Cloak and Dagger Routine

from Exposed, Barren and Often Windswept by Terzij de Horde

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A much maligned cloak of secrecy
thrown over arms holding my heart
The knife in the back replaced
by a dagger of piercing truths

Speak hands, for me
as my lips tremble with lies
Et tu Brute? Then fall Caesar
Then let collapse this world of byes

Lover/Caesar now be still
I killed not thee with half as good a will

Rip apart this futile corpse
let the blameless fingers point
vile daggers, torn shrouds
Stained hands this body anoint
let the pointless fingers blame
your cloak and dagger routine on shame

The knife in the back replaced
by a dagger of piercing truths

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from Exposed, Barren and Often Windswept, released December 21, 2008

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Terzij de Horde Utrecht, Netherlands

Terzij de Horde combine an amalgam of progressive black and doom metal with a rawness reminiscent of extreme hardcore or chaotic screamo.

Terzij de Horde is Dutch for “athwart the horde”. It is a line from the poem “Einde” (ending) by legendary Dutch poet Hendrik Marsman. Marsman is an inspiration to the band, as are many other authors and philosophers in the same dark vitalistic vein.
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