The Ascendent Grotesque

from Resplendent Grotesque (Expanded Edition) by Code

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I am bloodless and cry
My vessel breaks releasing
Ire

My shoulders raise and break
The cradle of the sky

The stars are falling
I am awake and should play
This is the end of days
The end of days
The end of days

My eyes split horizons
The elipsis my maw
This is a call to war
This is a call to war
A call to waaaaaaar

My shoulders raise and break
The cradle of the sky
The stars cascade
My hands shred moonlight

My voice the joy of the sea

Searing you all with sound
With souuuuund
I grab the earth and shake
The dead from the ground

I bask in light
And infinite vision
I am joy and destructions

Violent collision

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from Resplendent Grotesque (Expanded Edition), released June 6, 2019
Music - Aort
Words - Andrew Nicol

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Fundamentally thoughtful and intrepid CODE have been burning their own low path since the 2002 inception (London, England). Through the brittle avant-garde of Nouveau Gloaming (2005), the Spellemann-nominated Resplendent Grotesque (2009), the mad theatre of Augur Nox (2013) and the bleak, anaesthetic wash of MUT (2015) CODE has carved-out a stark new shape in modern music. ... more

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