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Truth in Legend

by Burning Shadows

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1.
Dark deception, secrecy The Pope ensnared by common greed Mighty servants, of God above Into the fire they ride! With the first rays of the rising sun To my messengers, my will on earth be done Take them from their homes Lock them in your cells Their souls shall burn in Hell! Day of darkness, dawn of death Frosty morning, frozen breath Wicked treachery, borne by holy men Do not believe their lies! In the year of our lord, 1307 Endowed by all the power of Heaven Open your orders, synchronized by me The Templars will have no chance to flee The first rays of the rising sun To my messengers, my will on earth be done Take them from their homes Lock them in your cells Their souls shall burn in Hell! Onto the stake, into the flames of wrath Go forth and make their chains secure Incinerate the heretics To make my Europe pure Their wealth will now be mine, and All power unto me They never fell at Antioch Their fortress was not breached In battle they were mightier than The Arab Saladin Guardians of the Holy Land This morning (shall) die by my own hand Light the torches, flames shall bathe the square The Knights of Christ must die! Through the darkness, majesty Templar sails, a crew upon the sea Search the frozen waves and distant shores Their spirits ride with us! On the first rays of the rising sun To my messengers, my will on earth be done Take them from their homes Lock them in your cells Their souls shall burn in Hell!
2.
Southwind 06:08
Outside of time Ancestral mystery Fathering Andean crypts and wandering to sea Swallowed by doldrums to an unknown destiny We shall take flight Six netherworlding farers’ history Our trades are many though our instruments are few To forge an ancient passage in Tuamotu Gone with the floods Our only hope to cross the jungle’s ends But still with baited breath I know we’ll find a way to run the Devil’s haul Shore in retreat As it is with greater horizons on the other side The sails hoisted and the banners raised up high Our Equatorial admission drawing nigh The waves’ conceit Will surely find a way to turn the tide Through glaucous chasms with their misting ivory crowns The coastal epochs clouding up and backing down On the horizon Storming the sea The ocean howling endlessly Tectonic vengeance Winds of the East Tiding the nords to the mark of the beastOur vessel is wasted I am drenched to the bone Ashore with this oaken messiah of stone Crowning the reef With eastern spoils for our company My feet within the sands I gaze upon the stars Witnessing missionary failures from afar On high relief Callao to copra grinning oversea One hundred suns afield we’ve forged upon the mast Three score our kin will find them in the looking glass
3.
Evil deeds it has long seen Bathed in martyr’s blood Victors it has made Have fallen to its blade All who wield it fate has shielded Eternal victory Forged in darkest fire Raging ever higher Battles have been won Dynasties undone The sword of ages War it wages Victory is near Dreams in restlessness Night descends like madness Silence in the shadows Captivating all who fear Swear on the steel In blood it’s sealed Sworn to victory Twist of fate A cold death waits Sworn to victory Surrounded now we find ourselves They have left no escape Gaze into the blackened eyes See the agony take shape The skies will mourn this darkened day The rivers will run red The treacherous deeds will be repaid By the souls of the dead In his hands, exalted blade The sword does not betray He who bears it shall never fall So claims the ancient lore Scores of men come to their end Their lives gone one by one Shattered, battered, Broken lie the fallen We have won Jealousy and growing greed The bearer’s blood is freed As fate again is carried out By hands that now betray Run on his sword a noble lord Now holds the fabled blade He is crowned And mortals downed The time will come to pay You will pay with your life By the sword We are sworn to victory Swear on the steel In blood it’s sealed Sworn to victory Twist of fate A cold death waits Sworn to victory
4.
