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The Hour of Trial

by Deep River Acolytes

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1.
JUST OUTSIDE THE REACH OF MY SENSES THE VAST OBLIVION ATTRACTS STRUGGLING TO GET A GLIMPSE WHEN THE INFINITE CALLS NOTHING IS REAL WHEN THE DREAM COMES ALIVE BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR REACHING FOR THE UNKNOWN GRANDEUR DRIFTING AWAY FROM THIS TIME FROM THE OUTER REALMS WE CAME LIKE A MEMORY FROM THE DEEPS OF A DREAM ON THE BRINK OF MADNESS STARING INTO THE DEPTHS READY TO DIVE REACHING FOR THE UNKNOWN GRANDEUR DRIFTING AWAY FROM THIS TIME TRAPPED INSIDE THIS RESTLESS MIND WHERE I GO YOU CAN'T FOLLOW JUST OUTSIDE THE REACH OF MY SENSES THE VAST OBLIVION ATTRACTS PASSING THROUGH THE GATEWAYS FROM OUT OF THIS WORLD NOTHING IS REAL WHEN THE DREAM COMES ALIVE REMEMBER WHAT YOU WISHED FOR THE ABYSS WILL GAZE INTO THEE!
2.
Deviltrance 04:10
THIS OPIUM SLUMBER KEEPS HAUNTING ME EVERY NIGHT THIS DREAM I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THIS BLACKENED HAZE THIS MISERY BREATHES YOUR NAME OH - KEEPER OF THE GATE OH - LORD OF THE DEAD HEAR MY CALL ON THIS NIGHT OF GROTESQUE MOCK THE LAWS OF NATURE, DRAG YOU BACK FROM DEATH ZOMBIE DUST SACRAMENT EVERY SHADOW IS TAKING YOUR SHAPE I FEEL YOUR BREATH ON MY NECK OH - KEEPER OF THE GATE OH - LORD OF THE DEAD HEAR MY CALL ON THIS NIGHT OF GROTESQUE IN DEVILTRANCE THE ANCIENT SPELLS ARE CAST I SENSE YOUR PRESENCE HERE COME, COME TO ME MY DEAR THE RITE IS FULFILLED WE'RE ENGAGED AT THE GRAVES I ADORE YOU MY BRIDE IN DEATH WE ARE BOUND COME TO ME, COME TO ME, I CONJURE THEE
3.
FROM BELOW - IN THE ANCIENT GROUND FROM THE TIMES BEFORE THE ICE UNEARTHED THE TEMPLES OF STONE UNEARTHED THE HORROR UNKNOWN THREE TRIANGLES, THE SIGN OF TRINITY BOW DOWN AND FACE THE DIVINITY WE'RE BLESSED NOW WE'VE FOUND THESE SACRED HALLS OF THE OLD IF WE JUST COULD LEARN THEIR WAYS AND THE WISDOM OF THE GOLDEN AGE PUNISHED BY THE ANGELS THE PRICE OF SIN - DEFORMATION SICKNESS AND SUFFERING FOR CENTURIES TO COME NOW LET THE WINTER WINDS TO BLEACH MY BONES STILL THROUGH THESE FIELDS THE NORTHERN SPIRITS FLOW I CURSE YOU FOREFATHERS FOR YOUR STUPIDITY YOUR LEGACY IS SUFFERING BY THE MERCILESS FORCE THE SINNERS SHALL FALL RADIATION OF THE HOLY POWER REPENT! IT IS THE FINAL HOUR NO ONE KNEW WHAT HIDES IN THESES CAVES NO ONE KNEW WHAT CURSE THEY'VE REVEALED
4.
