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POLYSYLLABIC

by ILLUSORY

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    Label: 7hard Records
    Release Date: November 11, 2016
    Runtime: 78min 41sec

    Release Specification:
    – Specially made paper bonus inlay cover card
    – 12 pages booklet

    Track List:
    01. In the Beginning…
    02. … A New Beginning
    03. Bleak
    04. Dreamshade
    05. Odd-Y-Sea
    06. Insangel
    07. Polysyllabic Thoughts
    08. Last Fallen Angel
    09. The Eyes Of Hades
    10. Solitary Nomad
    11. One Sad Moment Of Existence
    12. System’s Decay
    13. Swan Song
    14. The Story (Hidden Track)

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    Produced by Yiannis Petroyiannis and Dee “K.man” Theodorou
    Recorded and edited at iCave Studio by Dee “K.man” Theodorou
    Engineered by Dee “K.man” Theodorou and Yiannis Petroyiannis
    Assistant Engineer: Marios Pavlou
    Mixed and Mastered by Yiannis Petroyiannis at Matrix Studios

    All songs arranged and orchestrated by ILLUSORY

    Art cover designed by Panagiotis “Hammer” Sfiris
    Design / Layout by Panagiotis “Hammer” Sfiris

    Photography by Emanon

    Makeup by Helena Theodorou

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    Guests:

    * George Eikosipentakis – Vocals on “Swan Song”
    * Dimitris Giannakopoulos – Vocals on “Swan Song”
    * Minas Notaras – Vocals on “Swan Song”, “The Eyes of Hades” & “System’s Decay”
    * Thimios Krikos – Guitar Solo on “Swan Song”
    * George Rallis – 12-String Acoustic Guitars on “Dreamshade”, “Polysyllabic Thoughts” & “Solitary Nomad”
    * Alexandros Roumeliotis – Orchestral parts and conduction on “The Story”
    * Athanasios Lazarou – Cello on “Dreamshade”
    * George Papadakis – Laouto on “Swan Song”
    * Voice Box – Choirs on “Dreamshade”, Soprani: Youla Gagadeli, Niki Laloutsi, Vassia Loi, Margarita Papadimitriou, Alti: Nefeli Beri, Antonia Despouli, Dimitra Kolia, Rodoula Zorba, Tenori: Thanos Nikolopoulos, Lambros Papageorgiou, Stavros Zouliatis, Bassi: Antonis Dimou, Romanos Papadimitriou, Nikos Tsachalinas
    Choral Arrangement by Margarita Papadimitriou

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    * Gang Voices by The Ivories & Minas Notaras
    * Narration on “Polysyllabic Thoughts” and “The Eyes of Hades” by Stiver Graunne
    * Narration on “One Sad Moment of Existence” by Doctor P.

