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The Church on the Island

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lyrics

The roots of faith corrode
In the church on the island
The heart of God’s betrothed
Is blackened from within

The reach of Heaven’s light
Scrapes against locked doors
Where Christ himself is knocking
Yet none will let him in

The preacher counts
His words with loathing
As a debtor
Pays his due

With each verse
In the sermon
A year’s wage on
The heart

Another day relents
And solitude is calling
The preacher’s feet take him
Down the mountainside

Across the shore he sees
A man dressed for mourning
Yet he smiles wide
As if dawn is trapped within

He stands alone
On shores of time
Each grain of sand
Another lie

“This flock of fools
Will stand behind
Any sorry creature
With cross in hand!”

In hand!

The Mourner beckons hither
To swear an oath sublime
“Your life thus far is but deceit
So join me, Lord of Flies!”

The Preacher weeps
His tortured mind
Ne’er envisioned
Damnation’s chime

And yet he reaches
For Satan’s hand
So that he may
Receive The Brand

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from The Church on the Island, released August 6, 2018

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Cemetery Lights Rhode Island

Occult black metal from Rhode Island.

A hearkening back to traditional blackness and death.

Necromantical delirium rooted in the sounds first pioneered by early European ancestors, unearthed to once again wreak havoc on the present! ... more

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