Freedom - so seldom achieved
But we managed to build our safeplace,
Our haven where each dog day
made the pieces fall in place
Where forever seemed like yesterday
and our souls were set ablaze
Sensing our vast fault, we were left appaled
With nothing to boast of but dead memories
Shredding our past trust, we were split apart
With nothing to say but goodbye
These scratchings on our walls will remain
And if anyone would see them, they would know
That we lived the lives of spiders
Cobbling webs to fill the gaps
Say goodbye
You made me happy
credits
from Still Waters Run Deep,
released October 29, 2013
Music written & performed by Totem Skin
Lyrics by Henrik Dahlqvist
Mixed, mastered & engineered by Lewis Johns
Assistant Engineered by Tony James
Recorded at the Ranch Production House
supported by 75 fans who also own “Seasons Don't Fear The Reaper, We Can Be Like They Are”
Swirling guitars, furious drums, vocals that at the same time howl from infinite distance and are right up in your head; everything put into dissonant form with the help of unconventional songwriting. This album is my personal key to the icelanding black metal madness that I've ignored for way too long! Lukas Kaufmann
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supported by 63 fans who also own “Seasons Don't Fear The Reaper, We Can Be Like They Are”
Hearing the songs while reading the narrative behind the lyrics, I felt overwhelmed by this tragic story in which humans and artificial intelligence couldn't coexist side by side. Their reciprocal annihilation was inevitable. Except one "sole survivor, in a ship filled with memories. She had become the proof of Earth, proof that life had existed there, a voice for all the species and beauty we once knew". A dystopian concept dressed up in brilliant musicianship! @Slevin, thanks, I owe it to you! Umbra Cornuta