The tenth and final track off of The Aphelion's debut album, The Labour Division
At last, the Labour Division have executed their plan, and a great battle unfolds in the town square. The Father, all too aware that he is to lose, watches from above, and ponders his fate.
lyrics
Bare with me
Time has come again.
Sing for me
Change is coming
Bleed for me
Let the gravity
Pull you under
Cry for this
Turbulence ahead
Let the fear drive you
Send away the disease
I won’t let them in
I won’t let the sick win
Fighting for my life
For love, hell, high waters
Atone, be vanquished
We won’t ever need you
Thousands fill the square
Vital fluid empties
Pouring from both sides
“This is war”, someone said
And so it was, our way of life now threatened
For hours on end we fought on the palace steps
Relenting finally, Father, we have failed you
I hear their footsteps pounding
Coming up stairs down below
My time is coming
The disease has won, I know
Will they spare my life?
Will I see tomorrow?
Screams of my palace guards.
They draw ever nearer
Ever nearer.
Oh a war I never knew would come
Time has left me anyways
The disease takes my body
As the crown passes on
credits
from The Labour Division,
released August 17, 2018
Music by James Cabral and Evan Haydon-Selkirk
Lyrics by Evan Haydon-Selkirk
The Aphelion are:
James Cabral - Keyboard/guitar
Tyler Davis - Guitar/backing vocals
Evan Haydon-Selkirk - Lead vocals/bass
Nathanael Livingstone - Drums
Recorded at Wolf Lake Studios
Mixed by Evan Haydon-Selkirk
Mastered by Mike Bond
Strings programmed by Troy Jung
Artwork by Alex Dowd
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əˈfēlēən
noun
"the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at
which it is furthest from the sun."
Progressive metal with happy little flecks of death from the capital of Ottawa
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Evan Haydon-Selkirk - Lead vocals/bass guitar
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