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Ataraxia I & II

by Vials of Wrath

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    2023 Jewel Case edition of the Ataraxia I and II EPs as one complete album. Also features bonus track "A Primal Urge." Comes with vinyl sticker and pin.

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As evening approaches And shadows grow long My thoughts drift to times past Of family and friends Youth that never ends In a memory no one ever grows old How I miss that childhood bliss To be young, naive and sinless Realities cost is innocence lost When nightmares are no longer dreams Just as summer’s shade Becomes autumnal shadows A place that once gave comfort Now renders me so cold And just as the only constant is change I gain solace knowing the one Who transcends every age As evening has passed And the shadows are gone My thoughts drift to tomorrow Of family and friends A new day will begin Full of joy and sorrow How I miss that childhood bliss To be young, naive and sinless Realities cost is innocence lost When nightmares are no longer dreams
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We all have acquired What seem to us dreams Of joyous occasions And needful things Our hearts desire A quest to gather so much more Never content with the present But what life has in store Or old lang syne’s our passion Nostalgic adoration Our lives were better yesteryears Looking into the past Mourning a half empty glass Yet I have found treasure Living in the now Knowing a divine purpose With my hands to the plow For we aren’t promised tomorrow And there’s no reliving days of yore To be constantly in the holy presence ‘Tis what this life is truly for Yet I have found treasure Living in the now Knowing a divine purpose With my hands to the plow
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I am addicted To the drug of nostalgia Constantly wanting that which I’ll never have enough of again I am afflicted By euphoric remembrances Bittersweet events Bygone, there is a longing Recalled with both joy And pain Time… once a friend You are a thief betraying all Always fleeting, yet deathless Time… no beginning nor end Ephemeral in your eternal call Each day feels destined To be a coffin nail Each breath drawing closer To dust, and with wisdom Knowledge of the coming pale What does tomorrow hold? Uncertainty you certainly bring For I at least know the words Of yesterday’s songs to sing But what of today? Is it no more than yesterday’s morrow? Let me not dwell on these things For today is sufficient in its own sorrows Would that I not lay waste To this precious gift This present What more could I do? Who could I become? Time, like tides, cleanses May I embrace the waves May I embrace the waves
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Would that I remain Before my days are gone By a river flowing benevolent Ever pure, ever long And would that I remain there Planted like the trees Who in due season are altruistic beings Would that I remain true to all my past, to my heritage, my lineage Leaving things that last And would that I remain With roots that grow so vast Like the oaks innumerable Weathering storms steadfast Chorus: Silence, Peace, Solace Eludes me Unless I remain Within a sacred wood Would that I remain In natural boundary confined At peace with the pace of progress As I’m grafted to the vine And would that I remain Ever growing still, Always moving forward, According to His will Would that I remain Content with all that I’m given Despite this world’s philosophy Despite all the attrition And would that I remain Blessed by Jehova Jireh Ne’er in need of anything Sabbath my only desire (Chorus) I feel my soul’s erosion Unexposed to the sun Overwhelmed by the darkness Unspeakable horror of dying cold and alone Cast me not away Into barren and cursed land I pray my life fruitful That I delay the scythe in your hand (Chorus)
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Two EPs together on one album, Ataraxia I & II consists of two sets of three songs that are thematically related. Ataraxia II is a continuation of lyrical ideas and concepts that began on part I.
Vinyl and CD produced in association with Vision of God Records.

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released September 1, 2023

Dempsey W. Mills - All vocals, instruments
Produced/Recorded at Fallen Oak Recording, Maryville, TN
by D.W. Mills
Cover by Stigma: The Art of Samuel Nelson

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Vials of Wrath Maryville, Tennessee

Nature-inspired metal intent on evoking solitude with an affinity for the divine.

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