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Lenses

by Grave Closure

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They Walk Amongst Us 05:56
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Not Hidden In the Dark Alley Ways Not Frightened Of the Light No Need For Hidden Secrets When You Control every Single Mind They Walk Amongst Us, Monsters (x4) They Walk Amongst Us Hidden In Full View Within The Crowded Streets Forever Knocking, At Your Door, At Your Door... LA...La, Dar dar dar, dar dar, dar dar, dar dar, dar, dar dar dar... They Walk Among US... Monsters They Walk Among Us The Monsters They Walk Amongst Us (X4) They Walk Amongst Us In the Guise of being Human Part Of Your Family Or A trusted Friend They Walk Amongst us, Monsters in You LA...La, Dar dar dar, dar dar, dar dar, dar dar, dar, dar dar dar... At Your Door, At Your Door...
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I'm The Wrong Guy 05:04
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On The Wrong Flight Heading for the wrong place On the wrong seat Within your play Oh, i have the wrong lines I am the wrong guy You got the wrong guy...... Wrong guy....... I played this leading role for you For the wrong reasons, through and through Standing with this smoking gun Caught in the act of killing love I am the harbour of all evil... But with your twisted pen you were the author (But I am the wrong guy) In the play that you wrote us in I am the wrong one That you wanted to be within I am the wrong face Caught in the wrong place Let me tell you right, (right) I am the wrong guy Only only only thing (right) You got the wrong guy...... (right) (Middle 8) Through the wrong door On the wrong stage (On the wrong side) Under the wrong light Playing out your rage (Ending chorus) I am the wrongggg........ I am the wrong.............guy I am the wrong.............guy I’m the wrong............guy I’m the wrong....I’m the wrong.....guy, guy I’m the wrong....I’m the wrong.....guy
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Beauty The Beast 04:16
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You are so much more beautiful When you are fighting for your right, time and again To be the one that you truly are You have to swim against the tide, time and again And I will dance with you When pain is your only friend And I will dance with you In the eyes of torment Dance.......I love you, For who you truly are I love you For who you truly are You are so much more beautiful, being who you truly are Have to swim against the tide Time and again Time and again Time and again Time and again Time and again Time and again
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Nothing 06:11
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Oh I, cannot feel And I really, feel that I should It Is what, makes us Human So Perhaps, I am Not I am broken I have no heart I am Wooden Cold in the dark How can I be Normal? When normal in gone, gone, for good Children play, they engage Fall on their knees, for crying out loud Laugher is infectious poison They mock me, mock me with unbridled love I, i am Broken Ooo, ohh ohh Ohh ohh ohh Ooooohhhhhh How can I be Normal when Normal is gone? How can I be normal when Normal is wrong? I y am broken I y am broken La la la, La la la, la la la , la la la,.. laaaaaa La la la, La la la, la la la , la la la,.. laaaaaa I’ll will never be part, of your social circle Never hold the Lime light, be part of your packaged elite Never pass. any emotional, scrutiny I cannot feel everything, so I feel nothing at all,....nothing at all
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My Pity Lover 04:59
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The Voice of Chaos, Glorified Risen the mocking, essence of hate Revelation this night, Oh spirit of coldest night Tis my enemy, my pity lover... Oh, Moon light reveal, our sickening Oh, Moon light reveal, our deepest sins Lay down thy Illusions, show it now Show your hand... No one can know me, no one ever could Except the spinning wheel I do this for you, masked and blind But know this flesh; weep no more, from eternal flames Embrace the deep river bed They care not for your breath Oh take my, now ....... ........................................ My Pity Lover... My Pity Lover... Take me now Ooohhhh, Ohhhhhh, See and seen as you truly fall and lay My Pity Lover Hey, hey
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Fair And Modern 08:40
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She is fair and modern Born no finer face, yea Blouse of brilliant cotton Worn with trim of lace, yea She is bright and ambitious She will go very far indeed Mind of cherished wishes Not to be Take a bird in your left hand Take a cage in your right Try to place the bird in prison And it is sure to take flight Fly....my bird Fly...my bird I once loved a fragile thing Wings that flew to close to the fire Sad, so sad, those roses that you threw at my feet, it’s a tragedy That they were used that way Any...more..? Anymore? Any...more....? More, more More, more Is there any more? She is bright and ambitious Mind of cherished wishes Not to be misused Just fly little bird, just fly, just fly away Just fly......... Just fly........... I forget where my heart lays So quickly I forget She forgets where her heart lands every day Forget, I will never forget So quickly you forget So quickly I forget So quickly you forget So quickly you forget Who, who, who Who, who, who You...
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Love Complete 06:08
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I close my eyes Now, I can see Carving my way through the reeds of transit need Love Dismantling Dismantling me The Voice of ages I am I am I am Free And she is always there She feed my soul wings From seed to Star How the sky holds a cloud Her lightest touch Dive the, deepest down down down Just a quick glance, A ballet of nuance How the sky hold a cloud How the sky holds a cloud How the sea moves a wave Face upon face and Every line my eye not traced around No More leaning on fate My hand in hand with hers Oh how the sun holds the sunshine Love, its love complete Love, its love complete
