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Circle of Life

by Seventh Dimension

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1.
Enter Mirror 08:40
(“Reflecting on our fears”) (“Reflecting on our fears”) This shattered dust reveals a mist A reflection of your fear Cursing this very day When your shadows learned to emerge Denying too much failure Regret forever more Instead of leave behind Instead of carry on A corruption of your mind A trembling phobia Afraid of what is wrong and right Always easier to run From your withering mind Expecting all to understand The choices that you’ve done Instead of killing thoughts Using human will’s gun We'll contain shards of evil And thoughts of pain Is this freedom The goal you want to attain? Afraid to cast it away We'll receive shards of hatred Passed by our fears Powerful enough To break both you and me Afraid to cast them away You enter the mirror (“We all have some evil inside”) (Its rise) Surprising (The fear of) Leaving it Wanting nothing but Freedom from regret (The darker thoughts) Fading out (When you) Believe in The power to banish it all “But what if I’m to weak?” “What if it keeps control?” Then go and let it Bring sin to your soul A misleading phobia Afraid of what is wrong and right Always easier to run Instead of losing the fight Expecting all to accept These choices that you’ve done “I try to kill these thoughts” “Please, just make them be gone” Cries avoided, when you feel Them to depend on you To dry them Is a choice way to cruel But inside, the wish to Abandon who you're now Try it once for all And fight it back to the grave (“It's feeded by our fears”) We'll contain shards of evil And thoughts of pain Is this freedom The goal you want to attain? Afraid to cast it away We'll receive shards of hatred Passed by our fears Powerful enough To break both you and me Afraid to cast them away You enter the mirror You go, enter the mirror
2.
Beyond Time 07:13
There was no time to think Alternative solutions The sound of emptiness Runs through my head There is no time to cry out My inner delusions No more excuses with You to share I hear the cries The silent emptiness Behind my eyes Tears me apart again I feel the ice Melting apart as I Stand right here Beyond what I believed A dream out on the ocean Reflecting on the past Forgiveness in the future Time won’t last Until the leaves have fallen We’ll forget their pain Time will make you crawling Back to your past There is a place Where self-pity is vanished A place located Far beyond the time The only reason for This inner fear to rise up Is when you expect that Everything must end I hear the lies The empty words you hide Behind those eyes Tears you apart again You fear the time When it arrives What will you do? What will you do? A dream out on the ocean Reflecting on the past Forgiveness in the future Time won’t last Until the leaves have fallen We’ll forget their pain Time will make you crawling Back to your past A dream out on the ocean Reflecting on the past Forgiveness in the future Time won’t last Now the leaves have fallen And now you feel their pain Time now made you crawling Back to your past
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(Instrumental)
4.
The Dreamer 09:39
It's been decades since I lost you Every nights repeated pain I was told there was a way To reunite with you again A mysterious solution To fall in dreams without awakes Into a place where I could find you A place where you could grab my hand Take and guide me away To the land of my dreams I will dare to take This last chance to see her again I will fade to the notes Away from this life An empty cold time Play me the song, make me fall Into a reflection of my dream Black fades to white All alone, among all light But then, from the white mist she came The only one I longed to see again Touched by her hand On my face, staring blind Through her eyes I could see A lost soul now staring back at me Now help me remain In the land of my dreams I'll dare to throw away My life sacrificed I faded to the notes Away from that life That empty cold time Playing the song made me fall Into a reflection of my dream Asking for no guidance Of how to come back home This dream taken for granted My life forever gone But the circle kept on spinning And the dream became a curse Her spirit now standing by This corrupted lullaby Take and guide me away From the land of my dreams I can now understand What I have done wrong I won't fade to the notes Away from that life, my reality Playing that song nevermore Take me away from this black dream
5.
When the light reaches The dawn of a new birth A dark and empty place will shine 'Cause of a miracle Of existence called "life" But the life of a boy Would already be decided Even though the events of his life Will never be foretold He will be given the same symbol of life The eight through day and night Just like everybody else _________________________________ (Instrumental)
6.
