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He sits alone in a tomb
Like a virginal womb
Demons flock to his side
His soul and mind to divide
To pick and pull at his mind
Where one thought is enshrined
Like vultures to the feast they’re coming
His heart and mind they’re….
Bridge
Drumming
Strumming
Poking
Prodding
Chorus
Oh, he’s the bane of evil
Girded with the holy name
Oh, he’s the scourge of demons
With one sign they are all rendered lame
He’s watching
Waiting
Guarding
Heaven in the very depths of hell
V2
Twenty years in the tomb
The doom of the doomed
Ephemera stripped away
No longer fearing the fray
Now the tomb is a shrine
They flock to him to find
Wisdom for their healing
But the glory he’s…
Bridge
Concealing
Bells are pealing
Supplicants kneeling
In their hearts they’re feeling
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V1
Deviant curiosity
Of the ring round in red
Spiteful and cursing
He’ll soon be dead
Chorus
Heed the old shepherd
Steer clear the Wailing Well
To whose who draw near
It's the doorway to hell
They’re rags and they’re bones
Three women and a man
All flutterin’ and clackin’
Better run while you can
V2
Stanley was a cynic
But he was nipped in the bud
When pulled down from the branches
He’d been drained of his blood
V3
If you ask the old shepherd
Though it gives him no joy
He’ll tell you with the four
There now roams a boy
Inspired by MR James
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Chorus
Faces fire, golden wings
Everything about them sings
Voices toll and words that ring
Messengers of Holy King
O unveil my eyes
Raise me through laddered skies
Transfigure clay, this mortal guise
Borne aloft to Paradise
V1
Fast asleep in this drowsy flesh
Weighted body the stench of death
Generation of mortal man
Degeneration of life and span
V2
Dream or vision I cannot tell
But I fear it’s my death knell
Fiery creatures of piercing light
Mouths ablaze words glowing bright
Twilight of all I thought I knew
Wash away this filth and make me new
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V1
The pendulum keeps swinging
Takes no care, has no pity
She doesn’t stir, clock keeps turning
Oh, how did I miss the warnings?
Chorus
A tiny bird with broken wings
Gives way to gravity
Her plaintive song no longer sings
She has flown away from me
V2
A silent prayer, lips barely moving
Against her breast sacred image reproving
Rose from her knees though still bowed down
She cast aside her wedding crown
Inspired by the F Dostoevsky story
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V1
Frightener of children
Writer of runes
Caster of spells
His wicked tunes
V2
Unlocking the secrets
Better left alone
Deciphering enigmas
But killed by a stone
Chorus
Caster of runes
Wielder of hell
Its you who have been cast down
Succumbed to your spell
The demon you summoned
Now summoning you
The magic you wielded
Now Wielding your doom
Inspired by MR James
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Psalm [Remastered]
06:23
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V1
Silently - in the grave I wait
My eyes grown dim with weeping
Cords of death - entangle me
The beast of hell never sleeping
Memories - broken shards of glass
Conscience a wound ever bleeding
Despondency- has taken hold of me
Worm of Hell ever feeding
Who will light my darkest hell?
Who can break the serpent’s spell?
Chorus
Pangs of death surround me
torr’nts of foulness swallow me.
The pangs of hell encircling,
snares of death overtaking.
Driven like sheep to hell
death shall be our shepherd
Our help shall rot, rot in hell
Wailing voices never never to be heard.
V2
Eternity - only memories
Regret my funeral dirge singing
Mournfully - a pall of shame
Hollow bells are ringing
Is this the end? Melancholy tune?
Awaiting stripes and lashes
Close the book, seal the tomb
Our beauty dust and ashes
Who will light my darkest hell?
Who can break the serpent’s spell?
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The Stalker [Remastered]
06:50
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(Instrumental, inspired by Tarkovsky)
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Paterikon Arkansas
Old school doom inspired by early Sabbath and classic Trouble, the ghost stories of MR James, and arcane medieval and apocalyptic literature.
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