A Darkened Wasteland

by Epidermal Veil

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lyrics

As the scrapers fall, a new dawn arises,
Land of the flayed, the world bled dry
I’ve lost my
Faith

That illuminating feeling of hope
Has been ripped apart
narrow minded view of
superior being is lost
All my life gone down the drain
Guess my purpose, skinned and slain
Facing this great dilemma
Am I a man or caged beast?

Blades, Wires, illuminating ectoplasma
Tingling at the joints.
Surgicals incision deepen
Purple veins exposed
Skin peeled resting at the shoulder
Feel the muscles tightening
In the fresh breeze of air

I have to get out of here
Running
Fresh wound
No Arm
Nothing to turn back to
Still the lingering feeling of hope
They cant have gotten them all
Where has everybody gone?
I see only pyres of death

Alone I walk searching this darkened wasteland
All I hear are screams echoing in the fog
When I approach nothing remains
The smell is sickening, where have all the women gone?

Infants crying as the blade slices at their fresh flesh
Left to hang screaming calling for survivors
Mothers leaving bound and gagged
Beamed to the craft above
There-is-no-one-left-to-comfort-the-wailing-infants

The horrors that I’ve witnessed have not made me a better man
My human flaw, my instinct is to run away

I am beaten, there will be no escape
I’ve become human livestock
Castrated, blades strike my flesh
Skin stretched until it gives away
Was this god's plan all along?
Am I butt another piece

Endlessly bleeding, shaking
Shock is setting in
Women lead away
Men and children
Sent to early graves
Screaming in agony
Waiting to be slain
At the pyre I spend my last days
Where do these creatures get their hate?

Don’t save me, I'm already dead.

credits

released October 15, 2023
Sigurjón Óli. Guitar & Bass
Ingólfur Ólafsson. Vocal
Stefán Friðriksson. Drums

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Epidermal Veil Reykjavík, Iceland

Embodied in 2021, Epidermal Veil was made with the clear goal to write technical and catchy death metal, and to elevate the sound of Icelandic technical death metal.