All is lost I do no longer care All is lost I cry out in despair
The betrayal in her eyes were far too obvious to hide
I felt a pain in my heart A pain which may never part
My love strong as ever Yet I know it as lost
The joy will all be gone after this day has been done
All is lost I do no longer care
All is lost I cry out in despair
Deep inside I will die
In my eyes you . . .
. . . will see the tears I've cried
Now when this madness is mine
Alone, abandoned I stand
With her withered rose in my hand
My God! What have I done?
Why am I left so alone?
Caught by a web made by fear
My fate lies sealed within tears
epic, pastoral doom that yet radiates with the sadness and anguish of the abused. a powerful, moving work - if only the band had a different name... risottoeater
So I can't leave a long enough review to say everything I want. But I will say this, I love this EP. It's a great little follow up to times, and has just enough of a dynamic shift in sound to prove that Smoulder isn't a one trick pony with their first album's formula. This one really plays up the 70s prog aspects (DUST and Manilla Road influences definitely shine through even harder here). It's still Smoulder, don't get me wrong. Just a different side in some ways, all of which are good. playfulpooka