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What at first seemed so sincere
To you the answer is so clear
A time to hide in shadows
The conjurers that men know
The fakes hung on the walls
That desecrate the halls
And lost the sacred word
To all the pilots of the sun
And warriors that knell to the ancient one
The time has come to break through
The sepulchres that hold you
A vengeance that was dreaming
For eons now comes screaming
Now onto war
You roar
Like a lion caged and cornered in the night
The imposters light is dying
And what once was true
Is forever through
This gallery of glass
The imposters light is dying
What at first seemed to be true
Is now a savior of the few
A sham's that gone for so long
It's time to sing a new song
Magicians will you hide
Beneath all those that died
Now onto war
You roar
Like a lion caged and cornered in the night
The imposters light is dying
And what once was true
Is forever through
This gallery of glass
The imposters light is dying
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If the landscape pulls you through
For strange reward
And rips the engine out of you
Unsheathe your sword
Maker of all things that shine
O Lord of every ocean deep
Your graceful gifts you choose to hide
So lets smash the magic wonder window to the other side
In the halls of Able's fault
They took their lives
So seal this offertory vault
And clean the knives
Every smoke cathedral chimes
The sound of giving up the ghost
This winding sheet will soon be torn
So lets snuff the mortal candleabra's light
And be reborn
If the landscape pulls you through
And leaves no trace
You storm the ever after's holy gate
And strip it's face
Maker of all things that shine
O Lord of every ocean deep
Your graceful gifts you choose to hide
So lets gather in the lather of who dies
And watch the skies
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Strange Vibrations
03:18
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Mt. Diablo
Strange vibrations
Shake the sheathed sword
Off my door
Strange vibrations
Incantations
Guide the soldiers
Off to war
Spanish panthers
Gored by antlers
Change to sea snakes
Let kingdoms fall
Savage blizzard
Trapped the wizard
Hang his vestments
In the hall
Mt. Diablo
Strange vibrations
Shake the sheathed sword
Off my door
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O Martyr Atlantis
05:45
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O moonbeam and starshine
What was it you revealed
Ascended in slumber
The light that shook my shield
Look upon the rising sun with your eyes
And think of all the sacred things we could find
These ancients in magic
The merchants of our doom
Destroyers in thunder
Appear in mornings gloom
Walk into the mystery of the dark
And rise above the multitudes who bare the mark
Sphere of Arulu
And Sekhet Hetspet
The door to forever
Was opened just for us
O martyr Atlantis
What was it you revealed
Osiris will guard me
As I take up my shield
Sit upon the diamond throne of the divine
And wander through the heaven lands of the mind
Sphere of Arulu
And Sekhet Hetspet
The door to forever
Was opened just for us
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5. |
Destroyers Of The West
03:04
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When the host becomes the guest
You destroyers of the west
On mountains made of suns
The children hold the guns
And their mother's hold the clips
You defenders of the truth
And the conquerors of proof
Your truth became a blade
That crept beyond the shade
And slashed all that we made
So come for me
Come for me
You destroyers of the west
When these pirates took the ship
In mutiny and slip
Will we sail to foreign docks
When the criminals the cops
Instead we hit the rocks
Could it be that truth were lies
Though I'm resolved to open my eyes
All spangled up in blue
But I can see right through
Every fucked up thing you do
So come for me
Come for me
You destroyers of the west
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These clouds that hang
It's always been the same
What vanished dread
Shocks your hall
This dungeons door
444
The ciphers blade
Turns to shade
The ghost that haunts your world will disappear
The ghost that haunts your world will disapper
O Lucifer
This world it kills for sure
The harvest star shines tonight
Come unto you
This horror xanadu
Has kept you safe in it's womb
The ghost that haunts your world will disappear
The ghost that haunts your world will disappear
The ghost that haunts your world will disappear
The ghost that haunts your world will disappear
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Satanic Blood
02:47
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Satanic blood
The wonders of love have gone away
Wake up to Lucifer's new day
Bringer of light
Champion night
Kiss the exalted baphomet
Satanic blood
The warriors possessed
In demonic quest
Hide the protector's new crusade
The holiest ark
In temple dark
Where Enoch and Solomon were laid
Satanic blood
O solemn star that shines in the morning
Guide the haunted defenders of light
O Lucifer come out of the shadows
We receive you the order of night
Our sacrifice is given to you
Satanic blood
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Tommy with his head full of storms
Built a vessel of thorns
And he waited for the children
To play swan swan swallow
Autumn in it's apples and ashes
Blazing candles of corn
And he waited for the darkness
To take over the hollow
And I want you to know
Tommy you're the greatest
And I want you to know
Ghost ships are waiting
Angel you can take all your time
That would suit me just fine
So she waited
Deep in the harbor
To see the blood mast raising
Autumn in it's apples and ashes
Jack-o-lanterns of maize
So she waited
For the darkness
To take over the bright days
And I want you to know
Darling you're the greatest
And I want you to know
Ghost ships approaching
Tommy with his head full of night
Built a rowboat of bright
And he waited for the black tide
To wash over the coral
Angel you can hide in my light
When these shapes take the night
So she waited for the doom fleets
To take over the beach head
And I want you to know
Tommy you're the greatest
And I want you to know
Darling you're the greatest
And I need you to know
Tommy you're the greatest
And I want you to know
Tommy tells of ghost ships
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9. |
Slip Inside This Gateway
07:48
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If apparations creep outside your door
And the Crawling pours across your floor
If the darkness of the void invites you in
And the evening phantoms penetrate your skin
Just let it all come down
Hear the bells of doomsday pound
And shaded lodge and mausoleum
Echo every haunted sound
And even if you find yourself afraid
Of the morbid recollections of your grave
Cause eventually we must accept our fate
The hexagon and necroworm won't wait
So let the world begin
With the end and everything
You understand and always known
Will disappear and then
You'll wear a mirrored gown
That reflects this sacred ground
And open up the scroll and read the incantation found
O death
Would your shadowed fountain wash over my soul
O death
I surrender to the bondage of control
Take me home
Let me sleep in your cold embrace
Let me sleep in your cold embrace
If only these magicians let me know
That behind the smoke and velvet it's just a show
And holy men who claim to know the truth
Are just the loudest magpies on the roof
O death your Judas curtain's tearing down
At last the jewelry's taken from your crown
And we will throw your carcass on the pile
And slip inside this gateway all the while
The illumination songs will be trumpeted by swans
And all the kings who hold the secret will be cast as pawns
So let this cloak of dark
Take the wonder from my heart
And every hope and dream I had
Extinguished of the spark
O death
Would your shadowed fountain wash over my heart
O death
Let the demon archer's arrow find it's mark
Give me rest
The light of all my love has turned to black
O death
The reaper's scythe will sow this mortal gift
O death
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10. |
The Extra-Large Epiphany
05:51
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