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Silent Blue
04:02
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Thickened fog sealing in the death tonight,
encasing despair of the lonely inside
They had nowhere to hide, it seeped deep within their minds
Corruption thrives
Standing upon the precipice of chaos
I ask myself what has to be done
Faces of love distorting to rancor,
feasting upon the beauty of night.
Death to all light
What can be said? Such reticence
My people lost, entrenched in dead thought
What of my family? All that I love consumed by gray
I gaze upon their faces in the water
Frozen, belonging to somber gloom that took them from me
I feel the eerie chill of the unrepentant effluvium
casting melancholy and suffering upon my village
I do not deserve such oncoming darkness
I sense the demiurge, but I know better than to concede
My will is infallible, my determination just
Watch me as I will condemn you from my land
My essence destroys all light
Come to the lake where you’ll dissipate
Give in to the deep silent blue
Voids consuming eternity
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Miasma's Coil
03:52
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Once more it has returned, broken light surrounds the land
An enemy of greater proportions
I am the lone watcher at my post sent to guard the tower; I hold the light
I shall bring forth a reaping to alter the entire timeline
Mass eradication forthcoming, I devour the essence of life
Now, the fog blending with the darkness slowly slithering in
It reaches the gates, but the watcher doesn’t see
He will pay for his mistakes, it will decide his fate
I feel something entering me: a blackened, chilling gloom
Lost with no eyes to see, whispers surround me
Looking glass, corrupt past, tell me what you won’t show
This town has no more hope
What of my legacy? Walking a lone path
Looking back, nothing left, empty steps towards my home
I am no more
Look at me, do you see this decay killing me?
Withering away, I cannot escape
Give into the pain, death keeps me sane
All the barriers of hope have fallen, taken by the fog that comes at night
This lonely tower has me bound
I shall bring forth a reaping to alter the entire timeline
Mass eradication forthcoming, I devour the essence of life
Now I know that I've failed
My desperate visions seek an answer
for the drowning minds of those
I've sworn to give my life to protect.
But in a way I know I could never keep those from harm
When death takes a form of blackened distortion
I feel the sea's fog deep within me
A blackened, chilling gloom
Lost with no eyes to see, whispers surround me
Looking glass, corrupt past, tell me what you won’t show
This town has no more hope
What of my legacy? Walking a lone path
Looking back, nothing left, empty steps towards my home
I am no more
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3. |
Undoing Creation
04:14
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As woe takes ahold of this family their light cannot be saved, everything fades
All memories that bind them together will fall, perishing as darkness invades
Blackness steals life, minds entranced by a haze of dark rot
Blackness steals life, minds encased in rot
The time of mankind has come to its bitter forced end
Not a presence divine could withstand the power of gloom
History knows not of a force that could break all of time, yet they decry that this is no threat to their homes
The Watcher and Keeper will shield them from true harm to bone
Pride will stand against nature’s wrath
The strength of a man fights the terror of earth, a futile endeavor
Their light cannot be saved, everything fades
All memories that bind them together will fall, perishing as darkness invades
Blackness steals life, sorrow seeks refuge in the turmoil of war
Blackness steals life, sorrow seeks a place to die
Could it be?
After millennia of mountains shifting, rivers coursing through the spines of time
That the hour be nigh for justice to reclaim its throne
While it may seem parasitic in nature, yearning for hosts to grow and control
It merely seeks revenge on past transgressions
And now it feasts on the minds of the mass; regaining, rebuilding, reclaiming, restoring from ash
What would we be without the existence that I have created?
This space forged by my own hands
Now you’ve taken the light from me so I must reshape life itself
As woe takes ahold of this village its light cannot be saved, everything fades
The people that bind it together shall fall, perishing as darkness invades
Victims of ruin, I do not feel grief
You stand in my way, an unrelenting defeat
Forevermore within my control
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4. |
The Sunken Village
04:38
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Deep within the lake of dead there lies a village left to rot, is it in my head?
My eyes are filled with darkest red as I plot to free their souls, are they truly dead?
Suffering within a dream, echoing further ‘til I cannot scream; I hear you
The lake’s drowned ghosts beckon to me, longing release
Circling, am I too late? Is this my fate?
I see a bridge, all roads have led me here
I must not fail those we’ve lost
Countless slain, decrepit crypts, feeble hands, they grip to shreds of hope
Stuck between life and death, their bones they cry
Deep within the lake of dead there lies a village left to rot, is it in my head?
My eyes are filled with darkest red as I plot to free their souls, are they truly dead?
Suffering within a dream, echoing further ‘til I cannot scream; I hear you
The lake’s drowned ghosts beckon to me, longing release
Trapped inside of my own loss my body starts to break
Locked deep inside, locked deep in my memories, exit me
I see your shattered face
Burning down what I called home, I’ve lost the will to push
The dead have stirred, they call for my distant grave
Left to rot in this sunken village
Drained, cold, persist
I can’t go further, I see my death looming
Void’s song calls to me warmly still
Trapped inside of my own loss my body starts to break
Locked deep inside, locked deep in my memories, exit me
I see your shattered face
Burning down what I called home, I’ve lost the will to push
The dead have stirred, they call for my distant grave
Left to rot in this sunken village
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The Valley of Terramor
03:18
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The night casts black as gloom takes form
The Keeper draws his sword to defend from horror taking more
Materializing from the shade of darkness, watch as he appears
A shadow’s presence no more, with a face that has reaped all fear
The Keeper faces West in the Valley of Terramor
The wraith watching East, above the lake of the damned
As the tides of time halt the forces of life, good must survive
This ground is where evil shall die
Night casts black as gloom takes form
The Keeper strikes the ghost to defend from terror taking more
You’ve broken my land, face my hand
Defiled by undead, I will break through their fog
This dusk you command, I will burn
They block blows of equal fortitude upon a plane of smoldering ash that once was
Home to every family now condemned by darkness, blinded by the forces clashing here
Malefis grows stronger as the sun bleeds the sky
The Keeper wanes faster as twilight blooms
Beaten to the ground, hear the echo of his agony
Watch as the affliction takes form
Beaten to the ground, hear the echo of this tragedy
Watch as the village drowns in flames
Fighting till death, I must not give in, but the sword meets flesh
My family needs protection from the dark, YOU WILL START ANEW
Burn in the light, YOU CANNOT ESCAPE
The sky has fallen down
This is candlelight’s end
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6. |
Bereft
01:17
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7. |
Drowned at Sea
04:10
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8. |
Circle Bridge
04:46
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Here once again, this path I walk has no clear end
And still I am crawling further, going nowhere
Infinite, endless tracks held by old shackles
By my own hand, this life I’ve built cries for release
Day after day passing slower, strength no longer
Circle bridge, my mind trapped with me
Gloom, clawing the sides with rain
Fear, feel that there’s something taken from me
False tongue, swarming my head with lies
Destroy myself, seeking past visions
Lost soul, thirst for light
Waiting until the end is near
My fate, already too late
Watching until this bridge burns bright, take my sight
Forced upon horror
Strip me of my light, nowhere else to hide
Follow the path of the black night
Here once again, this path I walk has no clear end
And still I am crawling further, going nowhere
Infinite, endless tracks held by old shackles
By my own hand, this life I’ve built cries for release
Day after day passing slower, strength no longer
Circle bridge, my mind trapped with me
Clouds, filling my mind with dreams
The air, stifling to breathe
But still forward, deathless I march on
The circle bridge keeps me confined
Nothing escapes my mind
Here once again, by my own hand
Here once again, by my own hand
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Bereft (instrumental)
01:17
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Letters in the Abyss Los Angeles, California
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