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Grief and Justice

by Trvth

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1.
In Despair 07:56
Please hear my words My cries to you for help Do not hide your face from me, in my time of distress Turn your ears to me Answer me quickly when i call My days are vanishing like smoke My bones are charred in a fireplace My hearts been stuck like grass My soul has withered I forget to eat my food because of my loud groaning My bones cling to my flesh I resemble a pelican of the wilderness An owl among the ruins I am emaciated like a solitary bird on a roof All day long my enemies taunt me They use my name as a curse I eat ashes as my bread My drink is mingled with tears Because of your displeasure you lift me up to cast me aside My days are like a fading shadow I am withering like grass Remnants everlasting The fame that endures for all generations The time has come There's pleasure in her stones You have affection for her dust You cannot despise the destitute Souls must exist Accolades with ardor From the heights its seen The foundations of the earth
2.
My beloved by day I cry out At night I'm in your presense Please hear my words Open your ears to my pleas My soul is filled with destruction My life hangs by the crevices of the grave I'm in the book of those destined for dust A being of helplessness I'm left among the dead Like inanimate corpses Those whose long forgotten Separated from all mercy I'm in the lowest pit The dark places of an endless abyss Your rage weighs heavily on me I'm overwhelmed by your crashing waves My acquaintances have been driven from me "I'm viewed as detestable I'm trapped and I cannot escape The affliction has caused my eyes to wear I call out to you all day long With arms stretched I'm yearning to touch your face What good am I when I'm powerless How can I say I love you when I'm gone Can wonders be seen in darkness And yet I still cry out to you Every morning when I raise Have you rejected me Is your face hidden Since I was born I've been filled with infirmity I've always been ready to perish" I'm numb from the terrible things that you allow me to suffer Your burning anger overwhelms me Your terror destroys me Surrounds me like waters They close in on me from all sides You have driven my friends and companions far away from me Darkness has become my companion
3.
Fears 07:25
Man born of woman is short lived and filled with trouble He comes up like a blossom and withers away He flees like a shadow and disappears Decrees fixed with eyes upon them What contaminations come from the untainted The limits are set I cannot go beyond them If my days are decided My months are in your hand Can you turn away the beaming eyes that shine upon me If this is my lot Let me finish my work Let me complete my day Even a tree is more advantageous If it's cut down it will sprout again Its twigs will continue to grow "If its roots grows old in the ground And its stump dies in the soil At the scent of water it will sprout It will produce branches like a new plant But when my day comes and I lie powerless Where am I" Water disappears from the sea And a river drains away and dries up Man also lies down and does not get up Until the universe crumbles They will not wake Death conceal me Hide my face until this anger passes away Set a limit and remember me If I die can I live again I'm forced to wait in this duty until I'm alleviated The growth of this tree will sprout Reaching out to me and i will answer "Until then my every step is counted My every thought is weighed out Sealed up in this endless abyss of memories As a mountain falls and crumbles away And a rock is dislodged from its place As water wears away stones And its waves tears at the soil My hope is crushed, I'm overpowered until i die In this flesh I feel only pain I mourn constantly while I'm alive"
4.
Deject 07:24
They laugh at me Men younger than I am Whose fathers I would have refused With dogs that guarded my flock What use was the power of their hands Their vigor has perished They are worn out from want and hunger They gnaw at the parched ground That was ruined and desolated They gather preserves from the bushes Consuming the root of diseased trees Exiled from their heritage Ostracized like thiefs Dwelling on creviced cliffs In holes in the ground From thickets they cry out Intetwined amongst thorns Sons of the senseless cast far away Mocking hymns I've become an object of scorn They detest me Far away from me they stand With spit they cover my face The sun has disarmed me and made me low There is no mercy in my presence Barriers of destruction are in my path There's no one to stop them Did someone breach the wall Terror overwhelms me My dignity is driven away like the wind My life recedes from me Held by days of affliction The gnawing pain never stops The collar of my garment chokes me Reduced to dust and ashes I cry for help but there is no answer All have turned against me Tossed about in the storm Have I not wept for others during hard times Have I not grieved I hoped for good but badness came The churning did not stop Days of affliction confronted me There is no sunlight
5.
Torn 03:29
Is not the life of mortal souls like compulsory labor His days like a hired worker Like a slave he longs for the shadow Like a worker he wait for his wages I've been assigned months of futility Nights of misery have been counted out for me As the night drags on I toss restlessly Until the dawning of the day My flesh is covered with maggots and clods of dirt My skin is full of scabs and pus My days go by quickly as they come to an end without hope My eye is wind My eye will never see happiness Your eyes will look for me but I will be gone Like a cloud that fades and vanishes My place will acknowledge me no more I will not restrain my mouth I will speak in the anguish of my spirit I will complain in my bitter distress Am I a monster that you should set a guard over me My own bed has terrified me with dreams I'm frightened with visions Yes, I would chose suffocation, death, than the this body of mine I loathe my life I dont not want to go on living Leave me alone My days are like a breath
