The Lighthouse

from Prequel for an Unforgiving Wreckage : Barren Lands by I AM A CURSE

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

€1 EUR or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

lyrics

It has nothing to do with my name
Nothing to do with some sort of fate
A self-fulfilling prophecy
written by my own hand
It came as a self-appointment
To my new martyr's life
Drenched in silence
This is my devotion

I ended up in hell without a trial
And tonight, waves are fighting with bare teeth
« Fight hard and never give in,
because they are not giving in either
These revolving agents of oblivion! »
« Mind your parish, your sheep and their perdition! »
I am not the chosen one
I am not the chosen one

I would make it an altar
painted in white and blue
for the lost flocks, but above all, for you.
I thought that the flicker of my candle
At the end of these weak arms of mine
Could save and redeem the world
I thought that the wax dripping on my hand
wouldn't hurt, but it weighed me down.

« Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah 53:4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed."
Oh Lord, you never gave me the chance to feel anything like the heartbeat throbbing from the deep bottom of the ocean Oh Lord, there was never such thing as a second chance, only hints of what I've missed, as many hammer blows,
as many crushed nails, as many torn sails...

credits

from Prequel for an Unforgiving Wreckage : Barren Lands, released December 31, 2011

license

some rights reserved

about

I AM A CURSE Le Mans, France

iamacurse.com

contact / help

Contact I AM A CURSE

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like I AM A CURSE, you may also like:

Part Ache
by Jungbluth

supported by 8 fans who also own “The Lighthouse”

powerful and touching album, I've been listening to it non stop since I bought it. Gata Vrangr
go to album
Domesday
by Burning Bright

supported by 7 fans who also own “The Lighthouse”

Revisiting this album today and it is just as powerful and demanding as it was eight years ago. Perfectly pertinent to today's pandemic world and all the other donked up messes facing us. This album reminds us to live... while we may. To quote from 'Disolve': "Our blood will dry some day. But our bones won't break." grahamco
go to album
s/t tape
by Jungbluth

supported by 6 fans who also own “The Lighthouse”

one of the best crust punk releases ever. i'll never not miss jungbluth <3 Popel
go to album
Disaster
by ostraca

More anthemic, post-metal-inspired screamo from the Virginia heavyweights. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 5, 2023
go to album
Killed By Mock Execution
by Mock Execution

The Chicago punks seem intent on defying any hardcore conventions, focusing instead on communicating pure disgust for the rotting world around them. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jul 1, 2022
go to album
Ohyda LP
by Ohyda

Polish noise-crust outfit eschews the big Tragedy-esque riffs still popular with their US counterparts for scratchy claustrophobia. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 2, 2016
go to album
Decompositions:Volume Number One
by Circle Takes the Square

supported by 6 fans who also own “The Lighthouse”

from this shattered breaking point each new step must be nothing short of the saddest act of sorcery Chris Pena
go to album