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Eulogy in Black
01:21
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2. |
Attending the Funeral
06:42
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Farewell to the flesh
So deathwhite, cold, and lifeless
Before our grieving eyes displayed
In time preserved, before the vessel decays
Masses clad in black
As day gives way to darkness
Her sorrow masked by onyx veil
Beneath the shades of pale
Fragrances
Carried by the winds of old
Petrichor and putrescine, among uprooted soil
As the murder flies
Mournful stand in waiting
For the final rite
Attending the funeral tonight
Requiem of death
Beholders cite the epitaph
Engraved in stone these solemn words:
“Here rests his head upon the lap of the Earth”
In memoriam
The terminus of breath succumbed
Condolences and sympathies
There’s nothing left to say
Fragrances
Carried by the winds of old
Petrichor and putrescine, among uprooted soil
Hearts in disarray
Creeping descent, six feet under
Melancholy strain
Attending the funeral
As the murder flies
Mournful stand in waiting
For the final rite
Attending the funeral tonight
Tonight
Earth to earth, ash to ash, dust to dust
Our dying days to come
Time and tide wait for no man
For in that sleep of death
Shuffled off this mortal coil
The casket falls
Once and for all
Earth to earth, ash to ash, dust to dust
Our dying days to come
Time and tide wait for no man
For in that sleep of death
Shuffled off this mortal coil
The casket falls
Once and for all
Fall
Hearts in disarray
Creeping descent, six feet under
Melancholy strain
Attending the funeral
As the murder flies
Mournful stand in waiting
For the final rite
Attending the funeral tonight
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3. |
Transcendence of Flesh
05:41
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Defied, the limits of man
Beyond all comprehension
He stood before the gates of infinity
With arms outstretched he drank
From the sapphire torrent
Engulfed by solar rays, the chalice ablaze
And as the breath of life eternal filled his lungs
His body cast into the crystalline stream below
Pillars of blinding light waxed and waned
Like the Phoenix, he burned to rise again
Voice of a soul
Reborn by fire
Decode and decipher the language of stars
Apparition
Transcendence of flesh
From dream he awakens a post-human God
Evoking consciousness
Molecular transmutation
A mind no longer bound by humanity
Atomic structure rearranging by his hand
Celestial kingdom forged incarnate by command
To grasp the fire on high, a winged ascent
Where all things die to redeem and give unto death
Voice of a soul
Reborn by fire
Decode and decipher the language of stars
Apparition
Transcendence of flesh
From dream he awakens a post-human God
Equilibrium
The distance between
Interstellar thoughts
Lightyears away
Voice of a soul
Reborn by fire
Decode and decipher the language of stars
Apparition
Transcendence of flesh
From dream he awakens
A post-human God
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Perversion brings misery
In a sense of a dying world
One decision proves deceitful
And disassembles the world apart
Defacement unlocks the sky above
Declaims the comprehension
A solitary gravestone rests
For those who seek salvation
Death reveals its face upon every living creature
The keepers of sincerity break apart and fracture
Through this spark of light that falls upon us
Dreams we shared are shattered
As forgotten ghosts, we lie
Sorrow ends the promise of human evolution
Bodies become formless from the constant destruction
Through this world of sound that decimates
Dreams we shared are shattered
As forgotten ghosts, we lie
The minds of men melt from persistent punishment
Life had needed dusted off the sleeve of conception
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5. |
Centuries (In Agony)
06:00
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Daylight breaks to the toll of the mourning bell
Dead man’s harvest, a living hell
Tools of rust, their sickles reap
Crops of filth and fields of disease
Smoldering ashes on horizon
Fathers bury their children
Pestilent vermin breed like rats
Gripping the throat of prosperity
Clad in faceless mask for centuries
Grim damnation be thy name
Havoc wrought on hollowed masses
Eradicate from the plane of existence
Ages lost to darkness
Toiled blackened seed
Bottomless trenches infested
With the remains of innocence
The cold breath of annihilation corrupts and dethrones
Insanity’s catalyst, consuming the marrow of life from their bones
Blight hangs over the land from which nothing prospers
Chaos unleashed, entwined in darkness for all time
Smoldering ashes on horizon
Fathers bury their children
Pestilent vermin breed like rats
Gripping the throat of prosperity
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6. |
Architect of Suffering
07:23
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Feel me, I am the last breath you’re taking
Hear me, I am your death rattle shaking
And once again I claim this life
There’s beauty in your misery
For all are born to bow before my throne
I am king
And you shall know my name
