1. |
A Night in September
04:12
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Sirens cry into the night
When darkness falls
Violent days are up ahead
There is no hope
There’s an evil all around
These hearts of stone
Fires rage, the city breaks
We need a home
There’s still time to change it all
A brand new start
Colours fade to green and white
The flags of our fathers
Throw your chains, stand on your own
A dream not far
Turning back the clock again
A brand new heart
I don’t want to walk away (don’t look back)
Walk away (don’t look back)
There is nothing in the black
Running through (world unknown)
I’m running through (this world unknown)
Will we ever find our home?
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2. |
Khudahafiz
06:41
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Oh God, please do explain
Why my hands are trembling as I lay in bed
I see a shrouded head and I’m feeling
So ashamed
Why should we say goodbye (say goodbye)
To you before it’s time for you to leave
With your beliefs, I feel there…
Was more to see (from you)
Why do I never learn?
They’ve left no stone unturned to plague my land
But I’m a selfish man, I’ve been fooled
That was not the plan
And now I sing for you (sing for you)
A song that makes me blue
But I can’t pretend that you weren’t my friend
Even if I was the end (for you)
Oh, I’m tired of going through it all
In my head, this time, the world just falls…
Beneath the surface of my skin
This love and hate just pulls me in
I wish this was somebody else
But I can only blame myself
‘Cause were we not made innocent
Or do they say we’re born in sin?
Born in sin
Born in sin
La-la-la
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3. |
Dream Sequence
05:16
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There’s so many things I can’t deliver
Even if I try I just need to hide…
Behind closed doors, I might forgive her
But each time I try she just hurts my pride
“Show it off” you told me, “never”
But even when I want, I have nothing to flaunt
Look what it’s done to me (I can’t believe it)
A blackened reality (I can’t believe it)
It’s right in front of me (I can’t believe it)
The freak everyone can see
As the sun comes up I start to shiver
Just as they foretold is how things unfold
When I was young I was so clever
But I sure as hell was not a belated thought
I’m a liar, I’m a sinner
I am any one of them
Face me at my worst how can you
Say you are my fucking friend
Look what it’s done to me (I can’t believe it)
A blackened reality (I can’t believe it)
It’s right in front of me (I can’t believe it)
The freak everyone can see
I feel it, it’s happening again
This feedback in my head
(I’m barely moving, I am consumed)
I feel it, it’s happening again
This feedback in my head
(I’m barely breathing, I’m so confused)
I feel it, it’s happening again
This feedback in my head
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4. |
The Desert Journey
06:21
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Last night I lost my head a quarter after ten
I wish I could tell someone exactly how that felt
But in this desert land nothing will be known
For in this desert sand nothing can be sown
That’s how I lost my head a quarter after ten
I wish I could show you all these demons and regrets
But in this desert sand nothing should be sown
For in this desert land nothing can be know
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5. |
Solitude
03:09
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Hello again
I thought you had gone
I wish that I had
But I’d be alone
Is that what you want?
Sorry, you first
I’m just trying to say
I’m sorry it hurts
So you’re still here
Just as I was
I need some time
Won’t you take a pause
You just don’t get it
I don’t know why I try
I just want to be in solitude
Just leave me alone (I don’t want to be alone)
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6. |
Benighted
05:18
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Come into this night here we'll be gone
So far away from our weak and crumbling lives
Come into this night when days are done
Lost and astray in what's vanished from your eyes
What came and distorted your sight
Saw you benighted by your fright
Come into this night your plight alone
Carry your weight you are flawed as all of us
Come into this night your only home
It's never too late to repent, suffer the loss
What came and distorted your sight
Saw you benighted by your fright
What came and distorted your sight
Saw you benighted by your fright
Come into this night when you're able
To undo your deeds and atone with your lonely soul
Once you're into this night all minds are stable
Forget all your needs lose the grip of all control
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7. |
Confluence
04:06
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Spoken passage from Remember by Christina Rossetti:
“Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you planned
Only remember me, you understand
It will be late to counsel then or pray.
Yet if you should forget me for a while
And afterwards remember, do not grieve:
For if the darkness and corruption leave
A vestige of the thoughts that once I had,
Better by far you should forget and smile
Than that you should remember and be sad.”
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8. |
The Tree of Life
06:12
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Here I am to receive what you’ve promised me
Was tricked into belief until I could not see
Don’t know what’s in store I believe your claims
Think I’ve been here before, I can hear my name
Called out through the dunes, carried by the winds
I feel like I’m in tune so my search begins
At the end of this road with each path I choose
I cannot withhold, I just seek my truth
Don’t start pushing me away
(I barely got here)
Don’t lead me too far astray
(You know that’s not fair)
All this time for you, I’ve prayed
(I have been waiting for you)
Until we’re together
Oh, I was so wrong to assume the worst
When we each had a stone but I’ve cast mine first
And all these things just dawn on me
(Now I’m feeling)
That every time you want to leave
(I keep you waiting for me)
Until we’re together
How could I blame you when it’s not your fault?
From the Epic of Gilgamesh:
“Gilgamesh, what you seek you will never find
For when the gods created man they let death be his lot
Eternal life they withheld
Let your every day be full of joy
Love the child that holds your hand
Let your wife delight in your embrace
For these alone are the concerns of humanity”
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9. |
Hope Lives Again
05:53
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Here we stand
Beneath this orange glow
So far away from home
No, my love
Don't hang your head now
There's still hope
I gave it all
For your abode
Still I died alone
You took my heart
Ripped my soul apart
Pushed me into the void
This hope lives upon all my broken dreams
I carry it in my heart, can't you see?
I've made my peace with all my pieces of pain
You know I just took them all and rearranged
This fire has burnt away my self-delusions
And I am left with my own soul's reflection
This hope lives upon all our broken dreams
We carry it in our hearts, endlessly
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The D/A Method Karachi, Pakistan
The D/A Method was a progressive rock band from Pakistan. Over their ten year career, the band released three full-length
albums 'The Great Disillusion' (2015), 'The Desert Road' (2017), and 'Sanctuary' (2022) along with several EPs and singles.
All sales on Bandcamp will be donated to charities in Pakistan.
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