Tombstones

"Tombstones" is about the death of corporate soulless entities whom their only purpose is to drain from their “slaves” in order to gain a life of infinite money, power, and success. The first track begins with a sample recording of clunks sounding like heavy hollow metals are banging together in a repeated pattern along with wind and howl to give them a feeling of strolling through a cemetery thinking the dead are going to pop from their graves. Hence the aforementioned feeling, the canto is named "Dreaded Stroll in the Cemetery". The soft guitar strumming in this canto as well as in verses were played by Troy Lambert, the only track on this album where he is credited.
Following the first canto, the second canto named "No Way Out" has haunted doom riffs with keyboards that could give them depressed and gloomy feeling. It is about having no way to escape from being buried in the grave. The third canto titled "Corruption" has more hardcore sound and it's about the corrupt behavior that sent them to the grave. Tom Noir sings a high-pitch voice in this canto.
This song lasts 9:12, but lasts 8:08 on CD. The first canto lasts 90 second on the digital edition, but was reduced to 45 seconds in an effort to fit on the CD.
== Lyrics ==
[Instrumental]
Snuff out the last of hope
No way out of this alive
Now consecrate
the definition of insane
A foolish lie
driven to paralyze
These morticians dig themselves another hole
oh, another hole
Show me the second face
The spirit that longs to strike
and illustrate
broken backs for a paradise
The tongues of gods
defy laws and morals
Fed from the trough until we're fat enough to slaughter
oh, to slaughter
[Incomprehensible]
Granted title to display power
Deception tactics of corruption
Hear not words of pragmatic resolve
9-1-1 please send the coroner
[Incomprehensible]
No contempt lurks in your grey palettes
Not black or white nor even pale colors
Judge, jury, and executioner
Play it tough until you're found cornered
== Personnel ==
* Tom Noir – vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, writing, engineering, samples, mixing, mastering, production
* Troy Lambert – additional guitar
* Daniel Stickz Bryant – drums
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