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Dalla Nebbia - The Cusp of the Void
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The Cusp of the Void

(2013)
TypeAlbum (Studio full-length)
GenresProgressive Black Metal
LabelsRazed Soul Productions
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3. Thanatopsis (7:16)
When last I sit upon this dull chair
I watch the movement of the celestial eternity
And provoke my final thoughts upon the darkened night
With chilled breath, the spirit burns my throat, my heart, my thought
The wind is longer at my back
The fog is my bereaving shroud
When thoughts of the last bitter hour come like a blight
Over thy spirit, and sad images of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall
And breathless darkness make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart
Go forth, under the open sky
Listen to Nature’s teachings
From Earth and her waters, and the depths of air comes a still voice
Wait a few days, and the all-beholding sun shall see no more
Within the cold ground, where thy pale form was laid
Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist thy image
Requiring breath, you soak in what still remains, knowing that at the cusp of the void
There is still a sense of longing, a tired hope, a need for a beyond
Play that against the knowing that eternity is an illusion
Being is like that of oak, strength, weakened, wrought with decay
Height, shortened, truncated by time, beauty withered, years bring dust
But still I stand, and nature shan’t claim a price until reckoning
Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim thy growth, to be resolved to earth again
And, lost each human trace, surrendering up
Thine individual being, shalt thou go to mix forever with the elements
When thy remains rest buried or your countenance and body are ash
With chilled breath, the spirit burns my throat, my heart, my thoughts
The only trace is memory and even that fades
Even that dies
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Dalla Nebbia - The Cusp of the Void
The Cusp of the Void - Album Credits
Members
  • Yixja : Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals (backing)
  • Zduhać : Vocals
  • Tiphareth : Bass
  • Alkurion : Drums
  • Guest/Session
  • Fábio Caldo : Upright Bass (track 5)
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