Terra Nova, by Mistwalker

Terra Nova

by Mistwalker

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1.	Juniper Lament 02:34	lyrics	buy track
I fear death I fear my own mortality Where are you now? Somewhere beyond the threshold Of this material world Traced in air Heartache is the slowest killer This empty house Upon the juniper hill I still feel your presence If I remember you did you really die? I'll keep your memory alive
2.	Terra Nova 04:20	lyrics	buy track
Far to the east of Canadian shores An island rests shrouded in mist Severed off from the rest of the world Where she receives the cold Atlantic's kiss Inhabited by my people Hardened folk raised on salt tempered waves An ocean realm so dear to me Forever shrouded in skies so grey In a place by the sea Shrouded in mystery For her I shall stand For ye olde Newfoundland The Long Ranges are mine And for all Livyers' kind And for my ancestors I am Terra Nova Connected to the briny deep We are masters of the freezing waters Ships so strong we command Poseidon Seafaring might we shall never falter In a place by the sea Shrouded in mystery For her I shall stand For ye olde Newfoundland The Long Ranges are mine And for all Livyers' kind And for my ancestors I am Terra Nova In a place by the sea Shrouded in mystery For her I shall stand For ye olde Newfoundland The Long Ranges are mine And for all Livyers' kind And for my ancestors I am Terra Nova
3.	Temperamental Sawblades 02:52	lyrics	buy track
Rosedale, a most peaceful glen Coastal, subtle, home to hard working men A saw mill's presence on the green grass field Where the lumberjacks felled the local weald Trees chopped down to be made into lumber Until one day came an uproarious thunder A gas leak led to fire and flames And an explosion rocked the glen so tame Temperamental sawblades Careening through the air Barreling down towards the men As they screamed in despair A dangerous environment Unsafe working conditions Blood spilled in the fire A deadly premonition Devious destruction of metal and wood Stone, steal, bone and flesh burning where the forest stood Circular discs of serrated iron Cursed to cut men in half in the heat of the fire Blood spilled in the wake of human industry Dedicated to the genocide of the trees Got what was coming to them Seems that we simple folk never learn from way back when Temperamental sawblades Careening through the air Barreling down towards the men As they screamed in despair A dangerous environment Unsafe working conditions Blood spilled in the fire A deadly premonition
4.	Controlled Burn 04:13	lyrics	buy track
You sought to help out The environment any way you could But it was man made folly Set aflame the wood A poorly thought out plan Cursed from forest to the lakeside sands Acres of woodland dying Destruction at your hands Burning away the dead And the dying to make way for a fresh start Consume the wilderness in a newness But now flames have consumed her heart A taint on this wild gestalt This is all your fault Controlled burn The power has slipped through your fingers Controlled burn Not so, now out of control Desecration!
5.	Bloody Bay Massacre 06:21	lyrics	buy track
We had settled these lands This harbor was our own Where we fished and hunted Always it was to be our home Guarded by snow capped mountains Flanked by the pine clan hills Never would we imagine The snow white men who would come to kill Bloody Bay … massacre Bloody Bay … massacre Bloody Bay … massacre Bloody Bay … massacre They encroached upon Our sacred territory Killing the reverent nature And the woods on the promontory A burden upon our spirits These outsiders do not belong We cannot coexist We cannot get along Sharpen the tomahawks Fletch more arrows and bows Tonight we descend from Mount Calvary to the homesteads below A ravenous family invaded Took Angle Brook when it wasn’t there’s to take Now we will take it back This horde we shall decimate Our axes cut deep in the flesh Wounds spurt blood as they wake from their rest Jump out of bed at the sound of their screams In the moonlight our arrowheads gleam We kill to reclaim for the earth What was stolen from us we’ve had since birth No mercy for foreign invaders Die at the hands of our Beothuk raiders Death to the colonists
6.	Set Fire to the Tabernacle 02:45	lyrics	buy track
Looming over this little town Is a monument to cowards and lies A place where as a child I was deceived and led to be blind But now in my adult life Through a lifted veil I see the truth A place of wretched disgust Using fear to brainwash the youth Through the words of ancient tomes They corrupt our homes And through speaking in Tongues God's work is done But I will never forgive For as long as I live One day I'll break these shackles And set fire to the tabernacle Spreading naught but a fake gospel To those who swallow every word Delivered to them by a mouth of war Spreading hate as far as it can be heard I plan to bury that cross in the ground Turn the steel steeple straight into ash Watch that motherfucker go up in flames Beneath the winds of cemetery grass Through the words of ancient tomes They corrupt our homes And through speaking in Tongues God's work is done But I will never forgive For as long as I live One day I'll break these shackles And set fire to the tabernacle You have earned yourself a taste of my wrathful fire You must have known that since day one My secular will would be done You'll perish in the flames of my vengeful ire And in your ruins My kingdom shall come
