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Nancy

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1.
Ashley's Theme 03:57
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Hmm VOICE 1" “How shall I be found?” you ask yourself curiously wandering through the wooded night, lulled by the melody that echoes through the mouths of leafless trees. “Torn viciously by nocturnals? A starved corpse illuminated by starlight? Or worse?” You find the sculptures you’ve been admiring are the frames of lost children, disfigured and figured as paper dolls, your footsteps have disappeared. The path has been swallowed. VOICE 2: The Mother of the Forest had been watching you from underneath the creeping moss of a nearby trunk, tongue clicking but otherwise completely still. The crunching of leaves is a sure sign of untainted life, attracted to her eternal lullaby. “Shall I have another child today?” She smiles, illuminating several crooked sharp teeth. “We are hungry.” The witch’s fingers, icicles upon your skin Loud she cackles as she pulls you closer in “I have granted…” “I have granted…” Underneath her shawl, a ribcage of dead wood In her embrace, you’re impaled where you once stood “I have granted…” “I have granted…” The nocturnals all sing in chorus The song of this forest “Come to me, my children, and sing sweetly to me” You lay there tattered, a gift from their mother Never to be discovered “Awaken now, my child, and hear my melody”
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Summoner Of Ghouls 04:13
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Life-taking mist emits from the ancient grimoire A shroud of death surrounds him as he treads the floor Approaching the cursed area to call them forth Spirits from Phantom’s Maw, beings of living gore Wind blows with a violent fervor It chants, “Dare you go no further” Plants bloom to defy their nature Awaiting the nomenclature Open tome, dark words are spoken Orbs will glow on staffs of oak when Dead trees grow, the seal is broken “Come, I summon thee” Ah Afterworld evil, hear my call Dagger-born people, take it all Born of the mountain mist and blessed in falling rain The magic followed him through smooth and rough terrain The vessel of the flesh that feeds with its decay Disciple of the path, a destiny retained Sword in hand, the veins are opened Land aglow, a crimson ocean Magic flows through his devotion “Come, I summon thee” As his life fades he feels them In the blackened dirt “Your sacrifice will be rewarded, precious follower” The wizard’s purpose now attained The summoned ghouls begin their reign “Come, I summon thee”
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Mummified In Moss 03:57
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Rise, my beauty from your resting place Out from the darkest depths of hell And return to kill again Here on the land where mortals dwell Decades of decomposition decorate your sordid gaze Eyes glowing in the haze Chanting psalms of the arcane Seek revenge On all who would ascend Render them Eternally condemned Whoa oh oh Princess of a land non-living finalized in frost Priestess of the lifeless bodies mummified in moss And lust for blood reverberates throughout this haunted swamp Necromancer, gain from all the life that must be lost Arise her servants from your sullen graves And feed the soil human blood They scream in agony ‘til their lungs fill up with mud Corpses crawl across the kingdom to satisfy her vile feast Goddess of heresy Bleed them unto me as Death fills the sky Her lips curl up like the legs of a freshly dead arachnid All life shall die The dead destroy the villages and feed off all the fragments
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The Crooners Of Lake Askett 03:57
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There are faces in the lake There are voices in the cemetery Calling me to be together Following my sleep forever Calling me There’s the one that makes me shake There are legs inside the dead black cherry tree That swim and flee together Following my sleep forever Calling me I can hear you croon Melodies as enchanting as your open eyes Only heard amplified under the moon Oh, it’s killing me tonight Hearts will call My body crawls I’ve heard and now must see You are absolutely the sweetest thing to me Songs enthrall when night does fall So solemnly I sing You are absolutely the sweetest thing to me There’s a tongue as black as ice Wrapping over me with warm devotion Singing to me, “be my only, Harmonize with me so closely” Follow me Swollen lips as blue as eyes Knotted hair that binds my every motion Out of breath, my words are muffled Take me please, I will not struggle Swallow me I’ll be with you soon Creeping closer to do my part in our duet The fog will disappear and so will you Oh it’s killing me tonight I was discovered the next morning, a pair of lungs inside a black jacket and blue jeans. A crowd eventually surrounded the lake, appalled and struck with horror Hands covering mouths they all cried out, “What has she done to him?” You’re the sweetest thing to me
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Love Monster 03:27
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I’m not what I seem to be You’ve heard me howl alongside the ocean But October, last October I transformed once again I’m a love monster Love monster oh oh oh Baby, just give me a chance I loved you at first glance It was just last Halloween We kissed goodbye here under the moonlight And in your letters, in your letters You told me that I was yours forever Do you remember? You remember? See who I truly am I’m a love monster Love monster oh oh oh Oh I am neither man nor beast So our love lives when we’re deceased I’m a love monster Love monster oh oh oh I can be so warm and sweet You don’t have to trick-or-treat Baby, you don’t need to be lonely Some of my friends are fleshy and some are bony And some are living dead, but in our hearts there’s something I will keep you safe if you join in my pack Your kind heart never to be under attack My heart howls for you, my moon, my chosen pumpkin And in this weather, in this weather I’ll keep you warm in my arms forever In November and in December I’m still who I am today I’m a love monster Love monster oh oh oh With wolf-like form and teeth I’m as loyal as can be I’m a love monster Love monster oh oh oh With a coffin for a bed Now listen to me shred (Let’s GO!) (Get in this with me, Dracula) (That's what I'm Talkin' about, let's shred) WOO! (Sing it with me, ghosts) I’m not what I seem to be I’m only scary on the outside While it still is Halloween Will you be my scary bride?
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The Mammoth Tree 03:10
