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Empty Kingdom

by Silent Monolith

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1.
That terrible day of the Lord is near Swiftly it comes A day of bitter tears A day when even strong men will cry out It will be a day when the Lord’s anger is poured out A day of terrible distress and anguish A day of ruin and desolation A day of darkness and gloom A day of clouds and blackness A day of trumpet calls and battle cries Down go the walled cities and the strongest battlements Because you have sinned against the Lord I will make you grope around like the blind Your blood will be poured into the dust And your bodies will lie rotting on the ground Your silver and gold will not save you on that day of the Lord’s anger For the whole land will be devoured by the fire of his jealousy He will make a terrifying end of all the people on earth
2.
Burn 04:06
A darkness burns through your brain As we start to lose our minds You stoke the fire with gasoline Speaking all of your lies Ignorance begets violence Yet the truth don’t set us free We’re just an obnoxious fuse Lit by your apathy Where there’s smoke well there must be fire We look to the sky as the earth slowly turns We’re stuck in the middle while you play your fiddle And you just watch as the world starts to burn You promised streets of gold With your shined out silver tongue We still keep our hope Though the fumes fill up our lungs And all that will be left After you torch all our souls Are the ashes of a blackened world Left in your afterglow Where there’s smoke well there must be fire We look to the sky as the earth slowly turns We’re stuck in the middle while you play your fiddle And you just watch as the world starts to burn As the world starts to burn As the world starts to burn As the world starts to burn Where there’s smoke well there must be fire We look to the sky as the earth slowly turns We’re stuck in the middle while you play your fiddle And you just watch as the world starts to burn As the world starts to burn As the world starts to burn As the world starts to burn Burn
3.
Nothing to see No peace anymore Your self righteous speech Leads to perpetual war You set it up just to watch it fall When everything’s gone you’ll have it all A castigated crown of thorns In your empty kingdom You’re the chosen one You’re telling lies When you’re taking breaths The cost of your throne were Millions of deaths You set it up just to watch it fall When everything’s gone you’ll have it all A castigated crown of thorns In your empty kingdom You’re the chosen one Arrogant isolation Ignorant violation Innocent annihilation Complete domination Your empire’s growing colder Bought by the life of another dead soldier You set it up just to watch it fall When everything’s gone you’ll have it all A castigated crown of thorns In your empty kingdom You’re the chosen one You’re the chosen one Chosen one In your empty kingdom You’re the chosen one
4.
They’ve all come to me before They’ll all still come to me So don’t be afraid I’ve come to take your pain away Just follow me And I’ll show you eternity There is another way A back door into heaven’s gate So don’t be afraid I’ve come to take your pain away Been here since the dawn of time Take what you don’t want and make it mine A last chance healer for a wicked mind Cause I’ll eat your sins before you die Before you die I’ve set many free before I’ll set many more free Don’t worry about a thing Once you hear all those angel’s sing I’m the savior that you seek To provide the redemption you need So don’t be afraid I’ve come to take your pain away Been here since the dawn of time Take what you don’t want and make it mine A last chance healer for a wicked mind Cause I’ll eat your sins before you die Before you die Before you Been here since the dawn of time Take what you don’t want and make it mine A last chance healer for a wicked mind Cause I’ll eat your sins before you die Before you die Before you die
5.
The pale horse rides again Collecting souls throughout the land There’s no time to repent I’ve got to get out while I can Let the holy water wash over me As I run across the borderline It’s the free air that I want to breathe I just pray that I can stay A million miles away The Jaguar Gods are real And I feel for those left behind Though he broke the seventh seal My Armageddon is to stay alive Let the holy water wash over me As I crawl across that borderline Mother Mary can you hear my plea I just pray that I can stay A million miles away A million miles away Let the holy water wash over me I am far beyond that borderline It’s the free air that feels great to breathe I just pray they’ll let me stay A million miles away A million miles away A million miles away
6.
All The Same 04:23
I ain't got no friends Except the voices inside my head They keep telling me that this make believe World does not exist But I'm doing my best To keep the water below my chin It may recede, but it's hard to breathe When that tide rises again It’s all the same Nothing will ever change Blue or red alive or dead It’s all the same to me So much is said By peddlers of revilement Their illusion of choice Takes away our voice Til we’re silenced in the end It’s all the same Nothing will ever change Blue or red alive or dead It’s all the same to me It’s all the same Nothing will ever change Blue or red alive or dead It’s all the same to me It’s all the same Nothing will ever change Blue or red alive or dead It’s all the same to me
7.
(Instrumental)
8.
Lost Hope 06:46
The devil in my head just told me to let go Said your light is going dark and so is your soul In the garden is where I felt you turned your back Took the path of deceit & vain and now there ain’t no going back I bare witness to false popes By pretending to find ghosts It's forgiveness I need the most Cause I’m descending with lost hope There's no prayer that I can pray before I’m in the ground And there's nothing that can turn my fate around Falling to my knees I’m reaching to the sky The pit opens for me the flames consume my cries I bare witness to false popes By pretending to find ghosts And it’s forgiveness that I need the most As I’m descending with lost hope I chose no fate and now it’s too late I chose no faith and Satan he smiles and waits

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released July 18, 2022

Produced by Kenneth Johnson
Engineered & Mixed by Weston Wellman (Insta: @westonwellman)
Mastered by Derek “Doom Daddy” Mattin (Insta: @derekmattin)
Recorded at County Q Studios
Album Artwork by Carlos Fides (Insta: @fidesarts)


All Lyrics by Kenneth Johnson
Music for Tracks 1 & 3 by Kenneth Johnson
Music for Tracks 2 & 6 by Kenneth Johnson/Nate Davenport/Shania Blake/Harold Myers
Music for Track 4 by Kenneth Johnson/Nate Davenport/Mike Turner
Music for Track 5 by Kenneth Johnson/Nate Davenport
Music for Track 7 by Kenneth Johnson/Josh Gee/Andy Jones/Nate Davenport
Music for Track 8 by Kenneth Johnson/Josh Gee/Andy Jones


All songs recorded by:
Kenneth Johnson - Guitar/Vocals/Keys on All Tracks
Dan Douchette - Drums on All Tracks
Nate Davenport - Bass on Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8
Shania Blake - Guitar on Tracks 2, 4, 6, 7, 8
Logan Greeson - Bass on Tracks 3, 6
Garrett Ward - Guitar Solos on Tracks 3, 5
Matt Curtis - Guitar Solo on Track 3


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Silent Monolith Nashville, Tennessee

Silent Monolith are purveyors of American stoner rock hailing from Nashville, TN.

Silent Monolith is:
Kenneth Johnson (KJ) - Guitar/Vocals
Logan Greeson - Bass Guitar
Zach Ransom - Drums

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