The flags of man fly free above, In golden skies a-streaming. And cities dot the hill-bound moors ‘Midst verdant vistas dreaming. But caverns rive this conquered world, And lure the overweening To wind the nightmare wilds alone Into the dark careening. So hold your tread upon the path, Your boldness yet beseeming, For devils stalk these midnight shores. All tales here end in screaming.

I fell through the world. I’m chained in the cracks. Cold iron bars between Myself and the black. Squeals in the dark Peeling my mind back, yeah.   No room to stand. No place to run. The day never dawns And piece by piece I’m undone. Far from the sun. Far from the sun. Far from the sun.   I’m caveblind and numb. I’m filthy and raw. Bloody palms fumbling Through caverns I crawl. Weird ghostly forms Surround me in fell swarms, yeah. I break from my cage. It’s cold to the touch. With steel in my hands, today My fight’s just begun.   Far from the sun. Far from the sun. Far from the sun. SOLO Far from the sun. Far from the sun. Far from the sun. With nails and with teeth By muscle and bone Through force and through guile I got out alone. The Stygian Road Etched in black stone, yeah. A voice seems to speak As I start to run: “You’ll long for your chains Before your journey is done.” Far from the sun. Far from the sun. Far from the sun. Far from the sun. Far from the sun.

Punch the goblin in the head. Punch the goblin til he’s dead. Cut their necks with sharpened swords. Cut them til there are no more. Save the townsfolk from the horde. Save them from the demon lord. Next week they’ll forget our name, Least until we earn our fame. Add some new Bits to our Necklace of Orc ears Hole up At the Bar and Drown ourselves In piss-warm beer. We’re Murder Hobos, Wandering warriors. Murder Hobos, Building our cred. Just so you know, We can’t eat exposure. Pay what you owe Or we’ll cave in your head. Find the trickster on the trail. He knows how to find the grail. “Answer you these questions three, Then I’ll show you where it be.” Roll your eyes and give a moan. Tell him you’ll go on alone. Put a claymore through his face. Take his map, pick up the pace. Find the grail Once we teach Orcs how To fear. Take it To the bar and Fill it up With piss-warm beer We’re Murder Hobos. Pay us in copper. Murder Hobos. We can’t make change. Don’t be a dildo. We’ve got a warlock. She’ll make your ass glow If you’re in casting range. Our folks’ pre-occupation Is to share their observations On our perceived limitations Vis a vis wealth generation, But in past administrations One could get an education For the base remuneration Of a hand ejaculation, So we sell our ministrations, Which sometimes involve predation… Or else Defenestration, And, in some instances, castration, So they can cram their expectations And fucking fuck matriculation. We‘re doing fine within our station In this crumbling civilization. SOLO Punch the goblin in the head. Punch the goblin til he’s dead. Cut their necks with sharpened swords. Cut them til there are no more. Save the townsfolk from the horde. Save them from the demon lord. What’s the matter with these geeks? We just did this shit last week. Add some more Bits to our Necklace of Orc ears. We’re so Damn sick of Drowning ourselves In piss-warm beer. We’re Murder Hobos, Wandering warriors. Murder Hobos, Building our cred. Just so you know, We can’t eat exposure. Pay what you owe Or we’ll cave in your Murder Hobos. Murder Hobos. Murder Hobos. Murder Hobos. We’ll be broke til we’re dead.

She’s a faun of seven tines, A winter storm above the pines, New frost on blooming Columbine. In the dark, her dagger shines. She’s a fire in the deep, A burning vein where cinders leap. She’s a snowbound winter’s keep –
A glowing hearth, a dreamless sleep. She says she’s a queen. I don’t see it. A violence machine. Best believe it. She’s all horns and teeth, And I don’t want to be the one Who tells Her she can’t rule the universe. Go go Go go Temerity! Go go Go go Temerity! Go go Go go Temerity! Don’t make me the one to tell her She can’t rule the world. She’s a whirl of flashing knives An engine made for ending lives With demons who cares who survives No orphaned kids or widowed wives She’s an end to all facades. A knowing smirk before the gods. A love for overwhelming odds. For friends no end of sweet applause. PRE-CHORUS 2 She’s a fae-born queen. You can see it. A dream in velveteen. Best believe it. She’s more than horns and teeth, And who am I to be the one To tell Her she can’t rule the universe. Go go Go go Temerity! Go go Go go Temerity! Go go Go go Temerity! I won’t be the one to tell her She can’t rule the world. Go go Go go Temerity! Go go Go go Temerity! Go go Go go Temerity! I won’t be the one to tell her She can’t rule the Go go Go go Temerity! Go go Go go Temerity! Go go Go go Temerity! I won’t be the one to tell her She can’t rule the world.

