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Nuestra Herencia

by Argyle

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1.
[Composed during the passing of Hurricane María, September 20th, 2017.] ... And Darkness was upon the face of the world, When the glimmer of grace departed on that final day Before the Age of Wrath - Wherein all stars died As did any hope of peace - for His Spirit moved upon the face of the waters... And it moved in the midst of the winds and the earth, And in the dying hearts of men; It moved [gravebound] to devour all. “Era un mundo sin tiempo. Podía ser noche o día. Podía ser amanecer o crepúsculo. El cielo era una mancha de leche sucia... y San Isidro una herida honda de fango y desmonte en el cadáver de la montaña." - La víspera del hombre, René Marqués (1958). And every child of God did embrace The Starless All. And every child of God did embrace The Starless All.
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Surge! O hand of justice divine, With nails that further reach, And further cut this world of ours: May you scrape away at the skin of our crimes That keep us away from your providence. That you may devise A plan for each of these, And make victims Of great and timeless malediction. The mountains around us, And the heavens above; The rivers beneath them, And the lives beside them. May you leave without shelter The head of everything that breathes, And make of this lively place A realm that may bear Your smothering justice. Excoriate Hope That their thirst be quenched. Excoriate Hope That their hunger be satisfied. Excoriate All Hope That their thirst be quenched. Excoriate All Hope That their hunger be satisfied. Excoriate All Hope Of a calm to this storm. Excoriate All Hope Of any dawn thereafter.
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[ESCENA:] Una joven mujer cojea por un camino excavado entre los escombros dejado por la Gran Tempestad que arrazó contra su barrio en la montaña. Su rostro es una de abatimiento tallada por las horas del huracán y días consiguientes sin dormir; lágrimas hacen surcos entre los parchos de fango que cubren su cara, su cabello, su ropa, todo. Su mirada se fija en una distancia impercebible por el hombre. En sus brazos sostiene un embudo de sábanas empapadas en humedad, fango, y sangre podrida. [...] Hubo muchos campesinos que vieron a la pobre mujer solloza cruzando por la ruina, y se cuestionaban lo que decía, y lo que llevaba en sus brazos. [...] La sombra que la perseguía se extendía a lo largo de los siglos. Sus cuernos arrasan las generaciones del hombre. Barren of all distinction, No colors or hues to discern: Life from Death, Blood from Ash. All was equal In that naught bore value, Before the eyes of the Dead, Flooded by Mud and Tears. A crown for us to bear A torch for ages to gleam. For ages to see and know That our plight was not without precedence; That before us and thereafter, There shall be a crown of suffering to wear.
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So far removed from the light of God, His light no longer reaches us. Husks of misshapen, dejected humanity Long since empty of his love and grace. So far removed from the hope of Salvation, As defined by the sight of the blind. These seeds of Us now planted deep In the furious fissures of Them. Germination of the Dark Powers, Becoming Vessels of Them. Revision of the Pious Eugenic, Becoming Weapons of Them. Pollution of the Promise of Peace, Becoming Vessels of Them. Distillation of Death Hereafter, Becoming Beacons of Them. We As Vessels of Them. We As Vessels of Them.
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Terraemortus 04:37
Surging thunder - Presaged maelstrom; Emanation of the Sade Divine. Fissures gleaming - Facades crumbling; Shaken ego and trembling breath. Frenzied cries - Rattled eyes; Wayward steps through maze of blight. Doctrines failing - Columns falling; From their Justice none may hide. Trampled corpses - Terraemortus; Flattened hopeless and broken bones. Vicious forces - Terraemortus; Prismatic Sorrow and Death. Never-ending grave upheaval; Neither living nor carrion rest. Shattered psyche as fractured as the Earth; Fractures for madness to breach. Trampled corpses - Terraemortus; Flattened hopes and broken bones. Vicious forces - Terraemortus; Prismatic Sorrow and Death. Terraemortus - Mortiferum Terrae. Terraemortus - Sepultus Mundi.
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[Letra a “La Boriqueña”, versión oficialista, por Manuel Fernández Juncos (1903). Letra a “La Boriqueña”, versión nacionalista, por Lola Rodríguez de Tío (San Germán, 1867).] ¡O tierra de Borinquen, Donde he muerto yo, En este jardín de venenos En decadente esplendor; Levanto mi caliz Hacia sus montañas de miseria! ¿A ese llamar de la tumba No arde tu corazón? Vamonos borinqueño, vamonos ya Que nos espera ansiosa Ansiosa la Muerte
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Low did mountains sink, Beneath the waves on high. Shorelessness abound For all who drown in the splendor Of Death and Decay, Baren Maw and Needy Limbs; Symptoms of a Truth windswept bare. The throne of Light is by Death deposed And the rivers of carrion flow towards it. The Master of All, SATAN, rapes the crown And the mantles of ruin are His to shine. Ruin, so bountiful To reduce the generations. Ruin, overwhelming On the ears and tongues of all. Ruin, everywhere So within as without. Ruin, in our hearts As our minds and our souls.
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... Amen. “Temporal, temporal alla viene el temporal Temporal, temporal alla viene el temporal ¡Ay! ¿Qué será de mi Borinquen, cuando llegue el temporal? ¿Qué será de Puerto Rico, si lo azota un temporal?”

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released September 20, 2021

Music by Argyle (2017-2020).
Recorded and Produced at Cacibajagua (2020-2021).

"Nuestra Herencia" dual album artwork by Jotham Malavé Maldonado.
CONTACT: jotham.malave@gmail.com | INSTAGRAM: jotham.malave

"Crown of Mud and Tears" artwork by Julianny Fonseca Torres.
CONTACT: julianny.fon@gmail.com | INSTAGRAM: julianny_fonseca

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