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Distance
01:01
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A distant memory recounts the days
We danced like shadows from the flame
Time could not erase your kiss
Only the taste of ash remains
This silhouette of sin
Burnt hollow from within
Like wisps of smoke so gently sways
The fragrance left on skin
Released from ember’s end
Like subtle notes cede to decay
In these dying days all hope shall fade away
A drifting reverie alights the way
My vision blurs within the haze
Wine could not erase your gift
Forever seared now is your name
This sweet caress of sin
Still burns me deep within
Like writhing melody I sway
The redolence of skin
With wounds that never mend
Like passing time becomes depraved
In these dying days all hope shall fade away
In days to come
I will mourn you
In days to come
I will join you
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And So, Betrayed
04:05
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Speak the words “never again”
Deny you ever suffered
Salt the wound that will not heal
What of yourself would you give
to take the pain away?
A pound for flesh for an ounce of sin?
Slit the vein, swallow the poison
The worm devours from within
The sands of time
Only count the days we suffer
Etching compassion’s elegy
A hatred so refined
Birth darker days and stir from slumber
The will to end humanity
And so, betrayed by man
And so, betrays again
What was there left of us at last
to fill our shallow grave
but blackened hearts no one will mourn?
Slip the spade, cover the carcass
Forever dark after the dawn
A hatred so refined
Birth darker days and stir from slumber
The will to end humanity
And so, betrayed by man
And so, betrays again
And so, betrayed by man
And so, betrayed by man
Blood for the years I suffered
Tears for the wound that would not heal
Sweat from the fear that drags me under
Dread for pain I no longer feel
And so, betrayed by man
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Garden of Ghosts
03:49
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I’ve torn out my eyes so they might see
Swallowed my tongue as not to deceive
In the garden of the damned
A grip of fear, jaws locked around my spine
The scream clinging to my throat
Light recedes as the Revenants approach
So raise a hymn to an unrepentant moon
For our sorrow never sleeps
As a chorus of the damned Serenades our dreams
So sad the song of our memories
A black flame burns through the shadow of the night
Showing doors I’ve never seen
Amongst the rot in a Labyrinth of grief
Shedding tears
To an unforgiving sky
For the misery we weave
As a chorus of the damned
Serenades our dreams
I’ve torn out my eyes so they might see
Swallowed my tongue as not to deceive
Cradled this guilt (and) fell to my knees
For one perfect breath I was complete
For one perfect breath I was complete
For one perfect breath I was complete
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Thieves in Treason
04:04
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Who will save us from those who’ve betrayed us
Those who disgrace us, lungs full of bone dust
Who will save us from thieves so treasonous
Crows speak and twist tongues our lives built on distrust
Who will save us from those who've betrayed us
Who will save us from thieves so treasonous
Who will save us from those who’ve betrayed us
Crows speak and twist tongues our lives built on distrust
Who will save us from thieves so treasonous
Who will save us from those who have betrayed us
Who will save us from thieves so treasonous
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Withered Rose
04:24
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The sun will never show its face again
Black clouds in your eyes project the darkened skies
Nailed to the emptiness of your face
The sands of time will not stop for you
I send this withered rose to you
I send this withered rose to you on your tomb
The sun will never shine on us again
Black clouds in your eyes project the darkened skies
Nailed to this wooden cross of your face
The sands of time will always pass you by
I send this withered rose to you
I send this withered rose to you
I will sing this sad song again
As I send this withered rose to you on your tomb
My memories tear my heart in two
On your tomb...
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Echoes in Stained Glass
07:39
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Burn all testament of my dying faith
through stained glass I see salvation fall around me
All struggles will be in vain when you see there’s nothing left
Tortured dreams the only rest wake to a blackened life
The echoes that sing as they drown out your cries
The echoes that turn into ashes in the skies
The echoes that sting as the blood stains my eyes
The echoes that burn sending ashes to the skies
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Age of Ruin Fairfax, Virginia
Throughout the age of enlightenment, the renaissance, the reformation era and beyond, mortals have tried to make sense of mankind's meaning on earth. Most believe that in the late 90's, a surge of lightning fast riffs, guttural screams, devastatingly bass tones, and the pulverizing rhythm of drums unearthed a crucial piece of this puzzle...this ushered in what would be known as The Age of Ruin. ... more
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