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Destrier

by Agent Fresco

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1.
Carry me Now, more than ever Thin are breaths of crimson air Cover me With fallen feathers Skin the last of heavens glare Color my Gloaming eye Be the gush of moaning flames Release the restless roam in hands Arise all limbs of sin to the highest fall of man The beast walks with me
2.
Dark Water 03:38
We hold by skinny hands Trying to warm what age has chilled Weary wintry lands Where breaths collapse, arise and thrill. Our sighs fly high above The sea leaves salty licks and pale lips for the weak We no longer let us love Be the end of heartache… Be the end of heartache… Be the ember Anew us This dark water drags us together Hope cracks with every breath We’ve bathed our eyes on darkest shores Crude waves with lengths of death Washes over us once more Our sighs fly high above The sea leaves salty licks and pale lips for the weak We no longer let us love So linger Let the worst of us collide So linger Be the ember Anew us This dark water drags us together
3.
Pyre 03:33
I see your ghost It finds no rest Leaning close From crest of bed “So lonely is the night, pull me in tonight” Loneliness has… Chest races My best evades Tongues will climb And we taste escape Own me for this night Hold me close tonight Loneliness has only shown me I can’t let you go… Tainted nails paint the red of tails You’re guiding gust through every trail Writing lust through every trail Deep screams underneath these sheets Pull us tautly Leave us thrown Haunt inside me Leave us thrown We both belong to longings of past Can you see the pyre below? We both belong to longings of wrath Can you feel the fire grow? “Lonely is the night, pull me in tonight” Loneliness has only shown me I can’t let you go This burning paints us wet with silhouette sweat Own me for tonight Hold me close tonight Loneliness has only shown me… Loneliness has only shown me I can’t let you go This burning paints us wet with silhouette sweat We both belong to longings of past Can you see the pyre below? We both belong to longings of wrath Can you feel the fire grow? Loneliness has only shown me I can’t let you go Slowly show me How to let you go
4.
Destrier 02:20
Sweat is thick on hide Setting sun alights I’ve combed each hardened hair with crooked fingers and shed my share Tameless, still I climb Reinless beast is mine And we ride to face the stark blank sky Blood is in our eyes Blood is in our eyes Death is all we see Catacombs arise Destrier and me Galloping through night Devastation breathes Cannot close our eyes Destrier and me Blood is in our eyes Not a word we need Numb is a world of speed Wild wind leaves licks of steel When it is whistling with racing love We won’t slow our haste When there’s blood to taste Let us ride to face the stark blank sky Blood is in our eyes Death is all we see Catacombs arise Destrier and me Galloping through night Devastation breathes Cannot close our eyes Destrier and me
5.
Wait For Me 04:00
I’ve lost control Had the heaviest heart on hold with the weight of gold I’ve slowed my feet on these tired grounds Where deep dread still grows I can’t be near With these flowers I’ve picked, I fear They all lost their colors Time spread their arms toward the heavens And bowed down to hell Have I been giving you up for more? Have I been giving you up for more? Have I been giving you up for more? We’ve all lost love Words would be withered without you Wait for me Have I been giving you up for more? You know I’m keeping you all inside this light of mine I can’t see clear The rage of rivers roam every tear They all fall through vague and vast tunnels With hurts of hatred came blinding years Will they disappear? I’m far away Treading a path I’ve made And it’s laid with stones of fallen love I need to feel and to make atonement Before coming home Have I been giving you up for more? Have I been giving you up for more? We’ve all lost love Words would be withered without you Wait for me Have I been giving you up for more? You know I’m keeping you all inside Will you wait for me? Will you wait for me? Have I been giving you up for more? Have I been giving you up for more? Have I been giving you up for more? We’ve all lost love Words would be withered without you Wait for me Have I been giving you up for more? You know I’m keeping you all inside this light of mine Have I been giving you up for more?
6.
Howls 03:03
I’ve escaped Sundering the face of cadence Impatient to find the place where I was found No longer skin to dull the pain Adrenaline reclaiming aging sirens I remember Still I remember howls of youth How pasture gleamed with pearls of dew When everything was vibrant When life would run with lawless legs to race the sun Let’s escape I’ve escaped Sundering with waves of violence Defiant Now I’m in place and I am found No longer skin to dull the pain Adrenaline reclaiming aging sirens I remember Still I remember howls of youth How pasture gleamed with pearls of dew When everything was vibrant When life would run with lawless legs to race the sun Let’s escape I remember Still I remember howls of youth How pasture gleamed with pearls of dew
7.
We lie here pressed by our bough and whisper Wows that wither with every branch we break We lie undressed and barely whisper Wows that wither with every branch we break The autumn red reaps more than heads The forest falls with leaves of surrender Let all be said before regret These bloody bandages will bury us forever I can’t let you fall asleep Keep your eyes on me Keep your eyes on me Can we all agree Our dreaming tree bleeds I can’t just let you fall asleep Keep your eyes on me Keep your eyes on me and please Can we all agree Our dreaming tree bleeds I can’t let you fall asleep Keep your eyes on me Keep your eyes on me Can we all agree Our dreaming tree bleeds I can’t just let you fall asleep Keep your eyes on me Keep your eyes on me and please Can we all agree Our dreaming tree bleeds The autumn red reaps more than heads The forest falls with leaves of surrender Let all be said before regret These bloody bandages will bury us forever
8.
Citadel 01:29
Be the last length of strength for me Be the last line of walls and defense for me Be the last length of strength for me Be the last breath of wrath and revenge in me Be more than us Be powerful, patient, proud And end the slaughter
9.
See Hell 04:20
I woke up with charcoal hands Clouds of grime crimes crown their hatred Fingers bound by iron bands In palms they stay clenched through the night Wounds are green, neglected while I visit never-ending scenes, where the frenzy speaks Words of just repeated till bloodlust floods us We open up to see hell Keep my teeth so deep into the lips where fury cries; “I want to see hell” Pour your oil into their lungs Let it boil black, blistered tongues We both know nobody returns home from war We open up to see hell Keep my teeth so deep into the lips where fury cries; “I want to see hell” I know my hands still reach for hell Should I feed them the fire? I know my hands still reach for hell To condemn or to crown? To condemn or to crown? To condemn or to crown? To condemn or to crown? Drops of bleach, discolor their eyes Leave them never-ending seas of uncertainty Still we know nobody returns, home, from, war. To condemn or to crown? When will metronome count alone? We open up to see hell Keep my teeth so deep into the lips where fury cries; “I want to see hell” I know my hands still reach for hell should I feed them the fire? I know my hands still reach for hell Should I feed them the fire? I know my hands still reach for hell should I feed them the fire? I know my hands still reach for hell See Hell I know my hands still reach for hell should I feed them the fire? I know my hands still reach for hell We’ll leave you for now We’ll leave you for now We’ll leave you for now We’ll leave you for now
10.
Seats are rusty wails There is no light There is no north There is no guide He’s no more Never did his tongue pave roads for us To mend his broken heart When golden tears crescendo Let fall The curtain calls your name They waited then They’ll wait for now Your time on stage enslaved forever Let fall
11.
Bemoan 04:00
I don’t know if I know you all But our blood and our battles still bind us Why have you come and why have you brought our uninvited fears? And I know faith can’t help but fall For our phantoms grow taller behind us Can’t even see the white skin of walls They’re far too many here When will they leave me in peace? When will they leave me in peace? Nightly hours bemoan While demons roam inside my home Nightly hours bemoan While demons roam inside… It’s every time when I lay to rest Within these waves with a call for surrender The quiet sun claims no aching steps They’re all still here Nightly hours bemoan Will tomorrow come with no one else, but me? In this house of drums, they’re all I hear and see Don’t let them ring the bell of age for me Don’t let them ring the bell with hearts debris When the pale appears Their cries are enough to echo nightly skies Erase sunrise and cloud the clear When the pale appears Their cries are enough to echo nightly skies Erase sunrise and cloud the clear Nightly hours bemoan While demons roam inside my home Nightly hours bemoan Will tomorrow come with no one else, but me? In this house of drums, they’re all I hear and see Don’t let them ring the bell of age for me Don’t let them ring the bell with hearts debris Will tomorrow come with no one else, but me? In this house of drums, they’re all I hear and see Don’t let them ring the bell of age for me Don’t let them ring the bell with hearts debris Don’t let them ring the bell of age for me Don’t let them ring the bell with hearts debris
12.
Angst 01:36
These words wear subtle wreaths of sweat When will they reach reset? Detest this helpless lull of fear Beset the angst in tears Forevermore leave my heart Leave my heart
13.
Death Rattle 04:55
You are mine and I am yours Stars have darkened We eclipse Let your eyes rest forevermore Leave the battle at your lips No longer you carry me through the fiery flames We roar, no more Mountains once so undeterred Now, but broken, blackened ribs So real… Can your rattle be heard? Oil arises deathly kiss Lungs of night breaths beds of mist Love fades before my eyes Sorrow celebrates your sounding ail So now, exhale You were mine and I was yours Nothing ever stays the same What was mine is nevermore As the bell tolls out your name No longer we cover loss with feathery shame They soar, no more Can I conquer all with words? Am I crowned with wreath of wings? So real… Can your rattle be heard? Wept in mane a thousand tears I can’t reclaim those blinding years Hate has bereaved me Sorrow celebrates your sounding ail
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15.
We have slept with waking eyes that calmly quiver Dear are desolated nights We’re all there is We let the sorrow sing Through the stillness Conquering The sunken sun inside us will follow the hollow For sorrow sings… We have celebrated death, our fallen feathers Reminding us each day is best We’re all that’s left We let the sorrow sing Through the stillness Conquering The sunken sun inside us will follow the hollow For sorrow sings We’re greeting the grief tonight We’re bleeding by bitter bites We’re screaming with heights tonight With open strings The sunken sun inside us will follow the hollow For sorrow sings