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    * Dreamshade Choir Score Sheet
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1.
- Instrumental -
2.
Rise and fall in one day I hope it's worth the try Coldness wrapped around me I share no cry But it won’t make a difference Cause there’s no second chance I’m looking for the answers If there's a chance to understand Wash now the blame off my hands... No more lies I can look straight into the sun Thinking, will I ever dream of what I’ve seen? No turning back Too many crossings in this labyrinth In the beginning the end seems away Time stands still by timing Life dealers threw the dice I hear their voices screaming ‘’ It’s time you realize’’ So, on and on I wander Repenting all my life I have unanswered questions Is it just me the last in line? Wash now the blame off my hands Stepping on castles of sand No more lies I can look straight into the sun Thinking, will I ever dream of what I’ve seen? No turning back Too many crossings in this labyrinth In the beginning the end seems away For all the fights I did not fight For all my wasted nights And all unseen sun-lights A view without a sight I’m burning out this page The book of all my rage I swear to God I'll change Even though it seems so strange In the beginning… In the beginning… In the beginning… A new beginning
3.
Bleak 03:21
In my bleak momentum, feel my sore Could I invade a better world? Raving skull, berserk demolished harm I wish I could dictate a better word? Ordering death for my pleasure won’t save me No one to defend, identities blend I’m responsible, I’m making people die Controlling your lives, anxiety now hives I will raise you just to watch you people die My unholy contract is my means To sympathize and then to terminate Healer, killer, beg to differ leaver Cunning planner of pro-hate Ordering death for my pleasure won’t save me No one to defend, identities blend I’m responsible, I’m making people die Controlling your lives, anxiety now hives I will raise you just to watch you people die Ordering death for my pleasure won’t save me Practicing death for my pleasure will save me No one to defend, identities blend I’m responsible, I’m making people die Awarding my hell, I am sane, farewell We will never, ever, never meet again
4.
Dreamshade 07:53
Temple filled with sorrow Hours seem so hollow Trails of dreams I follow Is this right? Tales so long forgotten Thoughts that come more often Doors are widely open Holy sign, holy crime, bloodline… Time flies so quickly I’m inside that deeply No more grains of sand A toy in master’s hand Seeking for the answer This quest became my cancer Is this right or wrong? The side I feel that I belong Ages erased Clocks tick their time No more to see now Except from my dark criminal mind Dreamshade Path of light or darkness Prepare The battle just begun to steal the light Shame A choice for hope or sadness I know it’s myself I still fight Thoughts inside I’m hiding Conspiracy in mind Straight to the conclusion A theater of delusion Tomorrow or today Can’t see what price I’ll pay The answer is so near Is this my holy darkest fear? A shot from a gun My body just fell Nothing to feel, yet I’m trapped in between… heaven and hell Dreamshade Path of light or darkness Prepare The battle just begun to steal the light Shame A choice for hope or sadness I know it’s myself I still fight “A gentle sound, an awful light Three angels bear the holy Grail With folded feet, in stoles of white On sleeping wings they sail And, stricken by an angel's hand This mortal armor that I wear This weight and size, this heart and eyes Are touched, are turned to finest air So pass I hostel, hall and grange By bridge and ford, by park and pale All armed I ride, whate'er betide Until I find the holy Grail” Dreamshade Path of light or darkness Prepare The battle just begun to steal the light Shame A choice for hope or sadness I know it’s myself I still fight See the angels, see the demons Fighting for my soul Break the silence, see the reasons Quest is over, that’s my way back... home
5.
Odd-Y-Sea 04:48
In disgrace I stand, bloody suitor’s hand The usurpers rig, a memorial deed Stretch the bow again, arrows fly again Through the axes burn, through the sword condemn She fooled us all; she said we’d wait, our egos bleed Then chaos was brought in, like father, like son, anger and seed Pain; feel no pain No more strife Fake bliss cuts me like a knife Pain; no more pain Sorrow's end It's my honor I defend War and voyage sane, twenty years of bane Hostile winds ahead, one-eyed horror head Many brave men fell, providential knell Bloody doom at sea, only gloom I see The Sirens song, the man who listened, yet survived Two thousand days, five hundred more, oblivion, death was denied Pain; feel no pain No more strife Fake bliss cuts me like a knife Pain; no more pain Sorrow's end It's my honor I defend One day he woke, he stared, he swore, unite and gain Arrived alone, he beat us all, resourceful king, mighty again Pain; feel no pain - Overjoyed, senses' leaven - Illness gone, liquid heaven No more strife - Soothing grief, sweet abduction Fake bliss cuts me like a knife - Nepenthe Pain; no more pain - Overjoyed, senses' leaven - Illness gone, liquid heaven Sorrow's end - Soothing grief, sweet abduction It’s my honor I defend - Nepenthe
6.
Insangel 03:41
