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Another Kind of Midnight

by A Cloud of Ravens

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1.
Here lie those dreaded faults to behold, of true and of not embedded in our tale unbegot Stones hold their energy and some stars speak in code Forgetting that their words travel slow I feel the waning breadth of your loathe When it comes I sense the depths from which we emerge When it comes I see the shackles hang that bound for so long And when it comes, we've just begun When it comes There hang the ripened fruits of our hope run through like a host; a calloused soul that begs for the just Beholden there we'll loom and grow, unknown and untouched Unbroken still, we shelter as such I feel the waning breadth of your loathe When it comes I sense the depths from which we emerge When it comes I see the shackles hang that bound for so long And when it comes, we've just begun When it comes, When it comes In the weighted air, in the ashen flare we brace against the absolute In the weighted air, in the ashen flare we brace against the absolute I feel the waning breadth of your loathe When it comes I sense the depths from which we emerge When it comes I see the shackles hang that bound for so long And when it comes, we've just begun When it comes, When it comes
2.
Sacrosanct 03:45
And through the night And to a morning bright Rise from sleep And from the cross we keep Turns the earth Movements that break a curse Sight and sound This touch that we have found And I taste the salt upon your skin Comes the fading day Amongst the faults we've lain In your breaking dawn Falls then the tower, gone Comes the fading day Lightens a path we've traced From the breaking dawn Rings now a grateful song Sings the crow Our songs that melt the snow Cries the wolf Echoes that ring a truth Turns the earth Movements that break a curse Sight and sound This touch that we have found And I taste the salt upon your skin Of the codes we keep the spoils we reap Sacrosanct, of other worlds
3.
A crawlspace of dreams and haunts somnambulescence halts Imprints of light and dark, we walk on. walk on Faultlines that crack the heart A mimicry of life and art We meditate the state of our form and walk on When the four winds stall When the sirens call When the sky breaks open, what there may fall? Here rise a judgment song Base ruminations stalk Voices to rhyme and talk Mete out a justice broke of our rock, our hearth Fallen to knee they beg Swept of a faulty leg Jaundiced, corroded necks on a block, now chopped When the four winds stall When the sirens call When the sky breaks open, what there may fall? our insurrection song With Universal law adrift in myths of vengeance Another kind of midnight blackens our skies When the four winds stall When the sirens call When the sky breaks open, what there may fall? When the heavens ring and the celestials sing When the sky breaks open, what there may fall? our retribution song
4.
Bleak skies hanging over us now Scorched earth gathers under our feet Soft hearts clamour still to belong Our sinking ever bound to disdain Remain, resist- gasp of a caustic mist Remit, regain- to weigh release or pain Turns the sullen eye, braced of stark denial Ignore the failing breath of a world on fire Amidst a heavy wind, looms a faith beguiled Won't face the fading breath of a world on fire Our grief, losses spent to the earth an atmospheric stench of decay Rise from deceit, defined of remorse To tame this poison cost of delay Remain, resist- gasp of a caustic mist Remit, regain- to weigh release or pain Turns the sullen eye, braced of stark denial Ignore the failing breath of a world on fire Amidst a heavy wind, looms a faith beguiled Won't face the fading breath of a world on fire An errant wisp of smoke raised from an ember small Whose choice to breathe or choke- as the fires rage? Turns the sullen eye, braced of stark denial Ignore the failing breath of a world on fire Amidst a heavy wind, looms a faith beguiled Won't face the fading breath of a world on fire
5.
In the morning frost, I see the northern cross I breathe the thawing air of their pulse In surrounding mist, by other worlds we're kissed Encroaching evermore through the dark Crossed the the star-strewn bliss as I - gazed of the endless straits Vastness, eternal void of our hearts Under the Northern Cross Lights of the Northern Cross Reach for the Northern cross as it shine This the mortal coil, meant to grind an toil or meant to learn and grow and evolve Life duplicitous, polarized and missed Twist the split perspective we've known Crossed the the star-strewn bliss as I - gazed of the endless straits Vastness, eternal void of our hearts Under the Northern Cross Lights of the Northern Cross Reach for the Northern cross as it shine From the blue-ish swirl, we traverse this world Through the depths and heights have I gone with you Yours the open view- amongst the hidden few a path revealed, rejoiced and less tread upon Crossed the the star-strewn bliss as I - gazed of the endless straits Vastness, eternal void of our hearts Under the Northern Cross Lights of the Northern Cross Reach for the Northern cross as it shine
6.
Follow my aim As I fire again No fault, no blame No hearts defamed Circle the solemn grounds of our haste (Decayed) True words, true grace Beckoned to stay You hear the earthen call And feel my burning touch We heed the chill of fall Welcome the day as such Confess the hidden oaths we've pledged for so long Embrace the earnest days that follow us home Upon your waking breath Your voice that finds us blessed Something has crept inside of our hearth Ascending mist of light Captures your form just right And I am enveloped in your glow
7.
Embraced 03:55
A season only cold as the sun dictates A dawn breaks ever lit as a globe rotates The space between the surface of soil and fire Distance beyond the grace of a raging pyre Again, we scale the breadth of our truth The only wasted light is the one not seen The only squandered path is the one we flee We scale the depths and heights of a cruel embrace The only fading truth is the one not gleaned Am I waiting there, just for you? The stark reality of a stone-etched fate A movement cognizant as our will relates Existence subject to pervading fails A frail duality of joy and despair Again, we scale the walls of our truth The only wasted light is the one not seen The only squandered path is the one we flee We feel the depths and heights of a warm embrace The only fading truth is the one not gleaned Am I waiting there, just for you? We've plumbed the chasm deep traversed the frozen keep We've walked the ocean floor and begged the Gods for more We've touched the precious few And cut the deepest blue We've kissed the bleakest pale- pierced the elusive veil of our truth Who knew we'd make it through? The only wasted light is the one not seen The only squandered path is the one we flee We plumb the depths and heights of a dual embrace The only fading truth is the one not gleaned Am I waiting there, just for you?
8.
As I am the sea, and I am the night I am the soil that absorbs the light I am without I can feel the weight. I can breathe the mist As I am the ashes left of your kiss I am alone Of the oceans deep, and the waters stark I am the hungry sky that hangs dark and I have no end Waking here, drawing near I am at once with the night as I roam Falling here, drawing near I am at once with the sea and I roam As I am the lamb, and I am the sheep I am the sullen sparrow that weeps for his keep As I can walk the earth, and I can sail the sky I feel the heights and depths as she cries so hear my words Waking here, drawing near I am at once with the night as I roam Falling here, drawing near I am at once with the sea and I roam, untold (prepare for this) A ceaseless mystery yet unfolds for all Threshed of the barren hold Hopes torn asunder cold Distilled of a mastery and all we call our own Threshed of the barren hold Hopes torn asunder cold Distilled of a mastery and all we call our own Waking here, drawing near I am at once with the night as I roam Falling here, drawing near I am at once with the sea and I roam
9.
Tried to make away, tried to rise above Tried to face the day, tried to scale the walls West a bleeding dusk, east a rising sun Freed of all restraint, fight the need to run Chase the altar true, crystalline and pure Lift the altar razed, risen to endure Risk the trodden day, risk is underfoot So lay me down If I am the wrath, my vengeance pure If I am the wrath, forged to endure If I am the wrath they must run toward the sea I lay the ash of those who fail to flee
10.
You are the porcelain, you are the waking dream You've seen everything to be true Beneath the veil, your thoughts and will prevail become real under the blue This magic swells to ebb in a new abyss This magic comes to fruit with a fleeting kiss Cool whispers moving in for the kill Below the raging sky have I railed for you beacons of near and nigh may ignite the truce Shout toward the heavens high Did you hear my plea? Petition the frail moonlight and we're free again What is the secret here? Incant bereft of fear Reciting psalm amidst a pale moon Those that assail, you weave between their hale Stoneset, casting novel new rule This magic swells to ebb in a new abyss This magic comes to fruit with a fleeting kiss Cool whispers moving in for the kill Below the raging sky have I railed for you beacons of near and nigh may ignite the truce Shout toward the heavens high Did you hear my plea? Petition the frail moonlight and we're free again Petition the frail moonlight and we're free again

