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Carpe Noctem
06:54
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CARPE NOCTEM
Exeunt omnes
Haud ignota loquor
Times more difficult
Than seems should be
Navigating the space
Between joy and despair
Calix meus inebrians
These sounds that assuage my demons
My dark haven
Carpe noctem
Seize the night
Non sum qualis eram
Fear and anger burn
Moments to years
As chill finds the air
Another November
Calix meus inebrians
These sounds that assuage my demons
My dark haven
Carpe noctem
Seize the night
That loved grieves deep
I am not such as I was
The space between joy and despair
I speak not of unknown things
I am not such as I was
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Tempest
06:42
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TEMPEST
Edax rerum
Lashed to the mast
In bellicose fury
Depths ascending to sky
Wrath of the tempest
Rain lacerates as nails
Nigh drowned, salt blind
Beckoning voices of the dead
What punishment this?
Passenger now into destiny
What more can I withstand?
Bowsprit pricks behemoth
All hope lost
Aeturnum vale
If this be all
Farewell forever
Sunt lacrimae rerum
Et mentem
mortalia tangunt
A blinding light
Moments in retrospect
My despair and lamentation
What cruel providence?
Rail splintering fragments
Vessel founders under weight
My defiant malediction
Futility lost to roar
Eternity now imminent
I defy storm’s rebuke
Coldly staring down the vortex
Aeturnum vale
If this be all
Farewell forever
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The Doom of Men
05:28
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THE DOOM OF MEN
Centuries pass
In mirrored existence
Condemnant quod non intellegunt
Ivory tower devoid of wisdom
Lambs bleating below
Foes massed at the gates
And assembled deep within
The price that must be paid
Is sorrow unending
Whelps intoxicated by sophism
Gullible and clothed motley
Septic chorus of absurdity
Inviting their own ruin
All will be lost
It is the doom of men
That they do not know
It is the doom of men
That they cannot see
It is the doom of men
That they remember not
Famine, drought and locusts
Alms for the indentured
Sloth and corruption
Swords long since dull
The price that must be paid
Is sorrow unending
Ideology and indifference
Unify in fatal consequence
The empire crumbles
The foundation breaks
All will be lost
It is the doom of men
That they do not know
It is the doom of men
That they cannot see
It is the doom of men
That they remember not
The blissfully ignorant
And those inherently so
They remember not
Now all will be lost
Sorrow unending
All will be lost
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Banished to Shadow
06:15
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BANISHED TO SHADOW
Afraid to dream
What do I believe?
And at what cost?
Quickly through crowded streets
Glances stolen across my shoulder
This my deepest fear
What do they know?
What will they know?
Grande Inquisidor
Purveyor of terror
Instrument of iniquity
Ecclesiastic sacrifice
Silence bought with death
Thought banished to shadow
Credendum
My belief
Credendum
For reward in the beyond
Malum in se
Am I the heretic?
Malum prohibitum
I am the heretic
Persecution of sorcery
Magicians and witches
Sons and daughters
Scenes of sadism
Blessed by the Innocent
Absolution for burnt flesh
What do they know?
What will they know?
Mendacity and malevolence
Wails of generations
Echoes of the lost
Punishment above penance
Certainty perceived
Of the unknown
Credendum
My belief
Credendum
For reward in the beyond
Malum in se
Am I the heretic?
Malum prohibitum
I am the heretic
The angel of death marks the door
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Ninestane Rig
09:20
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NINESTANE RIG
Hermitage
Strength of Liddesdale
Guardhouse of the bloodiest valley
In Elliott lands
Here it is said
Are things to be feared
By all men on this earth
A certain lonely spot
Home long ago
Of a holy man
In the great wastes of Tarras Moss
Wicked baron, Lord Soulis
Practitioner of black magic
In league with the devil
Master of dark arts
Rope could not hold
Nor steel pierce
Loathed by his vassals
In counsel with spirit familiar
Villages grieve lost innocents
Lusting near maiden
Confronted, her father slain
Enflamed mob dispersed
By Laird of Mangerton
At nightfall
Those grieving deep
Entrenched in Hermitage
Emasculated, brooding
Soulis murdered Armstrong
Blade deep in his back
At nightfall
Those grieving deep
Born away dear Laird’s body
To burial at Ettleton
Where Milnholm Cross erected
To mark his passing
Desperate, villagers begged aid
From wise wizard
Thomas of Ercildoune
Hearing their pleas
He devised belt of lead
Into which he poured sand
Wicked baron, Lord Soulis
Practitioner of black magic
In league with the devil
Storming Hermitage
The dark lord was
Imprisoned in his sleep
Thus restrained, Soulis borne
To ancient druid circle
High in the hills
Cauldron magnificent
From megaliths suspended
Above raging flames
Nine stone ridge
Where evil comes
Lord Soulis
In sheet of lead
Boiled to his death
Nine stone ridge
Where evil comes to die
Witness now
The black wizard
In boiling cauldron
Supping his own broth
A certain lonely spot
Grave of a wicked fiend
In the great wastes of Tarras Moss
Here it is known
Things to be feared
By all men on this earth
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Moments of Respite
06:06
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MOMENTS OF RESPITE
On occasion of stars aligned
Gathered upon cemetery hills
At invitation of the gods
Open fires bellow sparks
Spits turn charred succulence
Potent spirits cascade waterfalls
Beneath canopy of willows
In blue moonlight mist
An extraordinary carousal
The living and dead
Cobblers, smiths, fairies in boots
Plebeians feast with warlords
And everywhere writhing
Exquisite enchantresses
What lot brought me thus?
All cares lost
In these moments
All cares lost
In these
Moments of respite
This historic affair
Balor and stone angels
Barmaid dances with centaur
Revelry raging
Mars grapples Thor
Baldur leads fervent anthems
Mandolin and bodhran
Mirth and debauchery
In fragrant breeze
Sorcerers and philosophers
Morpheus holding court
As Dionysus tends bar
Legends storm the stage
Heavy and electric
Pour mine another double
All cares lost
In these moments
All cares lost
In these
Moments of respite
Anubis howls atop cenotaph
Lust chases coy skirts
This blur my paradise
Aphrodite casts her scent
Passion screams from pavilions
Satisfied, to wine-stained slumber
Hours effervescent
Conversation turns debate
Then to brawling
Guests beyond drunken
Coiled as snakes upon ground
As apparitions fade
The gentle fingers of dawn
Grasp the sky
Forever I will dream to return
All cares lost
In these moments
All cares lost
In these
Moments of respite
Forever I will dream
Of these
Moments of respite
Dream to return
To these
Moments of respite
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Reflection
01:48
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Remembrance
07:13
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REMEMBRANCE
Another anniversary
In conversation with memory
How I wish I believed I would see you again
Lacrimae mundi
This loneliness
Lacrimae mundi
My loneliness
Nihil dicit
And if the pain is lost
Will I remember?
The taste of blood in my mouth
Embers burning in my soul
And this music that summons your ghost
Lacrimae mundi
This loneliness
Lacrimae mundi
My loneliness
Nihil dicit
And if the pain is lost
Will I remember?
Wounds that will never heal
Tears I will not wipe away
Pain I cherish in remembrance
Lacrimae mundi
This loneliness
Lacrimae mundi
My loneliness
Withstanding the passage of time
Enduring the pain of time
I will remember
Until my own death
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