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Songs of Autumn and Winter

by Knight of Swords

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Mousechrist Classic darkwave and deathrock collide with industrial and dark ambient influences in what really doesn't sound like anything else - this is decadent-rock.
Knight of Swords is listless, austere, effortlessly original, and at times infectiously catchy.
Recommended highly for fans of Joy Division, The Cure, and Sisters of Mercy. Favorite track: Made Banal.
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I came here as a stranger, a stranger I depart Maytide favored me, with many a bouquet of flowers Now the world is full of gloom, the road shrouded in snow The wind plays with the weathervane, the wind plays with the heart I thought in my delusion that the fugitive it mocked Why should I stay here any longer, to be driven away? Let stray dogs howl in front of their master's house I was meant to wander, I was made that way And so as I depart here, to you I say good night To you I say good night I cannot choose the time and place where my journey begins I must find my own way through this lonesome darkness With the shadow of the moon, my only companion I won't disturb your dreaming as I steal away I merely write in passing, on your gate "good night" Why should I stay here any longer, to be driven away? Let stray dogs howl in front of their master's house I was meant to wander, I was made that way And so as I depart here, to you I say good night To you I say good night I came here as a stranger, a stranger I depart You won't hear my leaving, not even a step So softly the door closes, with nothing left behind And on the white fields, I seek the deer tracks To you I say good night Why should I stay here any longer, to be driven away? Let stray dogs howl in front of their master's house I was meant to wander, I was made that way And so as I depart here, to you I say good night To you I say good night
2.
Deep in the forgotten forest A sorcerer resides, unknown to all Her labyrinthine house accepts few visitors But once as I was wand'ring, it took me in Roaming through corridor after corridor Lost in those mysterious halls Surrounded ever by the scent of decay; Suffocated by those decadent Gothic interiors The stairs and hallways seem to be shifting That door wasn't there before If only I had the wisdom of Ariadne A rope to remember where I'd been Roaming through corridor after corridor Lost in those mysterious halls Surrounded ever by the scent of decay; Suffocated by those decadent Gothic interiors Surrounded, ever, by my reflections in the hall of mirrors Exhaustion and confusion aren't too far behind Soon I find a four-poster bed Into its loving, soft grasp I fall Never to awake again Roaming through corridor after corridor Lost in those mysterious halls Surrounded ever by the scent of decay; Suffocated by those decadent Gothic interiors Lost in those mysterious halls Never to return Lost in those mysterious halls Never to return
3.
One never appreciates loneliness Until one has lost what they had So I say, upon the loss of an old friend I don't miss them but I miss what I had with them I know all things must pass I know hope only brings pain I know this was the best we could do But will you forgive me for Mourning the loss of a connection But hating the fake friend And I can't find happiness With just a bowl of cheese Epicurus himself knew that Friends are a necessity Yes I know it was a terrible thing we had But is it more terrible than loneliness? I need to find something else To fill up this gap in my being I need to find someone else To fill up this gap in my being For until I do, I will only think Of what could have been A fatal illusion-- They'd never treat me any better No matter how much I'd like to think We could've had something great But how do I make new friends? How do I make a connection? For without that knowledge I am lost in a sea of nothingness
4.
Made Banal 04:15
Everything has been made banal; Constant awareness of the worst Even atrocities garner nothing but apathy No passion for life, no path for living But just continuing what we've done Apathy itself is the mother of distress It does not free but only confines For it provides nothing to explore And nothing is more destructive than stagnation [Repeat x3]
5.
There is perhaps nothing more terrifying Than to find oneself at the mouth of a chasm Bottomless and dark, an abyss And when you turn back you find that Night has hardened around you like a wall There's no place to go but forward Plunging into the netherworldly depths There's no difference between the abyss outside And the nothingness within, you realize There is no way to define yourself Without reference to something Other And so, when you are denied a positive identity Embrace nothingness, embrace the void Embrace the annihiliation of identity
6.
For people like me there's no future What we need is constantly dangled Just outside our grasp Like the punishment of Tantalus or Sisyphus And so to live, we put on a mask It fits too tight and pains us to wear But it keeps us safe and lets us live It distracts us from the truth that there's no future No future for people like us
7.
The Wind 03:52
The trees are bare Frost on the ground Leaves scattered like memories Of friends now left Like a silent graveyard I shiver as the wind provides The last noise of the evening tide At night Everything is cold No fire left inside my chest I fear I too must die, become a ghost The wind blows back with a hateful smile
8.
To live, I need you I feed off your energy Your love and compassion So selfishly I take it No matter how I try There's no way to repay you For providing for me all these years A monster am I A monster am I I'm nothing but a leech Please don't leave Please don't throw me out I'll fade into a ghost I'll fade into a ghost The world is cold and the world is cruel Never sure if I'll survive Never sure when I'll die
9.
Community 09:38
The crunch of dead leaves, stamped underfoot The trees around me, all quite bare As we are plunged deep into the night of the year I pay respects to the remains of friendships Mourning the missed potential Those ideal forms, so tarnished now An angel of grief upon the headstone Around the graveyard, so grey and cold The constant rain from the heavens The wind of Boreas, swift and steady Cypress and ash everywhere I look And about the graveyard there was a rose bush All its flowers were the deepest black But despite all my searching There was not a blue flower to be found As I look behind me, I see a crow following Waiting for my body to be mere flesh My last faithful ally till the end of days Stay with me, carrion-bird--it won't be long now Frost on the ground, ice inside my heart A lonesome lane surrounded by cypress Fog obscures what lies ahead But there's no way to go back There's no way, no way to turn back now I return to my dwellings I lock myself inside my closet Waiting as the clock across the hall Rings out the hours until my time has come The door to my room is open still And yet, I know of its futility For the only visitor I will ever have Is the crow upon my window-sill

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released October 31, 2016

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Gothic music project of a woman and her synths

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