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The Sun is Down and The Night is Riding In

by Crusades

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1.
Attic 03:06
And I’d scream “Lord don’t let him win, The sun is down and the night is riding in That train’s on time and my soul is on the line…” Nights in that attic it was more than just fear The horned silhouette drawing steadily near As screams turned to vomit you’d shrug as were taught While that in the shadows consumed every thought
2.
Sacraments 02:01
A sacred oath is sworn, allegiance is confirmed The ever-looming threat of malediction burns Deep in the mind of so many a frightened child Plant the weeds, imagination’s running wild Still it spins in my head
3.
Accomplice 01:59
Every folded hand now equally to blame Accomplice to recurring crime Countless altars dripping blood and shit and shame Unpunished for the final time Hands holding so many down, covering so many eyes While those above sin have forced their way in Your hands have stifled all their cries
4.
Driven 01:31
While never truly close, we were hardly very far Adjacent lovely coffins, only moments in the car But disease came cloaked in beauty, any weakness it would find Its wiles, words and symbols slowly crept into your mind And just where were you driving that night? And who was there beside you as you drove? And how could you have been driven to that point? The truth of that last drive we’ll never know
5.
Dreamers 01:55
Gave it all back The hollow promise, the tainted water Blew the flame out And saw the dimness of the altar Bade the underworld a final goodbye Not to kneel or hurl anger at the sky Wake up dreamers, time’s running dry You’ve waited long enough
6.
Remedy 03:37
The battlefield ever-expanding, A call from the pulpit to rally the horde To wage ideological warfare. The covenant, the sword, and the arm of the Lord An agenda whose roots are unending, Unwavering faith, overwhelming accord A plague spreading still like a wildfire. The covenant, the sword, and the arm of the Lord The ashes in their wake black with hypocrisy His word inspiring only inhumanity Left rotting through the night in blood-laced misery (Lex talionis) now the only remedy
7.
Rapture 02:07
Each and every day as that before it Dreading what within those walls he’d find Their open arms would ne’er again be waiting The rest had gone and left him there behind Could they have known how far you’d go? Poured their will right down your throat Choked away what youth remained Watched the blood circle the drain Years spent trying to see through the confusion Beyond the veil of smoking printed page Sifting through the words he’d always hung on For even one that held its salt with age How could they have let it come to this? They pressed the blade into your wrist Bled away what youth remained Watched the blood circle the drain
8.
Serpentine 01:51
Turn inward, away from the blinding light Take up arms in this desperate fight Consider: forsake the mystery Be a weapon of inexorable might Embrace the nature that struggles within Discard any notion of sin Loathe any meekness – Scorn any weakness Trample it all Shed self-deceit as a serpentine skin
9.
Beacons 02:43
Brightly we burn in the darkness, To finally stifle this caucus A choir of voices cascading, Preying hands impatiently waiting A beacon cutting though blindness, To put this sickness behind us A roar rising through the bleating, The sound of hopeful hearts beating Soon they will go where there is no going, Soon they will know No longer to sit idly by, Doors reinforced from the outside As flame licks rafter, wildly I Turn my gaze finally toward the sky A beacon burning in the night, Familiar cries from the inside As flame licks rafter, wildly I Turn my gaze finally toward the sky
10.
Termites 04:48
We are the termites in the ark As the ship sails on into the dark Save Yourself

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It’s Alive Records (IAR-56)
Razorcake Records (RZCR-14)
Hardware Records (HWR-031)
Sabotage Records (SABO-45)

1st Pressing (200 on Red Vinyl w/gatefold sleeve,
800 on Black Vinyl w/gatefold sleeve)

2nd Pressing (100 on Smoke-Coloured Vinyl
w/gatefold sleeve, 400 on Black Vinyl w/gatefold sleeve)

credits

released September 1, 2011

Recorded and Mixed in Winter 2011
by Paul “Yogi” Granger at The Meatlocker
Mastered by Dave Williams at Rock Among Us
Layout by Dave Williams

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