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The Oldest Gods

by GRAVES FOR GODS

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Firetop Mountain Where the earth meets sky, drinking deep, hear her sigh Trembling, dawn ascends, mystic crown, reigning down Summoning the seed of life, Anu, divine rule In cosmic dreams of primal sleep, Firetop Mountain breathes “Dark winds born, the earth is torn” from the sky… “The Kingdom of Gods arise In the garden of Paradise, the gods will play today…” Blood and clay, blood and clay Blood and clay, a God has died today Mankind (is) unborn “Dark winds born, the earth is torn” When the earth feeds the night, drinking deep, hear her sigh Whispering, the graveyard breathes, this legacy of demise Delivering, death supreme, Skyfather, immortal dream In cosmic dreams of primal sleep, Firetop Mountain Bleeds….
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Embalmed Embrace Dance, the last dance, limbs entwined, death divine Chorus “All that you wish for all that you dream Your God is dead and so are we” They once, marched in chains, but now parade, procession day Hand, hand in hand, golden flowers in their hair “And so, they descend, into the tomb Into the tomb, to the darkness below…” Slip into the mist… Drink the poison deep, the sweetest kiss that leads to abyss Sleep, the dreamless sleep, shadows keep, life retreats Chorus “All that you wished for all that you dreamed Your Gods are dead and so are we” Greet the fading day, as all light now slips away Drift through earths recess, murky depths, fathomless “And so, in the vast nothingness, in the dreary, cavernous realm of Kur They clung to each other for in death they did not part…” Down, darkness takes, Dismal shapes, shadow wraiths Each path they take the same miserable fate (through 7 gates) Dust, each meal partake, forever dwell, with Ereshkigal! Forever…
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The Oldest Gods “Beyond the subterranean seas, beyond the arcane green, Far from the oceans azure gaze, forgotten, Where the earth was as cold as the stars above, Beyond the 7 Gates and man’s feeble gait The Mother of all gods sleeps, abandoned by the world…” Cosmic wisdom betrayed, Desecration steals their names… Enkil, Enlil, Ninhursag, Nanna, Utu, Inanna! Sumer’s lost, the seasons change, Twilight leaves the ember age Empires demise, fallen… Like a grief-stricken bride, alone, they cry Tears fell from the sky (That night) Forgotten children… of the Skyfather Cursed, despise, a memory malign Banished by man… Heart-broken plight “Once burning in the hearts of men, the embers fade away Now carried on the winds, the gods of yesterday Once sailing on gentle streams, they sunk in violent seas In a world that waded deep to drown the past beneath…” Temples scorched, their Palaces burn Spurned Faith, faith destroyed, God-Kings Butchered, servants slain Bleeding… departing on the crimson sea Kings of many kingdoms wait with Queens on wisdom’s shore In silence watching over them all… In darkness wait for dawn…
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Wake 09:17
Wake “Yeah, alright, come on, it’s time... Celebrate, at the graves for gods wake at the graves for gods” Twisted roots oaken arms embrace All that was, reclaimed “Come on, it’s time... Celebrate, at the graves for gods wake at the graves for gods” Seed springs forth reborn, rejoice Rejoice when death is called This tapestry of bones, grows! This tapestry of bones... “Consume their hearts Consume their minds Body of soil” Eater of life Unchain the soul When the bell tolls…

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Released by Sleeping Church Records sleepingchurchrds.com

Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege, Portland (CARDINAL WYRM, HOODED MENACE, MONOLORD, AGALLOCH)

Your path into the beyond. Through ruins of ancient ceremony. Hymns echoed off stone, beneath grey skies. Monuments to those once worshipped. Now lost like tears to the rain. Their stories revived on a platform of the Peaceville 3 and all things DOOM. This is GRAVES FOR GODS..........

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released January 21, 2022

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GRAVES FOR GODS Adelaide, Australia

EPIC DOOM DEATH. REMINISCENT OF THE PEACEVILLE THREE, WITH NODS TO FUNERAL AND STONER DOOM.
HAILING FROM ADELAIDE, SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA.
MUSIC FOR MEDITATION OR VIOLENCE.
EMAIL - thelink666@hotmail.com or sorrowsuntold@gmail.com

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