Wake at Sea 05:28
AFTER THE WAR, MALAYSIAN SEA, A STRANGE FOG IS RISING, ALL IS CALM THE SHIP-DOG ACTS RESTLESS, SENSING THE PRESENCE, FOR SOMETHING IS NEAR, SOMETHING IS HERE SOME BIZARRE ILLUSION, OR ANGELIC APPEARANCE, NO ONE IS SAFE ON THIS CURSED VESSEL STRANGE MOVEMENTS IN THE MIST, IN CHARTROOM AND ON THE BRIDGE MOUTHS GAPING, EYES STARING ONE BY ONE THE CREW GO DOWN THERE'S NO CHANGE TO BREATHE DEATH WALKS THROUGH THE MIST AND HAZE NO ONE WILL BE SAVED THE CAPTAIN AND THE CREW, NOW FACING THEIR FATE TOUCHED BY THE ICY HAND OF DEATH, LAST PAINFUL BREATHS IN 1947, A DISTRESS CALL: WE FLOAT...ALL DEAD...I DIE... SPRAWLED ON THEIR BACKS WITH FROZEN GRINS FACES UPTURNED TO THE SUN ONE BY ONE THEY ALL WENT DOWN NO ONE LEFT TO TELL
5.
Cages 05:25
WE BUILD OUR CAGES OF GOLD JUST AS WE ARE TAUGHT AND GRAB THIGHTER TO THE BARS WHEN THE WIND IS GETTING STRONG WE FEAR TO STEP OFF THE ROAD SO WELL KNOWN AND WE CHOOSE TO BELIEVE THAT THE CHOICES ARE ALREADY MADE GATHER THE SECULAR SPEND MORE THAN YOU GOT MAKE SURE NO ONE CAN SEE YOUR UNCERTAINTY LAUGH WHEN THE TREEHUGGERS WHINE LAUGH WHEN THIS PLANET DIES FOCUS ON MAKING PROFIT UNTIL IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BREATHE / UNTIL WE CAN'T BREATHE HOLY POSSESSION CRUCIAL FOR SUCCESS ABUSE WHAT YOU CAN YOU ABOVE ALL MAN AVE AURO AVE IGNORANTIA
6.
YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE DEVIL'S RAIN INSANITY STILL NOT FADING IT HIDES - IN THE CORNER OF THEIR MIND AGAIN - TO REAP THEIR LIVES THE WICKED WAYS WE CANNOT STAND FOR WE MUST PREPARE FOR THE COMING OF THE LORD BURN THE WITCH! THEIR CHANTING FILLS THE AIR BEWARE! THERE'S EVIL LURKING AGAIN THE SCREAMS OF TORTURED SHUDDERED UP TO THE STARS A PATH IS OPENED TO THE REALMS UNSEEN THEY COULDN'T FORESEE THE TURMOIL THEY WREAKED GATES OPEN WIDE FOR THE GREAT ONES TO ARRIVE THEY FELT - THE CHANGES IN THE AIR MESMERIZED - BY THE GOD'S WILL BUT THE PRIESTS GASHED THEMSELVES WITH KNIVES FOR THEY SAW THE DEATH OF THEIR FAITH THIS NIGHT - THE NIGHT OF MADNESS THEIR SOULS - BE TORMENTED FROM THE MIST THEY CAME FORTH THE NAMELESS AGELESS GODS CALLED FROM BEYOND THE EARTH BENEATH THEIR SWAY ALL ENSLAVED TO THEIR REIGN THE REIGN OF THE INSANE
7.
(voice to the girl) THE DESCENDING DARK COLORS YOUR HAVEN BLACK THE SINISTER FIGURES TAKE FORM ON YOUR WALL SILENT WHISPERS WILL TURN INTO SCREAMS YOU'LL HAVE TO INVITE THEM AGAIN (girl) WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO ME, IS THIS A DREAM OR INSANITY? AGAIN THOSE SHADOWS COME ALIVE (voice) TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR PAST, TO YOUR FUTURE YOU'LL SEE NEVER WILL THE DEVILS LEAVE YOUR SIDE SLOW DESCENT INTO THE MOUTHS OF MADNESS INTO FORBIDDEN HALLS OF UNHOLY PASSION (devils) OH, THE ROOM STARTS TO SWIRL, THIS MEANS LUNACY FOR YOU LITTLE GIRL WE TAKE WHAT'S OURS TONIGHT, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN (girl/devils/voice) SHH! CAN YOU HEAR THE VIOLIN? AND IT'S PRELUDE TO SIN... THIS IS NOT REAL, TAKE THIS AS A DREAM, GIRL (girl) WELCOME AGAIN, I DO INVITE YOU IN, FEAST YOUR BLOODSHOT EYES ON THIS MILKY-WHITE SKIN (devils) NOW GET IN YOUR ROLE, LET THE PLAY BEGIN, AND REMEMBER WE HAVE NO SOUL (girl) I WILLINGLY GIVE MINE TO YOU, OH MASTERS, PLEASE TAKE MY LIFE (devils) HAHAHAHA, YOU SURELY SHALL DIE BUT JUST NOW WE NEED YOU ALIVE - YEAH, WE NEED YOU ALIVE (devils) FOR WE ARE MERCILESS IN OUR FATE AND OUR LORD SHALL NOT FORGIVE ON THIS NIGHT OF THE FINAL SACRIFICE YOUR TIME HAS COME, HIS WILL BE DONE
8.