Horns sound Over the walls, and All round Guardsmen are called. The whole town, Cast in a pall Like something from a dream. Black wings Beating the wind As dark things Feed on our sins, With vile kings, Pale and thin, And all the children scream. All the children scream. All the children scream. They ride Ride Ride With cold and hungry eyes. Ride Ride Ride When breaks the demon tide. Sharp nails Tear at the doors, And walls fail, Coming unmoored, As minds fail. Deafening roars from jaws as dark as coal. Bug black Skittering waves. The streets crack, Turning to graves. Yell, “Fall back!” They wail and rave and feast on living souls. Feast on living souls. Feast on living souls. They ride Ride Ride With cold and hungry eyes. Ride Ride Ride When breaks the demon tide. Hold! Form your ranks and hold! Grab a spear! Be bold! Get your shields up High and stem the tide! Drive! Push them back now, drive! Buy your families time To load the boats and Run to save their lives! Run to save their lives! Run to save their lives! Run to save their lives! They ride Ride Ride With cold and hungry eyes. Ride Ride Ride When breaks the demon tide. They ride Ride Ride With cold and hungry eyes. Ride Ride Ride

In one hand, the Corpse God bears A lantern carved of bone. In its chill light, He spies the breath Of pilgrims dying far from home. He sits with them and silent waits Amid the living stone; A kindly and forgiving face For all of us who die alone. But for the howling hundreds felled Before the demon tide There was no saintly presence by Their side when light dimmed from their eyes. What last they saw were bloodied blades What last they heard were cries Of families burned and desp’rate prayers To those who would for vengeance ride.

The gates were strong, Foundations old and now they’re ash on the ground The night is still and we’re the only ones alive in this town. Sound the horn of vengeance! And build the pyres! Collect the corpses Now light the fi-ires! Mount up, you heroes! No time to mourn! We ride to hunt down The demonbo-orn! Into nightmare Into madness Into mania BURN IT ALL DOWN! Into nightmare Into madness Into mania BURN IT ALL DOWN! We traveled Ancient roads and Gathered allies Into our crew We plundered Darksome tombs for Knowledge of the Fiends we pursued. In the deepest places Far from the sun We summon courage And try not to ru-un. Eyes in the darkness And freezing dread Draw now your saber Or join the de-ead! Into nightmare Into madness Into mania BURN IT ALL DOWN! Into nightmare Into madness Into mania BURN IT ALL DOWN! Sound the horn of vengeance! Shout battle cries! Make splinters of shields! Let arrows fly! Hold fast, you heroes! No time to die! We charge to strike down The beast of li-ies! Into nightmare Into madness Into mania BURN IT ALL DOWN! Into nightmare Into madness Into mania BURN IT ALL DOWN! BURN IT ALL DOWN! BURN IT ALL DOWN! BURN IT ALL DOWN! BURN IT ALL DOWN!

I am the light At the moment of dawn, I’m the sun that hangs In the sky! I am the hope That lives in the hearts Of the fearful And terrified. I am the shield That safeguards the weak, The infirm, mad, And elderly! I am the blade That Strikes in the name Of keeping all Nations free! Paladin! Paladin! Answering the call! Paladin! Paladin! Sa-vior of all! Perhaps you’ve heard tales Of the Battle of Mourne Where I took down 600 men? Or the time when I Cut the face off a god That was called by The High Sahaguin? Then there’s the one Where I flew to the sun For a bucket of fire Pure as gold. But I don’t say with jest That the yarns I like best Are the ones that are yet to be told. Paladin! Paladin! Patriotic son! Paladin! Paladin! Friend to everyone! I have a helm That allows me to fly And a ring To walk on the sea. I have a horse That travels through time And pants of invisibility. I am the man That all little boys Pray to God that They’ll grow up to be! I am the man No one woman commands, Lord and master of All I can see. Paladin! Paladin! I once had sex with a shark! Paladin! Paladin! A beacon in the dark! Sure, I’ve been lost In these caves for a while Lost my horse, helm, ring, Pants and blade, But the fire in my heart Still burns, and the art Of the paladin Never fades. Paladin! Paladin! Answering the call! Paladin! Paladin! Sa-vior of all! Paladin! Paladin! Answering the call! Paladin! Paladin! Savior of all! Savior of all! Savior of all!

