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We sail the sands of time
Watching our shadows grow long
Dragging our bones cross the rocks
Believing we could remain strong
For every chink in our armor
There is a notch in our hilt
Though so weak and so weary
No sturdier man can be built
But I have looked beyond the veil
I pulled back the curtain and stared into hell
I have seen the dragon and demons now know my name
Child don't cry, I'll return in the black candle flame
The black iron gnosis
The templars black candle flame
We found ourselves a-wandering
So far from home
Beaten on the heels of sisyphus
'Cross cedar and stone
But O! how these shadows did grow
Long in the tooth and the nail
They had such horrors to show
And unholy secrets to tell
But I would lay down my sword and pray
Just to see the freedom of my people some day
Hell is going to swallow Earth and take our souls away
Open up your eyes and realize the black candle flame
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Black iron gnosis
The templars black candle flame
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Key of Solomon
05:54
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[Verse 1]
To take the ashen mark upon one's head
To enter into sacred rites
To read aloud the secrets left unsaid
Is to know Sophia's light
[Chorus]
Signs and sigils
Painted on the floor
Blood and sinew
Open up the door
[Verse 2]
The shackles have been loosened from your hands
The blindfold taken from your eyes
An ancient codex from distant lands
Reveals the secrets this world belies
[Chorus]
Signs and sigils
Painted on the floor
Blood and sinew
Open up the door
Raise the chalice
Drinking deep the blood
Spill the last few
Drops upon the floor
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[Post-Chorus]
Key of Solomon
Conjure unholy name
Key of Solomon
In the flame
Key of Solomon
Conjure unholy name
Key of Solomon
In the flame
[Bridge]
Clothe yourself in the exorcist robes
Make the sign of the cross and the rose
Calling demons from the land of Nod
East of Eden, where Cain lived out his exile from your god
[Chorus]
Signs and sigils
Painted on the floor
Blood and sinew
Open up the door
Raise the chalice
Drinking deep the blood
Spill the last few
Drops upon the floor
[Post-Chorus]
Key of Solomon
Conjure unholy name
Key of Solomon
In the flames
Key of Solomon
Conjure unholy names
Key of Solomon
In the flames
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Our Reverend's Grave
07:09
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There is a light at the end of the road
Where no birds sing and the cold wind blows
And a sign reads welcome home
Nearing the light the hour grows late
I wrap my fingers 'round the lock at the gate
Gonna call this place my home
Come down Moses, the mountain’s on fire
That brazen serpent in your hand
Your god has made me a liar
I bite my tongue or I'd be damned
I've opened the door
And crossed the threshold
I’m searching for more
And I'm calling your name
O! at the end of life there's nothing more
Begging for scraps at the master's table
The table's bare, the legs are unstable
I've never tasted a crumb
Sister, heal me, my side is on fire
Spear
Ichor
Wine
This thirst has made me a liar
I've never tasted it, but I'm told it’s divine
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I’ve opened the door
And crossed the threshold
I'm searching for more
And did you call my name?
Well here I am, now where are you?
I thought for sure you said you’d be here to meet me..
But there's nothing here but solitude
So is this my reward for believing?
Just tattered memories unravelled by insanity
At the end of life there's nothing
If you come to my grave as darkness draws near
You'll read no name, just these words: "I wish you were here."
If you, come to my grave as darkness draws near
You will read no name, just these words: "I wish you were here."
At the Reverend’s grave
Cry out
Here I am, now where are you?
