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Grandiloquence
02:40
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[Instrumental]
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The murmur of war upon the lips of fiends
Clandestine plots grown from subtle seeds
Blossomed into amorphophallusesque ignominy
Too late to turn back from its lethal reach
The tick-tock of the doomsday clock
Creeping ever closer to the final stop
Harbingers of death vaunt in utter delight
As mass fear and panic begin to spread worldwide
The incredulous urge us, “Come to the light!”
And as the darkest days roll out overhead
We mourn in silence upon our tragic end
This is not the final countdown we expected to face
Empires rise and Empires fool
All beneath in droves and even those who rule
Either readily or once consumed by greed
Self deceit appeals more than reality
With heavy heart and enervated sigh
We succumb to disquietude before the eternal night
Even the incessant Rapturephiles quieten down
In a reflective moment before certain death
We curse the antiquated past we were unable to shed
A flat finale for this series of unfortunate events
At the end of days as the fires rained down
And decimated ruins were left to smoulder
We watched it all burn, crashing down around us
Amidst the choking smoke and sulphurous odour
And I distinctly remember the last words, you asked:
“How did your temperament become so much colder?”
And my answer to you? To turn my back and walk away
From the apocalypse over my shoulder...
The clingers on steadily drop like flies
As we near the fiery, fissured finish line
A choir of whistling missiles bid us adieu
A thickening haze suffocates the world
Still we try to place blame whilst our brethren burn
This was not how we envisioned our own demise
Yet the thunder rumbles on without respite
Catastrophic repercussions erupt across fault lines
All bridges both figurative and literal burned
As time runs out and our fractured planet is hurled
Like a vexatious pest swatted from the universe
There is reasonable doubt our lesson was ever truly learnt...
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Do you remember the time
When you and I joined forces on that night?
The words we cast tearing through the past
To find a way to win the fight
And the way our tales entwined
Refined the prowess of our tongues
Finding a voice, our rallying call
Let no fret remain unsung
And with that the deed was done
The war of the words begun
Changing the game with inventive ways to quell our foes
Finding the silver lining ‘neath our broken psyches stranglehold
The malignant assailed, sniping our opposition from on high
A light forged from their darkness gleams in your Autumnal eyes
Entrenched in this sardonic romance
Two thorny hearts as sharp as glass
There was a time when you and I
Lay beneath the dreary rain misted skies
Replete with words which cut so deep
Into the fools that had passed us by
Those old foes who chose to oppose our prose
Finally faded from our minds
Obscured beneath the shadows
Now but a mere sneer as we roll our eyes
All their vicious work undone
The tide of the battle turned
Taking our aim we fire into the rotten core of those
Immovable forces which had kept us so indisposed
Unloading our traumas, shooting down our enemies one by one
Whose burns will never heal from the warfare of our tongues
Fading away, no longer tearing down our foes
Losing the cohesion which had kept our two halves a whole
Infused with intrusions from across the enemy line
That was the way we finally let the laughter die
And so ends this sardonic romance
Nothing so glib could truly last...
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Bemused and waylaid
On a precarious cliff
We walk a fine line
Above the gaping abyss
Tensed, clenched fists grasp
For a mere sign of hope
Finding nothing but razor-sharp winds
As we’re cast to the jagged rocks below
Never before in our lives
Were the consequences so high
FIGHTING
For a future
CLAWING
To survive
Tethered to these ancient ties
Whilst our streets are streaked with blood
Striving to leave behind
This insidious past where it belongs...
Bruised and flayed
Shattered through and through
Thrashed and maimed
Yet relentless in our pursuit
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5. |
Jagged Pieces
04:23
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With moonlight as the only guide
We wander side by side
The silence growing deafening
I dare not catch your eye
The bluish hues surround us
Casting shadows on our shame
To mask our true expressions…
Our journey has led us this far
Into the murky dark unknown
Casting out the doubts, we hide
Together, never more alone
Despite our best intentions
Every effort remains in vain
All the trampled, jagged pieces
Can never fit back together again
Time rolls ever on regardless of
The shards left in our open wounds
Winding on through all the noise
And the silent ones gone far too soon
Memories left, fading away
A cruel mockery this mortal game
So claim a draw whilst it’s there to breathe
Then bury the regrets with the rest of me
But until that day dawns it’s final rays
We will close that tome on an empty page
With moonlight as the only guide
We wander side by side
The silence growing deafening
I dare not catch your eye
The bluish hues surround us
Casting shadows on our shame
To mask our true expressions:
Empty, shallow, grave
We continue upon this path
The far less travelled road
Passing by the warning signs, still blind
To the destination unknown
In spite of our best efforts
The outcome remains the same
All the fractured, jagged pieces
Left in the wake of our mistakes...
So little left, traded away
For a handful of scars, ancient runes
Yet we still convince ourselves in the dead of the night
All the lies that we wish would come true
The brooding moonlight’s soothing light
A spotlight on the scene
Of the long dark night of the soulless
Succumbing to the need
The prose tinted glasses shattered
Revealing the endgame
Expressionless we walk away
Empty, shallow, grave
Every dead end diverted
Still the sequence remains unbreached
Passing by our past mistakes and ties
All our vanquished hopes and dreams…
Despite our best intentions
Every effort remains in vain
All the trampled, jagged pieces
Can never fit back together again
In spite of our best efforts
The outcome remains the same
All the fractured, jagged pieces
Left in the wake of our mistakes...
