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Fall by anointed edge

Trusted haft at ready

Forged in faith enduring

Relic of dogma lost

As the cycle begins

With brother amber-clad

Once more into the horde

All mercy forsworn

This righteous endeavor

Twin starlings

Aegis in moonlight

Ungodly, now severed

Catharsis in brittle melody

Through these murky waters wade

Struggle to surface

Draw breath on blessed day

In shackles succumb

Dear darling of hazy visage

To arms of hope return

Salvage the genuine

By song to awaken true

Tear them all out

Cut them all down

Deliverance an option foregone

Effigy blackened sundered and lost

For a moment, clarity frail

Remnants subsumed and carnage prevails