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Obsidian

by Clutter

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1.
One step forward (before the end of it all) All Recover (Darkness) Darkness embrace Darkness unfolds Unraveling a world of betrayal In the form of a void Consuming the notion of reality (Consuming the life of the innocent) What is this place? what keeps me standing on my feet? I beg for numbness to ease the weight That leashes me to this deceit The ages could be passing There's no sun to light my days So this is what they do To let their guilt die with you All just lies Lashed by fear of going where there's no return (Where there’s no return) What's left of myself (Of myself) Weights on your hand so like a grain of sand Waiting I will be waiting Waiting I will be waiting for you to come For you to come and save me from this dream Wake me up, take me out, lead me and love me the way you used to do I'm tied up, I'm stuck in my own consciousness, Hope's a mystery, If a life can be brought down so easily I don't wanna know what I am Face 'Though you cannot see the way My demons Beyond the prison I remain
2.
Anguish has its way to turn into demons And their faces look so friendly All of them smile As they carry their knives They congratulate me and stab me a thousand times 'Though you cannot see the way Life is just ahead Beyond the prison I remain Locked from my own death 'Though you cannot see the way Life is just ahead Beyond the prison I remain Locked from my own death All just lies Lashed by fear of going where there's no return What's left of myself Weights on your hand, so like a grain of sand
3.
The Dance 03:16
Come on, come on now, Let out your suicidal intent Frozen and Lethargic Show us the hero you are Underestimate the foe and the chosen one The darkest music calling me home, and yet they're reclaiming the throne This is an invitation Cast the spell and erase yourself "Come dance and see" "Come dance and see" - they said Oh god why have Thou forsaken me? To let everything die with me, (for a glance) To let everything die with me, for a glance And in a dance we’re laid low Ask our hope for a last chance They said go. And that means: No! To let everything die with me for a glance And in dance we're laid low Can’t deny one last dance I said go, and that means: NO! I can see clearly that there is nothing to see, I can reach easily what never existed Wounded, displaced, rotting, bleeding, dead, Keep rotting, locked alive, can’t die, bleeding more and more Wounded, displaced, rotting, bleeding, dead, Keep rotting, locked alive, can’t die, bleeding more and more To let everything die with me (Die with me) And in a dance we’re laid low Ask our hope for a last chance They said go. And that means: No! To let everything die with me And in a dance we’re laid low Can’t deny one last dance I said go, and that means: NO!
4.
The Light... 02:16
5.
The Orb 04:53
Cold dreams Disturbed by the warmth of light Awaken the stone in sweet temptation A cosmic invite to deny A stone's complete annihilation Hope I withhold the air, I can no longer wait Now that I know that I'm not insane for in my pain, I was given a sign So bright a light it has to be mine (and it's otherworldly glow) It could carry me through a life time of anger and gloom Oh It’s calling and taking me home (how?) How could we be dying alone (now?) It’s calling and taking me home, how? How could we be dying alone, now? The sight of this broken body is killing me The Sun has enough strength to pry this door open (Open) The sight of this broken body is killing me (Killing me) You came in bitter sweet regret to tell me that you cannot stay I'm just an amusement for you The flame you brought upon my soul was a passion short lived And so I fell for you Hope's just a word to make believe This world is obscene, A call to insanity Love makes it all go hand in hand with defeat, And it will take you down I took the blame and all was taken away from me Taken away from me We're not the same and all was taken away from me I took the blame and all was taken away from me Taken away from me We're not the same and all was taken away Taken away from me
6.
The Dread 05:30
Burn, burn, burn The entire world has burn down, a thousand times. and rid my heart of your disguise. Turn, turn, turn Turn up the volume of the anger Oh yeah, a thousand times. I can't believe the scars so deep, a broken heart, a war that comes to be true So tired we are I can't believe the scars so deep, a broken heart, a war that comes to be true Unending light I close my eyes Rain down on me Another endless life, flash before my eyes Burn til’ we're free Hunting once again, and so we pretend to be Burn, burn, burn I can't believe the scars so deep, a broken heart, a war that comes to be true (a war that comes to be true) Burn, burn, burn I can't believe the scars so deep, a broken heart, a war that comes to be true ) (a war that comes to be true) Travelling through endless dreams, I promise I'll search for a reason to all this (All this) Revenge surely will be met Sooner or later (sooner or later) you'll be dead Sooner or later you will be dead Sooner or later you will be dead Rain down on me Another endless life, flash before my eyes Burn until we're free Hunting once again, and so we pretend to be I close my eyes Fall asleep Burn, burn, burn Burn it down to the ground Burn, burn, burn Burn it down to the ground Burn, burn, burn Burn it down to the ground Burn, burn, burn Burn it down to the ground Burn, burn, burn Burn, burn, burn Burn, burn
7.
Now that you are gone (Now that you are gone ) I know I'm ready to, to leave all behind (to leave all behind now, fuck!) The sun is set and you're not coming back for us I'm leaving all behind, another second spent in senseless confusion Fall asleep Can you see? That this is the moment I feel like I could fly fly away from here Let us make the journey Please take me nowhere near I wish that I could see what's real in this world Am I the only one living in my empty home. Come find yourself and face reality (always and never) I felt this energy, in perfect symmetry In perfect symmetry, time has lost its meaning to me I walk and walk in an endless circle Because I fucking hated that dramatic ending I fucking hate you, why did you leave me you piece of shit?? There's not a road to follow but a distant mirror and I remember my face I wave my hand and make the world flourish a naked woman in a sea of red Freedom and solitude A nourishment too bittersweet for my taste But I don't recall its flavor, so what do I know? I walk this world alone with a body made of stone Life almost feels once more like something worth fighting for I'm back to the front against the enemy I grow weary of this hunt for a fantasy inside a fantasy