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The changing colors of the leaves Awakens something deep in me (I linger slowly until footsteps snap me out from my sweet daydream) The winds that blow to cloak my form They chill my body ‘til I’m warm (The sight of the undead awakens magic streams) How I miss you in the autumn I miss you every day How it hurts to feel the forgotten Who only long to stay The sword that cuts through flesh and marrow That cuts through everything To divide the ghosts from soul To save all the mortal The one who strikes me like an arrow Pierces my heart Yet alone I steadfast fight Alone I spend each night Bodies cover the snow It seems this time there are thousands Calmly yet determined I follow To protect my family, the mountains How I miss you in the winter I miss you every night As the body begins to wither I pray they let me die If I should Perish parrying armies Would you still remember me? I think of the nights in the mammoth tree It keeps my soul at ease I fought for peace for all here on the peak But with you gone there’s none for me I have failed my most precious task, my charge The goddess still lives, my scourge The time has passed for remorse For the one who’s taken you, my beauty Who took my everything Mercilessly I slaughter A gorgeous massacre She eyes me smiling, and lunges An action I return And as we clash, a flash of blood Is that you, my love?
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In The Forest Of The Gnome 04:10
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Wandering through the forest Only two feet high The proud gnome stands tall Only two feet high Drifting toward adventure Gently treading by The kind woods guide him Through darkened skies We look to you A child of darkness who brightened our view We feel your warmth A mother comes to you from out in the North Fear not, beloved gnome As foliage grew, so did his beard Learning from the woodland dwellers all through his years Taking to heart what he’d hear “Life is your story” flying fox said “Companions are your life,” confided the wolf twins “Your story is your own“ spoke the stag I shall be what I must become Gentle and ruthless, nature’s manifestation The sacred forest’s guardian Ursa Major said, “I want you, I need you, I feel you” “I love you, I miss you, I feel you” Beloved creatures, fear not We will feed the soil with the hunters’ rot They’ll feel the death that they brought In the shape of a mother bear An age of serenity follows him everywhere The savior of the woodland prayers
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Vintra, Eyeless Wolf 05:56
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UGHHHHHH Left to die A young girl trudges Blood beneath her nails Flesh between her fangs UH Vintra, seen by the few chosen You grant the child sympathy A touch so comforting and frozen A song endearing and serene How winter dresses somber nights How spirits follow you My eyeless queen of the moonlight They’ve gathered at your tune A ritual to unify A human with her inner beast Now every plant and creature chants The demon’s rites bequeathed I journeyed through the embers That burned in every soul Preparing to drown me in terror infernal The hatred would follow I yearned just for a home Exiled to the forest to die amongst the cold I stand now in the presence Of ghosts arboreal Their words, so kind and soothing, I submit to their call Inside, it asks for freedom This time I do not fight Releasing my true self, a wolf descends into the night A pleasure unknown To run and leap amongst the snow It was fear that they plagued me with And fear shall be the last thing that they know She returns to her village now To satiate a lifetime’s hunger Devoured ruthlessly A village, prey to her dark anger Not one survivor left the carnage The blood of the white wolf runs through her Her bloody vengeance now accomplished She howls the song learned from her savior
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Is It Still Alive? 05:44
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Inexpensive lullaby That left our sands dissatisfied But blessed the hands that once designed The animal that slithers slime And now it sleeps beneath the bog The creature feeding from the fog Adorned in mud and graced in blood The realm of the eternal slug Oh ancient one I long to smell your words once more Sensations come I recollect the shattered lore To find the shadow of the gastrogod Disguised in an ethereal mirage The haze shifts colors Yet still I wonder Is it still alive? I once came to you As a dreaming boy Now I come a red-eyed dreaming man In this tome of hellish poems Written by goblins, ghouls, and gnomes A fable of a being known To suspend life while knowledge grows The mystic snail has not been shown Created by the boggy pond Asleep for eras, ages gone Manifest now in my vision Oh ancient one Devourer of unclean souls I lay alone Glacially you approach my throne Ground dressed in bones Demons gnaw the remaining flesh Numbers of stone Gone mad from decades of unrest OH Now the air does separate A mollusk perforates The swirling grounded haze My majesty awaits A droning humming hymn My longing heart gives in My withered mouth a grin A joyous peace within The snail approaches A pace so slow, it Vibrates to cloak me in its grace I sink into a shell In peaceful slumber
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Return To Me, Toads 07:20
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Cavern of crystallizing ice, My domain sings in echoes Caressing slitted eyes The tales that I have memorized Etched in the frost-layered wall The stories I devise Forsaken to a den to hide A creature of great pride Of magic mystified Ohhhh, power misunderstood The realm’s greatest beauty folds her wings for good Countless, the funerals she’s painted In the name of her loved ones, to rescue them from death “Cold, you’re my only home” “My only friends, the sunken toads” Cursed to remain untold “Return to me, oh holy toads” The sanctuary sobs in silence Her power growing still The hatred dulled by sadness A lifetime to fulfill A natural luminescence glows from every scale The target of the heartless, greedy, and the pale Cursed never to be home “Return to me, my precious toads” Because I live they bait me with my gentle friends The bastards fuel my rage with dead amphibians Emerge The skies never looked so beautiful Gracefully, a being glides on through “Come, I shall be your home” “My body and my magic, infinitely strong” “They cannot pierce my dragon bones” “Return to me, my precious toads”

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released June 13, 2017

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