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Mirage

by LEAD Inc.

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1.
Alice 10:18
Feeling so tired of it all Sleepless child all alone - playing in the darkness Follow the light Running down the hall But don’t you cry When you fall You will fall - down the hole Twinkle twinkle little bat How I wonder what you’re at Up above the world you fly Like a tea tray in the sky Cheshire cheshire little cat Wonder what you’re laughing at Deep within the gaze you hide Leaving just your lovely smile Hurry hurry little one We are waiting for you to come Don’t lose time and don’t get mad Otherwise you’ll lose your head Off with her head Stranger in the night I can see you in the woods Fallen right into that place Dancing yourself away Off with her head
2.
The Dice 06:06
One night in balance with earth in peace The prophets spread words about bitter cold A small, subtle turn on the lone ocean’s breeze For maids, men and kingdoms to break and turn old Roll the Dice, little god Change the order for entropy For all the rules to derange and crumble For poor men to rise and kings to... Roll the Dice, little god Force your will upon equity Another way for a king to be humble Upon his demise his reign will crumble The tumorous hive mind, grasping for grounds And thankful sheep for joining the sounds Blind for autonomy, so blind for deceit With a roll of the dice they could break through the bounds! The quake’s over, The dust comes down, A dull night ends For a day to come Opening up his tired eyes The dead woke up to the sun shining twice
3.
Mantra 09:25
Mind awake Body asleep There’s a strange and dark sensation Ascending in me, As my limbs seem to slip away Contorting me, I leave my body And set my consciousness free. There I am in the gray and naked Templates of my dreams, Where a world is born around my face, In my head and yet so real. And my senses start to besiege my mind And I soon forget my fears Because the best illusions are just those In which you let your mind be free. It’s still dark around my mind And I reach out and shout But I’m still under water And there’s shadows ’round my spine But the instant I gaze upon the Glowing spot of light On the horizon My world begins to shine And I rise upon the mountains And there’s freedom in my lungs And I’ll never cease the forming Of this world without my hands But my dream has just begun Oh, my dream has just begun And I’ll never cease the forming Of this world without my hands Mind awake Body asleep I see clear and understand My eyes are starving so I feed. And I breathe in while I sense The ground’s feedback under my feet. And I realize the air I’m breathing Can’t exist on the ocean bed And it reminds me That I’m still asleep Mind awake Body asleep Mind awake
4.
Like a former mother, blind and broken, resting on a globe, Listening for the echoes of the lyre’s call for hope, Turmoil and empathy, words of wisdom, None of those remain, listen to the singing rain Leave me in apathy, with nowhere to go, Leave me to see the world and I’m going home, Waiting for a something I can’t even name, Unwilling to be angry for there’s no one left to blame After this ride, I feel like Sitting in a roller coaster, coming to an end, I’ve seen the world from above, Sitting in an airplane and watching it descend, And when our flame dies And you and I end, I shake off the rust And you put me to rest. Desperate, I’m clinging onto my memories of our days, But just as my grief for you they will fade away. Just as my grief for you they will fade away You put me to rest
5.
Straight they keep on walking It’s too loud, but no one’s talking A breeze drifting by My body seems to fade I’m not feeling like I am here I’m not feeling like I should Stranger in my own world Everything just flows around me I’m drifting away… Fading I’m fading I’m fading away… I can feel it all around me Fade Fading Spinning head What’s going on inside my head Can’t get it out of my head Like I am going mad So mad
6.
I’m trying to hide in my shelter In a way to rest and atone Declining a choice to be made Despite it being carved in stone They’ve called me chimaera forever For I’d forgotten what I’ve been. Tranquility emerges from a Darkness never seen... So I observe And I lament So I relent ‘Cause I deserve... Let me see that mind you lost Corrupted by authority, And while your dreams are seized and tossed Her echo is your sonority. The mirage that breaks your mind Reclusion is a heavy freight, Leave your material form behind And reach in peace a higher state.
7.
The Toll 08:02
I am illuminated By a burning sky Erasing my ego’s Monumental lie Ripping the concept of matter From a twisted soul And bringing solipsism For this is our toll So here's a tale without an end A ride without a goal An increase without amend A dam without a foal When all the chains are broken And all the words are spoken I am Lost in solitude When all the winds have vanished And all the tales are banished When all the chains are broken And all the words are spoken I am Wandering in vain The grand eclipse awaited Staggering, impossible Event horizon dashing to Eradicate us all A shooting star, lonely, Drawing a curtain of Light across the night sky On its way home. Shooting stars Crumble tides Rising higher up To the sky We are
8.
Zenith 08:51
Adrift I am I’ve been here for a lifespan, Awaiting the end... So here I am, Apathetically gazing Through my screen of polycarbonate So here I am, Drifting, shifting Through a clarified, but altered state And my eyes slowly Wander across the sea of suns And my mind starts to wonder Does it end or has it just begun? Soon, as I will seize to be, I see That the vastness is a mirror to me I relent, as in I give, And silent falls my will to live, In the end. And my eyes slowly Immerge into the sea of suns And I rise above the only Barrier between all and none In the end In the end I crave for Silence of the voices, They’ve made me cry for Long forgotten choices In the end I seek the Feeling of security So I bare my soul to The obscurity Nadir, I lost you way back Crossing the thin red line Lights up and fade to pitch black Nadir, I left you in time Zenith, I embrace you Scenic, my last goodbyes Let go, illusions come true Zenith, euthanize... I leave my life behind For my peace of mind Take my last goodbyes For my peace of mind I Leave my life behind Agonize! For my peace of mind Traumatize! Take my last goodbyes Mesmerize! For my peace of mind I am euthanized! I am agonized! I am traumatized! I am mesmerized! Euthanized!

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With deep gratitude we thank:
Our supportive families, friends & fans for doing a great job at being supportive families, friends & fans, Alex Sickel @ Tiny Pond for life-saving recording & mixing suggestions, Skotty @ Forkupines for listening through tons of mixes with ridiculous patience, Janni @ Lady Crank for his ripping guest vocals, Saskia for being an amazing merch girl and driver in our times of need and all those who helped in one way or another.

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released February 23, 2019

Vocals - Naomi Mayson
Guitars - Henrik Michalzik
Bass - Joris Henke
Drums - Till Westphal

Additional keys and synths:
Till Westphal

Guest vocals on Chimaera:
Janni @ Lady Crank

Additional soundscape:
Henrik Michalzik
Till Westphal

Songwriting:
Henrik Michalzik
Joris Henke
Till Westphal

Lyrics:
Till Westphal
Naomi Mayson

Recording, Mixing, Mastering:
Henrik Michalzik

Editing:
Henrik Michalzik
Till Westphal

Arrangement of Fata Morgana:
Henrik Michalzik

Artwork:
Max Mitenkov

Mirage was entirely produced by LEAD Inc.

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LEAD Inc. Hanover, Germany

Founded back in summer 2014 the band started focusing on instrumental songwriting with a heavy obsession for the strong contrast between sluggish sounding parts and a focus on ambience. As Naomi joined the band in August 2015, the band could complete the progressive elements in their music with her soul-influenced vocals, thus melding it to a homogeneous, but not trivial, sound experience. ... more

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