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Aoede
01:32
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2. |
The Burning Plain
04:44
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Feathers ripped from my wings by an angry wind.
As I fall into chaos, and deepest night.
All the elements seethe with an energy.
That gives tangible form to my visions.
Come to life.
-Chorus-
Hell has always lived within my mental walls.
Fire of my own making blot the sky.
Kingdom of the burning plain conceal your shame, I share your pain.
Nightmare brought to life in my downfall.
Sapphire skies turned to black in my burning stare.
No more pleasing than ashes to my eyes.
And where hymns sang in praise to my enemy
I rebelled to proclaim my own kingdom.
Come to life.
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Now I rule from a throne built of blackened bone.
And my kingdom is flame and despair
Gather in all my souls, make my grandeur known.
Throw your heads back and scream toward the heavens.
-Chorus-
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3. |
Scales of Justice
05:11
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How dare he disgrace me
I begged for mercy
His animal lust has sharp fangs
and only answers hunger
Teeth that ripped into so many hearts
Shatter on a heart of stone
His strength is gone, his body broken down
His soul is still chained to his sins
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I am the scales of justice
I am the sword of judgment
I am the fire of heaven
Fires of his punishment burn in the darkness
The evil inside him
is burned to ashes
No beast is immune to
my divine vengeance
Teeth that ripped into so many hearts
Shatter on a heart of stone
His strength is gone, his body broken down
His soul is still chained to his sins
-Chorus-
The anger still lingers
His death is no release
The creature inside him
In me reborn
Teeth that ripped into so many hearts
Shatter on a heart of stone
His strength is gone, his body broken down
My soul is still chained to his sins
-Chorus-
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4. |
The Cave
04:21
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I am a prisoner in pain
My arms and legs and neck are chained
All my life I've looked at shadows
But I feel there must be more
My intuition is the door
Behind the wall, I'll see beyond
There
I'll see
What life
Can truly be
-Chorus-
All the world we know is light and shadow
A cave of shifting images and sounds
Is there truth beyond the boundaries of perception
Past the dance of shadows underground
I worked for years to free my hands
And finally broke the iron bands
That held my body to the cave wall
I saw the fire that deceived
And saw the forms that I believed
To be the truth, but still there has to be more
Where
I'll see
What life
Can truly be
-Chorus-
I have stared into the depths of the sky
Looking up from here on earth
Even here the clouds cast shadows in my eyes
And all around
I haven't found
Where is the one truth?
I know that I could find
Clarity, purity
Perfect, the truth beyond the darkness?
-Chorus-
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5. |
Lost Child
04:03
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Left without saying goodbye
but we kept a place for her
She always kept to herself
but she was one- she was one of us
Moon's face in the ocean
Nothing can hold back the tide
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She couldn't hold back her passion
Willful, naive, unrestrained
Followed her heart and was led astray
She was all mine to keep safe
I should have kept her from leaving
I could have helped her move on
I could have helped- stop her grieving
Moon's face in the ocean
Nothing can hold back the tide
-Chorus-
Moon's face in the ocean
Nothing can hold back the tide
-Chorus-
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6. |
No Trace
02:51
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Perfect heart that never warmed
Gave you love, you gave me scorn
Left me drifting at sea, alone in the waves
My desire brought me to shore
Left behind the ocean floor
Gave my soul just to step into your shadow
-Chorus-
Give me relief from a heart that's been betrayed
Set me free from a past that won't change
Watch the pre-dawn sky turn gray
She's still close in your embrace
To the sea I'll return, no trace to remain
-Chorus-
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7. |
Challenge
05:42
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8. |
Bacchus' Curse I: Curse
00:59
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Agave, daughter of Kadmos: hear me. I am Dionysus. I come before you twice born: once out of fire and lightning, and again from the thigh of Zeus himself, but you refuse to acknowledge me? Agave, My mother's sister, you should have been among the first. Know me now, and know the anger of a god! I could lift you to the heights of Olympus, heights no mortal has ever seen. You will see the world through my eyes, and enlightenment will be yours for an instant. But you will return to earth. And when you return, you will return an exile and a murderer and no matter how far you wander you will find not forgiveness, nor relief from your guilty conscience. Know me. And cry my name with the voice of despair!
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Dionysus
Cup unending
Nectar divine
He lifts the veil
Pierces darkness
For mortal eyes
Severs memory
Tethers ego
He binds my flesh
-Chorus-
Ecstasy and madness hand in hand
Brided by the god at his command
My master bridles me
His mortal vessel
A temple flooded in the deluge
My blood turns to wine
All my life is washed away
In the power
-Chorus-
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Gathered in the clearing
Blood and wine rush through my veins
Inspiration calls to me to sing
Feet lift up with laughter
Whirling, dancing through the trees
All creation new and wild and free
-Chorus-
My spirit aches
to belong in your unity
complete
My body breaks as you touch through the core of me
I'm new again
Reborn
Kiss of silken sunshine
Cool caresses on the breeze
Everything he touches comes alive
Take me on the hillside
Plunge into the woodland floor
Wrap me in your power. Give me more
My spirit aches
to belong in your unity
complete
-Chorus-
The beast will sacrifice his blood to sate our rite.
Our hands will tear him limb from limb with awful might.
The lions head is cut. He's dead outside the wall.
The glory of the kill I share with one and all.
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Sea blue eyes piercing
Right through mine
Panicked face, your last moment
Carved in time
Your frightened stare reveals my guilt
I feel it clawing at my insides
I'll never find relief
-Chorus-
Bloody Butcher
Killer
Murderer, Filicide
Wretched Mother
End of my only son.
Dripping red bladed fingers
Cut like knives
Hands of pain, hands of sorrow
Sick inside
With godlike power in my arms
I ripped his body into pieces
Can never make amends
-Chorus-
Like blackened angels in the sky
The furies cries pursue me onward
Their taunting never ends
-Chorus-
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12. |
Spiders
05:23
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Luminous thread
Spun in darkness
The spiders
pattern our lives
Tiny piece in
A grand design
All the power of creation running through me
Reaches out to alter destiny and time
Every thread of life is bright but also fragile
And the roles we play are always preassigned
-Chorus-
Spiders fill the tapestry of sorrows
Spinning all our lives into their web
Every sticky thread that I unravel
Wraps me round and binds me to the dead
Crossing of lives
Every choice
Defines us
Ripples in time
Steal our breath
Seal our fate
All the power of creation running through me
Reaches out to alter destiny and time
Every thread of life is bright but also fragile
And the roles we play are always preassigned
-Chorus-
Run down the sand
As your master approaches
Run while you can
but you can't change fate (you can't change your fate)
Run down the sand
As your master approaches
Run while you can
but you can't change fate (you can't change your fate)
-Chorus-
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Lumus Portland, Oregon
Dark Symphonic Metal from Portland, OR. Lumus' music is heavy, dramatic, and melodically rich, while also paying great attention to storytelling. While the core of their music is the classical- metal pairing, they also draw frequently from progressive and world music to create their song and story. ... more
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