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A Bleak Reflection (2010)

by De Profundis

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Putrescence adorning the lands The wreckage of aspiration and hope Relics of a distant past lie crushed in ruin The cold winds howl my name Through dead trees, arms outstretched Nothing here remains, but fragments Fading into obscurity All are nothing The earth shall inherit the meek I expunge that which defiles The flames that purge and purify The fires that cleanse and justify I lay waste to the wasted Boughs bent with the weight of a thousand corpses Hanging bodies grin their skeletal smile Yellow skin stretched tight over bleached bones In celebration of humanity’s fall The cloying stench of rot Permeates the autumn firmament The fetid odour of decay hangs heavily in the air And heartily do I draw breath Inhaling dissolution Drinking in the demise of humanity Scattered leaves ablaze in autumns fire I celebrate the fall of man I am the deliverer of judgement Heralding total extinction Alone I stand in triumph In exaltation Holding sway over this eminent holocaust Enraptured in blissful decrepitude
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Nocturnal Splendour (free) 08:15
The dusk sun sets in the blackening sky Sinks into the earth Extinguishing the light The moon round and full now reigns Bathes my being in hallowed shades In reverence I praise the lunar sphere Sets my soul free, I feel her so near Far below, humanity lies inert While I roam the night, ever alert Discarding mortality, I follow the queen of night Exhilarating darkness fills my sight Celestial beauty In her shadow all is real Then do we her nocturnal splendour feel Oh nocturnal splendour I revel in her chill embrace Oh nocturnal splendour My soul a gift for thee to grace And now she falls Downward arc in stead This greying eve, she’ll soon lie dead On final breath she dissipates Intruding light has sealed her fate I can’t bear witness to her demise Return to the flesh, where my crust lies Solar globe exhumed at dawn Once more at dusk the moon is born.
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Cease To Be 09:39
Submerged in this abyss Lost in the desolation Of this wretched tomb This voluptuous womb Devoid of deliverance From this grave affliction Suspended in time I await the last abide Dragged under in a sea of torment I’m drowning in blackest night My resolve dissolves As comprehension dawns Mortality is revoked I concede to dissolution At one with fate's decree Alone and at peace I cease to exist I cease to be
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Feeling nothing Pain, nor regret Sorrow, love, nor pride Just emptiness, shell of a man, nowhere to hide Open the vein, life drains away, crimson black bleeding Suffer no more, burden of life, sinking in silence Feeling nothing Thirst, nor hunger Hatred, joy, nor lust Just emptiness, shell of a man, dead inside Corruption of virtue, spoiled by the passage of time All hope lies bleeding, crushed by the living lie Mortality torn asunder, raped by the phallus of life Broken, devoid of faith, consumed by the need to escape Crimson black bleeding Silently sinking Bound in chains, with no reprieve from enslavement A joy to relinquish, the yoke of existence No grave concern, for consequence or repercussion No void left, nor grief-stricken tears shed The blade cuts so deep Beckons eternal sleep Feeling no pain Finally fading away
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Slowly consumed By the gaping maw of darkness Finally laid to rest Among root & worm for eternity Flesh drops from the bone Bone decays to dust I disappear To become, one, with the earth Crowned in earth, forever to sleep Leaving behind the weight of the world Cold is the grave, entombed in seclusion Body surrenders to majestic decay The tomb beckons, confine of shadows Swallowed by this tenebrous abyss Corrosive soil, biting and dank Devouring the forsaken
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Longing 05:50
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The Mourner 11:28
She cuts a solitary figure A single mourner Head bowed against the sun Hands clasped to her breast Her gaze so distant Her mind revisiting time passed Lost in a haze of fractured memories A single tear trails down her cheek Knowing that she will never see him again Nor feel his touch nor hear his voice again. For even now she struggles to picture him His face receding into the darkness. Convulsing in the throes of agony Wracked by endless sobbing A lost soul engulfed in misery Ripped apart by a shattered heart On her knees, crestfallen, beside the burial mound She laments the loss of two lives For she too has died this day Condemned to a life of emptiness, she has nothing left While his flesh returns to dust So too is her spirit crushed Taunted by the guilt and regret Of squandered moments and wasted time The sun kisses the earth and slowly sinks out of sight Dusk heralding the birth of another endless night Only the cloudless sky weeps tears of grief Casting its silver spheres to glisten upon the earth A simple stone monument stands in silent vigil While grave flowers bend their backs against the sky To perish and decay, never to be replaced For never shall the bereaved return, but in death

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released February 1, 2010

'A Bleak Reflection' was recorded at Unit 2 / Barking Dog Studio and mixed at Parlour Studios during June/July 2009.

Craig Land - Vocals
Roman Subbotin - Electric and Acoustic Guitars
Shoi Sen - Electric and Acoustic Guitars
Arran McSporran - Fretless and Fretted Bass
Nick Tingle - Drums

Pippa Mason - cello on 'The Ephemeral Burden' and 'The Mourner'
Shoi Sen - piano on 'The Ephemeral Burden'

All music written and arranged by De Profundis. Lyrics by Craig Land.
Engineered by Fernando Pereira Lopes.
Produced by Fernando Pereira Lopes and De Profundis.
Mastered by Tim Turan at Turan Audio, UK.
Photography and Artwork by Darryll Jones. www.digitaltree.co.uk
Logo by Christophe Szpajdel.

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To date, De Profundis have performed in over 24 countries, taking part in many international tours and major music festivals worldwide.

Their fourth album 'Kingdom of the Blind' was released in 2015 to critical acclaim and their 2014 Frequencies EP was voted ‘best self release’ of the year in the Zero Tolerance Magazine readers’ poll.
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