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Crucible
05:48
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Brothers, gather ‘round. The winds of change are blowing. Look what I’ve found!
Power, in pages bound. A force inside is growing. It’ll be let out.
Join me! Or turn and flee. Choose your destiny!
Shadows in the dark, moving like a whispering breeze. Pray for my Soul.
Chilling, ice-cold fingers wrap around my throat and squeeze. Mind-numbing cold.
I’m doomed. I’ve been deceived. In this very room. Oh, I can’t believe it.
When once, I was a boy, I dreamed of the time when answers were given to questions deep in my mind
and it wasn’t a crime to make bad decisions.
When demons infest my mind, I remember when my light shines bright, it keeps them away.
When devils oppress my life, I recall the lesson from long ago, love is the way.
I’m aware, I’ve been beguiled
I’m awake. I’ve been defiled.
Life is a school. Lessons learned.
I was a fool. And I’ve been burned.
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Asp
06:38
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Walk with me through the blistering sands in the desert of your Soul.
Behold the Sphinx, surveying the land under its control.
Gods descend the sheen onyx stairs from the Temple of the Damned.
I, Osiris reign from the ancient days through the Age of the Ram.
I rule the land. My obelisk stands proud under lapis skies.
Ankh in hand, wielding the symbol of eternal life.
Crook and Flail, the scarab my prophet. I rule your lives.
Dread the night, when the scorpions sting like ten-thousand knives.
Asp, coils around my fingers as I weave my spell.
Ask, and it shall be given, if – you serve me well.
I smite down the bulk of Set’s armies who strike from afar.
Steal Set’s heart. Seal it inside an alabaster jar.
Ra commands the rays of the Sun as his biting blades.
Thoth makes his stand with his magic tablets of emerald and jade.
Asp, coils around my fingers as I weave my spell.
Ask, and it shall be given, if – you serve me well.
Now you die. The brilliance of Horus will blind all your eyes.
Sands of time, will waste all you love, erase all your lives.
Bast comes forth. Sekhmet deals the last deadly blows.
Hear Anubis call. He opens his arms and welcomes your Souls.
Asp, coils around my fingers as I weave my spell.
Ask, and it shall be given, if – you serve me well.
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Face Of Betrayal
03:41
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Watchin’ the sunrise, perhaps for the last time.
Where do I go from here?
Stare at the ceiling. I can’t help that feeling.
Maybe I’m out of time.
I need your wisdom. I feel like I’m in Hell.
I’ll share my secrets, hidden for far too long.
Why won’t you help me? I’m reaching out to you.
Please don’t discard me. I don’t know what to do.
I need your wisdom. I feel like I’m in Hell.
I’ll share my secrets, hidden for far to long.
The secrets have changed me, altered deranged me.
Filled me with dread and fear.
I need your assistance. I can’t build resistance.
I feel the end is near.
I need your wisdom. I feel like I’m in Hell.
I’ll share my secrets, hidden for far to long.
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The Other Side
04:42
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On your windowsill, in the pale moonlight,
there’s an hourglass sifting through time.
When you think of me, try and still your mind.
Think of happy times and close your eyes.
I’m alone without you. It’s something I just can’t do.
I’m alone and you are too. I can’t wait to be with you.
Through the innocent sweet and tender years,
I’ve watched you from afar and wished away your tears.
You were everything, my only heart’s desire,
And all I feel is love, burning like fire.
Why can’t you see me? I’m standing right here!
I’m alone without you. It’s something I just can’t do.
I’m alone and you are too. I can’t wait to be with you.
Come with me, my love, my desire. Don’t be lonely anymore.
Come with me, to the other side. I’m waiting for you. It’s your destiny.
Woah, oh-oh. Woah, oh-oh-oh-oh. Woah, oh-oh, oh. Woah, oh-oh-oh-oh.
Woah, oh-oh. Woah, oh-oh-oh-oh. Woah, oh-oh, oh. Woah, oh-oh-oh-oh.
Come with me, my desire. Don’t be lonely anymore.
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Nightwatcher
05:12
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At the midnight hour, the spot turns around.
The man in the tower points to the ground.
He sees a man on the run. He knows there’s been a breakout.
Next he prepares the hunt and begins the deadly stakeout.
He’s the Night Watcher, he’s always on the lookout.
He knows these grounds like no other. No, you’ll never get out.
Scale the walls. Run for cover. You’ve made it out. You think you’re free.
He knows you better than your mother. The end’s coming soon, as you will see.
Don’t look back, he’ll see your eyes. He knows the fear you feel.
The darkness overcomes you. Soon, you’ll eat your last meal.
He’s the Night Watcher, he’s always on the lookout.
He knows these grounds like no other. No, you’ll never get out.
You can run, but you can’t hide. You knew you never could.
It’s too late, you won’t escape. You knew you never would.
Bright beams of light, pierce the night as you’re dragged from the woods.
Your soul knows fright with a terrible sight. You see the headsmen in their hoods.
He’s the Night Watcher, he’s always on the lookout.
He knows these grounds like no other.
No, you’ll never get out.
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Shipwrecked
03:51
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Listing on the ocean - exploring distant lands.
Cruel, careless captain - the crew’s blood on his hands.
Persisting white squalls crashing - lightning, thunderclaps,
Screaming, scrambling sailors - as the mast snaps in half.
What was he thinking when he turned into the storm where we’d get churned.
Deadly winds, swiftly streaking, from the north, icebergs creaking.
Drifting, battered vessel - sinking, no life rafts.
Listening to Captain’s signal - to abandon ship at last.
What was he thinking when he turned into the storm where we’d get churned.
Deadly winds, swiftly streaking, from the north, icebergs creaking.
The map was clear.
I chose to steer.
Into the crushing waves.
And straight to our graves.
What was he thinking when he turned into the storm where we’d get churned.
Deadly winds, swiftly streaking, from the north, icebergs creaking.
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