{"id":1147,"date":"2016-11-13T02:04:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-13T02:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tungstenfilamentgroup.com\/blog\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2018-01-27T19:27:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T19:27:27","slug":"voices-of-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/voices-of-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Voices of the Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/5BKfqs1Icftkxu0oE6Xqwo\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/genius.com\/Sumptus-ignis-voices-of-the-dead-lyrics\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">View lyrics at Genius<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whispers from the long-departed<br \/>\nSongs of stillness carved  in silence<br \/>\nSorrowed secrets, words of anger<br \/>\nLocked in time like wasps in amber<\/p>\n<p>Clutching hands &#8211; Fever shakes<br \/>\nThe concrete bed so cold<br \/>\nRags over bone<br \/>\nStaring bloodshot<br \/>\nInsomniac dreams intrude<br \/>\nStaining the landscape<br \/>\nObscenity unseen<\/p>\n<p>Desperation lingering<br \/>\nA broken thing discarded<\/p>\n<p>Ragged nails &#8211; Plow the scars<br \/>\nThe hunger digs below<br \/>\nDeep in the soul<br \/>\nBoiling empty<br \/>\nChew the dregs<br \/>\nDigest the filth of decisions past<\/p>\n<p>Every waking moment \u2013 Voices of the dead<br \/>\nPhantom vicious babble &#8211; Drains his sanity<br \/>\nConstant mental battle \u2013 Hear them screaming<br \/>\nNightmares never buried \u2013 The traumas trail his life<\/p>\n<p>Eyes closed \u2013 Still the visions remain<br \/>\nThe past tears through the comforting lies<br \/>\nCracked skull \u2013 the walls are crumbling down<br \/>\nBurdened by atrocity<\/p>\n<p>Blistered grin \u2013 A vulture&#8217;s laugh<br \/>\nlike rusted links of chain<br \/>\nDropped to the earth<br \/>\nBroken shackles \u2013 the guilt undone<br \/>\nForgiveness comes with a gift of silence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View lyrics at Genius Whispers from the long-departed Songs of stillness carved in silence Sorrowed secrets, words of anger Locked in time like wasps in amber Clutching hands &#8211; Fever shakes The concrete bed so cold Rags over bone Staring bloodshot Insomniac dreams intrude Staining the landscape Obscenity unseen Desperation lingering A broken thing discarded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[315,10,314,16],"tags":[316,289,133,319,293],"class_list":["post-1147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lyrcis","category-music","category-sumptus-ignis","category-writing","tag-lyrics","tag-music","tag-songwriting","tag-sumptus-ignis","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1147"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1304,"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1147\/revisions\/1304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brynschurman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}