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Lethal Ballet

from The Human Cost by Stormland

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lyrics

The illusory silence
Of motors humming
Electronics buzzing
A wash of white noise
The stand-by tension
Ratchets up with each second's tick
Muscles twitching in anticipation
Of the take-off announcement

In a flash
The catapult sets me free
To battle
To survive another day
Time expands
As I dance between the beams
I shoot to kill
In this lethal ballet

I'm losing track
Of the space between
A minute? A month?
It's all losing meaning

The only thing
That matters now
When will I hear that familiar sound?
Everything else?
It's just the space between
Until I'm combat-bound

In a flash
The catapult sets me free
To battle
To survive another day
Time expands
As I dance between the beams
I shoot to kill
In this lethal ballet

Again I find myself
Anxious in my seat
I've long since lost count
Of the number of sorties
I watch the units ahead
Launch into the fray
My hands tap nervously
As I move up the chain

I move my machine
Onto the catapult
Waiting for the signal
The lights turn green
The command goes out
I burst forth into battle

In a flash
The catapult sets me free
To battle
To survive another day
Time expands
As I dance between the beams
I shoot to kill
In this lethal ballet
In a flash
The catapult sets me free
To battle
To survive another day
Time expands
As I dance between the beams
I shoot to kill
In this lethal ballet

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from The Human Cost, released September 30, 2022

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Mecha-heavy death metal about Gundam! Multi-instrumentalist Justin Pierrot uses increasingly progressive & technical death metal to tell stories using the Gundam meta-series as narrative lens.

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