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Death​.​.​.​My Faithful Bride

by Midnight Betrothed

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The shadows of your memory... When you held your hand in mine Shimmering in infatuation beneath the stars... Of thought; of all the time in the world... Did my sordid heart confuse this distance for failure? That could be the only reason why... Disinterest and isolation; obssession and wonder... Nothingness and void, which take precedence over all... It came back to you... Compelled by false memories...by obssessions created in morbid darkness.... When your hand brushed mine... Quaked by unsettling paranoia...of tremors deep within my soul Erupting into finality, into a lonesome abyss Like so many times before... Gazing in the distance; a twisting horror... An obssession upheld by a shivering heart; The tidings of fate shall not grace me here... My memories will serve no lesson again here... and what means something shall soon fade... But you can never truly perish from my breast... I cannot recognise who I was from before... The shadows of your memory... When you held your hand in mine Shimmering in infatuation beneath the stars... Of thought; of all the time in the world... Did my sordid heart confuse this distance for failure? That could be the only reason why... It came back to you... Compelled by false memories, by obssessions rreated in morbid darkness When your hand brushed mine... Unable to breathe... a conduit for all my pain Unable to release, remaining stagnant Even now, my dreams remain infested with your presence I wish this dark love would end...
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Your sweet promise cast into the night… beneath wilting roses Left at your doorstep, on a rainy day in the middle of February... To perceive your gratitude as I shook and died a thousand times... The weight of the death… cast upon my shoulders Relieved in a single second… Why can my existence be compelled from the few, When every day I die, I remain here for you? To swallow your lies that you care that I remain; That stare in your eyes that says I am not to blame I’ll say that you knew, I’ll say that you tried I’ll say it was sealed; O, my faithful bride… A coronation in the grave, but not from the start Cast deep in the pits; enwreathed with your heart… Relieved in a second, diminished in a minute Thankless in shame; possessed by hate… Nothing good enough for a soul not of this world… A Piscean whisper…into unlistening ears… Entranced by your evil promise of illusion, A willing sacrifice; a voluntary death… A Piscean whisper into unlistening ears, turn away in shame when mention reappears; A lonely existence hidden in seclusion A willing sacrifice; a voluntary death… Led across the sodden paddocks to be slaughtered at your hand, Pouring thoughts down my throat, inhaling lie after lie Until which point when the mould has been set And the shape that unfolds is the cage where you lie Why can my existence be compelled from the few, When every day I die, I remain here for you? To swallow your lies that you care that I remain; That stare in your eyes that says I am not to blame Relieved in a second, diminished in a minute Thankless in shame; possessed by hate… Nothing good enough for a soul not of this world… A Piscean whisper…into unlistening ears… Your sweet promise cast into the night… beneath wilting roses Left at your doorstep, on a rainy day in the middle of February... To perceive your gratitude as I shook and died a thousand times... The weight of the death… cast upon my shoulders Relieved in a single second… I suppose I’ll wait here in silence, until this rapture passes away... A fake consolation to suppress all of my darkness Until my sky once again becomes starless Relieved in a second, diminished in a minute Thankless in shame; possessed by hate… Nothing good enough for a soul not of this world… A Piscean whisper…into unlistening ears… Relieved in a second, diminished in a minute Thankless in shame; possessed by hate…
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Tabula Rasa 06:29
SItting in silence, in your candlelit room; A gentle stare in sheer focus on you... Holding you close in the uncertain dark; the stare which you cast makes me feel alive... As you turn your head toward me and utter your soul I recoil into death, a heart-swelling urge... Tabula Rasa; the need to return.. possessed like I was when I heard your heart’s beckon... Sitting in silence, in your candlelit room; A gentle stare in sheer focus on you... Give me the strength to do what needs be done; relinquish my soul from the scars of your blood… By perilous flirtation and flagrant devotion; my moment of truth will come in a casket… Destiny’s whore… I cannot return to this pit of no light A bouquet of flowers which brought no respite… Pain has resurged and conquers all in sight... No moonlight sonata can drown this black plight... Give me the strength to do what needs be done; relinquish my soul from the scars of your blood… By perilous flirtation and flagrant devotion; my moment of truth will come in a casket… Tabula Rasa; the need to return.. possessed like I was when I heard your heart’s beckon... Nothing remains except pain and devotion; nothing but constant reflection... I cannot survive; cut deeper tonight… The most mundane of places, but with eyes locked on me Tabula Rasa; To concede a fate I cannot release…
