Two Hands in Grief, by Mons Absconditus

Two Hands in Grief

by Mons Absconditus

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1.	The Alchemy of Sorrow 14:13	lyrics
Sundered from each other by contrived passages; Did we ever feel the earth As it lived beneath our stride? Bred in a herd to toil together, Yet heedless of our ties. Led to invent the routine way, Our essence, the levy. Encroaching on these sylvan sanctuaries, Realms once vibrant and various, Outcasts and escapists hidden within Twinning their voices with owls and nightingales Eyes of a thousand shapes all unseen, Sheltered from the watchful order. Watchers and orders trespass the shade Dousing out mysteries of woodland fables Evanescing into air like the morning dew Wounding foxes and stags beyond hunters’ might Once a realm of lust(er) and shelter, Our refuges wane under waxing burdens Withered, this home once lavish Bereaved of wealded hearth Shapes lost with the timber Voices fading with the wind We languish in this, our hollow home Bereaved of wealded hearth As legends lost with the domain Voices fading with the wind Wayward mysteries, voices stilled Kindred, scattered sovereigns, Set astray by the alchemy of sorrow (Wayward kings…) Evanescing into air like the morning dew Wounding foxes and stags beyond hunters’ might Once a realm of lust(er) and shelter, Our refuges wane under waxing burdens
2.	The Sorrows of Yearning 15:27	lyrics
We have yet to learn The sorrows of yearning… (Separation from necessity) Those brought together by fate’s design Desire and embrace Haven and hearth One hand scarred and hindered The other battle-cleaved and absent An intermittent apparition: “In my dreams, I have two hands...” (they said) No sword in hand, No lute will sing. Fate sundered Their essence. (to) Catalogue his loss amid all the rest; Shelter his defeat among all of ours. Those brought together by fate’s design Desire and embrace Haven and hearth These souls grasping for each other Separated by secrets, diversions We were once connected, now cleft; An amaranthine illusion Separate from those Who could know us No hand in mine, No voices singing (together) Solemn dissociation Dressed as eloquence We all sunder Our essence We have yet to learn of love The sorrows of yearning… Secrets of the heart. No sword in hand, No lute will sing. Fate sundered Our essence.

credits

released January 3, 2017

Guitars, Vocals: Jourdain Blyth
Guitars, Vocals, Fretless Bass: Sean Cordes
Drums performed by Adrian Hammerfist

Music and Lyrics by Sean Cordes & Jourdain Blyth.
(Theme 1 in The Sorrows of Yearning from Heitor Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 4)

Guitars and vocals recorded March and April, 2016, in Denver, CO. Bass recorded April 2016, in Boulder, CO. Drums recorded summer 2016, in Westminster, CO.
Mixed and Mastered by Peter Hauschulz in Höör, Sweden, Autumn 2016
Artwork by Luciana Nedelea, Dec. 2016