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The Age of the Monolith

from From Hand Axe to Laser by Deathamphetamine

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About the early stages of human development.

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The cost of life remained unknown to those who then did raise the stones. All they knew was what they saw in the sky. The hearth and the hide were the symbols of treaty dependence on land and they sowed by hand the seeds that brought the harvest for future conception of children. Streaked with the sweat and the blood of their ancestors, some persevere but then many would fall prey to a race of carrion scavengers ready to tear the skin from the bone. Totemic beasts of mortal man now hear the eagles cry. A crack of thunder heralds sleet to open up the sky. Words present abstractions and condense to form like clouds. A futuristic epic told despite the lack of god. Hand to hand their combat demands the valor of men led by courage alone. Autothanasia before their dishonor, just as they would justify a knife to the heart before bowing to heathens. So too would their fortitude be carried along to their brethren descendants. Standing stones would teach them to hold fast, despite the whirlwind. Totemic beasts of mortal man extending to the sky. Fill the warriors lungs and surge as seething battle cries. Blood was shed by some so that the rest could carry on to ask the question. What is time? the minutes go unmanned. It passes through celestial tracks and travels across the land. People of the monolith now turn their gaze asky, and praise the unknown world above as the generations struggle to survive. In the age of the monolith a life ceases to exist.

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from From Hand Axe to Laser, track released September 1, 2005
Lyrics by Ben Hunsdorfer, Music by Scott Beckett and Deathamphetamine.

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Sci-fi Grinding Thrash, formed in 2002.
Lyrical themes include: Sci-fi, environmental destruction, phantasmagoric events, dystopian present and future.
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