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First single from the upcoming album AN ESCAPE FOR THE GUILTY.
Withering Beauty is the first song I wrote for Ad Nihilum. It has the doom/black and very melodic atmosphere that characterizes the album AN ESCAPE FOR THE GUILTY. As the whole album, the song handles the worry about the decaying beauty of nature caused by humans, exploiting it while ignoring it. It also emphasize on the contemplation of the Beauty left in this world, wishing for a world without human's mark on it.
"May the bird's voices echo again in the valley of a world devoid of us."
lyrics
Lyrics
Listen to the songs of the birds.
Behold the art made by the clouds dancing in the sky.
Feel the caress of the wind.
Let yourself be carried by the beauty of the untouched world.
Majestic and beautiful is the Earth
Yet her wrath towers upon our greed
That led us to take for granted
More than what we even needed.
So much has been destroyed, yet we are so new
Children already too old to retrieve what we’ve lost
Do you remember the colours of the autumn leaves?
The smell of the grass in the morning rain?
How small do we feel in the shadows of the mountains?
How powerless we stand next to the sea...
Relentless noises to mute the bird’s voices
We yell our songs
In a deafening disharmony.
Squares have replaced the beauty of chaos.
Lines have covered wavy paths.
Nature is no longer part of our life,
We’re no longer part of nature.
It has become a foreigner to us.
We set a border between us and the world.
Majestic and beautiful is the Earth
Yet her wrath towers upon our greed
So much has been destroyed, yet we are so new
Children already too old to retrieve what we’ve lost
May the beauty of chaos find back its place upon its throne
May the birds sing again
May their voices echo in a world devoid of us
credits
released November 15, 2023
David Mottier : composition, instrumentation, lyrics
Rayan Tengblad : vocals
Keys and orchestration arrangement by Brian Bendahan
Mix and master by Yoann "MAY" Sound
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