Fragments of Awareness

[lyrics: Damen] [music: Damen, Loots] [arranged by Crimson Falls] Dehumanized - forsaken - forlorn - gone forever It seems like you died yesterday but you don’t remember Your body forsaken by its gifted mind The person you were - forever gone Dehumanized - forsaken - dehumanized This tempest in your head Took everything you ever were And all what’s left, is scattered far away In a labyrinth of hide and seek Leaving you behind, dehumanized Your body forsaken by its gifted mind The person you were - forever gone Your body forsaken by its gifted mind The person you were - forever gone Dehumanized - Forsaken Dehumanized - Forsaken This tyrant severed your soul, it drained your mind Your whole being grinded, your life faded to a twilight This tyrant so vicious, this tyrant so vigorous Leaving you behind, dehumanized Your body forsaken by its gifted mind The person you were - forever gone Dehumanized - forsaken - forlorn - gone forever This tempest, this tyrant, is taking you away This is no way to say goodbye I wish it was you I was looking at Instead of your hollow, forsaken eyes I’m so confused - don’t understand what you’re saying I’m so confused - still I’m glad you’re here I’m so confused - don’t understand what you’re saying I’m so confused - still I’m glad you’re here Dehumanized - forsaken - dehumanized Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia among older people. It affects the parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language. In this way it gradually hinders the ability to carry out daily activities. Seeing a parent or grandparent fade away is very confronting and hard to cope with. Once a strong, intelligent human being, gifted with a lot of talents; caring, loving, working… Now just a body, a confused mind, forsaken eyes… This is no way to say goodbye… This song is dedicated to my grandmother; I miss you, rest in piece, ‘Forsaken’ is for you. More info: www.alzheimers.org and www.alz.org

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Apr 26, 2025

[lyrics: Damen] [music: Van Dingenen, Damen, Loots] [arranged by Crimson Falls] If I’d become a father my biggest fear would be How to keep my son from coke and from XTC How can I protect my daughter from a devil set at slaughter coming home at night; a rapist assault with might It’s unjustified to throw them into this world Where an Ipod’s price is a knife rolling your dice Is this the kind of world I want to bring life to Where respect for life is lost and we’d do anything for money If I’d become a father my biggest fear would be How to keep my son from coke and from XTC How can I protect my daughter from a devil set at slaughter coming home at night; a rapist assault with might If I’d become a father my biggest fear would be To loose my flesh and blood to earth’s lunacy From birth ‘till death in constant agony? - Lose your own blood in lunacy Incarcerated in debauchery? - Lose your own blood in lunacy Praying for days to your deity? - Lose your blood in lunacy A miscreation in depravity? - Lose your own blood in lunacy Will it be enough to raise them with love Teach responsibility and form their own opinion Will it be enough to raise them with love Teach responsibility and form their own opinion This song more or less speaks for itself. There are a lot of dangers threatening children & teenagers in these times. Drugs are available everywhere, senseless violence is all around, rapists and child molesters keep stealing innocence and money seems to be the codeword in this greedy society. How can you protect your family from all of these abhorrent excesses? A beautiful world to raise our children…

Submitted by NecroGod — Apr 26, 2025

[lyrics: Damen] [music: Damen, Trancez] [arranged by Crimson Falls] Swallowed too many mass media masquerades To believe everything that’s fed to me Polarization in convictions causing fog on a clear view Still in doubt, I can’t decide which side true Still in doubt, I can’t decide which side true What can we believe? Who’s telling the truth? We don’t have the knowledge to decide About who’s wrong or who is right Is global warming threatening us? Existence of the earth in danger? Are media and politicians blinding us? Or can we rely on their information? Can we afford to take a chance? Risk to deny the problem? Think it’s part of natural cycle? And time will solve the problem? Wouldn’t it be better, for safety’s sake To change the way we live, adapt the way we act And take certainty above an uncertainty Certainty above an uncertainty Wouldn’t it be better, for safety’s sake To change the way we live, adapt the way we act There are enough clues and indications There’s really something wrong So the choice is ours Lose the earth in apathy Or open our eyes, now close to the heat Certainty above an uncertainty? Certainty above an uncertainty? Do you want to ask yourself why In about twenty years time Why it took more than All Gore’s plea To kick our conscience and make us see That the meagring of the earth Was an omen of catastrophe Do you want to ask yourself why In about twenty years time Why it took more than All Gore’s plea To kick our conscience and make us see The prophet of doom Spreading the inconvenient truth Not a trivial message But an omen of catastrophe After Al Gore came out with his documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, global warming became ‘hot’ in the media. We got flooded by scientific reports trying to persuade us to join one of the different conceptions on this climatological problem. Is the heating of the earth mainly a consequence of human actions or is it Mother Earth having one of her mood swings? At this point I still don’t know which vision is accurate; most of us don’t have the knowledge to decide about who’s wrong and who is right. ‘Global warming’ isn’t the only topic on which we can’t be sure what to believe. Are our politicians and media still reliable? They have a big hand in our opinion, but their information is often colored and incomplete so what can we believe? The sample in this song is build out of quotes from ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ & its opponent ‘The Great Global Warming Swindle’. Who’s right?

