Tuesday, 24 April 2012: Valkyrie (Testimony of Apocalypse)...

Frank — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:29:52 GMT

I had a bit of time this evening, so I put it to use writing lyrics to another song for the soundtrack to one of my novels. It turned out to be a tad bit longer than any of the others, but that's why they're called epics, I suppose. Let me know what you think.

Valkyrie (Testimony of Apocalypse)

Echoing, whispered voices repeating

(Beware of false prophets who only desire to steal your soul

Promising salvation, the expiation of sin, in return for only a drop of blood)

I used to live my life so focused and undaunted

But then dreams turned to nightmares I never wanted

And now instead of pleasant memories, I’m haunted

Standing on the edge of heaven

Within arm’s length of an angel’s heart

Standing on the edge of heaven

Now just watch as it all falls apart

It’s a testimony of Apocalypse

With vengeance rising

In a testimony of Apocalypse

The truth is lying

Ruling with a red scepter

Your throne is your sepulcher

Wearing cataclysm as a crown

We feast upon the fighting

And split the sky with lightning

As crimson wisdom is reigning down

And who is this vision before me

Valkyrie

Welcoming me to eternity

Valkyrie

My world is peaceful when my eyes close and I’m dreaming

But then dreams turn to nightmares and I’m chased by demons

I break darkness and silence when I awake screaming

Standing on the edge of darkness

Feeling the brush of an angel’s wings

Standing on the edge of darkness

Now just hear the demon as it sings

It’s a testimony of Apocalypse

With vengeance rising

In a testimony of Apocalypse

The truth is lying

Wasting away in defeat

Victory is incomplete

Baptized in a lake of our own tears

Battlefields decorated

Memories desecrated

A holocaust wrought from our own fears

And who is this vision before me

Valkyrie

Welcoming me to eternity

Valkyrie

A prophet for profit

Savior or liar

On your knees

I shall be your new Messiah

Abandoned in agony

Until

(Until)

Your soul screams out for mercy

As it lays shattered and naked

Fallen on the battlefield

And still

(And still)

You wait for them to appear

Take no solace in the sacred

A prophet for profit

Do I conspire?

On your knees

I shall be your new Messiah

And who is this vision before me

Valkyrie

Welcoming me to eternity

Valkyrie

(crash of thunder into rolling thunder)

From across the barren wasteland

You can hear the thunder roar

The battle is Armageddon

Unleash the machines of war

(sound of wind)

It’s a testimony of Apocalypse

With vengeance rising

In a testimony of Apocalypse

The truth is lying

Valkyrie

It’s a testimony of Apocalypse

With vengeance rising

In a testimony of Apocalypse

The truth is lying

Valkyrie

Whispering voices echoed

(The paradox awaits

at the bottom of the abyss

The dichotomy controls your fate

A game of damnation and we play for eternity)

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