Dying Culture
from Our Grief Is Thus by Oak, Ash & Thorn
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lyrics
We’ve broken our promise…
Buried again in haste,
one more relic of our past
that we once rejoiced to
reap from our hills
Watch horrified as our branches die
twisting in inhuman shapes,
brittle and breaking, they turn to dust in hand
No men fertile are they I’ve found
who tend to the oaks, the ashes and thorns,
their seeds left withered and dry
Borne away
from your velvet embrace
unto darkness and decay
(neither legend nor destined
to live in the hearts of men)
It was but yesteryear
solar brilliance seared our hearts
as crested its course over
green hollows’ grace
Feel of the soil,
bury your hands,
spit your curse on
the idols foul
The age of our youth has passed,
such as ne’er to come again
Borne away
from your velvet embrace
unto darkness and decay
(neither legend nor destined
to live in the hearts of men)
Dying days,
though your lights grow e’er more dim,
light the path unto my grave
Look you upon the remnants past,
those same as we once loved:
they’re brittle now, and crumble to touch,
and scatter like ash in the wind
Feel of the soil,
bury your hands,
spit your curse on
the idols foul
If given the chance
to return to the eve
of your retreat,
I’d never look back
The age of our youth has passed
such as ne’er to come again,
so turn your face to the mirror,
remember: this is ours to shoulder now
This is the sound
of our culture dying
Borne away
from your velvet embrace
unto darkness and decay
(neither legend nor destined
to live in the hearts of men)
Dying days,
though your lights grow e’er more dim,
light the path unto my grave…
(abandoned,
forgotten)
Unto our graves…
Buried again in haste,
one more relic of our past
that we once rejoiced to
reap from our hills
Watch horrified as our branches die
twisting in inhuman shapes,
brittle and breaking, they turn to dust in hand
No men fertile are they I’ve found
who tend to the oaks, the ashes and thorns,
their seeds left withered and dry
Borne away
from your velvet embrace
unto darkness and decay
(neither legend nor destined
to live in the hearts of men)
It was but yesteryear
solar brilliance seared our hearts
as crested its course over
green hollows’ grace
Feel of the soil,
bury your hands,
spit your curse on
the idols foul
The age of our youth has passed,
such as ne’er to come again
Borne away
from your velvet embrace
unto darkness and decay
(neither legend nor destined
to live in the hearts of men)
Dying days,
though your lights grow e’er more dim,
light the path unto my grave
Look you upon the remnants past,
those same as we once loved:
they’re brittle now, and crumble to touch,
and scatter like ash in the wind
Feel of the soil,
bury your hands,
spit your curse on
the idols foul
If given the chance
to return to the eve
of your retreat,
I’d never look back
The age of our youth has passed
such as ne’er to come again,
so turn your face to the mirror,
remember: this is ours to shoulder now
This is the sound
of our culture dying
Borne away
from your velvet embrace
unto darkness and decay
(neither legend nor destined
to live in the hearts of men)
Dying days,
though your lights grow e’er more dim,
light the path unto my grave…
(abandoned,
forgotten)
Unto our graves…
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from Our Grief Is Thus,
released April 19, 2024
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Oak, Ash & Thorn Denver, Colorado
Oak, Ash & Thorn arose along Colorado’s Rocky Mountain front range out of a collective passion for heavy metal and old-world paganism. New full length album coming early 2024 via Lost Future Records, tours to follow.
shows
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Nov 19Dresden, Germany
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Nov 20Mannheim, Germany
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Nov 21Baden, Switzerland
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Nov 23Milan, Italy
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Nov 24Munich, Germany
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Nov 25Stuttgart, Germany
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Nov 26Paris, France
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Nov 27Maastricht, Netherlands
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Nov 29Herford, Germany
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Nov 30Berlin, Germany
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Dec 1Copenhagen, Denmark
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Dec 2Stockholm, Sweden
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Dec 3Gothenburg, Sweden
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Dec 4Hamburg, Germany
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Dec 5Essen, Germany
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Dec 6Emden, Germany
discography
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Apr 2024 -
May 2023 -
May 2021 -
Sep 2018
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