Forsaken Light

by @deansibinski

Forsaken Light
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Liner Notes

This is one entry in my #apophatic journey, inspired by the concept of the Dark Night of the Soul. To partake from the fruit of the tree, knowing the duality of good and evil, is to banish oneself from paradise, introduce fear and pay for failure with eyes being blinded and exposed to the light.

Personal spirituality, #shadow work and negative #theology at play here. Musically, I've been looking for something to marry a #polymeter bass and lead without necessarily relying on chords for a big instrumental. I've also wanted to employ this somehow:

Eb - Bbdim/Db - D

That's where paradoxical #mysticism helped me finish this write.

#DarkNightOfTheSoul #mystical #synth #vocal #electronic

Lyrics

Blessed darkness
The goddamned light
In the time that we knew all things
Did nothing right

Once I knew evil
I banished myself from paradise
The blessed darkness
And the goddamned light
Once I knew evil
I banished myself from paradise
The blessed darkness
The forsaken light

Once I knew evil
I feared for myself and my own kind
Once I knew evil
I banished myself from paradise
Once I knew evil
I paid for my sins with my own eyes

The God-forsaken light

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this is amazing! absolutely love it! Love the effects on the vox and the whole track is sick af
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I came at this knowing nothing about your approach or philosophy and now I'm in a bit of a wikipedia rabbit-hole with it all. Fascinating.
I love the lyrics and the soundscape you've woven for them. It's the most black metal song without guitars I've heard in a long time... don't suppose you are a fan of the band Ulver, by any chance?
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I really appreciate these lyrics and the way you’ve delivered them. Love when that instrumental hits, really conjures up the godforsaken light.
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Powerful lyrics - great playing. I love this.
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