Last track off my LIEFHEBBER debut EP. Very heavy and quite dark. Probably my favourite thing I've done so far.
Vocals and guitar by me. Drums are a blend of Spitfire Audio LABS Drums and MandaAudio MT Power Drumkit 2. The bass is LABS too.
And the amp is my beloved Ignite Amps Emissary, with NadIR as my cab sim.
The album art is by a good friend of mine. They--to my boundless frustration--insist that I don't credit them for it, I think because they're not interested in pursuing art professionally anymore.
Lyrics:
A miserable wait, eight infernal suns
Beat us as we carry a crippled horse
Facing this we persist in dejected prayer
Tried to betray God's unkind abrogation
He takes, He takes, He takes
Now we wade through the bloodied murk
As we burn her bones and spread the word
Facing this we persist in our crumpled pose
As our innards contort inside a black rose
He takes, He takes, He takes
Dry cough, forced words, blue lips, dead eyes
Dry cough, heaving in pain, breathing corpse
Dust into dust, she lay
The Devil's want has sway
And I don't see why I shouldn't
[x2]
Leave
[x3]
Why should I stay in this wretched place?
Serenity blooms only through exit wounds
Quell the thought (quell the thought), is that what she wrought? (it's not what she wrought)
Yet still I feel (yet still I feel) this void will never (never) heal
Matricide, she already died
By my hand, words I had denied
Wish I was--a more lovely son
Wish I was--a more lovely son
Now do you see why I should not leave, 'cause I don't, my friend
(I don't care)
I don't see why I shouldn't
Leave, leave it all... behind
My eyes have travelled East and West
North and South and I can attest
He takes, He takes, He takes
No resolution to this progression
No love of Man in the heart of God
His sacrifices: a vain con-
cession
A plague of ages we now endure
My sorrow is but a faint blitter
On a moon-sized canvas of
Dying
Dying (we are, we are)
Dying (slowly, surely)
[x2]
Her blue face is burned in-
to me and I can't see
Slow gasping, air like a
Brick, no happy...
ENDINGS
All will burn
All will burn
All will burn and
Ash will rule
[Repeats]
They went and put you in a wooden box
It doesn't have your personality
Old belongings conjure fading memories
Oh how I wish that you were by my side
Of your precious being lost to the
Time and weather, how I miss you now
Words cannot say. My mother
Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.