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The City of Virtue

by New Noise

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1.
Fallen 02:08
Genesis 3 (KJV) Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. 9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: 15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. 20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. 22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
2.
There was a healer who's art was murder With his violence it brought a deafening silence Living on the dreams of hypocrisy Their bones rattling in eternity These walls are talking but we keep repeating No consequence!! I plagues you like a disease On my knees begging you, please To just release me This is a wonderful life She is a beautiful mother May we nurture her The burden of love lays upon you Like a wet blanket, suffocating Real tears are cried for life has been taken There is a gift of forgiveness And then there were none
3.
Last Light 04:50
The spirit hovers over the great depths Light bursts forth at his bidding He’s breaking the fetters on the imagination Water starts to show a stilled reflection Like stars awake in the sky let them come to you Set in their place Breath life back into the earth That once was an echo of your likeness We are the last lights At the going down of the age Facedown my minds eye sees The all knowing has time in His hands Out in the desert I’ve become a wanderer Be still and find heart of the God To have faith is better than sacrifice Strike the rock and let the waters flow Let your nature become the passion Then comes the afterglow, to make known He is not safe but he is good Through death He brings you life Drawing blood from a stone Darkness can’t drive out darkness Only light gives you warmth And hate can't drive out hate Only love redeems So love because we were first loved
4.
Solitude 01:56
I have been searching for a long time In this pursuit of happiness In this lonely world you have given me Flesh of my flesh & bone of my bone For that I’m thankful Made for the rhythms of silence & noise
5.
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now am found; Was blind, but now I see ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved; How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; ’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home When we’ve been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise Than when we’d first begun
6.
Do you hear me?
 Do you feel me?
 Do you see me? This is my dreamtime
 Where I run to the hill The seasons have come and gone
 And now I will rest in you Do you hear me? 
 I want to know you’re there
 The stillness I cannot bare
 The silence shows you don’t care This is my dreamtime
 Where I run to the hill and tear down the watchtower
7.
This time I’m speaking my mind
 I deserve that one of a kind
 I’m red eyed for prize
 No time to put on my disguise 
 Your my woman of the night, in whom I desire
 I’ve become a beast of venery
 I’m coming for you!! Lust in love
 Lay it down
 Man has himself
 Will he ever be found Out on a limb, in my skin, mourning
 Used by the proud as a warning
 Isolated by the licentious charade
 Why am I to feel so ashamed?
 Beauty can no longer chase the beast
 I’ve got to find myself a virtuous man In temperance you conquer the primal urge
 Silence the tongue and let your actions speak
 Resolve to perform what you ought
 Perform without fail what you resolve
 May your backbone be justice
 Bringing order to the chaos Make no expense but to bless all kinds
 Be always industrious in what is useful
 Sincerity clothes you in genuine love
 Pursue honour with a pure body
 Imitate the virtuous
8.
A fiend that tends to lie Tempted I touched it, then I tasted
 Such shame in becoming free It has been a while since I spoke to you
 I have since been chasing the wind
 And it has blown me down
 Anger at the storm blooms in my heart
 Will I ever rest in peace? I have stumbled around
 Trying to find the profound
 Will hold me secure? I don’t know myself anymore
 Many days have past but I must remember
 I am a fellow traveller
 That can get lost better than ever The rose will bring the change
 Oh God It’s been so long I can’t let go
 The rose will bring the change
 It’s not like was before
 Bring the change!
9.
Strange Fire 04:26
I will be king, you will be queen We will know as God knows It starts sweetly like a lullaby Somber the years go by The child dies All waiting to bother While never helping each other No reason to be sure The mind not knowing it’s been done before Unfeeling red dust, what can grow? Fall back asleep Held by the warmth Born to obey Strange fire is rising A glory that disappears The quirks of fate Make nonsense of our striving They're standing in line Just waiting in the fence Senses have gone astray Clouds with no rain Blown along by the wind This facade is fragile I’m swaying with the flame Part of the atmosphere Devil-may-care
10.
You are so fat in the belly You worship in vain There is charm to your faith Lord, spit in their eyes! The wise are sinking deeper down into the mire No everlasting man but I reserve my rights It’s slipping away, the pearl of great price Once upon a time They told us it would all be fine And us serfs kept marching in line I’ve got something for you It’s a rhythm that bleeds You will die to the divine A casual fling with truth That creates a great divide The great mind will guide this process The signature if man weaves like a thread Awake & rise or you will be forever fallen Let your heart be free, look to eternity You were made to be a reflector Remember, your legacy is your signature So let it weave!
11.
Stuck In 03:45
Greater love has no one than this That he lay his life down for his friends How come we keep forgetting What always ends upsetting The sick must go first or we are worse Do we love on another or just the feeling I look below & sometimes wonder Why do I slumber while they are in eye view Looks like I’m stuck in this with you So we may as well die as friends Give me some ointment for my disappointment This might heal or stir some zeal To see the sojourner as one of my kind Looks like I’m stuck in this with you So we may as well die as friends
12.
Lion 07:42
If you do what is right will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door It desires to have you, but you must rule over it If you're still lying, the lion will rage Master of my destiny You will sink with my ship if you don’t keep me up I find my life in the chaos of the waves Like a rudder I guide us right into the storm I hate you, I love you, I hate you, don’t leave me If you're still lying, the lion will rage All I ever wanted was to follow the black sun rising If you aggravate the nest I’ll come out like a wasp and sting, sting, sting Bruising my seed just to fulfil my needs Who can judge a man for wanting a little happiness I lay a shroud over my brood so they don’t watch what I’ve become Looking through wilted daisy eyes Words not spoken break the heart of the lamb She walks out into her meadow, She won’t let any wolves come in Lost in her sleepy hollow Dream on to death If you're still lying, the lion will rage Let them come and drink

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released October 26, 2017

Mixing & Mastering: Nate Kohrs & Dom Macaluso
Album cover photos: Joshua Ong
Album cover design: Dom Macaluso
Music by: Dom Macaluso & Nicholas Rickard
Guitars: Toby Naylor
Drums: Philip Peters
Cello: Wes Chia

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