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For the Dead (Travel Fast)

from Desiderium by Avyakta

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This song is dedicated to a departed, kindred spirit whose beautiful poetry helped comprise the lyrics for this piece. This song is dedicated to you. Wherever you are, I want you to know that I miss you and I love you. I hope you are at peace now after an endlessly raging war. Good night.

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Her eyes were a dying flame
that slowly became
a frosted windowpane.
Cryptic anomalies for my war dove.

The night’s reflections off your skin
Treading worlds when the veil was thin
The saddest song on a violin
Will the sleep catch you tonight?

Hermes, she has traveled far.
Nycteris in a bell jar.
Trapped in the final au revoir.
Show me the power of a true god’s wrath.

Do I speak in an eldritch tongue?
As they say when among...
This could never go unsung.
Amidst the tremors and shakes of a hurricane.

To whom are you eternally servile?
Dearest Lily of the Nile.
Don’t exist in perpetual exile.
Burning past the nightmare in its kiln.

if you’re so disinclined
From the lord you stood behind
Then why do you seem so resigned?
From Earth scraped, a jagged piece of flesh.

After years of cold you sought to burn.
Past the point of no return.
All good things will come in turn.
On the eve before the dawn of fright.

Once we drank from kindred chalice.
You, the labyrinth — I, Daedalus.
So it felt analogous.
Cuts and stabs from a poisoned heart.

Who knew that light years would elapse,
And shining stars would soon collapse?
Fading forever into abstracts.
The vexing chaos that is a black hole.

Before we’re crucified and pine away
Or face the light of the creeping fay
The pieces fit, you’re the key to the gateway.
Pass the threshold if you dare.

Don’t live in the past
For the dead travel fast

If you live forever time can’t make things better.

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from Desiderium, released April 6, 2022
All music written, performed, programmed, recorded, edited, mixed, and mastered by Jesse Agins.


Lyrics by Jesse Agins and D.T.

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Avyakta is a Sanskrit word meaning "devoid of form." In other words, something without limits. It is a one-person music project -- the dream child of Jesse Agins. The intention of this project is to experiment with music in whatever incarnation it might take. ... more

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