about

“Their sound, though inspired by bands of their youth, is not rooted stubbornly in the past – their music feels of this time, with their messages transversing the cosmos.” – Post-Punk.com

“A Cloud of Ravens impress not only for the dark poetry which forms and develops in the band’s lyrics, and expands in their alluring titles, but the duo also rivet through their gritty and immediate sonic scheme which feels pitch dark and hard as nails.” – Destroy // Exist

"This record is a perfect blend of an homage to the past, and the modern construction of the future.. a heroic journey through a desolate land." -Sounds and Shadows

“they play cold wave, they play post-punk, they are Gothics, and they set to music some of the most striking lyrics you can find out there”
– White Light // White Heat

"Without the shadow of a doubt, one of the best goth releases of 2021 so far" - Absolution NYC

"It’s one of those albums where you mentally prepare for the next track being less good than the previous epic, only to constantly have your expectations confounded as a different avenue is explored in the same depth, and pretty much every track here could be released as a single." - gothpostpunkrevival.blogspot.com

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released March 16, 2021

A Cloud of Ravens | Another Kind of Midnight

All songs by A Cloud of Ravens

Beth - bass
Matthew - vocals/guitar

Lyrics, arrangements, keys, drum sequencing, by Matthew
Recorded: winter through fall of 2020
Mixed by A Cloud of Ravens
Mastered at Subverso Labs

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