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The Wandering Midget - The Serpent Coven lyrics



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01. Pillars Of Sapiris

(Instrumental)

02. Taynia

Sun rests behind dark forests
Night veils the world in black
She waits for me there, miles away
Surely she knows I'm back
Her life's been full of battles
She's born from pain of men
She breeds and lives of vengeance
I know she wants me dead

She longs to bleed my heart dry
My guts to paint the land
For long ago I forced her
To kill friend for her so dear
Woman, I can't escape you
And I've seen my shining days
I'll come to meet your fury
Where shattered corpses lay

You've slaughtered all my men
Now take me if you can
I'm old and bound to fail
This ends my tragic tale
And underneath the stars
My death will heal your scars
Your will is to become
I'll rot beneath the sun

Scarlet mist hides her in
Ride for vengeance, seek for him
Streaming corpses lit the forest paths
Eyes of frost, sword of fire
Piercing skulls with black desire
Queen of war, she rules with iron hand!

03. Family Curse

A hatred curse runs in our family
Spreading like ashes with the wind
It would reach the outer world
If I opened my chamber door

For hundreds of years
We've dwelled on these plains
Where the thick mist always lays
Covering this house that we're in
Dark windows and pale brick walls

Slayers and rapers
Maniac stalkers
Sleep in my basement tomb
The caskets are set
For her and me
Though our souls will be never set free...

Our family's scarred in so many ways
All torments a man may gain
We've suffered in silence
Yet still aware
Proud of who we once were

Slayers and rapers
Maniac stalkers
Sleep in my basement tomb
The caskets are set
For her and me
Though our souls will be never set free...

As the years roll by
We will stay the same
Godless hands once built this grave
Where death and darkness reign

"- My eyes are tormented by all
But the faintest illumination.
Odours assail me constantly.
And, as I've said, sounds of any degree
Whatsoever inspire me with terror.

- That's why I had to remove my boots.

- Yes. And even so, I could hear your coming.
Every footstep, every rustle of your clothes.
I could hear your horse approaching, the
Clatter of its hooves across the courtyard,
Your knock... The grating of the door bolt
Was Iike a sword stroke to my ears.
I can hear the scratch of rat claws
Within the stone wall."

Now as I stand here alone I weep
Remembering the good old days
I'm cursing the gods
Who made my family
Fester in such horrible ways

Yet burnt out is the flame of life
Black house falls into smoke
Still on its last faint breath protecting
Secrets of Usher's name

No more left
I beg for death
Its red eye glows
It takes me beyond

04. The Thing From The Black Reef

We live in a town near northern ocean where sailors and their tales
A dark past shadows its dead end streets
They hold the secrets of a hundred years

The father raised the thing from the black reef

Our town would die without the religion
That came from beyond the seas
A mystic cult brought luck for the fishers
...those under brotherhood's will

The father raised the thing from the black reef
And it wants your soul!

Hundred years ago they left the safe of shore
And under blood red moon they sailed into their doom
Mist came from sea hiding evil being
It sunk their feeble boats
And plant its seed so old

Children were born with strange mutated forms
They built a mystic dome to worship frog-like gods
And night after night the streets are filled with fright
They sing their evil chants in temple of the damned

Please, God help us!

When the clouds are gone you still may see it
A shadow on the surface creeps
Attracting the gulls with its fumes of decay
It spreads over town its plague

The father raised the thing from the black reef
And it wants your soul!

05. Bring Forth The Accused

Gather 'round, I have tale to tell you
There's a traitor within our flock
She has practiced the rites of the devil
And his mark is upon her soul

I watched; a dark man walked with her
At the shore when the moon was full
Wolves came and they sang their sad songs
And spilled blood for the evil troll

Bring forth the accused and tie her
Gag her up so we won't hear the screams
Set the fires to cleanse her spirit
Purify her soul

Death bell will toll at the break of dawn!

She walks where the sun won't light
Drawn by the howls of the beasts
And her thoughts they belong to the night
Wandering in the feasts of hell

She stands accused of summoning forces
Not meant to be summoned at all
Her deeds set a curse over this earth
Open gates for Satan to walk upon

Bring forth the accused and tie her
Gag her up so we won't hear the screams
Set the fires to cleanse her spirit
Purify her soul

Death bell will toll
At the break of dawn
And in the valley of darkness
Forever she'll roam...

06. The Serpent Coven

Have you seen the gleaming of an unknown star
In the evening hour as the eye of god
It will show to believers
For them it calls
Who give dark offerings - sacrifice their blood

Great day is coming and the old return
And when they gather this world will burn
They'll take us back home beyond black space
We'll breed with masters the supreme space race

Death will come with the blast of fire
Called by the sons of serpent god
Portal leads us through a black spiral
Following the sons of serpent god

Their sign's drawn upon you
And the cold voice calls
Under nuclear hammer
The corrupt race falls
Then the ships land proudly from the blood red sky
Just take this pill now and with us you'll fly!

Death will come with the blast of fire
Called by the sons of serpent god
Portal leads us through a black spiral
Following the sons of serpent god