Her Dark Embrace

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"**Her Dark Embrace**" is an October Noir song included on their second album *Thirteen*, released in 2019. The rhythm of this song is a copy of "Haunted" played on Type O Negative album *October Rust*, which criticized a lot of fans, but it has different instrument to it, such as organ. This song is about him getting hated by the lady's addiction to cigarettes. The song is divided into two cantos. The first and title canto lasts for the first 9:31 of the 12:09 song, making this the longest canto by October Noir. The second canto, "Free Me", is choir-fested, acting as a segway to the choir-filled next track "Cauterize". 'Free me' is what he yelled to her after she buried him in the grave.

There is a recorded conversation between Tom and Doug at the very end of this song, displaying Doug's dislike of making really long tracks over and over again and doesn't like this song and should remake this track, but Tom say no, keep it, and make another track.

## Lyrics

**[Canto I. "Her Dark Embrace"]**

On this dead shore

where the water falls naked still

Fog creeps and crawls

like a blanket of holocaust

Purged of all light

Her hour near, familiar rite

Dressed of snow white

present offering, poisonous gift

Lulled acrid scent

pale skin imprisonment, hair fire red

There's no one

that tastes of your bloody kiss

[Choir]

Yeah her dark embrace

Yeah her dark embrace

Yeah her dark embrace

Lay down your life

where your colors show black and white

Damnation

This curious consequence

Stake my heart

and grant me this final rest

[Choir]

Yeah her dark embrace

Yeah her dark embrace

Yeah her dark embrace

From the cold darkest abyss

My life is drained, stolen by your kiss

Bless the dawn if I may wake

For my only regret was your dark embrace

This pride and solace will know my grave

But her smokey whisper revives my pain

**[Canto II. "Free Me"]**

[Choir]

Free me [repeated 13x]

"Tom?

Tom?

WHAT?!

Another fucking 20-minute song, bro?

Wait till the end of fucking song to say this?

No, you know I gotta get my kid.

[Grunt]

I’m not doing this shit all over again.

We’ll just make another track."

## Personnel

* **Tom Noir** – vocals, voices, guitar, bass, keyboards, piano, organ, writing, engineering, mixing, mastering, production
* Daniel Stickz Bryant – drums, voices

1. "The Haunting"
2. "Volatile"
3. "Trinity"
4. "Alpha Omega"
5. "Exhume"
6. "Silicon"
7. "Deep Woods"
8. "Vertebra Seraphim"
9. "Feel Heart Love"
10. "Beautifool"

2. "Burn"
3. "Spellbound"
4. "Little Drummer Boy"
5. "Symmetry"
6. "Black Light"
7. "Lavender"
8. "The Veil"
9. "**Her Dark Embrace**"
10. "Cauterize"

1. "Fate"
2. "Windows"
3. "Reverence (Make You Love)"
4. "Effigy"
5. "Wine"
6. "Persephone"
7. "Serendipity"
8. "Wanderlust"
9. "Cradle the Monster"
10. "Wisteria"
11. "Sistinas"
12. "Proverbs"
13. "Goodbye Black Bird"
 ***Letters to Existence***

1. "Spring"
2. "Endless Lonely"
3. "A Halo Hung from Horns"
4. "Forever Haunt"
5. "Deja View"
6. "Summer to Autumn"
7. "Clench"
8. "Tourniquet"
9. "For Honor"
10. "Flash Paper Matches"
11. "She's Gone"
12. "Winter"

* "Pictures of Matchstick Men (RIPeter)"
* "Lips Like Sugar"
* "Wicked Game"
* "Race War"
* "Cry Little Sister"
* "Love You to Death"
* "Crimson and Clover"
* "Nights in White Satin"