AND AS THE PANIC SETS IN
I AM NO LONGER THE ARCHITECT OF THE VERY MIND WITH IN
I RECREATE THE VERY PATH THAT I TRAVELLED
AND STEP BY STEP I CAN FEEL THE MIND UNRAVEL
AS I BREAK MY BINDED SPIRIT FROM THESE SHACKLES 
I BEGIN TO UNRAVEL

AS I LEAVE THIS SHELL, KNELT BEFORE US ALL BURIED IN THE GLASS
THE REFLECTION OF A FORIEGN LAND
LITTERED THICK WITH BONE AND THE ASHEN HUSK OF WHAT WE CANNOT KNOW
EVERYDAY THIS PLACE WILL SLOWLY CHANGE OUR DREAMS TO SOMETHING FAR LESS BOLD

FOR BUT A SECOND I DID SEE THE PUREST OF US DISSAPEAR AS THEY BEGAN TO FADE AWAY INTO THE VERY WALLS WHERE THEY STAY

AND I, HUNGER WITH A COSMIC APPETITE
BUT FOR EVERY WORLD THAT I DEVOUR
STILL I REMAIN SO UNSATISFIED BY MY OFFERING TO THE NIGHT MOTHER IN UNHOLY SACRIFICE 
AND IN A DAZE I CONTINUE WITH A RAGE THAT I HAVE ALWAYS HARBOURED
IN A REIGN OF DOOM ETERNAL I WILL BRING 
ALL OF THE UNIVERSE DOWN TO ITS KNEES 

FOR BUT A SECOND I DID SEE THE PUREST OF US DISSAPEAR 
AS THEY BEGAN TO FADE AWAY INTO THE VERY WALLS THEY WILL STAY
AS THE HUNGER OF A WORLD ONCE DYING 

NOW FEASTS UPON EVERYTHING WE HAVE EVER KNOWN, 
THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF A COLLECTIVE MIND ARE SCATTERED FAR AND WIDE 
AROUND THE EARTH AS IT SWALLOWS UP EVERY SINGLE SOUL THEY BELONGS TO THE STONE 
AND AS OUR SUN TAKES IT'S FINAL BREATH OUR MOON WILL SHIFT IN UNISON AND COALESCE
 
 AND THE LAST OF US SEE IT UNFOLDING NOW CALLING SO LOUD OUT TO ME THE SONG DEAFINING
FOR WE HAVE ALL COME TO REST AND WE ARE ALL THE CHILDREN OF THE GREAT COLLAPSE
I HEAR THE ROARING OF THUNDER AS IT CLAPS 

AND FOR ETERNITY A SPECTRE OF OUR BLOOD  AND FLESH AND BONE WILL MAKE  ITS WAY THROUGH OUT THE VOID UNKNOWN

I CAN ONLY SUBMIT MYSELF TO THE ABYSSAL SEA, AND THE OCEANIC TIDE OF THE MINDS EYE
AS THE ICE COLD GRIP OF THE WATER REACHES DOWN INTO MY LUNGS I FIND MY SELF IN A PLACE SO ALONE EMBRACED BY OBLIVION

DEMO 2022

The Great Collapse

SO FEW OF US THAT TREAD THIS HALLOWED GROUND
IN ORBIT FORCES BATTLE TO AND FRO
MASKED IN THE DARKNESS OF THE EXPANSE THEY APPROACH 

SO FEW OF US THAT TREAD THIS HALLOWED GROUND
IN ORBIT FORCES BATTLE TO AND FRO
MASKED IN THE DARKNESS OF THE EXPANSE THEY APPROACH 

AND AS I CLIMB THE VERY MONUMENT OF OUR DEMISE
WE ARE ALL A VICTIM DECONSTRUCTED BY THE WATCHING EYES
WITH OUT A WARNING FOR THE FUTURE THAT WE ONE AND ALL ARE DOOMED TO SEE AT LAST
THE SILENCE COMES FOR ALL THAT WALK THE PATH
AND NOW THE ASHES OF THIS KINGDOM FROZE IN PLACE UNDERNEATH THE WICKED SPELL OF THE EVERBLACK

TETHERED IN PLACE THE SKY ABOVE ERRUPTS

FOR OUR FATE WAS ALWAYS PARTNERED TO A SORROW
THE HUNTER TO A GRAND LEGACY
YET FROM THE RUINS OF A WASTELAND ANY MAN CAN LEARN TO STAND - TODAY IT IS NOT THEM NOR IS IT ME
SUCH TERRIBLE THINGS ARE BETTER LEFT UNSEEN