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6. |
Within Conspiring Minds
04:18
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Secret sects are formed by the power craving kind
Fleeing from their failings, finding comfort in denial
This benighted growing swarm a cult of the blind leading the blind
Flocking into further fantasy converting fools into their tribe…
Bow to the King, kiss the ring
Bathe in a deeper meaning
And thus become a God, the knowledge sought
Was always yours for the taking
You behold the truth, that so few knew
Watch the layers peeling
Follow and you will thrive, become the hive
A faithful soldier in the making...
Throne to the wolves
The howls of umbrageous obedience
Now bowing to a different master
Doused in a fresh coat of ignorance
Unsustainable
These tall tales, mere whispers on the wind
Catching plausibility once in a while
You start to see the mounting gaps in between
You found out how the product is made
Assessed the man behind the curtain
And now, betrayed, with a reddened face
You’re set free still you remain unchanged
To save face with those who warned you away
Unable to admit that you were deceived
Now bound between a rock and a hard place
You double down and bite the hand that feeds...
...YOU!
Whilst each “revelation” turns to ash
The congregation still bow to pray
Hoping it wasn’t all completely for nought
That the trust was not misplaced
Yet even with the torch extinguished
The facts seem unbearable to face
The swollen sting of being swindled
That plummeting fall from grace!
Each time logic thwarts them and belittles their assertions
This quicksand cult mentality provides perpetual motion
The plague of paranoia spreads with no sign of decline
Rearing minacious content within conspiring minds...
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7. |
Truth Despoiler
05:12
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It is never far away
That stalking, ever creeping dread
Embodied by the venomous
Cretinous shadow which lies in wait...
Peer into my eyes and ponder
What goes on inside my mind
How the cogs whir counter clockwise
And lines are crossed, borders intertwined
Where truth meets with pure malice
My warped reality gestates
Forgoing fact for fallacy
The difference soon dissipates
The rumour mill keeps churning
Rotting from inside
Listening intently
For the bavardage it seeks
They’ll never learn
Or see through the disguise
Lapping up all falsities
The truth despoiler speaks
It feeds upon attention
That fiendish force of malevolence
Engorging itself on tension
It is he who tugs upon the thread...
Hear me now willing fodder
As I lay this long, plotted path of lies
A trail that winds deep into the trees
With the forest lost to those inside
Wherein truth becomes obsolete
My deceit is free to manifest
Befouling all fact with fallacy
For those ensnared within to ingest
Don’t… look… into… its eyes
Don’t… believe… the fables… the lies
Watch... out… for the web… it weaves
Choke it... deny it… the putrid air… it breathes...
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8. |
Observations Pt. I-III
09:32
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Pt. I: Staring Into The Void
Staring into the void
This impenetrable fortress
Of solitude forged
With defences rarely breached
Buried by time and dust
The vault long since sealed
Sailing blindly into the storm
Rudderless, dashed into the depths
Of the oceans endless gaping maw
Each gasping, hurried breath may be
The last grasp of a life quickly slipping
Further out of reach...
Amidst the murky cold starkness
All of time and space stand still
There is a peace in this nothingness
Until…
The ever quaking ache of waking up
To the breaking dawns pervasive rays
And so begins another weary day
Where trepidation pulls tightly upon the reigns
The haggard, weathered face is breaking up
Every frown a jagged crown of thorns on display
And sobered by the cold light of the morning haze
The creeping apprehension overtakes
All grandiloquence now dulled
As the swirling madness grows
Uncrowned and dethroned
Plummeting further into the vast unknown
A sunken vessel wreck
Found its final place of rest
Stranded and alone
This ransacked treasure trove
Deeper, deeper, deeper down…
Pt. II: The View From Here
Deep, silent, complete
Unlocked and finally free
Rid of self, all emotions healed
Until I surface, again, then breathe
Upon the highest point
Overlooking the vast majestic scene
Surveying the view from here
Such endless beauty
Untamed nature at its primal peak
Transfixed by the endless zaffre seas
The sudden rush of endorphins
A wave of madness forming
To drown out every memory remaining
Blinded in a moment of pure rage
An unthinking, reactionary state
The panic itching to escape...
Pt. III: The Great Unravelling Entropy
Uncaring, the world goes on
Then, now and forever
The page must always turn
Each new story builds intrigue
Text becomes faded and illegible
The notes in the margins smeared
Flicking through nearing the end
Reaching empty chapters
The culmination still unpenned
Each blank, unwritten verse may be
The last glance at a future quickly slipping
Forever out of reach...
The lone voice in the darkness
A cold, phlegmatic speech
Warned the struggle would prove fruitless
The internal ennui…
Succumbing to the truth our time is nearly up
The refulgence in the sky, an undeniable blaze
Trembling below we shuffle on in our malaise
No longer blind to our inevitable fiery fate
This bedraggled flesh prison is seizing up
Counting down the slipping seconds of every day
Humbled by the final morningrise we face
The end of our tale together, rewind and erase...
All magnificence now dulled
As the universe slowly unfolds
Unwound and outgrown
Plummeting further into the vast unknown
This sunken, broken husk
Will return to scattered stardust
A mere speck in the spectrum
Insignificant all we’ve loved and loathed
Deeper, bleaker, weaker now…
The breaking point
A hot white flash sets the scene
For the great unravelling entropy
The end of beauty
As it all begins to fade to grey
Mourning those long gone zaffre seas...
