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Taken off the album “The Fall Of The Shires“ (August 18th, 2023) 🎧 Stream, get it here: Mastermind Richard West explains: “At the end of »Legends Of The Shires,« the protagonist considers a number of possible futures (“maybe a painter, a guide, a clerk, a maker, or maybe a writer, a king, a star, a fighter“). So the sequel tells the story of him becoming the king and the consequences of that choice. In the opening song, he decides that the only way to control the population is to suppress and control them, so the shires become a much darker place.“ The first digital single, 'Forests In The Fallout,' is told from the perspective of the suppressed people and is the perfect introduction to this new progressive metal masterpiece. 🎧 Stream, get it here: ▶ FOLLOW @ATOMIC FIRE 🛒 YouTube Instagram Facebook Twitter TikTok ▶ FOLLOW @OBLIVION PROTOCOL Web: Facebook: Instagram: Twitter: Music & Lyrics: Richard West Recorded & mixed by Richard West at Eightspace Studio Mastered by Richard West at Eightspace Studio Video produced by Ingo Spörl OBLIVION PROTOCOL is: Richard West - Vocals, keyboards Ruud Jolie - Guitars Simon Andersson - Bass Darby Todd - Drums Lyrics: Oblivion Protocol is now underway It’s too late to turn back now You have xx seconds to clear the area I still see the picture Of all that we were into Not shaken or stirred Thought we ruled the world You know we always meant to But time can turn the tables And facts become the fables Who’ll tell the story of our faded glory When we’re no longer able And it’s time to fade away? We’re forests in the fallout We’re desolate and worn out So hide us in the corner Forget you ever saw us Lost in the past from the force of the blast Till the prophecies are born out We’re forests in the fallout And the night rolls into day So what we knew as reason Is now considered poison The atmosphere changed Nothing old remains And honesty is treason And all this devastation From shire to town to nation Won’t fade to black Or bring the good times back Won’t help us find salvation All our dreams will fade away We’re forests in the fallout We’re desolate and worn out So hide us in the corner Forget you ever saw us Lost in the past from the force of the blast Till the prophecies are born out We’re forests in the fallout And the night rolls into day We were darkened by the first wave The second took us down So cordon off the test site And hide us underground And some things can’t be undone Once you light the fuse ‘Cos actions all have outcomes So be careful what you choose We were darkened by the first wave The second took us down And it’s time to fade away We’re forests in the fallout We’re desolate and worn out So hide us in the corner Forget you ever saw us Lost in the past from the force of the blast Till the prophecies are born out We’re forests in the fallout And the night rolls into day You have xx seconds to clear the area #OblivionProtocol #ForestsInTheFallout #TheFallOfTheShires #AtomicFireRecords
