The Mark

Official video of "The Mark" taken from Desolate Plains' third album "The Inexhaustible Imperfection of the World". Lyrics below.
Out on digital download via Molon Lave Records :
Apple music:
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Spotify:
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Amazon music:
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Deezer:
www.deezer.com/en/album/54357...
Vocals: Aliki Katriou (www.aliki.katriou.com/)
Guitars, bass and synth: Lampros Potamianos
Drums: Eleni Nota ( / eleninotadrums )
Music and lyrics by Lampros Potamianos
Mixed and mastered at Noise Foundry Productions ( / noisefoundry ) by Dan Baune ( / dan_baune )
Directed, filmed and edited by Aris Athanatos
Narration by Valisia Odell.
DESOLATE PLAINS fb page / desolateplainsband
© MOLON LAVE RECORDS 2019 / molonlaverecs
Lyrics:
Μια εκβιασμένη ακολουθία φευγαλέων στιγμών
Ένα επαναλαμβανόμενο βάπτισμα στις ζωντανές εικόνες της εμπειρίας
Ένα προσκύνημα στις πηγές του ρέοντος κόσμου,
πρόσκαιρο ξεδίψασμα μακριά από την έρημο του μηδενός.
Τι κατάρα μας καταδιώκει από την αρχή αυτού του κόσμου;
Κυνηγημένοι από την άγνωστη φύση μας, ένα καθρέφτισμα της σκιάς μας
Μυστήριο άλυτο, υφασμένο από ένα πρόσωπο ξεχασμένο
Κι ο πόνος της ανάμνησης κινεί τη ζωή…
English Translation:
A forced succession of fleeting moments
A recurring baptism into the living images of experience
A pilgrimage to the sources of the flowing world, an ephemeral quenching of thirst far from the desert of naught
Oh, what curse persecutes us from the onset of this world?
Chased by our unknown nature, a mirroring of our shadow
An unsolved mystery, woven by a face long forgotten
And the pain of remembrance stirs life…
Walls surround me
Sky is falling
Fields are burning
Lost in chaos I fail to find myself
The conflict never ends
A battle line that blends
The clarity of permanence reassures
An inner war concealed
A chasm of pain revealed
The rift that grows and immures
This conflict I maintain
Attempting to contain
The pain is what makes this real
Internal battles rage
Worsening with age
Some scars just refuse to heal
I see myself
As a person that’s devoid of beauty
All of my wealth
Is to be a man of duty
All my days are spent without a meaning
All my thoughts are lined with my blood
Every single path I have encountered
Seems to leave me engraved with a mark
Spells enchant me
Mind is bending
Mood is trembling
Born through chaos, I form an empty shell
I see myself
As a person that defiles all beauty
Truth is withheld
To retain my sense of duty
All my days are filled with spite and malice
Dedicated to oppress my life
Every single word that I will utter
Will remind me that I bear a mark
I hate myself
For refusing to be part of life
I use up my health
To relieve my internal strife
All my days reek of my empty feelings
cursed to walk this Earth without a soul
Every human being that I encounter
Marks my life with another fall

[@Elenuay]

Sounds badass, love the intro too

[@finnhindley]

Oh, the melody, THE MELODY!

[@arnoldweissmann2037]

Well done, very original!

[@to_boldly_roll]

Perfection.