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Interlude II
00:57
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A thousand-pointed starburst, black
And sloughing down the limestone walls.
Shattered plate and severed mail and
Mangled limbs, in fragments sprawled.
But hounds will feast soon on their flesh.
Their blood be dried by humid winds
Those present will forget their screams.
Those absent will abide their sins.
Behold, ye, then, the works of man
Before the spawn of yawning hells.
A monument to waste and pride —
A moment raised, as quickly felled.
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The Horned God
05:47
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He waits for you to come,
A kindness wrapped in night.
A gift of nothingness,
The sweetest touch...HE CAN GIVE.
This world beneath the world,
So vicious and malign
Take his oblivion
The sweetest touch...HE CAN GIVE.
So come to him
So come to him
So come to him
Form with him, this, union.
And take from him
And take from him
And take from him
This profane, communion
In the fearsome DEEP,
In the endless NIGHT,
His love abounds.
Just let him in.
Reach out your hands.
Open your mouth.
The horn’ed god...
Let him in.
Bare him your deeper self
Your failings and your fraud.
He’ll take your pain from you
And press you close, IN HIS ARMS.
Warm memories of home,
Your family and your loves.
He’ll take your tenderness.
And hold you close, IN HIS ARMS.
So feel his might.
So feel his might.
So feel his might,
Heavy and full on you.
And open wide
And open wide
And open wide
Feel the light grow dim in you.
In the fearsome DEEP,
In the endless NIGHT,
His love abounds.
Just let him in.
Reach out your hands.
Open your mouth.
The horn’ed god...
Let him in.
Now feel his might.
Now feel his might.
Now feel his might,
Heavy and full on you.
Now open wide.
Now open wide.
Now open wide.
Feel the light go out in you.
In the fearsome DEEP,
In the endless NIGHT,
His love abounds.
Just let him in.
Reach out your hands.
Open your mouth.
The horn’ed god...
Let him in.
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3. |
Daysiders
06:11
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Black fire licks the walls
Here and around and everywhere.
And I’m SO TIRED
There's blood down every passageway.
We’re so far from the sun now
And I’m SO TIRED
SO TIRED
SO TIRED
SO TIRED
I CAN’T RUN ANYMORE.
I CAN’T RUN ANYMORE.
I CAN’T RUN ANYMORE.
I CAN’T RUN ANYMORE.
There’s no up here… no down.
Time doesn’t move, or it moves like in a dream.
We gotta WAKE UP.
Our demons seem to know where we’re going
Which is more than we can say for ourselves.
We gotta WAKE UP.
WAKE UP
WAKE UP
WAKE UP
WE CAN’T RUN ANYMORE.
WE CAN’T RUN ANYMORE.
WE CAN’T RUN ANYMORE.
WE CAN’T RUN ANYMORE.
More than half our men were dead, the rest wounded.
The paladin had gone missing.
Horses gone, food gone.
So what was it that got us to our feet
When we heard voices crying out down the way?
They howled STAND TALL.
What was it that got us to our feet
When we heard the beasts snarling down the way?
They called out
STAND TALL
The horn of vengeance heralded their
DOWNFALL
I whispered an incantation and cast a
FIREBALL
Take ‘em! Hit ‘em! Wreck their shit up! Burn it all down!
In the fearsome deep,
In the endless night.
See this darkened world.
See it through new eyes.
Be the hope of dawn.
Be the cleansing light.
Form the troops on me
And go and join the FIIII-IIIIGGT!
Straight forward
End this endless torture
Straight forward
On and on, on and oh-on
Straight forward
Keep the bastards cornered
Straight forward
On and on, on and oh-on
Daysiders
HELL spawn surROUNDing us
Daysiders
Don’t let. The DARKNESS IN!
Daysiders
SHOULder to SHOULder, lads
Daysiders
Unleash. The LIGHT WITHIN!
Exhaustion pulls our bones,
Starvation’s looming large.
We can’t run anymore.
But we can damn sure charge.
To the horn’ed god,
This vow we take:
We’ll see justice done
We’ll see you unMADE!