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9. |
My Passion Predator
04:13
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Garbed in crude shadow she stands before me
Pale like supple marble, a statue of purity
Innocence even drifts from twixt her milky thighs
A scent so sickly sweet a spell of giddiness arrives
Taking away my breath I find myself upon the floor
Staring up to heaven, her pearly gates and more
Thrashed upon a bed of velvet, crushed and needing air
She pounces upon her prey like a plague, my passion predator
Her blank eyes stare through me
As with her lips she parts them wide
Her fangs strike deep into my core
Spewing for her my life...
Garbed in moistened crimson she sways above me
Inebriated by my blood she breathes debauchery
Caressing my chest with her fingers like sharpened knives
Waning from my blood-loss a spell of dizziness arrives
Taking away my life I feel her lips upon my skin
I stare up to the heavens to escape her eyes, her sin
Splashed upon her mouth congealing stains, my scarlet gore
She rolls her head towards the skies and parts her lips for more
Her bare skin grinds upon me
As I writhe with a final rasp
I know I'll die this moment
Here in Pestilence's pleasant grasp...
Even as she tears my throat and the room begins to turn
Upside-down and insides out I can see my stomach churn
I still feel the wretched plague in my ebbing, risen core
I would give up anything to hold her just for a second more
And so now I've reached the end of the line
As she rakes her cold claws down my spine
Pulling the cord the light finally dies
Plunged into darkness yet I still feel her eyes
Through the ear-splitting silence I can still hear her sighs
Close my eyes and my mind as I reach my demise
And her wicked laughter still spreads like disease
Even in death my soul will never rest in peace...
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10. |
Bastet Of The East
03:01
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The faltering flame, it wanes before my eyes
As darkness finally conquers Lady Bastet's Holy shrine
A grey day overhead as her death is mourned
This betrayal of the Gods whom took away her refined form
Will raise the wrath of slaves taken in by her dark charms
Wresting 'twixt the fabrics which kept her men from taking to arms
A Holy war now beckons like a plague upon the Nile
With Deathlike crooked fingers pointing scythes unto the sky
Unto the skies...
Goddess of the flame no longer flickers fervent eyes
The Lady of the East no more with the Sun shall rise
Our perfumed protector, fallen to protect her kin
Shall see her legend carried on a War of Deicidal Sin
In her name and against her will, the powers shall be slain
"For glory!" and "for Egypt!" and to ease the pain
To ease the pain...
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11. |
From Lust To Dusk
03:28
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Under scarlet evening skies I sigh
Opening my undead weary eyes
Ready to walk into the night
As the final light of the sun recedes
I catch the scent of her
My solemn dream, my only need
She sees past my disease
My lack of humanity
Making this curse feel as real
As a dream and it would seem
This is the seductress for me
I reach from the dark
Her I seek to fulfil my heart
Rising as the dusk
I give in to my lust
I beg: "Set me free
Of this passion tearing me
Encompassing all light
Like the coming of the night..."
Finally we meet
Hungering our darkest needs
Gently she disrobes her seams
And instantly my soul is redeemed
In her I trust my never ending lust
From lust to dusk...
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12. |
Beyond The Beast
04:38
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Lyrics by Kazraine Maars.
Music by Azrael Gexen.
These Barely (A)Live Rehearsal sessions were put together by Kaz over the course of the 2020/2021 UK lockdowns.
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Rising from deep slumber
Losing the crystal lake
Shattered dreams like fallen stars
Disappear as I awake
Howls in the distance
Beckon reality
Somewhere a siren whispers
Calling out to me...
Dreams are lost 'twixt life and sleep
Spiralling away with speed
Tears are shed into the night
Endless and without peace
She always hears and soothes the fears
With passionate embrace
Take me now my silent guide
Lead me through the blackest veil
Always shall I follow
Her radiance through the gloom
And never will I cease
Gazing upon the harvest moon
No matter if the shadows consume
Everything of worth
As the light fades once again
And stars shine upon the earth
She will rise and take her place
Ascending to the throne
The regal jewel of the night
Come to take me home
Always shall I follow
Gazing upon the harvest moon
Come enlighten me
Lend me your noble gallantry
Bestow me with your ancient gift
To always penetrate the darkest mist
This is my only wish...
Arriving at the precipice
Peering into the sea below
Gazing out beyond the shore
Bathing in her glow
Her face fades into the twilight mist
Whispering of her leave
Departing as my weary lids close
Drifting into endless sleep
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14. |
Clasp Of The Vampire
02:48
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"Good things come to those who crave
Passionate moments in warm embrace
Always awaiting the next congregation
Overwhelmed by this undying elation..."
Her darkened shadow and pallid skin
I caught a glimpse of through forest limbs
The twisted boughs and whistling winds
I traced her tracks deeper still
Steeper I clambered beyond danker woods
Until her eyes I met 'neath shadowed hood
"Take my hand and come with me"
So her hand I took, though cautiously
We ran through thickets, I lost control
She took my body and stole my soul
By gnawing fangs deep into my throat
This evening forever ours to own
I watched her glide, her wondrous gait
My deepest lust she would gladly sate
We lay together by the moonlit lake
Until dawn approached us to seal our fate
The sunrise... seared my veins...
Full of fire... set ablaze...
To her castle we fled in throes
We crept in darkness and shadow
Into her coffin our bodies heaved
Until the sunlight had duly ceased
I watched dusk settle into night
We kissed under the pale moonlight
I graced her skin with my lips
From nape to navel my solemn kiss...