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

[lyrics: Damen] [music: Damen] [arranged by Crimson Falls] With all due respect - go fuck yourself With all due respect - time to step back With all due respect - go fuck yourself With all due respect - time to step back If you want to know the lyrics to this one, you’ll have to listen up closely. I don’t find it necessary to print them all here. Let’s just say that during the years we are around with Crimson Falls we had the misfortune to meet some backstabbers, hypocrites, incapable people, liars and people who tell a lot of nice stories but never back them up. Luckily this is a minority that can’t spoil the fun we have on shows and the nice contacts we have there with a lot of cool people. But still; I needed to get this of my chest; fuck you, haha!

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

[lyrics: Damen] [music: Van Dingenen, Damen, Loots] [arranged by Crimson Falls] Did you really think I would give up? That I’d fuckin’ break? Let all this shit get to me? You fuckin’ treat me like shit, with complete disrespect Nod and obey when I’m on my knees? Guess again motherfucker, I’ve got the knife between my teeth Fight back, work harder and never accept defeat Dedication, devotion, a stout resistance Freedom, self-confidence A promise to myself, a fury inside Passion ‘till it ends A promise to myself, a fury inside Passion ‘till it ends sworn persistence Guess again motherfucker You think you can lay guilt upon me? - I’ll kick back, ain’t having that You think I’m fuckin’ arrogant? - Well fuck you too, think first, then act You wanna play hide and seek? - Tough behind your screen, but in reality? You think this is the end of me? - I ain’t gonna stop, I’m just getting started Guess again motherfucker, I’ve got the knife between my teeth Won’t stop, make it work and redeem your deceit A promise to myself, a fury inside Passion ‘till it ends A promise to myself, a fury inside Passion ‘till it ends sworn persistence Did you really think I would give up? That I’d fuckin’ break? Let all this shit get to me when our name is at stake? You fuckin’ treat me like shit, with complete disrespect Nod and obey when I’m on my knees? Musically and lyrically this song and ‘With All Due Respect’ can be considered as twin brothers; like we had ‘Abort Every Weakness/Erase All Fear’ & ‘In Flanders Fields/We Are The Dead’ on the previous album. As said in the previous song, when going for your goals & following your dreams not everything always goes according to plan. But you just can’t let set-backs and shit-talkers get you down. Talking shit and spreading lies isn’t only easy; it’s worthless as well. Stand up and do something yourself! Anyway, it’s a cliché but ‘what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger’, so with the knife between our teeth we’ll keep this show on the road for as long as we want to.

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 26, 2025

[lyrics: Damen] [music: Van Dingenen, Loots, Jacobs] [arranged by Crimson Falls] (7 kids - 1 city - 7 ropes - 1 circle “Logging in again Username… password…) Meet my online friends who understand how I feel That I don’t want to go on, that I see no future I want to join the circle, they say I should just do it They’re the only ones that listen to me Who understand me” Why lock yourself up, feeling this way In a chat box where suicide’s praised as the highest goal No one proposing alternatives or different options to escape from the darkness in your mind Because no one listens to you? No one understands? No ones there? No one cares? Still I tell you there are other solutions Than committing suicide You can escape, there’s always a way out Suicide’s never the solution, live your life Suicide’s never the solution, live your life Because no one listens to you? No one understands? Life can and will change for the better Talking about your problems is right Break through the suicide circle Death is no solution, even online vowed Turn around the suicide circle Life holds too much to be stepping out I believe it when you tell me that I don’t know what it’s like that I can’t feel your pain or imagine what you’ve been through I believe it when you tell me that it’s lonely and dark where your thoughts roam, your mind doesn’t find sleep tonight Why lock yourself up, feeling this way In a chat box where suicide’s praised as the highest goal No one proposing alternatives or different options to escape from the darkness in your mind Break through the suicide circle Death is no solution, even online vowed Turn around the suicide circle Life holds too much to be stepping out Break through the suicide circle Life holds too much to be stepping out You can escape, there’s always a way out Suicide’s never the solution, live your life Live your life Seven teenagers committed suicide in the same city in Wales in one year. All of them were members of a chat group in which they shared their darkest thoughts, their urge for death and their respect and admiration for those who actually took the final step. Internet contains more of these online suicide pacts. These websites aren’t the direct cause, but they can be enough to convince vulnerable youngsters, losing themselves in a one-way street of deceptions. But you can escape, there are other options to turn your life around, there are other solutions than suicide, no matter how big your problems are. Organizations are ready to listen to you, to help you. Talking about your problems is ok; it’s cool and it certainly is brave. Grab this hand reaching out to you. For Belgium: You can call anonymous and for free at ‘De Zelfmoordlijn’: 02-649 95 55 or chat with someone of ‘De Zelfmoordlijn’ at www.zelfmoordlijn.be. Also: cpz@preventiezelfdoding.be & Tele-onthaal 106 Similar organizations & crisis telephone lines are ready to help you in other countries as well: Sensoor: 0900 - 0767 or ex6 : 088-3963963 (HOL), Telefonseelsorge: 0800-1110111 oder 0800-1110222 (GER), Suicide Ecoute : 01 45 39 40 00 (FRA), Samaritans 08457 90 90 90 (UK), http://suicidehotlines.com/ (USA),…