Laughter fresh, youth at large, entering life Feel the squeeze, breathe thin air, taste the strife Deceiving walls, begotten screams, laments unknown The cloven hoof behind the guilt, innocent pawn Fever, shiver, tension flies Break the walls, admit the lies Raise and perish all your tears of ice Fever, shiver, tension flies Stare the walls, believe the lies Raise and perish your entire manic prize Insangel... Insangel… Insangel… Mirror, mirror, but no wall; inner demon Human clay, godless mercy, death is gone Lobotomized, spite the spike, the punished unheard Traumatized, source of sadness, the absurd Fever, shiver, tension flies Break the walls, admit the lies Raise and perish all your tears of ice Fever, shiver, tension flies Stare the walls, believe the lies Raise and perish your entire manic prize Fever, shiver, tension flies Break the walls, admit the lies Raise and perish all your tears of ice Fever, shiver, tension flies Stare the walls, believe the lies Raise and perish your entire manic… Fever, shiver, tension flies Break the walls, admit the lies Raise and perish all your tears of ice Fever, shiver, tension flies Stare the walls, believe the lies Raise and perish your entire manic prize An insangel
7.
“I hear the clock ticking but I cannot feel time. The walls of this white room surround me; yet they make me feel so wonderful. The walls are cold and unreal to my other senses, for my eyes cannot see. Thoughts hit my mind so fast; there’s nothing left here for me. Delusions… A woman in white disappears in the dark. As the needle hits my vain with its spark, I feel fine… I feel… I…” Watch the ceiling fall Falling down on me Feel the pain inside my head Sometimes I can hear only Screams out in the dark, screams inside of me The nightmares of my childhood set me free Strange woman in white Holding needles in her hand Pain is now much stronger I’m under her command I cry every night as the light fades away Oh, what have I done and what price should I pay? Innocence is my sinful excuse Paid all dues in clock ticking abuse Est a levis regnum Cold asylum of gloom Innocence is my sinful excuse Paid all dues in clock ticking abuse Est a levis regnum Cold asylum of gloom Drive me mad, drive me insane Things I hide inside my brain Stoned by drugs, I feel no pain I need her… After all those needle shots My polysyllabic thoughts Wiped away my mind, I’m lost I feel her… All alone, on my own, now my lady has gone Night has come to steal the colors of the dawn Will I see another dawn? Wasted I stand, I can do no mistakes For the time has arrived And the door left unlocked Maybe tomorrow’s not far from my dreaming Yet, there’s no end in my thoughts Now I’m gone In scenes of my past, my future I see As lights disappear, I can't find what’s unreal Just a flash of a hard blazing lightning conceals The truth and the lies, all the things I could be Innocence is my sinful excuse Paid all dues in clock ticking abuse Est a levis regnum Cold asylum of gloom Est a levis regnum
8.
All my life I am wandering Like an echo in the sky Hear my name… I’m the storm that makes you freeze A dark figure in the breeze In the sky the flaming star Always me the trembling light I am He, the one you fight I’m inside but yet so far… yet so far Why? Just tell me why, but don’t tell me lies Why? You call my name, but curse my fame Heaven for the sinners, still hell awaits An offer from believers, a soul to sell Your last fallen angel All your life into darkness Like a wolf in masquerade Lusting pain… No more strength to carry on You can pray but faith is gone Your reflection fades away Blinded in your life from hate Fate has come, now it’s too late You’re an idol left astray, you are my prey Why? Just tell me why, but don’t tell me lies Why? You call my name, but curse my fame Heaven for the sinners, still hell awaits An offer from believers, a soul to sell Your last fallen an-hell Throwing away your future, knowing that it won’t last Tearing apart your present, existing in the past Seeing without a vision, believing only lies Screaming without a reason, balancing on thin ice You think you will survive; what if you’re not alive? Why? Just tell me why, but don’t tell me lies Why? You call my name, but curse my fame Heaven for the sinners, still hell awaits An offer from believers, a soul to sell Your last fallen angel
9.
“We were born in a world of illusions, supported by technical environmental systems, far away from our home, our own planet Earth. We grew up enforced by artificial knowledge that made us powerful and productive but kept us away from our community. We all became unsocial human beings without heritage, without future. No one now remembers our dark past and those who remember are afraid to talk about it. Except him, the one who passed through iron and fire. The man who survived from the society breakdown. The leader of our war against the technological brutality, against the machines. For those days... Lest we forget.” Times are changing, do you feel the same? Can you stand up straight and fight off this reign? They are holding down our fortune, our land Chased and whacked us all, hear their command This conflict goes on (Goes on and on) For born and unborn (Survive through the storm) A mission for one (Seek for the one) Now can this be done? Seasons lost and seasons fade away Man of scriptures came on the 7th day Unbowed spirit, leader for all mankind He's the chosen one, the guide for the blind Eyes of Hades, frozen tears, grief and sorrow Blackened day, burning flesh, bleeding sun Steamy walls, acid rain, no tomorrow Metal heartbeats, now is this your son? The future's not set, the war has began Feckless era, dark insanity Artificial life, no humanity Sweep your bloodied brow and follow the trail It's your legacy, there's no chance to fail This conflict goes on (Goes on and on) For born and unborn (Survive through the storm) A mission for one (Seek for the one) Now can this be done? Eyes of Hades, frozen tears, grief and sorrow Blackened day, burning flesh, bleeding sun Steamy walls, acid rain, no tomorrow Metal heartbeats, now is this your son? Eyes of Hades, frozen tears, grief and sorrow Blackened day, burning flesh, bleeding sun Steamy walls, acid rain, no tomorrow Metal heartbeats, now is this your son? The future's not set, the war has began
10.
