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Arkanar

by Arkanar

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1.
We wait inside During the mandated hours And we are well catered for In our allotted spaces It has been some time since the event But those fears run deep and we must protect our own There could never have been any doubt That this is how it should be It is a vast and fragile mechanism that facilitates our desires And at all costs it must be maintained Sacrifices have to be made And it made was clear who to blame Sacrifices have been made And it was clear who we should blame It took the blood of thousands To keep our gilded vessel afloat But we are allotted our cabins And endless choice In return for compliance We wait inside During the mandated hours We are provided with all the necessary distractions Until called upon Business as usual
2.
Listless 04:33
Impetus Denied An impenetrable lethargy Stretches all time And flattens all horizons All avenues are open All routes are endless Clouds of futility Drift across the minds aye An obscuring fog Collapsing futures It gnaws away at you The apathy Eroding currents Static and aimless Everything is possible But nothing is attainable Lattice works of scar tissue Reinforce the seal A dynamo spins Disconnected Meaningless achievement The milestones have been withdrawn Directionless endeavor When goals yield naught Everything is possible Featureless and grey Nothing is attainable Featureless and grey
3.
What space is there to think Under the weight of this collapse? Trudging through the stagnant mass Of this endless now The people have spoken And nothing has changed So you got about your tasks And let each concession fester And punctuate the banality With exhausted endeavors Drawn from frayed nerves And belligerence Lethargy trickles down from on high Steeps all in a thick tar of worry This is just the way that things have to be Whilst choirs cry victory With shrieks of self assurance A deafening congregation Extols their own importance And defeat means more means more of the same Nothing will change There is nothing left to attain

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Vocals: James Watts (plaguerider.bandcamp.com)
Drums: Hamish Mackinstosh (haar.bandcamp.com)
Keyboards: Rick Blakelock (a-forest-of-stars.bandcamp.com)
Rhythm Guitars & Bass: Rob Hobson (robhobsonproducer.co.uk and hvildarlaussdaudr.bandcamp.com )
Lead guitars on tracks 1 & 3: Kyle Moon www.facebook.com/valafarofficial/ )

A collaboration recorded in isolation by ourselves. Drums improvised in Edinburgh (on a stereo Zoom recorder!), guitars and bass recorded in York, vocals in Newcastle, keyboards in Ilkley, lead guitars in Leeds. Mixed by Rob Hobson. Concept, lyrics and artwork by James Watts.

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released May 5, 2020

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Arkanar UK

Members of A Forest of Stars, Haar, Plague Rider, Valafar and some music producer guy passing the time during isolation...

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