The Price of Curiosity

from Pantheon by Velaraas

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USB Flash Drive + Digital Album
A limited run of 100, hand-numbered, 16G USB cassettes that come pre-loaded with Velaraas' new album Pantheon and a beautiful 24-page digital art and lyric book.

Includes unlimited streaming of Pantheon via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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lyrics

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

credits

from Pantheon, released May 1, 2023
Colin Stroup - Guitars, Vocals, Bass, Keyboards
Theo Spence - Guitars, Vocals
Scott Walker - Drums

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Progressive metal spanning the Pacific Northwest and Mountain West.

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