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Awaken once again an old light shines
Far beyond where ancient eyes can see
The last rays of an amber dawn, glints the forest paths
And flickers through the leaves
On the boughs weighed down with sorrows
Adorning like the saddest autumn scene
Where the willows dip their branches forlornly
The stillness
The stillness of it all
As the sun gives way to night spectral mists surround
The dying branches twisting claws against the moon
Will the ragged clouds start pouring down
Can the rain wash away the memories
Of the paths once walked in golden times of old
When the daybreak lit the canopies
Where the emerald shone beneath the sapphire
Now a tombstone grey on a lost horizon
A doleful wind sweeps
A dank mist creeping
Do distant lights dance beyond the mire
I'll leave this life this darkened night
I can feel the beckoning
I'll look my last upon this sight
My end with come with the evenfall
And as I sigh, was it you across the lake that night?
As the sun went down over silent meadow skies
I feel a coldness in the air
And wear the sadness like a shroud
Under the silent meadow skies
You were here
Grieved with me
When the final sun descended
So peaceful is the scene
So peaceful is my mind
As the sun went down over silent meadow skies
How strange it seems
How cruel the bleak, veiled destiny
That lead us on through hopeless trails
That we've followed to the end
A lonely end
Under the silent meadow skies
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Waiting
10:31
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For eternity
I am in chains
My feet are bound to earth
I am here waiting for you
As you fade into the distance
Losing all memory
I’m still here waiting for you
The clouds now gather to me
The rain pours down upon
But here I am
Here I stand
My roots begin to burrow in
As the wind whips upon
It lashes hard against my skin
I won’t move I admit
I am a slave to you
Come back to me
Don’t leave me here
Be one with me
This world is not worth living in
Without you here
As you turn your back
And walk away
I will hope to see
Your face again
I am here waiting for you
Tied my feet to the ground
You wanted me to catch you
When you’re afraid you’ll fall
But I’m not longer there
You left me behind
When I needed your hand
I was too weak to stand
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The Voice of an Old God
09:34
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The wind is whispering
It echoes through the trees
The voice of an old God
Spirit of the moors
Beckons thee
Living blind
Meagre lives
Bereaved of understanding
A wanderer
Forgotten soul
Living blind
Meagre lives
You close your eyes and refuse to see
Suffering ones
Feeling numb
Stumbling atop a dying world
Cold as stone
It calls you home
With open arms rejoin the earth
Consumed by decay
We’ve lost our way
The clouds disperse
And reveal we’re the same
The wind is whispering
It echoes through the trees
The voice of an old God
Spirit of the moors
Beckons thee
Living blind
Meagre lives
Bereaved of understanding
A wanderer
Forgotten soul
And I feel like I’m not alone
As the rain pours down and washes the flesh from my bones
It’s like here, here I belong
From the earth I was born
I’ll live on
I am home
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Cistvaen England, UK
Formed in 2016, Cistvaen are an atmospheric black metal band from Devon and the South West of England, UK.
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