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Death That Never Dies
05:42
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Fleetingly the fallen flash
like floods before my eyes
Memories so mesmerizing
morbidly demise
Run, forever fear
for nothing fills your life but lies
Doomed we are to fall and face
the death that never dies
Poison, pale and putrid
plagues the preacher’s words
Screams of silence rip the skin
of voices never heard
First came fear, second anger
darkness waits the third
Now lament your loss
of life through lines
forever blurred
Caves of craven creatures crawl
from cracks inside your mind
Blackness bleeds from broken hearts
that bonds may never bind
In this sleep surrender souls
that safety cannot find
Those who cannot see this burning
surely must be blind
Bear witness, take heed
this tower soon will fall
And here I find you resting
in the shadow of its wall
See you not the coming fire
hear you not its call
Doomed we are to face
the darkness one and all
With deathlike shadows at our side
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It was on a cold and windswept night
far strayed from road and path
Through barren country was my flight
from sin’s eternal wrath
Beyond the steep inclining hills
I seldom stopped to rest
Above the treeline further still
breath burning in my chest
And though my journey
lead between
the mountain and the sea
In my heart you’ll be
To jagged peaks so draped in snow
that peril held each step
But from afar a light did glow
into a cave I crept
The lights continued deep within
and led me to a shrine
Upon which crystal waters din
reflections in recline
Through halls of stone
and trees of green
Within my heart you’ll be
And soon its voices spoke to me
a shadow formed from stone
My mirror image rose to be
from darkness I had known
There hanging from a thread upon
which scales my sins did measure
Was a sword, its shadow swung
above a pit of treasure
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Gathering in pools of frost
the worms of winter grow
Sunlight paid its final cost
and trudged a way through snow
Toward a fair and southern land
where welcome still was warm
Far from northern wolf and man
who stayed to fight the storm
The glists of moon lick frozen stone
and shine upon the cold
When the worms of winter hold the throne
life cannot grow old
Not much was left of bone and blood
when winter’s worms were done
A feast of flesh for darkness flood
The coffin weighs a ton
And spilled upon the barren fields
of lonely pine and oak
In death’s season nature bleeds
as winter’s hands they choke
The glists of moon lick frozen stone
and shine upon the cold
When the worms of winter hold the throne
life cannot grow old
And when I watched the cloudless stars
that cover heaven’s field
I’ll watch them with you from afar
‘til autumn sheds my leaves
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4. |
Turn In Your Grave
06:51
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Perched above a crowded field
the crows await their turn
Hungrily they scream between
the branches as they burn
In a dream the ground began
to shift beneath my feet
From the gallows I was
laid to rest across the street
Once you were sleeping
now you’re awake
Down in your coffin
dead at the stake
You hear them laughing
cursing your name
And you turn, turn, turn, turn
turn in you grave
Buried ‘neath a nameless stone
stench of preachers rust
Closed by wicked words
Of ashes to ashes, dust to dust
Six feet above you
spreading their sin
Prophets of falsehood
wrapped in your skin
Gathering fools
like moths for the flame
And you turn, turn
turn, turn, turn
turn in your grave
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5. |
When It's All Over
04:16
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Oh, I hear you calling
You’re crying like a crow
But down and down I’m falling
The end you’ll never know
Behold the maiden pale
dressed only in her sin
With ash-like skin and cinder eyes
a fury from within
Oh, brother behold the betrayer
The prize of his mortal soul
To lie and cheat and steal and kill
for promise of silver and gold
Now lament your wasted labour
For when your time is through
With all your silver and gold
will your shadow be taller than you
Oh, brother behold the betrayer
The prize of his mortal soul
To lie and cheat and steal and kill
for promise of silver and gold
See how they got you
on your knees again
Here when it’s all over
you’re still fighting to pretend
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Curse
04:44
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They will deceive you
unappealingly release
The last breath held to heal you
given seeds to soil disease
In constant isolation
lock your doors
and shut your blinds
In lifeless mitigation
as the plague seeps
from your mind
Awaken in a bed of thorns
the howling of the wind
A call from the horns
eyes of the goat watching me
The tales of the sick
comes with disaster
As the wraith comes with its trick
to lure sinful men
As a craven I fled
My humanity left behind
Picking up the trail
of my inevitable demise
Lost in the haze
cursing my fate
lacking a will to forgive
Devoid of all rest
I can’t save myself
from the impending doom
I lay in chain
I wail in pain
I scream of regret
My words is disease
I kneel and I pledge
Casting a shadow as I leave
In the pale moonlight
my skin turns grey
My mind cannot fathom the ruin
into the fray
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7. |
Lost Forever
04:07
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Lost forever, gibbering mad
descend into mountains of treasure
You'll never fly with scorn for the sky
clutching your items of pleasure
Head in sand like glowing screen
your evolution enslaves you
How can you trust in the truth within
when you bite the hand that feeds you
Blame it all on what you hear
inside you know it's true
Though you lie in pride and smile
this truth is drowning you
That all you love and all you know
of nothing it will last
For even temples built in stone
surrenders to the past
You cannot forsake the pain your in
bound to the stake and burned within
All the fear you had in mind
has now come to the end of your time
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8. |
Turns to Dust
05:04
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Darkness thickens, breath quickens
something in my way
Dusk’s choking hand
waning light its prey
Dawn forever banned
Panting, breathing, hounding me
nothing left to see
Fear clawing, gnawing at my skin
exposing what’s within
No path to find, staggering blind
my hour of dismay
Icy, piercing presence near
Is there any way out of here
Howling, shrieking, growling
silence cut with a knife
No place to run, nor to hide
Every step a bitter strife
As moon and stars
crumble before my eyes
everything turns to dust
The ground crack and rise to the sky
all has turned to rust
Gazing left and right, no light in sight
I roll the dice
To flee and take flight
and leave this world behind
Gasping for air, scratching at my throat
Oh, how I twist and turn
Poisoned pools and lakes of fire
Skins fall off charred and burned
Gazing left and right, no light in sight
I roll the dice
To flee and take flight
and leave this world behind
I question my own sanity
Am I destined for a life in this reality
Should I run or wither away
My inner voice left me astray
Far from friendly land and shore
What am I fighting for
As the clouds form round my head
a silhouette appears from the mist
Another name crossed from the list
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Dunbarrow Haugesund, Norway
Proto-doom from Haugesund, Norway. Dunbarrow III out now on Blues For The Red Sun.
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