OMENS
the debut album by
OMENS

Written, performed + produced by OMENS.

Recorded, mixed + mastered by Mike Keller.

(Please don't feed the lawyers.)

Stream it on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Tidal, and probably other places.

Now available on deluxe 2-LP crystal clear vinyl and limited-edition CD.

Divide and Conquer

How long ‘til we shake this

Gong show on parade

Founding fathers no doubt

Rolling in their graves

Yeah, we’re full tilt sinkin’

So don’t you go blinkin’

The woke are here to up and swallow you

If all these sacred cows

Got behind the plow

There might be something to look forward to

The vision:

Incision

Division

Revision

Where do we go from here?

How’d we get here so fast

John Wayne to snowflake

Crusade, don’t get canceled

Gen Z’s all the rage

Yeah, we’re full tilt sinkin’

So don’t you go thinkin’

You’re safe from one day losing everything

All the purest souls

Make the finest trolls

Your past has stones they’ll cast at anything

The vision:

Incision

Division

Revision

Where do we go from here?

The fear is here

MAKE IT QUICK

All things known, consider my mind blown

The fear of here has found its way back home

You say you’ll wait and lay this place to waste

But it’s strange and deranged

With a past that’s been erased

There’s a hole in you that’s opened way too soon

It’s messin’ with my head, I know you feel it too

So if to disappear is part of your next trick

Go on and make it quick

Above all else, we must rely on stealth

To sneak in and begin to show more than we tell

We’re here to devour, to amplify our power

If we wait, it’s too late, and we miss our finest hour

There’s a hole in you that’s opened way too soon

It’s messin’ with my head, I know you feel it too

So if you're out right here or wanna hit and stick

You better make it quick

Go on and make it quick

Round and round we go

Where it stops, everything blows

The fear is a mirror reflecting back unknowns

They say good things come to those who wait

But I never did have much time for fate

What’s behind my back always fades to black

Oh, I tried to try, now it’s do or die

BLACK MAGIC

Your shadow’s crossed the line

What’s left of me ain’t mine

It’s got me questioning

Damn near everything

What’s the worst that you’ve seen?

How do I get out clean?

The hook was sharp and baited

A twist so cruel but fated

Here comes that old black magic in the air

You’re seein’ shapes in static, and you call me dramatic

There’s nothin’ left here I just won’t destroy

Until ya talk me down, so I’ll stick around

Na na na naaaa

Through all your ashen phases

Tracking me through mazes

Once inside, I know

I didn’t get here alone

You say it’s not my place

But when I see your face

I feel the walls are closin’

And my words hang there frozen

Here comes that old black magic in the air

You can’t break old habits, oh, it’s all so tragic

There’s nothin’ left here you just won’t destroy

You’d think we’d live and learn, but we just turn and burn

Na na na naaaa

I guess I’m out of guesses

You’re a bottle with no message

The cards you’re never showing

And just the sheer not knowing

OMENS

Wait, look around

As the fails do compound

Time’s running out

Doubt we’ll survive the count

You either live to play the victim

Or die out on the sea

I’m lookin’ for the biggest wave

To carry me

I only know enough

To be dangerous

But I’ll take it all and fight like hell to shelter us

I see omens bleeding through

Omens breaking loose

Omens you can’t subdue

Because they all come true

Lay your burdens down

Sedated, lost, and bound

Push down here and turn

No reason for concern

You can batten down the hatches

And lock me down again

Nothing you can dream up

Will wear me thin

If everything we know

Gets blown to dust

I’ll live in every moment ’til the final cut

I see omens bleeding through

Omens breaking loose

Omens you can’t defuse

Before they all come true

I feel omens bleeding through

Omens leading you

LOOSE ENDS

You’ve gotta slow your roll

You’re caught in a lie

Dipped your toe into the shallow end of life

Decided you’re done

But you’re not shootin’ me straight

Tryin’ to play me down the middle’s your mistake

That's your mistake

Woah-oh-oh, here we go

Time to reap what I’ve sown

The fire’s clearly burnt right down

You’ve seen the light from higher ground

If you really think it’s over, end it now

Think you’re soon gonna find

The pain of severing ties

Everybody’s done pretending you’re all right

You call and I come

But I’m sick of this weight

You cried wolf so often, the flames became your fate

Face your fate

Woah-oh-oh, here we go

Time to reap what I’ve sown

Summon hell down below

The fire’s clearly burnt right down

The squarest pegs you swear are round

You really think we’re done here, end it now

You wanted danger, oh

With a stranger, oh

To turn the tables, oh

You’re so unstable, oh

You’re in it / to win it

We’ve seen how / you spin it

You break up / and make up

When will you wake up?

