As the vines reclaim us
Pierced by thorns
The urban beasts are lost
Left without reception
Communication breaking down
Swallowed by the soil
Pulled inside
Reclaimed by the sea
The raging tide

This empire of technology
Exists to aid these man made freaks
That cling to lies
Deformed and vile
Of godhood that shall never be
For you bring hate from history
The very grass beneath your feet
In nature's gaze 
We all shall die
So close your eyes
Surrender to the trees

All speak but never listen
Bastardised, our colony shall fall
We are the lice, the virus
The poison in the ever clotted blood
As the lightning strikes
The rain shall fall
To wash this filth away
Drowning all

This empire of technology
Exists to aid these man made freaks
That cling to lies
Deformed and vile
Of godhood that shall never be
For you bring hate from history
The very grass beneath your feet
In nature's gaze 
We all shall die
So close your eyes
Surrender to the trees

*instrumental*

This empire of technology
Exists to aid these man made freaks
That cling to lies
Deformed and vile
Of godhood that shall never be
For you bring hate from history
The very grass beneath your feet
In nature's gaze 
We all shall die
So close your eyes
Surrender to the trees

Surrender To The Trees

Edit: fixed the shitty ending guitar solo.

Lyrics:

 The Mother screams
For a clean slate 
Which to build upon
Another child is born
But it's far too late
Already

(Another enemy of the state)

So bring the rain
Cleanse the wounds 
Carved into eden
And let the demons fade
Humanity
(Humanity)
Crushed by the rain

Her children dream
Of her love manifest in our
Death
There is no innocence
Infection is infection

(Let it be cut out this day)


So bring the rain
Cleanse the wounds 
Carved into eden
And let the demons fade
Humanity
(Humanity)
Crushed by the rain

Crushed By the Rain

Lyrics

Can you feel the soil
Beneath your feet
See how it clings to you
Pulling you down with
Every step
rain breaking through the canopy
The kiss goodbye
The creatures scream 
To announce your incarceration

And execution 

The sun is gone, 
Devoured by reaching thorns 
with dark desires
You shall lay
'Neath loam and glade
To feed the heart of Gaia

Our crimes are numerous
Pollutant, cancerous and
Self absorbed
Our blood shall be the price
Embrace an agonising death
Your soul now taken and 
Devoured
This is justice
This is right

It's destiny

The sun is gone, 
Devoured by reaching thorns 
with dark desires
You shall lay
'Neath loam and glade
To feed the heart of Gaia

Feed The Heart of Gaia

Lyrics:

My Darling
Did you wander into the silent glade?
Did you see the soulless 
and what they all became?

Silent and mindless,
twitching and blinded
Memories, Identities erased.

Clouds descend
Shades of green that hypnotise
No consciousness 
left in shrouded moon like eyes

(chant)
For you have trespassed on her wood
and you stand beneath her sky
Surrender to her greater will
A willing sacrifice

Sacrifice

Ill fated, this night
silent comes the dust
She whispers in your ear
"in I forever trust"

So breathe
Inhaling
Everything fading
Dark now, nothing and less

Unless...

Clouds descend
Shades of green that hypnotise
No consciousness 
left in shrouded moon like eyes

(chant)
For you have trespassed on her wood
yet you stand beneath her sky
Surrender to her greater will
A willing sacrifice

Into The Silent Glade

Huge thanks to Rooty for the Banjolele section.

Lyrics:

You build machines
And you call it evolution
Blind and vain
Marching, lockstep to your grave
As the flow of time surrounds you
Leading you back to the soil
Whence you came
Free from the power of the Vampire Empire 

You fear the wild
The horrors that await within
You hide away
Seeking shelter
You live inside the wires

Cower in the system
Play your games
Deep inside the maw 
Of the Vampire Empire

You build machines
And you call it evolution
Blind and vain
Marching, lockstep to your grave
As the flow of time surrounds you
Leading you back to the soil
Whence you came
Free from the power of the Vampire Empire 

A twisted dream
Cyberspace and fantasy
While nature screams
Claws the windows
Trying to intrude

Do you hear the wolves
As they close on you
Snarling in defiance
Of your Vampire Empire 

You build machines
And you call it evolution
Blind and vain
Marching, lockstep to your grave
As the flow of time surrounds you
Leading you back to the soil
Whence you came
Free from the power of the Vampire Empire 

Follow me when I call your name.

I shall free your soul from the Vampire Empire.

Vampire Empire

Lyrics:

A flower bursting from the soil
A faerie pushed up from the loam
Her virgin act is marked with chalk
Scribed with sigils on the stone
She casts a spell in siren song
To cricket baritone
The beetles hover in the gloom
She's following the insects home.

She's following the insects home
(She's following the Insects home)
She's following the insects home
(She's following the Insects home)
She's following the insects home
(She's following the insects home)
She's following the insects
She's following the insects home

The bees shall call her to their church
She'll buzz a guiding, morbid drone
The forest lit by fireflies
The shrine revealed, now shown
And deep within the sacred hive
She'll wait upon her throne
Until the morning sun does rise
Then following the insects home

She's following the insects home
(She's following the Insects home)
She's following the insects home
(She's following the Insects home)
She's following the insects home
(She's following the insects home)
She's following the insects
She's following the insects home

You're only human 
Small and frail
Mother is calling
You are among her chosen few
A swarm shall guide you
Follow the music, queen of bees
Through the bracken, wicker cones
For it is wisdom that she seeks
She's following the insects home

She's following the insects home
(She's following the Insects home)
She's following the insects home
(She's following the Insects home)
She's following the insects home
(She's following the insects home)
She's following the insects
She's following the insects home

The Queen of Bees

This song seems to be getting over well with live crowds so we thought we'd better record it.

lyrics:

Much braver than I've ever been
I'm twisting into clouds
The sunlight dances on your face
With artificial warmth.

