Soothsayer

 

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Recorded by: Cradle

DEFINITELY OUR DARKEST SONG, AS WE WENT ON AN INTERNAL JOURNEY IN THE LYRICS…..EXAMINING HEAVEN AND HELL, INNER CONFLICT, THE FIGHT OF GOOD AND EVIL WITHIN, RELIGION…..BASICALLY THE “SOOTHSAYER” AS THAT INNER MORAL CODE THAT WE FIND WITHIN OURSELVES, AND THE CONFLICTS THAT CAN OCCUR ON OUR INTERNAL JOURNEY TO FIND OURSELVES, AND NOT HIDE FROM OUR INHERENT NATURE, RATHER TO UNDERSTAND IT. TO MAKE THE POINT MUSICALLY, THE TRACK FEATURES HEAVENLY WEAVING VOCALS, JUXTAPOSITIONED AGAINST HARSH, DEEP, DRIVING MUSIC, TRYING TO FIND A MIDDLE GROUND….THE DICOTOMY OF HUMAN EMOTIONS PLAYED OUT MUSICALLY, AS IT ENDS IN A CRASHING CONCLUSION.

Lyrics

WHAT’S THIS BLOOD BETWEEN MY EYES
SOOTHSAYER DESTROY THESE LIES
WHENCE AND WHEREFORE ARE THOU COME
DO THY DEED SIR AND THEN BEGONE
BEGONE , BEGONE, BEGONE, BEGONE, BEGONE

SOOTHSAYER COME LIE INSIDE WITHIN ME
TELL ME ALL, ALL I DARE TO SHOW THEE
RIP MY INSIDES OUT AND UNDER
LET ME BE, LET ME BE, LET ME BE, LET ME BE

TEAR MY BREAST
I’LL BE A PAWN WITHIN THEE
TELL ME ALL, ALL I DARE TO SHOW THEE,
RIP MY INSIDES OUT AND UNDER,
BEGONE, BEGONE, BEGONE, BEGONE, BEGONE