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Mors Viri

by Officium Triste

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1.
You've got a bewildered look in your eyes Don't know whether I should laugh or cry So serene but at the same time you look crazed Like an angel that fell from grace I remember the times when you were still innocent Unspoiled and pure without this torment Looking at you now is a contradiction I still see the good through this veil of addiction This evil is keeping you at arms length You cannot resist, you haven't got the strength You seem peaceful, yet in your case You're like an angel that fell from grace I remember the times when you were still innocent Unspoiled and pure without this torment Looking at you now is a contradiction I still see the good through this veil of addiction Your dependency led you to hell In this misery you now dwell Your beauty faded away Your colourful eyes turned to grey An angel looking like a ghost The path to redemption now closed Your addiction only causes harm When you stick that needle into your arm Your family also struck with hurt You were their angel since your birth This innocence they can't recall Since you decided to take this fall Into misery and substance abuse Leaving everyone mixed-up and confused You've got a bewildered look in your eyes Don't know whether I should laugh or cry So serene but at the same time you look crazed Like an angel that fell from grace
2.
Things need to change The past keeps haunting me I need to get away From all the memories I still see Cut all connections Leave everything I used to be A logical reaction Burning everything behind me No one has to know Where I'll be, where I'll go This simply must be done I have to leave, I want to be gone I need to reconnect To a new life without hurt I surely do expect This change will be my rebirth Burning all boats and bridges My past I have to delete Burning all boats and bridges From this life I have to retreat Things need to change The past keeps haunting me I need to get away From all the memories I still see Cut all connections Leave everything I used to be A logical reaction Burning everything behind me Burning all boats and bridges The purpose to fulfill my need Burning all boats and bridges Embracing the sting of this heat Burn, burn, burn, burn All boats and bridges have to burn My life has to take another turn It surely is in my best concern A fresh start, what I earn Burning everything that's my past life I have to do this to stay alive Nothing can keep me from living this way There's no reason for me to stay All boats and bridges have to burn My life has to take another turn It surely is in my best concern A fresh start, what I earn Burning all boats and bridges My past I have to delete Burning all boats and bridges From this life I have to retreat Burning all boats and bridges The purpose to fulfill my need Burning all boats and bridges Embracing the sting of this heat
3.
The concept of joy within your mind Is nothing but misery to me You can't see it hurts me It seems you are blind To pain and frustration killing me I want to break free from this cage It only brings depression and rage I'm on a knife's edge, a cliff above the sea There's one final wish being free. You push me closer and closer To the edge until I fall over It's time truth unfolds Your heaven, my underworld You push me closer and closer To the edge until I fall over It's time truth unfolds Your heaven, my underworld The concept of joy within your mind Is nothing but misery to me You can't see it hurts me It seems you are blind To pain and frustration killing me Your heaven to me equals hell There's no light in my inner being Do you understand what I'm trying to tell? Do you care about the darkness I am seeing? You push me closer and closer To the edge until I fall over It's time truth unfolds Your heaven, my underworld You push me closer and closer To the edge until I fall over It's time truth unfolds Your heaven, my underworld
4.
Interludium 01:37
5.
I sit here in my cell Reminiscing my own life Where I did go wrong Is for God to decide I’m a sinner, I have to pay The noose around my neck My penance on its way Staring at my death God will judge me The gallows are my end I’ll burn in purgatory I breathe my final breath Punished for my deeds My God what have I done Not able to provide in your needs It’s my fault I did you wrong I’m a sinner, I have to pay The noose around my neck My penance on its way Staring at my death God will judge me The gallows are my end I’ll burn in purgatory I breathe my final breath I sinned for I killed a man I now belong to the damned Now I’m the next in line The ones who really lose are left behind As I walk this final walk to the gallows pole The last time I can breathe hoping God will take my soul I sit here in my cell Reminiscing my own life Where I did go wrong Is for God to decide I’m a sinner, I have to pay The noose around my neck My penance on its way Staring at my death God will judge me The gallows are my end I’ll burn in purgatory I breathe my final breath
6.
Endless fields Of hurt and misery All way to the horizon As far as eyes can see The rotting smell Of the wounded and the dying The agonizing screams And painful crying Sinister visions Of death and decay Imprinted in the mind Will never fade away Filthy tactics Of the battlefield This defamation Can't be concealed Endless fields Of hurt and misery All way to the horizon As far as eyes can see The rotting smell Of the wounded and the dying The agonizing screams And painful crying Sinister visions Of death and decay Imprinted in the mind Will never fade away Filthy tactics Of the battlefield This defamation Can't be concealed Wartime heroes live on to tell the tale Those who died cannot do the same Those wounded embraced by shame Left to rot by a government that fails Boxed up And shipped home In the afterlife They will roam Missing limbs Phantom pain Personal pride Completely slain
7.
A stormy night on the open sea She felt it was time to cease to be One last glimpse, one last breath Saying a prayer, jumping to her death He saw her jump, and screamed to her He couldn't imagine this would occur Immediately ringing the ships bell As the sea rose and fell in vertiginous swells They tried to rescue this beloved girl Through the thrashing water her body hurled Disappearing and reappearing Swept away in a massive wave Hope was fading as treacherous waves, were hammering on these men so brave. Trying to find her, she who wanted to die. Looking for her, there's no time to cry Like a falling cliff, the wave smashes down In the searchlight he sees her, she is found Her skin has a blue-ish deathly pallor A faint desperate smile crept across his face He knows she's dead, he is jaded His world went black, his strength quickly faded He knows they are too late, now it's time to grief The ocean swallowed her like a dead leaf
8.
Like Atlas 10:08
I'm staring at these white padded walls The burden of my past got me on my knees Like Atlas bearing the weight of the skies An internal war in a mind with no sign of peace Never thought this would get to me All this pain build up inside Experiences of sorrow that cannot be All the fears I cannot fight I cannot cope with the past The pressure on my soul is too much I lost and my mind collapsed Overwhelmed by this degrading mental touch The strength to live disappeared A tormented soul in a cold shell A future filled with pain is what I fear A lost life on its way to hell I'm staring at these white padded walls The burden of my past got me on my knees Like Atlas bearing the weight of the skies An internal war in a mind with no sign of peace Never thought this would get to me All this pain build up inside Experiences of sorrow that cannot be All the fears I cannot fight I feel like Atlas but not as strong This burden I cannot bear I thought I could handle it all but I was wrong Leaving me in pain and scared I feel like Atlas but I am defeated This burden I couldn't stand By this life I was mistreated In this cell my life will end

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Recorded in 2011 at El Pato Studio.
Mixed and mastered at Enhanced Audio Productions by Ronnie Björnström.

Martin - synths
Pim - vocals
Gerard - guitars
Lawrence - bass
Bram - guitars
Niels - drums

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released March 9, 2013

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Officium Triste Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Officium Triste was formed in April 1994 with the purpose of creating slow, heavy and melodic doom/death metal. Inspiration was mainly found within the music of bands like Paradise Lost, Anathema, Chorus of Ruin, My Dying Bride, Celestial Season and Katatonia. ... more

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