TETHERED IN PLACE THE SKY ABOVE ERRUPTS

SO EVEN THE GREATEST WILL FALL AND AWAKEN THE GIANT
RESTLESS IT STIRRED BELOW THE CRUST OF THE EARTH 
THE OCEAN BREAKING APART 
AND IT RISES TO REBIRTH 
THE BRINGER OF DOOM THE END OF OUR CURSE 
THESE SECONDS I HAVE THEY STILL REMAIN A TREASURE 
INTO THE BLACK WE FADE

The Approach

AND FROM THE CRACKS OF THESE WALLS
THE VINES ESCAPE OUT INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE AMAZON
AND THE COLD STEEL SEPARATES THE FLESH WHEN A LIFE IS OFFERED UP

UP IN SACRIFICE
AND WHEN THE BLOOD OVERFLOWS FROM THE CHALICE OF A GOLDEN THRONE
I CAN HEAR ITS NAME AND THE WHISPERING SONG OF FLAME
AS IT SUMMONS THE SOLDIERS OUT FROM THE GATES OF HELL
AND THE LAND TO HIS TOUCH 
IT WILL CORRUPT 
AS THE UNDERWORLD IS REVEALED TO US FROM SO VERY FAR WITH IN  
THE CENTRE OF THE CAVERNS SO FAR BELOW US ALL

WE FEEL THE LASHING BITE OF THE COMING STORM
COMING FROM THE SEAS OF SCORN
STIRRED INTO LIFE BY THE GHOSTS OF A LONG FORGOTTEN WAR
AND WE ARE HAUNTED BY THE VERY THINGS WE HAVE TRIED TO SLAY IN HIS NAME

AND MY EYES HAVE SEEN ALL OF THE HORRORS SURROUNDING
BUT THE VERY FAINTEST OF AN EASTERN LIGHT CAN ILLUMINATE A WAY OUT
FAR FAR AWAY FROM THE MONSTERS THAT HAVE CRAWLED OUT FROM THE CRACKS IN THE EARTH 
IN A TRANCE THEY ARRIVE IN ANSWER TO THE CALLING OF AN UNDEAD CURSE  


AND WHEN THE BLOOD OVERFLOWS FROM THE CHALICE OF A GOLDEN THRONE 
I CAN HEAR ITS NAME AND THE WHISPERING SONG OF FLAME 
I WILL SUMMONS OUT THE SOLDIERS FROM THE GATES OF HELL 
CAN YOU   FEEL THE CREEPING SHROUD OF DEATHS APPROACHING US AS THE MIDNIGHT BELL RINGS OUT OH SO VERY LOUD
AND WHEN THE FLOWER OF A DEEPEST BLUE BEGINS TO REBEL IN SUCH BREATHTAKING BEAUTY IT WILL BLOOM
BUT ITS SURVIVAL CANNOT BE PRESUMED SO VERY SOON UPON THE GRAVE OF THE NAZARENE

AND ON THE GRAVE OF THE NAZARENE IT WILL BLOOM
SUCH LIFE IN LIGHT OF ALL THIS CRUELTY AND DOOM
MY HOPE FOR REBIRTH FROM HIS BONES SEEMS TO BE A THING OF FANTASY, IN A PLACE OF DREAMS I WILL FIND PEACE

AND RIGHT HERE IS WHERE I KILL THE ENEMY WITHIN US ALL

THE VERY SOUL OF A MOST UNHOLY BEING NOW BLEEDS OUT UNTO THE SOIL AT MY FEET STAINED RED 
I CAN FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THE UNDEAD NOW PULLING ME DOWN TO THE VERY CENTER OF THE EARTH 
WHERE I WILL RESIDE IN A TOMB OF LEAD
AND FOR ETERNITY I CAN BURN AWAY UNTIL THE ENDLESS JOINS WITH ME ON THIS DAY

Salvation Of The Nazarene

Awaken

FEEL THE ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR ENTWINED BY THE BRANCHES OF DESTINY
AND I BEGIN TO SEE  THE DARKNESS TAKE HOLD OF A  SKY I NEVER WANTED TO BEHOLD 
WITH THESE EYES NOW LOOKING SO FAR BACK TO A MUCH MORE FAMILIAR PLACE TO ME

