Coils of Night

from Beneath the Swaying Fronds of Elysian Fields by Nero or the Fall of Rome

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Coils of Night

It’s dark and you haven’t had supper yet
The shadows stretch but days get shorter
After the sunset you suffer in vain
And never ask for whom the bell tolls, it counts each of your miseries
As you face many ghosts and hear weak voices from the past
And you whisper to your faint heart the truth
Years are cruel and even harsher ones yet to come
And coils of night tighten around your throat

They say the serpent hides in flowers
It sleeps where you bend down your knees
The hunger urge pushes harder
When the night takes over this garden
As it orders, calling louder

You will gather the fruits from the trees of this garden
You will drink the water I let flow from the mountains
And will you doom your free will as your fathers before you
Cause you have put your own heart above god?

There’s no need of venom or mercy
Nor any pathetic admission of guilt
No fault or compassion, it won’t let you breathe
And the foggy morning won’t bring any comfort or relief
It will slowly crash your bones

They say the serpent rises with darkness
It crawls silent behind your shoulders
The horrid jaw hisses strident
When regret takes over your blackness
As the tide it grows, devouring all

“…Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents.”
Corinthians 10:9

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from Beneath the Swaying Fronds of Elysian Fields, released April 27, 2020

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Nero or the Fall of Rome Verona, Italy

Featuring members of Riul Doamnei, NERO OR THE FALL OF ROME is an epic/doom/black metal act with an old school attitude and influences of bands such as Darkthrone, Bathory and Candlemass. "Beneath the Swaying Fronds of Elysian Fields" marks the band's debut with 8 tracks soaked in tragic and epic atmospheres constantly moving between menacing black metal and doomish shades. ... more