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An Offering

by Deterior

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1.
Deserters 06:03
another day in a dark hole. another day on fire, in piss and filth. another day under a gray sky. another day like all the rest. light the fires, stoke the embers. this engine will take us to new worlds. light the fires, stoke the embers. this engine will take us out. another day in the dregs of all. another day on fire, in piss and filth. this night will bring new terrors again. cling to your weakening past, wish it away. tomorrow they'll tear you apart. tomorrow they'll destroy you from the inside. tonight we'll look back as gods atop our trail and wonder how it took so long.
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Blueshift 06:29
I bend my light towards your prism. six majestic suns: the grimace of Helios. curving back to a ray of brilliant white, eyes cast down: the grin of Sol. this world was meant to last, reborn through the fountain. as the cyclone destroys all, redshift swings to blue. trace your fingers through the scars of past lives, when we ran from our own ghosts, until, exhausted, we lay down and died. bring the blue shift...
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what do you know of the last dawn, when we left our final selves? what can you show of the last dawn, when we said final farewells? throwing out from me, all dissolves. a cycle ended, now you are gone. drag me in, healing again.
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comfort me in your black robe. cherish me in your eternal night. nurse me in the primordial. drown me in endless suns. crying out for penance, the altars fall from an endless pillage. O celestial mother, shield us from the endless war. you and I become one.
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through endless nights of fitful dreams, I await the coming break of day, a chance to reconcile. through endless lengths of dying lights, I await the coming break of day, a chance to disappear. compass calibrated: always inward. one course determined: sails set for the void. disengage!
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An Offering 07:12
old worlds behind, we forge to Sol. light's sweet embrace calls out my name. old worlds behind, we forge to Sol. light's sweet embrace begs me to come. suit now long gone, the wait over, naked, eyes wide, reaching out... lifted by gale, the wait over, doors thrown open, reaching out... this fusion holds the essence of every man. now we are one with life and light.

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released August 7, 2020

Andrew Arnold (music + lyrics, bass guitar, guitar, vocals, drums & programming, soundscapes, mixing, mastering, artwork & layout)

Additional samples: batuhansezer, googlekatclaire, jesabat, kb7clx, markgia, molkko, nathan45100, osfx, robinhood76, tec-studio, tkzic, tylerwardfilms, panta-rei

Recorded 18 February–30 June 2020, Columbus, Ohio

Special thanks: Graham Arnold, J. D. Wozniak

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Deterior is a sludge metal / post-rock / black metal project formed in Ohio around 2004.

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