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Elabrynth

by Torii

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1.
My brothers, they're all dead Something surely served to make them ill They carried off towards the stream one day, to gather broth for the meal Though no one heard a word from them, as the horror had soon to be revealed As I ran towards the water, I saw their bodies lifeless lying there Their cheeks were flushed, their eyes were pale, their bodies weak and bare Tears soon left my eyes as I stared into the dawn I cursed the four Gods of old, why so soon have they gone? As the sun illuminated the water, I could see it glowing bright It's crystal blue essence had evaporated with the night I saw the foul poisons dumped from that structure up above How could such a radiant architecture spew such spiteful sludge? This stream is our life Without it, we will surely die I spoke to the elders, in the crystal palace high They threw my words over shoulder and considered them to be lies In the days ahead, several scouts were sent off to the stream Yet none of them ever returned, assuring me that this was no dream Magicians and alchemists were called to level off this curse Though their words and potions failed, as the effects kept growing worse In the days that followed after, my people suffered from the drought Some of them ran into the stream, though never came back out We elves are stubborn people, so we continued to press on Yet I knew deep inside myself, that we hadn't very long The water will not quench their thirst As they wretch with frozen looks of fear The water will not quench their thirst As our genocide looms ever near The water will not quench their thirst As this majesty slowly disappears The water will not quench their thirst As the venom falls into the stream The water will not quench their thirst As they gasp and choke in this foul dream The water will not quench their thirst As the Gods were nowhere to be seen As I writhe here all alone, the last of my kind The stream has taken all of them, yet I fear I'm going blind These last words that I inscribe will surely fade to dust But with my last breath, I'll curse that iron beast The whore that never rusts
2.
Behold the shimmering utopia Behold this glorious construct of man The metropolis stands tall and mighty A statuesque marvel throughout the land Onlookers with their eyes agape in lust Upon a kingdom that will never see a day of rust This sacred spectrum of Gods and kings Shall not be tarnished by any living being Even if the giants dared To make our kingdom theirs No beast could bring its fall The prospect's standing tall Even the scale-soaked drake With its fierce and fiery rage Couldn't make our kingdom fall The prospect's standing tall The wizard of the mount He could not bring it down No mage could bring its fall The prospect's standing tall The puny Gods on high With jealousy in their eyes Couldn't make this kingdom fall The prospect's standing tall I invoke a challenge to the Gods on high Come down from your fetid palaces that soar above the sky Witness this masterpiece built by the hands of your creations Grovel at the sight of something that you did not fashion with your own minds Bear witness to its majesty A monument to time Built with the blood of mighty men and beasts A glittering isle in a sea awash with moldered slime Even in the golem's grasp Our kingdom stands steadfast No titan could bring its fall The prospect's standing tall Even in the raging storm Our banners fly untorn No winds will bring its fall The prospect's standing tall Even in the mouth of hell Where foul demons dwell No spirit could bring its fall The prospect's standing tall Even through the march of time Our refuge shall not grime Ages could not bring its fall The prospect's standing tall Our kingdom stands tall before mighty kings Our kingdom stands tall before immortal beings Our kingdom is alive with vibrancy Our kingdom is alive with celestial dreams It is an eye shining before the Gods To show them that we are titans without flaws
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4.
Open wide the gates of paradise Your inner thoughts will be made form within these exquisite walls All that you have ever dreamed, exists before your eyes A land brimming with frivolity, where the key to passion lies Concubines amass in number, with ancient remedies in hand Your virility satiates their will, as your seed spills on the sand Desire lurks just behind the crystalline walls Every item is for sale, only at your command We'll even slay a man to death, if it be your demand Children run the streets at night, most in search of food Though if it brings you pleasure, you can take them into your room Gluttonous Gratuitous Licentious Ravenous See the spectacle on display, we serve your fantasies In this land of blissful kings, we only live to please Observe our shimmering kingdom, this world beyond the sands A paradigm oasis, a metropolis of man
5.
Deep beneath these sinful lands The black magicians dwell Conjuring foul poisons from the seven layers of hell Weaving their necromancy and arcane spells They control the minds of indulgent swine Who walk through the world blind Their plans have worked to great excess The citizens revel in gluttonous sex The merchants selling their fetid wares Whilst the downtrodden lay on the streets cold and bare The order works their magic in secret The influence is there, but no one can see it Deep beneath the earth in moldered ruins Lies the ancient cult of fallen druids Visages of perfection on display before their eyes Yet this infallible paragon shall soon meet its demise Great nobles walk in wonder whilst the people stalk and stare At the gods they have created from the statues standing there The mark of the Ebon Hand exists on every royal A shining emblem of supremacy that spins the Elabrynth's coils Forged inside the black flames below They bow, they bow to the order The shine in their eyes emits an unearthly glow They bow, they bow to the order So lost in illusion that they'll never even know They bow, they bow to the order The puppets are blind and they're all under control They live, they live for the order The Order Of The Ebon Hand Enslaving the whole of man Evil has no face All who enter this Elabrynth are slaves The monarchy are just pawns in the game False gods manifested by the 33rd While 76 hold omnipotence
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I'm a marionette, watch my silhouette Such a pretty doll, yet so hollow I'm a puppet, cursed I'm a marionette, watch my murder Come see my dance of death Marked by the sorcerer's sigil The wretched mark it burns forever Yet this is how the dance begins Broken by the curse -ATRLU KM- I was stolen from my family When the ebon mages put their curse on me Trapped inside the cage I could not move, I could not speak They waved their devilish hands about Filling my mind with their feeble clout Yet all became so vivid, so alive My purpose then became known to me To assassinate the holy monarchy A butterfly marks my possession -DNIM HCRANOM- My ears burn with blood and slaughter My nostrils fill with the subtle scent of death I'm just a puppet for the new oligarchy On moonless night, I crept into the tower Where a patriarch would slumber no more The mark of the butterfly Saw the blade driven through his eye The queen beheaded by her own disbelief I'm a marionette, watch my silhouette Such a pretty doll, yet so hollow I'm a puppet, cursed I'm a marionette, watch my murder Come see my dance of death As I returned to the lair Sure that demise would await me there My savior's control deprived me of my soul A wooden shell fell to the ground The husk was burned and nothing found
7.
The gleaming city stands no more It has been leveled from the chaos and war The death of the monarchy brought forth anarchy And the peasants revolted amongst themselves See it's once great towers, crumbled to dust Stale bread and foul water that will fester for ages Yet the capital will soon be forgotten As a new empire emerges in the west The flesh will rot from the bones Leaving the fetid stench of decay It was once a place of prosperity Yet the magi planned for its collapse They wanted to be twelve new kings Though their plans were silenced By an uproar of violence Their marble gods fell to their knees Heads tumbling down and crumbling to pieces Their temples were torched and their commerce destroyed Their currency left in a smoldering heap And I must ask myself Is this the scale of ruin? The city now lies in rubble Is this the scale of ruin? There is no refuge In this scale of ruin One might ask themselves Were the magi truly successful after all? Though looking at the debris that surrounds me The answer seems all too clear For these are the winds of decay Blowing upon me The gleaming city stands no more See it's once great towers, crumbled to dust The gleaming city stands no more Stale bread and foul water that will fester for ages The gleaming city stands no more It has been leveled from the chaos and war The gods fell silently to their knees As they welcomed the scale of ruin
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released July 9, 2014

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