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The Gutted Stag

from Costly Signals by Dyssidia

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The second track off of DYSSIDIA's full-length album 'Costly Signals'

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The Gutted Stag still walks, he has lost all he had inside.

Staggering through the forest, his gallant nature hard to hide.

What sweet traveller will bless this beast with tenderness?

Tend to its wounds, sewing up its skin.

Watch where you tread, all this metaphor you will shed,

Now there's nothing more for you to dread, so much to endure within.

Don't put that poor beast on a pedestal, he may stumble.

It’s such a long and lonely fall from a place that high,

Each thoughtful traverse is a step more further from the life it couldn't live.

Every endeavour panic and purpose in hostile flight,

Prolonging images showing through mirrors on the tension of the water's surface.

What sweet traveller will bless this beast with tenderness?

Tend to its wounds, sewing up its skin.

Watch where you tread, all this metaphor you will shed,

Now there's nothing more for you to dread, so much to endure.

Withering silhouette, the trees they slowly wept,

The graceful creature slept and dreamed peacefully of death.

Withering silhouette, the trees they slowly wept,

The graceful creature slept and dreamed peacefully of death.

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from Costly Signals, released March 27, 2020

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Dyssidia Adelaide, Australia

Part of the rising cohort of world-class Australian progressive metal, Dyssidia have crafted a unique sound amongst their peers, combining bone-crushing riffs with rich harmonies, soaring vocal melodies with brutal growls and breathtaking soundscapes with intricate rhythms.

Following 3 EPs, Dyssidia released their epic hour-long full length album in March 2020. Next album due in early 2024. ... more

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