COME AND SEE SUCH AN UGLY THING SELF DESTRUCTION HAS COME TO BE
FOR ALL OF US KNOW HER SO INTIMATELY, LIKE THE MOTHER OF OUR FATE
AN UNKNOWN FEELING NOW UNLEASHED, THROUGH OUT THE VERY POISON IN OUR VEINS

AS DEATH CLAIMS THIS DAY UNYIELDING IS THE VENGEANCE THAT WE HUNGER FOR 
IF WE COULD ALL FORGET THE DISHONOR THAT OUR NAME HAS SUFFERED 
AS THE SPECTER  OF THE CROSSROADS NO LONGER AWAITS
FOR HE IS NO LONGER OF OUR CONSTRUCT 
  
AND MACHINES WILL ONE DAY COMPLETE THE ERADICATION 
THE ERADICATION THAT WAS ALWAYS DESTINED FOR US ALL

WHEN THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF SENTIENT LIFE 
THE HARVESTING OF THESE SOULS WILL NOW BEGIN ON A SCALE UNTOLD

AND IF WE COULD FORGET THE GLORY OF THESE HALLS 
THEN OUR HORRIFIC UNDOING MAY NOT COME TO MIND AT ALL
AND THE GALAXY DID UNRAVEL 
NOW REALITY APPEARS TO BE FRAYING AT THE SEAMS OF THE UNSEEN   
FOR BEHIND THE VEIL OF WHAT WE SEE ARE THE VERY THREADS OF LIFE HOLDING THIS ALL TOGETHER WHEN WE ALL BELIEVE

AND NOW I STAND IN AWE 
UNLIKE A BROTHER HOOD THAT IS NO MORE
TONIGHT I WILL FIND THE ICON OF ALL MY SIN RISING UP TO THE HORIZON

WHEN THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF SENTIENT LIFE 
THE HARVESTING OF THESE SOULS WILL NOW BEGIN ON A SCALE UNTOLD

AS WE ARE LAID TO REST BELOW
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT ARE KNOWN TO CREEP AND CRAWL WITH THE BEASTS OF THE NIGHT
SENTINALS OVER HEAD WATCHING ON AS THE GREAT COLLECTION IS FINALLY COMPLETE

Icon Of Sin

BEHOLD THE CROWN OF THORNS RESTING UPON THE HEAD OF THE FORSAKEN SON
AND HEAVY IS THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD 
WHEN HIS DESTINY HAS BEEN WEAVED BY THE MAN THAT BORE HIS SEED

TIME COMES TO A STAND STILL AS HIS HANDS CARESS THE WALLS 
FOR BLINDED  AS HE MAY BE HE'S CALM 
NOW SEE THAT WHICH HIS EYES, ENGULFED IN THE CRUSHING NEVERENDING BLACK CAN NOT BEGIN TO DECIPHER 
ALL OF THESE OMENS TELLING OF A RESURECTION

AND THE LIGHT OF THE SUN SOMEHOW FINDS A WAY AROUND A SLAB OF OBSIDION
HE SHALL RISE FROM THE BONES NOW DECAYING THAT HE LEFT BEHIND

AND WITH THE WINGS OF AN ANGEL 
HE BEGINS HIS FINAL FLIGHT NOW ACENDING HE DISSAPEARS INTO 
INTO THE PURIST OF LIGHTS EMINATING FROM THE CITY OF THE SKY
AND AS HE MAKES HIS WAY THROUGH THE GATES OF PURE PEARLESCENT WHITE

HE WILL SUBMIT HIMSELF TO THESE FEELINGS OF HATE AS HIS PLAN FOR BITTER SWEET VENGEANCE
HAS NOW FINALLY BEGUN TO TAKE SHAPE
FROM THE BLOOD OF ONE CORRUPTED BY HIS INSATIABLE THIRST FOR VIOLENCE WILL BRING FORTH HIS REBIRTH
IN THE FORM OF THE GREAT DECEIVER NOW REARS THE HEAD OF A COLD BLOODED SNAKE 
AND WITH VENOM IN HIS WORDS THE DIVINE HE WILL CURSE
AS HE TAKES HIS PLACE UPON THE THRONE DOWN BELOW UNDERNEATH BONE SOIL & EARTH     

BEHOLD 
HE IS, IN REBIRTH NOW GRACED WITH THE SIGHT 
UNTOLD IS THE DANGER FACED BY HIS NOW WEAK UNRAVELING FRAIL MIND 
HE FINDS HIMSELF ENSLAVED TO THE MADNESS OF AN EVERLASTING LIFE BY HIS FATHERS SIDE

