In Memorian: Firestream

I learned today (by trying to access the site) that Firestream has been taken down. I'll miss it.

#174: Adept Arcana - Sympathy

Adept Arcana

Sympathy

Genre: Blackened Death Metal/Technical Death Metal

The fire that leaves no scars sears my flesh
It fills me with fear and wonder

An heir to the secret power
An heir to the flame
I am adept in the ancient
Well versed in the arcane

The blood of the chosen flows within me
It fills me with strength and passion

As fire, through my veins
The knowledge I've acquired
It burns and consumes me
And reveals what eyes can't see

As a furnace fueled with flame
The power that I've acquired
It permeates and animates me
And raises me to transcendency

#173: A Band of Hunters Stalk in Edo - A Thousand Times Repent

A Band of Hunters Stalk in Edo

A Thousand Times Repent

Genre: Deathcore

Hired guns will honor nothing
They're opportunists at their best, they're opportunists at their least
A death dealer peddling, a peddler dealing in death
Trafficking spirits and phantoms, vendor to devils and demons
They'll keep to shadows, the cowards
Forward, forward give them nothing
Forward, onward make them regret
Tonight, I'm hunting the hunter with the hunted, the haunted with his prey.
They will suffer us, for we will fix our hearts
Goodbye planet earth, farewell planet earth.

#172: Thus it Begins - On Solid Ground

Thus it Begins

On Solid Ground

Genre: Deathcore

The faithless will soon see their end
For soon is the time when the goats will be set apart from the sheep

And so it begins, a time to see your true colors
Will you stand up for what you believe, or will you back down like you always have?
So much has been offered to you to keep you alive
His body was broken as a sacrifice
His blood shed for your soul
Hands pierced for hands to praise
He did not die in vain, he died for the sake of us

Its time to repay what has been given
Fulfill the prophecy of who we are meant to be
Created in His image
We were meant to live for so much more than this

Turn from your wicked ways, and never look back

We've tried so hard to carry on
But every time were pushed back down
We cant hold on to things of the past
So were rising up and taking back

Our faith will not be shaken

We will not listen to your lies
We will stand firm
Our hope will not be shattered
And your evil words will fade

#171: When Waters Run Deep - Impending Doom

When Waters Run Deep

Impending Doom

Genre: Deathcore

Note: I figured I could post this in addition to another song today, since the track is just one minute long and four lines of lyrics.

When waters run deep,
we will stand like mountains.
I am for peace, but when I speak,
it is for war.

#170: Complete Relinquish Utter Abandon - A Thousand Times Repent

Complete Relinquish Utter Abandon

A Thousand Times Repent

Genre: Vocals w/ Piano

So here I am broken open.
Emptied of myself, of my regrets.
You said you'd soon return, so I'll light a fire, guard the flame and let it burn
So here I am broken open, yours alone.
Await the day for you to come to go back home.
So please don't you tarry long, in your presence is where I want to belong
So please don't you tarry long, here I am letting go, yours alone
So here I am broken open. Yours alone, yours alone Lord.
This is me, broken open, yours alone Lord. Yours alone.

#169: The Beginning (Nervosa) - Showbread

The Beginning

Showbread

Genre: "Raw Rock"

I used to dream that I could fly,
just above the whispered clouds, beneath the somber sky.
I had a dream I was alive,
I dreamt that love would never die. (goodbye)
Dreams were cheap and hope was easy...(so light),
the forgeries of life deceiving...(so bright),
and as I glided to the ground...(so long),
calcified, the concrete weighed me down... (cruel world).

Your wings are holding up the sky,
dear God, I had a dreamt that I could fly.

Alkaline the burning frost, has blistered deep beneath my bones,
And winter spat its hatred, cold and coiled, black and deep,
as it called me ever further, where evil burns and never sleeps.
I once had prayers that found no words, fragile things I’ve never spoken,
through my lips passed eulogies for all the oaths that I have broken.
And still the ghost of hope was haunting, through the dark to save the living,
and still beneath it all I dreamed that God could be forgiving.

Your wings are holding up the sky,
dear God, I had a dream that I could fly.

When I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.

I am the worst of all things here,
my crooked, black, and lying heart still spits its bitter fear.
And each and every sparrow,
You see them flutter to the ground before they die,
So please God don’t forget me.

See from His head, His hands, His feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down! Did e’er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
To Christ, who won for sinners grace By bitter grief and anguish sore, Be praise from all the ransomed race Forever and forevermore!

#168 - The Vulture (Nervosa) - Showbread

The Vulture

Showbread

Genre: "Raw Rock"

Note: I'm sorry for the irregular updates lately, but if I miss an update it doesn't indicate that the blog has become inactive. I'm unlikely to cease posting any time soon.

My lips are parting like sweet sorrow
I taste it
I hear the whimpering, the silence then the sigh
The little ugly voice is stifled underneath my body
I feel it kicking in my stomach while it dies

Ask me how dying feels so good

Do you ever wish you’d never been born? Ask me
Do you ever wish you’d never been born? That’s me.

The resonance becomes a fist and numbs my face my teeth my backbone
I’m learning that it gets easy to shut it out
And soon the life comes leaking out it throws in death and dies alone
Tastes like copper losing taste smeared on my mouth
So speak to me my little child
You dying baby
Stooped in ink, fromaldhyde the bubbles pop
Why can’t you grow? I want to know
Am I so far gone? Just writhing in the dirt
I’m lost and going on