As the first sun rises To celebrate the joy of birth A boy is born and begins his walk Through the endless circle Starting on the bright side of the symbol He experiences the will to live And born to loving parents That would love him forever He feels safe in his personal paradise The only side of life that he knows _________________________________ I've awakened, I'm alive I can finally see the light The vanished darkness and Their smiles so bright I've awaited, I've arrived To my first paradise That I'm living in advance I'm guided away To the land where I belong I'm taken to a house To a new dawn I open my eyes and wake up From a dream reflecting reality This constant feeling Of immortality Running down the stairs Without any fear What should I fear When love stands beside me? A perfect life High in this sky I know I can fly In this ethereal sky A perfect life High in this sky I know I can fly In this ethereal sky And everything seems Will last forever This perfect life Will it remain?
7.
Every living creation will reach a point Where they’ll be introduced to the night After living on the edge of paradise The night will fall down and create An unfamiliar and chocking change in life Things can change in a way You would never desire It will leave a boy paralyzed By the chock of finding his world upside down _________________________________ ("The night fell down") ("And the mirror revealed") ("Its true reflection") ("Then suddenly") ("Two horrifying sounds") ("Screaming, shooting") ("Blackened") The mirrors dirt is vanished Paradise is turning to hell The sun goes down (First wave of) Darkness has arrived A new reflection Revealed the evil surrounding me How could this be? What did I do wrong? Is hope consumed? How could this be? How could this tragedy Fall upon me? By the thunder outside I wake up in the night To witness another Dramatic scene ("Two shadow men") ("Came in at night") ("Found nothing to steal") ("A worthless fight") ("Silence fades into a shot") ("A bullet that took") ("All that I got") ("Thought that this life") ("Was a paradise") ("Everything seems") ("So hard to tell") ("Feeling this turbulence") ("In my life") ("Life is suddenly") ("Becoming hell") Why? Help me understand Why did this Beautiful chapter in my life Run out of hand? How? Could this perfect world How could it turn all around? Now where shall I go? I feel lost in myself I have to deal with this pain I'm forced to fill my life with fear I try to save the past in vain Running away from a tragic memory With nothing more to gain After years in paradise The evil has locked me in chains And I run And I never stop But I'm blind In this evil game No Get away from me There's memories of beauty Inside of me No I won't believe it no more The mirror it lied Reflection denied Why? Help me understand Why did this Beautiful chapter in my life Run out of hand How? Could this perfect world How could it turn all around? Now where shall I go? ("James and Sarah Taylor") ("Has been found dead") ("In their house") ("This morning at 5:30 am") ("The man was stabbed") ("In the back") ("And there has been gunfire") ("There is no trace") ("Of their 11 year old") ("Missing son") ("The police department thinks") ("That this could be a case") ("Of a kidnapping") ("No trace have been found") ("Of little John Taylor") ("We're still awaiting news") ("To get updated") No Get away from me There's memories of beauty Inside of me No I won't believe it no more The mirror it lied Reflection denied Why? Help me understand Why did this Beautiful chapter in my life Run out of hand? Don't Don't try to take me back I don't want to be a part Of this world full of lies
8.
In moments of confusion and anger A boy can easily pass over And enter the dark mirror The reflection can be invisible to oneself And bring forth the dark side Of a way of being The mirror will absorb your anger And make you feel comfortable In your new life Making it easy for a shadow man _________________________________ Woke up in a forest Far away from my home I spot some light A man behind a fire He said "Don't be afraid" "I'll give you the help you need" He reaches out his hand Inviting me in the night He told me about this cruel world Where good things never stay He said the darkness opened his eyes As the fire begins to fade He invites me to take part of his life Beside him, on the ground I see a knife Revenge burns in a eleven year old kid I accept to join his life He guides me to a path We're running all around doing criminal acts He wants revenge on the world I might as well feel the same wrath Where shall I go? This life seems so unreal I can't think clear enough This life is not for me Now we have begun He says it's too late to turn back And that we must give back evil For the evil we've received This man of shadows Who leads me on evil ways Who proclaims revenge And says that the world must pay But now I see a final picture I do not see any reason You won't guide me no more I'm walking out the door Help me I don't know where I am Or where I should go Give me a meaning To all that's happening to me
9.
