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Wordless
05:42
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Shell worn by the fire of many tides
Drunken ship with no will for life
Open sea stretches and tears
Empty bottle floats away wordless
No shore no message
Shipwreck for last mirage
Lay the planking on life
Three steps to the last voyage
Why swim?
The depth attracts him
Down to the end
Empty sailor leaves without a thing
No shore no message
Shipwreck for last mirage
Lay the planking on life
Three steps to the last voyage
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2. |
New Ghost
07:59
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One step future, two steps past
Spinning round and down
A clear path
From depth the shadows form
Lifting shape into bitter clouds
And outstretched hands come
From new ghosts with well-known shrouds
Abandoning the self to follow one’s demon
Embrace but love’s gone
Touch with no understanding
Hurtful and misleading
One step future, two steps past
Spinning round and down
A clear path
Craving to be where one lies
Feeling sick from lack of lies
From depth they swallow forms
Lights vanish from within the core
Arms crush the bodies’ bones
Of old mistakes still cared for
Is it the time? Is it now?
No fear, no colour
One step future, two steps past
Create the giants
Crush this path
One step future, two steps past
Leaving round and down
The straight path
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3. |
Pressure Steps
07:09
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Above the sky, below the ground
Climbing the dead soiled depths
Seen only in tears
Smiles with angel faces
Compromising their masks
With teeth they dismember
And fall
But it seems the path
It seems the past
Has something to show
Has something to throw
To the face
They won’t come out
They won’t cry out
They make him wrong again
The masks fall
The souls collapse
Crawl at his feet
Shed their skin and disperse
Through rubble crawling
The murky shadows chewing
The stones and bodies
Envied by the occupants
Giants of pain
Mountains of grief
All here to celebrate
The arrival of their puppet
The masks fall
The souls collapse
Crawl at his feet
Shed their skin and disperse
Again, the abyss
It’s not enough
More of this
More of nothing
The deep cliffs
Finally, the great dive
Finally, the edge pulling
The one of no coming back
No release
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4. |
Passage
07:46
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Nothing crosses mind
The ghosts are drowned
Struggles trapped in clay
Nothing left to say
Stuck at the low end of life
The immensity of bare flooded plains
Swamped with nothingness
Deafening serenity
Bright fair nudity
No one
Faithfull traveller
No belief to be found
No hand to shake
No state of mind
And beneath everything
No love to feign
A new eye opens
On a new landmark
Immune to the dark
Can wear no face
Can leave a shape
Escape the fear of something else
Nothing prays nor dies
Nothing tells nor conspires
A ten-ton silence
Where nothing rumbles
Here
Nothing prays nor dies
Nothing tells nor conspires
A ten-ton silence
Where nothing rumbles
High top
Low break
Heart beat
Stuck mind
This matter hasn’t come
To this soulless place
Burst bone
Break skull
Spread blood
Never mind
Must never be given a thought again
Curl up
Stress out
Shake feeling
Anyway
This was finally the way to erase
All of the pain
He, him and himself alone
There he will be the almighty one
The all-feeling one
The all-believing one
The stars in the sky
Unborn to the next world
Empty of satisfaction
Full of emptiness
No care for anything at all
Here I am
I am from here
Nothing prays nor dies
Nothing tells nor conspires
A ten-ton silence
Where nothing rumbles
Here
Nothing prays nor dies
Nothing tells nor conspires
A ten-ton silence
Where nothing rumbles
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5. |
Deep Clear
06:58
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A radiant awakening
The stars in procession
Carry the good news
To beyond and where all began
Waters brighten and soften
From the battle dust of last night
From the torment of the past life
Is it the end of the story?
