survival is
a heatless lover
fleeing down
abandoned
streets
where
dreaming is a
polar wind
caressing
shades
pale
in
mercury
exhaustion,
haze-like, descends
over
the sleeping city
alien
in the weeping
lens
of distance
we stand and
move our limbs
but we cannot
shake the sleep
escape is everywhere
and nowhere
and never what
it seems
each and all and
ever downwards
racing
through an
abyss
collapsing
into the headwaters
of nothing
the sun is fled
to what end?
our hungers
turn the gears
above our heads
muscles spent
and passions bled
enduring like
the deadest sea
dreams and desolation
into the maw
of sleep
to what end?
to what end?
strain I would against these bonds
if only every movement
did not tighter draw them
hunger
turns the gears
about our heads
passions spent
and muscles bled
buried deep
beneath a sea
of dreams and desolation
into the maw
of sleep
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I've enjoyed The Wake since the 90s. The new album feels like a trip to right where they left off! Goth Rock at it's best! I can't wait to see where they go from here!! aklosowski22
supported by 9 fans who also own “The Maw of Sleep”
New wave of Gothic Rock at it's finest. This band has top level talent from well renowned acts involved so wasn't the least bit surprised upon hearing the opening track. If you miss late 80's to mid 90's gothic rock bands, I can't recommend this one enough. m4rkos1334
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