7.	The Steady 07:13	lyrics	buy track
(Instrumental)
8.	Balsam Falls 01:48	lyrics	buy track
(Instrumental)
9.	Bury the Islanders 06:24	lyrics	buy track
The Samson Islands Archipelago in far eastern waters Settled by Englishmen In an age of colonial power My great grandfather Lived there with his family Living off the salty ocean Not knowing one day he'd cease to be Ocean man On cursed sands and on doomed lands Ocean man Nearly a century ago here he'd stand They were destined to become Newfoundlanders In the end they buried the islanders Upon Flat Island Marble gravestones rest in decay Marking the bones of my elders As their legacy fades away Still shining stark white in the sun Hardened stone never turning grey Never weathering in oceanic storms For an eternity here they shall stay Ocean man On cursed sands and on doomed lands Ocean man Nearly a century ago here he'd stand They were destined to become Newfoundlanders In the end they buried the islanders
10.	Valley in Flames 04:16	lyrics	buy track
Fire! Burning the forests Sparks fly from the rails Ablaze in summer heat Prevention set to fail Haul water to the woodland Heap liquid upon the coals Dread the consequences Of industry sevenfold Valley in flames Turn up the heat Valley in flames The fire closer creeps Touching the outskirts of town Licking the sides of houses Destroying acres of farmland Unable to put out or dowse Brittle wood falls victim To the searing warmth Burning to the ground The blaze sunders forth Valley in flames Turn up the heat Valley in flames The fire closer creeps We shall never recover from these wounds The forests around our home are doomed We shall perish in the light of summer To the fire spirits we’re destined to suffer
11.	With Sawdust as My Ashes 03:38	lyrics	buy track
The industry has crumbled Succumbed to economic turmoil At the behest of sordid flames Tearing down tracts of livelihood My grandfather built this mill He carved it with his bare hands And gave work to all of his sons In the forests of Newfoundland But now it sits a desolate husk Rusting in decay, weathered waste away Abandoned for more than a decade Falling apart, ripped at the seams My grandfather built this mill He carved it with his bare hands And gave work to all of his sons In the forests of Newfoundland Ugh! With sawdust as my ashes I shall fade slowly into the earth Leaving nothing behind But the nostalgia and a memory I go to join my father Beneath the dirt, above the aether And my legacy will rot away To be consumed by the roots of nature
12.	Saunders Cove Rock 01:23	lyrics	buy track
(Instrumental)
13.	Camp 21 03:37	lyrics	buy track
(Instrumental)
14.	Ghost Town 06:53	lyrics	buy track
Every time I return I hope to see familiar faces But only ghosts remain Replaced by people I no longer know Empty houses Missing souls I no longer feel at home The past is fading I cannot hope to hold it Move on or be left behind Things have changed For better or for worse But I know what I must do Say goodbye To those dead and gone I will not yet join the phantoms This surreal feeling Never seems to leave my mind Everything is so bizarre Twenty years down the road So this is where I stand Do I belong to this chasm? No, I refuse to succumb To the gate of ghosts Empty houses Missing souls I no longer feel at home The past is fading I cannot hope to hold it Move on or be left behind Things have changed For better or for worse But I know what I must do Say goodbye To those dead and gone I will not yet join the phantoms This is a final parting To the ghost town I call home
15.	Satan (Defense Force Cover) 02:20	lyrics	buy track
Come on down to greet me Into the paradise of fire I want to meet you, baby And have a little fun maybe Into the depths of the Inferno Stare Grotesque, baby Clarinets coming from my chest If you stay, baby I'll be sure to ... 'Cause I'm Satan 'Cause I'm Satan Never really made it Torturing lost souls forever In the pits you will tell me to Stop! Eating your children and molesting your kin Love me forever and you will never Never be Be free again None of God's creations now will rule until the end of time Never really made it ('Cause I'm Satan) Torturing lost souls forever In the pits you will tell me to ('Cause I'm Satan) Stop!

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The second disc of the Alexander Bay double album, entitled Terra Nova.

credits

released January 15, 2018

Greg Ravengrave - All Instruments, Album Art, Production

The song "Juniper Lament" is dedicated to the memory of my grandmother, Evelyn Sweetapple. Rest in peace.

"Satan" originally written and recorded by Defense Force.

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Mistwalker Glovertown, Newfoundland and Labrador

Blackened heavy metal originally from Glovertown, Newfoundland. Our live band is based in Montreal. Black thrash 'til death! MPDS for life!

All music is written and recorded by Greg Ravengrave unless otherwise specified.

Live band:

Greg Ravengrave - Vocals, Drums

Erin Faithless - Bass, Backing Vocals

Bobby Warlock - Guitars, Backing Vocals ... more