Beyond the realms of death In darkness and despair Formless tides calls my name Bringing forth a living fear Soulless, nameless, lives decay Ripped free from mortal men Crumbled shells turn to dust A nightmare without end Lost souls of the tainted blood Ascending from the great abyss Incantations of the old gods Bringing forth the nameless It lives It breathes Beyond the words of men In forbidden spells Through pages, twisted tongues The path to horror dwells In a language unknown From a forgotten tome Where the old shadows fall And lost demons call From a time lost to lore Though a forbidden door Comes the beast from afar Face your death from the stars Words seemed to writhe like flames in the air Transcending time, breaking free from its lair Our fears come to life, we've tread a step too far The beast from beyond; our deaths from the stars It lives It breathes It comes It feeds Beyond infinity, a terrible decree Past primordial gates
5.
Born was he of mothers nine Raised was he on solar fire The bridge to the heavens where he now stands Splits the realms of gods and man The crimson fire from depths below The azure skies where cold winds blow The emerald depths of eternal seas To warn the day of the final seige High above in hallowed skies The fallen ones with Valkyries ride See his golden armor shine His horn shall blow and all shall rise All shall rise! Gather we all here who fought and died In the final days, we will stand by his side Down from the heavens with honor we'll fight In midwinter's chill, at dawn's first light On the day of the battle You will hear his call Steadfast, triumphant The last one to fall The call to arms The final war And one last breath Forevermore On the day of the battle You will hear his call Steadfast, triumphant The last one to fall The call to arms The final war A final breath The blood will pour Right here we will stand At the end of times Mighty in our wrath Awaiting the sign Death foretold to us In the prophecy So on we will fight It's our destiny
6.
On highest peak, in Helgen Keep Their petty crimes, the ax will reap And here, He bound by chain and sin His life is spared, thank Alduin The dragon roars, it rips and tears The flesh of men who face it, dare And through the keep you must discern Survive, escape, and you may learn Fus ro, wuld nah, strun bah, yol toor Su grah, iiz slen, hun kall Respite is short and harsh, for He Who Dragonborn, the one must be Off beaten path, toward Whiterun Keep The mighty Jarl, Balgruuf, you'll meet The Dragonstone, his one desire Will light the way, to a dragon’s pyre Now claw your way, through trap and stone A wall of words, language unknown Gaze upon the words of yore Deciphered now, they shake your core Gaze upon the words of yore Now breath them in, shout, Dovahkiin Emerge from the crypt, removed from Falls Barrow Return for your prize, and spread tale of your glory When out from the sky, descends creature of fear A thunderous, cold roar, you prepare Mirmulnir! The beast is slain, no more than bone And so your shout, you now may hone Herald the cry from Hrothgar peak Your presence now, four Greybeards seek
7.
The Blessed 04:15
As the rain begins to fall And the light begins to fade Another storm comes rolling in And the sorrow returns again Like a veil upon the sky Distant memories upon my mind How I long to see the stars That once watched us from afar As the dark is taking all And the coldness fills my heart Benighted moonless skies The life within us dies As the light of life forgave All the missteps we have made How I long to see the stars That watched us from afar Like an image lost to time Like a verse in a broken rhyme Forget the words, forgive the lies Take this pain, break this divide As the light of life forgave All the missteps we have made How I long to see the stars That watched us from afar
8.
By the sign on the northern rune I ride these desolate plains Through barren hills and nothingness A maledict domain I fear not shield nor spear Nor hammer of dismay The clattering of golden hooves Begets your dying day The watcher below overshadows the small desert lakes The fires above will descend as the giant awakes The riders are mounted and waiting for the holy land At the site of Valhalla, the traitors will die by my hand When daylight breaks The earth will shake Five maiden swords are sworn to Take your life tonight Ride on for freedom Ride on for glory Ride on for freedom Deathstone Rider running free The crimson son Has come undone Standing here before the dawn Within these sacred walls Silence in the darkness Fading fast with vacant eyes God of battle, prince of pain Heed my call and spare my name I seek not vengeance nor valor's fate Cast thy sword, for death awaits Riding fast through Jotunheim The enemy will fall Chariot treads a moonlit path Beneath the golden hall Flash of lightning, clash of thunder A hammer cracks the sky Sworn into this oath Until the day I see you die

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released May 5, 2017

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