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Memories of a False Home
07:03
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Music: Iacovella, Peterson, Longerbeam
Lyrics: Iacovella, Longerbeam
A new land in bloom
Comforts me, and brings me solace
Yet, I recall my old tomb
Plague the mind, disrupt ebb and flow
The distance I’ve traveled across sacred ground
I take it all in to savor the moment
Look to the moon to bask in her sight
Upon this new land in bloom
I see through nature’s eyes
Memories of a false home
I see through nature’s eye
The past pierces through me
The strength to forge on is imbued
But, what is to unfold?
Forging on the path of rebirth
My ancestries are condemned
This new home speaks wonders
A new life is to begin
A new land in bloom
Flora vast, pine, it’s green hues
Essence of life looms
Forging on ahead
Will unfold all
I’ve rid my mind of the past I have left
Yet, the curse has claimed my spirit
Look to the moon for her guidance
Enter this new land in bloom
I see through nature’s eyes
Memories of a false home
I see through nature’s eye
The past pierces through me
I must wash away this filth
To gather water from the stream
Means to deal with all the silt
Why does it hurt… guilt
(Solo: Iacovella)
Decrepit vines wrap around
Poisoned with essence of memory
Flows in me like a disease
Waiting to be cleansed
Forging onwards
Forgetting the past
Requires the strength
Of all the forest, and the sprites within
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2. |
Adorned with Mud
04:12
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Music: Iacovella
Lyrics: Iacovella
In the great vast lands there lays
A forest in which I
Gather the essential materials
To perform this ritual
Soaking up the trodden soil
Into the cracks of my skin
I sit cross legged
And imagine that nature is my kin
Proclaiming: “Ignorance is grim…”
Mud adhering: “To the cells within…”
Adorned with mud
Blind to negative, piercing thoughts
Seeping through the surface
Eloquently speaking to me
In the great vast lands there lays
A forest in which I
Meditate, adorned, sacred
Ritual of epochs
Soaking up the trodden soil
Into the cracks of my skin
I sit cross legged
And imagine that nature is my kin
“And we are all your kin…
The mud helps you to see…”
(Solo: Iacovella)
Adorned with mud
Blind to negative, piercing thoughts
Seeping through the surface
Eloquently speaking to me
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3. |
Woodborn
08:50
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Music: Longerbeam, Peterson, Iacovella
Lyrics: Longerbeam
In seclusion I relax
Upon this sacred land
The disease persists, I seek the forgiveness
Burdened by demand
Surrounded by the ambiance
The ember beckons the flame
Recollect the life that has past
Absorb the warmth in shame
(Solo: Iacovella)
During the midst of my state of serenity
I came to the realize that I was no longer alone
Tearing myself from the calm and collective
Thrusting myself into the unknown
Their attack was swift, their fatal intent
The solace I left to be thrust into this
My sins have been unforgiven, my fate hangs in the void
Life is so precious
Precious few moments
Moments are passing by
They take me to elders
Creatures of vast lands
In which I reside
So many questions
Was there a chance
Was my effort all for naught?
Trespasser, filth, a leech of the land
The present the accusations
Regicide
My demise
The land laments
My imminent death
I long for the peace
Regicide
My demise
The land laments
My imminent death
I long for the peace
Regicide
My demise
They proclaim
I am Woodborn
During the midst of my state of serenity
I came to the realize that I was no longer alone
Tearing myself from the calm and collective
Thrusting myself into the unknown
Their attack was swift, their fatal intent
The solace I left to be thrust into this
My sins have been unforgiven, my fate hangs in the void
Listen to myself
Hysterical
I am lost
(Solo: Iacovella)
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4. |
The Council of Elders
06:14
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Music: Iacovella, Peterson
Lyrics: Longerbeam
My blasphemous existence has caused
A ripple of woe in their eyes
The Council of Elders they forge my fate
A visceral punishment to annihilate
My presence, in their minds a blight
Feebly I beg for my life
And so it seems
My time has come
In due time
The sentence given
Wondering if this is the end
The creatures speak of a prophecy
My humanity is a sin
A disease to be cleansed
I plead
Begging
One chance
Spare me
This uncertainty burrows through my mind
The gripping of my consciousness beckoning the strife
I present this weakness to my captors
Writhing in the mud that once gave me life
Scrambling to put the pieces back together
Was there a light to guide me on my way
They release me into the labyrinth
Bleeding from my eyes into the abyss I fall
(Solo: Iacovella)
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5. |
Ordealis I: Condemned
05:19
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Music: Iacovella, Peterson, Longerbeam
Lyrics: Longerbeam, Peterson
A judgement has passed
Beckoning my descent into this hell
Body contorts, broken bones
Plagued nature encumbers my skin
Such a crippling exclusion
The light from above fades and I stand
Forces of magic neutralized
Unable to phase through these walls to escape
Twists and turns
Barely illuminated
Show corpses sprawled on the floor
Mentally ravaged
The negative regains control
Injured and limping through this maze
Anxiety swallows me whole
Fear intoxicating
From this wrongful dream I bear
Shadows all around me
Claustrophobically caged
Abject to injustice
Something lurks from behind
As I reminisce
I gaze into the unknown
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Ordealis II: Benevolence
03:55
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Music: Longerbeam
Lyrics: Longerbeam
It’s wishful thinking
Taking back the life that once was mine
The angelic voice of benevolence
Echoes through my mind
Granting my release
The somber tune
Of another loss
Pessimistic ideals
Won’t grant me freedom
From this grand ordeal
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7. |
Aura of Ash
08:14
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Music: Iacovella
Lyrics: Iacovella
“Do you see the light in me? The spirits have guided I.”
“We can see your grief, in this cold mourning”
“Do you remember your past?
Euphoric bursts stricken by sullen pulses
In spite of this, and as a whole
You are meant to be something”
“Travel across this forest, through magnificence
You must call upon us if you need a defense
We are here for you, to make a clean slate
To the sea you go, onwards towards the lake”
Treading the path to enlightenment
To seek all the answers as to why there is torment
Across vast worlds I will go
I lay my memories down in a row
Through the blissful forest
The various shades of all, and my past has come and gone
I was told, it was foretold
To hold on to vitality
Having reached the monolithic gateway
Sentinels guard, their voices boom:
“Who dares enter the grotto?
Only those chosen may pass.”
The lake lies past these behemoths…
An aura of ash surrounds me
(Solo: Iacovella)
(Solo: Geldschläger)
Treading the path to enlightenment
To seek all the answers as to why there is torment
Across vast worlds I will go
I lay my memories down, in a row
And now said journey comes to an end
Just in time for another to begin
I just wish that I was able to mend
Circumstances that led to society’s sin
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Proliferation Atlanta, Georgia
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Proliferation is an ever evolving expression of stories, emotions, and progressive death metal.
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