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Ascension

by Promised grief

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1.
The Velvet Darkness She holds her mothers hand In silence by her side she wakes All her family has passed away Orphaned by the roaming plaques Does death forgot my name How soon my end draws near Can’t bear the wait much longer My lust for life got sear Footsteps echo through the empty halls A hand softly on her shoulders Cold and lifeless Yet never more welcome Your bloodline ends right here Succumb to the velvet darkness Please take my guidance dear Leave this cursed place forever My dearest child My nightly flower Thy pale white skin Reflects the moonlight When she opened her eyes And for the first time She saw the beauty of the night The scarlet sky A glooming moon Became the sun from now on A kiss none more passionate With bitterness it filled me Poisoned was thy blood Deprives a life I’ll never see Transient to death and disease Granted the gift of eternity Her wandering soul Longed for mortality Your bloodline ends right here Succumb to the velvet darkness Please take my guidance dear Leave this cursed place forever
2.
Ascension 07:31
Ascension My bloody fingerprints On her snow white wings My weakened grip Can’t preclude her ascension Two hands of feathers Is all what’s left from her For me to remember A dozen black swans Sacrificed for an immortal flight A pair of darkened wings For me to redeem her A last prayer to the sun My love for you I come One step from the cliff’s edge As I’m taken to the sky Closer to the burning heat The feathers melt one by one Falling faster to the ground My love for you I come Oh god why has thee forsaken me You took my life and now you take me I curse thee with every breath I damn you bringer of dead My love, take my hand We will leave this Promised Land It is not for us, this false god Our fingers lightly touched Before she let them slip away A silent last farewell Abandoned to heavens edge As I’m falling from the sky Closer to the burning heat My limbs melt one by one Falling faster under ground Away my love, remember me Oh god I have forsaken thee You took my life, you won’t take me I welcome the bearer of light The heavens fall, my last flight
3.
Haven of Salvation Hail and fire storms our lands Beneath armies of darkened skies Unleashed are hordes of locust Black clouds of swarming flies Gusts of wind carrying the sounds horns Marking the approaching end Upon us last line of once born The wrath of gods descends As we seek our hiding place Through ravenous plagues we’ll stay In this haven of salvation Is where our graves will lay In the darkest hour of mankind We bid our hopes farewell Upon us the fury of the divined Our earth descends to hell Crops drown by waves of salt The mountains fall by fire burst Forests engulfed in the faults Ash clouds our mother’s hearse The final harvest has begun Death comes wielding his scythe None are save, none can outrun Divine creation will be purified Our glorious kingdom falls When gods come to claim their ire Done is our despicable race Our haven of salvation is set afire As we hide in a secret place Through ravenous plagues we’ll stay In this haven of salvation Is where our graves will lay In the darkest hour of mankind We bid our hopes farewell No redemption of the divined An infernal earth to dwell In this last moments of truth A love light fades in dying eyes I hold you dear, in my arms As we are devoured by swarms
4.
A Trail of Ravens Waves as high as trees The gaping mouths of a monstrous sea Swallowing all might and men To a watery grave in the beast’s den I follow my faith In fear and trembling I trust your reason However threatening Roaming forlorn lands of cracked soil Waves of dust and sand as far as I can see The heated ground burning soles A harsh sun battering my face relentlessly Behold the dead and the diseased Withered crops and empty rivers As the people become a vultures’ feast My devotion once so strong now starts to shiver Clouds of ashes rise From the teeth of earth These are the blackened lands The crypts where demons birth This is where the worlds arise Here I find the truth in your lies Exposed is your intrinsic fraud I see nothing but a vengeful god I’ve walked a trail of ravens Beheld this world of suffering The wonders of creation Each ill that would death bring As my eyes open In the falling darkness I see the true face Of the treacherous Clouds of ashes rise From the teeth of earth These are the blackened lands The crypts where demons birth This is where the worlds arise Here I find the truth in your lies Exposed is your intrinsic fraud I see nothing but a vengeful god
5.
For the Gods 02:16
6.
Unconquered Sun The rush has faded My limbs fatigue a mind in turbidity I lift my weary eyes Across the dead and wounded Lay to rest, side by side Allies and enemies Unconquered sun We fell for thee Now take us home At the dawn of day thousands of men arise From distant shores to their last fight We fought with honor, in bravery Triumph for the glorious, the emperor Victory! But not for us The forgotten At the last light of day The flames of the pyres bring us to our gods Some are lost, some are victors Granted to die another day I will lay myself to rest For all that matters Unconquered sun I fell for thee Blade cuts deeply in the flesh Blood floods to a certain death One by one the risen fall Hail the last man standing tall Our inner beasts unleashed Survival instinct defines will None of us are murderers None will hesitate to kill We are savage beasts We are savage beasts
7.
Allayed Misery My dear I lay you to rest To meet with the gods This ship will carry you west I light the branches The fiery hands grasping A sail of flames enlightens The utter darkness of night Waves batter my face The salted sea our tears Scars engraved memories Ripping through my mind The currents closing in Lifting weight off my shoulders Your last light at the horizon Slowly fading Hold me closely Like a securing womb The sea, this black god Relieve me, relieve me! Allayed misery The earthly futility A beautiful tranquil So serene Drifting with the currents We will become one Soaring as the ravens I follow thee, through blackened seas

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classic gothic doom

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released May 21, 2020

music and lyrics by Michiel Stoop

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Promised Grief Nijmegen, Netherlands

Gothic Doomband from Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

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