Never mind the feelings are empty
No one belongs to this density
No air so deep
Clean slate
Empty cup
Blank page
Nothing settles here
Noiseless
Soundless
Note less
The melody has run dry
Stories no tellers
Writings have erased their authors
Missing cloud to spell
Missing word to tell
Needing air to say the word
Need somewhere else to go
Light shadow
Scanning all from the great below
Groping for a track to follow
Last sip of the story
Last breath yet verse free
No more heartbeat allowed
It’s time to go
It’s time flow
Out of this unshaped state
Under pressure, his breath
Seeking to speak his renewal
Clean slate
Empty cup
Blank page
Nothing settles here
Noiseless
Soundless
Note less
The melody has run dry
Stories no tellers
Writings have erased their authors
Missing cloud to spell
Missing word to tell
Needing air to say the word
Need somewhere else to go
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6. |
Light Up
05:02
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Stars are falling
Against the current
But he’s rising and rising
‘Cos he’s made of light
Free of grief and free of anguish
Free of fear and free of remorse
The demons powerless
Now insignificant and meaningless
Snap at his heel
And dislocate their will
Race around and swirl
Evaporate from the world
The power that radiates
From the rising light
Stars are falling
Against the current
But he’s rising and rising
‘Cos he’s made of light
The demons powerless
Now insignificant and meaningless
Snap at his heel
And dislocate their will
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7. |
Surface
07:48
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Suddenly the ceiling comes crashing down
Smashing the skull on inexistent wall
The spirit floods with water
Lungs unable to express
Blow after blow
Meter after meter
The surface no longer there
Failing of air to be
Failing of air
This can’t be happening
Would it be a mistake?
Could it be nearing?
Where are you untamed world?
Where is the key to this violence?
The compass is broken
The trail has disappeared
The way is unknown
From one surface to another
Usually so present and sudden
That which, without touching down,
Reminds us of what we are, what we are
And suddenly
Floating in the air
Floating on the water
Between the sky and the sea
There is light
Finally, fresh air and deep water
The world appears a wasteland
Nothing lives
Nothing cheats
This can’t be happening
Would it be a mistake?
Could it be nearing?
Where are you untamed world?
Where is the key to this violence?
The compass is broken
The trail has disappeared
The way is unknown
From one surface to another
Miles of trees
Weapons and remains
Amber frozen bodies
Of shapeless beings
Tastes of colour
Deafening horrors
Have carved their names
On the sky
Where are the worlds?
Where are the worlds?
The waves of chaos
Return true meaning to the dust
The gods are no more
The executioners have served the sentence
And nothing else here still deserves
A care from us
This can’t be happening
Would it be a mistake?
Could it be nearing?
Where are you untamed world?
Where is the key to this violence?
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8. |
Take Off
06:59
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Eyes closed
And the peaceful soul
Finally dislocates
Here is the path
Carpet of clouds
As the foam once carried
His empty message
The ground disappears
The ground disappears
In the stars
The envelope dissolves
In the air
Saying all without a word
Without a gesture
Without a goodbye
Without a glance
Joining you
Joining us
Joining all
Joining an eternal
The ground disappears
The ground disappears
In the stars
The envelope dissolves
In the air
The ground disappears
The envelope dissolves
The eternal vanishing
In the wake of rebirth
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9. |
Shapeless
06:22
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Wander, night owl
Far past the warning signs
The hazard lights
One step then another
Slap the asphalt
With a single goal
Keel over souls in their core
Dragging them in the mud
Leading them to the end
Blinding them with light
Annihilating them with calm
Crushing their hearts with happiness
Finally, you find me
I don’t know you
But I know who you are
And I already love you
The one of times gone by
And the one who you’ve made me become
Keel over souls in their core
Dragging them in the mud
Leading them to the end
Leading them to the end
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RIVIẼRE France
A progressive rock band from Toulouse in the south-west of France, initially made up of Nicolas, Alexandre, Tommy and
Arnaud, RIVIẼRE became a trio when, in the summer of 2018, Arnaud made his decision to leave the band, with Nico taking his place behind the mic.
Riviere have made the choice of becoming mainly a studio band, and haven’t planned any concerts in the near futur.
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