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Ossian
02:54
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Avoiding my line of sight
This being of dust
sheltering in the darkness
My unloving monstrosity
I raise my chalice
to this design of mine
Created by my own hands
with flesh and blood
Ossian, a tyrant born
Ossian, this creature of mine
Parasite in a human shell
Distorted halo of disease
I will raise you like a son
and you will learn in time
"Flesh made whole, perfection.
My creation, my work, I am God"
Ossian, a tyrant, born
Ossian, this creature of mine
Ossian, animated animosity
Ossian, this design of mine
Chastised to follow my will
a beast disciplined to kill
Many years from now
it will claim the world
In the damp cellar
I'll keep it chained
until it's time
to claim the first victim
No one must find out
until the ritual is done
No one must find out
until the ritual is done
No one must find out
I'll bring the first victim tonight
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2. |
Polarity
04:15
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Is this city all of your world?
You think these walls will protect you
An unproductive life
gone by unnoticed
The vault of wisdom
could open before your eyes
But ignorance is bliss
The multicolored rays of light
Blazing through your mind
When the aura of men has died
the blood on our hands will dry
Pious warlords enslaving your minds
with words of prayer high above our heads
Through shrieking and confusion
we connect with the world once more
Disconnected from the grid of consciousness
Disconnected from the world as we once knew it
Light a torch, for the ruin that is our world
With perfect indifference
We ignore all suffering
Examine yourself
and be content with the answer
You put the crown on your head
and you swallow their lies
You take the bribe
Exiled from paradise
Incompletion of the heart
The voice of your soul
asking why you're still alive
Empathy at a fearful low
Withdrawal of the spirit
We are all a lost cause to the
continuation of life
Through shrieking and confusion
we connect with the world once more
Disconnected from the grid of consciousness
Disconnected from the world as we once, knew it
Light a torch, for the ruin that is our world
Light a torch, for the ruin that is our world
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3. |
Oculi
03:47
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Shift your focus
I'm a different subject
A man worth nothing
in the grand scheme
The iris in the sky
will consume us all
When privacy is erased
no one can be free
Oculi, seeing my every move
We're puppets of decadence
Oculi, seeing my every move
We're puppets of decadence
A pull of the string
and we act their will
Even so, no being
can think for themselves
Oculi, seeing my every move
We're puppets of decadence
Oculi, seeing my every move
We're puppets of decadence
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4. |
Tower of Silence
03:10
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Eternal gusts of wind
Cleansing the surface
Removing the trace
of those who came before us
Dead eyes staring at the sky
never to see again
Dead eyes staring at the sky
never to see again
Roots running deep
into the center of the earth
Contaminating the soil
under the Tower of Silence
Dead eyes staring at the sky
never to see again
The symphony ends in silence
Exposed to the elements, we cease to exist
The symphony ends in Silence
Only in ashes can the soul be released
In the sun we are
redeemed by fire
When our bodies
turn to ash
Slow erosion when exposed
to years of rainfall
When our lives
disappear in the tide
Dead eyes staring at the sky
never to see again
The symphony ends in Silence
Exposed to the elements, we cease to exist
The symphony ends in Silence
Only in ashes can the soul be released
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5. |
Io
03:21
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The sulfuric landscape
changing radically
She's a daughter to the giant
and a sister of the seven
A cosmic phenomenon
witnessed from the past
Reincarnated as a goddess
in the image of man
Io, Io,
She's the moon amongst my stars
Io, Io,
She's the gateway to grace
Io, Io,
She's the moon amongst my stars
Io, Io,
She's channeling her power
Mesmerizing to behold
Lending power to friends
and destruction to foes
Wordless, faceless
weaving together the fabric of time
Luminous, powerful
Rejuvenating the essence of life
Io, Io,
She's the moon amongst my stars
Io, Io,
She's the gateway to grace
Io, Io,
She's the moon amongst my stars
Io, Io
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I wear horns as my crown
Wandering the Undergrowth
I protect my domain
We peer from the shadows
defending what is rightfully ours
Stay away from the light
You must forever dwell in darkness
The blood of night
runs through my veins
Never to see the light of day
With a spear in my hand
I protect my land
Stay away from the light
You must forever dwell in darkness
Swallower of the wheel of heaven
My concubine is the dream of the seven
I am the night
As the light of morning came
Corpses scattered upon the plain
From flesh to stone, (smitten by God)
Smitten by God
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Deity
03:16
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Hear my voice sing
With sorrow and passion
Unveiling the mystery of life
When the great crimson comes
Delight found in flesh
Vicious but true
Switching the shackles
for another prison
Bending and breaking
the laws made by men
An eternal struggle
to forge an empire (empire)
Patterns in the sky
Fire raining down
My time here has passed
When the wind smells of brimstone
Bending and breaking
the laws made by men
An eternal struggle
to forge an empire
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8. |
Kiln of the First Flame
03:47
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A landscape drowned in mist
illuminated by a decrepit sun
Beneath the weight of the crown
sits the king in his eternal slumber
The ghosts of dissension
will never leave his mind
colliding animosities
in the chamber of abnegation (abnegation)
The grace of life
forever lost
The last ember fading
as all life is forgotten
Soulless heroes come and go
Shifting and merging paths
Consubstantiating
as battles are won
The ghosts of dissension
will never leave his mind
Colliding animosities
in the chamber of abnegation
Complete the vessel of lords
Conquering the lowest depths
Solving the mysteries in the vale of crystals
The grace of life
forever lost
The last ember fading
as all life is forgotten
Only the chosen may rise (may rise)
as horrors plague the land
Slaying the slumbering king
to take his place or to reignite the world
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