8.
I'm hanging on the gallows! As her face turns pale The world shifts and splits into multiple dimensions Lifting up the soul, tearing it all down to the ground to uncover the regrettable way to their hidden trutth Transcend Believe Undress the skin of mortality One step forward Towards the end of it all Recover Past disorder Relive it forever or Die for your love Just turn the pages until there's neither a man or a lie I've seen all the possible outcomes and in all of them you die Die for your love before the end of it all Recover Past disorder Relive it forever keep Moving forward Hunting the voice inside your head It's hard to perceive its purpose Grow higher, touch the knowledge that pours, comprehend and obliterate Olha em teu redor e verás que sim, eu sou o estranho que habita em ti Procuras a verdade mas estamos no princípio do fim, se te esqueceste eu tenho a solução p’ra ti.   [Look around yourself and you'll see, I am the stranger that lives in you You're searching for the truth but we are in the beginning of the end If you've forgotten, I've got the solution for you] Olha em teu redor e verás que sim, eu sou o estranho que habita em ti, procuras a verdade mas estamos no princípio do fim Mas eu tenho a solução p’ra ti. [Look around yourself and you'll see, I am the stranger that lives in you, You're searching for the truth but we are in the beginning of the end But I've got the solution for you] One step forward Towards the end of it all Recover One step forward Towards the end of it all Recover Past disorder Relive it forever or Die for your love Transcend Believe Undress the skin of mortality Fall Asleep Die to live Die to live
9.
Denying all the details of an enormous adventure, You and I (I keep asking myself why) We are leaves, lying on the ground A broken heart spread all over the fabric that covers your face Hiding the scares of your disgrace (hide) (Never stop bleeding) I can see now and I finally realize that the world will never stop bleeding, never stop bleeding And the truth is in the mirror, they know that there can be no hero, and I'll never stop bleeding Images reflecting, watery skies All buildings erected upon a sea of lies No one felt the pain the way I did Nothing was the way you made believe There was no truth (There was no truth) That was never you I can see now and I finally realize that the world will never stop bleeding, never stop bleeding And the truth is in the mirror, they know that there can be no hero, and I'll never stop bleeding Come see it and find us Come see us I can see now and I finally realize that the world will never stop bleeding, never stop bleeding I can see now and I finally realize that the world will never stop bleeding, never stop bleeding And the truth is in the mirror, they know that there can be no hero, and I'll never stop bleeding I can see now and I finally realize that the world will never stop bleeding, never stop bleeding there can be no hero, there can be no hero, and I'll never stop bleeding
10.
The Enemy 04:45
The mists unveil revealing the shores of a fictional life I once thought ours (Concealing my demons) Now I rewind the tape to complete the cycle, (complete the cycle) and burn us all down to the ground Oh, I'll take you down I now share your taste for bitter ends but this time I'll prevail I'll take you down With eyes closed, a witness in the scene where you've become the enemy Will the anger be enough to set us free? A world of pain has grown us two and so I put my trust in you Now it weights on me That I'll never be (I’ll be) Coming in colors, in peace like a sea of crimson roses An ocean of lies soon my revenge will be quietly revealed, peacefully, mercilessly I can taste it as I tear the seams of reality itself You couldn't know that I would know, I'm coming for you The earth around me flowers red as the light returns You couldn't know that I would go this far without you With eyes closed, a witness in the scene where you've become the enemy Will the anger be enough to set us free? A world of pain has grown us two and so I put my trust in you Now it weights on me That I'll never be Tricked by your fucking schemes again NO! The sun returns slowly to where it has never been enlightening my way out into your nightmare Oh I'll take you down! (I'll take you down) I'll take you down! I'll fucking take the life out of you! I'll take you down!
11.
The Exit 08:24
Open a perfect tomb Digging an exit wound Open a perfect tomb I am a raging sea The calm before (Before the flood ) This void within me Can break through and shatter the world Settling our uneven score casting out the illusion that's been leading me astray Cut my skin, open a door To out of this shit hole Just you wait and see, what’s coming to you Open a perfect tomb Digging an exit wound Open a perfect tomb Tearing down these walls of yours That you have built upon lies (Lies) I’ll wash away Ready for the war Craving your demise My anger will shatter the world Wound My wound I hear the call, a voice like I’ve never heard before (wound) Tear the flesh out, I’ll find my destiny (my wound) I hear the call, a voice like I’ve never heard before (wound) Tear the flesh out, I am your destiny My wound, your tomb (tear the flesh out now) Don't move Don't breath I'm the calm before the flood I am the raging sea Travelling out these tainted shores I am a part of your world no more (I am the raging sea) One step forward All Recovered All just lies Lashed by fear of going where there's no return What's left of myself Weights on your hand, So like a grain of sand (before the end of it all) (before the end of it all) (before the end of it all) (before the end of it all) (before the end of it all) (before the end of it all)

