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Break The Illusion

by The Hand Of Glory

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Recorded and produced by Sky Van Hoff (The Sorrow, Machinemade God, Caliban) The Hand Of Glory debut album "Break The Illusion” released via Deafground Records is a concept album about the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the impact it has on our everyday lives.

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1.
BUILT FOR DEATH In a time where faith is hollow As a town that was left far behind Where hope was something of value That was stamped out by power and lies It is said that love will conquer And erase all the hurt of mankind But it’s left us cold in the shadows And the sun has fell from the sky I have always known All things must come to an end But I still fight For a chance to survive Still waiting…wait for a change Still bleeding…times running out And we wait for the answers And pray for a change Years of our lives are always spent Looking backwards… But the thread of our souls Are pulled to they snap and they break Its time we wake up And realize we must move forward How much longer can we go on living like this? I have always known All things must come to an end But I still fight For a chance to survive Still waiting…wait for a change Still bleeding…times running out Inside this darkened shadow Our heartbeats move in time Cast out from a world of sorrow That’s bounded in horror and lies The streets are filled with violence There is no safe place to hide We watch as buildings crumble And innocence falters and dies I have always known All things must come to and end But I still fight for a chance to survive
2.
CARRY THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD I never left you waiting for clarity But you kept me searching for an end This vast void has become my sanctuary My heart holds valor to this bleak nothingness And a thousand heartaches will never match this pain inside This burden I carry…this so called fucking life I carry the weight of the world I’ve burned those memories I’ve buried myself alive I carry the weight of the world on my shoulders You spend a lifetime trying to find the answer I’ve wasted years wasted tears on your lies And a thousand heartaches will never match this pain inside This burden I carry…this so called fucking life I carry the weight of the world I’ve burned those memories I’ve buried myself alive Behind her dead eyes memories of mine I never left you But you kept me searching This so called fucking life Memories of mine… I never left you waiting for clarity But you kept me searching for an end And a thousand heartaches will never match this pain inside This burden I carry…this so called fucking life I carry the weight of the world I’ve burned those memories I’ve buried myself alive
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FRACTURES 04:57
FRACTURES We’re getting nowhere in seeking out our dreams Still living in the past with nothing left behind These mirrors are staring back at you they paint an ugly face But silhouettes of yesterday still hold their place Fractures of our lives remain I’ve tried to change you But you’re the one who knows yourself Better than anyone else You can’t undo ruin by ignoring the truth But you’re the one who knows yourself Better than anyone… You’re holding onto demons you have inside Pull from the turmoil or is it too late to hide? These mirrors are staring back at you they paint an ugly face But silhouettes of yesterday still hold their place Fractures of our lives remain Fractures of our lives remain I’ve tried to change you But you’re the one who knows yourself Better than anyone else You can’t undo ruin by ignoring the truth But you’re the one who knows yourself Better than anyone else I see the faces of a thousand broken hearts I count the traces that tore them all apart They all lead back to you And everything you’ve put us through Now face the mirror and see the truth And kiss yourself goodbye one last time This tourniquet is shutting out the night I’ve tried to change you But you’re the one who knows yourself Better than anyone else You can’t undo ruin by ignoring the truth But you’re the one who knows yourself Better than anyone else Fractures of our lives remain
4.
BREAK THE ILLUSION I’ve seen destruction laid waste to innocence From the hearts of the weary To the mouths of dissidents You’ve blazed this trail of suffering You’ve condemned lives again I will never surrender myself You won’t betray me And never fucking forget You will never escape me You’ve lined your pockets with this unjust war From the frontlines of heartache To the loss of what we’re fighting for I can’t see the end of this war in sight The wolves are closing in the vultures are descending Deliver us from a world of sorrow Give us strength to make a stand These desert winds are calling our names I will prevail and you know… I will never surrender myself You won’t betray me And never fucking forget You will never escape me
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RED TIDES 03:28
RED TIDES Starring back to the beginning of the end I’ve looked past all the faces that are dead Turned myself inside out To find you hiding in the darkness again This time I’ve found you this time I’m no letting go Tore apart the pages to find no end Choke on the words of this pain and regret My lungs collapse to the weight of this debt Sink beneath the current I find myself consumed in darkness again This time I’ve found you this time I’m no letting go Tore apart the pages to find no end Cut the throats tear apart the heartless See the truth descending and follow We’re looking back We’re looking so sad as we go… Your words are like daggers I feel the undertow pulling me to the depths This time I’ve found you this time I’m no letting go Tore apart the pages to find no end Cut the throats tear apart the heartless See the truth descending and follow We’re looking back We’re looking so sad as we go… The phantoms of your soul lurk beneath red tides Hallow behind those bleeding eyes
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INSIDE THIS EMPTY SHELL Instrumental
7.
FALL UPON A TRAGEDY The lightning crashes The memories began to fade The rain is falling My feelings wash away Just look inside of me There’s nothing left to see Only a saddened hope Of what I used to be There was a time When my world was full of love But that has gone away And never to return The mistakes that I made Still haunt me to this day This is my tragedy This is what its like To be lonely I have never been So far from the light I will never know What it’s like to love again? I stared into your eyes Your eyes that bled for me The way you held me close And I took your love for granted.
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WE ARE THE WALKING DEAD My thoughts of you Clouded by obscurity Empty through and through No feelings within my soul The swarm of your lies Infest all that I am Your blood soaked smile Paralyses leaves me for dead There is a sickness that lies within our souls Murderer Your disease has infected the righteous Torturer Killing the weak with your touch My thoughts of you Clouded by broken promises Empty through and through No feelings within my soul Murderer Your disease has infected the righteous Torturer Killing the weak with your touch There is a sickness that lies within our souls And the wage of sin The swarm of your lies Infest all that I am Paralyses leaves me for dead You murderer we are the walking dead Murderer Your disease has infected the righteous Torturer Killing the weak with your touch The swarm of your lies Infest all that I am We are the walking the dead
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TO THE NIGHT 03:53
TO THE NIGHT Lost and all alone But I can see That you’re leaving And I say in my mind Was it my lies that kept you running? You can’t feel what’s in my heart and my mind And to the night we gave our memories And in the light we shared our hopes and dreams And you see with false eyes And realize that it’s worthless And to the night we gave our memories Memories of this And in the light we shared our hopes and dreams Tear away from this pain inside That embraces my will to die Casting shadows of blood red skies As I lose myself to the night

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released September 23, 2011

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The Hand of Glory brings you music that blends death metal, hardcore, and traditional metal into one harmonic burst of sound and energy.

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