"I walk the land of dreams
Take my hand and follow me
Through forever with it's shining light
To see the wonders of this coming night..."
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15. |
Karma Of The Wicker Man
03:12
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The symbol of Death reflected in her eyes
Feelings of remorse suggest a shattered mind
Remembering how she let the flame expire
Watching the line drawn deep beneath the mire
The flames grow higher illuminating her lies
But for one last time her true beauty shines
Under the shadow of her wicker tomb
She seeks reconcilement with the one she slew...
Once the back is turned the deed is done
As ceremonial pyres light beneath the setting sun
Time grows short as the Pagan chants arise
Emotionless she stands with only Karma by her side
The waning sun barters with the night
As the embers below begin to rise
The lick of flames drown out her cries
Until only ashes blow into the mourning skies...
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The Ripper's Ruby Kiss
03:21
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The wind has blown so cold since her demise
Howling through winter skies
Hanging onto the thin threads left inside
He yearns to give her life
In the corners of his study (and his mind)
The answers he will find
Chasing dragons in excess he pines
For her...
He adores her dress and slowly drifts away
As a profound change and altered state he takes
Stalking in the night long shadows pave
For her safe passage to the prey
Unwitting "poor hoars" reeking of high pay
Who would miss them in any case?
In dark corners kept for sinful embrace
Each night his knife inscribes
His signature, a gothic font engraved
In them...
He discards the dress and dons a mask of pain
Shocked and in awe as his heart begins to race
Locked away he swears to wrong his rites
Each a blood drenched sacrifice
With a potion to bring them back to spite
And free him of the guilt knotting inside
In the corners of his study (and his mind)
The answers he will find
To unlock the secret formula of life
For them...
He abhors the dress with vehement disdain
Yet the Ripper's ruby kiss will rise to strike again!
At the toll of twelve he slips into attire
(Dressed to kill)
Fully risen and peaked, brimming desire
Veiled by cheap frills
This femme fatale prances deep into the night
Unaware of the crowd behind
Assembling on the horizon with vengeance on their minds
For him...
They cast his husk upon a stake then spark a flame
Engulfed in fire, ablaze, the Ripper's ruby kiss is tamed
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17. |
She Will Rise
03:04
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From the vast and deep seas she comes
A moan of ecstasy, elation!
Flooding us with her tidal wave
Causing worldwide devastation
Tsunamis dance over civilised lands
And cobblestone Victorian roads
Across the desolate desert plains
Tearing through the woodland groves
Her wrath they say could bring the end of days
And catastrophic Armageddon
The path she paves with her abysmal rage
Strays ever left from our salvation
The scrolls they wrote of prophecies in prose
"Atlantis in extremis..." it reads
Of Earth in throes as the ocean flows
Amassing rivers into great seas
The Nile is shamed by it's minuscule frame
The fury of Mother Nature scorned
The Atlantic outsized by the global tidal rise
The Pacific made insipid by dawn
Her cult they say warned us of this day
And cataclysmic Armageddon
The past she laid to rest in ocean graves
As she bows below to thunderous ovation!
"Love" still lies deep beneath the seas
Clutching onto Biblical tales
His dying smile now ravaged and vile
Bloated 'neath the ocean he pales
Yet still holds hope for the faith he chose
A self-belief in self-deceit
That she will reveal her passionate zeal
Three words from her are all he needs
Beneath the waves he waits and grieves
As time passes by and all hope leaves...
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18. |
Angel Midst The Storm
02:54
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I crept my way through the thicket leaves
And the pouring rain, you marked the trail
And in your face I saw the pain of a thousand frays
I left your gaze and met the skies
In hues of grey, the clouds exhaled
Your trance-like gait held me in sway
As I followed you led the way (I led the way)
You danced with the strongest winds tempest
My Angel midst the storm (amidst the storm)
I heard you sing a song for me
That I would swear (sounded wolves to call)
A howl to the moon and how she shone
Her brightest light (upon our path)
Golden with romance we strolled our dance
Deep into the night (as we fade to white)
And at last I could see your hand reaching out to me
But alas this dream was not to be
You floated away on the breeze (Fade away)
Higher you swept becoming a ghost above the trees... (Fade to white)
(Take me)
I crept my way through the graveyard gates
In the pouring rain (to where I lay)
And no longer in your face could I see the pain
Of your final days (snuffing out the flame)
I left in a haze, would we meet in the skies
Those hues of grey? (where we will remain)
In trance-like state, hold me and sway
Take me away (take me away)
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19. |
Gloomy Sunday Tears
04:32
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Sunday is gloomy my hours are slumberless
Dearest the shadows I live with are numberless
My frail white flower will I never awaken you?
Not where the black coach of sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thought of ever returning you
Should they be angry if I thought of joining you my love?
Side by side
I waited 'till dreams like my heart were broken
The flowers all dead and the words unspoken
The grief that I knew was beyond consoling
The beat of my heart was a church bell tolling
My eyes could not see one I wanted to love me
The Earth and the flowers are forever beyond me
The bell tolled for me but the wind whispered "never!"
