Our Epitaph Shall Be Carved in Stone

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

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Our Epitaph Shall be Carved in Stone

One day all those you have known will die
No eye will ever linger on your grave
Ruins left to decay
And a name cast to the oblivion

The leaders you’ve followed will be grain
And the flag you have served defamed
Yet the fields of your youth are sick
Burnt and barren

An Epitaph to the slaves
Shall be carved in stone
To mark our deeds with words
And tears of those we love

Will make saltier the sea
And those days of grief
When joy and sadness will
Haunt the same memory

But you didn’t dare to wear a different uniform
Or sew your own one
From rags of sorrow and patches of failures
Nights in the rain and journeys

“These are the woes of slaves
They glare from the abyss
They cry from unknown graves
These are the bones of slaves
They gleam from the abyss
They cry from yawning waves”*

An epitaph to the slaves shall be carved in stone

After the last stone will be set on my grave
Raise a glass and call my name
Yet I hear you celebrating
Soon you’ll follow and I’ll be waiting

An Epitaph to the braves
From Avernus shall be heard
To prove that we were slaves
But our hands were not bloody

*Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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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