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Starborn

by Emberside

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muschiosauro Complex and daring guitar-driven prog - with a guitar tone that at times reminds me of late 70s Rush - played with a somewhat indie/punk attitude. On paper it shouldn't work, but it does, mostly thanks to a solid songwriting that keeps things moving with creativity, cohesion and sense of melody. Favorite track: Filling the Book.
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TheEliteExtremophile Clocking in at over 70 minutes and packed to the brim with tight, complex, energetic riffs and catchy melodies, Starborn is a lot to take in, but it’s well worth it.

Full review here: wp.me/pawrNb-5m Favorite track: The Starborn Promise.
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1.
A: And when you play with fire You have no right to complain When you lose control Of the flame The glamour makes you forget that Life can be so tender A pile of embers Is all I remember Always wanted Yea I always wanted to fly Never wanted No I never wanted to try I heard it calling me it was to good to be true Crafting any path that I choose But as the pressure rose I let the gravity expose An unavoidable future in the scraps With residue of when I used to laugh I should have isolated my dying heart But now I lie in nothingness deprived of a new start And when you browse the junkyard In search of stimulation And find yourself All alone Attempt to end your cravings And hide beneath the soil Remember the raindrops Something to hold onto Always had a Always had a dream of success Never had the Chance to put my will to the test Went for the easy way Anyone would’ve took the bait Your ignorance has me Living in the past With residue of when I used to laugh I should’ve isolated my dying heart I showed my face and it fell apart I don’t wanna see Someone else repeat me Read a book instead Don’t poison your head Discover other ways To live out your glory days I know that you think That there’s no greater pain Than being ignored Everyone in the world Is treating you like You’re invisible dead to them Turning instead of engaging You never had it easy But I promise you They’ll never notice Your arc of redemption When everything you do Puts a hole in the ground You’ve reached your destiny Your purpose was a fallacy You sulk between the cold abandoned tracks With residue of when I used to laugh I wish I isolated my accidental wrath The chain continues The lower links are shadier The pain renews There’s no turning back If I could start the cycle And feel alive again And give it up before the Point of no return I’d be the face of holy worship You wear that badge for just a moment The parasite is always changing hands
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Release 03:11
C: Release Release Silence your grip Ability awaits Reach Reach Control the Wind Sketch in the air Climb a canyon to the edge Run your hand through the river bed Eventually you’ll wind up with a hole in your head So while you stand in fantasy Find out what it means to be so free Just breathe Climb a canyon to the edge Run your hand through the river bed Eventually you’ll wind up with a hole in your head So don’t rely on fantasy Don’t make it impossible to leave
4.
A: And in the crimson night It fell into my sight Lifted the veil made the land show it’s true lights I never knew what lied In scattered streaks in skies A beauty manufactured To hide from common eyes And it’s alright now Alright now If rotten fingers try to pull me back I’m magnetized to making my new map A hundred new directions enter sight My red existence taps into new life I thought that I was helpless I thought I’d never raise my chin out of the muck But now the earth is all for me to use And in the infant day I shook the dust away The right instructions are finally on display To set the sky alight To gain some peace of mind My cowardice will not remain I’ll reinvent this life I bet you thought I hit the road I’ve only rediscovered home Lying in the grass With the world as my throne So take the time to Reassess the Reassess what these two arms can move Reassess the Reassess what fuels idealistic obsession Right above you Right behind you Blossoming perfection As long as you can hold your grip Come and take a ride Across the sky And see what changed Behind my guise And its all I want All I own If rotten fingers try to pull me back I’m magnetized to making my new map My shade consumes the barriers of light Endless possibility tonight But if you walk away then you’re a fool You’ll never parallel this much control A conqueror is floating by your side My red existence was always my birthrate I thought that I was worthless A brand new life of value fills these shoes I won’t come down till I have nothing left to lose
5.
A: And as I learn the letters I forget When I moved my table over to the left Just another focus shift to power strokes Only upward progress rides my train of thought And while these observations have me on my toes There’s just a tiny piece of me that wants to know How much more is hiding in the floorboards I choose to ignore so I can Step up and restore Every single step I take there’s more to learn Flakes of mediocrity are peeling off Counting my connections makes the picture clear Living through evolution And while these observations have me on my toes There’s just a tiny piece of me that wants to know How much more is hiding in the floorboards C: Absorb the Warning Evaporate their words Dawn is breaking A: Stack up the rocks on my back It’s an easy feat I’ll still create a dynasty Skin to the ground and I’m out Of the range of human failure possibilities I’m only functional when I give up control and let temptation guide me I’m losing my breath when I’m not Filling the book with wisdom from the words that follow me Why do you hide from me Don’t you confide in me The power inside of me A taste of sweet relief is only steps away I can’t concern myself with yesterday I don’t want you worrying I’m breaking out Can’t spare a thought to things that drag me down And if the confrontation leaves me on my own I don’t mind abandoning my loveless home There’s just a tiny piece of me that has to know If I conform will I remove the floorboards
