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DAYS OF YORE LYRICS
"The Pernicious Town" (1998 Demo)
1. Tonight a Town Shall Burn
2. They All Looked so Kind
3. He who Romances the Lie Shall Deny it Not
4. Forever Lost
5. By the Blood Flowing Through my Veins
6. The Secret Desires Shall Be
7. The Mage Speaks
8. The Reminiscence Ride
9. The Flaw
10. In the Grip of Anger
11. You may Endeavour to Alter Fate... but Death Always Claims it's Due
12. The Prophecy
1. Tonight a Town Shall Burn
Some states are worse than death
And from these there is but one escape
Benumbed I awake, outside a battered building
Why am I here? Where are all these people rushing?
A stifling odor of smoke brings me out of my torpor
And my unbelieving eyes meet the torch I have in hand
Panic, I feel like my consciousness skipped an episode
What have I done? And why have I played this insane role?
And tonight an old town shall burn
in a fire lit up by my own hand
Hurling the torch, I hope that no one has spied on me
And I hasten to desert this place of calamity
As my eye runs over the houses claimed by the vicious flames
Oh consternation, I realize that I once lived in this village
And tonight my old town shall burn
in a fire lit up by my own hand
2. They All Looked so Kind
They all looked so kind
They locked me up, for a fleeting moment I fear
Soon shall be left here nothing but a memory
I can't help sneering at their unwary behaviour
Didn't they know that no one can immure a rogue?
Deep down inside I knew it from the start
In the end would await a sordid trap
Now the facts just confirm my suspicions
This brazen sham was only deception
They all looked so kind, yet I should have known
That these low-lifes were rotten to the bones
They all looked so kind, but I should have paid heed
To these ill willed people's notoriety
Yearning to sneak away, I slipped through a trap door
Before trying my luck in the age old catacombs
Heading for nowhere, I wandered hither and tiither
Until fortune led me to a scene quite peculiar
With a stealthy tread, remaining out of sight
I drew nearer, surprising an arcane rite
Choked, I stood unmoved, my senses bedazed
No doubt, evil was unfolding before my gaze
They all looked so kind, yet I should have known
That these low-lifes were rotten to the bones
They all looked so kind, but I should have paid heed
To these ill willed people's notoriety
3. He who Romances the Lie Shall Deny it Not
Concentrate allies, as echoes the battle
Hold up your swords, as we prepare for the fight
Our valorous deeds shall mark this day
We shall crush our foes in a virile fray
Assail, destroy, I want to see them bleed
I want them to cringe and beg mercy
Let us butcher those two-faced people
I want here nothing but a pile of rubble
And I tasted this pleasing dream
Oblivious that I could be my worst enemy
Yet soon these tales would be my loss
He who romances the lie shall deny it not
My domination knows no bounds
And on my pedestal I stand proud
My deeds repulse the limits of sanity
And back home, I drink the cup of victory
repeat chorus
My craving knows no bounds
And on my pedestal I stand proud
My valiant deeds pass through my memory
As abed, I let myself sink into sleep
4. Forever Lost
As the mage released his hold, causing my trance to end
I found myself prisoner of this pentagram
And I implored the gods to cancel my life
Forever lost in the mists of malison
I see souls in distress begging deliverance
Hearing their plea, yet unable to alter fate
This insidious nightmare shall be my grave
Darkness...
From nowhere, I hear voices calling out my name
Is there anybody out there, or could it be just
insanity that is visiting me?
I discovered the visitor's ends
as he showed me the dagger of death
Grievously, I greeted him before
Sealing my foreordained fate
5. By the Blood Flowing Through my Veins
Run, run, daring not to turn back, just tell me why
My every step sounds like one more nail in your coffin
Of this grind, I expected all but your demise
the innocent lamb dying for the wicked one's sins
Breaking the silence of this harrowing night
Till the end of times my desperate cry shall echo
I swear that I will grant myself respite
But when my lost beloved is avenged a hundredfold
As I see your face looking back at me
I can hear the obscene laugh of fatality
Under the moonlight, my inner demons are freed
No time to rest yet, we have to stop...this evil dream
6. The Secret Desires Shall Be
7. The Mage Speaks
8. The Reminiscence Ride
9. The Flaw
10. In the Grip of Anger
11. You may Endeavour to Alter Fate... but Death Always Claims it's Due
12. The Prophecy
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