The Bloodwater Rebellion

1 - The Million Dollar Mile
2 - I Am the Taker
3 - Tundra
4 - The Lighthouse Burden
5 - Voices of the Dead
6 - A Ghost and a Promise
7 - We Are Rebellion
8 - The Legacy Lament
9 - Thunderstorm of the Century

Keldian
lead vocals, guitars, bass - Christer Andresen
synthesizers, vocals - Arild Aardalen

featured on The Bloodwater Rebellion
Sindre Skeie - drums
Liel Bar-Z - vocals (2)
Jon Garcia - trumpet (7)
Backing vocals (7,8):
Aya Hande Aardalen, Alexander Andresen, Helene Hande Midje, Vemund Osland & Karoline Thyri

written and produced by Keldian
mixed by Arild Aardalen & mastered by Barry Gardner
cover artwork by Øyvind Lauvdahl
based on the novel H2Oslo by Christer Andresen & Pål Ødegård

released June 10, 2022

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The Million Dollar Mile
what are we gonna do?
scratch a living off the rocks if it were up to you
can’t be right in the head
to throw away all we have earned
and leave our kids for dead
how do we make our way
in a world of dirty tricks where filthy riches rule?
where they all need the fuel
the provider will prevail and outlive the fool
burn the black gold
love it, love it, love it, love it
the smell of our bones
I'm all smiles
running the million dollar mile
chasing the billion dollar high
it's mine
we have it all worked out
the perpetual machine rolls on beyond doubt
we see right through your lies
if the engine sputters you jump in with blazing eyes
what would you have us be?
not the leaders of the pack but animals at bay
it’s not for you to say
keep hysteria to yourself and stay out of the way
drink the black gold
yummy, yummy, yummy, yummy
the taste of our souls
I'm all smiles
running the million dollar mile
chasing the billion dollar high
it's mine
I’m all smiles
sporting the million dollar style
kissing the billion dollar sky
it's mine
shoot the black gold
the carbon, our blood
I'm all smiles
running the million dollar mile
chasing the billion dollar high
it's mine
I’m all smiles
sporting the million dollar style
kissing the billion dollar sky
it’s mine

I Am the Taker
day in, day out
punch in, punch out
unthinking routine automated
set out at dusk
come in at dawn
unblinking rhythm integrated
robotic in trance of the taker's tune
chugging along on the taker's track
convinced of the right in the wrong I do
hiding behind how I give it back
devour the world
a tale of the harvest
a song of the sunset
we take the light in your life away
stock up on their lifeblood
we suck their wellspring dry
but a flicker in my soul asks me "who am I?"
keep them under our heel
monopolize supply
but a devil on my shoulder asks me "who am I?"
we take the light in your life away
we take the light in your life away
a lake of poison ashes
a river running dry
but a flicker in my soul asks me "who am I?"
hold every drop of water
monopolize supply
but a devil on my shoulder asks me "who am I?"
devour the world
a tale of the harvest
a song of the nightfall
we take the light in your life away
robotic in trance of the taker's tune
chugging along on the taker's track
in the dead of the night I pay my dues
believing the lie that I give it back
out on the swell
here at the desk
I am the same man in the same game
day in, day out
within, without
I am the drain
I am the taker

Tundra
the blanket of the long winter
fell upon my soul
locked away inside
what did I do to end up here?
and in the numbness of my state
the approaching dawn
but I am still so far away
so far away
in the rage of a mountain's memory
like a dream of eternal fury
tundra
you can try but you cannot reach me
for my heart is buried deep
in the tundra
the chill of the endless night
pierced into my mind
locked away outside
what did I do to deserve this?
and in the darkness of my thoughts
the aurora lights
but I am still so far away
so far away
in the rage of a mountain's memory
like a dream of eternal fury
tundra
you can try but you cannot reach me
for my heart is buried deep
in the tundra
all my life I have felt the longing
for the touch when the ice is breaking
tundra
for the sound when the ground is shaking
and my heart is coming loose
from the tundra
there's a light on the faint horizon
coming through to the bones in prison
tundra
to the edge of the frozen daybreak
at the end of the world there's no more tundra
tundra
tundra
tundra
tundra

The Lighthouse Burden
I saw the lighthouse on fire
and I still ran the ship ashore
I never heeded any warning
and I don't count the seventh time
I am the watcher in the tower
I hope the failure isn't mine
they say I've scared them off their bearings
too much light confuses the eye
come and keep us
through the seas uncertain
lead us safely back to shore
come and heal us
of the lighthouse burden
what we saw we could not know
I felt the danger in my cold bones
but I had never seen the beast
I thought I knew these wicked waters
master of the treacherous sea
I am a guide through the dark places
from distant stars to crushing rock
follow my light upon the skyline
don't let your mind confuse the eye
come and keep us
through the seas uncertain
lead us safely back to shore
come and free us
from the lighthouse burden
through the darkness
we must go
we must go

