The Golden King of the Forest Lyrics

by IA

Azatua

Climb down from the trees

Azatua

Rid us of disease

The sickness grows strong in this one

Its roots reaching deep beneath the feet of our souls

Vines penetrating the core of the bones

Drones in the head in unbearable tones

But where does it stem from

Where is this rotting spirit pest from

Have you been cursed by the visions of the night

Given a blight by a witch of evil might

Curse her who conceived with the northern wind!

Deep in the forest there lives a spirit

Which holds the power to heal any wound

Out of the burrow, the womb of the mother, I ask you to rise!

And bring your brother, the fiery brother from the black hut of Tuoni

To swallow the fire, to blaze away the evil!

I have the claw of a bear

Gaze that has set ablaze the fears of a thousand men

Roar louder than a thunderstorm

Sworn to dispel the demonborn

I tear and rend, I rip and wrench

I evulse and wrest, I expulse the pest

A writhing mass of spiritual chaos in these hands

Fangs of the fire, vaporize the bane!

Praised be the name of AZA -TUA!

You will never flee alive!

Curse her who conceived with the northern wind!

Far from the depths of the well hidden tracks

I must fetch the stolen fragment of soul

Guide me shadows of the great spirit in these trails of the dead!

And thus the raven speaks:

"Down, deep, you must dive beneath

You must rise through the twilight

And reach behind the skyline of your mind"

Know that the end of the world as you know it

Is but an edge of another one

Only those who've left all behind

Can cross the line

Now follow the sun!

Down, down, down, down, down, down, down, down...

Through the smallest of holes until a cold shiver runs up and down the spine

Beyond the gates of burning light, past the long road bristling with knives

And when you reach the roots of time as dead be disguised

'Cos in order to cross the dark waters one can not show any signs of life

A second of this air

A lifetime of constant despair

Unnatural footmarks on the ground

Uncanny howling of hounds

An old woman approaches me

But I'm halted by the spirit guides

"Never reveal your real name

Under strange chthonian skies"

Pulsating drowsiness calling me

To rest in the bed of burning steam

Sinking down into the streams

Of the everlasting dreams

A conspicuous being among the dead

Clinging onto the last drip of consciousness

I inhale what I've come for

And slither towards the light

A blow of life

Reborn in white

Yet darkness throws

A shade on the soul