Oh, the stars shine bright in the dismal sky
The warmth I used to feel from the searing sun
Now shines upon more deserving scum
As time continues to pass
A pondering thought begins to grow
Was there ever a place in the gardens of old
For a wilting dream amongst admired shrubs
To plant the seed in undesired vineyards
Wouldst thou flourish or simply die
Is it worth the venture?
In ignorant strife i bleed
Coping with the presence
Of everflowing acidic taste
Parasitic hands fill my bed
Digging in the soil once fertile
Now left with nothing
I denied the betrayal of your intrusion
For as long as the the wind still rustled the vacant leaves
The dance of deceitful charms might entertain my blind euphoria
As I stand and stare o'er the cliffs you built
Screaming for a sign
Naught but Astral dust in my presence
You were a ghost that should've never been
Wading through the waters
Flooded by the tides
Unknown to me
Shall it rise or falter in your mind
Abandoned in phantasmic witchery
A fallacy I'm led to believe
As the aeons continue to pass
The roaring tempest of enmity begins to swell
In agony, the decay of exasperated will
Cradling the intensity of narcissism
The wounds you've cut deep shall eternally bleed
As I curse to the stars of my unending desire
Of apathetic sleep
To reverse the calamity that bred
From shadowed hearts and frigid limbs
I'd give to thee upon thy request
Anything worthy of treasured fervor
In the wake of unrelenting abysmal gloom
The lavished clouds of hungry spirits
Demand more than a mortal can offer
Yet the irrational hopes of elated dreams
Shall tempt to feed the starving ghosts
Void of all things
Eager to greet the reaper
A blade of soul ceasing obliteration
Offers more bliss than journeys traveled in ephemeral time
The roots have withered
The stems drained of any color
What once stood tall as a giant in the gardens
Now wilted beneath the stars
The cosmic giants shall not weep for thee
For death was always imminent
The cold, merciless winds tear apart
The moldered foundation
Ashes of earthen sand
Now carried away in the eulogies of the forest gods
Lifeless, the flower of quarreling ambition
Lies at the base of diminished aspirations
The battle now lost
The realization of worthlessness
The futile attempts to seek out a legacy
It all ceases to be
Memories once fond in the minds of many
Now forgotten in unwritten tomes
The shores of celestial wishes
Never to be uttered by the dead
To be sacred in desired hearts
A fallible dream to never be realized
As I walk through the heavenly doorway
To climb upon the tallest steps of
As I walk through the heavenly doorway
To climb upon the tallest steps of oblivion
Tears of Starlit Melancholy now grace the Astral skies
This is what it means to be
To wilt beneath the stars
supported by 24 fans who also own “To Wilt Beneath the Stars”
Every track on this album kicks ass, yes. But being one who has read all of Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy", I am in awe of the tribute that "...Depart From So Much Evil" is to it! Superb masterpiece, masterfully performed! annimax_metal
This wild 35-track all-metal benefit album features Mare Cognitum, Panopticon, and more reinventing songs by Tori Amos & others. Bandcamp New & Notable Oct 3, 2020
supported by 24 fans who also own “To Wilt Beneath the Stars”
Merci Déhà for the download code. Lots of bands use these ingredients – pretty female vocals over doomy guitars always sounds good, but usually that's where the ideas run out. That isn't the case here. Each song is packed with ideas and evolutions, genres and references it's boring to list but not at all to listen to. A pleasure to have been introduced to this. Luke