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Rites of Rumination

from Where the Grass Withers by Path of Desolation

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Rites of rumination, echoes of prayers spoken in feverish contrition
Means of self-destruction, poison and filth will be the Word, scratching the scabs of adoration
What difference does it make if the bullet is the guide?
Let the shepherd slaughter our ways
What difference will it make if all reason fails our time, as long faith and truth prevails?
Let them wear their pride as a crown

Rock to clay, the titan fails, the giant falls
Asleep, ashamed, blind to all but to his past

Build your halls, impress your enemies, repress the meek
Raise a monument of shame, raise a monument of grandeur
Build another wall, make it high, lock yourselves out
Our time is passed, yours will be too

Rock to clay, the jotun dies, the golem stumbles
Afraid, numb, deaf to all but to his sins

Acts of condemnation, a thousand years’ worth of lies
Erase, replace for another thousand years
Deeds of desperation, when history repeats itself
All our books reduced to one word

Pray, another dawn is coming, invite another god to rule in the temple
Prey, another dusk nears, another pointless victory, until time makes it even

What difference does it make if the weapon is the lie?
If your blades speak a truth of their own?
What difference does it make if humanity is a vision of the past?
What difference does it make?

Rock to clay, the titan fails, the giant falls
Asleep, ashamed, blind to all but to his past
Ash to flames, the phoenix rises
Turn of the tide, again, again

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from Where the Grass Withers, released November 1, 2016

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Path of Desolation Lausanne, Switzerland

Long is the path to desolation and enlightnement. And lo! How much distance was covered by Swiss metallers PATH OF DESOLATION since their 2014 EP. Sharp riffs, melancholic melodies
and powerful vocals are the trademark behind these
gems of melodic death metal, evoking at times Dark Tranquility, In Flames or Insomnium. ... more

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