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Slip 09:28
A: Erased by my actions A grey stain on my future Watching form your tower Are you helping me Are you hurting me The needle’s poking holes A peek into the grief Snapping the arms of a foreign tree And they’re watching me While they bleed And the breeze Tries to subdue me You fall in the ravine Can I leave my horror dreams A million ghosts are chasing after me The perfect future riddled with disease I think I know how this will end A circle lined with hate I do not represent And even my throne in the sky Can’t make me forget I slip into the skin of a Forsaken son A child with a gun My ailing palms will set off a wave Like an atomic bomb And rip the skin off your arms What can keep the calm The strings of disbelief Etching the walls with charcoal And teasing navigation But they lie to me They hide from me The more I dig beneath The less that I believe That the momentum will set me free And I want to leave I try to leave But the breeze Repossesses me I'm shifting through the hours Watch the night become devoured A stopping power is taking over me A side effect to keeping on my feet I think I know how this will end A circle lined with hate I do not represent And even my throne in the sky Can’t make me pretend I slip into the skin of a Forsaken son A child with a gun My ailing palms will set off a wave Like an atomic bomb And rip the skin off your arms R: An unborn daughter Split from the martyr A frozen beauty A gem with a stare A son of stagnation He can’t remain attentive Baring his genocidal face Take a look inside You will find that their minds are empty Devoid of personality Their hearts don’t know how to bleed Robbed of the chance to experience fascination Desire couldn’t bear to let them leave Take a look inside You will find that their minds are empty The patriarch has drained their love away Devoid of personality Their mouths don’t know how to breathe A: I don’t believe this catastrophe Was caused by the worst in me Messiah your secrets put your sceptre down I slip into the skin of a Forsaken son A child with a gun Looking for the one who Subdues me and runs To block out the sun I’m at the wrong end of the marionette And I pray that I haven’t lost control just yet My ailing palms won’t Set off a chain Of self-destruction and harm I only want to disarm the ones who made me hurt you H: Despite your realization Your quest for fame The world will compromise you You’ve tapped into the vein And as you take the reins The choices fade You’re barely speaking english baby I want you to escape Slip back into my arms Disregard the information Gouge out your minds eye Hold your weight Don’t leave me in the void you left From teleporting over to the roof again It’s breaking my spirit Chew me up spit me out Destroy the tie to your sympathy
7.
Autopilot 06:43
A: No more room to breathe No restraint go to sleep If you are hearing this I do not understand The overpowering surge inside my glands I’ve tried to channel it I’ve done the best I’ve can There’s something bigger in my hands Static looms over me Handles just out of reach If you are hearing this I do not understand The overpowering surge inside my glands I’ve tried to channel it I’ve done the best I’ve can There’s something bigger in my hands Screams of Three Bled me left me in the void The shouts you hear are not my voice Shut out from the ones I love Grey window vignettes show me what I’ve done My vessel drains into the mud Sob at what your world’s become Autopilot can’t rewind Autopilot can’t turn off This albino holding cell Tries to leave me on the shelf Can I ever steal you back And learn to control the backlash The edges seem translucent from back here An automatic channel hopping curse I concentrate on my lifeline And the comforts of my return I feel dismembered from my conscience My phantom limbs erode a crooked path But even warriors must replenish The final moment to take it back If you are hearing this I do not understand The overshadowing golem of a man I’ve tried to stop him I’ve done the best I’ve can I need to kill the lights Reject the name and drag myself to land
8.
A: Never thought kissing the asphalt would be so comforting The contact makes me feel like I’m in control again Though a fourth unseen dimension must have accelerated you Cause it only represents a battleground where the ashes carry a message Ravaged Damaged Language carries danger unexpected Deleting Fleeting Hoping for a replay so I could try protecting it I wander through the streets A hot flash made them hollow out With nothing left to see The world of tomorrow’s not surprising But it hurts to see it mock me Taking away my I hardly recall the engravings jumping out Fueling the furnace and sending you up in smoke The scope of destruction has entered my reality And I don’t expect the flagpole to bare its welcome shades But I walk beside the footprints Subsequently shallower Every sign of motion’s Only on the outskirts of Where I made my name Where I had my loved ones but While I had my back turned They succumbed to rapture of Unprovoked absorption Victims of the tractor Their walls becoming thin And breakfast getting colder Caused by my wild thirst A permanent brand in my hope They’ll never know Ravaged Damaged Language carries danger unexpected Deleting Fleeting Hoping for a replay so I could try protecting it I wander through the streets A hot flash made them hollow out With nothing left to see The world of tomorrow’s not surprising But it hurts to see it mock me Taking away my C: Turn away Warm your face Detach your past Excavate A: I wander through the streets A hot flash made them hollow out With nothing left to see The world of tomorrow’s not surprising But now I must prevent it From taking away my voice
9.
