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The Descent

by To Glimpse The Sea

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1.
The Descent 01:24
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2.
Spirit 04:49
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It takes everything Despite all we laid before your throne Terrified Into the night you left us alone Our glory came to nothing Into the gloom descending We are consumed The earth we roam Abandoned of any hope Oh how we were deceived How can we run from war To face death under the stars? These apex beings came down Our ending is their crown Hero Is there harbour far? Free us From this endless war Are you listening? Are you listening? Our reign is over Watching the fallout sway Dusk is the aura Dawn breaks without the light of day Why have you forsaken us? It takes everything Despite all we laid before your throne Terrified Into the night you left us alone Our glory came to nothing Into the gloom descending Now Forth to the abyss
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The Fall Enslaves Us All 05:56
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Watch me fall Wait for the spirit Watch for the fall Ethereal hands pushing me down to the soil Enslaving me The creature’s eyes are a prison I can feel its gaze Bringing down the weight of the world on me Harken to me I offer this blade Shatter the fettered night Wake in the fear Strike at the martyr Take what they hold most dear To this end you will give your life This judgement is yours to decide To live or to take their lives Silence portrays the holy charade So cast the veil aside And see through their eyes The end of torment is nigh You are their salvation Now bow before me Or I send your bones to the deep I can feel its gaze Bringing down the weight of the world on me Righteousness betrayed Linger in the hope that we see the day Now sever the cord The ties that bind you to this world Take hold The plight of wretched souls Send their grey heads to the grave in blood I can feel its gaze Bringing down the weight of the world on me Righteousness betrayed Linger in the hope that we see the day Voices swirling around me Flickering lights as I awake from the vision
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There's A Better Life Waiting 05:44
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Eternal Dark these only paths remain Falling from the heavens as they light the torch aflame I wander aimlessly Longing to end this misery Protest mortality Awaken to a brand new dawn There’s a better life waiting Just beyond the things we know Tonight To die I’m lost in thought Questioning everything Can I go through with this? Protest mortality Awaken to a brand new dawn There’s a better life waiting Waiting for us to let go Of all we know The golden light Found in your eyes Take my hand one last time For I won’t return the same I beg you please forgive me Please forgive me Eternal Now my only path remains Open up the heavens as I light their torch aflame Forsaking innocence I will rise To take the victory Protest mortality Awaken to a brand new dawn There’s a better life waiting Just beyond the things we all thought we know
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Aesahaettr 05:54
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Involuntary delusional thoughts Insidious, controlling No hand in my own fate I can feel the monster crawling into my subconscious I’m helpless Now the violence is taking control Cities burning, releasing their souls Now the scourge has been unleashed There’s no way to escape From my soul I stare into the void Trying to remember who I was before Blinded by the mist, I’m waiting for a sign A light that can guide me through this emptiness Can anyone hear me? Can anyone guide me to the light? Can anyone one save me from myself? Please Tell me I’m not alone Guide me to the light Bloodshed again and again Make the sacrifice Reeling as I take the knife Dispose of morality And end this pitiful species’ life Can anyone hear me? Can anyone guide me to the light? Can anyone one save me from myself? Please Tell me I’m not alone The stars begin to fade away Tell me I did what’s right Turning back the hand of time I breathe the last embers Reach for a taste of paradise Reaching for the light above See the world begin again See a love ascend, the highest call Embrace the ending promised from the fall It’s not for me to question sanity Now the illusion fades from sight There’s no one left Darkness Clutch at the graves I can’t repent I’ve become the monster Twisted Lacerate The guilt of grief inflicted consumes my life
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Mind Flayer 08:59
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Sorrow Falling like the ash of this lifeless world Silence Drowning in cacophony of their blood You knew You knew You knew You knew You saw my fate You promised me Now set me free Why? No! I am the salvation of this world Draining seas of glory Death throes freed them from the horror Below They crawl Embrace reality Eyes devoid of life close The shadow consumes me The mouth screaming for blood Dream in sequence Their voices linger Empty days spent on earth As the last of my kind My vague reflection forces me to realise The creature came from within The revelation presses on my mind To fracture Torn asunder The angels scorn my name now So drag me down Set my bones alight Burning my reticence And show me what I am Why? No! I am the salvation of this world Draining seas of glory Death throes freed them from the horror Below They crawl Embrace reality Eyes open at life’s close Oh, shadow consume me And send my grey head to the grave in blood Sorrow Rising from the ash of the world that I once knew Drowning Now I know that it was me So set me free Promise me Set me free Release me Embrace the ending Watch me fall
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The Coracle 05:41
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Awake I start to feel you, out of reach Rising from a dream as life returns to me If this is real I am screaming What was the meaning of the grief I caused? Staring at the sunset under open sky The stars appearing makes me wonder why I reach for the impossible Maybe I’m released from this cage? Maybe there’s a life beyond the waves? ‘Cause now I have escaped From the misery I felt burning up inside I longed endlessly to cut the strings and return home I was feeling so miserable Miserable Crossing over the ocean of sorrow The swells remind me how little we know Staring straight at the horizon, banishing the guilt that consumed my heart for so long As I let it all go, I reach for the sunrise Now my soul is free All I believed and all I’ve known Shatters apart, it’s all so clear As we touch the shore the emptiness fades And oh, so real The world that I longed for unfolds

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released May 6, 2022

All songs written, recorded and mixed by Matthew Beresford.
Lyrics by Matthew Beresford except tracks 5 and 7 lyrics by Matthew Beresford and Javi Perera.
Vocals written, engineered and performed by Javi Perera.
Mastered by Acle Kahney at 4D Sounds.
Artwork by Barnaby Oakley at Crossfade Productions.

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Progressive Metal from London, UK. Debut album 'The Descent' available now!

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