Removal of the Head

from Decimation and Introspection by Shroud Of Despondency

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No one was there to carry the coffin
Not a soul was left to care
An apple was picked and left to turn rotten
Full bellies had led to despair

If time were a vine we'd find it ends in the ripest of seasons
We'd pick the mush and fall to our knees

No one was there to turn them to ash
Their souls had flames of their own
There was weeping a plenty, and their teeth they did gnash
The worst was still the unknown
Instant entropy and collective collapse
Full bellies could not even moan

If time were an eye we'd see it no longer could see
We'd burn out the other and fall to our knees

The sky caught me removing the head
The body fell to the earth
Wounded angel to guide the wounded undead
Head of God warm on the hearth

Never questioned me, never believed
No challenge or purpose bestowed unto me
Many profits were sent, all were insane
Each made to react or believe

So I cut off his head and fed it to the fire
Fill my immediate air with the smoke of rational desire

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from Decimation and Introspection, released April 22, 2018

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

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