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There's a Witch Among Us
03:43
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There’s a witch, a witch among us
There’s a witch, a witch among us
There’s a witch, a witch among us
A witch!
Illusions and fears are getting far too real
Vision deflections
Suspicious, too cautious, skeptical and nervous
Walls of my reality stretched, darkened, soon to be opened
Someone mad invading my whole mind
Overthrown by hysteria
Weird brujería, every step of the way
I’m getting closer to realizing
There’s a witch among us
Hands pressed against the hourglass
Black mass taking over
Getting all the more serious
There’s a witch among us
I’m... Becoming...
A puppet of the dark arts
And the master is hiding in the shadows
In plain sight
The hunt is on
Grab your torches
Hide your fears
Light the fire!
Raise the torch!
The evil is here!
Be aware!
Illusions and fears are getting far too real
Vision deflections
Suspicious, too cautious, skeptical and nervous
Walls of my reality stretched, darkened, soon to be opened
Heart turning black, burning!
Overthrown by hysteria
Weird brujería, every step of the way
I’m getting closer to realizing
There’s a witch among us
Hands pressed against the hourglass
Black mass taking over
Getting all the more serious
There’s a witch among us
Overpowered by one
One with the power
To make us suffer, but why?
Should I give in? Should I let go? I’ve lost the fight
Here comes the night
There’s a witch, a witch among us
There’s a witch, a witch among us
There’s a witch, a witch among us
A witch!
There’s a witch, a witch among us
There’s a witch, a witch among us
A witch, witch!
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2. |
My Dearest Fiend
03:07
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Never meant to be here when I woke up
Cold shivers and fear as I choke up
Six shooter and a trigger, urge grows greater
I’m next in line
Found myself calling
Devil hanging around my neck
Staring into my eyes
Bound to cosmos
Reason for a treason to close my eyes
(close your eyes...)
Ravens flying, whispering
Close your eyes forever
You promised to be there at the end
I was lying down, my dearest friend
You promised to be there at the end
My dearest fiend
You promised to be there at the end
Misunderstood, unglorified sadness
Mystified by a broken heart darkness
Six shooter and a trigger, urge grows greater
I’m next in line
Found myself calling
Devil hanging around my neck
Piercing through my heart
You promised to be there at the end
I was lying down, my dearest friend
You promised to be there at the end
My dearest fiend
Never thought what I really hoped to find
And I never gave up, never closed my eyes
Watching and waiting for my heart to appear
Just to let it go, in the end
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3. |
La Magra
04:29
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The hunt goes on and on and I cannot but feel the grief
The price is out there but I dwell in disbelief
This sickening solstice kills my inner warlike peace
But the oath abides me, the witch commands me
My memory, my misery, my remedy
Allani maailma, sen veri ja varjot
My memory, my misery, my remedy
Allani maailma, sen veri ja varjot
Listen when I speak, you’re the undead
I’ll never greet you again
I’m at the end again and the end is a getaway from the rain
You cannot follow me, for you are here to stay
Spread the word of an ancient way
Osiris, Osiris, take this blood as yours
Queen Isis, hent-Aset, greet me as your own
In the end
My memory, my misery, my remedy
Allani maailma, sen veri ja varjot
My memory, my misery, my remedy
Allani maailma, sen veri ja varjot
Promises of a better end, shattering
I am to be on the other side, other side
My memory, my misery, my remedy
Allani maailma, sen veri ja varjot
My memory, my misery, my remedy
Allani maailma, sen veri ja varjot
Allani maailma, sen veri ja varjot
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4. |
Rat Shaman
04:00
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At the dawn of the angry and the cold
In the woods of the north
Light a fire that the wind will fold
Preaching in old tongues
Premonitions of the great unknown
Mad visions I don’t wanna be shown
Too much to figure out
And the sun is going down
Petrified by the taste of fear this cold ground shoves in me
No guiding light in the dark but what I’m after, I know is there
The one who knows
The one who heals
Is the one who drowns
Beyond all the seas
Amongst the stars, sleeping
The one, the one who knows
What I see is not what there is
Trees singing their song while I...
Bleed on the rocks with mold in my lungs
Don’t hold your breath I’m told
Someone lives here near, I’m sure
Old and wise, formless, obscured
Could it be the one that I found?
The one I sought
Reality clouding, the path is right so clearly
And if I can’t find the one, I’ll fight and run, but sincerely
The darkness is too deadly
The one who knows
The one who heals
Is the one who drowns
Beyond all the seas
Amongst the stars, sleeping
The one, the one who knows
Rise! Ancient might, primal, lachrymose dark light
Be my guide! My god!
The one who knows
The one who heals
Is the one who drowns
Beyond all the seas
Amongst the stars
Becoming the end, the endless void
For he is the one who knows
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5. |
Serpent Icon
04:21
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Endless cycle, shredding skin
Fangs drip poison, ready to sin
Cadaver risen, horn crown, true immortal
Ishtar gate, I am the snake
Bel Marduk I serve and present
Eastern kingdom, mother of all whores
Mušḫuššu
Serpent’s black blood, black blood in me
Serpent’s black blood, black hood over me
I see through the eyes of my god!
