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Ritual I - Summoning the abyss

by Nyctophobia

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And lo, What I saw cannot be told. Strange shades emerging from the mist. Floating over ethereal raging twists. In a halo of mysticism and cold. From the inner forest they came, silently numb, Imbued in heavy armours and spears up high. Once more, marching under the dark night sky As a procession leaded by the sound of drums. It was at midnight, the late darkest hour, When awaking from its dream, a raven begun to caw Following the march, with a black banner in the claw, An ancestral icon filled with spectral power. Then, like a psalm some words were said, Proudly, with a voice that was fearsome "For ages we had waited, searching for wisdom: Now we know the paths of the living and the dead". As they reach my side I felt the centuries upon me. My heart turned ice and elder, emitting no sound. Trembling and pale, not believing what I found: Immortality before me, now free to learn and see. I am one more of them, for eternity we will march together Not dead but not living, keeping the secrets of the mist forever...
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Clouds are hiding the stars and moon As a harbinger of a night of doom. In silence will stand my land of gloom, The one which born from night's womb. Then will fly black-winged crows, And in their eyes lightnings will glow Allowing every each soul to know The great principle of life's foe. All the blackness is gathering from afar Above the sky like a painfully scar. Until one drop falls as a shooting star, To let commence the last of wars. Thunders are announcing the darkness reign, In every single breath turned into pain, When dark sky evokes the final bane, And Death all life has slain. Awake, thunders! The storm has been unleashed!!
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Let me stay alone, I'd rather not exist. The fear of living Makes me drown. 'cause all I've lived for is a fake illusion So hate is consuming me, and I fear To look myself in the mirror... no, I really dare not And now I'm burning down. I’m exhausted, and tired to fight Against my dying mind. My broken soul Is dried for the tears I’ve cried. I am defeated, erased. For me there’s no way out But losing myself into nothingness And becoming an agonizing worm. Cold world, it's me, insane Away from this life. My sorrow is haunting me, ending my rotten life As a cruel infection
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I have seen this place in my dreams, Remote and almost forgotten, Where I used to get lost among the turrets Atop the hollow cliffs of glass. And now I'm here again In search for the ancient silver key With weird arabesques that opens The door of my childhood's mind Which is guarded by a lidless eye beyond space and time Into the Snake-Den I found the First Gate That leads outside the earth. And there would be a Guide, for HE is ‘Umr at-Tawil, The Most Ancient One. I will face the One Prolonged In Life, asking terrible things to HIM “Accepting you as my guide, this Gate I am ready to cross”. Far beyond the veil From reality and its dimensions, I gather with the Ancient Ones Under the chant of the everlasting Guard.

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released January 7, 2011

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