In Search of Breadth or Collapse

from Of Origin, Conflict, and Recurrence by Shroud Of Despondency

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Time burned off the face, cycled into place
Colossal arms race, Ouroborus like chase
Sides stood still wanting collapse or breadth
Men took sides wanting new heights or depths
Unconcerned with their own life or tomb
What fell from the sky fully consumed
And the bombs reigned down
And the heavens roared
And the oceans quaked
From the death knell’s chord
“Forward! No one can stop our progress”
“Forward! We want more, they will have less”
“Forward! We have reason on our side”
“Forward! Belief, not reason, can’t die”
The future-less claimed God was at their side
Those of the mountain only knew self pride
No surprise, those with God wanted blood
Those without had blood that couldn’t abide
“Forward! Make alterations in law”
“Forward! They seek to alter the law”
“Forward! No progress in moral law”
“Forward! We are chosen under law”
The future-less claimed God was at their side
Those of the mountain only knew self pride
No surprise, those with God wanted blood
Those without had blood that couldn’t abide
Rank and file
Foot war, land war, airborne disease
Mankind beguiled
Nature, belief, philosophy
Controlled, possessed, obedient, dichotomized.
Controlled, possessed, obedient, dichotomized.
Power and the rise to power told man of his greatest hour
Of fire filled skies and smoke that chokes
Of enemies born to cower
The future-less claimed God was at their side
Those of the mountain only knew self pride
No surprise, those with God wanted blood
Those without had blood that couldn’t abide

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from Of Origin, Conflict, and Recurrence, released September 4, 2016

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

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