Barren Earth - On Lonely Towers lyrics
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Tracks 02. Howl
03. Frozen Processions 04. A Shapeless Derelict 05. Set Alight 06. On Lonely Towers 07. Chaos, The Songs Within 02. Howl
I taste the broth that seeps down through the gorge
I wipe the blade I once wrought from the forge The taste of flesh, the ash of oaken fires I bide my time by the mire until it dries To me the world is a heart No chambers void, some shallow And when the light prepares to depart A pulse for my breath to follow I sense the throes of twilight born anew I fear its wrath as all my brothers do Though life turns dark and movement steals the night I rejoice in the spoils at morning light To me the world is a heart No chambers void, some shallow And when the light prepares to depart A pulse for my breath to follow Retrieving senses dormant while daylight reigns The eyes of dusk ignite A promise of teeth and claw Revoke my bones from sleep Upon my tongue a feral howl Stars! Watchers of the dark Blood drips from my wailing plea Stars! I seek your blessing To paint the blood of my hunter Upon the weapon that reaps my prey 03. Frozen Processions
Weave the intent from our resolved unknowing
Present the solutions in a morose soliloquy And as we speak those final rhymes Paving the road for continuation A path to paradise, witness the blessed rotten flesh Mercy! These processions I've joined are not bound for rebirth They are frozen Heading for the sky Silently Never asking why To be as one with Earth and the worm within it Will not suffice for those whom we know as sacred Between us we divide a boundless worth Projecting upon ourselves the elation I shall meet you in paradise, my beloved In memoriam These processions I've joined are not bound for rebirth And they seem so lost I am no less bound to this road But the pains and joys of certainty are not mine I am not staring beyond the clouds Not heading for the sky And silently Always asking why These processions I've chosen to follow have shackled me To the hearse that rides forever Into the sky Silently Never asking why 04. A Shapeless Derelict
As dry as they come
This desert 'neath a hollow sun With nothing ahead But the ragged shapes of the dead A smile of the crazed Comes, settles and stays Empty before me, empty behind And the sun forever shines Nothing is the fire inside This be all end of life Waiting for the flame To tear through the game Ashes Night to revive The merciless tide That brings neither change nor life Carries a shapeless derelict On spectral waves of static There is a locker inside Where my heart forever lies On burning fields of blackened grain The flesh is a lie I am but a sigh In a storm of soul debris Wrecked is the ship that tore through the crust For untold ages is strode with tattered bloody flags But in the depths where black voids erupt A still force engulfed the vessel's might Be all End all Sailing on Towards the sun The flame will tear through the game Night is revived Sailing on Towards the sun Tortured eyes repeat the lie The flesh am I Be all End all 05. Set Alight
Hiding is
A life for some We wait for the storms to come Maybe they Are always there Striking down on others where we can't go Crashing into their hearts Souls ablaze Thunder shaking their minds Wide awake In the dashing lightning In the pouring rain As their bodies bum A jolt of life for one last time As die rumbling drifts by and fades I can only claim to have dreamed And when the flicker in the clouds is to be seen no more I travel on Here we walk Every day Searching and dreaming ourselves out of the grey Colours bled from our hearts Ornate stains Flowing into our minds Wide awake In the flashing lightning In the pouring rain As our senses fade we feel desire to catch fire Call the storms To gather Mind from matter Let the fire Split the atoms Reassemble Ignite us Unite us O fork of electric demise Autumn's grey Floods the skies Colours fading from your eyes Fertile clouds Drifting in Waste no time Lightning strikes Crashing into our hearts Souls ablaze Thunder shaking our minds Wide awake In the flashing lightning In the pouring rain As my body bums I feel alive one last time 06. On Lonely Towers
I will rest here
And I might not awake Was there ever a place for one to lie It must be here An ocean green My hands on stone Scarred and battled Shreds of banner cloth Dance recklessly in a desolate breeze Clinging to their weathered rods Perched on lonely towers Praying for faith under darkening clouds Songs of chaos burning holes in the sky Praying for faith under darkening clouds They marched on lonely towers Their screams live on As wraiths in the wind And only when time ends Their voices may be stilled Dire winds Break the leaves Failing suns Beyond the mist Who are you? A promise from the spirits of life Darkness has ceased To flood my mind I will wait until the dawn I will wait until the dawn to die My body is weak But my will takes flight I will wait until the dawn I will wait until the dawn to die And as you speak My fear subsides I will wait until the dawn I will wait until the dawn arrives 07. Chaos, The Songs Within
Dissolved the bonds of brothers
Now the fires have witnessed lives tom On these fields of loss no order had ever resided At the hour of extermination None had lived for gold, none had lived for hate And as the bloodsmoke rose I realized I may have decided this Sunshine failing In blackened monotone Like songs within me Chaos echoes Stars unveiling On heaps I stand alone Like songs within me Chaos echoes through A sense of darkness and war I've known it before Revolt! a wonder of this Sacrifice, we shun the lies born To spread die flame across the borders in which I confided In vain We are the oncoming storm! The sun has died We watch the dark arrive Providing the fissures Energy Shattering barricades Force Defying black visions Purify Preparing the mighty for Defeat I sense the darkness of war I'll know it now as before |