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The Stone Heart
07:05
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The heart of our reality is a great cave
An underground chapel to which the gods have fled
Where ghost and stone pulsate as one
Under the din
Of a soulless realm
Whose numina have fled as well
Leaving only God of reason to rule mankind
Lo
Another storm deflected
Begrudgingly suspended
Our protective web
Out from the stone heart and through the axis mundi
In weakness the only offering they have left
Who has failed whom in this world?
And why was I born in it?
“Cross the starlit dunes
Ignominious voyager
Rescind the laws of the past to obey the call
Your fury will light the path in the stars above
And he who shackles your kind will watch powerless
As you dissolve your chains and plunge into the dark
Great chthonic pool will break your fall
For true courage shapes nature
And the gods await”
Humid echoes circling me
Aching eyes ache deeper still
Archways of the feretory
One by one their shadows will
Titulary vapors close in
A ring of sullen mirrored eyes
Some show guilt and some stay frozen
As their gaze begins to rise
Di Orant Ut Liberi Ignoscant
And above me sprawls a spectral scrolling vision
An eclipse and earth sleeping through its occasion
Failed gods forging a facade
And though all souls escaped, their pity and disgrace
Suspend the dream…
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Winter Child
08:47
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O Silent snowclad sanctuary
My painted world, my framed abode
How soon must I retreat even further North
For thy winds to still mask the calls from summer’s grove?
This beguiling sunsong sneaking in
Is but a ghost town’s infernal din
And nary one ear have I to lend
Nor thought of return to portend
For there the reaping never ends
And my soul, it is a lonely one
A lonely soul-serving winter son
And from great distance, great work is done
So, silent snowclad place,
Upon us lies the dream world’s fate
So raise thy howl until the past is erased!
Let time erode now
Let the blue moon glow
Let this great winter never end
Foreign lights on the backs of our fatal winds
Intruders achieving the impossible
Lights become faces and winds become voices
A golden panorama wraps around me
And I crumble from the surge of memory
The life I once lived
With motion & laugther & burdens accepted in stride together
But I was incompatible and every step was pain
Ascension or abandonment
Who will judge?
I relinquished the self to protect a higher vision
A cult of one projecting a grand infinity through the snow
This solar choir echoes a different tale
Their eyes pour steady
But their cadence never falters
As they beg their weakest to come back
One outstretched arm bathed in light
The other moonlit & cold
Let my choice ring true
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Obsidian Tongue Portland, Maine
"Pure Sonic Catharsis"
Introspective Black Metal since
2009.
Brendan - Guitar, Voice, Synth
Ray - Drums
Contact: Obsidiantongueband@gmail.com
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