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Nemesis
04:33
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Great is the sin of my spirit
And great is the reach of its doom
Down the infinite aeons come beating
The wings of unmerciful gloom
I have haunted the tombs of the ages
I have flown on the pinions of fear
Where the smoke-belching Erebus rages
The great offspring of Chaos appears
I have whirled with the earth at the dawning
When the sky was a vaporous flame
I have seen the dark universe yawning
Where the black planets roll without aim (without aim)
I have drifted on seas without ending
Under sinister grey-clouded skies
That the many-forked lightning is rending
That resound with hysterical cries
I have haunted the tombs of the ages
I have flown on the pinions of fear
Where the smoke-belching Erebus rages
The great offspring of Chaos appears
I have whirled with the earth at the dawning
When the sky was a vaporous flame
I have seen the dark universe yawning
Where the black planets roll without aim
Days uncounted
Cast aside
Wings unfolding
Black as night
Darkness impending
A realm never-ending
I have whirled with the earth at the dawning
When the sky was a vaporous flame
I have seen the dark universe yawning
Where the black planets roll without aim
Through the ghoul-guarded gateways of slumber
Past the wan-mooned abysses of night
I have lived over lives without number
Being driven to madness with fright
Fear my reign
Fear my reign
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2. |
The Horn of Ages
05:57
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City by the ocean
Nestled at the bosom of the sea
Life of false devotion
Worshiping these idols in their blasphemy
Mortals hear the sound, and know your fate is near
Father summons deadly waves, embrace your fear
I beseech my father
Wipe these cursed heathens from the earth
Back beneath the water
Return them to the kingdom of their birth
Mortals hear the sound, and know your fate is near
Father summons deadly waves, embrace your fear
Sound the horn of ages
Do your duty to your kin
Let the rising waters
Wash away their sin
A raging wall of vengeance
A thousand miles wide
Wretched scourge of mankind
Washed out with the tide
Father
Hear my call
Father
Set them free
Lay them to rest beneath the sea
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3. |
The Price of Curiosity
06:08
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Why are the gods so indifferent to death and violence?
They'd seem to endorse our suffering with their silence
The condemnation and execution of innocents
Disasters that cause destruction so indiscriminate
The casual loss of a million souls
The price paid as progress collects its toll
The sorrow we suffer is what we share
The gods are not gracious and life is not fair
My curiosity got the best of me
I couldn't resist its charm
I've unleashed uncounted plagues
Sires of hunger and harm
They consume
All that they see
All that there is and
All that will be
All of this death and devastation
The price of curiosity is
A horde of abominations
The evils of humanity
But inside
Wisp of a wish
A gift from the gods
The will to exist
It lives inside the human spirit
A song it sings in silence sung
For those who wish to hear it
Defend it against threats within and without
Don't let it out
My curiosity got the best of me
I couldn't resist its charm
I've created a monster
An insatiable swarm
Hold fast to hope when hope's all that you have
Hold fast to hope when hope's all that you have
Hold fast to hope when hope's all that you have
Hold fast to hope when hope's all that you have
The gods denounce us? We denounce them back
We shall find in each other everything we lack
Only united will we see the dawn
They have created in us a new pantheon
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4. |
Bring Forth the Dawn
04:12
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Chariots of fire race across the sky (The Sun rises)
Breaking of daylight is heralded by (Pulled by force)
A deafening stampede
Of four blazing steeds
Brings forth from the the blackness
This madness and with it the dawn
Phlegon, Aeos, Aethon
Pyrios, I can't hold on
Burning through the great celestial sphere
I struggle with the reins, eyes wide with fear
I can't believe this has happened to me (The lightning thrown)
A thunderbolt breaking the silence and piercing the dawn
Open the sky
Banish the night
Phlegon, Aeos, Aethon
Pyrios, bring forth the dawn
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5. |
Reflections
06:29
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His life defined by emptiness
For nothing can compare
To the author of his bliss
His vacant stare
It stares right back at him
The raven hair and ivory skin
Gazing at his own reflection
He can't believe his eyes
His only love his own perfection
It leaves him much to contemplate
This conjuration
It can never reciprocate
His vain affections
He's only felt truly free
Trapped in this fantasy
His addiction to perfection
Will be his own demise
His only love his own reflection
He can't believe his eyes
Gazing at his own reflection
He can't believe his eyes
No flaw, no failing
That he can forgive
A vision
Of a life not lived
The things he could have seen
The things he could have done
If not for having been
Obsessed with his own reflection
A mirror image that obscures reality
Its surface shows him naught but his own vanity
Here, by the water, I see now what can be
What joy, what wonder, reflections beckon me
Behold, ageless beauty, a marvelous sight to see
And now, finally, with passion I'm set free
My love! Don't you see me? I'm here before your eyes
Why do you ignore me? Can you not hear my cries?
