Air of Abrasion, by Shroud Of Despondency

Air of Abrasion

by Shroud Of Despondency

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Cd release of Air of Abrasion. Contains all five tracks and 12 panel foldable layout. Each song has its own painting by Maryanne Brown as well as lyrics handwritten by Rory Heikkila.

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1.	A Boy Called Erosion 07:00	lyrics	buy track
Everything I do kills what I love Limbs feel great, then fake, then they decay Weather away like rocks in a wall Hands feel great, then fake, then blow away Cannot dissuade the dry season’s call To leave me in drought I breathe in the water and spit out the dust I’ve choked on less than numbness before Took the stars from my night with the dirt of earth’s crust The same wind made me forever sore And as dry as the well and the wall that I love I breathe in the water and spit out the dust I’ve choked on less than numbness before Took the stars from my night with the dirt of earth’s crust The same wind made me forever sore And as dry as the well and the wall that I love No discrimination from the seasons of erosion I continue to build on what needs to fall I have little to say, persevere nature this way I am designed to one day feel small My self pity preserves nature My esteem preserves nature My anguish preserves nature Everything I do kills what I love My sickness Loftiness Erosion Everything I do kills what I love I drop when I can grab I drop when I can grab I drop when I can grab I drop when I can grab
2.	From the Stomach 06:17	lyrics	buy track
I’ve reached the time when decadence Is not easy, but in order Arrived at the moment to ebb Languishing in my disorder I can’t find the strength to face it Have to trust that I can take it We bend our knee to dissolution I exist as an extension Lower our eyes to avert pain Each a rock that leaves one mountain Falling victim to inertia Broken or stalled out conclusions I can’t find the strength to face it Have to trust that I can take it It moves overhead Forgetting I was just in its belly From below the rot smells divine I’d rather be dead Than be back in that belly So I forget that the rot was once mine The rot was once mine The rot was once mine I feel better than decay Better than digestion Better than all the puke that someday will be Was I born this way? Should I ask that question when the bile will not allow me to see? I’ve reached the time when decadence Is not easy, but in order Arrived at the moment to ebb Languishing in my disorder I can’t find the strength to face it Have to trust that I can take it We bend our knee to dissolution I exist as an extension Lower our eyes to avert pain Each a rock that leaves one mountain Falling victim to inertia Broken or stalled out conclusions I can’t find the strength to face it Have to trust that I can take it I can’t find the strength to face it Have to trust that I can take it Been in the shit Now my mind is shit Came out as shit that believes Defined by the shit Better because of it Can’t smell myself when I breathe
3.	The Machine That Grinds on is the Machine That Needs Blood 09:04	lyrics	buy track
Coldness then numbness Numbness then coldness Nothing then feeling Feeling then nothing Can’t take the heat, I take the ice With my ailment have to make nice And take the pain Take the needle, take the false strength Keep the tyrant cold at arm’s length Forget my gains Forget everything I could ever do Machines can’t make me whole Machines cut away my days Machines aren’t there to console My nerves as they rot away Rot away! The minds I trust with my body Survive on pain and my money To them I give all that I have The machine grinds on anyway Even if I succumb to the fray They get theirs and I am rid of Hands fall off in all my dreams Hands fall off yet still grab me Hands fall off in all my dreams Hands fall off and I still breathe Machines aren’t there to console My nerves as they rot away Rot away! The minds I trust with my body Survive on pain and my money To them I give all that I have The machine grinds on anyway Even if I succumb to the fray They get theirs and I am rid of Hands fall off in all my dreams Hands fall off yet still grab me Hands fall off in all my dreams Hands fall off and I still breathe Coldness then numbness Numbness then coldness Nothing then feeling Feeling then nothing Can’t take the heat, I take the ice With my ailment have to make nice And take the pain Take the needle, take the false strength Keep the tyrant cold at arm’s length Forget my gains Forget everything I could ever do
4.	Water in the Cemetery 06:40	lyrics	buy track
Water Keep the dead alive Buy the living more time with them And help all the plants to grow So life atop rot is not all they know Keep the dead alive The fresh and aged alike condemn Unkept or painful appearances Where life atop rot demands adherences Baptize rot with us Celebrate all the beauty with us Help form new flesh from dust Keep hope to survive They’d hate to see you rot with them Everything must look the part Life atop rot can ruin the best of hearts Keep the dead alive The fresh and aged alike condemn Unkept or painful appearances Where life atop rot demands adherences Baptize rot with us Celebrate all the beauty with us Help form new flesh from dust Baptize rot with us Celebrate all the beauty with us Help form new flesh from dust Keep the dead alive Keep the dead alive Keep the dead alive Water in the cemetery
5.	Entropy Divine 14:46	lyrics	buy track
Frozen joy ends up burning Charring progress then scattering with the wind All that effort, all that yearning For nothing but flickers of light in the dim Nostalgia is regret I remember the time my nerves weren’t fried and all the ways I tried to survive Sickness, sweet sickness, kept me alive While another ate my insides Sickness, sweet sickness, kept me alive While another ate my insides I’m beginning to feel things decay A sixth sense developed over time Can’t remember faces, I never see names A reflection losing its shine Coupled with a brain that thinks the wrong way A body in pain cannot pine Suffering with no worry or say Entropy divine I’ve started going numb in new ways I’ve started making up for lost time When youthful vigor led me to think I’d survive And walk away unscathed Don’t need hands if you have the right face Don’t need guts if you’re used to your back Coupled with a brain that thinks the wrong way A body in pain cannot pine Suffering with no worry or say Entropy divine I’ve started going numb in new ways I’ve started making up for lost time When youthful vigor led me to think I’d survive And walk away unscathed Don’t need hands if you have the right face Don’t need guts if you’re used to your back I’m ugly I’m malformed I’ll need strength To hold myself up without hands Without nerves, without spine Without grip, without mine Without light, without shine Entropy is divine Entropy is divine A temple of chaos Disorder supreme It knows that it’ll never Be allowed to be free This body, these nerves This shrine atop decay Born crumbling, falling, trembling Rubbing itself slowly against itself Wearing away the pain kept at bay By youthful forms and self ignorance How long can I last beside this shrine? How long is my prime? How long til the terminal tingle? How long til my hands become one claw That can’t scratch but myself in lieu of anyone else? How long will it take to scratch myself raw? To forgive myself my wrongs? Passion is deception Nostalgia is regret Nostalgia is regret I remember the time I thought I could heal I remember the time I worked to conceal my weakness I remember the time I thought I could heal I remember the time I worked to conceal my weakness

about

Air of Abrasion was written and tracked in late 2020 before Rory Heikkila underwent surgeries for carpal and cubital tunnel surgeries in both arms. The lyrics reflect the anxiety and tension that were manifesting throughout his every day life and dreams. It is the first Shroud of Despondency full length with a lineup and cd release since 2014.

The drums were tracked in November 2021 and the album was mixed throughout early 2022.

credits

released August 21, 2022

Rory Heikkila-Guitar, Bass(4 and 5), Clean Vox, Synth/Keys, Vox(3)
Ron Blemberg-Vocals(1, 2, and 5)
Kyle Heikkila- Bass(1,2,3)
Dan Klein-Drums

All music and lyrics by Rory Heikkila 2021
Mixed and mastered at Iron Hand studios by Dan Klein 2022
Lyric paintings by Maryanne Brown
Cover and hand drawing by Ron Blemberg
Bear and moose image by Mike Morris

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Shroud of Despondency was formed by Rory Heikkila in the late 1990's.

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