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Artaosis Pt I: The Black Bird

from Willows by As Oceans

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Artaosis Part I: The Black Bird
Lyrics by: Logan Lawson and Kate Smith

{Beloved Maiden:}

Countless moons have come and gone
Since you left the shores in the distance
With the apathy of war tainting your soul.

Since you've left I've been watching the oceans veins pulse,
Standing on forsaken stone pleading the sky for return,
But the clouds never give mercy, only rain.

One day brought a Raven
Talons clutching a page
Your lies signed in ink, the scrawling betrays.

No noble fight you’ve fought for freedom
No noble search you’ve taken for peace.
But innocent blood and a traitor’s nest.
You left here to war, to starve the monster
But you fed yourself to her instead.

I felt my blood turn to water,
Poisoned by your treason.
The raven whispers, soothing, pleading
“Fly with me - follow the fog,”
Then turns to black mist and disappears into the wood.

Into the wilderness, I follow the trace of the black bird’s ghost.
Sorrow turns to hate.
I follow the face of revenge.
The purity of the blackness
breathes into me the life you stole.
The purity of blackness…
The life you stole..

For darkness knows my worth.
Rage will never lie.
I run deeper into the forest
Burning the thought of forgiveness with the bloodiest light.

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from Willows, released March 3, 2015

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As Oceans Boone, North Carolina

The North Carolina metal group As Oceans has been described as crushing and furious with a unique take on heavy music. Earth-moving guitar riffs paired with vicious vocals and pounding drums, As Oceans grabs you by the throat and doesn’t let go. As Oceans’ music hauntingly fits with what is alluded through their name; a force of vast power and infinite mystery. ... more

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