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The Eternal Present

by Lead Into Gold

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adam @ Great album. Atmospheric, layered and dark. Even better loud, but have some speakers that can handle some intense bass drone. Favorite track: The Eternal Present.
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krimsonstarr You were absolutely killer opening up for Skinny Puppy the other night in Edmonton. Loved your “we have a few more uplifting songs for you” joke mid set. Had to sit back and have a proper listen … I love The Eternal Present album! Fav. track - She Lies Beyond. Favorite track: She Lies Beyond.
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jsnchmpn Excellent record. It's on the mellow side but dark enough to portray the stirring emotions. If you were thinking that industrial music was a thing of the past, you'd be wrong. This is not background music for cooking. This is a listener album, full thought-provoking mind-images you have tucked away, waiting for an escape, in relation to something deeper. If you enjoy vinyl, it's the best experience, in my opinion. The shirt is cool, too 😎.
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1.
This is how crime begins Yes plus the time within We think the horrors show what we know This is the knowledge in the shadows Once the rays begin They shine and never end They light the dark side of the process They wring the meaning from the abscess A dark spell riding on a dark knell This glamour always seems eternal We say we know This horror show Rings untrue Bound unto eternal present
2.
A statement, a ledger Devotion, a dime Not nearly ironic A list and a rhyme Fresh from the ancients One at a time The feature, the record All standing in line And I see the slime And I breathe in why And I see the signs Outside it’s burning Outside the world is burning now Inside it’s burning Inside your world is burning down Even those are not the final blows Inside it’s burning Inside your world is burning down Outside it’s burning Outside the world is burning now Even those are not the final blows
3.
Flowers on this day they fall away Flowers on this day they fall away Singing all the songs we can today Singing all laments about Sunday Tower requiem call out the praise Tower requiem call out the praise Even when the pall is moved away Even when the pall drops in the grave Hours in the day they melt away Hours in the day they melt away Even when the hymn is full of grace Even with the cortege out of place She lies beyond Meanings buried neatly in this song She lies beyond Deftly hoarding stories never told She lies beyond Meanings buried deeply in this song She lies beyond Leaving jagged lines of broken prose
4.
The Surface 04:04
The sky behind my head is falling The sun behind my head so warming The light above defines a shadow my shadow Cast upon the surface windblown far below So near so far so hard And I looked away The surface as it falls away The surface seems so far away And I see the sun is shining from below And I see the sun shining from below
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Go past a line drawn in the air A form deformed by our making Go past a line drawn in the air A form reformed by our making The sea begins a wonder The sun foment and author The past is past a nightmare The sum cannot contain you The see chops off the edges The dumb relives the awesome The fast is fast behind you The gun will undermine you
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Who’s to say the flames can’t get much higher as they glow upon your face as though we watch the infinite Who’s to say the wind won’t cast the embers as they shower on your face the flames they lash a thousand licks on your face a thousand licks on your face never move stand and wait a thousand licks on your face before immolate Who’s to say the fame can’t get much brighter as we balance on the stage before we touch the infinite And still the flame keeps getting higher as we stare into the blaze the flames they lash a thousand licks on your face a thousand licks on your face never move stand in place a thousand licks on your face
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Tell me again I am inside and then I am on and on We are on and on Tell me again Is it possible Beneath the span Of a public life No one cares to know Tell me again Could it ever fail Would it ever fall Is it possible

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released April 21, 2023

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PAUL ION BARKER Portland, Oregon

Paul Ion Barker is a producer, composer and touring musician. His extensive production and writing work with Ministry extended from 1985 through 2004. He's been involved with bringing a wide range of other musical projects into fruition: Lard, Pailhead, Revolting Cocks, Flowering Blight, USSA, I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness, Malekko, Lead into Gold, & recently as a touring member of Puscifer. ... more

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