1. |
An Initiation
05:22
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Shadows in my heart
I exist alone
Concealed by prying eyes
This is not my home
I drift towards the pale
Further from this realm
A stranger to my kind
I hear the solemn knell
Bells toll
But I grieve no more
The cosmic sea
I lay upon its shore
Mouth of stars
I choke on evenings dew
No point in this charade
My time is through
Abyssic sea
Cold winds engulf me
Swept away
Caught in the black embrace
Lungs fill with mud
Arrhythmic breathing
The tide rolls in
I am gone
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2. |
With Bright Knives
05:08
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I'm wretched, drained from within
Mountainous burden comes crashing in
There is one way I can be free
With bright knives I can be free
With bright knives I'll be released
You will succeed and end your strife
If you die with bright knives
With bright knives I can be free
With bright knives I'll be released
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3. |
Aconitum
05:51
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Helplessness
04:12
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Don't leave me, I'm helpless
I know I disgust you
Don't run, I won't hurt you
Come here, you're so lovely
I can't help the way I look
It's not my fault
I don't want to be alone
I know you hate me
I hate me too
I'm so close to giving up
And setting us free
I can't help the way I am
It's not my fault
Now I'm all alone
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5. |
Pleasure Funeral
05:25
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Loveless, fading fast
Foolish, nothing lasts
Obsessed with my decay
This can end so many ways
Pointless to my dismay
Effort slips away
I cared, for what it's worth
The time has come to leave this earth
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6. |
Broken Blade
05:50
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Lie in the dark
A shroud across my heart
Love has moved on
Everything is gone
Take this broken blade
So violently unmade
Forged in blood and steel
And shattered under heel
Narsil is no more
Broken and reforged
War will soon begin
The blade will reign again
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7. |
The Western Shores
03:04
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8. |
Valinor
06:44
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I dreamt of golden shores
The spires that glisten so bright
I long to see my kin
And those that went before
Telperion, Laurelin
Your light still burns in me
My heart aches and yearns
For the day I shall return
Across the vast great sea
Towards the west we sail
To join Iluvatar
Beyond the sphere of Earth
Within the City of Bells
The hallowed halls await
I'll see my fathers there
Your son is coming home
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