Traitor

from In Retrospect by Yriel

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lyrics

LIES WE TELL OURSELVES UPON
REACHING NEWFOUND LOWS
WE’D ERASE, IF WE KEPT AN EYE ON
ONE OF OUR MANY GOALS

HERE’S A WELL KNOWN PIECE OF ADVICE
OR A PROVERB, TO BE PRECISE
“OUT OF SIGHT
OUT OF MIND”

IN OUR MIDST, A TRAITOR, SURELY
WOULD EXPLAIN IT ALL
A WITCH HUNT BEGINS IMMATURELY
TO RID US OF OUR FAULTS

HERE’S A WELL KNOWN PIECE OF ADVICE
OR A PROVERB, TO BE PRECISE
“TWO WRONGS
DON’T MAKE A RIGHT”

IN THE END WE’VE BEEN DECEIVED
BY SEEING WHERE EACH ROAD MAY LEAD

YOU CAN KEEP YOUR PRECIOUS ADVICE
JUST ANOTHER ILLFOUND DEVICE
LECTURES WILL NOT REVERSE OUR LOSS

IF ALL ELSE WILL REMAIN IGNORED
HEED THIS WARNING FOREVER MORE
“DROWNING MEN
WILL CLUTCH AT STRAWS”

WITHOUT DELAY
SET IT STRAIGHT
IMMOLATE
THE NAYSAYERS OF TODAY
WITHOUT DELAY
UNIQUELY BRIGHT
OUR KING TONIGHT
WHO CLAIMS
WE COULD BE ALL, BE ANYTHING

THE FINAL SAY
OR HAVE YOU FORGOT?
THE MOST TREASURED ADVICE
WHICH I SAVED, KNOWING YOU WOULD NOT
THE FINAL SAY
AND, AS IT WAS,
NOT ALL WHO HESITATE ARE LOST

credits

from In Retrospect, released May 7, 2020
Recording line-up:
Kris Kirs - vocals
Ivo Laanelind - guitars
Margus Traumann - bass
Tanel Palmroos - drums

Music by Ivo Laanelind
Lyrics and melody by Kris Kirs
Mixed and mastered by Risto Virkhausen
Artwork and design by Fengarm

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about

Yriel Tartu, Estonia

Yriel is a progressive metal band, formed in Estonia in 2017 /// Line-up: Ivo Laanelind on guitars, Margus Traumann on bass, TBA on vocals, TBA on drums