Straight forward
End this endless torture
Straight forward
On and on, on and oh-on
Straight forward
Keep the bastards cornered
Straight forward
On and on, on and oh-on
Daysiders
HELL spawn surROUNDing us
Daysiders
Don’t let. The DARKNESS IN!
Daysiders
SHOULder to SHOULder, lads
Daysiders
Unleash. The LIGHT WITHIN!
Daysiders
HELL spawn surROUNDing us
Daysiders
Don’t let. The DARKNESS IN!
Daysiders
SHOULder to SHOULder, lads
Daysiders
Unleash. The LIGHT WITHIN!
They can’t run anymore!
They can’t run anymore!
They can’t run anymore!
They can’t run anymore!
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4. |
Dark Paladin
08:18
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Sit down my son and let me tell you a tale
Of a broken man, from up above he did hail
On the surface world, he served the light
Here’s the story of his journey through night
I am the pride that loses the war
I am the hate that rottens the core
I am the coward who runs from defeat
I am the fear that keeps me from sleep
The Paladin is dead
The Paladin has LOST HIS HEAD
He can no longer fight
So long as he is wrapped in night
I am the Tower with inverted floors
I am the Library read no more
I see the Paladin searching my realm
He’s lost his faith and thrown o-off his helm
The Paladin has come
Searching for ancient wisdom
Through study, he learned an arcane rite
But what he touched, well, she was the Mother of Night
I am the Queen o’er all of the dead
Take up my mantle and bow your head
I grant you the power to battle great foes
When the task is complete, you will pay what you owe
The Paladin arise
He sees the dark world through new eyes
Taking up his sword with new eldritch might
Escewing his shield, he heads into the night
Out from the Tower, all is made clear
Hear me denizens of darkness, and feel you fear
I bear the Queen’s blessing, and A giant blade
I will have vengeance, and you, be unmade
The Paladin ascends
The Demon Lord’s reign is DESTINED TO end
What price did he pay to make all these wrongs right
Well son, that’s a tale for another night
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Domus Daemonorium
07:39
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What WERE WE THINKING?
We MARCHED INTO HELL, heads held high.
Would WE HAVE ENTERED,
And FACED DOWN THE dark, if we’d KNOWN THE PRICE?
BETWEEN US WE’D MASTERED
The ASPECTS OF shadow and light.
HOW COULD WE KNOW then what
WE’D BE ASKED to sacrifice?
Now sing
Ah…DOMUS DAEMONORIUM
HOLD YOUR GROUND…hence they come.
The FALL of man HAS BEGUN.
Ah…DOMUS DAEMONORIUM
He OFFERED US pleasures,
He OFFERED US ALL that we prized.
We needn't SURRENDER,
He SAID, ALL HE wanted was COMPROMISE.
Go BACK TO OUR FAMILIES
In HOMES UNDER blue summer skies.
THE HORN’ED GOD spread wide
His ARMS AND SAID close now your eyes.
He said
Ah…DOMUS DAEMONORIUM
TASTE MY FOUL…corruption.
HEAR my lies…JUST SUCCUMB.
Ah…DOMUS DAEMONORIUM
It took JUST ONE MOMENT
Of DOUBT TO INVITE his decay.
It took JUST ONE CURIOUS THOUGHT TO LEAVE OUR souls FOREVER STAINED.
NEVER AGAIN could
We STAND IN THE warm light of DAY.
HIS VILE INFECTION took
root AND HELD US in his sway.
The PaLADIN HELD up
One GAUNTLET AND gave us a sign.
His POISONED SOUL offered
The DARKNESS no purchase to CLAIM HIS MIND.
With BONE-JARRING FORCE he
Slammed INTO THE HORNED God’s side.
INTO THE VOID the Two FELL THEN, TO darkness consigned.
So sing
Ah…DOMUS DAEMONORIUM
WREATHED IN FLAME…hence he comes.
HELL’S New Dark SERAPHIM.
Ah…DOMUS DAEMONORIUM
Oh oh oh
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Ars Arcanum St. Louis, Missouri
A hard rock/metal band based in St. Louis, Ars Arcanum tells epic stories in the pulp fantasy tradition. Their current project, "FAR FROM THE SUN" is a concept album heavily influenced by the band's love for Dungeons & Dragons.
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