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The Monolith
05:55
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Truth, it bleeds from words of madness
Beyond what we perceive
Is this grey world that we see
More real than the dreams we seek?
How I long to be real
To know the endless truth that mountains know
Must I end to feel such timeless peace?
For there is none in the grey
Only masks, only words without meaning
Truth, it bleeds from words of madness
Beyond what we perceive
Is this grey world that we see
More real than the dreams we seek?
They showed me their truth
A concrete monolith that cast no shadow
But slowly I see the intangible is uncorrupted
I’ll leave this place
To walk in worlds that never were
To mourn what never was
For only this is real
Truth, it bleeds from words of madness
Beyond what we perceive
Is this grey world that we see
More real than the dreams we seek?
Behold with sleepless eyes
Beyond the grey
An echo rings
A whispered dream
The truth beyond the real is everything
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2. |
Eulogy for the Lost
07:49
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In this desolate cold world, I am forsaken
I stand alone in the depths of despair
A hidden portrait
A ceaseless wonder of time
Forbidden realm of dreams
Will I ever become one with such place?
Starlit skies smile upon me
Seeping matter pulsates
Beneath dark soil I awaken
A sacred rite
From which I rise
As the suns rays die
And my wings no longer fly
Desperate I flail in the nothingness
Held down, anxious, with no breath
Consciousness fades away
All light disappearing as day shall never break
The opportunity has come and gone
Feelings of bliss see no dawn
Forthcoming displeasures so great
Here, I meet my fate
Beneath dark soil I awaken
A sacred rite
From which I rise
The turning season
To return
The dark is waiting
I perish
I. Shall. Perish.
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3. |
The Apocalyptic Theater
06:34
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The curtain falls
Desolation and decay enthralls
Upon this horrendous scene
Somehow, a strange beauty gleams
The forceful descent slowly dawns
No caress to fall upon
This hidden portrait
A ceaseless wonder of time
We reach out and what do we find?
Not a whisper in the wind
A slither in the cracks
Not a soul on this plain
Tears of the Earth begin to rain
The tears of the earth
Desolation enthralls
Upon this horrendous scene
Failure, to fulfil our dreams
Sorrow, our hopes recede
Hatred, seemed our only path
Shadows, will ever last
Newborn rivers begin to flow
An elusive story never to be told
Into oblivion we fade
For the monumental mistakes we made
Now, the curtains, they rise
Forevermore, we watch with lifeless eyes
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4. |
Talas
04:34
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Sight returns
Before cruel thought
There’s such grief in waking
I long to drift unknowing here
But memory soon
Breaks me anew
Again that dreadful whisper
It moves across the drowning tide
I hide in broken towers
But still it knows all that I’ve done
Will I become this darkness?
Will I forget all that I was? Only you
There’s only you
Now the ghosts drifting forward
In the dark of the void
But I do not stand alone
As I ever have before
And I hear the words resound
In your voice, “take my hand”
No, I do not stand alone
As I ever have before
And I hear the words resound In your voice, “take my hand”
No, I do not stand alone as I ever have before
Here we stand at the heart
Of this hopeless world of chaos
No we do not stand alone
As we ever have before
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5. |
Fatal Frame
08:35
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The lingering scent of a dying dream
Fulfillment of damnation from aeons past
The promise once broken to be kept encaged in a prison of lies Unjustly until we meet our demise
This crimson scar will never bloom
A bloodstained tear
Takes the plunge from your face
Madness seeps from your mind as you slash through this realm Despair, hatred and sadness corrode your reason
The mourning dawn shall remain out of sight
The pain refuses to subside
All those years lonely because
I failed you
Never again!
The caress of the dark
And the daggers that wound
Faithful to none but the endless void beneath
Piece by piece
Our souls break down into shards of glass
Do not forget me and as the roots take hold, don’t let go!
It constricts and chokes the life from our bodies
The malice lurking in every crevice
Cracking the foundation of this plane
To continue as a hollow shell
Begging to be broken and released from this torment
Yet, the time is upon us
To fulfil our destiny
I feel your veins pulsate as I clench
And as the whimper of your fading life escapes your lips
The horror evokes an anguished bellow from the depths of my soul Forgive me...
The rays begin to shine through the ebony clouds
Bittersweet, as it warms my pain I begin to howl
I reach out to your translucent silhouette and you flutter away
We exist within the very fabric of reality, only as one...
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6. |
The Deluge
07:16
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It pours over me
This unwritten tome of despair
From the depths of nothingness
I see you in the distance
I feel your presence in every fibre of my being
These dreams came to nothing
They scatter on the wind
With the shadows of our ghosts
These fears are all you left me
To drown what I have lost
So let these waters rise
Droplets of rain circle around me
My footsteps resounding in my head
The lightning cracks and illuminates all
It beckons me to follow
To reach the source of that which cannot be uttered
Yet impossible to remain silent on
Inundated, I stand
Broken, I struggle
Dead, I wither
My body, crumbles into dust
These dreams came to nothing
They scatter on the wind
With the shadows of our ghosts
These fears are all you left me
To drown what I have lost
So let these waters rise
Battle the current and swim against the stream
One last struggle to convince the tide that we’re worthy
One final look at your face will suffice
End this senseless tirade of doubt and fear
Permit closure and if everything is to be
Then let it rain down on us
For it will take over one way or another
It’s up to us how we bid each other farewell
Let it drench this annihilated land
Let it reclaim its rightful place
Let it consume all that we are
The ink begins to dry out
The chronicle concludes
Nothing more left to say
I vanish from existence
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7. |
Atonement
07:38
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Glaring at the horizon
Blood boils
An insurmountable rage and the memory of you
Is too much to withstand
Too much to withstand
The indoctrination behind your words
Permitting the fall of us all
You are not of this world
I banish you henceforth
You shall not walk amongst us
Not a flicker of hope for you
I condemn who you are
Who you’ve always been
The steel mask no longer shielding you
Free-falling from heights so great
Your place in the clouds won’t hold you for long
The time has come to set your feet on the ground
Or you will disintegrate
You raise yourself on a throne that others made
And you think that your prize will not choke you
Savor your short lived reign
For the ones you’ve tried to break will rise against you
Soon and certain the day of your fall
When you’ll know that my winged curse has found you
You will burn
The indoctrination behind your words
Permitting the fall of us all
You are not of this world
I banish you henceforth
For all you believed you were
For all the pain and hurt
For all that which you caused
You will eventually fall
Compassion has come up short
You are banished
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8. |
The Event Horizon
08:11
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I scream at the skies
Wondering how it all came to pass
I reach out to you
Dark matter between us
You remain unattainable
I claw my way through the pits of desolation
Only to fail
I fall
I crawl
I sob
I break
Can you recall these fleeting moments?
A hollow temple where death comes in strides
I puncture these remnants of ache and horror
Only for them to burst onto me
I have ruined all that we were
I now stand beside myself
Hellish abyss
A path with no escape
Feasting on my sanity
I fall
I crawl
I sob
I break
I mourn the memories of your light
The sight of an uncertain future
It taints what we once were
Dying in the midst of ephemeral bliss
Awaiting an eternal scorn
Shades of black begin to take form
A waning breath that can only mutter one final thought...
Why?
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Sojourner Dunedin, New Zealand
Sojourner is an Atmospheric Metal band formed in 2014 with members from New Zealand, Sweden & Italy.
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