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The Harvest

by Emerald

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The Harvest 03:55
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The Harvest This is the Harvest The heart of our harvest This is the purpose You’ve been planted Give it some life, yeah… Livin’ free you thought was easy Just you wait and see People all around you Takin’ what they’re thinking was free, yeah Takin’ what is free Take a walk with me Through the fields of old We will see the Death of Man Watch the world unfold, yeah….
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Shedding My Skin 03:24
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Shedding My Skin Reaching for twilight, take my last breath Burned by the shadow, the bringer of death Lost in the underworld, all visions are gone Blackened my soul, the doer of wrong…. Blessed my wings, burn on the ground King of the martyrs, loses his crown Mortality… for he who is risen to be enslaved in ones own mind - prison! Esoteric circles, they’re coming undone Ritualistic magic, the summons begun Upon the dead oak our fathers shall die beckoning to this magical night Wandering spheres of eternal darkness Between the evil and all they possess Invocations of witches and gods Ascription of malevolence the spirits at odds Into the night shedding my skin Persecution with all of their might shedding my skin Wrong or right, all colors shall run shedding my skin This is the flight of the chosen one shedding my skin bridge leave behind this misery my inverted spiral trap someone please speak out to me what’s been said is never taken back
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Circle of Trust 05:48
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Circle of Trust I ran to the front and I gathered the lost forsaking the future forsaking the cost calling for help but we’re drawing the line surrounding ourselves with a will to survive a circle of trust we are setting the stage keeping an eye on the key to the cage backs to the wall we will never give in nobody gave us a chance to win here in the dark deep in our heart right from the start we always knew the circle of trust was no place for you here in the dark deep in the heart be what you must do what you do but the circle of trust is/has no place for you brothers and sisters if only in name united together defending the flame wave after wave of us standing together protecting our ways from the storms that we weather seasons have changed and the lies have been spun a line drawn in blood so which side are you on? if you're one of them well you're not one of us there's no place for you in this circle of trust will you catch me when I fall? will you answer to the call? will you back up to the wall? fight or fail your intent is plain we see through the farce of your masquerade spreading your word bleeding out hate time to atone for the fear you create we’ll never leave, at least not alive inside the circle our kind can thrive no one gets in but a chosen few the circle of trust is no place for you
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Thousand Faces 03:48
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A Thousand Faces I must’ve worn a thousand faces which ones were disguise? now candles burning in their places reflect in your eyes never closer to solving the riddle have I lost sight of the prize? looked for gold at the end of a rainbow I missed the wheres or whys what can be said of the ghost of a reason a man hides inside himself? and bears the mark of emotional treason a silent call out for help help me see all the possibilities I am you and you, you are always me… you call me outside to your window your thoughts rise over me wash my worries like the weep of a willow set my old spirit free
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Lord of the Rats 05:30
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Lord of the Rats racing along an army of eyes piper and song millions of cries he will bring you all along lead you home there’s a place where you will belong it’s where we’ve been thriving free and strong… thirsting for lives we don’t need the souls children of night the master controls minions of madness we're never alone no fear, age, or sadness as winds we have flown he will bring you all along lead you home in your faces time is holding on soon you’ll hear your song anabolic transformations shadows underneath the white bird’s wings join the timeless celebration we can show you what immortal means subatomic animation riding off into the underworld some forgotten, all forsaken like a vision in a Renfield dream all we have seen and what we have been…. he will bring you all along lead you home we’ll await the final denouement with the curtains drawn call the Count of Monte Cristo he can show you behind the walls like a bullet in a pistol we lie in waiting for the master’s call paradise up from a wasteland he built a castle from a grain of sand loyal subjects under command shall we introduce you to: The Lord of the Rats
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Four Winds 05:13
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Four Winds cast upon a sea of changes look at what we’ve done all we ask is time to finish what we have begun now we wonder how we wind up so far from where we start with open minds like empty pages hope inside our heart and in the middle of a dream you see it flash before your eyes you wonder where the time has been growing to majestic ages riding to your star in your heart a light is shining brighter than you are question all, and look for answers never knowing how the past is gone, there’s no tomorrow all we have is now and in the middle of a dream you see it flash before your eyes you wonder where the wind has been we can never know where the four winds blow yeah we’ll never know where the four winds blow south to north west to east anywhere you go carries off where the four winds blow and in the middle of a dream you see it flash before your eyes you wonder where the wind has been we can never know where the four winds blow yeah we’ll never know where the four winds blow south to north west to east anywhere you go carries off where the four winds blow
