Chapters in Solitude

from Despair the Withered Shadows by Dreichmere

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What is dead illuminates
and births a bowl of ashen gems.
Dreaming… the soul rises
in wisps of smoke.

A faraway voice cried,
I am lost without you.
An echo was all I had,
a memory of trees and clear water.
I am lost without you.

There I lay in a shroud of mist,
a forgotten elder in solitude:
hid from the sun by the shadows of shrines,
breathing the scents of sepulchral blooms.

They feed on long-buried flesh,
and I feel I am one of them.
Silent, rotting.

There in the water… I saw the moon…
her outline was black.
Under her gaze, resplendent-
I watched as god fell.
His flesh became leaves of seasons long-gone.
I rejoiced as I peered
into the ash of divinity…

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from Despair the Withered Shadows, released January 30, 2015

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Dreichmere Grand Rapids, Michigan

Dreichmere melds textures of dissonance and melody to craft long-form melancholic tracks that are both atmospheric and progressive. Hailing from Grand Rapids, MI, Dreichmere was originally formed under the name Dräugr in 2012.

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