It's you that I love and I bless you forever with
Gloomy Sunday tears
For you
Gloomy is Sunday with shadows I spend it all
My heart and I have decided to end it all
Soon there'll be candles and prayers that are sad I know
Let them not weep, let them know that I wish to go
Death is no dream, for in death I'm caressing you
In my heart and soul I'll always be missing you my love
My dying bride
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20. |
The Righteous Hand
04:43
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Slowly as the guests arrived to dance
We embraced, our bodies entwined
Composing our verses under amorous trance
Waltzing in wonder we waited to dine
Her hair flowed free in the midnight breeze
Her body gleamed bright under Diana's beam
At one with the Earth and at peace with her soul
Ritualistic redemption was hers to behold
In darkness they pledged their lives to the cross
And put faith in their texts with all context lost
To align with the crimes and accuse of devilish rites
In the name of "Love" and "Glory" they rode into the storm clad night...
Coldly as the collective espied
A mere glimpse of her glorious figure divine
We made our way to the heart of the dance
A rapturous ovation arose as we arrived
Her mind drifted skyward to reach inner peace
As her body lay motionless she ascended with ease
She felt the embrace of the lunar five-fold kiss
Enrapture her soul and moisten her lips
Under cover of darkness they stalked their prey
Now curled beside a fire the Sinning mistress lay
They charged at once wielding the power of light
In a bout of sheer violence they took her defenceless life...
And there she lay in a shallow grave
Hidden by their shadows in her own blood she bathed
Proudly they stood 'neath the glorious storm
Majestic thunder rumbled, surely a sign from their Lord?
Marked with a cross they swiftly buried their loss
One of their children so needlessly lost
To Witchcraft and sin, those carnal delight
Laid to rest now and cleansed from that terrible blight...
Potently as night drew her veil
Of sleek stormy black skies and their cloud laden trail
The waltz wound down under spell of the wine
A slow grinding gait the throng came in time
Arriving at last at the vast labyrinth estate
Death had left her kiss, such a vile aftertaste
They entered the halls for their heroes return
They slew the Dragon and then watched her burn
They killed for their Lord a blasphemous wench
Returning to find that all truths were bent
Their hosts bore warped faces, snarling fangs and red eyes
The tables now turned it was time to plead for their pious and pitiful lives...
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21. |
I, The Samhain Feast
03:25
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Candles flicker guiding me
Through the rusted iron gates
Licking in the soaring winds
Dancing with enchanting grace
The ground beneath my feet heaves
Shifting, rifting, splayed
As I move along the undead throng
Beneath me in their graves
I see glimpses of them
From their monoliths and tombs
Their claws grate heavily against
The ancient marbled ruins
I hear their sinister laughter
Echo through the starlit night
I see their shifting shapes and shadows
Sweeping through the isles
Creeping through the cemetery
Passing by the burial mounds
The wind carries ghastly laments
Whispering their depraved sounds
Peering through the cobwebs
And the twisted branches of the trees
Stumbling across the demonic rites
On the night of a Samhain feast
Scaled Sins tear at my skin
Passing me through many hands
Taking me and taunting me
Preparing their torturous plans
Skulls litter their lair
Alongside rats and broken bones
No matter how loud my screams resound
I cannot surpass their moans
The candles are snuffed at once
With a final tempestuous blow
They clamber with their cobwebbed toes
Into their abode below
Sacrificed to Devils
I see their festive fires light
Frightening figures of fervent Evil
Ushering my demise
Congregated Demons
With red eyes stare right through me
Chanting dark and twisted words
At I, the Samhain feast...
...I, the Samhain feast!
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22. |
Midwinter Eve
04:12
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Bleakness churning in the dark
The skies above me dismal and stark
Betraying the earth with icy rain
Washing away all but the searing pain
This midwinter eve
Before the beauty of nature took her leave
Forsaking every moment of the past
To the barren blizzard of a stone-cold heart
Ice-cold blasts burning my skin
Cannot compare to the aching within
Foolishly searching through the drift
To find the way back to that perfect wish
That midwinter eve
Before the beauty of nature took her leave
Forsaking every moment of the past
To the barren blizzard of a stone-cold heart
Weakness showing in the cracks
The never-ending winter recedes back
Thawing the untainted world beneath
From a thousand years of nightmarish sleep
Those midwinter eves
When the beauty of nature took her leave
Forsaking every moment of our past
For the emptiness of a broken heart
...my heart
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23. |
Darkness Ensues
01:36
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Blood!
Blood rains from the skies
The day their messiah dies
And Demons hail once again
The Sovereign Evil begins
The scythe digs in as Death is unveiled
Digging deep as they're impaled
The crowds disperse as bodies rip
Sinews are torn as blood runs thick
Darkness cometh...
Darkness cometh...
...Darkness ensues!
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25. |
Eyes Like Autumn
04:10
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Once upon a time
There lived a worthless wretch
A social cactus spines unkempt
And in this thorny heart
Where the final throb resigns
Every flower wilts and dies
Through late September skies
And all the endless rain
I never dreamt those fallen leaves
Would ever match your eyes again
I can never take my word back
I will stand and fall by your side
This is not a choice that I made
Something keeps me lost within your eyes
Your golden eyes
Your eyes like Autumn
In the coldness of the night
The words I dare not speak
Are far too much for me to keep
But with the morning light
They're unveiled for you to see
Et le mien seul â se sentir
Through long October nights
Where I would count the days
Until I could catch a glimpse
Of your magnificence again
They'll always haunt me
Your eyes like Autumn
Memories from those years gone by
Every day that we lost brought a sleepless night
We glimpsed into a brave new world
Frightened to see its tail unfurl
The first embrace it burnt like fire
My shivering frame dialogue unrequired
Just smile and sigh and let it all pass
The night is still young so raise your glass...
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26. |
R.I.P.
