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Luminescence

by The Atlas Frame

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1.
Open your eyes to what lies behind The facade of decades of hurtful lies Go all in, don’t fold the cards Don’t let it fall on deaf ears and listen Closely to the melody of hearts Have you ever thought about what’s going on In any other mind but your own (But your own) Why they make decisions which make no sense With no apparent reason you can understand They keep on smiling Make themselves believe it One day it fades and Reveals their scars (Reveals their scars) Open your eyes to what lies behind The facade of decades of hurtful lies Go all in, don’t fold the cards Don’t let it fall on deaf ears and listen Closely to the melody of hearts If we tried to understand through what people have been Then we can start to walk a road together and shake hands No need to walk the earth alone When we are so similar They are broken so deeply A mask that mimics What they are hiding Behind their walls So once a connection is built Then we can share our guilt Seize the moment and build A future to move on To a new horizon Open your eyes to what lies behind The facade of decades of hurtful lies Go all in, don’t fold the cards Don’t let it fall on deaf ears and listen Closely to the melody of hearts Open your eyes to what lies behind The facade of decades of hurtful lies Go all in, don’t fold the cards Don’t let it fall on deaf ears and listen Closely… Open your eyes to what lies behind The facade of decades of hurtful lies Go all in, don’t fold the cards Don’t let it fall on deaf ears and listen Closely to the melody of hearts (The melody of hearts)
2.
Windmill 03:48
Let the waves crash the shore Let the pillars all erode Tear them down one by one Let the eons take it’s toll Blegh Watch your life slowly dissolve While reaching out for hold Sink deep inside this hole Lose to chaos your control The undertow Drags you down Stuck in a limbo of nothing My mind’s surrounded with nonsense A vicious cycle I can’t flee No road to take me back There’s a vortex in my head Forcing flavours to go bland Old cravings I once had Burn up in flames of black A light in the dark shines brighter and brighter Lifts me off the pavement higher and higher A silhouette of a promised place Slowly takes away the pain Stuck in a limbo of nothing My mind’s surrounded with nonsense A vicious cycle I can’t flee No road to take me back From a far I see home A windmill on a hill all alone The comfort for which I long So dear and warm Where I belong A windmill on a hill all alone Stuck in a limbo of nothing My mind’s surrounded with nonsense A vicious cycle I can’t flee No road to take me back
3.
Constructor 03:27
Generically we walk the earth Like robots obeying their commands Have no heart to define good and bad Have no brain if you’d open our head But I can feel a ghost inside Trying to deny this life Trying to bring this machine some feels So I overheat Constructor I’m broken Fix this problem So I keep working Constructor did you fix me? I feel this beating Am I free? I have been here for a thousand years Eons pass by while I’m collecting my memories Never knew any shame of fears The same blueprints throughout the factory All built in the same machinery For a life in-between the gears These thoughts keep me awake at night They’re about every time I lied Honesty slowly fades away Just like will to obey Constructor I’m broken Fix this problem So I keep working Constructor did you fix me? I feel this beating Am I free? This droid starts thinking Firewall crumbling Programming failing My battery isn’t loading anymore (Loading anymore) Loading anymore (Loading) Anymore And although I may never be unleashed from their chains In my head I will continue to find a way through these agonising pain I will never, never surrender to anyone or anything I’ll keep going further and further straight to my hopeful remains Constructor did you fix me? I feel this beating Am I free?
4.
Not Perfect 04:03
I see so many of us That are desperate for love Trying to make something last That wasn’t meant in the first place Over time I realised That deep inside our feeble minds A system of reminiscence Past joy and endearments Leads us in every step we take That we take So maybe we’re not perfect but I know we’re worth it But I know we’re worth it We don’t mind all the little things, we enjoy each other’s difference With a bit of patience you find something that’s worth it This is the end of your searching A constant back and forth Not knowing what you’re looking for As time passes slowly by We’re hunted by our dreams at night Of once forgotten memories So joyful and endearing That lets us question what we have What we have So maybe we’re not perfect but I know we’re worth it But I know we’re worth it We don’t mind all the little things, we enjoy each other’s difference With a bit of patience you find something that’s worth it This is the end of your searching So let the current flow you home Eventually they will appear and take your breath away So stay at ease, give it time sit back and wait
5.