Voices of the Dead
(genocide, genocide)
(genocide, genocide)
(genocide, genocide)
(genocide)
late one night they caught me
as my boat came into harbor
I was put in prison
to await the sentenced horror
one chance of escaping
one chance out through doors to nothing
wounded, blinded, crawling
I hear deathly voices taunting me
voices of the dead speak
voices of the dead speak
on my journey, wandering
I could never avoid blaming
ills of not belonging
on the change I knew was coming
but then what of them
who never made it to diminish?
wounded, blinded, crawling
I hear deathly voices calling me
voices of the dead speak
voices of the dead speak
voices of the dead speak
voices of the dead speak
out here in the desert
of the dry and lonely winter
I can find no comfort
in my dogged explanations
I'm confronted day by day
I can't escape their judgment
wounded, blinded, crawling
I hear deathly voices cursing me
voices of the dead speak
voices of the dead speak
voices of the dead speak
voices of the dead speak
voices of the dead speak
genocide, genocide
voices of the dead speak
genocide, genocide
voices of the dead speak
genocide, genocide
voices of the dead speak
genocide, genocide
voices of the dead speak
no
voices of the dead speak
you are gone
voices of the dead speak
no
voices of the dead speak
you are gone
voices of the dead speak
no
genocide, genocide
voices of the dead speak
you are gone
genocide, genocide
voices of the dead speak
no
genocide, genocide
voices of the dead speak
you are gone
genocide, genocide
(genocide, genocide)
(genocide, genocide)
(genocide, genocide)
(genocide)

A Ghost and a Promise
once outside the city walls
I headed for the hills
no laconic wit could help me now
trudging through the desolation
in the swirling mist
all was suddenly clear
adrift in the wind
I have a ghost to kill
following the river
step by step I upped the pace
failing to outrun the haunting guilt
lies of all these men of honor
ringing in my ears
I could never return
adrift in the wind
I have a ghost to kill
passing over mountains
icy rock under my feet
never saw a soul or heard a sound
down into the gloomy valley
to the silent fjord
there a specter appeared
adrift in the wind
I have a ghost to kill
afloat on the waves
I have a promise to keep
the north sea has come home
empty barrels
the future's gone
the arctic ocean has been sown
we're reapers of
the whirlwind blown
reapers of the whirlwind blown
adrift in the wind
we have a ghost to kill
afloat on the waves
we have a promise to keep
all that went before
we have a ghost to kill
what never came to be
a ghost to kill and a promise to keep
the north sea has come home
the north sea has come home
the north sea has come home

We Are Rebellion
by our blood
by our blood
by our blood
the water is yours
a rusty rig of creaking steel
the splendor of her prime long gone
when all their eyes were turned her way
to marvel at her majesty
the royalty of energy
the first of their crimes
they took the land away
they have, we have not
grey fingers grabbed ahold
empire of the grave
the last of their crimes
they took the water
deceit, perfect doom
we drink the deadly rain
and breathe the cold dust
by our blood
by our blood
by our blood
the water is yours
they brought the progress death by death
then hid behind their walls of gold
by our blood
by our blood
and all their eyes were turned away
while horror took its hold outside
denial put down roots inside
the first of their crimes
they took the land away
they have, we have not
grey fingers grabbed ahold
empire of the grave
the last of their crimes
they took the water
deceit, perfect doom
we drink the deadly rain
and breathe the cold dust
the sum of their crimes
they took the future
blood spilled
the bloodwater
born and unborn
we are rebellion
the first of their crimes
they took the land away
they have, we have not
grey fingers grabbed ahold
empire of the grave
the last of their crimes
they took the water
deceit, perfect doom
we drink the deadly rain
and breathe the cold dust
the sum of their crimes
they took the future
blood spilled
the bloodwater
born and unborn
we are rebellion
the bloodwater
born and unborn
we are rebellion
the bloodwater
we are rebellion
the bloodwater
we are rebellion
the bloodwater

The Legacy Lament
now I
I cannot dream anymore
I
I cannot feel anymore
and I
I cannot take anymore
I
I cannot hope anymore
now I
now I cannot dream anymore
I
I cannot feel anymore
and I
and I cannot take anymore
I
I cannot hope anymore
from fathers to sons
mothers, daughters long gone
our home is our legacy
no, never again
from fathers to sons
mothers, daughters long gone
our home is our legacy
I'll never return
from fathers to sons
mothers, daughters long gone
our home is our legacy
I'll never forget
from fathers to sons
mothers, daughters long gone
our home is our legacy
you gave this to me
from fathers to sons
mothers, daughters long gone
our home is our legacy
I'll never return
from fathers to sons
mothers, daughters long gone
our home is our legacy
I'll never deceive
from fathers to sons
mothers, daughters long gone
our home is our legacy
I've come to the end
from fathers to sons
mothers, daughters long gone
our home is our legacy
no, never again

Thunderstorm of the Century
put your nose to the wind
smell a change in the air
storm is coming
when the thunderclap hits
and you huddle inside
we are coming
as the rain lashes down
on the countryside hills
change is coming
and you scramble for cover
from the lightning and gales
storm is coming
raise us up and lead the way
we come rolling, roaring, now
face the lightning
a flash across the northern sky
feel the hammer
the drum of ages long gone by
hail Sky Father
raise us up and lead the way
run for cover
we come rolling, roaring, die!
rise up in rage
thunderstorm of the century
dawn of our age
we take back the rivers and underground lakes
all over soon
live or die by the deeds you do
we’re on the move
thunderstorm of the century
raise us up and lead the way
we come rolling, roaring, now
face the lightning
a flash across the northern sky
feel the hammer
the drum of ages long gone by
hail Sky Father
raise us up and lead the way
run for cover
we come rolling, roaring, die!
turn of the tide
thunderstorm of the century
you choose your side
your city will rot in a cesspool of bile
all over soon
live or die by the deeds you do
we're on the move
thunderstorm of the century