INTO THE MOAT LYRICS

1. Century II

[Instrumental]

2. Empty Shell

We shall dred the forthcoming
Every second sears me
As my anticipation drips, stepping back to where it started
Grasping my first weapon
As a protector, wearing my armor
Swollen with pride, having the initiative
Without insight, training will be an aid
And debriefing ensues
Intelligence will serve us well
But nothing could ever truly prepare
This is what we dred
Strategy ripped from my mind in cold blood
Replaced with mere survival
What have I become?
But I have not yet begun to fight
And I will not be deterred

3. Dead Before I Stray

End me, but I am righteous
Scrutinize my right alone I honor
I am eternal, send my closet rivals
I am omnipotent, send you greatest Spartan
I suffer, but my strength grows
I plummet, but my dread lessens
Hatred is not infectious to all
Where are you sightless
I walk sharp, I am the breath in the storm
I am your conclusion

4. Guardian

Walk ways with me
Forget your sight and follow my hand
Across all seas, through all straits
Until I've failed you
How many heads
How many must I take?
An utter dismay
Through the unbearable
More will be done than holes to be filled
Rank the wine, swallowed the flight drowned in the finest of flesh
And you are still here, forget your fears
Follow me, return to me now
A defender with determination
Seek me

5. The Inexorable

Awaken into sin
The gods of old would consume with the fires of the south and the winds of the north
Shake your fist and stare onward
None will cultivate that which is
Show me doom and greet death with malice
End has no meaning, deathless is my way
Grow immune to weakness
That to give is no longer my place
That, to take
Have it all
Don't decline my deeds
I lose only at my own hand
Attempts to aptness fall from their place
For virtue and ambition are one but not the same

6. Fortitudine

Only now I perceive
Strong is temptation, will I flow with the tides?
Or will I carve my words in stone?
The way ahead, unreachable
Will I let that be?
Live in aimless bliss or never live at all
Will I stand hard against the perilous winds?
I will not wake to regret
I will strive and do so among the mighty
Together we will stand as lions
With no need other than victory
We are prodigious
When fares are faced some would run
Not I
Because I have steel in my fist and brother at my side

7. Beyond Treachery

Of the arsenal of weapons on this earth, you choose betrayal
Chip away as I fall crumbling inside
With all that I muster I wish you the worst
Unlike yourself, I cannot be so cruel
I retaliate in a simple manner
Murder is the way I complete my deed and there will be no resolutions
My revenge is all but merciful
With a rusted blade by my side you will pray for your future
I watch you burn in flames thicker than armies
This is my wrath
This is my disease of the arsenal you chose this, you ask why
My sheath beckons, fare well...

8. None Shall Pass

Like lions they carry me
They tear and cut my down, have I wronged? Betrayed?
Or done violence without cause?
If my path is narrow, they sharpen my blade and strength my shield
With all it can endure
So that I may take up my deadly weapon and devour my enemies
He that brings me challenge shall fail
Practice deception and think of evil, but my sword cuts deep
Leave this place where moths and rust destroy and remove yourself from my way

9. Prologue To The Campaign

Prepare these hands for war, these eyes for blackness, and this heart to seep away
All that is suffered, all that is lost
List compared, your sorrow I thirst
Your misery I fail
For I devise the absolute design
Where the fearless reign
Where strength and valor control
This will be war of all wards and it's merely the beginning
This is call to arms...







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