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[VERSE]
Floating above us
In the stories, we're told
There's an architect in the stars
Weightless and distant
With grace and precision
Directing us from afar

[PRE-CHORUS]
But we have a price
That we have to pay
Choking on questions
That we'll never say
Picking up pieces
And fragments of plans
Best laid in waves that
Crash through the sand

[CHORUS]
So I'm told
It's not my place to ever know
And I'm afraid that we've been sold
This gravity will swallow us whole

[VERSE]
Sending transmission
Will you ever listen
I wonder how long can you stall
The wars have grown countless
The floods will soon drown us
Our king just sleeps through it all

[PRE-CHORUS]
I'm building a ship
And leaving this place
Arrangements deranged
The souls you made
Far up above
But you can be sure
I'm bringing you back
Back down to earth

[CHORUS]
So I'm told
It's not my place to ever know
And I'm afraid that we've been sold
This gravity will swallow us whole
So I'm told
It's not my place to ever know
And I'm afraid that we've been sold
This gravity will swallow us whole

[BRIDGE]
Silly me, I know that things
Always happen for a reason
But as I trace these lines
Across the space that we can't breathe in
Shattered moons and solar winds
Spinning scores of scattered planets
I ride this well of ink
Spilled across this endless canvas
I land and tumble in
Through these halls of ancient marble
Clutched firmly in my hands
Tidal trinkets only borrowed
I sink down and in between
The Event and the Horizon
And in time I find we all end
Right back just where we started

[OUTRO]
We're lost in the unknown
Endless novas guiding us home
Oh, you'll never be alone
Trails of novas guiding us home
Oh, we're lost in the unknown
Endless novas guiding us home
Oh, you'll never be alone
Tranquil novas guiding us home

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from The Event and the Horizon, released March 10, 2023

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Conflicting Motive Orlando, Florida

Indie/prog rock from space

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