A: (awake) And finally alone I’ve brushed the floor Drained the Source Used it all Suction stalls Communities lost The embedded the cost If I replicate this when I can save the Rest of the innocent and sedated Scripture would label me as a Psychopath of a violent breed Pure isolation split from the nation No other action makes preservation Feasible enough to conjure up an attempt And I’ll lay my head Where I can erase my breath Abandon what provided me Grasp on the land To protect their delicate faces It's hard to disappear Persevere and steer clear Keep a smuggler’s pace To a solar face An Iris of the hive mind Stares me down Its reignited glances Feed on my allure If I concentrate to leave the sensation Sneak away towards a bare destination Scripture would label me as a Tender guard of a threat unseen Head to the mountains dampen your beacon Stop bringing out the danger retrieved from Languages that can’t be passed on From worlds away And I’ll lay my head Where I can erase my breath Abandon what provided me Grasp on the land To preserve their meaningful places My kingdom Boulderfield No soul to steal Here we only leave for necessity We feed on the beggars of relief A fragrance of peace surrounds me Docile and tame It pushes me to build a new home Burying my existence will keep them safe Unaware of the sacrifice I make Being forced to retire from the human race And start my own space An invisible shelter I’ve lost my privilege to live among them Maybe if they thrive I’ll be a hero after all And I’ll lay my head Where I await my death Impotently watch the weather Hoping I forget And I’ll lay my head Enter eternal rest I can’t allow my hunger To pillage the land To prevent an infinite wasteland I must resist the continuous urge — — — — — — A: I belong to you I belong to you As long as my irises are speckled with your hue I belong to you I belong to you They say you’re detrimental but I know it isn’t true I belong to you I belong to you It pains me to admit it but your absence makes me blue I belong to you I belong to you You showed me the potential and I want to see it through I belong to you I belong to you I wish the sky would crack and send a torrent of your fumes I belong to you I belong to you I feel my skin drying out without your pleasant glue I belong to you I belong to you Starving my empty soul it isn’t worth the view I belong to you I belong to you Don’t let me fall into behaviors I outgrew I belong to you I belong to you No one can offer me a substitute for you I belong to you I belong to you I’d tear apart a city block to reunite with you I belong to you I belong to you I used to be imperfect but I owe it all to you I belong to you I belong to you
10.
Metrocalypse 05:33
A: Drop me in the crosswalk Bursting at the seam Reality collapses Venom in the daydream Can’t resist the pungence Plunder every storefront Walkers of the glass storm Puncturing their veins Look at how they crumble Look at how they drain A colony of ashes Grows beneath the flashes I’m trapped in a glass box A hair apart from the demolition And I won’t get to say goodbye I’m mute to the carnage of the scarlet eye They won’t know that I could’ve prevented An era of extermination But I couldn’t keep away Murder on my fingers A hurricane of bones I’ve spent enough time alone I’m invulnerable Maybe I can take some of my own But the runes appear in thousands More than I can handle Fracturing the concrete Sipping up the mantle I could separate myself from the commonwealth Lure the energy back to where it began But I turn around to blackness Cemented in the back seat Can’t remove the lenses Can’t return the peace I’m trapped in a glass box A hair apart from the demolition And I won’t get to say goodbye I strain my lungs but get no reply They won’t know that I couldn’t prevent an Era of extermination But I couldn’t keep away If I ever see a soul again They wouldn’t get what I survived I need someone to share my burdens with There must be someone left to hear I shattered the glass box Released my strength into the population And I won’t get to say goodbye I won’t win no matter how hard I try I’m sorry that I couldn’t prevent a Countrywide annihilation It’s too late I’m all that's left
11.
A. I saw a cliff that tempted a promise of power to fix what I lacked It reaches so much higher than I ever anticipated to climb But I climb I disappear into the brushes Leaving your mortal rules behind Physical barriers evaporate I learn to dance outside the lines Gaze across the valleys you can earn Become engrossed with the prize Singularity is waiting at the peak I cross behind the line of total comprehension I share the thoughts of every flower My pores are sensitive to every new formation And soon Ill dawn my golden hour Gaze across the mountains you can earn Become engrossed with the prize Singularity is now within your reach Somewhere inside me I always knew The sparkling gestures wouldn’t get me through to you And now even predators fear pursuit They run, why do they run away At the top of the sky I always knew I’d pose for a portrait to be hung above the pews A cosmic connection to the human views Was founded after toppling the ones who made it true And on my ascent I always knew The embers were the only thing that I’d be fit to rule The light swirls around me creating a cocoon And I ooze from my soul while it consumes me And I try to deny that it’s killing me And I want to embrace and investigate But there’s nobody there who can support and share Just energy energy energy sealing my fate Warp into a hall of mirrors Each reflection aged Damp and claustrophobically We trade demises Different climate same ancestry Always dig it out Exponentially increasing Worlds we’ve torn apart C. If you want To find your peace Sow the seed Don’t hold on Just pass it on

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released July 1, 2019

All songs written and performed by Nick Cereola EXCEPT

Luke Iovenitti: bass - tracks 3,4,5
Nick Colantonio: drums - track 3, percussion - track 5

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Nick Cereola

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