Idle Riddles and Rhymes

from The Machine and the Beast by Alwaid

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lyrics

Tick tock, tick tock, Time’s right on the clock
The skull now speaks, wine drinks itself
Each shade’s the same, a mechanical frame
I’m a painted puppet in a dull masquerade

Painted puppets, on parade, faint and quaint

Frenetic and frantic,
Words like pearls on a string
Mesmerizing music
Near eerie ears
We’re gasping for logic
Yet the more we repeat
The less it all makes sense.

Come, come, stay calm, stay calm
No need for alarm
It only hums, it doesn’t harm
I wish to wish, dream to dream,
Live to live, die to die,
Cry to cry, I don’t know why

Breathe idle riddles and rhymes
Ideal idols are made to prophesize
In the house of the Sphinx, language comes alive
Twisted round

Babel’s fall broke and confused but
New rhythms thrive and profuse

Come, come, stay calm, stay calm
No need for alarm
It only hums, it doesn’t harm
I wish to wish, dream to dream,
Live to live, die to die,
Cry to cry, but I don’t know why

Come, calm, hum, harm, dream, die, WHY

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from The Machine and the Beast, released May 13, 2017

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Alwaid Lille, France

Alwaid is a melodic metal band from Lille, France. Founded in 2010 as a band both melodic and with a touch of heavy metal, it was named after a star that evokes a nocturnal and oneiric world. A demo was released in the course of the summer 2012. After a number of shows in 2013, the band's first album "Lacus Somniorum" was released in March 2014. ... more

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Apr 25

The Victoria Bikers Pub

Coalville, UK
Apr 26

Bank Top Tavern

Oldham, UK
Jun 9

Musicon

The Hague, Netherlands
Oct 31

HELL DIEST

Diest, Belgium

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