Carved in Bone

from Eater of Souls: Apocrypha on the Eternal Wyrm by Eater of Souls

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lyrics

I saw redemption in the eyes of the unmaker.
I read the signs imparted to me at great cost.

Omenspeaker
Bonereader

Carved in bone, I read the secrets of the universe,
What was begotten at the dawn of time’s end.

Self-deceiver
False redeemer

The law of entropy,
A victory only for the diseased.

What was bestowed upon this destitute prophet of death:
A child caught in a trap of his own making,
Morosely fixated on self-deconstruction.

The scent of sulphur lay thick in the air.
An arrogant god-head watching his skin erupt into fire.
Self-serving saviour, broken like waves on the seashore.

The knowledge of eternity,
A burden too heavy to bear.

Carved in bone, I read a projection of self-loathing.
We cannot escape ourselves.

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from Eater of Souls: Apocrypha on the Eternal Wyrm, released November 30, 2015

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Eater of Souls Utrecht, The Netherlands

Eater of Souls is a studio project
founded by Yuri T. (Wilds Forlorn, Ascese, Apotelesma) Eater of Souls paints a bleak
and unforgiving portrait of the nature of existence: all of life is a perpetual
carnival of living beings gorging on each other in order to sustain themselves,
just as the Ouroboros devours its own tail in an eternal cycle. The music is dark, suffocating, colossal and haunting ... more

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