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The Oracle’s Awakening
01:44
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(Instrumental)
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2. |
This Is Not a Drill!
04:03
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Give me something to break it in two
give me glory to rule the fools
take me in your house on a big flat screen
Ready to sink you on a dark black dream
Are you ready to become a slave of me?
Corrupted government ain't gonna set u free
All these righteous pre-election pigs
are now pointing the finger for you to pay the fee
Now it's the time, this is not a drill
ain't got no privilege , got nothing to feel
Your heart is gray from the news today
only your soul left in the end to pay
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3. |
Smoking a Razor Blade
05:50
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Smoking a razor blade
i think that i have made
a huge mistake now
that i can't avoid
Smoking a razor sharp
for all the things i am not
i know i have become
a person i never thought
Gray the cloud above, the pain the people shove
it's hard to handle now, impossible to bow down
Smoking my savour now, will keep me sober for a while
and then intoxicated again, become one with the pile
And as i swallow all these burdens, all these black memories inside
i know the pain is a real thing, can happen any fuckin' time
and as i feel this ache inside me, i know it won't be fixed
it needs time it needs cure, it's not the end of the line
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4. |
Building 58a
04:36
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In the heart of the city
there's darkness everywhere
that's why u feel pity
and sadness but you don't care
in these black seasons
dark, cold and distress
and down there is a building
that you can't digress
And now your mind is on fire
and there's a door you wanna pass
a black gothic entrance is the pire
a curriosity for years it's your own lash
You don't know what's inside it
temptation makes u wanna have the key
You heard scary stories of mysticism
about underground passage or even tectonic lodge
In the depths of this city
there's magic in the air
that's why you feel dizzy
there's the scent of pure despair
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5. |
The Hostal Protocol
02:35
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(Instrumental)
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6. |
Skeletons in the Closet
06:17
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Wandering through mystery, temptation is rising
this grain of guilt, this hidden truth, is always tantalizing
The veil is torn, anxiety's born and skeletons are dancing
This Crimson sky is full of doom the wolf's cry is nonstop buzzing
But i am free, i've got my head clear and calm sleeping
and i am free, i've got no demons that whipping
(I rest my case, i'm ready to face the day
don't really know about you, in this life we all pay)
failed again to speak the truth, the echoes and bones are rattling
You chased the sun but found the moon, the silence is crackling
(and now i know, i'll do it my own way
the crack of dawn, is right here to stay)
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7. |
Getting High on the Road
04:05
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Getting High on the road
Getting high just to free my way
Getting High on the road
Getting high just to breath again
I took the driveway, ride on the fast lane
smoked a joint or two, me and my leaf are the best damn crew
We don't give a damn, we rise when the moon is up
we are the best lovin' fam, we bite bats and we ready for the next lap
and as we hit and touch this burnin' soil
the engine burns and spills this sparkling oil
Now the sun came up again, the light of day found me
full of booze drunk and braindead, as the smoke fill my lungs again
even i see dragons, mushrooms and silly wizzards
reality hits again, nothing's erased just the body left for dead
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Through the veil of her own land
in his mind where is only sand
no proof of water or living sign
even the toughest insects die
She's the head of this war machine
he thinks she rules and that her hands are clean
yeah yeah yeah and she's calling now
yeah yeah yeah and she's calling now
She sends the signals of her own doom
he receives the signals that will kill him soon
shattered kingdom creates brooding misery
This marks the fall of your own history
Queen of the Thorn Signal yeah yeah yeah Queen of the Thorn Signal
Self destruction is in his pockets now
She's becoming the monster in his head now
no proof of life, no proof of love
She radiates hell and it's not from above
it was his choice and it's not real
Her spectral gaze, seals this fatal deal
Queen of the Thorn Signal yeah yeah yeah Queen of the Thorn Signal
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9. |
The Lizard Sleeps in Oil
04:52
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In this scorched and desert land
there is a lizard sleeping deep
It's not dead, it's not alive
the human dreams went down cheap
Their sleeping god? Creep through the sludge
their civilization has collapsed
this tipping point brought up this joint
and it's never coming back
They wait to rise with no more lies
this could be the end of all days
they wanna see, what to believe
Weep for the rusted gods in this haze
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10. |
Your Mojo
03:00
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You're dancing on the edge of glory
I know you're not feeling sorry
You're not here to brag
and you're not here to beg
You feel like the fallen hero
You started from the very zero
Your mojo is missing
but the boots still stomp!
This party is just not over
You were a hardcore car lover
You hum where thunder used to roar
I know you're gonna reach the shore
No drums, just ghosts in brass,
No shots — just a nod with care,like green green grass
You're about to reclaim your powers
our father, superhero!
