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Dirge
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Freeborn behold through mist thick and cold
Holding last breath i lay.
Call thou from afar, lit by algid stars
Amid nowherelands, doomed to die.
Lost and forlorn, we all die unknown
Praised by none, for good we all gone
Unbowed my head, here's our last stand
Come hither and lo, no one fled!
Bathed in blood, fallen wounded hard
This crimson soil our deathbed
Brought hither by doom, for fame left no room
No witness retelling our feats.
Neither song nor word of storming spear and sword
To sweaten blood - bitter defeat
Will be risen no stone for the fallen alone
Fallen from grace, still sing in death's face
So here we all stay, where ends our fate
Through death with no dismay, to the golden gate
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Heavy metal wings
Shining in the night
Every inch is prepared
For kamikaze flight
The machines are faster
And the bombs are worse
As we're all sucked into
This unholy curse
War is our destiny
There's a thousand armies
Dressed up with nowhere to go
All ready to dance
In the final show
These men aren't bad men
They're like you or me
The only thing that's different
Is their destiny
We both sign treaties
And they always die
Neither side can give us
A good reason why
They're always talking louder
And now we are too
Guess we both bit off
More than we could chew
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Through the jungle by the river Styx
I've journed long and far this day
Lurking shadows in the parapets
Will never make me turn away
Darkened city veiled in crimson mist
Entombed in time without decay
Never thought it would be like this
It feels like I'm living inside a dream
But my mind tells me I'm
Lost in Necropolis, lost in Necropolis
Lost in Necropolis, lost in Necropolis
Now I know what it's like to be
Inside the city of the dead
All I think of is breaking free
From all the spells chained to my head
Sword and axe are my destiny
I watch the stars turning blood red
There is light yes I've got to believe
For this feels like living inside a dream
I know now that I am
Lost in Necropolis, lost in Necropolis
Lost in Necropolis, lost in Necropolis
I have seen your cities burning
I have felt your daughters yearning
For the peace before the tides of war
I have witnessed funeral pyres
Burning bright with man's desire
I will fight the demon horde forever more
The world is full of mysteries
That men have never seen before
Magik lives in all dynasties
The light of love shines ever more
In the crypt of Atlantean Kings
I found what I was looking for
Magik Trident of Volusia's Sea
I know it's like living inside a dream
But don't you ever get
Lost in Necropolis, lost in Necropolis
Lost in Necropolis, lost in Necropolis
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Vendel Moscow, Russia
formed in 2015 in Moscow, Russia
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