Even though the darkness Can seem to be eternal A time will come when There will be given a reason To the reversed world A familiar voice of the past Will remind a man of a life And of his personal paradise But how much faith and hope Can be received by such a subtle voice? _________________________________ ("No, John") ("Life isn't always what it seems like") ("What?") ("No, I don't") ("I just want you to be prepared") ("On the television?) ("No, never here") ("But you must be aware about the fact") ("It really exists") ("Those things happen out there") ("You must know that") ("In case something happens") ("You must be strong") ("Can you promise me this?") ("Things always happen in the wrong moments, John") ("I'm glad you're aware about that") ("But everybody doesn't have it like this") ("Life is a circle through day and night") ("Just like Rose says") ("An eight through the sun and the moon?") ("Did she say so?") ("She means the eight stands for eternity") ("So, please") ("Never believe that the sun has died down") ("It'll always come back") ("Sooner or later") ("I love you too, my son") I wake up again This familiar voice is repeating I turn my head, an orb of Light is there to guide me It's taking me to a place A place I've never seen before A sacred lake in the night Then came a blinding light I fall down on my knees I am ready to listen Staring into the moonlight Reflecting on what I have done I feel the remorse hit me hard I cry, trying to understand life The anger leaves me, desperation survives This voice, explaining everything Still I can't understand How that perfect life The sense of immortality That endless dream Didn't survive
10.
A life filled of changes Happy and tragic experiences Will bring a man into A circle of reflection _________________________________ (Instrumental)
11.
After a long time passed Within the circle of reflection A man realizes the system of life The picture of the circle of life Receives the final missing piece Brought by a mans belief in hope The decision of believing In that familiar voice Finally brings the full picture After years passed in emptiness _________________________________ The voice under the moonlight Now made me realize The fear is slowly fading And the hope is on the rise Years after years, I tried to let go Those memories of the past But all those things, both good and bad Those times will always last Into the eight The mark of eternity We're all running So endlessly A turn beside the night A turn beside the day Until we all start drifting Until it's time for us to fade Our perfect lives And all of our cries Are sides of a dice In this circle of life I've witnessed both the two sides The hell and paradise I thought that it was possible To never pay a price Inside that house where I grew up Both love and evil passed But that's all part of this strange life Where time flows too fast Into the eight The mark of eternity We're all running So endlessly A turn beside the night A turn beside the day Until we all start drifting Until it's time for us to fade Our perfect lives And all of our cries Are sides of a dice In this circle of life In the past I wanted to believe That all good in my life Would last forever But today I've finally realized That the circle of life Runs through both day and night The power we need The only thing we need Is only to believe That everything will be fine The will to live The will to love Its magic, it is true And even though The sky seems gray You'll see, it soon will turn blue 'Cause everything you need Everything you'll ever need Is only to believe In this circle of life Believe
12.
When one reaches The final chapter of life A final moment of fear can rise From not knowing what will follow At the very end It is the final step And the final decision That will decide if one Will fade away in peace _________________________________ The time has come It's time to join the other side My years have passed Now down they fall These tears of fear I cry A terror inside Of fading away Unaware about a thing Where can I find the peace? A quick reflection On what I desire The love that once Could carry me higher To live or to die I'm in a place between But I realize, I miss the ones Who died during that dramatic scene And now I'm here The time has come to reach my dream I'll join with them, I'll be with them The ones who gave me life The time is short Let me tell you right now About the love that always lasts Through this circle of life And now I'll fade away I'll rise up high, up to the sky Where we will reunite The eight through day and night Don't be afraid Please, never cry The eternal night is a lie These are my last words now Always believe That the circle of life Will carry you out from the night

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released January 15, 2013

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Seventh Dimension Stockholm, Sweden

Seventh Dimension is a 5-piece progressive metal band.

The music is mainly inspired by the progressive rock/metal scene and has much variation in style.
Ambient ballads, heavier metal and everything in between.
There are many songs containing storys, with characters going through different experiences,
reflecting visions, dreams or containing messages about life, emotions, philosophies and more.
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