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11. |
Opium Haze
05:06
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So now I am crawlin’ Who am I foolin’?
The tunnel is wide open Brightened and outspoken
The light of day has fallen
Hallucinated
And so broken
I begged for silence, they gave me sleep
My head is spinning, am I in too deep?
The drip sings louder than my thoughts
Try to keep my memories, don’t want them to rot
So bring that sweet surrender
I feel this downward bender
I lose myself with this substance
Now I’m under foreign guidance
Why does it go so far?
Every whisper turns into a scar
The morphine moon is rising slow
I drift where only shadows go
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12. |
Throttle the Sun
04:56
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You gotta move fast
you gotta throttle wide
and let the shadows ride
you have a place to hide
UV's got venom
there's cancer outside
Blaze past the burn line
It’s all about defying limits
You'll need the Shadow surge
before the sun emerge
we're all cosmic fugitives
with our human right prerogatives
This solar venom must extinct
it's a human-made bomb synced
with disease and body-burn
Fuel-fed fury, solar escape
Throttle The Sun
Throttle The Sun
Throttle The Sun
Throttle The Sun
Throttle The Sun
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13. |
Mirage Burnout
04:32
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Signal jammed, reality cracked
hallucinated trippin', i'm not coming back
Echoes in my head, feels like i am dead
This road fold like memory
already many tears i've shed
Got to get up and stand up
go to get up not break up
Got to keep my self straight
after all these pills that i ate
Got to get up and stand up
go to get up not break up
Got to keep my self straight
after all these pills that i ate
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14. |
Into Morpheus
07:50
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Every night, a pain parade
He tries to hide into the shade
He sleeps in static
But wakes in flames
The nightmare is real
Morpheus knocks but never stays
The pills have taken
The night is long
I tried to write for you a song
I know this hell has gone too long
I never thought that—
The amp moans like a wounded god
I pray to God to stop the pain
For years you suffer,
Drives you insane
He wakes each morning
He takes a nap
Dreams taste like rust when the sun is up
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15. |
The Oracle’s Scream
05:37
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Carved in stone and unbroken
full of blood, chained and soakin'
the hand of fate is risen untamed
the sins forgiven, not ashamed
the will to live, the scream becomes the seed
a scream that births a new dawn
material and gold are gone
now the spirit lives on and on
He cries just to live, to live and relieve
He tries to believe, more and more to live
to live forever and ever, never say never
the reason to forgive is that you believe!
Final cry beneath the eclipse
blank space under the ellipse
echoes ignite the next chapter
with head up high don't enshadow your laughter
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16. |
Cathedral of Rust
09:46
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Altar of ash disgracing your beliefs
with all these lies, your soul melts like falling leaves
in this corruption you obey, in this sacred decay
your gospel is twisted from your flesh-bound faith
This bloodlit sanctuary
deeply embedded systemic
Preach for your own money-pocket-grab
in this cathedral, Cathedral of rust
You betrayed your flock, you betrayed your God
using your delusion you're sending them straight to the trap
Corroded acts of a stained soul
rusted grace is life's main role
Sanctified is anything you don't accept
in this holy place you've got a huge debt
you wear the robe and you demand obedience
crystal clear the lack of your resilience
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17. |
Rusty James (B-Side)
04:21
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Time is ticking
rust in your mind
trapped in the monochrome
you envy your bloodline... into the decay
Blindness and wickness
concrete and pain
violence and sickness
you'll melt in the rain.... into the decay
Kill or die
bound in a jar
Siamese fighting fish
inside the glass
suffocation inside your cage
you only see in dark and gray
the only colors that you can see
is red and blue but you're not free
Rusty James you won't become
a man besides from what you want
your self destruction is what you see
Shattered with splinters the outcome to be
Your idol now is dead
you reached the ocean but so misled
you've slept away, away from the jar
the price in the end was cold and went too far
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A catalyst, an architect a mentor is what you are
a free spirit in narrow streets
You taught them how to gang and then you disappeared
Rusty james made a mess and then you reappeared
To lead them was not your cause, you didn't want to fight
you just wanted freedom, to break the glass and fade into the light
STATIC! SILVER! EXILED! PRINCE!
You live in black and white, you monochrome king
from California to Oklahoma to start a new life was not such a thing
you couldn't escape your self and there was a u-turn back
you searched again for color in the grey califronia sun
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Hostal Handshake Athens, Greece
Hostal Handshake is a stoner doom / hard desert rock band from Athens, Greece, active since 2001. Following early promos and their debut album Hellish (2007, Secret Port Records), they return with Stone Oracle—their long-awaited sophomore full-length, set for release in January 2026. After 18 years, the riffs are heavier, the fuzz deeper, and the desert winds louder. ... more
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