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Agent Fresco's anticipated sophomore album, entitled Destrier, is out now!

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released August 7, 2015

Music by Arnór Dan Arnarson & Þórarinn Guðnason
with Hrafnkell Örn Guðjónsson (Pyre, Bemoan and Mono No Aware)
and Vignir Rafn Hilmarsson (Let Fall The Curtain)
Lyrics by Arnór Dan Arnarson

Destrier was recorded at E7, Ginger Palace, Hljóðriti, Orgelsmiðjan, Ómstöðin and Finnland Studios between September 2013 and December 2014. Produced by Agent Fresco & Styrmir Hauksson
Engineered by Styrmir Hauksson
Additional engineering by Bergur Þórisson & Þórarinn Guðnason
Mixed by Styrmir Hauksson at Ómstöðin Studios
Mastered by Glenn Schick, gsmastering.com

Art direction & graphic design Dóri Andrésson, andresson.com Photography Marino Thorlacius, marinothorlacius.com
Model Heba Eir Kjeld

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Arnór Dan Arnarson vocals
Hrafnkell Örn Guðjónsson drums / percussion
Vignir Rafn Hilmarsson bass / upright bass
Þórarinn Guðnason guitar / piano / programming
String arrangements Viktor Orri Árnason & Þórarinn Guðnason Strings performed by Viktor Orri Árnason
Brass performed by Bergur Þórisson

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