Submitted by Dahmers Fridge — Apr 26, 2025

[lyrics: Damen] [music: Loots, Damen] [arranged by Crimson Falls] Stab harder - twist the blade as you stab in my flesh Hit harder - break my skull, kick my brains out He’s been mocked for far too long At school hassled day in, day out Today is the day to end this fuckin’ shit A festering plan seeded in his mind Firing his weapon, he’s seen how it’s done The laughter silenced by the barrel of a gun Sign of the times, senseless violence Boundless aggression, pure fuckin’ hatred Out of racism or mental derangement Repulsive bloodshed, consumed by lunacy No one asked for this These atrocities, solutions at deadlock No one asked for this Where to start to cauterize havoc Sign of the times, senseless violence Boundless aggression, pure fuckin’ hatred Out of racism or mental derangement Repulsive bloodshed, consumed by lunacy Stab harder - twist the blade as you stab in my flesh Hit harder - break my skull, kick my brains out No one asked for this These atrocities, solutions at deadlock No one asked for this Where to start to cauterize havoc Once a happy family A beautiful wife, two kids, a garden with a tree Now the wife blood-soaked, left dying in her seat Suffocating the kids, they’re fallen prey to eternal sleep He couldn’t fuckin’ take it, there was no way to accept You leave me behind? It’s like leaving me dead… Senseless violence is all around nowadays. In Belgium we had the case of teenager killing two persons in the streets of Antwerp. One morning he left school early, cut his hair, wore a long black coat and bought a rifle. Like a character out of a computer game he started marching through the center of Antwerp, killing a baby and its nanny who were just walking by through the streets. A third victim survived his attack. Luckily an alert policeman prevented him from taking more lives in his rage by shooting him in the leg. There are a lot of other examples of senseless violence. Each year newspapers have to report on family tragedies for instance. Or just think about the attack on a kindergarten in Dendermonde in January 2009 in which two babies and a nurse were murdered. Telling you about these sad events isn’t that hard, coming up with the causes for these things to happen and, even more important, with solutions to stop all of this is unfortunately a lot harder…

Submitted by Lake of Tears — Apr 26, 2025

[lyrics: Damen] [music: Damen, Van Dingenen] [arranged by Crimson Falls] The peace Utopia A clash of cultures in the city of peace Perfect harmony for three centuries The peace Utopia - Welcome to Cordoba The peace Utopia - Enjoy your stay in Cordoba See them all coming to town Jews, Muslims & Christians Great minds and artists Scientists, historians and philosophers A gathering of knowledge In the oasis of tolerance Alliance of the enlightened In the shade of the Mezquita A clash of cultures in the city of peace Perfect harmony for three centuries The peace Utopia - Welcome to Cordoba The peace Utopia - Enjoy your stay in Cordoba Different convictions But living in peace The ultimate incarnation of a multicultural society Coexistence of different nations Cultures in balance, religions at ease Naive, impossible and unrealistic? Too many contemporary social obstructions? Yeah, ok, let’s wrap up the plans and load our guns I’ll kill your mother; you kill my son The way it has been since the birth of man Mutual hatred eradicates peace The peace Utopia A clash of cultures in the city of peace Perfect harmony for three centuries The peace Utopia - Welcome to Cordoba The peace Utopia - Enjoy your stay in Cordoba But still, utter utopian? Welcome to Cordoba… The city of Cordoba in Southern Spain proved centuries ago that it is possible for different beliefs to live in peace. That a clash of cultures doesn’t necessarily have to mean war. That different nations can live together in a spirit of tolerance. Cordoba is the city of tolerance, the melting pot of cultures. Muslims, Jews & Christians lived here together in harmony for a long period. The remnants are visible in the city where the old Jewish quarter (the juderia) surrounds the big mosque, the Mezquita, which was first a Roman temple and later also a basilica. It can’t be forgotten though that severe laws attended this tolerance. Inhabitants had to pay taxes for instance to be allowed to practice their religion. The city flourished in the 10^th century, its fall was caused by quarrels between different emirs who ruled the city.

