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Chemical Wraiths

by The Blade Itself

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April 22nd, 1915, Ypres salient

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I stare out across this wasted land of mud and gore
Scorches earth draped in casualties all this and nothing more
Ceaseless rains of shattered steel have driven us to ground
Frozen in uncertainty as death looms all around

Slow to rise, what do I see?
Yellow-green, soft blasphemy
Concealing cloud, I'm told to hold
Learn to late, reaper unfolds

Unknown agent of the demon chemistry
A new facet cut to war, gleaming agony
No way to defend against this poison wind
Torn lungs suffocate and burn while Charon grins

Chemical wraiths
...chemical wraiths

I cannot speak as death lays low the first casualty
Phantasmal doom consumes all our ability to breathe
Corrosion of esophagal tissue to burning gore
Hydrochloric acid murders soldiers by the score

Slow to rise, what do I see?
Yellow-green, soft blasphemy
Concealing cloud, I'm told to hold
Learn to late, reaper unfolds

Unknown agent of the demon chemistry
A new facet cut to war, gleaming agony
No way to defend against this poison wind
Torn lungs suffocate and burn while Charon grins

Evil has a heart and it beats in all of mankind
That we can so easily create within our mind
Ceaseless ways to murder and perfect the art of pain
Shows us our existence is a nihilistic stain

Evolutions brings about new vessicants and pain
Glass eyed masks cannot protect against this mustard rain
Blood flows down their faces in rivulets of blackened red
Spitting flesh flesh ruptures and splits the meat of the newly dead

Slow to rise, what do I see?
Yellow-green, soft blasphemy
Concealing cloud, I'm told to hold
Learn to late, reaper unfolds

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released August 24, 2023
Written by K. Casey and The Blade Itself, lyrics by K. Durocher, Produced by White Bat Audio and The Blade Itself, Mixed and Engineered by Dave Padden

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