I am burning from the inside out from the inside out This place looks familiar Feels like I’ve been here before Where is the way back home Where are all the things I own There was this man Listening to all the stories that I had He looked at me and said Brother it is time for you to forget Time goes on and I feel relief The pain in me vanished with ease Turned around and looked back Suddenly my vision turned black Where! She’s gone without a trace to find Exaggerated I go living my life Poison myself with the worst of kinds I can’t believe the misery I’m in Lets take this line and go for a spin I feel more alive than I’ve ever been Where am I now I can’t remember a thing There was this man Listening to all the stories that I had He looked at me and said Brother it is time for you to forget Time goes on and I feel relief The pain in me vanished with ease Turned around and looked back Suddenly my vision turned black Burning from the inside out…
6.
Jealousy 04:15
Where do I begin Describing how I think How ashamed I am For treating her this way Hatred, Ire, dark in my soul Devouring me, I lost control I've done you wrong and put you down I'm fed up with what I've become Never did she deserve the pain I put her through My desperate search for attention drove me to Hurt this so delicate little thing Which I trampled on and tore apart deliberately Could you ever bring yourself to forgive me for The suffering I've caused you The things I've said to hurt you I wouldn't blame you if you really couldn't though Jealousy got the best of me Understand that I'm sorry Why did you pick her over me And let me become this beast The scars I left are way too deep There is no excuse for what I did Remember that one Christmas eve I despised the way you decorated the tree I called you useless and so worthless Every name in the book of hatred I am no brother let us face it These words are a knife with which you got stabbed with I don't deserve for you to call me family Seven years of tyranny and hate (Seven years of tyranny and hate) I never behaved like I loved you my sibling You may cut me out it's not too late Could you ever bring yourself to forgive me for The suffering I've caused you The things I've said to hurt you I wouldn't blame you if you really couldn't though Jealousy got the best of me Understand that I'm sorry Why did you pick her over me And let me become this beast The scars I left are way too deep There is no excuse for what I did
7.
Interlude 01:30
Sometimes a wide clear ocean can turn into a puddle of mud under certain circumstances. It succumbs under the pressure of fate and bows to it’s predetermined destiny. Forgotten by the world it becomes nothing more than a fleeting spec of dust. Many of our lives are already cursed by the time we were born. Born in the wrong families, born with a defect or simply unlucky. But I say do not despair for there are better times to come. You are not weak and you are not alone. Let us not forget these unsung heroes fighting for their future in a war unseen by the rest of us. Let us lend a hand to these brave warriors to come back stronger and give them faith so they may return to us one day. Our brothers and sisters may you come home soon.
8.
Words can’t describe the struggle they endure Every anew searching the strength and hoping for a cure Fighting through sleepless nights for a future unsure So let’s hear it for the ignored, the uncared for, the poor Unsung hero keep your head held high (Hero) You brave creature with an unimaginable might Reaching for this moment in life Which lasts just for a blink of an eye Thankful for what you have even though it isn’t much This one more breath, one more glimpse of the ones that you love To be able to cast off your fake smile just once To forget the worries the rest of us have the pleasure to live without Unsung hero keep your head held high (Hero) You brave creature with an unimaginable might Reaching for this moment in life Which lasts just for a blink of an eye All hail to the heroes Who remain unseen for the most of us Unsung hero keep your head held high You brave creature with an unimaginable might Reaching for this moment in life Which lasts just for a blink of an eye
9.
The struggle the pain The path ahead bloodstained The setbacks the gain The goals we have is the same Together we fight Not alone we unite We’re kings searching the crown And we never back down Keep Your Head High Success comes not over night Don’t lose your faith you have strength to prevail Don’t dare give in stand your ground and you’ll win No time to rethink the situation you’re in The dice have been cast let’s see how long you’ll last Don’t close your eyes Be the one to decide Front to back, side to side Now it means do or die You claimed victory, hear them chant your name But this is not the end, it is just the beginning Just the beginning Keep Your Head High Success comes not over night Don’t lose your faith you have strength to prevail Don’t dare give in stand your ground and you’ll win You’ll win The struggle the pain The path ahead bloodstained The setbacks the gain The goals we have is the same Together we fight Not alone we unite We’re kings searching the crown And we never back down Keep Your Head High Success comes not over night Don’t lose your faith you have strength to prevail Don’t dare give in stand your ground and you’ll win And you’ll win
10.
