1. |
Cornerstone
03:52
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Through each storm
That would threaten me
Is a constant guiding light
Every mile I cross
Every step I climb
Is fortified
With your strength
So much greater
Than my own
And the world
Before my eyes
Blooms in colour
So the moon
Has waxed and waned
The seasons cycled
And returned again
Idols have crumbled
In the constant wind and rain
But time does not
Erode all things
And I still see you
Moving through the haze
Unobstructed
Cutting through the fog
That has unfurled further
Covering the spaces between
Burdens carried upon your back
Would have crushed
Most bones to splinters
But you have borne the fruit
Of a life made brighter
By this joining
Carved into the granite of my heart
Etched into the steel of my mind
So the moon
Has waxed and waned
The seasons cycled
And returned again
Idols have crumbled
In the constant wind and rain
But time does not
Erode all things
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2. |
Hunters
04:44
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Carve your name
Upon the stone
But cherish it
No more
It is now
A hollow sound
Lost
In the rain
The empty deeds
That garnered esteem
Now lie in tatters
On distant soil
Your final words
Never reached me
They turned to ash
When they left your mouth
They chiseled men
Into crows
And drove the feathers of kestrels
Under their skin
But those wings
Become shrouds
As they fall
From the sun
On which side of the line
Did your lifesblood spill?
Show me the utility
That has been gained
On which side of the line
Did your lifesblood spill?
What was the purpose
Of that last struggle?
They chiseled men
Into crows
And drove the feathers of kestrels
Under their skin
But those wings
Become shrouds
As they fall
From the sun
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3. |
Götterdämerung
05:04
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With naught but a rock
On which to lay my head
This immovable repose
Consumes my thoughts
Drifting dreamless
Forced away
From my only purpose
And only for
Following the path
Of the light
Wrest these bones of lead
Stir me from this torpor
Step through the curtain of flame
The twilight
Of the endless power
Draws closer
With each of my shallow breaths
So shatter my bonds
As you shattered the treacherous
Gaze upon my prone form
And feel fear
Race through your veins
For the very first time
Wrest these bones of lead
Stir me from this torpor
Step through the curtain of flame
Wrest these bones of lead
Stir me from this torpor
And we will work the deed that redeems the world
Mine forever
Always mine
My heritage and own
My one and all
Light-bringing love
And laughing death
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4. |
Beast
05:54
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Every day I thank the rough winds
That disperse the seeds
And carry them twirling further
From the gnarled roots
So that these boughs and leaves
That grant me shelter
May remain unseen
From your dark window
So break another branch off that old dead tree
And stoke the fire that roars inside your cage
But the wind will still cut you as the walls close in
And the flame that warms you becomes your pyre
So now the beast has come to love the cage
The skeleton calls the closet its only friend
And the decay set into motion by your hand
Rots your blighted bones to dust
So now your own venom
Threatens to drown you
In the wave I've beaten back
For all these years
And I will leave the fortress
I have built around me
Only to hold you under
So break another branch off that old dead tree
And stoke the fire that roars inside your cage
But the wind will still cut you as the walls close in
And the flame that warms you becomes your pyre
So now the beast has come to love the cage
The skeleton calls the closet its only friend
And the decay set into motion by your hand
Rots your blighted bones to dust
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Ward Of Iron England, UK
Ward Of Iron is a 3-piece band based in Ipswich, bringing together elements of post-punk, shoegaze & darkwave music. Dreamy guitars swirl over a backdrop of ethereal synth, gritty bass and driving drum machine rhythms to create a textured sound that feels fresh yet familiar; modern yet nostalgic. ... more
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