Song of the Day: Weeping Hour - Misael

Louisana- based progressive metalcore band Weeping Hour have released their new single “Misael”. They song is based on a true story involving vocalist Ethan Prudhomme.

Lyrics:

That bird of wisdom

Had its prey

But I saw faith

behind those walls

Of green and beige

When your cup is running dry

Why would I not just pour you mine

That day I saw adolescence die

Blurry felt the law of the land

When we murdered childlike eyes

World was viewed like a page

Not these ink spread shades of gray

Just eighteen

When your world was pulled out from under

Oh eighteen

When we tore your life asunder

Did our lines of security

Become more than life

Would I not break the bread of my birthright

Did you mourn about your future

As we begged you to

Hang your harps on the willow

Did we render justice

As Mother liberty held you hostage

How could he sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?

As he bore witness to all of our privilege

Born of his name

And you’ve borne yours well

I read “Hope” as you signed it “Misael”

Never had I seen

Garments of captivity

Appear as shrouds of pure belief

How does one exude hope in exile

Just eighteen

When we told you home was another

Oh eighteen

When we cursed you, our own brother

Did we gain by sending innocence away

A child abroad uprooted and estranged

Did our lines of security

Become more than life

Would I not break the bread of my birthright

Did you mourn about your future

As we begged you to

Hang your harps on the willow

Did we render justice

As Mother liberty held you hostage

How could he sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?

As he bore witness to all of our privilege

Born of his name

And you’ve borne yours well

I read “Hope” as you signed it “Misael”

Detained was my reason and belief

Correct my apathy

Cultivate compassion

Pardon me for the day

That refuge became ruin