This song's aesthetics were vaguely inspired by @holidaysintheusa  more spacey/ambient songs as well as these two videos:
https://youtu.be/i41mDWwydxo
https://youtu.be/Vmz-yFfkgdU

Be sure to check 'em out when you get the chance. 

The big cover art is by Małgorzata Lapsa-Malawska - Pretty badass in our opinion.

Anyway, thematically, it's about empathy. I don't think there is enough space to fully explain how we perceive this topic. But the story is specifically about how blind empathy can bite you in the ass if you're feeling empathy for a "monster", i.e. sociopath. Think "Red Riding Hood". 

Because these "monsters" will manipulate you into believing that they are  harmless and will cry begging for help and/or your empathy, and for you to understand and forgive all of the horrors they inflict on others, when in reality it's nothing but a ruse to reel you into their manipulation and inflict those horrors on you. 

In the real world, the story's situation can take many forms. At a personal level, most people have, or will be led on and manipulated by a sociopath. If you zoom out, however, there have been hundreds of studies that show that certain positions of power in our world are particularly attractive to sociopaths, simply because of the nature of the job. Politicians, CEOs, Surgeons, Police Officers, Preachers, etc... All these jobs have extreme levels of influence in the world we live in, and are all plagued by people who will go to extreme lengths to come out on top in every situation. But those, everyone knows about, and stands guard against the possibility of a monster among those. But, what about the downtrodden? The ones who appear weak? The ones that don't seem to have any influence whatsoever? Could these groups also have monsters among their ranks? If they do, only our empathy for their struggle is what empowers them and gives them the influence that every monster so intensely desires.

Why would Red Riding Hood consider the poor wolf a monster if it's just a sweet old lady?

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Took the wrong turn 
Hiking in the woods
I do feel safe, but should head home soon

Faded song of birds
Fly towards the moon
For my own sake, I should head home soon

Silence ain't the word
Empathy was not my cure
I've strayed too far from my little commune

Faced now with a choice
To mend a mind's detours
I strained too hard, I should head home soon


In cold winds
Herald the silence of night
Cold winds
Speak in words of delight


I hear crying
Could it be infant? A child?
In distress? Alas...
Stuck in these woods, even I'm Oppressed 


I walk towards the sound
If anything, I'll help
It's already implied what this path entails

I'm here after all
And I know this path so well
I'm already inclined to what lies in it's trail


Strong winds
Bring the loudest invites
But no wind
Now even the owls gone quiet


I hear grunts
What is it? I can tell it is no child
Disguised, it was lies
Alone in these woods, Monsters, too, can cry


[Bridge]


And so I see how I was wrong
Betrayed by my own heart
I hoped to see the Light, instead I find the Dark

Monsters too do beg for life
But only once they've been caught
I can't bear to describe what I found in the Dark


I squint
To see the coldest of eyes
In a pool of red
Here, even the Devil is pale white


///////////MAY 2025

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ESTE É O IN DARK  - DARKEST DAYS OF METAL E NESTA EDIÇÃO VC VAI OUVIR OS METAIS MAIS NEGROS E ATEMPORAIS:
01 METALLICA - My Friend Of Misery
02 EVANESCENCE - Imaginary (Remastered 2023) - Official Visualizer
03 BLAME ZEUS - Stitch
04 EVEREVE PROLOGUE - The Bride Wears Black (HQ)
05 STREAM OF PASSION - Broken
06 PARADISE LOST- Enchantment (Official Audio)
07 PARADISE LOST- Jaded (Official Audio)
08 NOVEMBER'S DOOM - Devil's Light
09 CARPATHINA FOREST - The Well of all Human Tears
10 ROTTING CHRIST - A Dynasty From the Ice
11 BLACK SABBATH - The DarkZero The Hero  (Remastered 2021)
12 MERCYFUL FATE - Into the Coven
13 KREATOR - People Of The Lie
14 KREATOR - World Beyond (2018 Remaster)
15 DESTRUCTION - Sign Of Fear
16 DESTRUCTION - Release From Agony
17 SLAYER - ostmortem  Raining Blood 
18 VENOM - Countess Bathory (Official Audio)
19 AMORPHIS - Drowned Maid
20 AMORPHIS -  In the Beginning
21 ANATHEMA - Inner Silence
22 DEMONS WIZARDS - Fiddler on the green

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Fear!

Bunny's Foot

萎んでいる夢

Experimenting in rock/metal and electronica (for science).

2013- 
Not the best, but no AI can imitate this violence. Can you say the same about your tracks?
Dave does the singing and the hating of technology / Lex does the playing and the managing of web profiles

Microphone:Audio-Technica AT2020
Guitars:Dean ZX (Explorer)
Bass:Ibanez GSR200
Drums are samples recorded by @delaureat 

Wanna hear the best? check out these guys!:
METAL
Dreyra - https://soundcloud.com/dreyra/tracks
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Vinlandsraud - https://soundcloud.com/vinlandsraud/tracks
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Omniwhore - https://soundcloud.com/westley-rice-463871743/tracks
Teratogenic - https://soundcloud.com/teratogenic/tracks
Boblivion - https://soundcloud.com/boblivion1/tracks
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(more on the way!)


Also, F.U.C.K. your A.I. Sabaton-like riffs and vocalists. Use the tool, don't let the tool use you!

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