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"The Awry Ascent"
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Song by Hungry Lights
from the album The Awry Ascent
Released
October 11, 2015
Recorded
2015
Length
6:49
Label
Independent
The Awry Ascent track listing
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"The Awry Ascent" is track eight on the Hungry Lights studio album "The Awry Ascent." Remember that this is a summary, not the entire story! It is 1-10% of what is actually going on—just the skeleton.

Story[]

In this chapter, Prill begins to climb a massive, great staircase called, "The Awry Ascent." The staircase seems endless until the illusion is finally shattered, and then Prill makes the acquaintance of the seer who lives at the top of the observatory, "Flinter." Flinter warns Prill that his quest for Fothcrah will be in vain, but Prill refuses to listen. He expresses a desire to be free of his burdensome past and to soar like the albatross. Prill feels that in order to accomplish this, he must catch Fothcrah.

Lyrics[]

Every step shall resonate as the culling of privation 

And in the echo of my forward betterment,

I'd blaze a path for more to draggle 


Burned by the false wonder 

Yet still I felt content 

Afraid of the sound of the chimes 

In their very nature was how I made my choice 

For the awry ascent 


O' how I roared for a cease! 

A staircase not of sense, but made of dreams that evade 

And grow until the ivy sprouts into the sky 

And shadows true existence 

-A false mirage 

What a foul immersion! 


Burned by the false wonder 

Yet still I felt content 

Afraid of the sound of the chimes 

In their very nature was how I made my choice 

For the awry ascent 


No seer would tell me of my discarded faith 

I dismissed such heed 

I was embodied with pride—o' ego! 

-The worst of evils 


Burned by the false wonder 

Yet still I felt content 

Afraid of the sound of the chimes 

In their very nature was how I made my choice 

For the awry ascent 


How the albatross can soar with those heavy, iron wings 

They would weigh me like a stone with a chiseled, cosmic story 

I admired such vim 

I admired such courage 

For it showed me I could fly 

If I only would endure

 Trivia[]

  • An earlier conceptualized name for this song was "Great Stairs."
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