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Condemned

Yet before I cast the befouled

Contents of my mind across the wall

I wish to unburden my soul

That fateful eve we found ourselves in the shadow of an ivory cathedral

Compelled to behold the ghastly grave of a ghoul

And extract an artifact

In an effort to quell life’s ceaseless ennui

We have descended into depravity

The abhorrent art of grave robbery

Crack the lid, apex of our endeavor

Round the neck of this corpse lay our treasure

And when I seized the jade amulet it began

Echoing through the graveborn mists as if calling from the abyss

Distant baying - Colossal entity hellbent on slaying

And the foreboding gaze of an unnaturally well preserved corpse

A haunting presence of chilling malevolence shattered our solitude night after night

Baleful shades, creeping moonlight, and that accursed growl

I had an inkling that we were jointly going mad

Until the beast reared its loathsome head

[Solo: M. Pugh]

Bloodcurdling screams shook me from sleep

Shreds of my mangled partner littered the streets

The assailant flashed demonic eyes and bayed as it took to the sky

No doubt the same fate would befall me

Lest I somehow break the curse

Once again in the shadow of that Ivory cathedral

Crack the lid, Unveiling the vile thing caked with fresh blood

And shreds of flesh

I cast inside the cursed jade amulet

[Solo: M. Low]

Startled awake by the whirring wings and

Torturous baying of that horrific thing

A swift demise is the only mercy this world has left to offer

Before I find myself betwixt those cursed teeth

With this revolver, I embrace my fate and choose to obliviate