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Blood Complex

by Perpetual End

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1.
Bugs in the pantry Worms in the night Locked in the basement Children kept out of sight They know that you love them You feed them beneath the moonlight They can be patient But they can't wait all night Vote for me! Vote for Raven! Only I can save you from this ravaged world! Only I can save you from hunger! Only I can set you free! I can save this city! You need me! The world population; Too much for the planet to wear The cities facing starvation Elected the Raven as mayor If you ain't got no money, You ain't gonna breed!
2.
It's 2044, ten million people sterilized There's no children for the poor Now you've sucked your planet dry But every city has a soul It guards it's secrets with a sigh We got our fingers in the hole Then we tore it open wide Cold children Kept in the cellar A guilty pleasure Endured together Slowly, slowly trace your finger Through the dust Only, only for a moment Say it once They never wanted to be underground Knowing that they could never make a sound Nothing but just a little whisper This city is a vixen But still the men above it all grow strong As they keep singing their poison song Corrupted by their own system This city is a vixen When he was 7 or 8 He heard a voice his own age She spoke through cracks in the wall From the cellar next door Another child like him Illegal, trapped and locked in For ten years they shared everything One Tuesday morning there was no reply He grew more desperate as the days went by All he wanted was an answer; her familiar whisper He couldn't stand it here for one more day And so he started planning his escape He'd comb the city 'til her found her He'd burn the city to the ground for her Somehow he made it out onto the streets Of lights and sin that he had never seen He heard the traffic and the gunshots This city is a vixen For a boy that had never seen anything Except the walls of a basement It was all too much The neon lights and the skyline distant Taken all in an instant This city is a vixen Each day he searched for her He left no stone unturned This place enslaved, he'd learn The Raven made this world
3.
Survival 06:54
HEY! THE RAVEN WILL SAVE YOU JUST WAIT AND SEE Citizens! You think you have the right to breed? What will they eat? How the fuck do you think we can continue Without the sterilization of our people? There's only so much left to go around We must ensure our future survival We can't live life this way Our human rights taken away Taken away by you Sacrifice is the key to our continued prosperity This is the measure you must take for the people's sake Here in the wake of desolation I did it for the people! They sterilize us one by one They take our daughters, take our sons One by one you shall suffer the needle Don't pretend that you are innocent people Mankind used this planet like an infinite brothel This isn't evil, this is survival They say I'm an evil man But that was never my way I take no pleasure from the scalpel in hand But these are desperate days We can't live life this way Our human rights taken away Taken away by you HEY! THE RAVEN WILL SAVE YOU JUST WAIT AND SEE I say we must take a stand It does not have to be this way We can make a difference with a weapon in hand Take back our right to be free Who will fight with me?
4.
..And I could be A little white lie in a big black sea I could be the crack in the mold Can you see The illegal boy who is preaching violence? Can it be? Can he set us free? I walk the streets through a desperate crowd of a captive breed And she's out of reach In this dark machine And I could be The timber frame of a burning house I could be The leader of a newfound freedom Can you see? He's a perfect eye in a perfect storm It was meant to be It was destiny Bring your broken dreams Bring your flood and fire Bring your blood desire We'll make this city bleed We are bringing vengeance unto thee With the setting Sun There will be revolution, There will be revolution! We must fight from the streets and the rooftops We will be as one in blood! Through this night we will make this city fall Storm the gates of the citadel! - No one can stop us now We are the twilight kindred With the setting Sun There will be revolution, There will be revolution! You must find the man named Raven Once he's dead it changes everything Take me to the gates of his haven To destroy this cruel dictator I must find the man named Raven Once he's dead it changes everything
5.
I'm On Fire 04:50
Beneath the city there is something following me Within the shadows there are sparks of catastrophe Get into my mind You will only find visions of a kind you have never seen Take it as a sign, I am the divine Just biding my time Tonight we'll burn it down We soak it in kerosene Burn it to the ground We've got to burn everything Gotta burn it down We soak it in kerosene Burn it to the ground We've got to burn everything Gotta burn it I'm on fire, Can't you see me burning? I'm on fire My desire is complete corruption I'm on fire Above the highrise there are strangers eyes watching me They see the skyline hide the light from the lonely streets Places that I go, Nobody could know A silent dead abode in which I long to be Take you by the throat, Deal the final blow Time to let it go We soak it in kerosene Burn it to the ground We've got to burn everything Gotta burn it down We soak it in kerosene Burn it to the ground We've got to burn everything Gotta burn it I'm on fire, Can't you see me burning? I'm on fire.... I'm on fire, Can't you see me burning? I'm on fire My desire is complete corruption I'm on fire Get into my mind You will only find visions of a kind you have never seen Take it as a sign, I am the divine Just biding my time Tonight we'll burn it down Places that I go, Nobody could know A silent dead abode in which I long to be Take you by the throat, Deal the final blow Time to let it go Misguided conceptions of right A face that I know can't be mine Stares back at me for the last time I'm setting this city on fire I burn it all, Burn it all, Burn it all I burn it all, Burn it all, Burn it all I burn
6.
Standing still I hear your footsteps in the distance The dust on the windowsill Speaks to me I still dream of you turning away I still dream of you being the same I'm still wide open Secrets are spoken Everything's broken Just find your way back Just find your way back to me There's something here It's never something that you came for If you can't tell me what I want to hear Lie to me In my dreams you still whisper my name Through every wall I imagine your face I'm still wide open Secrets are spoken Everything's broken Just find your way back Just find your way back to me Why Can't you give me just a little bit more time To find the words that don't rhyme To find a light that don't blind With skin peeled back to bone I still feel so alone Please find your way back Find your way back I see the Raven in the tower in the sky The end is nearer every step I climb As I climb, the end is near
7.
Bird Of Prey 04:19
He's laid to all I've done The illegal poor man's son As he draws near he screams my name As he climbs the stairs I wait RAVEN! I'M COMING! I breach the last stair And walk through the doorway The Raven standing there Like a bird of prey I've been expecting you boy I close the gap between us Armed with steel and vengeance I press the blade against his neck Can't you see things clearly? There was no other way You can't kill me I'm a bird of prey I let the cut grow I open his throat I let the knife go Our freedom has been won I watch the blood flow The illegal poor man's son I've searched this whole fucking town So tell me where is she now? You've lost your kingdom and crown Just tell me where is she now As the night approaches dawn The Raven smiles as he dies He gives no answer to the boy The life is fading from his eyes Our freedom has been won The illegal poor man's son Through the night as the ashes are falling Through the dust of the city still burning Walks a boy, for the girl he keeps searching All he ever wanted was the girl
8.
I tore the raven from his throne I made him pay for my discord Returning to my childhood home To find a reason for it all Next to your cellar wall There was bare earth and soil I swear to God there was a voice from the crack in the wall She kept me sane through the pain of living under the floor How can this be? I broke free once I realized she'd gone Is it possible that she was never there all along I'm right back at the start again Does everything happen In patterns of three? yeah It was only ever me, yeah Now that I'm back here I finally see Everything happens in patterns of three She disappeared and she left me to grieve Was all of this a dream? So I became revolutionary Murdered the man who had planted the seed Everything happens In patterns of three The door's locked from the outside I am trapped down here and I am alone I look around and I see I never left here at all There's no escaping There's no voice There was no revolution Just the outline of a Raven etched in blood on the floor.. Was all of this a dream?