about

Obsidian is a conceptual album around the story of a girl who fights against everything and everyone for her rights, in a futuristic wasted world, ruled in slaving dictatorship.

Nirtholiel (Nirth) lives in a not so distant country, in a not so distant future. It's a polluted world with not enough resources to keep mankind's growing numbers fed, where water and other basic needs are a privilege.

Born a slave, Nirth has to work her entire life to feed the wealthy people and is watched and controlled via high tech surveillance equipment.

Unhappy and unable to help herself and the people she cared about with the income slaves were provided with, she joined a resistance group with some people she trusts, which silently conspired against the government and the wealthy scum.

They started breaking into facilities, stealing resources, wreaking havoc so that people would feel inspired to join the rebellion.
Nirtholiel, driven by passion and righteousness, was rather stong, both physically and mentally, and that strength made her a leader of the revolution.

However, one day, while raiding a government's building for resources, Nirth gets caught by the police.

Judged and condemned to spend her life in prison, she is put to sleep. Then she is induced a dream in which she's but a part of a stone rock floating in the void, her whole paralyzed body made of stone, and a strange gravity pulling her head up as if she was upside down for eternity. Welcome to the Obsidian dream.

credits

released January 15, 2015

All music by Gonçalo Crespo and Clutter
All lyrics by Gonçalo Crespo, Sérgio Ferreira and Clutter
Mixed and mastered by Gonçalo Crespo
All artwork by Sérgio Ferreira
Photography by Diogo Barbosa
Guest vocals on tracks 2,7 and 8 by Ricardo Duarte
Female guest vocals on track 8 by Dina Prazeres
Guest guitar solo on track 8 by Tiago Sousa
Track 4 written and produced by Hélio Sanna
Track 11 written and produced by Miguel Pessanha and Gonçalo Crespo

Many thanks to Cláudio Duarte, Ricardo Duarte and all Clutter members and former members for all the help.

Clutter are Gonçalo Crespo (guitars/producer), João Vendeirinho (vocals), Sérgio Ferreira (drums), Miguel Pessanha (guitars), Diogo Barbosa (guitars)

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Clutter is a portugal based progressive/groove metal band lead by Gonçalo Crespo. After the release of an EP in 2012, Clutter are now writing new songs for their debut concept album "Obsidian" which will be released in January, 2015

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