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lyrics

Like fireworks in reverse,
The torchlights in the distance
Were gathering in haste
Upon the city's largest bridge

The crowd had cornered a girl
In a torn dirt-stained dress; she had a look
Of a totally run down doe
As the others were snarling and barking at her

When I had approached at last
From the mutt'ring of those who were standing behind,
From the hateful screams and shouts
A mind-bending story I'd finally learnt

A brazen thief had broken in her house
And saw her dancing in an inner room.
But on the night of Autumn Equinox,
The Festival of Grief begins, when dancing
Is a sacrilege.

So a thief had pulled her out
And made her run

Now she is standing at the bridge
Surrounded by
the bloodthirsty drooling mob cryin’ for
A sacrifice.

All of sudden the shouts have ceased
Only the wind and a quiet drum thumping
Could be heard as the crowd fell back
Givin' way to a tall hooded figure in black.

He had slowly approached the girl
And asked her of something. The answer she'd given
Had drowned as the roaring resumed,
- And then died out at once as the priest started speaking

He delivered a pompous speech,
A sermon-like rant on the order of things
Then he turned to the girl and said:
'You will not make them think they have slaughtered you, will you?'

The girl has nodded slightly and unbent
And for a moment she stood tall and still
Before the hateful mob
She looked then at the priest - he nodded too.

And then before I managed to push through
She climbed the parapet, and looked about
Then silently stepped down into the chasm.
And with malignant cheers the crowd burst out.

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from Equinox: The Rite of Autumn (drafts and raws), released September 10, 2018

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black-sided sun is a cross-genre music project which is currently has no permanent location. Launched as a prog-rock band, it is now a single-person project.

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