04:53
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Sometimes you may find
I can’t look you in the eye
Because it’s not easy to hide
Such a besotted state of mind
So I feel it’s best to say
Nothing which may incriminate
Or unveil the foolish truth
I can’t help but think about you
In your eyes I see a dream of such vibrant life and prosperity
And even though it’s no place for me, when you’re there I’ll know I can
R.I.P.
Every day you seem to be
Closer to perfections peak
Making it hard to contemplate
Much else when I meet your gaze
And I know I’m not the only one
To be entranced and come undone
But I claim something unique
I know you’ll thrive in life regardless of me
In good time we’ll see your dreams become a part of life’s rich tapestry
And although you’ll reach it without me, I want you to know that I’ll
R.I.P.
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27. |
MGHMMVI
04:13
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Midnight chimes ring out again
Beckoning the twisted nightmares to descend
Upon me and deep into my mind
To prey upon stray rays of hope left dying inside...
My gothic heart cries to be set free
From darkness (my mistress), and her reverie
I yearn to feel pure rays upon my skin
To forget the brooding shadow brewing sin...
Somewhere I know you hold the key
The sacred prose, the words to set me free
Wolves cry unto the moon outside
Calling their brethren to take my life
Will you help bring about my demise
As they tear my flesh and feast on me tonight?
My gothic heart cries to be released
Before darkness reaches out her hand to me
Will she take me deep into the night
To forget the love, the torch that burnt so bright?
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28. |
Your Web
04:22
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Her voice still calls to me
Like a distant dream
Buried ‘neath a
Thin veneer I scream
The decadence of “Love”
Took Her away
Her innocence was
Taken to the grave
Rid me of the fire
Burning deep within my soul
You scarred me with these wounds
And let your web of lies unfold
Give me back my passion
Your cold-blooded sacrifice
You raped Her of Her faith in life
And left Her strung to hang that night
Her jewelled eyes
Still glisten in the gloom
Moistened from Her
Begging mercy of you
When the pieces fell
Like shards of dripstone stalagmite
And your poisoned flock
Put to death my only light…
I renounce the love of Light
And the lies proclaimed
Your crusade is unjust
And “Love” is hate’s masquerade
I beg you, find me guilty
Of these occult “crimes”
And slay me in cold-blood
To be by Her side
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29. |
Her Portrait Eyes
04:40
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In the darkest corner
At the deathly side of night
Still haunted by his past
The Count deplored without respite
Lit by candelabra
Sifting through tomes of the dead
He recited scripts, iniquitous
In wicked tongues and hex
Under light of the moon
There grew a disquieting mood
As mammatus clouds loomed
Clad in the darkest of hues
It seemed the storm had arrived
Bringing the bleak skies to life
Thunderous bellows to provide
A pulsing theme for the night
Dressed in naught but his shame
The count drew blood from a slave
Bled her upon an altar as bait
A gift for the Devils to claim
Should they arise from the depths
Of whichever Hell they transgress
A seeping mist soon plumed dense
And cast the room in darkness
From the shadow grew
A contorted figure of deathly pall
Risen from beyond
To hear the Count’s relentless call
To offer him relief from the grief
That had amassed within
To see Her face one final time
And quench his thirst again…
THE COUNT:
“Come to me Ghoul
Break the stranglehold
The grip of death
Upon Her fragile soul”
Mephisto glared a thousand daggers
At this impending Faust
But spoke in almost sombre tones
When addressing the dishevelled Count
MEPHISTO:
“We will strike a deal
And on my terms
Shall you be damned
But for this price
I’ll grant you any wish
That you demand”
THE COUNT:
“Grant me a glimpse
Upon my bride
Whom wrongly died for sins
Her portrait eyes
Painted black as coal
By those heartless charlatans”
Mephisto’s eyes flickered fires
Burning sulphur filled the air
The Devil’s presence fading
As his Faust wished in despair
THE COUNT:
“Bring Her back to me
And take what I behold
It matters not to me
Let your price for Her be known
What you wish is yours
For Her I’d sell my soul”
And so the pact was sealed
And poured away the shades of life
For the Count who fell to darkness
Now a Devil’s concubine
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30. |
A Dark Desire
04:36
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I've waited and craved for a moment like this
As I watch you appear before me through the swirling mist
Draped in a dark shroud which hides all but your eyes
And those lips, their pursed perfection surely still awaiting mine?
But beneath the pounding rhythm
Of my fractured stained-glass heart
My mind still defies the notion that
We shall no longer be apart
And so in your presence I seek a sign
That this is no trickery nor dream
Despite the doubts I have
I place my trust and faith in you
I mourned and I swore we'd be together once more
And now you glide back to my side emerging from beyond this mortal coil
You allow the drapery to fall cascading over your milky limbs
As it pools around your feet I feel you bare against my skin
Here in your arms I fall far beyond my wildest dreams
As your lips caress my skin and stir desires from within
And here I will stay with you until the glorious end of days
Where we shall not be bound by fate, I will remain
Here in your passionate embrace
My hands caress your form exploring every daring curve
Upon the fallen autumnal leaves we let our tongues unfurl
Entwined like nesting vipers hissing in fits of ecstasy
I feel your lips upon my neck, as if to bite and drink of me
Here in your arms I fall far beyond my wildest dreams
But cruel lies reclaim you at Dawn and the truth is revealed
That here I must stay, alone through the wretched end of days
Where I shall have no place with fate, I shall decay
Without you I will fade away...