A SEED OF CORRUPTION TAKES HOLD 
OF HIS NOW BLACK AND TWISTED SOUL
FOR HE WILL NOW BE KNOWN AS LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD
AS IT WAS FORETOLD BY A PROPHET SO VERY LONG AGO
AND WE SEE THE TREE OF LIFE SUCCUMING IN DEATH

Patricide

AND IF I COULD REACH OUT BEYOND THE SUN
IF I COULD TOUCH THE FACE OF GOD
I COULD ONLY BELIEVE HE WOULD RECOGNIZE ME
GRANTING ME DELIVERANCE FROM THE TREACHEROUS SEA
FORGED BY AN UNFORGOTTEN BOND OF BLOOD
A NEW COVENANT BEGINS TO SALVAGE WHAT WAS LOST TO US ALL

THROUGH OUT THE NIGHT, UNTIL THE BREAK OF ANOTHER FORGOTTEN LIGHT BLESSES THE GROUND WITH A GLOWING WARMTH
AND THEY WILL BE HELD UP BY THE PROMISES OF AN OATH
NOW SHATTERING IT ALL APART REALITY WILL BE NO MORE 
JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THE ILLUSIONS THAT CANNOT WITH STAND THE POWER OF THE ARCANE ONES 
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IT WAS ON THIS DAY THAT WE BECAME SO MUCH MORE THAN OLD LIFE 
SO MUNDANE IT WAS TO US WITH THE PERFECT VISION OF HINDSIGHT
WE ARE THE FACE BEYOND THE SUN
WE ARE THE FACE OF DIVINITY UNTOUCHED
AND THE GREAT MYSTERY OF THE ARCANE IS OURS TO KNOW - TO KNOW FOREVER

AND IF I COULD REACH OUT BEYOND THE SUN
IF I COULD TOUCH THE FACE OF GOD
I COULD ONLY BELIEVE HE WOULD RECOGNIZE ME
GRANTING ME DELIVERANCE FROM THE TREACHEROUS SEA

Magistri Arcanum

FAR AWAY BEYOND THE CURIOUS REACH OF HUMAN KIND
A PAIR OF SUNS COLLIDE    
IN A DANCE OF DEATH THE ENSUING INFERO OF LIGHT 
SENDS A VIOLENT SHOCKWAVE THROUGH OUT THE DELICATE FABRIC OF SPACE AND TIME
AND SUCH A CHAOTIC EVENT WILL CREATE  A METICULOUS ORDER OF THINGS, IN BUT A BLINK OF THE EYE OUR DESTRUCTION NOW REFINED
AND A GATEWAY IS OPENED FOR US AS WE BASK IN THE GLOW OF EMERALD THAT WE FIND

ONWARDS TO IREM, FROM A LIFELESS SYSTEM 
IN AN ACT OF PRESERVATION THIS OBLATION WE GIVE   
BACK FROM THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION WE COME TO BE 

FROM THE RUINS OF THIS CELESTIAL CLUSTER 
ON THE MIDNIGHT HOUR AT LAST A THING OF NAME UNKNOWN EMERGES 
FROM THE VERY FRACTURES IN SPACE HE BRINGS WITH HIS ARRIVAL TO EXISTENCE 
INSIDIOUS THE ABOMINATION NOW ORCHESTRATES HIS DESIGN

FROM THE CITY OF THE PILLARS WE CREATED AN ALTER OF SACRIFICE 

AND WE ARE TAKEN OVER BY A MOST DISTURBING AND EVIL MONSTROSITY BEATING HIS WINGS
THE GATES OF COSMIC CREATION BEGIN TO CRUMBLE AWAY 

SO WE CAN SEE THE UNIVERSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SUCH A SMALL AND ANCIENT PIECE OF THEIR DOMAIN 
AND THE WARMTH WITHIN US ALL HAS DIMISHED IN ABSCENCE OF OUR NORTHERN TWINS
FOR ANCIENT IS THE STORY OF THE ENDING AND ALL OF MANKIND COULD NOT ESCAPE

FROM THE CITY OF THE PILLARS WE CREATED - THE ALTER OF SACRIFICE 

AND FROM FAR BEYOND THE CURIOUS REACH OF HUMANKIND
WHERE A PAIR OF  SUNS DIE 
AND THE PROPHECY OF GALACTIC DEMISE HAS COME TO BE
THE FORGOTTEN DEEP ONES WILL FINALLY RISE

The Alpha Relay

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