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What does it matter now 04:24
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What does it matter now? What is true or falsehood The high moral ground is left Sterile and broken And the ocean waves still hit the cliff face, as they always did But it’s all about the feel Screamed the sailors daughter in fretful sleep She need more bandages, she still bleeding And I far too busy forging my iron skin, to be listening Oh, an armour to keep it out and keep me in And so narrow my view to the battle Hand of a demon he touches my chin I raise him up but his strength now is failing Like a snowflake falling And his lips make words splinted and deafening, move more close to him He is asking for the final kiss one that forgives and releases The one that hides be hide every tree From the childhood games we played never to win He was so young when love was revelled to him Oh what does it matter now? It mattered then and still within The ocean waves still hit the cliff face as they always did.
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A New Constellation 05:41
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This Place, it’s not the same, something rolled out And made a change, but the line around you There’s a different space, the line around you Remains the same. In my sky There’s a new constellation On the rise.....Ooo oooo ooo Just Like a comet Across the sky The running hare Scatters stars With every step And every leap And everywhere..... There’s magic in the air, and everywhere, There’s magic everywhere, and every where There’s magic everywhere, And everywhere, His magic’s everywhere, And everywhere His magic’s everywhere, Oooo oooo oooo, and everywhere, His magic’s everywhere
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Break Away 05:36
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My love just seemed to grow and grow To let you in I give love Hey Love you never understood You are all the same, all the same You don’t know how deep the pain You held the ace and all the queens I lost my love But not my dreams Oh love Hey Oh love Hey Change the mindset, let it go..... Break a way, break, break away...break away And let, our spirits go We can let, our spirit go Somewhere we know, home In our soul universe And I’m, we can just lay and look, and wonder, If only I could, if only you would. If only I could, if only you would....
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Last Of Its Kind 05:49
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It Were a Pea Soupier When I spied an Orange beacon Flare Falling ghostly slow I had to stop and stare Is it a call of distress? Of some poor sinking shipping ship Or the searching eye Of some creature there That hears the light house Viking horn And believes it to be, his lover Calling calling, calling calling Him into shore The meet his fate, to be his fate They say the ocean is cold But the sea contains the hottest blood of all The wildest, the most urgent Inverted love is a monster pain Enough to drive any creature insane And the last of its kind The very last of its, kind A beached whale is a sad spirit People gather and whisper How why? They see no reason for it to die, the very last of its kind
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Come Back To You 07:07
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You want your kiss for everyday Where is she now On some island far away Drinking cocktails One in each hand And talking about you, to her Mother What you gonna do when they see through you When they see the writings and the plans that you chew What you gonna do babe, when they see the tricks of your trade When it all comes back to you Wonder what you gonna do.... When your are Blue blue green Blue green Leave me alone in dirty windows And the uncarpeted stairs that lead to your stare Leave me in gliders and sky I don’t need no engine when I fly like superman, like superman. I will be your castaway I will use all means to survive That is what its all about Eat and sleep and be without Oh lift your head Don’t look down Do not stare And do not frown And never run, you must never run Open arms and open stance, where is my ice cream And Children come back to you And children hold your hand tightly When children smile and laugh and play And Life is good and sunshine gay When you lay your hand upon your sun And it never burns, and turns and turns and turns And like that ball you kicked into the sky It caught again When it all comes back to you... And you have your kiss for everyday And you have your kiss for everyday And you got. Your kiss for everyday Doo laa.
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Lenses 05:44
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From the fire At the bottom of the ocean To the rain drops At the top of the sky You can’t know What the water Knows Unless you have Tears in your eyes From the light Of the galaxy rising To the Catherine’s wheels Dwindling sparks You can’t know What the fire knows When what really matters is Dark, dark, dark I read the signs I have the gift of sight I see the world through my lenses To the other side Trees mar my view Standing tall and strong I gaze across the forest To the river long And the ravens play their laughing games The ravens sing their songs They talk in whispers Like the chattering leaves They talk in whispers And look at you Deep into your soul Into darkness, into the darkness From the light (from the light) Of the galaxy rising (of the galaxy rising) To the dwindling spark Katherine wheels (To the dwindling spark Katherine wheels ) You can’t know What the fire knows What really matters? What really matters? Is dark.

