Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
You can find this song on my bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/masks-ep
Or on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/4iMRqbiRu5Y9FwNYWVC0q1?si=VZLu15J6T4ywa9hOpHzxnQ
Let's rewind a bit, shall we? "The Red Hood" is a track from last year's "Masks" release, and since it never got a proper video done I figure now is the time! The song is about Slave Knight Gael from The Ringed City DLC of Dark Souls 3. From his own perspective, it details his struggles to reach the end of the world in search for power and purpose. In the game, he's really no different than the player... But he found the Dark Soul first.
Instrumental version:
youtube.com/watch?v=wcnHeMnSJEY
For background music and tools for remixing, the instrumentals, vocal stems, and MIDIs of this entire EP is available for free!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/masks-the-instrumentals
You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
discord.gg/GXHT6f
Lyrics:
When once, long ago
I was worn down and abused
The strongest took the spoils
And then we fell at their shoes
But now they are gone
And my sanity's kept by my chains
So I bear them both in faith and hate
For family and all that remains
Fight, to ignite
Not for gods nor the coming of night
If I'm the last of the men to fall
Then this warrior's growing in might
For fear and for love
And survival when push comes to shove
The red hood is coming to take you home
The bearer of soul and of light
Old kings will fade
When the last of the light's fading too
The castles long have fallen
And the paintings faded blue
So here now you stand
We are human yet both something new
The last prize has been taken
Now the red hood faces you
Here in the ashes
Balanced and whole
I endlessly hunger
For power of soul
At the end of all the ages
In the last of my crusades
You're the red hood's last contender
And the first one unafraid
I'm regretful to have hurt you
But this world's blood must be spilled
I'll return home as a monster
From the bad dream that I've killed
You can find this song on my bandcamp:
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/masks-ep
Or on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/4iMRqbiRu5Y9FwNYWVC0q1?si=VZLu15J6T4ywa9hOpHzxnQ
Let's rewind a bit, shall we? "The Red Hood" is a track from last year's "Masks" release, and since it never got a proper video done I figure now is the time! The song is about Slave Knight Gael from The Ringed City DLC of Dark Souls 3. From his own perspective, it details his struggles to reach the end of the world in search for power and purpose. In the game, he's really no different than the player... But he found the Dark Soul first.
Instrumental version:
youtube.com/watch?v=wcnHeMnSJEY
For background music and tools for remixing, the instrumentals, vocal stems, and MIDIs of this entire EP is available for free!
soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/masks-the-instrumentals
You can also join the Aviators Music community on discord for updates and feedback:
discord.gg/GXHT6f
Lyrics:
When once, long ago
I was worn down and abused
The strongest took the spoils
And then we fell at their shoes
But now they are gone
And my sanity's kept by my chains
So I bear them both in faith and hate
For family and all that remains
Fight, to ignite
Not for gods nor the coming of night
If I'm the last of the men to fall
Then this warrior's growing in might
For fear and for love
And survival when push comes to shove
The red hood is coming to take you home
The bearer of soul and of light
Old kings will fade
When the last of the light's fading too
The castles long have fallen
And the paintings faded blue
So here now you stand
We are human yet both something new
The last prize has been taken
Now the red hood faces you
Here in the ashes
Balanced and whole
I endlessly hunger
For power of soul
At the end of all the ages
In the last of my crusades
You're the red hood's last contender
And the first one unafraid
I'm regretful to have hurt you
But this world's blood must be spilled
I'll return home as a monster
From the bad dream that I've killed
![Aviators - Bonfire (A Rest) [Dark Souls Song | Acoustic Ballad]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z62dRpotAIY/mqdefault.jpg "Aviators - Bonfire (A Rest) [Dark Souls Song | Acoustic Ballad]
You can download this song on bandcamp:
https://soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/bonfire-a-rest
Or Listen on Spotify!
https://open.spotify.com/track/6AK78XEXgrl3FNYYTek2yf?si=a3cd35f50a2249dc
This album is also available on many other services!
https://fanlink.to/modernmythology
For remixes, covers, or anything of that sort, you can find the instrumental versions with vocal stems and MIDI notation right here:
https://soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/modern-mythology-the-instrumentals
The artwork was created by the ever-talented @ABluSkittle !
https://www.twitch.tv/abluskittle
https://www.deviantart.com/abluskittle
Here we are together, at the end of an era. With Bonfire (A Rest) hailing as my final Dark Souls song, it felt appropriate to pay tribute to the serene melancholy of gathering around a flame and resting while bumping into other travelers of the same need. Somewhere along the way, it turned into a ballad of friendship and comradery, much like an end-of-the-year holiday gathering among old acquaintances. I suppose this is about as seasonal as a Dark Souls song could be! Ive even gone and edited in a little extra holiday cheer.
Thank you all for being here with me on my journey through these transitory lands.
Lyrics:
I felt my bones shiver
Across rifts of time
I saw ghosts in the mist
And their faces like mine
And I looked to the footsteps
And gazed on a sign
That said call my name
Ill join in the fight
Broken and withered
We will rise again
My brothers and sisters
In death we are friends
Incandescent together
A slow fading light
The efforts cascading
Our time is tonight
Fractured and feeble
Ordinary people
Putting resolve to the test
Nobody chose to be risen
But new life is given
When we light a bonfire to rest
Old friends and rivals
We sit by the flame
To share in the moment
Before we can claim
Our own destinys purpose
In each of our homes
Weve all got our battles
But no ones alone
Nameless and searching
The light keeps us warm
In need and in danger
It guides through the storm
As we share in a question
Will we meet again
To sing by the embers
And brace for the end
Fractured and feeble
Ordinary people
Putting resolve to the test
Nobody chose to be risen
But new life is given
When we light a bonfire to rest
Undying forever
Through war and dark weather
Binding to search for a light
Some lit by grace or by embers
Were searching together
Starved for that break from the fight
Swords losing sharpness
To angels and darkness
These soldiers push on through the mire
Now were all faced with the ending
The burn before mending
A vision to let there be fire
Fractured and feeble
Ordinary people
Putting resolve to the test
Nobody chose to be risen
But new life is given
When we light a bonfire to rest")
