Betrayal

by Crusade

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Dwayne Ridgway Jr Strong prog riffing and songwriting. Crusade might not be reinventing prog as we know it, but they've proven to know what they're doing in making stable, enjoyable prog metal. Favorite track: Betrayal.

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lyrics

Token brother
The hour is getting late to stay
And the handle is heavy
I always dreamed of it this way
Where I sail on silver solace
And you coincide

Oh
A jealous bloodshed
Oh
Trade silver for red

My broken other
Align and set in my embrace
Soon you will discover a warmth and then a cold look in my face
Let's say our frail prayer
As you're running out of time
Take the moment, make it right
Take the moment, make it mine

Stab and writhe
The stimulation's worth another life
Feel the hate of the blade
My sacrifice
Your midnight hour cry
Will fade away

Red night in a pale room
Brings the colors to life
A bouquet of blushing gray
So bright as the ink is blooming
On the canvas white
The masterpiece displayed

(Moving in, I'm moving in, I'm moving in, I'm moving in)
The moment's at hand, the prize I wanted
(Moving in, I'm moving in, I'm moving in, I'm moving in)
I'll gather your host, I'd rather be haunted

My token brother
It's the iconoclast
There will be another
Oh, you won't be the last

Stab and writhe
The stimulation's worth another life
Feel the hate of the blade
My sacrifice
Your midnight hour cry
Will fade away

Exhale the truth foreboding
It waits in silver sleight
Hidden constellations for another life
Never take the path unspoken
This is not what you were dealt
Cause you only betray
Only betray
Only betray yourself

Unveiled, the truth is open
Revealed in silver sleight
It's your consolation for another life
Won't change the path you've chosen
No, it's not what you were dealt
Cause you only betray
Only betray
Only betray yourself
(Only betray, only betray yourself)
Cause you only betray
Only betray yourself

credits

released June 7, 2022
Written and produced by Crusade
Drums recorded by Chris Baldani at Cloverland Studio in Nashville, TN
Mixed and Produced by Casey Sabol
Mastered by Brandon Paddock
Artwork by Colton Holliday

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Crusade Nashville, Tennessee

Taking the "pretentious" out of prog and replacing it with raw, powerful artistry.

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Betrayal

Jun 2022
Pendulum

Oct 2021
Rising Visionary

Apr 2021

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