I thought for sure you said you'd be here to meet me
But there's nothing here but solitude
So is this my reward for believing
Just tattered memories unravelled by insanity
O! at the end of life there's nothing more
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Epochal Vestiges
01:49
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Christ is Dead
06:39
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Time has a way of leveling mountains
Raising sea beds to the sky
And when the dust has finally settled
The earth will heave a laden sigh
A final moment of perfect stillness
Unseen by any man's eye
Where the veil is finally lifted
I am here to testify
Time has a way of ending all wars
Testing false witnesses, now laid to rest
In the end be no winners and losers
Corpses rot, by the sun they'll be blessed
The final moments of perfect stillness
When the wars are finally won
Death breathes a sigh as Phanuel cries (for)
Our rotten husks in the setting sun
O! they tell me there's a new world ahead
O! I know I've seen it, I've seen the dead
I looked over the edge of the rainbow
I stood atop thunder head
Far away a dark horizon
We are lost and Christ is Dead
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I'll shout it from the highest steeple
I'll drink from the holy sea
I'll stare into the eyes of the devil
Til' I know we are truly free
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6. |
The Snake Handler
09:11
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Seraphic shadows dot the sky
Tattered wings on the horizon
And at bruised first light we'll fly
Like the veins of hell opened up to the dawn
I have seen the night time sun
Turnin' the rainbow black
The histories can't be undone
Come on, now there's no turning back
The fire in our eyes is real (Now)
Can you see it burn
When they tell us how to feel
There are lessons they must learn
Savage kings have ruled too long
We're only serfs and thralls
But there is power in our song
It can shake the castle walls
The world is cold
And I've lost my hold
Yet here we are screaming for magic
I can feel their eyes
They're inside my mind
It's all so real and it's tragic
Wrap yourself
Around my arm
My roots are like road maps they twist and they vine
Sink your teeth
Into my veins
The same foolish blood that runs through yours and mine
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We'll take up snakes
Self-righteous
Holier than-thou
We'll take up snakes
Until the fires come raining down
Now fire rain down
The crimson slash in the sky is ours now
Do you feel it burn
Calling on unholy powers
There are lessons they must learn
Standing at the mouth of hell
The trumpet sounding (ring out)
Now our kingdom is at hand
Come and take us if you can
The world is cold
And I've lost my hold
Yet here we are screaming for magic
I feel their eyes
They're inside my mind
It's all so real and it's tragic
Wrap yourself
Around my arm
My roots are like roadmaps they twist and they vine
Sink your teeth
Into my veins
The same foolish blood that runs through yours and mine
We'll take up snakes
Self righteous holier than thou
We'll take up snakes
With poison in our veins we will drown
We'll take up snakes
Until the fires come raining down
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7. |
Oath of Exile
01:46
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8. |
Enslave the Heathens
01:16
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Riding home late from victorious battle in defense of its true king
Here on the blasted, the witches hail him king
Here the spell is laid upon him
And the story begins
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O! I
Bring your disaster
Become your master
You're now my slave
And I
Ride in on thunder
Your bones crushed under
The roads I pave
Pray for death
I'm going to laugh as you
Pray for death
Beneath the torchfire glare
O! You
Good for nothing
Down and lowly
Dog at my legs
You will
Die
Under my footstep
Trod and sullied
Don't try to beg
Beneath the torchfire glare
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Pray for death
I'm going laugh as you
Pray for death
For I have been where you are
I know the pain that you now feel
I let you in my home
Just to taste the venom of your steel
You made a fool of me
When I let in my sacred home
So as the lizard sheds its tail
You'll shed your freedom
Make peace with misery
Whisper your worthless prayer
My face is the last you will see
Beneath the torchfire glare
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Gather at my feet innocent children
These warnings I beg you to take heed
Lean in close as I whisper, ya know...
These secrets that the devils tried to keep
Life is just a foolish game, oh child
We play by the rules just to go another round
We cry when we lose and say the rules seem so unkind
And love is the prize for the fool who has followed the rules when death dons his crown
Now here's another secret to remember
I read it in the writings on the wall
There’s a whisper of truth in everything
There is bitterness in the lies your father told
It may be revealed for only a moment and quickly it fades away
Like dewdrops on the spider's web before the morning gold
Raise your hands, lift up high your voice
Death is sure, so in life rejoice
Hell is all around, heaven is just a dream
Unleash yourself from this mortal coil and be redeemed
O! life is a losing game
Try and fail, laugh and wail, up and down, and around and around
And we cry when we lose and they say the rules seem so unkind
And love will burn away at the dawn of the day
When there's nothing to say
Cause’ you're dead in the ground
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Our corpses, our vessels
Our spirits will alight
Naked and nervous
In the ruins of fading light
In flesh epistles
The meaning will arise
No heaven, just hell
In the ruins of fading light
We die
Our corpses, our vessels
Our spirits will alight
Naked and nervous
In the ruins of fading light
In flesh epistles
The meaning will arise
No heaven, just hell
In the ruins of fading light
Corpses, flesh vessels
Our spirits will take flight
No heaven, just hell
The ruins of fading light
These flesh epistles
Have you searched for the truth to arrive?
There's no heaven
In the ruins of fading light we die
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