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Bereft

by Hands Of Despair

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1.
Reborn 10:12
Awakening from my slumber, Limbs laced by the price of my salvation, Darkness fills the air, On this cold autumnal morning, Will I forgive, Will I linger on, My future is uncertain, My past obstructs me, Will I find them, Iron shadows of the dark, To end it here, Where it all began. I feel them everywhere around me, Red iris staining my path. Their hands are choking my throat, Trying to kill the remnants of my humanity. Will I forgive, Will I linger on, My future is uncertain, My past obstructs me, Will I find them, Iron shadows of the dark, To end it here, Where it all began, I hear the sound of the waves collapsing against the cliffs, Reminder that the light beacon draws near. Crows are drawing circles in the cold skies, Omen of what has to come, I hear the sound of the ocean, Coming from what is now a memory left behind I left everything behind... Omen of what has to come. And then far, really far away, I saw her hair, dark strands flowing at the window. Even by the distance I could smell her poison, I could remember what she had done,to me, to them... I hear the sound of their madness, Echoes from beyond the ocean, I can feel their grief, Their deception, their pain. I cannot make it this time, I have to leave and come back, Sometime when the moon grows dark anew I will come back and find you. I wish I could have stayed there, By the fires, by the graves, I wish I could forgive, But somewhere in the fog of my migrains, I know I will never do. I couldn't make it this time, I had to leave and come back, This time as the moon Is dark anew I will come back and find you,
2.
Bereft 08:02
Partit, Libéré doucement d’un avenir chancelant. Flétrit, Érodé par le temps, Emporté subitement. En cet automne fatal L’horloge s’est arête, Le fil fut coupé. La Mort s’est invitée, Du tranchant de sa lame Récolte cette vieille âme. D’innombrables vies Éradiquées, toutes, d’un seul geste, Réincarnation de la peste. Fléau sans merci, L’inévitable pour tous ceux qui portent ce chancre, si nombreux. Pourtant si fier, si sage, si vivant, Le parasite s’incruste sournoisement. Pourtant si fort, si droit, si endurant, À l’intérieur, la corruption s’étend. Déchire les liens, Détruit sans lendemain. Affligés, sombrants dans le deuil. Déchire les liens, Détruit sans lendemain.
3.
Sleeper 09:07
Vivid memories, carving into your soul, Etched upon the being, perennial. Twisted destinies, apart we shall grow, Forgotten, deceit, misery, cast down, forlorn. Obscured memories, faint marks onto your soul, Searching for the means, return, rejoin. In sleep lies the key, when the door is shown, Cross the gate, relive, ephemeral. Chronos turns the sands, Held on to the past. Chronos churns the sands, Onward and on, no use in turning back. Never turning back. No more looking back. To dwell in the past is to live in vain. Fondness for the years, sad, those who remain. Move forward and let go of the pain. For to live in the mind yields no true gain. Hazy memories, cast out of your soul, Etched upon the being, perpetual.
4.
Veil 04:14
Somewhere beyond a snowy mountain range Stood a tree rooted In regrets, Reaching the sky. Piercing our hearts, Burning our flesh, It led us to our demise, None could escape its veil, deathly white. Feeding on the souls of the dead, It was our greatest fear, A mark left by insanity, A symptom of our misery, Piercing our hearts, Burning our flesh, It led us to our demise, None could escape its veil, deathly white.
5.
Remnants 07:01
A vale of green with buds of white A place of succor from the strife Where flows a river, stream of life To feed the flora It covers the ground with drops of silver A misty morning cloak The grasses grow tall and taller The birches and oaks A vale of green on mountainside Mountains of frost towering high Where glows the sun, the silver shines A swarm of rays A young soldier lies here No helmet covers his head His mouth is slightly opened Upon the fresh cress he bathes He slumbers, pale, under the sky Laid on the grass where rains the light He slumbers, pale, under the sky Smiling as would smile a sickly child He slumbers far too deep For countless hours, asleep His flesh is cold as the evening Please, Nature, warmly cradle him The scent of Nectar in the air Does not his nostrils stir He’s sleeping underneath the sun His fingers sprawled across his chest He’s sleeping underneath the sun His hand upon his breast Tranquil It’s pouring out It gushes out Two red holes Perforate his side Crimson holes Letting run his life It’s pouring out Splashing ‘pon the leaves of grass It gushes out Return to the soil Blood red soil Blood red
6.
Étoc 09:47
Ce goût vicié d'un indomptable, D'un impalpable enflammement, Cette tentation, elle te frappera comme les autres Ne fuit pas ce ciel obscur, affronte Peu importe la sombreur des âmes Dresse toi tel l'aube De tes bottes, tu as usé bien des routes, Ta volonté inénarrable en a surpri plus d'un La leur gisant déjà bien oubliée Dans ce vide qui les tourmente Mais, comme eux, tu ne pourras résister l'atteinte de l’inassouvissable clepsydre elle prend, elle gruge, elle coupe, elle détruit, elle ne t'oublie jamais et ce même si elle te pousse dans ces dédales noircies De l'oblitération mentale et mémorielle elle prend, elle gruge, elle coupe, elle détruit, elle ne t'oublie jamais Tel la chaîne reliant l'ancre Sache rester fort, fier, debout! Affronte les Tempêtes, Affronte les flots Qui reviendront incessamment N'erre pas trop loin de ta condition N'erre plus, la presse saura te faucher Sache rester droit. Sache redevenir toi Sache te tenir droit
7.
Void 15:05
Beyond the sight of human eye Beyond the sight of seers Beyond the bounds of space and time Towards nothingness we steer Through the light of myriad suns Wreathed all in flames Spewing tongues of scorching amber A final expiring flare Astray, yet conscious of our destination To err through nothing To wander the emptiness To seek the end The vortex that lies in wait Ignition of doomsday Explosion at the core Conflagration consuming matter Drawing in stars and their cosmic lore Sucked in throughout the cosmos Succumb to the pressure Rent and torn in the vortex, swirling Scream as your soul is swallowed Singularity in the dark A whirlpool of planets stars and all Singularity in the dark A whirlpool of planets stars and all Ignition of doomsday Explosion at the core Conflagration consuming matter Drawing in stars and their cosmic lore Sucked in throughout the cosmos Succumb to the pressure Rent and torn in the vortex, swirling Scream as your soul is swallowed into the void Down the hole in the stars All that was learned All that was known Existence turned to oblivion Funneled in Vertigo Drawing in The eye, it grows The eye of the storm The pitch black hole Many light years wide Feasting on the celestial Reaping, reaching mass, critical No mere stars, but galaxies eaten whole Wrecking, breathing failure, life support Cracking, hull is shattered, live no more The core of the maelstrom The fathomless hole Many lives it wipes Devouring the celestial Reaping, reaching mass, critical No mere stars, but galaxies eaten whole Wrecking, breathing failure, life support Cracking, I shall live nevermore Astray Yet destination reached Err to nothingness Sought the end

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released February 9, 2016

Band Members
Maxime Côté – Guitars
Jeff Mott – Vocals
Étienne Gallo – Drums
François-Xavier Jodoin – Bass
Alexandre Primeau – Guitars

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Hands Of Despair Montréal, Québec

Hands of despair is a progressive black/death metal from Montreal, Canada. We play long, dark songs.

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