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The Velvet Darkness
07:50
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The Velvet Darkness
She holds her mothers hand
In silence by her side she wakes
All her family has passed away
Orphaned by the roaming plaques
Does death forgot my name
How soon my end draws near
Can’t bear the wait much longer
My lust for life got sear
Footsteps echo
through the empty halls
A hand softly on her shoulders
Cold and lifeless
Yet never more welcome
Your bloodline ends right here
Succumb to the velvet darkness
Please take my guidance dear
Leave this cursed place forever
My dearest child
My nightly flower
Thy pale white skin
Reflects the moonlight
When she opened her eyes
And for the first time
She saw the beauty of the night
The scarlet sky
A glooming moon
Became the sun from now on
A kiss none more passionate
With bitterness it filled me
Poisoned was thy blood
Deprives a life I’ll never see
Transient to death and disease
Granted the gift of eternity
Her wandering soul
Longed for mortality
Your bloodline ends right here
Succumb to the velvet darkness
Please take my guidance dear
Leave this cursed place forever
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2. |
Ascension
07:31
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Ascension
My bloody fingerprints
On her snow white wings
My weakened grip
Can’t preclude her ascension
Two hands of feathers
Is all what’s left from her
For me to
remember
A dozen black swans
Sacrificed for an immortal flight
A pair of darkened wings
For me to redeem her
A last prayer
to the sun
My love
for you I come
One step from the cliff’s edge
As I’m taken to the sky
Closer to the burning heat
The feathers melt one by one
Falling faster to the ground
My love for you I come
Oh god why has thee forsaken me
You took my life and now you take me
I curse thee with every breath
I damn you bringer of dead
My love, take my hand
We will leave this Promised Land
It is not for us, this false god
Our fingers lightly touched
Before she let them slip away
A silent last farewell
Abandoned to heavens edge
As I’m falling from the sky
Closer to the burning heat
My limbs melt one by one
Falling faster under ground
Away my love, remember me
Oh god I have forsaken thee
You took my life, you won’t take me
I welcome the bearer of light
The heavens fall, my last flight
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3. |
Haven of Salvation
07:36
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Haven of Salvation
Hail and fire storms our lands
Beneath armies of darkened skies
Unleashed are hordes of locust
Black clouds of swarming flies
Gusts of wind
carrying the sounds horns
Marking the approaching end
Upon us last line of once born
The wrath of gods descends
As we seek our hiding place
Through ravenous plagues we’ll stay
In this haven of salvation
Is where our graves will lay
In the darkest hour of mankind
We bid our hopes farewell
Upon us the fury of the divined
Our earth descends to hell
Crops drown by waves of salt
The mountains fall by fire burst
Forests engulfed in the faults
Ash clouds our mother’s hearse
The final harvest has begun
Death comes wielding his scythe
None are save, none can outrun
Divine creation will be purified
Our glorious kingdom falls
When gods come to claim their ire
Done is our despicable race
Our haven of salvation is set afire
As we hide in a secret place
Through ravenous plagues we’ll stay
In this haven of salvation
Is where our graves will lay
In the darkest hour of mankind
We bid our hopes farewell
No redemption of the divined
An infernal earth to dwell
In this last moments of truth
A love light fades in dying eyes
I hold you dear, in my arms
As we are devoured by swarms
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4. |
A Trail of Ravens
07:18
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A Trail of Ravens
Waves as high as trees
The gaping mouths of a monstrous sea
Swallowing all might and men
To a watery grave in the beast’s den
I follow my faith
In fear and trembling
I trust your reason
However threatening
Roaming forlorn lands
of cracked soil
Waves of dust and sand
as far as I can see
The heated ground burning soles
A harsh sun battering my face relentlessly
Behold the dead and the diseased
Withered crops and empty rivers
As the people become a vultures’ feast
My devotion once so strong now starts to shiver
Clouds of ashes rise
From the teeth of earth
These are the blackened lands
The crypts where demons birth
This is where the worlds arise
Here I find the truth in your lies
Exposed is your intrinsic fraud
I see nothing but a vengeful god
I’ve walked a trail of ravens
Beheld this world of suffering
The wonders of creation
Each ill that would death bring
As my eyes open
In the falling darkness
I see the true face
Of the treacherous
Clouds of ashes rise
From the teeth of earth
These are the blackened lands
The crypts where demons birth
This is where the worlds arise
Here I find the truth in your lies
Exposed is your intrinsic fraud
I see nothing but a vengeful god
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5. |
For the Gods
02:16
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6. |
Unconquered Sun
07:39
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Unconquered Sun
The rush has faded
My limbs fatigue
a mind in turbidity
I lift my weary eyes
Across the dead
and wounded
Lay to rest,
side by side
Allies and enemies
Unconquered sun
We fell for thee
Now take us home
At the dawn of day
thousands of men arise
From distant shores
to their last fight
We fought with honor,
in bravery
Triumph for the glorious,
the emperor
Victory!
But not for us
The forgotten
At the last light of day
The flames of the pyres
bring us to our gods
Some are lost, some are victors
Granted to die another day
I will lay myself to rest
For all that matters
Unconquered sun
I fell for thee
Blade cuts deeply in the flesh
Blood floods to a certain death
One by one the risen fall
Hail the last man standing tall
Our inner beasts unleashed
Survival instinct defines will
None of us are murderers
None will hesitate to kill
We are savage beasts
We are savage beasts
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7. |
Allayed Misery
08:40
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Allayed Misery
My dear
I lay you to rest
To meet with the gods
This ship will carry you west
I light the branches
The fiery hands grasping
A sail of flames enlightens
The utter darkness of night
Waves batter my face
The salted sea our tears
Scars engraved memories
Ripping through my mind
The currents closing in
Lifting weight off my shoulders
Your last light at the horizon
Slowly fading
Hold me closely
Like a securing womb
The sea, this black god
Relieve me, relieve me!
Allayed misery
The earthly futility
A beautiful tranquil
So serene
Drifting with the currents
We will become one
Soaring as the ravens
I follow thee,
through blackened seas
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