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Bury the Truth 04:00
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Bury the Truth first you were lost then you were found once you were free now you are bound time’s been like a hammer nailed you to the ground you paid the price to be free you’re just the same as me Bury the truth with your soul will the lies no longer be told? wrong side of a trigger neck inside a noose they beat you black and blue turned your body loose down in these dark hallows we all decay link into this broken chain sorrows are in vain Bury the truth with your soul will the lies no longer be told? held you under the water marked you as prey invited you to the slaughter lent you a wretched hand pointing the way welcome to your home to the city of the dead into our sweet necropolis resting your head quietly at last the brotherhood of sleep those we have amassed are lying cold and deep now we drag our souls through this maze restless but our eyes are ablaze carrion for all of our days….
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Midnight Moon 06:22
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Midnight Moon What are you - gonna do? When it’s time - to see it through Save your sins - to crucify Midnight Moon Electrified You wear your meek - around your throat Prophesize - your holy ghost Save your sins - to crucify Midnight Moon Electrified! Your only hope is down to mortify There is no reason not to hide And all you sinners are you justified Destination - burns to ash The pendulum - is swinging black Save your sins - to crucify Midnight Moon Electrified!
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Harvest Fugue 01:38
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(Instrumental)
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Return to Zero 04:45
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Return to Zero drawn in to the center all will be restored return us now to zero crawl back to the drawing board rewind to the beginning are we now or is it then? resetting all the passwords counting down to nothing from ten just like a dart thrown back to the start beginning at the end fool becomes a hero truth returns us to zero my friend taking in the harvest clearing all the fallow fields planting seeds for changes anticipating what it may yield just like a dart thrown back to the start beginning at the end fool becomes a hero truth returns us to zero my friend Return to Zero fortunes never last Return to Zero persistence of the past Return to Zero! looking backward to the source reap in what we sow find out as a matter of course all that’s new needs time to grow just like a dart thrown back to the start beginning at the end fool becomes a hero truth returns us to zero my friend Return to Zero fortunes never last Return to Zero persistence of the past Return to Zero! bridge fitting all the pieces stars begin to align our empathy increases in the face of reversal of time just like a dart thrown back to the start beginning at the end fool becomes a hero truth returns us to zero my friend Climb up from the cellar don't know when it’s safe to stop the cosmic fortune teller leads us to the top return to zero!
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Silent Sunrise 05:35
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Silent Sunrise for all the powers we waited silence reigned again bells rang out all through the night sunrise came and went moving out among the clouds looking for another day love reveals what darkness shrouds memories all fade out to grey spite and tears can mask our sky in unison we break light visions of time are passing me by morning light fills out my soul mother earth she’s healing me wishing that I could control freedom without hypocrisy colors form inside my mind move me away from the blind visions of time are passing me by when my eyes are open wide push away my foolish pride I see the silent sunrise shine when our eyes are open wide push away our foolish pride we see the silent sunrise shine…
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Sworn to the Reckless 05:07
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Sworn to the Reckless why are you screaming? is there no one to hear? I’m disbelieving your inner vision’s quite unclear moving mountains pushing for all to control plant the seedlings of innocence lost to the old sworn into undying devotion faith that’s been built on a lie set the human machine in motion what they keep selling, you buy unsuspecting minds loss of reality sworn to the reckless abandon all to misery your cup runneth over now at last your time has come the lonely soldier dies to the beating of your drum sworn into undying devotion eating from the palm of your hand set the human machine in motion no sign of a promised land unsuspecting minds loss of reality sworn to the reckless abandon all to misery widowed in the darkness lying waiting to be fed close your mind forever go on living as the dead sworn to the reckless

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released September 22, 2015

Jeff Melin - Guitar and vocals
Duane Hollis - Bass guitar
Will Jones - Drums

Written, recorded, and produced by Emerald
Mixed and mastered by Jeff Melin
Art direction and design by Duane Hollis

Words and music by Melin/Hollis (2015 BMI)

Additional recordings by Denny Seefieldt and Loren Wessel

Thanks to all our friends and fans worldwide!

Special thanks to: Larry Salisbury, Bruce Bouillet, Amy Axtell, Ann Melin, Aaron Yurkiewiecz at Metal Rules, Ian Bell at Uber Rocks, Dave Attrill at Metalville UK, and Metal Hispania.

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Emerald Tucson, Arizona

Emerald is the long running metal project of Jeff Melin (gtr/vox) and Duane Hollis (bass). Founded in Tucson, AZ in 1984 & re-emerging in 2014 after a long hiatus to produce 4 full length albums.
Now breaking out from Covid times and joined by drummer Bob Davidson, "AD 2021" is another 5 song blast of Emerald-style old-school metal that connects past to present. ... more

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