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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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from Songs of Autumn and Winter, released October 31, 2016

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Gothic music project of a woman and her synths

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