SLEEP, DEAR / INCANTATIONS

My guitar teacher (who I majorly give credit to forming my musical taste and style), instilled in me very early on that any song automatically feels heavier if you have a soft song beforehand. This is partly the reason for the Sleep, Dear / Incantations combo. The other is to give the audience a reprieve after the double-header in Nefarious Schemes and Lynch Mob. Inspired by epics like Bohemian Rhapsody, Knights of Cydonia, and Blind Guardian’s And Then There Was Silence, we end the album on a banger of a track filled with twists and turns. All of the changes over the years are in arrangement and orchestrations. Surprisingly, the song itself was incredibly quick and easy to write. Unfortunately, as it is stuck at the end of the album, it is easy to miss, but we are all very proud of it.

Music by Brandon Young
Lyrics by Dayle Barnett

SLEEP, DEAR. sleep, dear / be still, dear / you’re safe here for now / there’s beauty in madness / you’ll find it somehow / we’ve answered your prayers, dear / your longing for belonging / so stay here with us, dear / and wake to life anew INCANTATIONS. ghostly figures swirl round you / careful not to lose your head / haunted voices call your name / soon you will be dead / no one can save- you are lost in- aberration incantations / the plan is now unfolding, the story’s just begun / you thought this was the end? / oh~ the path is ancient / great things lie ahead for you / we knew it from the start and so did you / free your mind, we are coming for you / hey! hey! cannot hide, we are coming for you / free your mind, we are coming for you / hey! hey! nowhere to hide, we are coming for you / hey! free your mind, we are coming for you / hey! hey! cannot hide, we are coming for you / hey! hey! free your mind, we are coming for you / hey! hey! incantation, incantation, incantation, incantation, incantation, incantation, incantation, incantation / no one can save- you are lost in- aberration incantations / go towards the darkness / power grows inside of you / feel it in your soul / abandon the earth / trade the sunlight for shadow / the dime has you now / nowhere left to go

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