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Sanctuaries of Oak

from Cult of Nature by Saarkoth

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lyrics

Follow me down a sunlit path
The light breaking through the treeline
Scents of lavender, garlic and fern
Clear your thoughts and your mind

An escape from the dense jungles of concrete
A freedom from the vast crowd of the mindless
Purge your body and purge your soul
From the thick pollution of the urban
Escape the great maze

Visit the garden of your mother, Gaia
In whose fertile womb you once cradled
Her body once tortured by asphalt scars
This forest a memory of her beauty

These towers of rock and steel which kiss the sky
Replace ancient towers of Oak, Ash and Pine
They desecrate the land once filled with life
Nature loved by man when man once loved life
Return to Earth

I see the world, I feel it’s pain
We are the gods who brought suffering and pain
A cruel hopeless existance which punishes the unkowing
We reek of death and no-one takes the blame

We’ve left the path we were sent when we were born
When man was a child at it’s mothers breast
Great forests to remind us of times long past
All we have left are sanctuaries of Oak

We kneel before the forests king
It’s roots descending beneath the graves of men
Behold it’s majesty
It’s great oak leaves which fall in autumns breeze

Mourn the garden of your mother, Gaia
Whose fertile womb is now dying
Her body tortured by asphalt scars
Not forgiven, we are forsaken

The spirit of the oak which watches through the eyes of the forest
Ever aware of the misdeeds of mankind against the Earth
Mourning the loss of life in our mass extinction event
Our only chance to change now lies before us

Why have we given up on ways of old, lessons taught in the past since forgotten
We kneel now in Sanctuaries of Oak
Why have we given up on ways of old, lessons taught in the past since forgotten
Remembering, but too late for our salvation

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from Cult of Nature, released November 14, 2020

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Saarkoth are a Black Metal project from Staffordshire, England.

Heavily inspired by bands such as Wintefylleth, Agalloch and Emperor.

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