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Silent Bodies

by Kodiak Empire

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1.
Can you hear the voices? With eyes My hands will pull you under Concrete My mouth is so tasteless Bone dry I’m sweating my insides from hunger The richest of red dyes Just like the stagnant buzz of breath it’s gone When you question whether your minds lost nothing is lossless Now I’m seized by a breeze and Carried from confidence Why do my enquiries grow evermore infinite? I’m stolen like generations I’m frozen in my connotations As I’m regretting reprimanding my regrets Waiting for waves of serotonin Only time is more endless I’m seized by a breeze in here And Carried from confidence
2.
Sun 03:19
I was eaten alive by the reflection of my own teeth From the inside out meat, second me, cannibal eternal Son of Marcus the first, Raised in the shadow of patriarchal blur, Shadows need the sun Hindsight proposes a treatment at night, When no moments suffice to outline The culture shift And it's seemingly burdening Son of Marcus the first, Raised in the shadow of patriarchal blur, Shadows need the sun And to you adieu Sundered the soul Thunderous realisations
3.
Paso Doble 06:22
There is peace and tranquillity When tranquillised in pieces And to snicker otherwise Shows facetiousness That shall test Queries ability And I’m guaranteed humble humility is adrift on a flat earth sea Have we been biding our time through the centuries? Waiting for the perfect moment to display some signs of empathy View through red prespex Feel the horn We are all The matador I swear all you do is speak And breathe See how many minds you can hypnotise And coerce to agree And now is were vision needs action A voice with a plan is for deaf ears Without Passion Who’s willing to stand For evidence Supported in a lack of trust When the time comes To be courageous Will you raise your hand or wave the red flag? I swear all you do is speak And breathe See how many minds you can hypnotise And coerce to agree with the opinions you spray Whilst sucking in your cheeks Cease the ignition Silence is fuel in remission Suffocate oxygen Cease the ignition Silence is fuel
4.
Connochaetes 03:10
Serenity under surveillance (No contemplation) Documented obscenely assure prevalence (No contemplation) To sway with the pull the grasp
5.
Wild Swans 06:30
How can you stand by idly? When its so obvious there’s no drive to be Civilised in a backward evolution Is this a mirage in front of me? Sacrifice my brain to be entertained is it comforting? To willingly participate in your lobotomy We’ve been maimed and shaped by deities Belief imprisons fact to mould society Make sure all your questions are sent to authority Objectified As deviant to think that were standing on the brink of our downfall Tell me I’m not the only one wanting to jump And find A swinging vine You hold so dear this grip on fear and knowledge you wish to be true So wait as my knife inches in closer to your spine Those who stand at tables dressed in white cloth Submit their willingness to logic Can’t you see our illness is chronic? Don’t trust yourself Not to trust the words they keep on eyelevel shelves If there’s such a thing as hell it’s the mind of the unknowingly ignorant Pull back the foliage To discover poison at the roots Some people see a little more clearly when they stare And it’s safe to say in this empire age None of us can bank on being safe for too long We place our faith In 1000 faces With one name Its tempting to walk into the water And breathe in When this error ends can we be sure Another will begin Don’t dance on the edge of your shadow Waiting for light to chase away night on the side of the road Is it worth it? Is it worth the effort of screaming when fully submerged in dirt? From what I’ve heard A Whisper is often misinterpreted Our culture burns Synapses Made from mistakes we’ve learned from The sky will shine when we realise
6.
Hakbah 08:06
Staring into blank As our memories paint Cotton canvas I chose to blur the edge of grace Thinking straight Until dreams start shifting out of shape Pulsating away into the distance With my sight in rewind I’ve thrown away those original visions With and empty abyss of a mind And when we saw how far from regular we would stray We realised our instinct cant be tamed My sights in rewind In an empty abyss Reminiscence a glistening enemy Beauty is in remembering Caught in this state of mass sanitation its Making All noise rot language into white Needle to the brain Fill my skull as I start to change And my structure decays

about

Kodiak Empire is Bryce Carleton, Josh Engel, Joseph Rabjohns, Benjamin Shannon and Jacob Warren

A very big thank you to: Matt Bach; Greg, The Drum Cartel: John Stefulj; Govinda Doyle; Nikolas Strugar; Cody McWaters; Tallpoppy Studios; and all the bands and friends we've met along the way

credits

released August 5, 2016

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Govinda Doyle, Galaxial Paradise, Tweed River

Preproduction and demos by Nikolas Strugar

Cover artwork: Jos. A. Smith, Horse With Inner Fire, © 2004

Photos by Shanahan Flanders

Design and layout by Nikolas Strugar/Ravens at Odds

All music written and performed by Kodiak Empire

Benjamin Shannon published by Double Drummer Music Publishing

Ocean and Sky, Connochaetes and Hakbah feature the Saxophone of John Stefulj

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Kodiak Empire Brisbane, Australia

Kodiak Empire are a five-piece from Brisbane bringing many musical flavours together to create a dramatic blend of progressive/
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