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Above Their Dreamless Sleep
Beside the river’s dark green flow
Here, where the pine trees weep
Red autumn’s winds will coldly blow
Above their dreamless sleep.
So let them lie, their graves bedecked
Whose bones these shades invest
Nor grief deny nor fear suspect
The beauty of their rest.
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2. |
Victory & Defeat
03:53
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Some see history as a legacy
Some see history as a victory… or defeat
Some hear the sirens of steel
Some hear the sirens of iron… yet retreat
When I breathe the smoke of fire and oak… I choke back the tears
And when the light descends we won’t sleep… we will fight throughout the night
Yet in the mirror no cheer…
Yet in the mirror the image of your own fear
And as we live by the sword
We pay our debts to the war we can’t afford
I saw you there, running where… I just cant know
And when you looked back to me i knew eternity
We see through the veil beyond…
We see through the veil and we are alive
We hear the calls in the valley
We hear the calls of the dolls… and they thrive
As the long night takes flight… there’s no tomorrow…
And as we go, we grow weary there is naught but the enemy…
Ourselves… Humanity
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3. |
The Hammer & The Nail
05:26
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Deep in the smithy
The metal is cast
To melt in the fire
And bend in the blast
The nail is an anchor
But also a spike
And with your great rancor
Lash out such a strike
Slice with the dagger and
Squeeze with the vice
I will see you stagger
I won’t hear christ
So strike with the hammer
And stab with the nail
Stumble and clamber
And Cry out a great wail
Cut with the saw
Hew with the axe
By the Book of The Law
I won’t pay your spirit tax
The hammer of destiny
It shines in the sun
But it falls swiftly
For everyone
Shines in the sun…
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4. |
Didn't Give Enough
04:03
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Didn’t Give Enough
We scraped our fingers to the bone
Just so we wouldn’t be alone
We poured the fire down our throats
Just as we let go of all our hopes.. and dreams
It seems
That we just didn’t give enough
Our last time, these crimes, resign
Like we just didn’t give enough
Our last joke, this smoke, we’re broke
Cause we just didn’t give enough
I said we just didn’t give enough
We walked our feet into the ground
Just so we wouldn’t be around
We cut the hearts out of our chest
Just so we could think we are the best
And guess
What's next..
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5. |
We Set Sail
04:45
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We left port for all the glory
We set the sail for the aurae
All our hearts in undulation
Set to overcome tribulation
First few days clear and peaceful
Sung fine songs and were ever thankful
Keel cut through the liquid mirror
Pray to Dagon spare us horror
Cast your spells my sweet
for tomorrow we will meet
Love with abandon my dear
for the coming fortnight we do fear
Tomorrow we'll be dust
and forget all the fuss
My love for you will holdfast
even long after we have past
Soon the winds they blew a gustful
Waves they licked upon our foaksul
Our course turned to southward voyage
All we could do is avoid a wreckage
Clouds they closed into a coffin
Marking our assured destruction
The nightmare lands we discovered
Our true fears were uncovered
Yet we live for today
and we lust for the way
We will begin again
like we never end
Tomorrow we'll be dust
and forget all the fuss
My love for you will holdfast
even long after we have past
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6. |
The Flooded Mausoleum
09:11
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As I descended further inside
the humidity increased
and I clutched the scarf to my neck
in a futile attempt to keep the dampness at bay.
I could hear flowing water in the distance
and the moldy aroma of moss
mixed with something much more
unpleasant grazed my senses.
Each step I took echoed
into the not-so-distant darkness
with only my small torch
lighting the way.
As I rounded the corner
of the last stairwell I was
forced to wade yet deeper
to further progress
to the lowest storey.
Soon I was up to my waist
in a fetid bog of god-knows-what
as oblong boxes floated by me,
the contents of which I dared not contemplate.
Every animal sense in my body
and brain screaming to turn back,
give up this foolish task
of which I have set to myself.
But as I rounded the last crumbling
corner I saw it,
the pale green light which I knew
to be the passage I had been searching for.
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Coming Forth Yet Unbound
04:08
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You, you gave up the world for me and I
I can never sleep through the night
And we, we follow this unknown darkened path
To the, the shadow that is cursed and full of wrath
Three heads on the body of a hound
Guards our way to the underworld
It’s time to let ring such a sound
And we are coming forth yet unbound
And we, we lost you in the river flowing to the sea
The blackened robes of Charon enveloping me
Now I am bathed in clear moonlight and yet
My thoughts forever focus on regret
Three knots down the river of Acheron
We’ve passed through the heart of Erebus
Untold our harrowing of agonies
Yet the scent of fire on the breeze
And we are coming forth on the breeze
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8. |
Samhain Reign
05:23
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The nights they darken hence
The trees they bow their heads
Return the shadows whence
The northern winds they spread
Take up your chosen mask
Cut off the molting skin
Aright your faithless past
Forget the weight of sin
Raise up the hallowed skull
Let fly the wicked crow
We will begin the cull
The grey will never know
To Aos Si we implore
Burn forth the sacred flame
And drink the blood of yore
The dead will be ordained
We’ll bring the spirits forth again to codify the end!
This world now it has changed
The night it is proclaimed
The dead will rise again
And come the Samhain reign
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9. |
Fall of The Colosseum
04:09
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We, we won’t fight
For the might
Of the Empire
We’ll trade our scythe
For the knife
Reclaim our tired lives
Take in the light
Blind the sight
Of the sycophants
Hark, heed the call
And let fall
The Colosseum
Watch as the
Horses flee
No quarter for the
Master’s greed
The city is
In disbelief
The royalty
They are in grief
As we gather
Around the king
We can’t hold back
We have to sting
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10. |
As Mother To Sun
07:11
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I, I can’t feel nothing
Until you give me life
And you, you can’t love nothing
Until you hold me dear
And I, I can’t see nothing
Until I, I see your face
And you, you can’t hear nothing
Until you hearken my cry
For We will crawl to the sun
And we will crawl to your love
And you trust in this sacrifice
And I will rise beyond this paradise
For I am wayward
Until I heed your word
And you, you are shameless
Until I chasten you
Yet I am aimless
Until you show me the path
And you, you are obstinate
Until I open your mind
We crawl to the sun
And we crawl to your love
And you trust in this sacrifice
I will rise beyond this paradise
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