The Sword and the Martyr
from The Sword and the Martyr by Karst
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The Sword and the Martyr T-SHIRT
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Killer shirt with NK Mueller's cover art and Krist's Sword on the back print with our logo.
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The Sword and the Martyr CASSETTE TAPE SINGLE
Cassette + Digital AlbumDouble sided recording of our single "The Sword and the Martyr" in a frost white color theme
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Thank you to Chris at Sunken Tomb
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The Sword and the Martyr CASSETTE TAPE NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
Cassette + Digital AlbumLimited run of The Sword and the Martyr Tape in a Black Flag Nervous Breakdown color scheme! Keep Metal Punk!
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lyrics
“I’ll tear down every last brick
Until there’s only rubble
My hands dripping with blood
I only think of days past and
where you walk now
And from this tall pile
of torn bricks I stand over
I look over what stood in your way
and how clear it all seems
Between whats left of it
and what of it I remember
I piece it together and see it so vividly
But desire still clouds any reason
that could have stood for hope
The winds start to speed up
the higher I climb
...but they topple me”
Until there’s only rubble
My hands dripping with blood
I only think of days past and
where you walk now
And from this tall pile
of torn bricks I stand over
I look over what stood in your way
and how clear it all seems
Between whats left of it
and what of it I remember
I piece it together and see it so vividly
But desire still clouds any reason
that could have stood for hope
The winds start to speed up
the higher I climb
...but they topple me”
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from The Sword and the Martyr,
released August 5, 2019
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