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Lacrimosa

by Eira

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Ian House Opeth fans will love the swings between melodic and brutal on this progressive death metal album. Favorite track: Lacrimosa.
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1.
I open my eyes once again The falling snow has returned Exhaling, cold breath in the air Winter has again befallen us The trees weep and hang their limbs Branches heavy 'neath the snow Sheets of ice cover the land The night has fallen I walk through this graveyard of trees Devoid of life There is only falling snow Decrepit faces Smiling through the frozen cracks Devoid of life When will there be more than snow Footprints in the falling snow Of those who left me long ago Where have I been after all this time A vagabond under the deliquescent moon I have seen only the fading footprints Covered by the constant falling snow Snow blinding and twisting my sight Showing me what I have lost And I saw my steadfast fading elation I have nowhere to go Slipping through the cracks All that I desire When will I return My skin is pale My eyes set on the horizon Drifting.. slowly through the snow My heart is cold Going where I do not know We have a long way to go..
2.
Oceans, blue, in your eyes Swimming with the life I so crave Her waters warm, they slowly rock And carries the vessel that is “I” I had stopped for no one There had been none to cross my path I searched the mountains; snowy and dry And yet beauty seldom caught my eye.. Three candles, they stand ablaze Resting on the table by the window I can feel a breeze upon my skin.. Will the flames flicker, or will they die Oceans, blue, within your eyes The heart of night is coming nigh Within my mind, you shall reside Will you free me from this prison of “I”
3.
Bereavement 11:02
A day in the forest The trees they hang like souls Dripping from the dead And coldness lingers on Her breath lingered in the air And then it was no more I can't see where I'm going I don't know where I came from The trees are dead Death in the soil Their roots suck the nectar Of bereavement Soothing colors fade to the night Fading, drifting nowhere in the night Midnight fading Moonlight waning now And so you left me My body was numb My soul was lost without you Waiting 'neath the frozen trees Yet fate would as it seems Weave a solemn tale When I opened my eyes Fate had left me with nothing Soothing colors fade to the night Fading, drifting nowhere in the night Midnight fading Moonlight waning now In the cold I wait for you Waiting with the trees The call of winter Fading from my grasp The air was cold and dark The night that I lost you In this night she fought A shred of doubt And in the night I thought I saw you rot But hope would find me yet A silver thread And in this night I saw My love wearing black
4.
Flicker 04:02
I've lost it all The fading sun Setting on this This eternal night.. Betrayal As if worn like a mask Her eyes were a pale shade of grey But now the colors fade away And the illusion dissolves I was swathed in despair.. Like a curtain blocking out the light I hid away My flame flickered in the night Devoid of mirth I stand here in my loneliness In the night the trees lay still And nothing changes I long for you.. ..for your caress I long for the warmth of your breath on my neck
5.
Vagabond 07:17
The mist comes down Its presence is like death Dripping from my soul The tears of a world unknown The days are numbered A single shard of what once was Stained with the blood of another Hollow eyes stare from a distance Whispering voices I hear them speaking [of me] Let them speak They shall receive nothing Looking through my soul The image of my torment Reflecting on myself The loss of my elation I know this is useless They know nothing of me Their thoughts are like plagues in the air I am a cancer, a courier of death I'll never understand who I am And where I am going A reflection in the water A ripple is all I am
6.
7.
As I walk through these autumn days I feel the bite of winter on its way These days all seem to fade away.. Vanishing into the darkness from which they came I know this time the poison is seeping I know its coursing through my cold dark veins There is a darkness that is closing in There is an answer that I am waiting for Only death awaits.. Its open arms are all I seek Let death surround me Eternal sleep sounds so.. There is a reason I do not grieve When you are not the one that I bereave I feel like nothing ever changes There is only an endless night And in the morning there will be no sunrise I know I will soon take everything There is a reason I do not dream When life is the nightmare unseen Only death awaits.. Its open arms are all I seek Let death surround me Eternal sleep sounds so.. Quickly losing my sense of self In a time where silent ghosts wept Clinging to my hopeless plight I'm losing control The coldness in my heart has not yet withered And darkness came Fleeting emotions and lasting conflictions Of my dampened soul Only death awaits Its open arms are all I seek Let death surround me Eternal sleep sounds so sweet
8.
When love fades Was it truly ever there? Withered like my soul that day When all color seemed to fade away Crestfallen, standing in my loneliness When will the echo fade.. Pale eyes I wander without a soul Standing in your ashes Oceans blue no more Never saw the morning rise You were nothing but lies A cunning disguise I saw nothing in your eyes As sorrow escaped from my lips Her silent ghost did vanish And I saw only her fading footprints In the falling snow Another night has befallen us You lay awake in the night A voice is heard in the absence of light Persuading you to go Thrice have you left into the dark Ever wandering through the halls The curtain of night would not rise The veil of darkness unbound This is the reason I turned my eye You never saw the morning rise The night was all you ever knew And death was the voice that was calling for you
9.
Lacrimosa 10:44
A cold wind blows at night Silence covers what used to be elation Peering into absent light Where love once was Roses withered in the cold Endless moonlit nights Winter of the soul Winter of fleeing affection I lay here with my thoughts My kingdom of despair Broken stone and eroded faces Faces of affection lost Summer came and left Bringing autumn in its wake The autumn of falling leaves And color that embraced me But coldness did collapse me Swathed in fading hues And vibrant color fled Exiled from the blue Cold in my heart Gazing on the memory of my fractured soul Cold in my arms You're lifeless, yet going home Black is the setting sun I've taken everything that you've ever loved Black is the soul This is your lacrimosa

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Lacrimosa is a concept album about a vagabond and a lost love through death.

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released June 30, 2014

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Gerwitz at Vagabond Studios between the months of January and June 2014.
Additional leads and solos by Kevin Gramza (Bereavement, Vagabond, In The Absence Of Light) and Jim Gerwitz (Where Silent Ghosts Wept)
Artwork by Autumn McGee
Logo by Jim Gerwitz

Eira is:
Tom Gerwitz - Guitars/Vocals
Derek Schultz - Bass

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