apparitions Through the crowd I meet the Executioner's gaze As my world's set ablaze The stone splits open as the fire grows near Clinging to the edge of sanity Blistered hands force me to let go And then the void swallows me whole The Executioner calls out to me His blackened mask is all I see The Executioner calls out my name He is forever haunting me Surrounded by nothing I'm falling deeper into the dark Battling demons of my own design Drag me down Broken glass lies in wait in the depths of the void The mirror forever taunts me Mocking all that I've done Drag me down No purpose will you find Live your life imprisoned by a lie The cavern of broken glass begins to flood The freezing water has iced my blood Struggling against the rising tide I'm panicking, dying, I'm going blind The Executioner drags me down But I won't drown I won't drown The water grows still and there's no hope for escape I look down and begin to accept my fate I cease my struggle and begin to sink The Executioner's Calling has claimed me The Executioner calls out to me His blackened mask is all I see The Executioner calls out my name He is forever haunting me
11.
Monarch 06:31
I am the strongest one The creature in control Bow to the machines that will make your life a living hell I am the evolution Decider of the fate The world that birthed me will be mine to control and I shall not fail Built to prevail Strip the Earth of its former shell Built to prevail We are perfect now
12.
The Prophet 04:23
I stand beside myself And look back at all I've done The mirror reflects the truth It says my pain has just begun The world crumbles away And I struggle to find my place It seems that we will never change This burden drags me down As the cities turn to ash We threw it all away And it all came down so fast The world crumbles away And I struggle to find my place It seems that we will never change The world crumbles away And I know now only pain And now it seems we won't be saved

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released March 19, 2015

All music written by Desolation
All lyrics written by Jake Bratton except for Isolationist, which was written by Blayne Sweet
Produced and recorded by Joey Barone

Jake Bratton- Rhythm Guitar/Vocals
Joey Barone- Lead Guitar
Blayne Sweet- Drums
Salem Fleury- Bass

All artwork done by Tark Janis

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