about

The world is changing.

Overpopulation has crippled the governments of the planet, entire continents are starving. Cities have become isolated
nation-states, governing themselves in an attempt to stave off the anarchy beyond their protective walls.

In 2023 the city of Lex elected a man known as the Raven based on his promises to maintain order and sustainability for the people. The Raven gradually introduced laws requiring
citizens to obtain a license to have children, culminating in a forced sterilization program upon the underprivileged. Any children born to unlicensed citizens were branded as 'illegals' and executed along with their parents.

By the year 2044 a whole generation of illegally born
children live beneath the radar, hidden by their parents in attics, cellars and basements. Although the Raven has
delivered the order he promised, it has come at a terrible price, the waters of oppression are at boiling point.

This city is a vixen....

credits

released July 26, 2013

Blood Complex

Concept and music by Danny Falls
Performed by Perpetual End:

Dean McLaren - Vocals
Danny Falls - Guitar & Vocals
Leith Wilson - Guitar
Nick Smith - Drums
Lindsay Mercovich - Bass
Teiva Jade - Keys

Recorded at Perpetual End Studios
Mixed and engineered by Danny Falls
Mastered by Paul at The Butler Mastering
Artwork - Lindsay Mercovich
Photography - Nudgepix

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Perpetual End Canberra, Australia

Perpetual End is a six-piece alternative/progressive metal band from Canberra, Australia. Formed in 2005, they released a self-titled EP in early 2009,

In 2010, they released their debut full-length album, "This Hour".

Now, in 2013, their highly anticipated sophomore album 'Blood Complex' is set for release on July 26th.
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