Inside the reign of my terror Where nothing grows old Frozen eyes staring me from inside This tale of death and cold I think I’ve seen this place Captain, I’m still in place God… forgive me Help me God Father... don’t leave me Save your son Save me from sadness Your only son Don't tell that my mother... no Am I back, am I still there? Yet the air feels so cold Another dream in madness disguised Or secrets that unfold? I’ve missed my home and place Oh, how I miss her, I miss her pretty face My dark reflections of punishment and death Watching people suffering, holding out their breath So many ways for all to live, so many ways to die Father, can you hear my cry? Dreams for all that I can’t see Dreams for all I’ll never be Sick and tired of feeling sad Just a solitary nomad God… forgive me Help me God Father... don’t leave me Save your son Save me from madness Your only son Leave me to die My dark reflections of punishment and death Watching people suffering, holding out their breath So many ways for all to live, so many ways to die Father can you hear my cry? Can you hear me? Can you save me? Take away this hell I’m living Have to be strong This is so wrong Turn the power off, believing… I'm living on (I'm dreaming... I'm dreaming...) Keep living on (I'm dreaming... I'm dreaming...) Still living on (I'm dreaming... I'm dreaming...) Living on (I'm dreaming... I'm dreaming...) I'm dreaming
11.
Welcome to my control, imaginations toll Forever locked within my fears Can you adapt to death and take your final breath? No need to trade these hollow years Inside this prison cell, in solitude I think I’ve never seen this place... it's hell Is this what I deserve? I’m still a child alone, from grace... I fell Step away from darkness Getting back into the light, no exit sight One moment of existence Sad moment comes this fatal day, it comes my way You're falling in between, another mortal sin Will cast your empty life so well Tormented for a life, it cuts me deep inside Can't stand the sounding of the bell In darkness and decay I'm left alone Prophets and poets wrote my wrong… so long Under the light of day The walls drift over me, I pray... today Step away from darkness Getting back into the light, no exit sight One moment of existence Sad moment comes this fatal day, it comes my way Step away from darkness Dreams I see in black and white, come to the light My demons breathe inside me On a bed of thorns I lay, day after day Step away from darkness Getting back into the light, no exit sight One moment of existence Sad moment comes this fatal day, it comes my way It's time to pray
12.
12:01 – the new order will rise Devastation, de-progress, demise Dusk for dawn and a fiend for a friend Numb – errs, numbers, devour a blood red trend System blocked, system locked, switches down Fail and fall, proclamation unknown We did fight, we did right, we believed Proudly lost, then we learnt we had never lived Huge devastation – The end of our days Castles made by sand Freedom to ban, dreams and hopes left undone Greedy or frugal? Decide Lustful or pure; which part are we going to hide? Turn the system on, will to succeed Will decay let it go; our will, will bleed It’s so crowded, you feel so alone Signs of times are the knives that will cut you all Huge devastation – A life to forsake Castles made by sand Freedom to ban, dreams and hopes left undone Greedy or frugal? Decide Lustful or pure; which part are we going to hide? Our blue-led sparkle “blain manso” To the end we will fight, to the end we will die, to the end My blue-led sparkle “blain manso” To the end I will fight, to the end I will lie, to my end Huge devastation – A dance with the dead Castles made by sand Freedom to ban, dreams and hopes left undone Greedy or frugal? Decide Lustful or pure; which part do we hide? Our lives, (lives), lives we betray, watching the system’s decay We die, (die), die in this place Locked in this fortress we made, when we lost our trace
13.
Swan Song 10:05
Here I am, once again alone Sitting in a vicious darkened throne This is not what I was meant to do Watch me now, can you see me through? In my heart, loneliness, some sinister dreams What reality hides in some scenes? Watch the world die today, a part of me feels Like it’s drifting away, from my sins Shadows creeping outside In shallow rotten crops Years gone by, left behind Dry-lander, no raindrops The sky is getting dark Sometimes it feels so cold It’s time to think the chances The earth is growing old Fly in the sky, hearing a swan cry -The whole mankind in demise- Singing the song for the last time Fall to the ground, making no sound -The evil strikes in disguise- Grace overtook all the rage and the lies Skies are flaming – seas of death Air pollution – evil breath Reckless moments – empty mind Time has passed for all mankind Forests burning – seas destroyed Dying nature – hollow void Change of season – wind of change God’s creating something strange Another breaking dawn Mind is building war Take the chance and wonder Is this worth fighting for? Feeling like a toy On a dreadful string Others may command you Are you a human being? No tomorrow, only sorrow Days so hollow, will we make it through? Pain – Reign – Disclosure Kill – Steal – Forsake Sane – Brain – Exposure Feel – Weel – Betake If I could choose, If I had torn a bore My heart and soul anon wither no more Fly in the sky, hearing a swan cry -The whole mankind in demise- Singing the song for the last time Fall to the ground, making no sound -The evil strikes in disguise- Grace overtook all the rage and the lies Fly in the sky, hearing a swan cry -The whole mankind in demise- Singing the song for the last time Fall to the ground, making no sound -The evil strikes in disguise- Grace overtook all the rage and the cries Fly in the sky

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