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Echoes of Yore

by Lord of Shadows

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1.
"And there hath come the time to tell the tale of long forsaken shadows...oh, a shudder came o'er me, beloveth...a symphony of grieving echoes...and through your tears, I saw the age of men, fallen in the slumbers' chalice...there's nothing left but dimness, burning candles..." We used to write our poetry at dawn And thou art dead, my dear siren, I felt your whispers guide the waves, As if our vows were now forgotten We were but the innocence of silence, Thus, I renew the oath I once took at your knees, A kiss to surrender, my crown for your hand A song to remember that all things will end...
2.
I have lived a thousand lives I have died a thousand times Each body, eternal recurrence Encompassing resurrection of dead aeons I’ve cried an ocean of words For the world that will never change I was the darkness that brought you flowers The bleeding metaphor for a deadly eye I've crossed aeons of flesh to find you Storm is your touch, death brings your voice Feeding the lips of dying hallows For the path you walk, I'll offer myself Your world, designed in deaf groans Wicked trace of silence under my heel You're nothing but worms scorning the mud Your souls are rotting, for your pity christ For the path I walk, my art it's a temple No heavens will wish for my soul Nor gods will write upon my oath As for the path I walk, I am the essence I've crossed aeons of flesh to find you Storm is your touch, death brings your voice Feeding the lips of dying hallows For the path you walk, I'll offer myself Tonight, the skies are burning in between my ribs Smoky shadows of amorphous fires When silence is lost in crimson red In the eyes of darkness Tonight I'll die again for your sins I will dance the mournful waltz As for the path I walk, no heavens As for the path I walk, no gods... I've crossed aeons of flesh to find you Storm is your touch, death brings your voice Feeding the lips of dying hallows For the path you walk, I'll offer myself
3.
Sum presentialiter Absens in remota… [I am with you, even tho I am far away] Moonlight sonata, beyond the graves Sailing through the valley of my death Tears drenched in the misery of life And I wish I could've followed thy steps… My kiss sweeps the ashes of your eyes As the blade is taking my last breath When demons are stealing my remains Will I burn along with my repentance? Remember your homeland when light is gone While I'll wait for the day we'll love again Will you mourn my soul before the gods Will you pay the rower for one last tide? But I see your lips closed in ruefulness As we take the oath of darken crown Forever lost, ablaze in hatred, For I've sinned in the eyes of the goddess Now a price shall be paid for another day I curse the hand that took you away Shards of love of the wandering path Last of my kind, am I first to be gone? And I see your arms closed in despair As we swear the oath of darken crown Forever lost, ablaze in hatred For I've sinned in the eyes of the goddess What price shall be paid for another day To curse the hand that took you away
4.
When a woman weeps, while the heaven's bleeding She’s setting traps, with her sorrow's tear Dismal way to heavens, if she will surrender When the Reaper's dreaming of my slumber sins While the sinner’s reaping echoes of your dreams When the man will kiss the soles of her feet She'll give to Charon the sign of his creed A kiss to honour that she's worth of sinning When the Reaper's leaving the world in abyss While the lover’s pleading for a world of dreams Love's conquering death, let me yield to love Let me sink in passion, when nothing remains As today I'm ready, to embrace the faith Of my lover’s shadow, of my dreaming lover Lurking in the twilight, she was but an echo Crawling out her madness, above of distress One last drop of umbrage, feeding thorns of bliss Falling through the waves Praying to myself Falling through the aeons Yet there’s nothing left Love's conquering death, let me yield to love Let me sink in passion, when nothing remains As today I'm ready, to embrace the faith Of my lover’s shadow, of my dreaming lover She was but an echo, I was but her voice Mortals due to nature, none of us regret All the longing moments, flesh leaving our bones Life is but an instant, yet we yield to love…
5.
Twilight under mountains, waves of eerie ardour, We shall reap the flowers...dear, seal your tears A song to remember that I've bled through chaos, Lord of pure catharsis, brought upon a shield Moonlight of tomorrow… Memories of rain… As the starlight fades, we fell out of favour, Cursed to die like them, trapped by human nature, Who are we, my dear, What are we, for them...? Timeless voice of sorrow, guide my final words, Life is but the patience, sung by choirs of ravens, We're the weeping angels, guarding our heaven, Paragons of virtue, cursed to never surrender Nothing but the skyline Where the eagles reign As the starlight fades, we fell out of favour, Cursed to die like them, trapped by human nature, Death has left me hollow, a withered field of echoes, Past became the future, waves of cosmic dust Who are we, my dear, what are we, for them...? Where've you been, my dear, who are we today...? Her lips, crimson flowers tainted with blood Her eyes, a poet's tears of bleeding skies My death, shall bring you silence We are the twin-flame lovers, trapped within the hour, Waiting for the gallows, sworn to die with honour, We are the crimson spirits...fear the wrath of passion! Hourglass of horrors, bring upon us justice!
6.
What if she lost her life, willfully The moment you ceased to dream A siren's tale of sleeping streams What if the ocean felt forgotten... Her story, drawn upon lonely shorelines A thousand waves written by quills Where have you been? What have you seen? Her ghostly eyes shut quiet, still... She's searching yet, the mournful shore, No nightingales to yearn your chaos, No stones to read your fallen name Written in water And you’ve given up her ghost once more We're born to feed the hourglass' chalice, A brief moment of forbidden passion, The silence thought to be forsaken, When madness guards the ocean's door You sway adrift My thoughts your anchor, And death through love has yet to happen Your eyes, my heart, shall bleed the canvas, When our tears will be forgotten My kiss will never reach your lips, I never thought we’d die surrounded, By ghastly shapes of withered dreams, The Lord of Shadows fell asleep. This is the song they'll chant to others You've given up my ghost, once more… You've given up your ghost, for more…
7.
"And there hath come the time to tell the tale of long forsaken shadows...oh, a shudder came o'er me, beloveth...a symphony of grieving echoes...and through your tears, I saw the age of men, fallen in the slumbers' chalice...there's nothing left but dimness, burning candles..."

about

'Echoes of Yore' is the full-length debut album by Lord of Shadows.

Featuring guest music & vocals from members of My Dying Bride, ex-Draconian, Sojourner, Remina & Light Field Reverie.

Eternal gratefulness to our colleagues and special guests, who made this possible, as well as to our fans for their continuous support.

credits

released September 1, 2023

Concept & lyrics written by Shadows Valentine.

All songs written & recorded by Mike Lamb (Sojourner / Remina / Light Field Reverie).

Guest clean vocals on tracks 2-6 by Heike Langhans (ex-Draconian / Remina / Light Field Reverie / :LOR3L3I:).

Guest clean & growl vocals on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 by Aaron Stainthorpe (My Dying Bride).

Guest growl vocals on track 3 by Emilio Crespo (Sojourner).

Drums tracked by Jakob Olsen in Umeå, Sweden.

Produced, mixed & mastered by Mike Lamb
at Ghost Bird Studios in Dunedin, New Zealand & Düren, Germany.

Ghost Bird Studios contact:
ghostbirdstudios@gmail.com

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