The fire’s clearly burnt right down

You’ve seen the light from higher ground

If you really think it’s over…

Woah-oh-oh, here we go

Time to reap what I’ve sown

Summon hell down below

The fire’s clearly burnt right down

The squarest pegs you swear are round

You really think we’re done here, end it now

WORLD FALLS AWAY

Been here

Too long

You’d think we’d know better by now

You can’t evade this

It goes with us here to the ground

Hey, it’s headed right for our veins

Hey, as the world falls away

You’re throwing down kindling hoping it takes

I’m a wildfire burning in a forest of rage

As the world falls away

Dig in

And fight it

There’s no sense in all backing down

Silence is poison

And the witches are drawing a crowd

Hey, headed straight for the flames

Hey, as the world falls away

You sing your own praises to a sycophant choir

While my cells toll like bells at a funeral pyre

And the world falls away

Yeah, the world falls away

We spotted the signals and warnings for miles

You’re the captain of a shipwreck on a sea of denial

As the world falls away

You’re throwing down kindling hoping it takes

I’m a wildfire burning in a forest of rage

As the world falls away

Yeah, the world falls away

UNWORTHY

At home with the way

Failing them sounds

Gone are the days

They should feel the pull to swoop down

Hey, let’s say

You run together the other way

Lying to get back to what you’ve blown

The short end of the wishbone

Becomes the story that you own

Ahhhh…only you are standing still

And it's hard while the rest of us all run downhill

Everyone held at your mercy

Never one to be in a hurry

Eyes cast down, actin’ all nervy

Strolling in like we’re so unworthy

Time is our god

Slips away if you’re on the nod

Tryin’ to steal back every grain of sand

They’re right there in your hand

If you only had a plan

Ahhhh…only you are standing still

And it's hard while the rest of us all run downhill

Stay close to the nest

Don’t stretch, live small

Dying to get your hands on anything

You can tuck under your wing

And glide

Glide

DAMAGED GOODS

One last look, waving from the shore

World explodes, no encore

Time will tell if we agree

Who sold their soul, mine don’t come free

When it comes to bleedin’ me

Was the juice even worth the squeeze?

Walk the plank ahead of me

I insist, your majesty

So many reasons ya let me down

I could’ve done more to call you out

We should’ve known right from the start

You’d push us both ‘til it fell apart

And now we’re damaged goods (damn-edged better)

Damaged goods

Bad damage

All goes dark across the land

When real life won't meet your demands

Poetry to pull the pin

As what you want is closing in

When it comes to you and me

Was the juice even worth the squeeze?

To get in line ahead of me

As if I’m some kind of enemy

So many reasons I let ya down

You could’ve done more to call me out

We should’ve known right from the start

It only worked when we were apart

Because we’re damaged goods

Damaged goods

Bad damage

TRAPDOOR

Trapdoor opens

Pull me up

Nothing down there

But slime and muck

No regrets now

So clean cut

Some doors let you in

Some slam shut

Draw a line

With me on the other side

I may circle around the drain

But not go down in vain/shame

It’s our time

It shows up

When I need it

Do I punch it down or feed it?

If it blows up

To fuckin’ pieces

The cycle starts again

With me beneath it

Trapdoor opens

And I fall in

With a life-force sucking

Leviathan

Here so often

I’m sure to win

Claws and dagger

It’s me or him

It shows up

When I need it

Do I punch it down or feed it?

If it blows up

To fuckin’ pieces

Pick it to the bones

’til I’ve appeased it

And I’m depleted

I’m so beneath it

GOODBYE FOREVER (SEE YA NEVER)

I can see it really brings you down to face reality

You really got yourself quite the talent for outdepressing me

You never would’ve ever crossed my brain until you followed me

Now every day I get to read your thoughts

And see your perfect family

Call it a day

I’m scrolling away

I got too much to do

To keep up with you

Goodbye forever

See ya never

Read the writing on the actual wall

This ain’t no future, kid

Sunset will call it all before too long

And I’ll be livin’ off the grid

Don’t take it to emoji heart sad face

It should be understood

Now trending: unfriending

You tweeted what you could

Call it a day

I’m scrolling away

Never wished that I knew

All this shit about you

Goodbye forever

See ya never

I’m not ghostin’ you, we’re both still here

Might see you out one day

And we’ll catch up just like we used to do

Live, in the old-fashioned way

Call it a day

I’m scrolling away

I got too much to do

To care about you

Call it a day

I’m scrolling away

More empty friends will come along

To fill in the hole left by this song

Goodbye forever

See ya never

So long, so long, so long

WAS I YOU, WERE YOU ME

Hate radiator

Face like a razor

You need to slow it down

Check your homemade crown

Was I you, were you me

Misery meet company

Can’t see the forest for the trees

I bite my tongue until it bleeds

Was I you

Were you me

Fate arbitrator

Faith violator

You love to shoot it down

Throw your weight around

Was I you, were you me

Misery meet company

You failed your way up to the mountaintop

I’ll see you at the bottom on the day you drop

Was I you

Were you me

CROWD PLEASER

Done sounding the alarms

They ring out into space

The call to apologize

Grows fainter every day

The truth of what’s goin’ down

Ain’t no mystery

Everybody turns a blind eye

With the good one fixed on me

When the bottom falls out, you will float

‘cause everybody loves a good showboat

Give the people what they want

It all adds up to nothing if you don’t take the shot

Adulting’s overrated

Why not be celebrated

And give the people what they want

Astonishing no one

The lapse picked up the pace

Twenty years yet here we are

Still in the same old place

The root of what’s goin’ down

Ancient history

If you’re waitin’ on a reckoning

It sure won’t come from me

No one told you less is more

If you do it and no one sees, what’s it good for?

Hey everybody, look at me

The world’s a stage and I’ve got a crowd to please

OMENS the debut album by OMENS

OMENS
the debut album by
OMENS