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.​.​.​And By Dawn We Will Have Seen What Becomes of Peace

from Morbid by Northrose

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A hollow grave -- undisturbed
Beyond salvation

Peace is a lie, I had come to find
The sun will see me -- one last time -- for the end is nigh

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This here hovel -- of dirt -- is a tomb
Shared with worms, greeted by maggots,
Squirming faces, slowly feeding on me

The creatures of night, solemn critters and fiends, know something is not right
They lurk, they question the darkness
They scurry away from fear of it all

Yes it has begun, the last slumber
This earthen filth covers me, head to toe,
And smothers the light of the stars

I was of flesh, I was of bone -- a vessel of ancient blood
A meter deep, unceremoniously,
I am void, for good

For good...

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Death is sweeping in
From far beyond

Slowly breaking
This soul's fragile veil

Death is settling
Upon this copse

Finally reaping
An essence of old


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The dawn is coming
The dawn is coming
The dawn is coming
The dawn is here

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...And I am complete...

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What have we left,
As daylight dawns?
Take a stroll with me
Let's have a look around

The horizon's orange glow bathes
The dead woods in light
A soft breeze is blowing
As if concealing some blight

As we plunge deeper, fauna hurry away
Watching darkly from afar
All the while, flora droops somberly
Should we be alarmed?

Now approaches the center of these woods
An aura hangs bleak overhead
A story will be found in this very earth
What have we left?

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Here, under heaps of grime and guilt
Lies something more than dead, something unfulfilled
I see a wilted figure, foul and gone
But no spirit to be seen; has it been killed, too?

No! Now I see -- this has to be said:
This body was destined to be left for dead
For the spirit was depraved, in need of new life,
And now it has found it, elsewhere, in the end

Oh this, I know
Those old, old throes
Are now no more

It was a soul, letting go
Of these woods of woe
Now finally home

Peace! At last!

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from Morbid, released September 10, 2016

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Northrose California

Northrose strives to design a somber fantasy through its music, working to immerse the listener in far more than a mere song.

Formed in California by the end of 2012, Northrose has remained the solo project of multi-instrumentalist, Euphantius. ... more

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