ONCE TOGETHER WITH ALL, THEN DETACHED OURSELVES NOT EVEN TRYING TO BE ASHAMED, WHEN RUINING EVERYTHING NOTHING’S SACRED, NO-ONE’S SAINT, WE FAILED THE TEST AND SOON WE'LL BURN UP IN FLAMES ARE WE THE CHILDREN OF THE STARS? AT LEAST WE’VE PUT UP QUITE A FARCE AND ALL BY OURSELVES, LET’S CHEER TO THE END TO COME THE CROWN OF CREATION YET NOTHING LEARNED WE ARE THE SALT IN THE WOUNDS OF THIS EARTH EQUALITY, AT LAST ACHIEVED, WHEN WE FACE THE ATOMIC RAGE NO-ONE’S SAFE, WE’RE ALL AT STAKE, WITH JOY WE GREET THE LAST DAY OH HOLY MOTHER WE’VE LOST OUR WAY ALL YOUR CHILDREN ARE GONE INSANE COME HOLY FIRE – BLOW US ALL AWAY DENY YOUR MAKER, CANCEL YOUR BIRTH, NOTHING IS FORGIVEN, LAST SUPPER’S SERVED KNEE-DEEP IN OUR OWN SHIT, DECISIONS SICK-SICK-SICK, DID IT ONLY FOR PROFIT COME HOLY FIRE – BLOW US ALL AWAY COME HOLY FIRE – WE’RE RAPTURED IN FLAMES COME HOLY FIRE – WITH BLISS WE BURN
9.
The Undertow 08:09
YOU’RE LOST LITTLE GIRL IN THIS SEVERED GARDEN THIS REALM IS SACRED - YOU’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE THESE WOODS ARE AGELESS AND YOU BELONG HERE NOW FROM HERE YOU ONCE CAME THE ETERNAL FOREST OF SOULS FROM THE DEEPS OF YOUR MIND …MEMORIES YOU CARRIED OUT THOSE RITUALS YOU CALLED OUT THE ANCIENT NAMES YOUR MIND SET TO THE STATE TO ENTER THE GATES FOLLOW THE CALL LET IT LEAD YOU TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM THOUSANDS OF AGES ESTRANGING YOU FROM YOURSELF YOU ARE THE KEY THE HOLY AND FORSAKEN DISGUISES OF TODAY DECAY IN THIS ANCIENT SOIL BREAK THE CHAINS UNLEASH THE BEAST WITHIN FOLLOW THE CALL LET IT LEAD YOU TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM WE’VE WAITED YOU FOR AGES TO RETURN FOR YOUR ESSENCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN HERE WE KNOW NO GOOD NOR EVIL WE ARE THE UNDERTOW TIME AFTER TIME FIND A WAY THROUGH THE MAZE IN YOUR MIND WE ARE THE UNBORN AND WE ARE THE DEAD WE ARE THE VOICE INSIDE WE ARE THE GODS YOU FOLLOW WE ARE THE ENTITY OF ALL ETERNAL IN DEATH ANCIENT WISDOM DROWNED IN THE TIDES OF FLESH DENYING YOURSELF IN MADNESS YOU DWELL

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