Who can you be When you can’t be yourself What should you believe When all you see is just a dream Can I make a difference When I’m by myself Who can you trust When no one is reliable Fuck your lifestyle it is just a distraction A sad excuse to justify your actions Feel oh so superior but lack the character Look down on others for your satisfaction A little decency goes a long long way See that’s what people appreciate You cloak your identity Keep your ideals to yourself I couldn’t care less Your motives don’t make any sense God damn hypocrite Not everyone lives your reality But clearly everyone can see You’re most definitely Not the world’s elite Not the world’s elite So stay the fuck away from me A little decency goes a long long way See that’s what people appreciate You cloak your identity Around a person you’d like to be Here is what you don’t see Your actions don’t match with the words you preach Blindly follow the road to the edge Clouding judgement just to fit in A little decency goes a long long way See that’s what people appreciate You cloak your identity Around a person you’d like to be Here is what you don’t see Your actions don’t match with the words you preach
11.
I’m quite skilful in human interaction But with you I’m at a loss for words I can be very composed and steadfast Not with you, with you my whole world turns You bring out the flaws in me That I don’t want others to see I’m afraid that you might leave Once you see what’s inside of me Not a single person knows the real me I hide behind made up self-esteem Play pretend and bend in attempt To blend in with the rest of them I’m a mess I have to confess Most I say is just to impress All I ask for is a chance To open up and show you who I am For you to know what kind of man I am beneath this isolated shell Enough of feeling sorry for myself I have to take life in my own hands So much to give, much more to share No point in living if I don’t care For myself and what’s surrounding me Beyond the horizon is a whole different world to see Not a single person knows the real me I hide behind made up self-esteem Play pretend and bend in attempt To blend in with the rest of them I’m a mess I have to confess Most I say is just to impress All I ask for is a chance To open up and show you who I am For you to know what kind of man I am beneath this isolated shell It just looks like this never ends I can’t face the weight in my head This might be too much This might be too much It just looks like this never ends I can’t face the weight in my head This might be too much This might be too Much to ask It came way to fast I know this won’t last But if I just had One chance All I ask for is a chance To open up and show you who I am For you to know what kind of man I am beneath this isolated shell
12.
They say you only know what you love Once you’ve lost it I don’t wanna let it go that far A demon inside feeds me with anxiety And questions everything I’ve got Everything I’ve got It’s a constant war with myself no one can help me win A battle between hurt and heart But I can reach out to you from the abyss Not to pull me up but lending me strength I’ve finally found my redemption The place that I can call my home But there’s something that resents it Why can’t my head just let it go Let it go After a long way up I’ve fallen down again I doubt the world and especially myself Picking up the shattered pieces Maybe someday I can see the bigger picture As long as I do everything I can I’m certain you’ll stay until the end I’ve finally found my redemption The place that I can call my home But there’s something that resents it Why can’t my head just let it go Let it go Let it go 3x Why can’t my head just let it go Let it go 3x Why can’t my head just let it go I’ve finally found my redemption 2x
13.
In Exile 04:59
Can you release me from my lasting pain My lungs inhale toxins, my veins are full of heroin I feel like drowning in my very own blood Like being roughly dragged through a see of mud Hope is abandoned and everything is lost Promises being made are not even worth the trial My flayed heart is covered in frost I find myself in hell In exile In exile Lost in a world where values are not counting My sense of honour is slowly dismounting But I’ve reached a peak in evolving my selfishness Ready to drag you down unaware of the end Of this process Of this process Hope is abandoned and everything is lost Promises being made are not even worth the trial My flayed heart is covered in frost I find myself in hell In exile In exile A mirror of regret reflects my nasty face A mirror of regret reflects my nasty face I do not recognise it, numbness ’til the end of days I really can’t explain it, what in the world happened to me What happened to me This is my end, this is my trial This is my hell, this is my exile

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released May 6, 2018

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The Atlas Frame Switzerland

“The Atlas Frame” is a post-hardcore band from Zurich/Aargau, CH.

The band- philosophy refuses to submit oneself to any constraints of existing standards and pervasive patterns (on a musical level). Therefore, their music is a mixture of brute metalcore and melodic alternative rock.

Coupled with emotional, personal and socially critical lyrics, which should encourage independent thinking.
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