Act 2 Sc. 5: The Message Lyrics


[Emperor Primos:]

No matter what I do

This craving never seems to fade

Death made me envy him

The aching wore my patience thin

I thrive on my rage

The hours seemed days as I thought:

“Yes... Death is a Godsend,

For power sooths my pain...”

[Diegu:]

You can’t say you’re healing

It’s ought to feel nice... pretty good

To see all those beneath you

Blaming their God – instead of you

Primos you’ve been fooled

You’re Death’s recruit – merely a tool

He promised you a cure

To fix the void inside your soul...

Alas... this isn’t so

Your mind has been tricked by the serpent’s tongue

You’ve merely become what he’d seen in you: a pawn of Death

[Emperor Primos:]

You think I’m so naive?

No, Death won’t trick me!

But why do I feel strange?

I seem to hesitate

A voice inside my head

Why won’t it leave me be?

I feel... I know...

[Diegu:]

Primos you’ve been fooled

You’re Death’s recruit – merely a tool

He promised you a cure

To fix the void inside (fix the void inside)

To fix the void inside your soul...

A heart corrupted by evil

[Emperor Primos:]

I can’t let go...

It’s like I’m not in control

[Diegu:]

Believe... you have the strength to break free...

[Emperor Primos:]

I’m ashamed of what I became throughout these years

[Diegu:]

Know this: there is no fate but what we make for ourselves

All can change when the mind is the heart

Be one in body and soul

Go back – to the moment you chose your dark ways

Go back and relive all those moments of fear

Relinquish yourself from the chains of the past

And you’ll/I’ll be freed from Death

[Death:]

Primos, don’t you dare betray me

Diegu tells you nothing lies

Think of the man I have let you become

I gave you life – through me you’ve survived

I gave you all – when nothing was left but dust

I was the one who offered you a chance to see it all anew

I gave you might beyond compare

I will avenge myself – I swear

[Diegu:]

Oh, it has been a burden to carry

[Emperor Primos:]

I will learn... to med the future I shattered

[Diegu:]

What lies ahead...

Where do you wish to begin?

[Emperor Primos:]

Lead the way, I wish to speak to Aveline