King of Those Who Know
from Traced in Air by Cynic
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumWhen the legendary US band announced their reunion in 2007, all hell broke loose: a myriad of offers for festivals and tours immediately arrived on their desk and their dedicated fans as well as the press sang their praises. An obvious reaction for anybody versed in the history of progressive Death Metal. When guitarist Paul Masvidal and drummer Sean Reinert founded CYNIC in 1987, they had more in mind than just another brutal sound. Extreme Metal riffing was fused with Jazz and Progressive Rock gaining the Americans recognition far beyond the "scene". Their debut and until now only album “Focus” (1993) soon became a sought after cult classic. Now CYNIC come back stronger than ever: “Traced in Air” witnesses the band ascending to an even higher spiritual level of musicianship. Mathematical melodies pearl over oscillating soundscapes in glorious moments of pain and joy joining somewhere out in space: a monument of pure fascination!
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lyrics
From the mountain top
He looks upon the crowds
Mindful among the mindless
Unbound
King of those who know
I'm sheltering the fears
The loneliness exposed
An ocean born of tears
For the world
The churchyard bells
Ring mine for just today
Save me from hope
That I'll be saved
King of those who know
My thirsts unquenchable
The rain could become gold
And share my box of bones
In the ground
We raise the vibratory level so high
That all untruth will fall
Of its own dead weight
King of those who know
I've taken off my clothes
The diamond crushed the stone
And gave the world a heart
Our karma's all been burned
The molecules emerge
In a world beyond this world
We dare speak the word
King of those who know
Into the pure abodes
He looks upon the crowds
Mindful among the mindless
Unbound
King of those who know
I'm sheltering the fears
The loneliness exposed
An ocean born of tears
For the world
The churchyard bells
Ring mine for just today
Save me from hope
That I'll be saved
King of those who know
My thirsts unquenchable
The rain could become gold
And share my box of bones
In the ground
We raise the vibratory level so high
That all untruth will fall
Of its own dead weight
King of those who know
I've taken off my clothes
The diamond crushed the stone
And gave the world a heart
Our karma's all been burned
The molecules emerge
In a world beyond this world
We dare speak the word
King of those who know
Into the pure abodes
credits
from Traced in Air,
track released November 17, 2008
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