Give unto me your pain and suffering
See me, I am rider of the pale horse
Fear me, I am clawing
At your door
No asylum, no remorse
Deliverance, united we are one
Feeble-minded creatures, always looking to the light
Never to the untold oceans of darkness beyond
Beyond
Rising from archaic depths
To bestow upon you this impious gift
I climb inside your desolate womb
And I proceed to take that which is mine
As I eviscerate you from within
Hand in hand, to the void’s descent
Life is a beautiful lie
Death is a painful truth
Judge, jury, executioner
Hand in hand, to the void’s descent
Feeble-minded creatures, always looking to the light
Never to the untold oceans of darkness beyond
Beyond
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7. |
Inglorious 20XX
04:18
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8. |
The Obliterators
06:13
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Death be crowned, or live crushed beneath their blade
Of blood and rust, machines of armor and steel
Biological manipulation of life
Slaves to serve without fear, mastered by technology
Turn on atomic core, metal framework clad in synthetic flesh
Up-link intelligence, program consciousness, all systems complete
Through lenses of red, they seek to destroy
All that’s left of this silent planet of shit
Cybernetic organisms of war
Mechanized, killing fields, mastered by technology
Turn on atomic core, metal framework clad in synthetic flesh
Up-link intelligence, program consciousness, all systems complete
Hear the engines roar
Charging, burning
The Obliterators
Iron Gods of war
Hunting, killing
The Obliterators
Feed, feed the machine. Feed the machine
Feed, feed the machine. Feed the machine
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9. |
Eternity's End
12:14
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The stars draw their breath
of aether and chaos
Swirling vortices
Thriving, turning
Calling out my name
Reaching to the heavens
For eternity’s
Windswept whispers
Time… time marches on
Long after I’m gone
Ever as the waves
Crash into the stones
Fragments of memories once known
Stranger to myself in everlasting dreams
I’d give anything to be free from these chains
To behold the shades of autumn’s retreat
Fire, amber, and gold
To feel the embrace of sun on my face
With the breeze of the sea and its salt-ridden taste
I can only dream
All else is forsaken
He who bears the curse
Ever dying
On… time marches on
Long after I’m gone
Ever as the waves
Crash into the stones
Fragments of memories once known
Stranger to myself in everlasting dreams
I’d give anything to be free from these chains
To behold the shades of autumn’s retreat
Fire, amber, and gold
To feel the embrace of sun on my face
With the breeze of the sea and its salt-ridden taste
When the splendor of life has taken its toll
And the flame of resistance ceases to burn
Hate has made its way into my heart
In the coldness of space, I long for the sun
Epilogue of agony, the ink has dried
Formed by cosmic poetry, the pages of time
I am the scion of sorrow and dismay
Watching and waiting for the end of eternity
Ashes burning, carried by the wind.
Cinders fading as darkness closes in
Beauty lost on a world too blind to see
Now they’re taking it back
Taking it back
This confession has meant nothing
Frozen ruins, a winter holocaust
Barren wasteland, a monument of loss
Retribution, only death remains
Now they’ve taken it back
Taken it back
This confession has meant nothing
When the splendor of life has taken its toll
And the flame of resistance ceases to burn
Hate has made its way into my heart
In the coldness of space, I long for the sun
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10. |
Reflections
03:16
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11. |
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Like wild fire
Comes roaring
Mad whirlwind
Burning the road
Black thunder
White lightning
Speed demons cry
The Hell Patrol
Night riders
Death dealers
Storm bringers
Tear up the ground
Fist flying
Eyes blazing
They're glory bound
The Hell Patrol
Brutalize you
Neutralize you
Gonna go for your throat as you choke
Then they'll vaporize you
Terrorize you
Pulverize you
Gonna cut to the bone as you groan
And they'll paratamize you
Chrome Masters
Steel Warriors
Soul Stealers
Ripping out hearts
They're Devil Dogs
The Hell Patrol
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12. |
Gaia (Tiamat Cover)
05:59
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A new serum eradicates the illness
An old man rises from his wheelchair
When suffering unknown attacks the painless
And common animals are becoming rare
As water spins in circles twice
Spiders, snakes and the little mice
Get twisted around and tumble down
When Nature calls, we all shall drown
If the earth is dying of a growing thirst
Rain shall fall on dried out soil
And every kind of bud shall burst
A sough of relief to insects - turmoil
As water spins in circles twice
Spiders, snakes and the little mice
Get twisted around and tumble down
When Nature calls, we all shall drown
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