The mother of all birds
Created a ruse
With cardinal gems
That led the way
Into ancient depths
Filled with
Deceit and neglect

Be careful what you wish for!
It might come true
In the first five minutes
After death

But maybe the lapidary didn't know
What he was holding in his hands?
The ruby was lying
The sapphire held the truth

There will never be
Forty five occasions
I will never see
Sixty five jubilees
In a drunken stupor
Undеr moonshine
The midnight moved hеr
To lock the shrine

Then purple turned red
It all came true
In the last five minutes
Before breath

But maybe the lapidary didn't know
What he was holding in his hands?
The ruby was lying
The sapphire held the truth

Purple mycelium
Abolished the glow
Of blue melancholy
In my soul

Foundations of fortune
Are seldom as they seem

Over the grave of an amethyst
My spirit shall be
Deception was a catalyst
Now I absolve you
Peacefully

But maybe this lapidary doesn’t know
What he is holding in his hands?
The ruby is lying
The sapphire holds the truth

Let me help you
Lift your veil
Let me free you
From your jail
Dying life force
Shall be spilled
An ancient promise
Shall be fulfilled

Let me help you
Paint the floor
Let us tie the knot
Forevermore
Every witness
Becomes a guest
In this moment
You shall be blessed

Let us
Take a walk
Down the aisle
And reconcile

To be bound
With the kiss from a knife
You are free
You may now kiss the bride
With this blade, I thee wed
Crimson tears are now shed

We have travelled
Different paths
To unite on this
Day of Wrath
This noble act
Shall haunt me again
This tender pact
Shall last till the end

Let us
Take the oath
Mix our blood
Before the flood

And be bound
With the kiss from a knife
We are free
We have both kissed the bride
With this blade, we are wed
Crimson tears have been shed

Don't
Even
Attempt
To
Hide

This moment
Will possess me again
This poignant image
Will become a friend
When I dip my toes
Into your stream
And make you leak
As if in a dream

Let us
Take a walk
Down the aisle
And reconcile

To be bound
With the kiss from a knife
You are free
You may now kiss the bride
With this blade, I thee wed
Crimson tears have now been shed

The vow has been spoken
The fog has cleared
The spell has been broken
The blade is revered

Along old oak tree avenues
Mist begins to rise
Gathered here, chosen few
Ready to strike with surprise
Gleaming drops of morning dew
Reflects the sun with wet eyes
A noble beast we shall pursue
With eyes fixed on the prize

It's time
To hunt again
We're out
To hunt again

Here it comes slowly
On the forest floor
By the trunk of a beech tree
We watch it with awe
A bristled rеgent
The king of his realm
Dеthroned in an instant
When we ride up from hell

The moment approaches
Our flight shall be swift
Cruel hunger makes us
Kill to exist
Closing in on our target
With peaceful bliss
Eternity is rewarded
As we pass into an abyss

In search of a dark
That never is lit

We have ventured
Far beyond
We have entered
It is done
Hear our prayers
Most ancient ones
Every creature
Under the sun

We will never forget
What turned you into flesh
Those who came before
You'll live in us forevermore

Bugles sounding
We're bound to go again

And so we rise another day
At early sign of dawn
The carnage has been washed away
Starvation is reborn
Another savage chase across
The open fields and plains
We must go on at any cost
Not sacrifice in vain

It's time
To hunt again
We're out
To hunt again

Searching for truth
'Neath a crimson sky
We demand answers
But don't know why
Yet in our minds
Still, there is time
To hunt again
We're bound
To hunt again
Hunt again

Heads made of bone and iron
Goats hiding under arches
We will end their night

Old paths made in silence
Being lost in dead marshes
They shall lose this fight

We take them on as they appear
Send them away far from here
On and on we go

We will never fall
Pray to the lost cause of your worship
They won't make a sound
In silent defeat

Fealty, thunder whip
Steering our ship
To the silence of their crypt
In thе dark we make them rip
Fеalty, thunder whip
Guiding our trip
With every move they slip
A total loss of grip

As we open the sky
Giant bolts fly
You cease to make a sound
Falling to the ground
Backwards and downwards

We take a different road
Storm clouds start to gather
Forming in our hearts

Patterns now erode
Charging empty matter
Tearing myths apart

Locust made of tension
Spreading fear
Hammers in the sky
Will deafen ears
Pounding blow by blow

They will always fall
Cursing the won goals of our worship
We will bear the crown
In loud success

Fealty, thunder whip
Steering our ship
To the silence of their crypt
In the dark we make them rip
Fealty, thunder whip
Guiding our trip
With every move they slip
A total loss of grip

When the night thrives
And the spirit comes alive
Then you will see

We will come for you
In your nightmares
There we will stay

This is an epitaph
This is dedicated to the ones
That stood in our way

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In the night
I come alive
When your eyes
Appear in the sky
Your manifold voice
Is the sound
Of ancient grief
So profound

Hidden
Within and without
Remorseful
Yet hostile and proud
Your wings
Have forgotten the way
Such is the price
When you stray

Precious stones
Cover your crown
Sparkling like thunder
Divine and unbound
You are the peace
That shall bring the war

Show me your scars
That lead to the path
Through the night
And beyond
To actually
Get to know you
Will never live up
To the magic
In my mind
Yet, I will follow
To the end

Hear me call
Out your name
The spirit of wisdom
Guarding the flame
The hunger for knowledge
That runs through my veins
Your fall from grace
Your infinite shame
Oh, dear goddess
The mean is the aim

Let us rejoice in the fact
That there is no turning back
Once you were part of the One
You wandered too far
From the sun

Through the darkness
Of the light
Hear me call
Out with might