Robust torrents in the distance
with a constant violence against rock walls
the ambient feeling of calm permeates all of me
I breathe within the cascade as it removes me from myself
yet, its stillness is upended by a single leaf’s descent
slicing my eye-line and waking my dread
The trees mostly barren now
relinquish the sun and lingering familial grief
The earth smothered with foliage
petty thoughts sinking just as deep
for what could have tarnished such lineage?
I turn away from the deluge and follow the pathway home
alone…
sudden twinge of darksome thought about my brother
for which my condoling spirit capitulates
but must reform to overpower myself again
and the trees, as naked as they are
betray the whispering winds
as I’m swathed by a funnel of foliage
I’ve turned from the path
to cliff’s edge
to restful freedom
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NONE a opéré un virage dans Where Life Should Be et ça se confirme davantage dans Damp Chill of Life. Le temps des métaphores est révolu : l'humidité froide, c'est celle des larmes qui coulent sur le visage à cause de la dépression. Tout pleure dans cet album : les guitares typées DSBM grésillent, les solos ("The Damp Chill of Life", "It's Painless To Let Go") sont liquides et coulent, les voix prennent à la gorge ; même le piano, étranglé par les sanglots ("Cease"), est aphone. Insoutenable... Jordan Vauvert