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31. |
A Mockery Made Flesh
04:30
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The journey leads on
Through the vast wilderness
Ever left from the path
I can no longer resist
The passage of time
Grows skewed like my plight
Each step takes me
Another world further from You
Fooled once I was
By pure “Love” and trust
Forsaken by all
Now left broken, corrupt
The passion and life
Drained from my eyes
These now hollow chambers
Of darkness consumed
Once I was blinded by rage but now I can see
This unjust world is no place for me
I slip from the past into the stream
But the deeper I go, the darker thoughts grow
And I see Your face so gaunt, haunted, shallow
My fangs bare to make my fury known
A fallen Angel to some
This wretched fool that I’ve become
A mockery made flesh most of all
But should I stand tall?
Reclaim my throne and call for war
Or leave it all?
Let all of their transgressions slide
Turn my back
And continue to hide
Or let this mark the end of my descent
And return with this
Unquenchable thirst for revenge!
I was fooled once again
All hope now denounced
Dashed many times
Too innumerable to count
My rational façade slips
To reveal the true primal side
Sin is ripe
And I covet Her fruits
The process is done
Rising from the proverbial grave
Of self loathing and of loss
And all those years that I bayed
The beast I’ve become
Has licked its own wounds for too long
It’s time I unleashed my curse
A vengeance fuelled coup
At last I can ascend from those dark depths
To take leave of this purgatory rest
And shift my focus to my enemies
Where once I was tamed by sorrow
Now I reach far beyond the brink to oversee
This fixed game of chess to set me free
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32. |
The Nemesis Of Opulence
04:36
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The last lonely glint of sundown
Bows her head to the mighty dusk
Wherein nocturnal creatures stir again
To resume their nightly hunt
The music made, yes, oh so sweet
Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark
The sounds of their feeding an inspiration
For my next work truly avant-garde
With every line erased
And each stroke I paint upon the bloodsoaked page
I find myself in post orgasmic malaise
Snarling grimly as I spit on their graves
The Nemesis of opulence
A dreaded eidolon
Each “Horrorshow” a shot across the bow
For the unwitting victim next in line
The first sign of prey approaching
A suffocating scent pervades the air
Fooled by charm, a string of deception pulled tight
Something her corset and our bodies now share
Within the privacy of her chamber
Bejewelled with riches like her chest
Which now pounds heavily between the gasps
I hang on Her every dying breath
With fresh wine imbibed
To commemorate this vendetta across all time
My one man war upon the affluent
Justified in my reddened, sullen eyes
The Nemesis of opulence
A ripper of glutinous swine
Each victim stricken akin to the thickening fog
Lifted from my vengeance sodden mind...
Lurking in the shadows
For another chance to come
Like a cobra poised to strike
I hiss my restless serpentine tongue
And when the move is mine to make
I’ll blot them from my wishlist one by one
An alpha predator like an unbiblical flood
Come to cleanse Earth of this stubborn scum
With the times we change
To accommodate our vast hypocrisies
One man's war of valour
Is but another’s terrible tyranny
The Nemesis of opulence
A Zeitgeist of the times
Each victim like a burden lifted
From Hell I bid you all a final goodbye
Where will it end?
I question all the notches I’ve inscribed
Is this to be my quest
Until the very end with no respite?
Or should my focused eyes
Set upon the most monumental prize?
Dream a little bigger, darling
In the grander scheme of taking life
Tracing bloodlines back
To when this curse came over me
Until the last drop is drained dry
Upon my mouth and sets me rightfully
Finally free...
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33. |
Nostalgia And The Cursed
03:18
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The toll of midnight strikes
As passion taunts me in my sleep
Her legs so pale and slender
Rend me arisen and primed to feed
Under the moonlit clear night skies
I find her awaiting me
'Neath her satin, lace and leather reveal
A Heaven and it's seraphic lead
Above the world we writhe
Our limbs performing many scenes
Of lust and lore that many thought
To be acts of filth, debauched
A bloodlust fills my eyes
The scarlet lenses fully formed
I lay my kiss upon the pulsing throat
With lips and fangs and more...
Over many nights I sate my thirst
And avenge the crimes
The last kin of those heartless
Hunters in my sight
With a taste for sweet revenge
I play the hand of Fate
Swindling the odds through time
To beat her cruel game
In trancelike state
With a Devil tonight she dines
Beneath my smile
Burns a malice cold as ice
Without compassion I take my fill
Of her precious wine
And leave her deflowered
In my arms and drained of life...
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34. |
All Roads Lead To You
04:59
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The burden of days and the sprawling nights
In the silence of solitude there is no place to hide
From the past and its sins, the reflections within
The ravaging tides of time leave me gnarled, indistinct
The tolling bells of years gone by
Echo in the distance every chime
A shrill reminder of those once dulcet tones
Such goodness wrenched away from these fragile bones
But how the beaten organ can still sputter a pulse
For those moments in the sun, the thrill of the hunt
Oh spare me from nostalgia and her accursed front
Which may rend me man again for a taste of this spell that is spun
Around the cobwebbed coves of the darkest side
Midst the dank dungeon dregs of a derelict mind
Which sheathe my feats from the driving gale
Make swift my end like those I once assailed
Prey, we come closer with every breath
Brought slowly back together by encroaching death
The lurker in the shadows, sole victor of this game
Set in motion by vengeance now recalled as shame
The scapegoat still bleats I grind my jagged hooves
Head hung low, drunk with power, bemused
A mere pawn led to march in this terrible war
Revenge a crueller mistress than ever accredited for...
