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Major Matt Mason and Oliver Baer - Darkness Is​.​.​.

from Gathering Souls by A Conclave of Baer

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lyrics

Darkness, warmth, nourishment and a dark rhythmic pound
These are factors upon which our lives are found
But in the twinkling of an eye, they are taken
By a sharp slap to the back introducing emotions which leave us shaken
For this is how it begins
waking in the night with fearful shadows and creepy feelings
from our ankles to our shins
with a darkness mantra in our heads:
Darkness is
As darkness was
And ever more shall be

During adolescence the environment,
outside and inside,
domestic and foreign,
mixes and feeds our fears.
Our hopes and dreams form out of reaction to
the pain and suffering we are subjected to
by loved ones and strangers.
We make love in the dark, and the light,
moving to a rhythm centuries old
Strange but this is not love, this is sex
Why then is it called love?
Why is it used by us to manipulate our egos over someone else?
And at the same time, be the most powerful positive emotion?
There is a rustling in the air tonight
for the trees chant to Mother Earth
through a dying ozone layer
Darkness is
As darkness was
And evermore shall be

If we look for the warmth of love,
we are lost in the darkness of loneliness and insecurity
It is amazing what we do for love
The abuse we withstand and many times we forsake
the tangible nourishment for the intangible
There are also those times when our love is given
greater than it is received
These are also the times when the pounding begins
A pulsing sensation,
a throbbing painful feeling,
a loud humming,
singsonging
Darkness is
As darkness was
and evermore shall be

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from Gathering Souls, released May 21, 2013

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