On Stony Ground

from Alkahest by Phlebas

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Bright lights standing on the river
Reflecting branches without trees
Icy glass and towering concrete
Petrifaction spreads like a disease

Feeding on the blood of the pelican city
Every profit brings a new cost
White knuckles clutching the cutting edge
Who can say just how much they've lost?

Hollow men, carrion crows
Stone bodies with withered wings
The trees have long since rotted
Among the towers of the vampire kings

Desperate arithmetic
Scratching the ground for scattered seed
No roots will push through stony pavement
Nothing lives to satisfy our greed

Can we find a place where the ground is soft beneath us
Where rivers shine with sunlight
And trees hold up the skies?
For even in the garden there are dark and hungry creatures
Hunting in the moonlight
With bloodthirst in their eyes

We can never free ourselves from the threat of teeth and talons
Never leave the cycle of death begetting death
Caught between the stone and tree we strive to keep the balance
And so it shall continue as long as man draws breath

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from Alkahest, released October 2, 2017
Guest vocals on by Phoebe Lothian
Flute on by Amy Simpson

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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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