The Veil

It got samples of birds in them, which the credible idea was came up randomly by the song's co-writer Nate Exx Gradowski of his band Theory Exx. Hearing birds singing would give them feeling of springtime when birds are singing while plants are blooming, though its lyrics suggest a different season, that is, Halloween. Acoustic guitar is the first instrument that begins the song.
The song is split into four cantos and only three distinct names—"The Veil", "Damn the Sun", back to "The Veil", and "Wisteria". The first canto is about dead family members temporarily coming back to life as spirits to spend Halloween with the living. The second canto is about those spirits returning to the graves when the sun was about to rise, per the meaning of 'I'll damn the sun', which is chanted eight times - first four in deep guttural vocals and the last four in higher-pitched vocals (though only three times each in cutback version). The vocal rhythm in that canto is similar to a section of TON's "", even though the words chanted are different. The fourth canto, "Wisteria", an outro featuring sounds of birds and frogs, is omitted in the cutback version, leading to this piece revisiting as a stand-alone track on their next album Fate, Wine, & Wisteria.
This song was released as the album's second single on September 16, 2019 and debuted on Cranium Radio. The full version lasts 11 minutes but was chopped down to 9½ minutes before putting it on the CD in an effort to keeping the album under the maximum limit of 80 minutes.
== Lyrics ==
Old town silhouettes
under a burning sky
Small children that laugh
in Halloween disguise
The smell of dead leaves,
of oak, and moss
A fall gentle breeze
and a dim lit porch
Wrought iron gates
abode of macabre
Sunsets in reverse
over East Hill
Of hallowed light
and twisting shadows
Fear not the fright
of what's to come
So speak to me
in your native tongue
Share the tales of old
for just one day
Greed and gluttony
for your love I mourn
We'll watch the whole world stop
on Samhain
[Choir]
A bouquet of dead leaves
and wilted flowers
Cross into the veil
the witching hour
Of wine and feast
decorative candles
A trick for a treat
the dawn will devour
[Incomprehensible]
So speak to me
in your native tongue
Share the tales of old
for just one day
Greed and gluttony
for your love I mourn
We'll watch the whole world stop
on Samhain
[Incomprehensible]
I'll damn the sun
I'll damn the sun
I'll damn the sun
I'll damn the sun
I'll damn the sun
I'll damn the sun
I'll damn the sun
I'll damn the sun
So speak to me
in your native tongue
Share the tales of old
for just one day
Greed and gluttony
for your love I mourn
We'll watch the whole world stop
on Samhain
[Instrumental with nature sounds]
== Personnel ==
* Tom Noir – vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, keyboards, piano, writing, engineering, mixing, mastering, production
* Daniel Stickz Bryant – drums
* Nate Exx Gradowski – writing, samples
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