The Shallows

from Fathomless by The Red Masque

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Features beautiful six panel digipack lite packaging with artwork by band vocalist Lynnette Shelley and photography by Gina Andreoli.

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Drifting into water, ripples moving
Your blank gaze does not turn
To watch the herons glide away
Their shadows dark in the dusk
You do not turn your head
Nor shiver as the hawks take flight
And collide in the sky above you
Entangled in animus
Bright-eyed with need
You drift in the wind
You float in the shallows
Tame and tepid
Dead wood to the living reed

No senses touch you
Nor thrill of fight or flight
No pumping heart, no rising tempo
No final crescendo at close of day
No claws to rend nor teeth to tear
No keen hunger slavers at the bone

You're just a pale imitation
You're just a pale ghost
Shallow

The wind is dying now
No song to play, no wild melody
No ripples reaching out to touch you
Calm and silent, no passion seen
The hawks, they turn their eyes away
The herons left at close of day
You will never lose control
You will never feel this need
Your dark eyes do not see
Dead wood to the living reed

You're just a pale imitation
You're just a pale ghost
Shallow

We hold on to our emptiness
We hold on to our greed
We're just sharpening our teeth.....

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from Fathomless, released October 26, 2018

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The Red Masque Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Red Masque is a dark art rock band from Philadelphia, PA. Founded in 2001 by bassist Brandon Lord Ross and vocalist Lynnette Shelley, the band has had many incarnations over the years. The Red Masque currently consists of Ross and Shelley along with Severyn Clarke on Drums, and Scott Weingarten on guitars. ... more

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