Cemetery Bloom is the fourth song on Reverence. This song is about Winston’s Wife, Jessica McCall. This song also connects with the fifth track, The Void
[Verse 1]
You sweep across the heavens, an extinction grade event
And carve your name upon the gates where angels fear to tread
All hail my
You shine like blood and diamonds, you sing like breaking glass
You drag them out into the street and turn their names to ash
All hail my
[Verse 2]
You hum like quiet lightning in the eye of a typhoon
A bird of illest omen crowing all impending doom
All hail my
The whisper of unnerving truth when saner minds depart
You rise like Christ the Saviour, you burn as Joan of Arc
All hail my
You bring the axe upon them with devastating grace
And on their heads, forever lay a curse upon their fate
All hail my
My spirit on unhinging force, my avalanche untamed
Bearing down relentlessly on all who dare remain
All hail my
[Outro]
All hail my
My unnatural disaster
All hail my
My kaleidoscopic gloom
All hail my
My karmic equalizer
All hail my
My cemetery bloom
Cemetery Bloom was written by Jeff Ling & Luke “Pig” Kilpatrick & Ben Gordon & Winston McCall.
Cemetery Bloom was produced by George Hadji-Christou.
Parkway Drive released Cemetery Bloom on Fri May 04 2018.
Parkway Drive frontman Winston McCall shared in a RockSound track-by-track interview:
My wife gets a song on every record because I love her, and this one is for her. It’s basically about her. If you want a picture of a heart of gold, carve her open because it’s there. She will break her legs to gi...