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Stormwielder
03:35
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A curse fell upon her
They say it was writ in her blood
A plague stole her honour
Her golden days soon forgot
When daybreak came crawling
The light of the crimson sun dawned
The tears of the stars came falling
A sullen dirge from beyond
But when the storm’s upon me
You’ll find me at the helm’s head swerving
I will not waste this life
I will not waste a moment again
Not through the raging winds
And torrents from the sky
The waves poured upon her
They say it was writ in her blood
The gales roared around her
A brooding arcus above
Wrought one callous motion
She fell, broken, stricken, undone
Lost in an endless ocean
Far from the light of the sun
The oceans rise
This sea without refuge is
Black blood deluges pouring down
But my life won’t pass me by
Not through the raging winds
And torrents from the sky
The signs are right
I rise above the salt and brine
Waves surge, divide
With these hands of mine
The signs are right
I increase as the tides decline
Waves surge, divide
This wretched ocean’s mine
The ocean calls me home
Fill my lungs
Dragging me under
Far from the light of the sun
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Fathoms
04:09
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Descend
Tonight, I find myself
Lost in an ocean of stars
Celestial reflections embrace me
Caressed by the waves as
The moon summons them
From the placid surface
Masking the fathoms
Beneath me
A world undiscovered and wanton
Awaits my transgression and beckons
A longing
An aching and stirring desire is calling
Calling on me to descend
Descend
Be one with the hydrosphere
Down into these depths shall I go
Unite with primordial creation
Unmeasurable fathoms below
Archaic monoliths ever submerged
Ever untouched by the sunlight
Creatures
Far too grotesque and uncanny
Even for your darkest of nightmares
Reside here
Within this tenebrous domain
Starforsaken
Still, I am bound to descend
There is such life in these waters
That none of you ever shall see
Terrestrial life has abandoned me
It is time to return to the sea
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To the Waves
03:04
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On the night that I sought all the answers
On the night I’d forsaken my ways
On the night that I sought to look forward
Shattered all inhibitions
Scattered them to the waves
And every night
As I lie in my bed, I can’t sleep
I hear your spirit calling
Out from the void to me
I’ve never spent a moment truly awake
Because I know that these bones
Can do nothing but break
Just take me
On that night that I wish I could take back
On that night, I was promised a change
On that night, in a moment of weakness
I gave you my light, I gave you my life
Yet tonight, as I lie in my bed
Can’t hear your voice
It’s slowly fading away from me
I’ve been dreaming of a moment of peace
And now I know deep inside
This life is mine, this belongs to me
And I will not throw it away
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Sail Away
04:28
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I am staring at my palms again
I’ve never felt so powerless
A stirring in my core
Trailing fingers down my arms again
A touch of ice at the back of my neck
And I feel nothing more
I can’t set myself aright
Stumbling blindly through the night
And your empty words do nothing
They won’t ease my plight
Benevolence to spite
Verdancy to blight
My anchors weigh tonight
Set sail into the night
I need to sail away
I will turn my bow against the tides
Make my home in any fleeting dream
Where I might wash ashore
I need to sail away
I will greet the day with eager eyes
Show me something I have never seen
For I yearn for something more
I yearn for something more
I’ll look them all in the eye
And I’ll tell them all that I’m fine
‘Cause they don’t need to know
That I’ve lost my way again
The air is warm tonight
And the tides will set me right
So dry your eyes
And on the other side
I’ll see your face again
I am staring at my hands again
Stricken with an emptiness
I’ve never felt before
Running fingers through the sands again
I slip away into the darkness
And know nothing more
My path’s led me astray
Meandering idly through the day
And your empty words do nothing
They won’t ease my pain
Debts I can’t repay
Words I can’t unsay
My anchors all aweigh
Weigh anchor, sail away
And when the night is long
Sinking that much faster
It’s hard to see the light at the end
But as I sailed alone
The waking world around me
It stole my breath
I feel alive again
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With the Tide
06:12
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7 PM, I got the call
And it didn’t make sense to me
You’d always been so strong, so vibrant
You were always on your feet
They told me you might never walk again
I caught the first train
I wanted us to talk again
And when I saw you, my first thought
Was that I’d never seen you quite
So small, so quiet
I didn’t know what to say
I wonder, did I say enough?
Or was it vain for me to feel the need?
I said “I love you”
“Thanks for everything”
And you said “I’ll see you again”
But you did not
But you did not
I left the ocean and the trees
For these sleepless city streets
There was a world between us
Couldn’t bridge that gap in my mind
And I just dream my life away
My hours slipping into days
I lay here half-asleep
As you drifted out with the tide
7-10-18, I got the call
It still didn’t make sense to me
I was the only one
Who wasn’t in the room with you
Couldn’t make the funeral
I thought I’d done my grieving
Now it’s been another year
And I’m finally coming back
And I’m still waiting for the tears to come
I’m still praying to feel the lack
I was your first, your eldest
Was the first you held
I am the furthest away
I forsook the sea and the trees
For the noise of these streets
And I dream my days away
Walk half-asleep my life away
And our time just slipped away
I didn’t understand how quickly
And oh my God, I am so sorry
I raised up my palms to the sky
Embracing the sun and the wind
Somehow, I knew you were out there
And I knew you were smiling again
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An eclectic metal project based in Montreal, Canada.
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