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Forest Pt. 1 (Blind Willow​/​Sleeping Woman)

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about

[Omar]

The song’s main title is parenthesized, and is based directly on the story of the same name by Japanese author Haruki Murakami. To be precise, it’s based on a poem that the protagonists of the story discuss, but which isn’t related in detail. I took it upon myself to detail what I’d like the poem to be: a tale in which a young woman falls victim to the anthropophagus flies that inhabit the mysterious Blind Willow. Our protagonist, a nameless young man, is prey to the anxiety of not knowing about the young woman’s well-being. He isn’t a typical hero; he’s a weak, fearful human worried about his friend. While the poem proceeds with a theme of visible rawness, the main theme of the lyrics is the anxiety over the unawareness about a loved one, the fear that is felt when someone important to you could be in danger.

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lyrics

Uphill
The shadows
Are starting to drill
As if they were arrows.

A thousand flies have spread the pollen
Of the Blind Willow, that infects the fallen.

A man is trying to rescue – A young girl.
But he is so terrified – <<Is she still alive?>>
Flies are inside her ears – On a curl.
All the pollen deposited – To procreate.

A tragedy known, carved on her bones.

The flies could be
Eating her entrails.
He must gain speed
To save her intestines

So close to the place
Where she lies,
He gathers courage
For her to flourish.

Blind Willow//Sleeping Woman.
Our hero//Is just a human.

He is
In front of her.

He is
Watching her face.

But
She is

Dead, eaten and partially devoured.

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from Ernia, released December 7, 2018

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Ernia Logroño, Spain

Ernia is a five-piece death/grind band formed in Logroño, Spain by a group of weirdo friends with a shared love for fast music and dumb jokes.

We play death-metal infused grindcore for socially ill-adjusted people like us.

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