From light to dark
I grant you shade
From cold to warm
This masquerade
You never knew the real me
But it's okay because…

…I've no quarrel with entropy
No sorrow
What will be will be
In cold snow or burning heat

What will be, will be

Rain Follows humidity
The mist flows
Obscuring me
A frost ghost
Chaos theory

And what will be, will be

It's graver than than most would think
I'm really changable
One minute warm, the other cold
But nothing stays the same

I'll scheme, I'll lie
You'll be betrayed
Your curse, my love
The lightning chain
You'll never, ever change me
But it's okay because…

…I've no quarrel with entropy
No sorrow
What will be will be
In cold snow or burning heat

What will be, will be

Rain Follows humidity
The mist flows
Obscuring me
A frost ghost
Chaos theory

And what will be, will be

I am a weather pattern
I am the coming storm
I am the sound of thunder
Run away run away
I am the blizzard beast
I am the grave of love
I am the storm of yonder
But it's okay because

I've no quarrel with entropy
No sorrow
What will be will be
In cold snow or burning heat

(What will be, will be)

Rain Follows humidity
The mist flows
Obscuring me
A frost ghost
Chaos theory

And what will be, will...

Weather Patterns

Lyrics:

This twisted routine
This phantom love we both endure
The murder of the cherished soul

Save your energy
Save your sympathy

I never needed you

Another exchange
In your cold skin trade
No I can't escape
Because you're still a part of me
The ice cold flow
Deep in your veins
Of my silent shame 

And never could I...

Smallest death
And a wide eyed kiss
This means something changed
As you rip the soul from me
Nightmare state
But still awake
As your hands dig in

But never could I scream.

This shadow play
But a marionette for fate
A sweet extinction overture

Save your spiteful gaze
Save your venom spray
I never needed you

Another exchange
In your cold skin trade
No I can't escape
Because you're still a part of me
The ice cold flow
Deep in your veins
Of my silent shame 

And never could I...

Smallest death
And a wide eyed kiss
It seems something changed
As you rip the soul from me
Nightmare state
But still awake
As your fangs dig in

But never could I scream

Choke

A sneak peak at our new sound.

Lyrics:

A spectre in your eyes
Shifts between the world,
A misty phantom
Fading in and out
In silence.
Here in the duskworld
Here in the half light
Where you call my name
But it's far too late

Embracing lady fate
Imprisoned by her touch
All but erased
Kiss me, kill me
Leave me to decay
Cadence and refrain
A symphony of love
All but remade
In her vision,
Death turns me away.

It will not come today.

A silent nightfall
A thousand owls
Cold, lamenting
Judged by parliament
Found guilty
Here in your fresh hell
Here in your cage
Where you remember me
But it's far too late

Embracing lady fate
Imprisoned by her touch
All but erased
Kiss me, kill me
Leave me to decay
Cadence and refrain
A symphony of love
All but remade
In her vision,
Death turns me away.


But it's far too late.

Embracing lady fate
Imprisoned by her touch
All but erased
Kiss me, kill me
Leave me to decay
Cadence and refrain
A symphony of love
All but remade
In her vision,
Death turns me away.

Duskworld

Intro:

And in that enigmatic night
She meets me, alone.
We see eye to eye
Her suffering and mine
And she whispers...

"..In death, we are free."


Lyrics: 

She speaks ,
A shadow looming over you.

"It seems there's doubt
In every little thing you do."

"I will elaborate"

"See, All your friends
just exist in your head
They will abandon you
So follow me
And let them drown in regret"

"I offer simple truth"

"Desire me
Desire death
Dissolve the things that leave you terrified
You could be free
Alone with me"

"Desire me
Desire  death
Desire cold, uncertain suicide
Desire me
Desire peace"

"Don't tell me you that you don't want to die?"

"Too weak" I said 
"To offer any strengths to you.
I'm Far too scared.
Oh I could never see it through."

She did comiserate.

"See, All you love
It goes away in the end
And yet I'm permanent
So come beyond
And leave the lament"

"I'm simply helping you"

 "Desire me,
Desire death.
Dissolve the things that leave you terrified.
You could be free
Alone with me."

"Desire me,
Desire death.
Desire cold, uncertain suicide.
Desire me,
Desire peace"

"Don't tell me you that you don't want to..."

"No!

Get out, Get out 
Get out of my head! "
I cry

She says
"Oh I'm already inside"

"Get out, get out
Get out of my eyes!"

She sighs
"Oh I'm a happy parasite"

"Get out, Get out 
Get out of my head!"
I cry

She says
"It's just a matter of time"

"Get out of my heart!
Get out of my sight!"

She says
"One day you'll be mine."

Dissolve

Cardinal EP

Perfect Freak

Queen Eleanor's Cross is a gothic rock band from Northants, UK.

Initially a 4 piece, Our first demo album “You ate not welcome here” was released in 2022 with a far more rock orientated sound. Since then, the band has undergone line up changes and drifted towards a more atmospheric dark electronic rock infused sound.


We strongly support the underground music scene and will do what we can to help you. All you have to do is ask. 

follow us on Instagram @qexband

New EP "Cardinal" out now on Spotify and others.

Live dates: 18/11/2023 - The Arches, Coventry

current line up:

Scarlet Grey: Vocals
Jim D : Guitar

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