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North Brother Island

from Alkahest by Phlebas

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I hold on my breast the weak and the infected
I hold in my bottomless stomach the bones of the dead
My friends are the damaged, the dying and the disconnected
The tales of their betrayal and burial are left unread

Cast out from society, the jetsam from its ship of fools
Afflicted and marked with the red badge of despair
Their bodies abandoned, dissected with useless tools
Unseen and unwanted, their sick flesh beyond all repair

No man's island, forgotten, unmarked graves
Names and lives dissolve beneath the waves

Blackened and drowned, my kin are washed up on the shore
Their would-be salvation dragging them down to the deep
Their faces are lost to the tide and the mud evermore
Their bodies are secrets that I alone must keep

I have heard the sorrow of the symptomless carrier
The messenger who cannot read the word that she brings
I can see the world beyond the watery barrier
I can hear the beating of grey retreating wings

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from Alkahest, released October 2, 2017

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Phlebas London, UK

Phlebas is the solo project of London-based musician and producer Nick Siepmann. A synthesis of melodic death metal and influences from the folk and classical worlds, this project is an ongoing journey of musical and lyrical discovery.

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