6.
Inside 06:40
If only my anguish Could be weighed with scales My calamity, like the sands of the sea Arrows have pierced me I drink its venom Terror in my mind Tasteless without salt If you could hear my words If you could feel my wants Do I have the strength to keep on waiting Is there any way to help myself My own brothers have been treacherous As a winter stream Like waters that dry up Darkened by ice Melting snow is hidden To their end When it becomes hot Into the desert they vanish They are ashamed Because of misplaced trust The terror of my calamity Frightens you Instruct Me And I will be silent Help me understand My mistakes Honest Words are not painful Are you scheming to reprove my words A desperate man's sayings Like wind blows away You would cast lots over orphans And sell your own friend So now turn and look at me Is my tongue speaking untruth I would not lie to your face Does my palate not discern that something is wrong Reconsider
7.
Condemnation 07:25
How long will you keep irritating my soul Crushing me with words I've been completely rebuked You are not ashamed to deal harshly My errors remain with me Exult yourself You claim this reproach against me is justified The sun has caught me in its hunting net I keep crying for help but there is no justice My path is blocked with a stone wall I cannot pass by My roadways are covered with darkness My glory has been stripped From all sides I am broken My hope is uprooted like a tree His anger burns against me I'm viewed as his enemy I'm besieged by this camp surrounding my tent "Those who know me have turned away from me I've been forgotten I'm a stranger in my own house I beg to them all for compassion My leaves are loathsome to my soil I am mulch to my kin Despised by firstlings Scorns overlap my reach Execrated amongst the forest Those whom I loved have turned against me" My bones stick to my flesh I escape with the husk of my roots Show me mercy Why am I persecuted relentlessly If only my words were carved forever in the rock I know my deliverance is alive
8.
My Feelings 06:48
Let the day perish on which I was born Let that day be darkness Let the sun not shine upon that place Let it be reclaimed by the deepest gloom Let a rain cloud settle over it Let whatever darkens the day terrify it Let it not rejoice among the days of a year Let it not enter among the number of the months Let that night become barren Let no joyful cry be heard in it Let a curse be put on it Let the stars of its twilight grow dark Let it wait in vain for daylight Let it not see the rays of dawn It did not close the dorrs of my mother's womb It did not hide trouble from my eyes Why did I not die at birth Why did I not perish when I came from the womb Why were there knees to receive me And breasts to nurse me For now I would be lying down undisturbed I would be sleeping at rest with kings of the earth and their advisers Who built for themselves places that are now in ruins Or with princes who possessed gold Whose houses were filled with silver Why was I not like a hidden miscarriage Like children who have never seen the light There, men have ceased from agitation There, the weary are at rest They do not hear the voice of the one forcing them to work Small and great are the same there There, the slave is set free from his master Why is light given to one who suffers Why do they long for death but it does not come Why is light given to a man who has lost his way In place of my food comes my sighing My groaning pours out like water What I have dreaded has come upon me
9.
Accomplish 05:06
Wraped in Greatness Majestic Clothing The lights surrounds your crevices Expanse in your hands like a cloth Miniscule and basic Elemental control On wings of the wind An army of sons Exuding a consuming fire Laying down a rock of eternity It will not be moved from its place Covered by deep waters of apparel So high it stood above the mountains At your rebuke they fled From the sound of your thunder they ran away in panic Mountains ascended Valleys to the ground To designated places These boundaries cannot be passed They will never cover the earth again Springs rage into the valleys Between the mountains They flow providing water for the beasts of the field Donkeys quench their thirst Above them roost the birds of the sky They sing among the thick foliage The watering comes from the upper rooms The earth becomes satisfied Vegetation to sustain This wine that brings joy to my heart This oil that makes my face shine This bread of sustenance Juniper trees filled with storks Mountain ridges filled with goats Crags of refuge The moon marks the appointed times
10.
I loathe my life I vent my complaints In my bitter distress I speak Do not pronounce me guilty Why are you contending with me Does it benefit you to oppress To despise the work of your hands Do you have eyes of flesh Are your days like mortals No one can save me from your hand Destroyed by the artist Why did you bring me out from the womb I should have died before any eye could see me It would have been as though I never existed Taken straight from the womb to the grave My days are few, leave me alone I will go away and not return To lands of gloom A land of shadow Where light does not shine

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released November 18, 2016

Album Artwork by Andre Block

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