Unbegotten Spawn of lust From the fires The unholy one As the sun burns Dawn to dusk Turning iron Into rust Unforgotten Son of God To the pyre He the chosen one

Deep within the lair a beast awakens From its thousand year slumber Now hunger lures the monster from its cave Out to lurk among the prey As the ages pass their fears relax Through generations they forget How time obscures the memories of the world And soon they will regret In the morning fog a village rises Obscured by smoke and fire the beast abides Roaring out to warn of the coming storm It thunders consuming all within Leaving nothing left In the distant sky a cloud of ashes rises The signal fire draws a warrior's eye As he scans the disaster's aftermath And deciding that the beast must be destroyed The hero rides along the monster's trail Tracing smell of flesh He tracks it down into a mountain's cave To face the mouth of death Calls within a challenge to the beast The champion on a quest Not for glory but vengeance for the dead A noble cause indeed From within the lair the beast emerges Standing tall in answer to the call Not for hunger but to satisfy the pride A chance to add one more to the toll The hero makes his battle with the beast Clashing back and forth But it strikes back too powerful, too fast It lashed away his sword Defenseless as he chases for the blade Backed into the corner In the end it mattered not that he was brave For this is not his tale All alone she lies there waiting Anxiously for his return Several days go by without a sign Another victim of the scourge Knowing that the beast still lurks among A danger to them all Solemnly adorning armor of her own And sharpening her sword Calling out to find her bravest horse Off to start a war No time for mourning, just vengeance on her mind She rides into night At the lair of the beast Dismounting from her steed She enters with a grudge Following a lust for blood As she travels down into the cavern fog A thundering roar echoes through the walls Unwavering the warning falls ignored She marches on fearless and frenzied The bloodthirst drives her on Eventually the cavern opens wide Reaching to the heart Staring at her from the other side The slayer of her love She finds him in the corner of her eye Enraged she charges blind Trading blows they stumble back and forth From dusk to dawn they fought Exhausted from the battle with the beast It catches her off guard Striking clean it rips away her arm And backs her to the corner In victory it leans in close to taunt As she falls atop his corpse Underneath she finds his broken sword And slashes at the throat At morning a dozen had gathered to ride Seeking the bounty of the beast But when they returned with full strength They told of a story that none could believe The wife of the champion had gone out and Avenged for her husband's defeat Through song our hero lives on Forever in peace

Reveal your light, oh face of the night sky What lies concealed by your guise Will you enlight to guide us Illuminate the the skyline Hear my call, oh master of tides Why do you hide behind your black mask How we've longed to bask in your light When you return from the corner of darkness Crescent of the Moon Ascend beyond the shadow of the World Reflection of the Sol The cycle of rebirth and doom Revived, Dionysus's vine Twice born out of Theia's strike Twin of Apollo, Diana's guide To slay Adonis and die again Shine on, oh mirror of morning light Rise! And eclipse the fire See that day submits to your path As you make your final passing Crescent of the Moon Descend upon the light of the World And feast on the Sol The cycle of rebirth and doom

All aboard on this journey To a land abroad never seen before Where the legends tell tales of glory Rivers run with gold and drink to cure the old Clouds ahead in the distance Sensing dread from the deafening silence But we sail on valiantly In defiance of the tempest Heading straight through the darkness Far too late to escape it So we ride against the current Battered by the relentless torrent In the eye We catch a glimpse of that which lies Beyond the other side The waves are calm But the worst is yet to come As the clouds return Hanging on by our dear lives As the winds begin to rise again Twenty men swept overboard Claimed its sacrifice, at last storm subsides Land ahoy! Calls a shipmate We'd rejoice if not for one thing While we inch forth desperately Sinking slowly into the sea On the shore of foreign waters We arrive a score left behind Was it worth it, the cost of life Is our fortune just to be alive Now one by one here we gather All around to start all over We rebuild, slow but sure And pray that one day we will return

Objectify the truth Just to find a contradiction Rejecting what is real In jest, defying old traditions Sentenced to the noose Injustice is my execution Ingest the final meal Just deserts, the fate that I deserve As I stand here waiting for the tone Cast away my last chance to atone Counting down the church bells as they toll I conjure up my final words The only ears that hear me are my own The only voice that tells me what I've known The only eyes that recognize my world The only mind that realizes As I sit upon this oaken throne Place my head beneath the metal crown Flip the switch and drown away my thoughts Erase these memories of the past As I wander endless through the void Recollecting pieces of my mind Every fragment feeds the fire inside Inspired I begin to write As I read between these missing lines Form a message from the hidden signs Gradually I start to reenlight Remembering the reason why As I wake to find my faith restored Take these chains and break them from the walls Lift my hands I rise above the world Shouting down to those below The only grasp on life I have a hold The only things I can control The only reason that makes sense at all The only time worth living is mine As I choose to walk this path alone Leave the past beneath my shadow Every step comes closer to my return On the road to rebecoming whole I rectify the truth Just to find a confirmation Detecting false from real Just in time for a revolution Pardoned from the noose Justified, my crimes excused Testify, appealed Justice served, the freedom that I've earned

A rose covered in thorns An oath, sacred, and sworn Wrap your hand Around the stem Release the blood within A rose colored thorn An old sanguine scar Tears drip from The painted tip A stain against the skin A rose colored shore A cold bloodied sword The rivers run Return to sun Along the coast of thorns A rose covered shore The road, endless, and torn The widow weeps Alone she sleeps Another ghost of war

I return at last From my day of rest To collect the fruit Of my creation But instead I stand On desecrated lands Orchards burned to ash My fortune turned to pillars of sand In my garden Once was paradise Now there's nothing left But a barren waste It has fallen sick Infected by a plague A task which took me six Has been undone in just one day There they spend their lives Wallowing in shame Drowning from their sorrows For tomorrow's refrain Trapped in a sickening cycle Sworn to misery's way Shall I show them mercy And bring them closer to the end I reveal myself On this judgement day Bow before me now As I declare your fate These sacrilegeous acts Your sins must be repaid Say your final prayers The time has come to clean the slate To the oceans Bring your waves up high Wash them from the shores Drown them with your might To the mountains Let your blood run free Cleanse them with the fire Send their ashes to the sky To the wind Breathe your strongest breath Rip them from the ground Spread new seeds to grow To the Earth I have return at last Recover from your wounds And be reborn again