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To Dwell in Darkness

by Praetorian

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I am the sun that never rose And brought darkness to all The death of humankind An imminent threat to all Bow down before me For you shall worship and suffer Bow down before me For you shall serve and wither The bringer of doom But you will hold me up high Until I've cut off your arms And drunk your blood dry My black wings cast you down to the nothingness from which you came Let the false hope lead your way Searching for all that should have been For you die another worthless slave For I live, live on forever To haunt and rot until You die laying in your bed I await the war!
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Black suns, red earths Eastern winds become western rains Lost in the light, but found in darkness Only variations of death exist Each god unsatisfied with their own Even more with the others Stubbornness defeats us all Unwilling to change, but wanting to progress Contradictions of defiance "Curse you all," they scream "Observe and obey!" Disciples becoming immortals Immortals becoming suicidal Suicidals becoming icons You gave me a world of lies In return I hand you a world of pain. Gods trading their own creations but always receive the same. Silent with fire, creation of doom I lack the pity for all of you fools. I steal all of their creations Just to hear the gods cry And the people laugh Holding them in the palm of my hand And fire in the other I set them all ablaze Laugh now humans, See what happens to you now The symphony of gods crying The melody of people screaming "But why," I ask,"Why?" "Why care if all they die? They challenged your authority." The gods stared blankly dumbfounded Thinking as to why. Why the sorrow towards their subjects "We thought we could correct them" How wrong they were Stubbornness defeats us all
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"Enter with cruelty in mind. Take it out on the failure inside." Says the entrance to the foyer Splendor soiled within Run from the Sun With no correspondence in mind Say farewell to thee Heroes of might and valor Murals of binges and orgies across the walls Frequent deviant debauchery Including kings and whores alike And slaves in coitus with queens War be far too not Life until be done Guarding the sun too bright Bring unto me done Veiled in black But still ablaze, Luminous thoughts still adrift For the queen turned empty Abandoned in the corner Her holes turned to play Chained to the pillars of sin Her crown turned to dust Passed out from wine and smoke A large branding on her lower back Covered in spit and seed, Will there be daylight no more? Murals of binges and orgies across the walls Frequent deviant debauchery Including kings and whores alike And slaves in coitus with queens
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Fallacy 08:11
Fallacy, false beliefs instilled within our heads Killing, murder this is how we're bred. Dark clouds rise above the hills Death storms rolling in Born to die for the empire The dead rise again Fallacy! End our lives today Death's head rising tall Our rotting corpse decay Sickness entombed within out thoughts Slay the innocent, give you hell to pay Fallacy! Dead arise, Call towards the lines Die for the empire, satanic storm demise. Incinerate the enemy, for their fallacy beliefs Crucify the lights, there shall never be peace We fight for honor, Driven by vengeance With steel on our swords Blood on our minds, we rise We will not die We shall destory All those who live We shall arise Fight towards the end Crucify the fallacy Fight till death, dream quietly When we awake we shall slay the enemy No mercy shall come To this swine Christian blood shall be spilled Death shall come with this storm Into the night, we shall prevail We will not die We shall destory All those who live Crucify the Fallacy
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Slain 08:24
Submerged in purpose, existence burned a hole in my head A crazed image becomes apparent and sustains itself behind closed eyes All thoughts are the same skewed belief, a longing for what’s out of reach Obsessing over nothing, all questions point in the same direction No sedative can keep me from pushing myself into darkness My vision is blurring, I’m losing what was once concrete The moment is clear in sight, there’s nothing left to lose, no one left to save How can I stay sane When I’m losing time? My intent is unclear I cannot stay here Submerged in emptiness, I have dug a hole for me in the ground The absence of light is clearer than ever, the moment is almost in the palm of my hand How can I believe What I have covered up? I know what I must do The time is almost here I am slipping into a state of loss through the corner of my mind on which you left your stain. I cannot pull myself out of what I have involuntarily dwelled upon. My skull is broken, and the only medication I can use to keep from ripping myself to pieces with my bare hands is you. I’m trying, but I’m failing. I’m losing, and I’m falling. My dying words hold no penance. I am slain in your name…

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released June 16, 2010

Rohit Gupta - lead vocals
Max Jacob - lead, rhythm, and acoustic guitar
Andrew Lachs - lead, rhythm, and acoustic guitar
Eddie Carrella - bass guitar
Mike Pascale - drums, percussion
Dana Lengel - keyboards, piano, synth

Music by Praetorian

Lyrics by Rohit Gupta, except "Fallacy" by Frank Torre and "Slain" by Max Jacob

Produced, mixed, mastered, and engineered by Anthony Lopardo and Ray Marte at Killingsworth Recording Co., May-June 2010

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