He thinks himself to flourish in the bloom of youth
A self-deception to protect him from a bleak and bitter truth
He only sees himself
The world around him would astound him if seen through the eyes of someone else
He can't look away
His self obsession is what led him to decomposition and decay
He can't believe his eyes
His inner love and loss thereof his only thoughts as he withers and dies
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6. |
The Serpent Throne
04:42
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Mausoleum statuary
That once were living men
Adorn the gateway to
The Sisters' putrid den
All who have dared to trespass
They have yet to return
They roam these ghastly halls
Frozen by what they've learned
Fight against the truth
Bring me their heads
End their awful reign
Sisters of dread
I see inside her everything that I hate
Black cloud of nothingness and uncaring fate
Crown of vipers
Throne of skulls
Her mask of death
A cursed veil
I fight her influence to no avail
They'd stop your heart
The things I've seen
Upon the countenance of the Gorgon queen
Each emerald lock a serpent
Mouth rimmed with dripping fangs
Held in her stony gaze
I start to slow and seize
My every move surrounds me
In a prison made of stone
Retaliation for
Trying to take the throne
I can see the truth
Mankind is doomed
The universe is cold
I feel it in my soul
I see inside her everything I despise
A swirling void of chaos behind her eyes
Crown of vipers
Throne of skulls
Her mask of death
A cursed veil
I fight her influence to no avail
They'd stop your heart
The things I've seen
Upon the countenance of the Gorgon queen
There lies in her beauty a truth so cold
It saps the spirit of the brave and the bold
I see oblivion in her eyes
The last spark of hope within me dies
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7. |
Heads of the Hydra
05:09
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A writhing mass begins to rise
Great seven-headed beast
An ancient hunger in its eyes
The calm before the feast
Towering terror
Slithering forth
Cthonic creature
Born of the earth
A black mass erupts from the cesspool
Must weigh twenty tons
Its great coils unfurling before me
Blacking out the sun
I brace myself for what's ahead
Look death right in the face
But with every severed head
Two grow back in its place
Decapitation
Will not suffice
Cauterization
This ends tonight
Heads of the Hydra
Fall beneath gold and flame
I will be remembered
History will shout my name
Blessed amputation
Carve out the blight
Viscera coats the golden blade
My instrument of doom
I press a flame against the stump
And cauterize the wound
It's death or glory
But come what may
They'll tell my story
They'll know my name
Heads of the Hydra
Fall beneath gold and flame
I will be remembered
History will shout my name
Heads of the Hydra
Fall beneath gold and flame
I will be remembered
History will shout my name
Heads of the Hydra
Fall beneath gold and flame
I will be remembered
History will shout my name
Sever one head
And two grow back in its place
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8. |
The Crimson Seed
06:01
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They fear to speak my name
They worship in silence and shame
Spilling blood of black-skinned beasts
Their heads bowed in penitent pain
A crust of earth torn asunder
Fulfill my wicked desires
I drag the innocent under
To a realm of endless black fire
Once you enter my domain
Things will never be the same
Taste of the crimson seed
Departs with the end of fall
Prosperity withering
It hardens this bitter soul
My color returns anew
As winter melts into spring
But I can't reclaim all you stole
My fleet-footed son
Undo what has been done
Beneath the earth I flew
Trying to get to you
Sister can't you see I'm here to set you free
No I will not go
My home beneath shadow
Brother can't you see this was meant for me
The allure of the power
Every beginning an end
Corrupted virtue devoured
Beneath the earth I prepare to ascend
My color returns anew
As winter melts into spring
But I can't reclaim all you stole
Departs with the end of fall
Prosperity withering
It hardens this bitter soul
The ruby stain
Her time will come again
The goddess of death
Meets you when you've drawn your last breath
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9. |
The Raving Ones
04:46
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My family banner hangs proudly from the rafters
I am the lord of all I survey
Duty bound to govern this noble kingdom
And keep the depraved outsiders at bay
Cast them from my sight
Partake not of their rites
Forbid this worship
Make them free from sin
Reject the warnings of the unsighted seer
Your blood will pour out and defile the woods
I do not fear the perversions of the new god
I'll salt the earth where his revelers stood
This man of sorrows
Marked for tragedy
Fear not the tyranny of the oppressor
This frenzy shall set you free
Cast them from my sight
Partake not of their rites
Forbid this worship
Make them free from sin
Sparagmos
A tearing
A grisly sacrifice
Our vengeance
Unsparing
This man has paid the price
Sparagmos
A rending
Joyful delirium
Ecstasy
Unending
We are one
The God of Many Names
He Whose Breath is Fire
Frees mortals from their pains
From bondage, from empire
I protect those who do not belong
So drink my sacrament and sing my songs
His blood shall defile the woods
I'll salt the earth where his kingdom stood
Tear him limb
From limb (From limb)
From limb (From limb)
From limb (From limb)
From limb (From limb)
Make him free from sin
Tear him limb from limb
Make him free from sin
Tear him limb from limb
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10. |
Titan's Torment
03:20
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Existence in anguish
Chained upon this rock
Dishonored and banished
Where the eagles flock
My betrayal
Paid with betrayal
I've acquired
A spark to
Light the fire
Illuminate the darkest nights
Light the fire
Creation of an inner light
Inner light
This torture will not break me
I'll bend your power to my will
So let them come and take me
I hope the bastards eat their fill
Consumed
Each day anew
Honor bound
To see this through
Light the fire
Illuminate the darkest nights
Light the fire
Creation of an inner light
Inner light
Opposing a tyrant
With naught but my mind
I will remain defiant
'Til the end of time
They peck at my liver
They pluck out my eyes
Still, I'll never surrender
I will not compromise
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