led under becoming
their shackles to drag
bled wrists in the rain
narrow paths close
drawn to the circle
genuflection the noose
into the dark
their love to take
howling and grasping in temples of roads to the night
they begged
they touched and granted us tongues
that could speak the name
of lovers far below
that mine lips might tremble
i have seen
a realm of shadow
twisting downwards
i have felt
his touch
and taken him in
i am reduced to nothing in his gaze
i have reached where no man can touch
Featuring members of Noothgrush, Graves at Sea, and more, the Oakland metal band juxtapose cavernous doom with spaced-out shoegaze. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 21, 2024