Eons pass, lurking in grass, minds full of hate and fear
Ouroboros, all is one, the whole world under the mighty dragon
Jörmungandr
Innocence fading, bewitched by vermin to open the gates
Serpent’s black blood, black blood in me
Serpent’s black blood, black hood over me
Till the end of my time
IA Ra! The path is clear
Walk towards the dead, no fear
Slithering king, father vermin
Yig, Ayi’ig, Yidhra
Serpent’s black blood
Serpent’s black blood
Serpent’s black blood
Serpent cult across the worl
Dance for me as the night starts to burn
Serpent’s black blood, black blood in me
Serpent’s black blood, black hood over me
Till the end of my time
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6. |
The Messenger
04:31
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Suicide nation, all desperation falls on a one man’s army
Easy to deliver the word of forever, which I hold
You’re bold I know but the powers I hold don’t ask permission
Just decisions to make when I’ve sent my regards
You, you and you
I’ve read my word
Your last sentence
How do you take it?
I’m just a messenger, my words are hollow
I’m not here for your reliance, but your sorrow
I’m just a messenger
My eyes reflect your repentance, your endless sorrow
Repent as I did, as I felt their ruling beneath my skin
I was reborn, darkly deformed, thrown on dead cold marigold
Sentenced to eons, dusk till dawns, I was spawn to keep an eye on
For the signs of sorrow
I’m a demigod now
You, you and you
I’ve read my word
Your last sentence...
I’m just a messenger, my words are hollow
I’m not here for your reliance, but your sorrow
I’m just a messenger
My eyes reflect your repentance, and your horrors
Your disbelief, hypocrisy, and all ends in silence
I am just a messenger of your endless sorrow
I’m just a messenger, my words are hollow
I’m not here for your reliance, but your sorrow
I’m just a messenger
I’m just a messenger
And your horrors
Your disbelief, hypocrisy, and all ends in silence
I am just a messenger of your endless sorrow
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7. |
Red Luna Ceremony
03:51
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Feuds aside, the time is for waltz of bats and cadavers
In the deepest forest the circles formalize
Under the stars aligned we chant and praise
The red moon is here
Dance!
Open up all graves and dance!
Dancing on unmarked graves
Rite of passage in the sky
It’s up to us to balance the forces of nature
Perform rites as is said by the children of the serpent mother
In harmony
Ceremonia rubrae lunae
Dance!
Open up all graves and dance!
Dancing on unmarked graves
Rite of passage in the sky
Necromantic prestige!
Spells sang in the key of death
To fathom all life
The day and night unite, pitch dark and bright
Necromantic prestige unleashed!
And it’s a beast
Now sense the dark and slay all the light
Necromantic prestige unleashed!
Feuds aside, the time is for waltz of bats and cadavers
In the deepest forest the circles formalize
Under the stars aligned we chant and praise
The red moon is here
Dance!
Open up all graves and dance!
Dancing on unmarked graves
Rite of passage in the sky
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8. |
Silver Horns
04:20
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You can feel it in the midnight air, cold calling like a piercing stare
Despair, in its silence, true violence
Your body and soul attack each other
You’re ripped apart, torn, and smothered
You’re taken away from this dimension to evolve
In the unknown one
The stars are fading, shining no more
Shapes of black are all you see
You want scream but your empty hollow voice is dead and shallow
As the air around you
Wings of steel, eyes of ice, you will kneel
Silver horns, cold obsidian skin reflects your void
You’ve become one, flying through the air
Wings slashing like a longsword pair
No prayers, just prey
Ways of the old occult are laws for your new armour and soul
Black as coal
Visions of future you will see, your mind is set
Ready to rule, ready reign all
Wings of steel, eyes of ice, you will kneel
Silver horns, cold obsidian skin reflects your void
Nightmares turning to life wherever I bleed, and I breed
No more lonely or weak, scared of the dark, I am the dark
Master of all shapes and shadows and the weak, and the weak
I am your god
Wings of steel, eyes of ice, you will kneel
Silver horns, cold obsidian skin reflects your void
Silver horns
Silver horns
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9. |
Arcane Magicae
05:14
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Mind is open to receive the viperish visions
Calling for the underworld
Oh! Oh, I see!
Souls are burned in black flames of hell as I open my white eyes
Possessed by the old gods
No more I see the world I live in, I see the other side
I so long felt inside me
Something is burning the spirits inside me
I can taste the smoke, soon I will see the fire
See the fire!
I have seen your end
(I see all)
I have seen your end and it’s glorious
I’ve been there and back
(I see all)
I’ve been there and back and it’s mysterious
Mind is open to receive the viperish visions
Calling for the underworld
Oh! Oh, I see!
The end is the death of all the silence and light
Which used to guide you through the universe
Knowledge and guilt harness me as I walk through all the grief
Which are to make the world burn
I have seen your end
(I see all)
I have seen your end and it’s glorious
I’ve been there and back
(I see all)
I’ve been there and back and it’s mysterious
I have seen your end
(I see all)
I have seen your end and it’s glorious
I’ve been there and back
(I see all)
I’ve been there and back and it’s mysterious
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Torchia Tampere, Finland
The Finnish Melodeath Necromancers
Torchia are:
Nox
Ville Riitamaa
Henri Heikkinen
Eetu Tingander
Ville Virtanen
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