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Grave Closure represents a creative collaboration between the musical arranger and sound experimentalist Luca Ascari (The X Artist name) from Italy and singer-songwriter David Antony Rogers from the UK. Their very different musical approaches have fused, through the medium of the internet, to produce the exciting debut album Lenses.

David Antony Rogers
David is a musician, composer and poet based in a small rural village close to Norwich, Norfolk. In the spirit of folk musicians down the ages his songs offer a heartfelt chronicle of human triumphs and tragedies. A self-taught guitarist, as a young man he fronted several bands in the London area but gave up playing live when the everyday pressures of work intervened. In 2007 he started writing and recording again, rapidly developing his acoustic skills and experimenting enthusiastically with new technologies. His inspirations and influences are wide and varied but always include the common thread of emotional integrity.
Luca Ascari
After several musical incarnations, both as a live performer and in the recording studio, Luca formulated the sound project The X and made the decision to devote his energies to electronic ventures, collaborating with other musicians and vocalists from across the world to produce many EPs and Albums, as well as the graphics and videos which compliment them. As a music lover, his inspirations are eclectic, including drum and bass, jazz and minimalism. As a musician his instinct is always to unite the disparate, break boundaries and cross frontiers.

Lenses has a unique sound. While it evokes echoes of industrial, gothic, neofolk and esoteric rock, none of these genres can adequately contain it. Luca has created a mansion of many rooms, both strange and familiar, through which David travels with a mixture of hope and fear. These 13 songs will challenge your perceptions and touch your emotions, propelling you from the cellars to the attics and back again.
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released February 12, 2016

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released February 14, 2016

REVIEW BY NO MORE DIVISION
Grave Closure is a collaboration between the musical arranger and sound experimentalist Luca Ascari from Italy and singer-songwriter David Antony Rogers from the UK. Although the two have different approaches, the integration of their styles works out on their release Lenses.

Lenses is a dark, experimental album but it still contains elements of pop here and there. Throughout the album I was most reminded of David Bowie and Scott Walker. At their most experimental you can hear tinges of Walker’s albums such The Drift and Bish Bosch. As far as Bowie goes I think once you hear some of the vocal performances you will know what I'm talking about.

This is an album that may require some effort to get through but is rewarding in the end. It’s certainly not one that you can nonchalantly pop in at a party. Suffice it to say the music on Lenses is more apt for solitude. The songs benefit from scrutiny and analysis.

Up first is “They Walk Amongst Us” which really paints the mood for the remainder of the album. It’s gloomy, bleak and dark but also oddly catchy. The drums drive the atmosphere as the vocalist sings, “Not Hidden In the Dark Alley Ways / Not Frightened Of the Light / No Need For Hidden Secrets / When You Control every Single Mind.” They pick up the pace with “I’m The Wrong Guy” which contains waves of distortion that can overwhelm you while “Nothing” is a misty, ambient piece that slowly unveils itself.

Two of my favorites “My Pity Lover” and “Fair And Modern” don’t have any problem going to the fringe of what music can offer. Scott Walker seems like a direct influence on “Fair And Modern.”

“Love Complete” doesn't shy away from combining multiple synths that cause dissonance and “A New Constellation” embraces what could be considered atonal music. Perhaps the most haunting song is “Last Of Its Kind” which touts absurd, existential lyrics. He sings, “It Were a Pea Soupier / When I spied an Orange beacon Flare / / Falling ghostly slow I had to stop and stare / Is it a call of distress?” They close with the title track, which is actually one of the catchiest songs on the album.

​Lenses is not for the faint of heart. If you are familiar with artist like Scott Walker, John Cage and other music that isn't afraid to push boundaries this album will be a welcome addition. On the other hand if you aren't that familiar with the places music can go I would approach this with an open mind.

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Grave Closure Norwich, UK

Priests of occultism and mysticism,Grave Closure presents a Folknoir and Indie sound. Strong of an esoteric experimentalism, singing by David Antony Rogers that sinking without reticence in the catacombs of intimate music.
Noir magma. Folk acoustic electric and shoegaze guitar and sounds of Ascari are harmonies in strong tints with
electronic inserts.improve spent in avant-garde music. ... more

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