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As I came into this world
So too shall I pass
Alone and trembling as the curtains close
For this sacred final act
From the womb I was birthed
And to the tomb I return
A single point in time and space
As the flesh that I claim turns to ashes
From the dirt floors of caves we have crawled
Into the light of the new age of man
With hope alone we built our walls
To shield ourselves from the counting of sands
No one here survives this
Try as you might but you won’t make it out alive
Cause no one here survives this
There’s no applause at all after act five
Just eyes now sewn shut beneath the lid of a casket
Time slips by without a word of warning as we’re left grasping
At severed straws
Interpreting the shadows on the walls
We’re carried on
By the tune of the crow and its ancient cause
It caws!
So it’s said there’s gotta be something
Cause what’s the point if there really ain’t nothing at all
But we know the end is coming
When it does you'd better be ready to...
Fall to pieces as we slowly fall apart
And we stall for meaning behind a barely beating heart
When we fall to pieces we will be slowly picked apart
And our calls now fleeting become the cry of dying stars (above)
As in the sky, like a mirror above us
So too it is in the coffins beneath our feet
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Memento Mori
05:16
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The rising sun is only temporary
It’s bound by it’s course towards a fast death
The waking dead, all the ones that we buried
Rising up again from their last breath
Oh!
And it’s times like these
Where we can’t find peace
Just a slow decent
With no calvary
This is armageddon
These are the end of days (3x)
There she stands, our guiding light
Against the pitch black sea of night
Such a shame but what a sight
To hold her name on high
I’ll give my life to you
If you would just have me but...
These, these hands, can’t change a thing
Despite the curse they’ve wrought
These, these hands, won’t change a thing
In light of all that’s lost
We can’t save ourselves
And we can’t save anyone else
So this will not end well
It was done from the day we fell
If we can’t save ourselves
How can we save anyone else?
If this does not end well
Would we even be able to tell?
We’ve been forgotten, forsaken (4x)
And it’s times like these
Where we can’t find peace
Just a slow decent
With no calvary
But we’ll stand our fucking ground
Against all the odds convinced
That we’re not breaking so we push on
Untill our aching lungs do steal their final breath
With every season in passing
(We will pass as well)
We part like leaves from branches
(Shorn clean from the bough)
With every question worth asking
(We feel our insides swell)
We’re met with closing caskets
(As silence replaced the howls)
And we know this won’t last, we’re only temporary (temporary)
With every season in passing
(We will pass as well)
We part like leaves from branches
(Shorn clean from the bough)
And we know this won’t last, we’re only temporary, temporary
We know this won’t last, we’re only temporary, temporary
We know this won’t last at all
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How does this end?
By sword or swallowed by the earth?
When will we bend
Our wills to match the coming curse
By the light
Of that gate
That keeps calling
Closer and closer to death and devotion
How does it feel?
To know the end is drawing nigh
How can we heal?
The earth or should we even try
Dare we fein
self-deny
When it’s already over
Closer and closer to death and devotion
Our offering’s the body and blood of the wretched and torn
I hear her voice softly say
Thy strength indeed is small
Child of weakness, lie in wait
Find in me strength to move on!
Through your days
Till the end
When you’re called
To come home and ascend
Have faith in the process
The devil’s in the context
Still waiting for that reset?
Watch and keep waiting
And keep wishing on that star
Of mourning and of breaking
In the evening from afar
How does this end?
By sword or swallowed by the earth?
When will we bend
Our wills to match the coming curse
How does it feel?
To know the end is drawing nigh
How can we heal?
The earth or should we even try
Dare we fein
Self-rely
When it’s already over
Closer and closer to death and devotion
Our offering's the body and blood that we’ve shed in your name
Here comes the flood
Here comes the fire
Here comes the end
Thrown on the pyre
Here comes the plague
Here comes the promise
Count down the days
Trusting the process
IS
THIS
WHAT
WHAT YOU WERE WANTING?
IS
THIS
WHAT
WHAT YOU WERE ASKING FOR
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Distracted In Tragedies
04:03
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Cosmic bodies
Lie dormant on high
Statues rotting
Forgotten to time
Burning temples
Replaced by fascades
Scriptures haunting
The truth in the lie
(In the lie)
Sifting through the ruins for some sort of clue
To find for myself some semblance of truth
But overhead a burning and underfoot a flood
Our creation myth undone.
We, we are the haunters in the dark
An unwanted legacy
Just an accidental drop into the primal sea
Now disturbing the dreams
Of some ancient god
Who was once asleep, now thirsty for blood
And now our tragic ending
We do humbly invoke
By fear of our failure
Stones still left unturned cannot be thrown
And so we take what we want
In this garden's decay
And we will eat from the fruit
And proudly bare the burdens of our fate
Cosmic bodies
Now raging on high
Statues rotting
Rebuilt in new times
Burning temples
Encased in fascades
Scriptures haunted
By truth in their lies
(In their lies)
And all our lives will fade
They’ll slowly fade away
They’ll wax and they’ll wane
Towards a sure and certain grave
Our lives will fade
They’ll surely fade away
As they wax and wane
Toward their new celestial grave
This life’s the one where I’ll find it
And take it with me on the day I die
This life’s the one where I’ll find it
And leave this curse behind (I hope)
At least that’s what I hope
But nothing’s guaranteed
For me
If this is what you want then
I can always set you free
Cosmic bodies
Lie dormant on high
Statues rotting
Forgotten to time
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Smoke clouds fill the lungs of the young
And these forest fires burn brighter than the stars above us do
It’s hard to trust the hearts of men
It’s not their fault but something bigger than them
But now the maps we make
And the roads we pave
All lead straight into the cities
And straight down to our graves
But now the constellations over head, they call my name
And they offer me closure
I know the way
Your secrets are safe inside my coffin
And I feel the same
It’s hard to breathe in at all when the air’s all gone
And you can’t help yourself from caughing
And your eyes roll back and the sun goes down
And every shadow in the crowd bows out as well
I clung to you…
Cause there was nothing left for me to hold on to
So we cried wolf and the wolves cried back
So we cried wolf and the wolves cried back
So we cried wolf and the song of the wolves cried on
But the howlings of those around us went unheard
All the weight was placed upon the backs of those who fell
To steer a sinking ship, but still that ship it would not sail
So in their desperation, realizing this was hell
They set their course to land and carved a brand new trail
Towards Answers
In their time
Of needing us as well
To get what they deserve!
(THEY DESERVE)
It’s hard to trust the hearts of men
It’s not their fault but something bigger than them
The maps we make
And the roads we pave
They all lead straight into the grave
The ones that we’ve made
With hopes to be saved
Calling you by name but aren’t we betrayed?
And left with all the blame
Isn’t it a fucking shame that we’re stuck with the gods we don’t trust
In a world that never caves
In our wake
For heavens sake
Why do we fake as if we ever really had a fucking say
Anyways
I’ve sat for
Days
With a promise of forgiveness
For all the penance that I've paid!
So we cried wolf and the wolves cried back
So we cried wolf and the wolves cried back
So we cried wolf and the wolves cried back… FOR US!
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The Owl's Offering Clovis, New Mexico
The Owl's Offering is a two-man metalcore project that originally formed in the West Texas / Eastern New Mexico area. The band was created by Kyle Liddell and Parker Baum in 2021 when they set out to explore ways of blending various metal sub-genres together into their own unique sound. ... more
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