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Colors Hidden Within The Gray

by Autumn Tears

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I am the witness, I am the origin I am the keeper Witness to astral conception Witness to grand chaos Infinitely strong I know Inside a cosmic womb Scatter and fragment Lost within the void I see only silhouettes Forever in the pillars of time All the aimless visions finally becoming clear (x4)
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I am the witness, I am the origin I am the keeper Together we sing Hymns to the chosen Transcendent voices Unravelling the stitches of time We welcome our daughter of the universe Behold... a goddess is born
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Wondrous sound the trumpet sings Through the sepulchers it shall bring All before my throne it shall bring Day of wrath Doom impends David's Word Sibyl's Blending Earth in ash Day of wrath, and doom impending David's word with Sibyl's blending The earth in ashes All life is ending What fear mankind shall rend From the cosmos I shall descend Upon my sentence shall all depend Low you kneel with heart's submission Scattered ashes; your contrition I'm lost in loathing Your last condition That day of tears and yearning Death is struck and nature quaking All of creation is awaking To its judge an answer making Answer Making With ancient powers I command... Command the sky In a fire you all shall die
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The Grieving 05:17
The seed of life Resown, resown Nurtured by a stream of tears Flowing back to earth New life harvested Thickening the air Breathing in water Something is missing Someone is gone And grief scars over Lingering Blossoming Slipping away Forget, yet always remember Learn to live Embrace the pain Wait for comfort Finding none Grief finds us all So much left undone Now I cannot stay Though my time is short I savor each moment with peace Look beyond my shadow I hold fast Chasing the endless void Grieve for me no longer (x3) I’m free
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For a moment in a day Where the rainlit sun shines gray within the silver moon Where the sky kisses the ocean In the billowy clouds, You will find me... And find me you will.... Sleep deprived by the ring of bone The sky children sing rainlit lullabies Cocooned inside a storm Woven monoliths turn to glass Gaze on me no more... I will only shy away Hide away from me no more... And let me fly away Gaze on me no more... I will only fly away Shy away from me no more... And let me die away Like a child we fear what we cannot comprehend Like the unfolding frailty of a merciful touch Or the limitless knowledge locked within a comatose mind You will be lost again, as my eyes swallow you whole We slip into a weightless sense of being Endlessly grasping for a memory of tomorrow A dream of yesterday and the inevitable loss of sanity For one moment in a day where the moonlit sky shines gray Within the silver sun where the rain kisses the earth Under a blanket of meadow, that is where you will find me And find me you will... Gaze on me no more... I will only die away Fly away from me no more... And let me cry away Gaze on me no more... I will only die away Fly away from me no more... And let me cry away
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Changing light, flowing colors Delicate strokes caress the fibers The perception of time, redefined The brush be my sword, the canvas my flesh Arms open to the churning web Blurred visions in my eyes A metamorphosis inside a painted chrysalis Fashioned from threads of my own skin Paint me away, shift my shape in the still life I was myself and now I am the still life Loathsome, monstrous, deranged visions Brushed away glimmers of sanity Open me up for true clarity Whilst sketching terrors for all to see A mural of glowing confusion and anxiety Laughing puppets rife with folly drowning deep in me Their death like smiles lurk behind the canvas Paint me away, shift my shape in the still life I was myself and now I am the still life Incandescence, a breathing rhythm Remembering the essence of color This is my world, this is my canvas I found myself and now you are the still life Swarms of petals fall from sky Losing their color as they die Brush away innocence and reveal the horror Paint away movement and air... shifting shapes I found myself and now you are the still life
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Prodigy 04:00
Born into light... born into darkness Born into light and into darkness All seeing all knowing A heart beats with the pulse of the earth The prodigy of an astral conception Born into light and into darkness Growing old within the womb As wonders rest spinning in chaos Potential courting calamity With miracles bound.. Yes, miracles bound to curses A caged bird trills of distant freedom Soars higher to clouds becoming a tiny spec in the sky Vanishing to resonate balance Yesterday’s journey at an end Riding amber waves into the heart of the sun Safely cocooned in my vessel Dreaming of arrival Born into light and into darkness Casting shade on tomorrow sun A tide of constellations ebb and flow Like a pulse within a supernal calm
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Drift 04:34
Instrumental
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Snow caressed by a gentle spring washed away with summer's golden hand A smile thins, gently kissed by the chaos Forgetting all that has been lost in the void Spending days upon days tracing symmetry in the clouds the enigma of a human mind Gone are the days which have passed A cold and soothing breeze carries whispers of names unremembered Seeing life glisten and shine Like a single glowing blossom among the scattered leaves The weight of hope rests in my hands Hidden away to be saved for tomorrow Traces of light from another day Hidden away as only a faint pulse Remember the soil surrounding you Nature's bed welcomes the weary A cathartic dream of Gaia's last wish She convalesces... In our wake
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Breath in, breath out, inhale, exhale In every breath I take, there is life. In every breath I take, there is death Stillness in each moment passed. My bed beneath the soil. My heart beats with the pulse of the earth My body the essence of life. All remains unchanged as I sleep Breath in, breath out, inhale, exhale My lungs fill with soil Blanket of grass and trees above me With their roots, with their roots and tendrils Coursing through my veins On my lips teardrops of dew Softly kiss away old life for new Not rest nor sleep nor death I am always unknown I am always unknown Thus begins my cleansing The ashes of Eden beneath my feet A fleeting moment of ecstasy over me
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Rain fell grey on the bleakest day I wake just for today Try to remember the hues We can’t see the colors between I am see through; I have no secrets I run fast, to reach the sky To touch the bright yellow sun as it’s swallowed by the grey Bleak clouds over shimmers (x3) The day disappears into beautiful grey Cover your eyes, the bright, glowing white Unfading shade, hiding the hues A cold summer day, swallowed by the gray I believe more than nothing (x2) Shadows cast as stars gleam below Swimming in the air We are real Black and white in my veins I believe more than nothing Bleak clouds over shimmers my final breath Tones of blue and red bring color back into the grey
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Warming breath within my hands Footsteps gleaming brighter than Eyes in the sun - making us go blind With so much yet to see So much to see.... fading Breathing deep, within my hands The light that warms my skin Still you never told me who I am I can only try to find myself again Burning from beneath my skin I feel the frigid numbness Deep inside in my mouth... Another warm breath in my clasped hands I hear my strange breath Within my own laugher Hypnotic and sublime, Leading me deeper within Warm breath in my clasped hands Fading footsteps in sunlit paths Shifting the delicate balance Between two handfuls of earth
14.
Another Day 04:41
Petals like shells, broken Deep roots seep color from the soil Grey days, dark waters glisten Remember... Another day Trees sip from the stream Winds whistle, rivers rustling reeds Rain drops into the placid pool, rippling Remember... Another day Children sleep, haunted Solitary, closed eyes gleam Secrets unweaving Thoughts free... Another day I never Yesterday patterns I see Time doesn't matter Remember... Another day Gather tears from dust Uncanny, perfect shapes at your feet I, deep within your dreams You sing… Another day Looming figures hide faces Wounded, whispering names Footsteps chase sleep Awaken... Another day Heavy wings... pull me deeper Ground beckons my embrace Down, clinging to last breath… Another day

