1. |
Tusk Rider
04:07
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Hunting the mastodon
Methodically tracking the herd
Suddenly, one spots the tribe
Comes barrelling toward the line
With a well placed club I bring it to its knees
Throw a rope around its tusks as it rips me off my feet
Thrashing
Grasping
Blindly flailing at the air
Gripping
The rope tight
I yank it back
With all my might
Perched atop 6 tons of muscle
I grab the reins and tie them taut
Terastodon skull as its muzzle
Bow before my steed or rot
Charging
Into the fray
You’re crushed under its feet
Cannot be outran
You cannot pierce its hide
Lay down the weapons you have drawn
And kneel before the mastodon
With a well placed club I brought it to its knees
I threw a rope around its tusks as it ripped me off my feet
The mastodon and I got to know each other well
Now upon its tusks I ride straight into Hell
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2. |
Obelisk Throne
06:23
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Marching over the mountain
Atop my loyal mastodon
I awake at the camp in the morning
Set my sights on the ziggurat
Make our way to the valley
Marching through the swamp
Sticks and mud underfoot
In the ruin of the lake
A humid heat with air so thick
I could cut it with my blade
'Til finally above the trees
We see the looming pyramid
Dreaming of the Obelisk
On the throne sits my own flesh
I've walked the land
Climbed every step
To return to where my soul is enmeshed
I went to the Seer
To hear what She would tell
She told me of the fortress
Made of black obsidian
A stepped pyramid
Throne atop its peak
Usurper sits it now
But it was chiseled just for me
CHARGING AT THE STEPS
KICKING AT MY STEED
ARROWS FLYING OVERHEAD
RAINING DOWN ON ME
BRANDISHING MY SWORD
CRYING OUT FOR MORE
IF THAT'S THE BEST THAT YOU CAN DO
YOU BEST PREPARE FOR WAR
I can see it
I can feel it
That chair you sit upon is mine
That chair of black stone
The Obelisk Throne
That chair of black stone
The Obelisk Throne
That chair of black stone
The Obelisk Throne
That chair of black stone
The Obelisk Throne
Finally
The final step
Take one more leap
And hold your breath
On the throne
Seated, the Usurper
Skin and bone
Depleted, lifeless and bare
With a laugh
I grab his corpse and throw it to the ground
Staring back
The glossy sheen of an obsidian throne
I take my seat
And feel its energy coursing through me
The power of the pyramid
Under my feet
But what is this?
Sudden and sharp I feel its touch
A cold iron hand grabs my heart
And my lungs
Shortness of breath
As my heart stops its beat
What have I done?
As my vision fades
In the distance I make out the shape
Of a mastodon
On a mountaintop
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3. |
Dragon Wagon
03:34
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Under the mountain
Deep in the cave
I followed the bones
To the unmarked grave
Through winding tunnels
Labyrinth of stone
I found the hoard
Lizard upon his throne
Sleeping upon a mountain of gold
And gems
And weapons
And armor of old
Mordominus
Scourge of the Northern People
I stumble
And metal coins bounce off the floor
He sees me
His eyes wide awake
I turn to run as the floor begins to shake
Sprinting
Hot breath at my back
Not one has claimed to survive his attacks
Looking for an exit
I go back the way I came
Dead end
The chamber fills with flame
Melted rock
The ceiling begins to shake
It collapses
Trapping the dragon in his place
Desperately he pleads,
"Please free me!
I'll grant you what you wish,
anything you desire!"
Carefully
I contemplate the offer
Grinning ear to ear as I reach for the rocks
I gather the wagon
Wrap a gold chain round his neck
And load it up with treasure!
Flying back to town
On the back of a giant lizard
Wagon of gold in tow
Waving hello to the wizard
I've got a dragon wagon
Look at my dragon wagon
You wish you had a dragon wagon
Jealous of my dragon wagon?
Look at my dragon wagon
Jealous of my dragon wagon
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4. |
Trilobyte
02:47
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Deep underground
Within the rock
You’ll find the bones
Encased in stone
An ancient beast
Hitherto unreleased
Exhume the corpse
Careful do not break the shell
Eons ago
Its body turned to stone
Calcified
Bring it in the light
The burial site
Of the Trilobyte
The moment the air hits its flesh
A crack appears across its chest
Revealing what lay under stone
Should have left it all alone
Just needed to unearth the stone
Refused to heed the ancient tome
If indeed you chose to read
You’d find the prophecy is thee
Eons ago
Its body turned to stone
Calcified
Bring it in the light
The burial site
The Trilobyte
The burial site
The Trilobyte
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5. |
Crystal Nomad
03:10
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A hundred days
A thousand nights
Walking on bare feet
Cursing the light
Crystal Nomad
Travels across the Wastes
Wielding the Scepter
Skin peeling off his face
All of his fellows
Are claimed by the sand
All of his skin and bones
Are cursed by this land
Searching the empty ruin
The place was his home
Uncovered a wicked spirit
Inhabiting the stone
Crystal Nomad
Travels across the Wastes
Wielding the Scepter
Skin peeling off his face
Crystal Nomad
Travels across the Wastes
Wielding the Scepter
Skin peeling off his face
All of the ocean
Has turned to ash
All of the mountains
Have crumbled, fallen at last
He stops in his tracks
He's starting to cry
He breaks off the crystal
And hurls it into the sky
The sky
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6. |
Copper Colossus
04:47
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[Instrumental]
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7. |
Beyond The Shell
06:13
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Disconnected
From the mind and the body
My soul
Is drifting
Away from me
I have seen my bones
I have felt my skin
Unconscious impulses
Chain a bond to them
A fire in the liver
Burns away my flesh
Bursting the stitches
Salted wounds afresh
Disfigured and contorted
A nameless heap of flesh
The body
Unneeded
For what happens next
An essence
Vacates the living shell
Unguided
Destination too obscure to tell
My mind
My body
My heart
My soul
Your home
Your eternity
Your rotted bones
The sky
Tears open
To a burning sun
Staring
At the light
It all becomes one
Forgetting
The body
The cosmos
Offers its hand
Shooting out into the void
At the speed of light
Unbounded by the vessel that
Once held you tight
Beyond the border
Beyond the shell
A vast expanse of nothingness
An eternity of hell
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