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 26, 2025

[original text in Dutch by André Verbeek] [translation by Damen] [music: Damen] [arranged by Crimson Falls] Still so many plans So many expectations So much things to share Spring was already in the air And the green grass to play on Together Solace Death is so hard to take All our dreams, gone with the wind A broken life, a bruised future Only sorrow and questions remain Words don’t matter anymore Just the silence And the memories of beautiful days Bring it all back to life Solace Pray for the strength to carry the pain Open your hands looking for peace Carry our love And us who remain Solace Death… choose for death… a dark and cold thought… Our life as a family must have stood still… you were gone… you choose to take another path, a path we couldn’t follow. A path that feels dark and chill, the path of death. Death was your choice… A choice that keeps us questioning… Why? You’ll never be able to answer us… For a long period I struggled with these questions, I changed, saw myself as an incomplete person… But growing older helps me to reconcile with the deed you did. Deep inside I know that you, in your eyes, back then, choose ‘the best solution’ for yourself and our family… That’s why there are moments I can let you and the past go… Thinking about how it could have been from time to time… but also being happy with my life now and letting you go a little… Like you chose yourself to go…

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

[lyrics: Damen] [music: Damen, Loots, Trancez] [arranged by Crimson Falls] Tornadoes and typhoons raging across the land Hurricanes devastating homes and futures Ice caps melt down, glaciers retreat In advancing deserts, too much mouths to feed This is a period of consequences By a natural cycle or at man’s expenses? Shortage of water suffocates the south While melting ice reaches northern mouths Tropical diseases rise up faster than cures Giant swarms of insects, more than agriculture endures Ecological imbalance through global warming Through excess in discharge of CO²? Did we make the wrong assumptions and welter in disinterest? After the era of indifference, now a period of consequences? Another period of consequences Have we been digging our own grave, rotting corpses warming the earth Time for a change has past, too late to turn back time Have we been digging our own grave, rotting corpses warming the earth Time for a change has past, too late to turn back time This is a period of consequences By a natural cycle or at man’s expenses? Ecological imbalance through global warming Through excess in discharge of CO²? Did we make the wrong assumptions and welter in disinterest? After the era of indifference, now a period of consequences? Numerous scientific data leave no doubt. Though there are still insecurities, it’s an irrefutable fact that our climate is heating faster than we could expect based on a natural evolution. So is Al Gore right after all? Let’s not forget the Gore family hasn’t always been right & missed the (headbanger’s) ball more than once in the past. Wasn’t it Misses Tipper Gore who claimed metal music was the root of all evil in the world? That metal-bands set up youngsters to sell their soul to the devil by hidden messages in their music? Luckily we all know by now that METAL IS THE LAW! Now go dance with the devil!

Submitted by Immortal — Apr 26, 2025

[lyrics: Damen] [music: Damen, Loots] [arranged by Crimson Falls] All of this, all there is, this is my regenesis All of this, all there is, this is my regenesis I’m not gonna sit here waiting with my feet lying up in the air ‘cause shit will ever happen, sitting brain-dead on my ass I’m gonna do it myself, take my life in my hands Push as far as I can and fight for every chance All of this, all there is, this is my regenesis I didn’t get nothing for nothing, worked off my ass for all I’ve got Gave blood, sweat and tears, with full support of my true peers So don’t you come to me saying I didn’t deserve it When you just don’t know shit about how I fuckin’ earned it Where the fuck were you when I spent every single second Giving all I have and trying to make it happen All of this, all there is, this is my regenesis Out of anger, revenge for redemption Out of anger, revenge for redemption All of this, all there is, this is my regenesis So don’t you come to me saying I didn’t deserve it When you just don’t know shit about how I fuckin’ earned it With pride I stand Gratitude…Pride…Respect… With pride I stand All of this, all there is, this is my regenesis All of this, all there is, this is my regenesis We told you before and we’ll tell you again: you have the power to make something out of your life and do what you want to do and what makes you happy. Even when you’re down and out you can find your regenesis. We want to dedicate this song to everyone supporting Crimson Falls from the beginning and over the past years; our fans, friends and all the cool people in other bands we met along the road. Without you Crimson Falls wouldn’t be shit, so thank you for the support, for buying our cd’s & merch and most of all for coming out at shows and making it a party together with us. Respect and see you all soon!

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025