We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

The Legend (live demo)

by Enso Anima

supported by
Snortrax
Snortrax thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.
    Purchasable with gift card

      name your price

     

about

a moment in a hero's journey:

leaving the bonds that held them far behind, and realizing the price of freedom is relinquishing the false ethos they developed in captivity... devoid of any sense of self or purpose, anguished and wavering on the brink of despair, the hero seeks refuge in their deepest dreams, those that had been denied to them by a life of subsistence and servitude... and, with resolve set by the hints of truth they have glimpsed, continues anew upon their path, knowing their real journey has just begun...

(lyrics are for vocals yet to be written... will YOU be the one to write them?)

lyrics

seeing death at the end of life…
like seeing the horizon
at the end of the ocean

close my eyes and watch it grow

the only sound… the turning of the masses
drowned in a mirror, deathless and lithe
waiting for coffins, helpless, alive!
…signals break the surface,
but a much larger process is in progress…
…I wait anxiously for its arrival.

“arms folded,
watches his cumbrous world eclipse
inane worlds of wind and cloud”

as the mind works to recreate
what the senses have inscribed,
there’s a translation error,
and only a fraction of truth is exhumed.
for what, is made this fated ride?
for whom, do these hands starve and clench?

to be small in the face of true majesty,
yet stand tall in the midst of honest fear.
a battle older than the sun.
a simple choice, but the battle’s never won.

in strangulative certainty,
I’ve become no more than a clever forgery.
my faith begins to crumble…
is there value in my patience?

these eyes ain’t opposed to blue skies,
but I’ll allot my time
for a thousand hours
to dream of sleep at night.

the beauty of wonder
in a wanderlust soul,
searching for a way to feel real…
to be desolate
and shine at the same time.

crimson giants gather at last light,
awestruck at an ancient feeling
that illuminates the sky
from just above the horizon.

the hawk spreads its wings,
ready to fly into the night.

faith in one’s plans only truly tested
with the blackest horizon ahead

credits

released November 10, 2017
drums/percussion - Nick Creary-Scher
lead guitar - Shane Ward
rhythm guitar - Whitney Schuster

composition by Enso Anima
lyrics by Enso Anima and George Aziz, except "arms folded..." lines, taken from the poem The Sculptor by Sylvia Plath

tracked in one live take, and mixed by American River College's Audio Recording class in September and October of 2017
mastered by Nick Creary-Scher in November 2017

picture credit to Laurel Schuster (THANX SIS)

license

tags

about

Enso Anima image

Enso Anima Sacramento, California

Black is the Enso, the cycle of energy connecting all things. Red is Anima, a soul within the cycle.

Progressive post-hardcore band from Sacramento. You are not alone.
linktr.ee/ensoanima

contact / help

Contact Enso Anima

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Enso Anima, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featuring Riley Pinkerton (aka The Rat Queen) from the theatrical NYC rockers, Castle Rat.
listen now