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Julianne 08:44
When the day has fallen beneath their skies And I struggle to exhale their entrancing lies… Your porcelain skin conceals a sincere heart beneath A swelling in your throat that roars for what I yearn… A dimple creased deep into your smile… Which propels my fears from this mortal flight… Bejewelled by beauty which is never to be reviled… A stare so deep within…yet separated by miles… O, you have never gazed upon my sight… But I yearn for your dark touch… A swelling in your throat that roars for what I yearn… When the sun reaches our place beneath the world… And I cling to you in my desperate plight… When the day has fallen beneath their skies And I struggle to exhale their entrancing lies… You offer me a warm respite from the light I long for your cold embrace, my companion for eternal life… The way your voice soars and breaks, The beauty of every breath that you take, The light of your beauty radiates… The fabric of your dress fluttering in the wind The only gentle thing in this world… You have possessed my spirit since the first sunrise yawned… Enlivened by your frailty, your ever silent rapture Your graceful brown hair adorning the armour of my soul To take your hand in mine, to roam this life away… Your porcelain skin conceals a sincere heart beneath A swelling in your throat that roars for what I yearn… Bejewelled by beauty which is never to be reviled… A stare so deep within…yet separated by miles… Carry us to death; our gentle destiny, away from the belligerence of a dormant life Unbound into the halls of eternity… where we sit eyes interlocked... A paroxysm of love that surges through my collapsing veins Shall I hold you for a million years? Let me catch your fall from the darkest heavens I know in my heart it is where you belong By my side; or in ethereal permanence... When the day has fallen beneath their skies And I struggle to exhale their entrancing lies…
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Your hair folds in two above your crested crown… And your thin lips curl in an innocent curiosity... A calm command runs down the creases of your face Unfurled embrace held in stasis... Reveal your dark countenance… Singing about some figure who you resigned to existence… A drapery cast over your tender skin To never reveal your conception of sin… Unknown to their light… Something so impressed into the chambers of my heart Pumping red velvet blood around my lucky stars Enliven my bones and bring me to fruition Before I, like all, crumble with superstition… Your hair folds in two above your crested crown… And your thin lips curl in an innocent curiosity... My flesh for you in humble servitude... Cast into eternity by the strength of your blood… Cast into eternity by the strength of your blood… I wish, how I wish, that these dreams would come true Until that time, I remain cast away In a prison of heartache reimagined every day My heart pounding beneath my decaying skin Seizing my body and quaking my soul A calm command runs down the creases of your face Your unfurled embrace... Singing about some figure who you resigned to existence… My heart pounding beneath my decaying skin Seizing my body and quaking my soul My presence for you… in humble servitude Cast into eternity by the strength of your blood I wish, how I wish, that these dreams would come true Until that time, I remain cast away… In a prison of my heartache reimagined each day...

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Midnight Betrothed (AUS) presents its second full-length album, "Death...My Faithful Bride", containing six new tracks of dark romanticism in praise of moonlit tragedy and forlorn love.

Fronted by The Seer (Lament in Winter's Night, Vrörsaath etc.), Midnight Betrothed further refines its unique blend of 'Sombre Romantic Black Metal' throughout this sophomore album, bringing forth overtures of funeral erotica and deathly fantasia.

PHYSICAL FORMATS AVAILABLE NOW:

1. Cassette tape: atrocityaltar (dot) bigcartel (dot) com

2. DigiPack CD, Collector's special edition A5 DigiCD, and t-shirt: Northern Silence Productions

Vinyl is coming later in 2023 through Northern Silence Productions.

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released April 16, 2023

“Death...My Faithful Bride” was written in Spring MMXXII and was recorded throughout the summer months of MMXXIII during a time of crippling insanity.

All keys recorded on a Yamaha-MX61.

Thanks to: Samuel E. Thomas for the Midnight Betrothed logo, borders and frames; Alex Delgado for font editing; and Northern Silence Productions.

All songs written and recorded by The Seer.

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