about

After the highly acclaimed 2018 comeback release "The Origin of Sleep" CD EP, AUTUMN TEARS returns our first full length album in 11 years, "Colors Hidden Within The Gray". The album features a full orchestral ensemble including ethnic instruments such as bagpipes, kamancheh and bansuri, as well as the amazing lead vocal talents of Irish singer / songwriter Brona McVittie, and former RAIN FELL WITHIN (USA) lead vocalist Dawn Desiree Smith, known for her powerful, intense operatic vocal style.

Among the 30+ talented musicians featured will be again be veteran French horn player John Clark, harpist Tom Moth from Florence and the Machine, original Autumn Tears members (vocalist Jennifer Judd and woodwind player Terran Olson), and percussionist Matthias Borgh from Arcana (Swe). The album will be mastered by renowned German film composer Olaf Parusel, best known for his legendary neoclassical act sToa (Ger).

NOTE: The CD version features a 16 page lyric booklet lavishly illustrated with paintings by Graszka Paulska - www.facebook.com/graszkapaulskaart.

This album is dedicated to the late Jóhann Jóhannsson - composer, artist and visionary.

credits

released January 14, 2019

Composition, arrangements, lyrics, piano: Ted Tringo
Lead / backing vocals, vocal / lyric arrangements: Brona McVittie
Lead / backing vocals, vocal / lyric arrangements: Dawn Desiree Smith
Lead / backing vocals, vocal / lyric arrangements: Nathan Nasby
Lead / backing vocals, vocal / lyric arrangements: Beraud
Lead / backing vocals, vocal arrangements: Jennifer Judd
Lead Violin and string arrangements: Brian Schmidt
Lead Violin and string arrangements: Julian Spiro
Viola: Kelly Ralston
Cello: Luke Payne
Cello: Molly Leigh Jones
Flute, Clarinet: Terran Olson
Clarinet: MaryBeth Kern
French Horn: John Clark
Trumpet: Chad Bell
Trombone: Victor Fuenmayor
Harp: Tom Moth
Snare drums: George Ball
Timpani: Germàn Domador
Kamancheh on "A Pulse in the Celestial Sphere": Amir Mofrat
Trombone on "The Grieving" and "The Day of Wrath": Petar Milanovic
Cello on "Colors Hidden Within the Gray", "The Grieving", and "Another Day": Chris Abeel
Cello on "In Remembrance"..: Christine Hardigan
Spiccato Cello on "Rainlight ascension": Charlot Rivero
Spiccato Cello on "Colors Hidden Within The Gray": Isobel Alsup
Classical Guitar on "The Impressionist": Oleg Maximov
Bansuri on Drift: Josh Plotner
Spiccato cello on "In Remembrance": Carolina Teruel
Medieval bagpipes on "In Remembrance": Simon Blum
Medieval bagpipes on "In Remembrance": Steeven Didier
Medieval bass drum on "In Remembrance": Charlotte Reckinger
Floor toms on "In Remembrance": Benjamin Wanschoor
Snare drum on "In Remembrance": Mattias Borgh
Bagpipes, toms and bass drums on "In Remembrance" engineered by Manon Deltombe
Artwork: Graszka Paulska
All tracks mastered by Olaf Parusel except "Drift" mastered by Ted Tringo

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Autumn Tears Billerica, Massachusetts

Autumn Tears is an international musical act incorporating a unique, organic fusion of modern classical music with elements of cinematic score and world music, layered with diverse male and female vocals.

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