A path of stone Winds alone Through. The Deep. Our weary bones, Far from home, Long. For sleep. A light ahead Glows bright red. ‘Tis. A keep. Where human folks do dwell. The sound of song Wafts along From. The door. The band is drunk. Plink and plunk. Two. And four. The boys and girls Dance and twirl. Shout for more. At the tavern halfway to hell. The tavern halfway to hell. Hey, hey, hey Ho, ho, ho Hey, hey, hey The tavern halfway to hell The tavern halfway to hell The bartender’s Known for his Wand-ring eyes. His sweetheart fair’s Well aware Of. His lies. Now he’s packing Fewer things Twixt. His thighs. His lesson he learned quite well. Renault the Spy Lost an eye In. The war. For a drink or two He’ll tell you Tales. Galore. But often Lies Bout which side He. Fought for. At the tavern halfway to hell. The tavern halfway to hell. Hey, hey, hey Ho, ho, ho Hey, hey, hey The tavern halfway to hell The tavern halfway to hell Rum and beer And port and Whisky and Rum and ale And wine and Vodka and Rum and schnapps And grog and Porter and Rum and mead And gin and Bitters and Rum and beer And port and Whisky and Rum and ale And wine and Vodka and Rum and schnapps And grog and Porter and Rum and mead And gin and Bitters and May, dressed in pink, Likes to drink Gin. All night. Til she’s a mess And depressed. Quite. A sight. Then she hits fools With barstools It’s. A fight! Her blood’s got a juniper smell. Big Sue is grand. See, she stands Six. Foot nine. See her firsthand With guys and Gals. Entwined. Some times with ten Or twelve friends At. A time. At the tavern halfway to hell. The tavern halfway to hell. Hey, hey, hey Ho, ho, ho Hey, hey, hey The tavern halfway to hell The tavern halfway to hell Hey, hey, hey Ho, ho, ho Hey, hey, hey The tavern halfway to hell The tavern halfway to hell Hey, hey, hey The tavern halfway to hell

Goodbye and farewell To you gnomish ladies Goodbye and farewell To old Gnomington For the demons are massing on Each shore and border, But we hope very soon We shall see you again. We'll rant and we'll roar, Each deck of this galleon. We'll rant and we'll roar across the dark sea. So raise up that mainsail. Get all hands to quarters. There’ll be blood in the water Before we take leave. This cavern’s as wide as A west country kingdom This cavern’s as high As the north country sky The wind fills our sails And we plunge into darkness On all sides we feel Black malevolent eyes The fighting was fierce At Fiddler's Crossing. A great living ship With segmented eyes Did scream as it burned While its crew leapt for safety. They found none ashore, then Just blades, spears and cries. We'll rant and we'll roar, Each deck of this galleon. We'll rant and we'll roar across the dark sea. So raise up that mainsail. Get all hands to quarters. There’ll be blood in the water Before we take leave. At Stonewater Cay, The water’s like crystal. The lichen all glows That grows on the walls. We watched as the seabed Below us contracted, Baring the fangs Of a vast gaping maw. Tentacles rose As thick as a redwood. Bat’ring our ship And tossing the crew. It rose its great head from the brine and we faced it. With our splintered bowsprit We ran it straight through. We'll rant and we'll roar, Each deck of this galleon. We'll rant and we'll roar across the dark sea. So raise up that mainsail. Get all hands to quarters. There’ll be blood in the water Before we take leave. Goodbye and farewell To you gnomish ladies Goodbye and farewell To old Gnomington For the demons are massing on Each shore and border, But we hope very soon We shall see you again. Goodbye and farewell To you gnomish ladies Goodbye and farewell To old Gnomington For the demons are massing on Each shore and border, But we hope very soon We shall see you again. We hope very soon we shall see you again. We hope very soon we shall see you again.

Life blooms from rotting filth and shit Huge stalks as old as continents. In Vast caverns iridescent green, They come, The. Mushroom. Men. This way. Approaching. Their footprints leave an oily scar while Vegetation curls up and then dies. Corrosion hollows out their eyes. They come Cor. Ruption. Is. This way. Encroaching. Run. Run. Run. Deep in their mildewed den Far from where humans ken Fungal Barbarians They show their acumen With flesh decayed and rent Mycelial henchmen Night of the mushroom men! Night of the mushroom men! Spores blast from withered lamellae And it sears our flesh right to the bone, I Watch as the walls all come alive. Ancient sta. Tues of. Moss. Their cries. Echoing. The beast has left his mark on these Putrid agaricomycetes. My friends engulfed, they cough and wheeze. Leave them. No. Time to. Look. Run, we’re. Escaping. Run. Run. Run. This luminescent glen Runs crimson with blood when Eukaryotic men On our rear guard descend. Chaos holds sway and then One archer’s desertion Spurs others’ hearts to bend. “Stop” cries a paladin Mad with psilocybin, They make to flee again, But it’s too late for them. Yes, it’s too late for them. Night of the mushroom men! Night of the mushroom men! Night of the mushroom men! Run. Run. Run. Run. Run. Run!

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.

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.

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!

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

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