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The Church Is Empty

from Susurrus by Ophidian Forest

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    Seven tracks, 66:06 minutes of pagan chatic black metal... As if played in a forest. The birds, frogs, and sounds of nature abound, with the members of Ophidian Forest wafting and blasting and slumbering in and out of it. The final testament of this international three-man outfit, featuring Otrebor from Botanist on drums, and with the first ever pieces Otrebor recorded on hammered dulcimer.

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lyrics

Time took the better of the priest
Sermon-weary, not the the least
Entering his sanctuary
The church, the church is empty

The air is moist, the light is dim
There’s mold that’s creeping up the walls
Frescoes gone beyound repair
The church, the church is empty

And thus decays a house of God
The sounds of worship have reduced
From benches left as woodwormfood
Made from trees that bear no fruit

Old lady’s tribute to gospel’s truth
Her bouquets replace absent youth
It seems the time for saving souls
Is withering and waning

The old priest rises from his seat
The chancel steps creak ‘neath his feet
It seems the time for Chosen Ones
Runs out like clouds when raining

No successor for the man
A cold wind blowing through the aisles
The flock has fled to modern times
The bell for deaf man’s ears it chimes

And thus decays a house of God
The sounds of worship have reduced
From benches left as woodwormfood
Made from trees that bear no fruit

The air is moist, the light is dim
There’s mold that’s creeping up the walls
Frescoes gone beyound repair
The church, the church is empty

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from Susurrus, released June 3, 2016

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Ophidian Forest San Francisco, California

Pantheistic black metal band from the United States and The Netherlands.

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