Lethean, by Darcroven

Lethean

by Darcroven

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1.	The Sulphuric Acrimony 08:13	lyrics
i drank from the river i now no longer remember the stars sing to me toxic verses suffering the sin i can find no peace in being it festers with time i am buried in the stench of dead air my spirit is so unclean sever all connections disrupt all impulses silence my flesh and let all reason die where is the essence? the sulphuric acrimony burrows in my flesh mind melts into contradiction
2.	The Possessing Rage 07:23	lyrics
this restless pursuit of meaning lies buried under the noise driven by a light so elusive my restless heart has been set on fire i think, feel and love with rage i languish in fear with my own skin i languish with fear of my own skin war without end come what may leave the rest behind eden lies obscured the fever of dreams is my possessing rage the sea of mercy is my funeral pyre i think, feel and love with rage wild in my heart until then all reason dies i am a ghost clad in human flesh i am a shade of all human sin all that i feared has come all that i cherished has gone
3.	The Empyreal Bitterness 08:29	lyrics
how far am i to walk to reach the sun? how high am i to climb to kiss the apex? how hard am i to labor to break the mold? how long until blood washes it all away? there is no eternal return the only way onwards is upwards i have lost the steps left behind will i ever touch the ground again? so empty up here it has come to this atop this gracious high there is nothing for me to revel no greater sting to the self than nothing how long am i to endure until blood washes it all away?
4.	The Dispelling Dream 08:29	lyrics
clearing skies unveil a new dawn and then there was you caressing the wind like a ghost living in human flesh wake me up to dispell the dream who are you, shadow? why do i feel welcome in your presence? why do the skies clear with your last breaths? why does it all make sense? speak to me! you have found the way inside you have spoken to my inner word you have exposed my hidden weakness you have made my heart run wild you are the eye speak to me! are you here to claim my soul and carry me home? or are you here to torture it and cast me away? here is where the circle begins again i see your self exposed in plain sight your silence cannot last forever speak to me!
5.	The Unsound Surrender 08:37	lyrics
"you know who i am you know what i do in life you know what's mine is never yours i will snuff out your theivish heart and feed it to the worms before you ever get to mine!" i refused a sound surrender though you wore the devil's mask i held you tight in my hands though your flesh was made of razors instigate me penetrate me rape me of my will permeate my soul disintegrate my fire surrender! this temple must burn these halls must break but there is too much at stake too much reminding me of what i am "you know who i am you know what i do in life i bury the hope that doesn't belong to you"
6.	The Antagonistic Venom 08:36	lyrics
poisonous deliverer! instigator, accusor, opposer you have spoken to me your worldess venom and you have fed my heart with worms so be it then you have spoken your peace you have made your choice you are the antagonistic venom here is where you no longer belong as you become the enemy of my blood do not dare look at me or i will rip off your face do not dare speak to me or i will cut out your tongue the sanctum defiled welled up and befouled in your excrement all of your sights and sounds sicken me pale monuments of my own betrayal i will burn the bridges and move forward with my back to you and then i will feed your heart with worms until you are a ghost passing into the night there is nothing more to say what was shall never be again you spoke your peace to me now i speak mine to you
7.	The Flesh Unbecoming 08:30	lyrics
i rage into the dying of the light afflicted by their illusions the blood shall well up the springs and there will be no more peace true nature unfolds a new war begins come what may all voices stain my resolve i despise them all foreign tongues who fate with my enemy please do not speak the flesh unbecoming the salt-stained madness a march towards the new disease i am the dragon sent to consume until the sickness reverses it's course and i fall unsoundly into the good night i burn with the falling of the sun i drown with the meaning lost a golden lake souring with time and all colors running from the sky
8.	The Rivers Rising 08:11	lyrics
do you remember the days? those when you were safe in her arms? and all that you feared was an afterthought? prudence has failed providence has fallen do not fight it the battle has been lost just give in to the undercurrents this rising river was your doing just let it swallow you whole for it will be your only peace deprived of all living senses light no longer means anything to me just enjoy the silence below for it will be my only peace rejoice i will only in the silence below deprived of all living senses all that i feared can never touch me again i wait for sleep to take me home i wait for me to be numb once more no river can ever take me back
9.	The Stranding Still 08:40	lyrics
all stands still yet onward it moves unstoppable contradicts unyielding this godless oblivion is the last frontier upon these damned banks of river's end i am left with my wings broken a wounded bird weeps within it's cage the only home it ever knew we both flew into the same storm we are both tied to each other's fate please forgive me zephyr flies to the horizon-less dawn we both know it may never return i forced you into the light now i am forced to watch you burn i drank from the river i now no longer remember

about

Meanings hidden in shadow
Chasing faceless ghosts so graceful
No longer able to recognize the self

(Dedicated to a Nameless Muse.)

credits

released November 20, 2020

TGD: all voice, strings & composition

Conceived between 2018 & 2019. Mixed in 2020
Mastered by Justin Weis at Traxworx Audio (www.trakworx.com).

Artwork "The Shadows We Follow" by Brooke Shaden, used with kind permission (www.brookeshaden.com)

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Darcroven Watertown, Connecticut

An extreme metal project conceived by a sole individual and an idea in 2009. It's purpose: explore the dark sides of life and the individual being through the musical art of extreme metal.