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The Ranger 06:42
V1 Born in the northlands the blood of a king light in the dark times, new hope he will bring raised in the cleft hidden valley he learned the wisdom of those who had first walked the earth at twenty years past his high bloodline revealed the Evenstar's mortal fate soon to be sealed into the wild there the gray one he finds flame from the west come to save mankind C1 To the south the man with ancient blood goes to bring hope and fulfill ancient dead oaths the ranger, true king, where the old white tree grows no more a stranger striding through the shadows V2 A guardian of those destined to bear the ring a tracker through wildlands from shadows he springs a sage with the white one chase snakes from the throne a warrior defending the fortress of stone a captain commanding the fleet of the dead a healer then mending the blood that was shed a leader at black gates preparing to die a king with the Evenstar by his side C2 To the west the ancient children will go a new age dawns and belongs to the hero the ranger crowned king where the new white tree grows no more a stranger striding through the shadows
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Samhain 08:25
V1 We dine tonight with the other side the end of harvest when days grow darker beneath the moonlight the dead will rise to pierce the veil in this ghostly autumn C Druids they dance in the night with souls of those they sacrificed with maidens they burned at the pyre the pagans all dance round the fire V2 So pour the ale and drink the wine consume the spirits and they'll consume you a bounty paid to sustain their lives death pays for life on the ghostly altar
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Elia 05:57
V1 Well I've come from the land of the sun for revenge in the lions den and I'm here and justice my spear to collide with the mountain that rides C Elia! Elia! A brother's revenge for my sister I avenge to swallow the mountain in the sands Elia! Elia! My serpent's kiss can't change a tragedy like this it's here where justice takes its final stand V2 If I fail and the mountain prevails two men die both condemned by their pride So I'll fight with the wrong for the right for the son/sun until justice is done
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Banners 09:07
V1 Pushed back inside the outpost high on the shores under foreign skies with starvation nigh their banners fly as they choose how they shall die they gear their men for one last stand reinforcements are nowhere in sight raise your sword and claim your reward on the battlefield tonight C1 For their banners they are fighting they are falling for the legend for their children to grow strong V2 Through the night the hopeless fight rages on through the smoke and the flames the blood runs cold through the young and the old and the bold die to honor their names the horizon bleeds as the dawn it feeds on the blood-drenched fields of war those that remain their spirits wane pushed back to the edge of the shore C2 For their banners they are striving they are dying for the glory of their kingdom for their honor B Lay your head by the riverbed, where waters run red lay your head by the riverbed, where waters run red take my last words and bear them on the wind across the shore to my kin I see the sunrise for the last time and if I die alone, I'll dream of home On the horizon I see a banner AS A SHIP COMES SAILING IN On the sunrise I see a banner AS A SHIP COMES SAILING IN Through the fog I see the banners AS THE SHIPS COME SAILING IN The men around me start to cry THAT THE SHIPS COME SAILING IN We find the will to stand for one last time AS THE SHIPS COME SAILING IN And line up together side-by-side AS THE SHIPS COME SAILING IN On the horizon I see the banners AS THE FLEET COMES SAILING IN!
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V1 The cold wind rattles the trees the limbs shake free from the snow the lakes and the rivers will freeze two ravens aloft in the sky start to crow lovers forsaken and brother betrayed and the anchor of mischief lets loose from its chains the wolf will chase down and devour the sun the world tree will wither and all hopes undone we fall, we're torn to the call, of the horn we rise, we'll fight beneath skies, eternal night C Last stand for the world of man on this day when the earth stopped turning three years in a winter cold but it melts as our souls and our world is burning V2 The wolf and the serpent arise the queen of the dead will ascend but here on the plains we will die but not before they meet their end the earth will be charred and the seas will run red where once grew the trees now a garden of dead and the bridge of the heavens is forever gone and never again will our world see a dawn our swords, our shields our blood on the field great pain, great death we take our last breath
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Interstellar 13:20
V1 Looking to the stars and living in the dirt dreaming my life away it's time to leave the earth V2 floating through the stars I left my world behind galactic pioneer transcending space and time C I follow fate to the fifth dimension through the wormhole to find redemption to face extinction or find salvation through earth's ascension or re-creation V3 falling through the stars and fading into black a celestial sacrifice I'm never coming back...

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released March 26, 2021

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