The Bittern

from The Powers That Be by Mercy

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The reeds are idly waving o'er the marshy ground
The ragged herbage rots on many a mound
And desolate pools and marshes deadly lie around

There is no life nor motion, save the winds that fly
With the close-muffled clouds in silence through the sky
There is no sound to stir it, save the Bittern's cry

Bittern, sitting sadly on the fluted edges
Of pillars once the prop and pride of palace ledges
Now smeared with damp decay and sunk in slimy sedges

Shatter'd and sunken, with the sculptured architrave
Peering above the surface of the sluggish wave
Like a gaunt limb thrust fleshless from a shallow grave

The Bittern sitteth sadly on the time-worn stone
Upon life's moldering relics, fearfully alone
Searing the silence ofttimes with his solemn tone

The Bittern--monarch of the sad and dreary place
Mocking the pride and pageant of a ruin'd race
Whose very name is forgotten, whose deeds left no trace

Pleasant songs of peace, the lute, the lover's sigh
The statesman's eloquence
The warrior's battle-cry
Echo from the heedless sky

The hours fleet fast unnoted, and the time is nigh
When even he on featherless wings, he shall soar on high

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from The Powers That Be, released March 1, 2023
Music: Phillippe Levidad
Vocals: Daniel Corpse
Mixing/Mastering: Bruno Bassani

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Mercy Curitiba, Brazil

Mercy is a black metal studio project from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, drawing inspiration from Antestor, Vaakevandring and Vardøger, with lyrical themes ranging from Christianity to Nature and Norse folklore.

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