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germinal
13:24
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a deepening pitch
call of the day
drift in to dredge out
rock and darkness and damp
blindness of old eyes forgotten the sun
call of the way
the new will not be broken
crashes itself to pieces, fled from the surging presence
of dissent
new voices speak in the rushing of water
the flooding of earth
the drowning of men
the land is exiguous staring back upon dim eyes
the man takes it in
it will inculcate him no further
"from this the growth
the earth communicates through the feet of men
the rich despairing soil heralds
bright champions
these sprout, synthesizing their surroundings
becoming to destroy
they will become"
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2. |
good luck to you
01:56
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"i am privy to a secret.
the dragging on is necessary.
it completes those who trail in its wake,
who are pushed from behind and below.
it is not an easy thing,
walking up cracked shale in bare feet,
climbing with the gods in your weakening eyes.
the bleak does give way.
you just have to persevere.
once with ears i heard such things as these.
'this is all that ever was.'
i know it is a lie."
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between my two calloused hands
a copia of rusted horns
that sound together
yet tuned apart
and i with them a scream, a scream
rent from my two unshorn lips
beast-sounds defeated
marking the violence of an age
milestone cruelty that all
permit and all perceive
Tod und Verklärung now just empty sounds
beauty of thirty minutes
dragged through thirty misery-years
one for the dead
one for the triumphant
makes sense to me, sense to me
what is our century
how can this be, can this be
my hair is matted my voice is gone
my note from the underground
no one is listening
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dead on the bank
01:43
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swa cwaeth eardstapa
13:53
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time wears slowest on they who wander.
their endless endurance can make an eon
of a lifetime and lessen the days spent
quiet in contemplation, then
what at first appeared impossible
quickly becomes commonplace and in
this way weeks are wasted in toil
and sleep only serves to separate the light.
"oft when the day broke, when with dawn
I awakened in strange apartments,
those days were the least memorable
places passed by, leaving only pictures,
faces that fell into one another before
they could be connected to names.
each day begins the same, dies down
the same, swallowing labours, singing
hard the passage of time."
Hu seo Þrag gewat,
genap under nihthelm, swa heo no wære.
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7. |
wreckage
03:46
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wary adventurers
caught amidst this sight
driven north north
bitter push to biting lands
how long was that ship moored
had any life remained to
witness the magnificent renting
of a frozen continent
what did you seek
will you find it in death
is this catastrophe of today or
aeons past
what man or beast will walk upon
this sight
what jilted beauty
finding hope in this frozen necropolis
with our restless hands
firmly gripping the wheel
the soul of a working man
still haunts this ground after all-these-years
with all that we've done
deliver us from our own wickedness
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8. |
discovery
11:53
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great terrible spires
glinted by the sun's cold gaze
lighting that which
you have accomplished unintended
smooth sea of ice
burst asunder
crashing like great plates of earth
making in an instant
desolate mountains and
volcanoes cold and horrendous
piercing the sky and reaching
down down to the
wonderful sea floor
we finally found ourselves
without cause
the nature of our cause
without hope
in all of this
we found nothing but frozen despair
with all that's left
we sing our frozen prayers
the wreck of hope
believable disaster
our lives forever changed
laid bare as god's possession
yet these wounds will never heal
the frozen tide will turn in time
the icy grip still seals our fate
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Locktender Cleveland, Ohio
Locktender is a concept focused hardcore band concentrating on artists and their works interpreted through music, lyrics & art. Every album is an artist, every song is a different work.
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