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The Ocean Calls Me Home

by Anna Pest

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1.
Stormwielder 03:35
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
2.
Fathoms 04:09
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
3.
To the Waves 03:04
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
4.
Sail Away 04:28
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
5.
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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“The Ocean Calls Me Home” is all at once a catchy, melodic, saccharine, lush, and crushingly heavy affair. It's packed with fast, aggressive melodic death metal riffs and raspy lead vocals that hearken back to the late 90’s Gothenburg scene, which dance atop vast, shimmering, aquatic keyboard and synthesized vocal arrangements, and intermittently give way to huge, hard-hitting breakdowns and grooves inspired by modern metalcore and djent. Lyrically, these songs make liberal use of oceanic and nautical imagery to explore dark, introspective themes such as depression, isolation, and mourning; but also revel in moments of brilliant hope and light.

Please check out and support the work of my pal Alex Rakobowchuk, (@alexrakobowchuk), who gave life to this record’s immensely fun, colourful artwork!

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released August 9, 2019

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· Lyrics, composition, all instruments, and vocals by April Hutchins
· Additional clean vocals on tracks 1, 3, 4, and 5 by Luka Megurine

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· Artwork by Alex Rakobowchuk (@alexrakobowchuk)

Recorded & produced by April Hutchins at Muffin Studios, located on the unceded lands of the Kanyen'kehà:ka & Anishinaabeg peoples – commonly known as Montréal, Canada.

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