This hall of shame bears down on me
As it crumbles from the inside out
I can barely breathe
It all begins to tumble down
The edges blur
And then the pain subsides
I succumb to a sedated numbness
Until the next time
I choose to close my weary eyes
The arrows turned, the swords repel
I throw the flag
And set sail for the end
In flames I swear this sinking ship
Will be dashed to the depths
And never found
Torture artist not my chosen nom de plume
But this sordid desolation of my creation
Holds to this unspeakable truth
There is no place to flee, no haven
There are no more roads to roam
When all the paths inevitably
Still lead back to You
The musings of a madman on the edge
Still reeling from the feeding of the basest needs
My curse, this lover's pledge
And so it ends, this embittered tale
All the dragons slain, the piper paid
Now doomed I walk alone
On this scorched earth…
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35. |
Reflections Of The Past
04:52
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Spectral shadows shift
About the dying land below
Flowing fabrications from
Forty thousand thoughts ago
Creations crawling constantly
Across credence's court
Melding more with time
My murky mind meanders on
Blissfully beyond the border
Beckoned by bestial fiends
Watchful over a world where once
We would sate our needs
The dreams they seem to twist and weave
Together tethered thoughts
From lust to dusk, to harvest moons
And an Angel midst a storm
Reflections of the past
Illuminated by the stars
Distorted by the ripples
And ever destined for the dark
Reckless and enraged
The intricate path we paved
Disregarded like wilted flowers
Left to rot upon a grave
The long days and lonely nights
Waiting for seas to part
And lead the way through misty veils
To rest within Your arms
The longing and the throbbing pulse
Revives this sunken heart
And bleeds the red and impassioned blood
That keeps us tied as one
Passing time with those once pined
Proving even pure passion pales
When greeted with the graceful gait
Of Gorgeous, Love untamed
Heaving from Her Heaven’s scent
My hastening heartbeat
Yearns to sink twin puncture wound
Deep into Her throat
But plagued by these troubled dreams
The light begins to wane
The antithesis of my crisis
As these nightmares never end
Deeper do they delve
With their deviant Devil dance
With songs for Steel and Samhain feast
And tales of an epic romance
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36. |
Her Brilliant Light
04:48
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So quiet, so gentle, so far away
I wish I knew the words
To wend together our fate
To turn tail on this world and all of its flaws
Say "au revoir" to this realm
My hand pressed against yours
HER BRILLIANT LIGHT
In silence I wonder "What would you say?
If you knew these feeble words
Could carry such a heartfelt weight"
We'd turn tail on this world and all of its flaws
Say "au revoir" to this realm
My hand pressed against yours
HER BRILLIANT LIGHT
Gone.
In a beautiful blaze.
Such a pity.
Such a terrible waste.
Gone.
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37. |
Love Will Tear Us Apart
03:01
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When routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And resentment rides high
But emotions won't grow
And we're changing our ways
Taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart again
Do you cry out in your sleep
All my failings exposed?
Get a taste in my mouth
As desperation takes hold
Is it something so good
Just can't function?
No more
Then love, love will tear us apart again
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38. |
A Girl Like You
03:40
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I've never known a girl like you before
Now just like in a song from days of yore
Here you come a knocking, knocking at my door
And I've never met a girl like you before
You give me just a taste so I want more
Now my hands are bleeding and my knees are raw
Now you've got me crawling, sprawled on the floor
And I've never known a girl like you before
You've made me acknowledge the Devil in me
I hope to God I'm talking metaphorically
Hope that I'm talking allegorically
Know that I'm talking about the way I feel
And I've never known a girl like you before
Never, never, never, never
I've never met a girl like you before...
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39. |
Reptile
04:36
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Too dangerous to keep
Too feeble to let go
And you want to bite the hand
Should have stopped this long ago
Go now, you've been set free
Another month or so you'll be gorging on me
With your lovely smile
I see you slither away with your skin and your scales
Your flickering tongue and your rattling tail
Like a real reptile
Had you coiled around my arm
How could you ever know
How I loved your Autumnal eyes?
But that was long ago
Go now, you've been set free
Another month or so you'll be poisoning me
With your lovely smile
I see you slither away with your skin and your scales
Your flickering tongue and your rattling tail
Like a real reptile
And I should have believed Eve
When she said we had to go
She was the apple of my eye
It wasn't long ago
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40. |
Darktown
04:37
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Take a trip take a ride
Through Darktown don't be shy
Gather by the clocktower take your seats
Glad you're here it's for keeps
Festering wounds from years gone by
Toxic waste you buried inside
In Darktown
Take a turn step on down
Through an alleyway you'll find
By the backstreet trash resides
The underworld you tried to hide
And from a dark corner where walls loom high
You'll hear the sound of a small child's cry
In Darktown
Legions of hate schools of fear
Proudly accomplished their mission here
A hidden agenda behind the eyes
For the gifted ones they most despised
They couldn't do it in the X-rated world
But presided over the boys and girls
In Darktown
It's all on camera it's all on film
On the couch in the shower
The stains are there still
Drink to the ones who dished out the marks
Rabid animals right from the start
It's happy hour shut the beasts away
Come along children it's time to play...
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Vampyrouss vocalist and songwriter, The Dead Betas bassist, Diabolous Nightbreed vocalist and bassist and other creative endeavours.
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