Rouse the whims of the night I bare
As spires are lit under lunar candlelight
Cursed bloodline, azure griped veins
Compelling purpose for us to live again
Release me, for time shall not
The stories old, worn from the page
The themes of loss, they're all the same
Left stigma's mark on earthly time
From avarice pacts our greed provides
Conquests came at a dire price
Undaunted reign for a cost most high
Not good enough, our glory earned
We traded further for eternal life
Long ago
We were unchanged
So long ago
We weren't so different
Was vanity's grandeur worth the fall?
As ill-favoured fates prevailed us all
So much more than mortality could endure
Oh valour, return from the prison of our shame
From tortured shape, with none other to blame
More ardent our wish than that of conquered empires
For us to walk again in the sun
Shadow lies waiting under a veil of light
Our pulse cast into purgatory
Somewhere lost twixt death and life
And for the thrall the vitae calls
Red treasures in bare throated vaults
And yet, tears spill forevermore from sanguine society
Long ago
We were unchanged
So long ago
We weren't so different
Lent to the earth our years to the grave
Abolished, humanity abstained
Our souls are marred with damnation's mark
Beyond wearied time, quickens a languid pain
Karma's hand had dealt us our fate
A story ends, yet blank pages remain
Oh righteous day, oh fortune's fate, forgive our sins
Heed our call, from kingdom's fall, we would give everything
Anticipation stills the scene
Through the threshold into the arms unseen
Secrets culled from the flames
Ancient oaths to our will invade
Onward to undo the bonds, ordained and conspired
No tyrannous shadow shall linger over
And conquer that which is desired
In tenebrous kingdom of noble beasts, rise up from the mire
Fell creatures of pallid features summoned forth by bells from blackened spires
No longer to succumb to faith in heaven's gate or hell's embrace
The nameless heathens, plight of reasons
Vile treason that I've embodied
Farewell sun
Farewell to all that we have loved
Ruin is all that I have left to share
Become the end of this life's undying years
Within ourselves, a beast looks in the mirror
Close our eyes and watch it disappear