In keeping with Dreams of the Deep's cosmic horror theme, "Summon The Choir" is a tale from the world of Bloodborne, recounting Master Willem and his troupe's discovery and use of the Old Blood that would bring unknowable power and begin The Nightmare. In his youth and foolishness he felt himself unstoppable, only to find his mind trapped forever in madness. Remixes of Dreams of the Deep will be coming soon on "Hymns of the Dark - EP" releasing September 17th!
Thanks to @ABluSkittle for another incredible art piece!
Lyrics: Here we're frenzied by the illusion We're dying for a transfusion A cure to kill the virus in our midst
This city needs a savior Healed by the church's favor Experimental taste of moonlight's bliss
First blood From cosmic wonders A dark flood Of power from under Congregate and we begin the recovery Praise be The gods have fallen Fear me And heal the rotten Summon the choir for we've made a discovery
Now the surgery is complete And mortality is defeated The needles grant the power in our veins
Brought by the holy hunters Old ones and dreams of thunder A sacrifice within the flames
Though the treatments take their toll I've changed the human soul This is power beyond control Sing for newly granted eyes And dreams now realized For the righteous and divine
In keeping with Dreams of the Deep's cosmic horror theme, "Summon The Choir" is a tale from the world of Bloodborne, recounting Master Willem and his troupe's discovery and use of the Old Blood that would bring unknowable power and begin The Nightmare. In his youth and foolishness he felt himself unstoppable, only to find his mind trapped forever in madness. Remixes of Dreams of the Deep will be coming soon on "Hymns of the Dark - EP" releasing September 17th!
Thanks to @ABluSkittle for another incredible art piece!
Lyrics: Here we're frenzied by the illusion We're dying for a transfusion A cure to kill the virus in our midst
This city needs a savior Healed by the church's favor Experimental taste of moonlight's bliss
First blood From cosmic wonders A dark flood Of power from under Congregate and we begin the recovery Praise be The gods have fallen Fear me And heal the rotten Summon the choir for we've made a discovery
Now the surgery is complete And mortality is defeated The needles grant the power in our veins
Brought by the holy hunters Old ones and dreams of thunder A sacrifice within the flames
Spotify and others should be live in a couple days!
I'm pleased to be back with even more Halloween music, in fact a whole EP of it! "Scarlet Vow" tells the story of a village girl who escaped a sentence to be burned at the stake, only to return to that town the very next October to pass a judgement of her own.
Scared off all the townsmen with a question as to why We must avoid the night and say a prayer before we die "There's structure in tradition" cried the minister with rage While burning every book that carries magic on the page Said you'd set her right with god and tried to teach her how Told her be a good girl well she's stronger than you now Casting off the shackles to reject her given name The one who burns the witches always ends up in the flame
Lock your doors She's coming back even out the score Vengeful spirits do her dark commands In the devil's hands Now the fire's in her breath Scarlet vow Taken by the girl who you cast out You're not the only one with chants to sing Or a prayer to bring But her patron saint is death
In the night there's howling but there's silence from the pack The cold wind carries something that alludes to an attack She's here to light the matches with a new enchanted form Taking her own action so the victim is reborn Holding out their crosses at the edges of the town Believed your faith protected but she's here to burn you down Pray your final whispers and reflect upon your guilt The monster you created will end everything you've built
Lock your doors She's coming back even out the score Vengeful spirits do her dark commands In the devil's hands Now the fire's in her breath Scarlet vow Taken by the girl who you cast out You're not the only one with chants to sing Or a prayer to bring But her patron saint is death
Took a while to get this first single out, but hopefully it was worth it! I've been working on a little Halloween project this year titled "The Twist At The End - EP" releasing next Friday the 28th of October! Soon I'll be providing you with even more spooky tunes to keep you in the season's spirit. First off, "Trick Me" is a fun tango about being asked to dance with a mischievous and powerful witch who has come out on Halloween night to play a few tricks.
This track was beautifully mastered by Fishpaste2100.
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Lyrics:
Betwixt the carnival angels You rose from a strange hell And entered the stage Took souls wherever your eyes met But you've not begun yet The true masquerade I've never seen an enigma such as you Took my heart with a spell and now I'm doomed Stuck in trance with a wicked force exhumed
Fearless dancer Veiled in dark Paraded by your mystery With no answer I'm bewitched You've got the moves to trick me
Like an omen of the end times The devil's own part time Cursed paramour What could one want with a lowlife Brought close to the hot knife Deep in the obscure I've never seen an enigma such as you Took my heart with a spell and now I'm doomed Stuck in trance with a wicked force exhumed
Fearless dancer Veiled in dark Paraded by your mystery With no answer I'm bewitched You've got the moves to trick me
You took a risk for me I'll solve your mystery You've made the watchers in the background fade away Surround me with your thorns Show me unholy scorn Up from a standstill to a hedonist buffet I don't think you scare me In this place So are you gonna dare me Kick the pace Up to a fevered tempo To embrace The magic as we let go For a deathblow
After all this time, we're back in the familiar territory of the Bleeding Sun story. Functioning as a spiritual successor and distant prequel to Godhunter, "My Church" takes a look at the rise of a charming southern cult leader who starts with a small following and slowly corrupts and entrances them with promises of salvation in the end times. Obsessed with his visions of the future and dreams of ruling the ashes after a coming war, no cost is too great to build The Elder's promised congregation.
The artwork is a beautiful piece by @ABluSkittle
For this song, I had the pleasure of working with OVER 100 fans and friends who lent their voices to the chorus of this song and gave it a unique oomph. If you'd like to be part of the next song we all do together, check out the Discord server!
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Lyrics: Wild fire calls me to the madness that I seek We've seen bold things that our storied hearts will keep Who am I to deny the ascension of man When I alone could bring it on with my healing hands Don't mourn what's left in the burning states behind You've come this far if you've opened up your mind To a new rebirther So take it one step further
Where the rivers meet the coming red tide I got miracles for those on my side In the willows I built my steeple My spirit, my church, my people Newfound faith that's vested in me Now our bloody hands will heal the unclean In the wastes I raise my steeple My spirit, my church, my people
Some say we're doomed in the heart of our belief Death stilled their lips and maintained the peace we keep Now I've seen in a dream that I'm destined for a throne Once I've conquered the cage of this flesh and bone Accept what's kept in reaches of your soul Cut off your will and leave the guilt you hold Give it all to the rebirther Let's take it one step further
Where the rivers meet the coming red tide I got miracles for those on my side In the willows I built my steeple My spirit, my church, my people Newfound faith that's vested in me Now our bloody hands will heal the unclean In the wastes I raise my steeple My spirit, my church, my people
My church, yeah My steeple My church, yeah My people
No, I've come too far To give up on faith When it's all my own creation Bow down, face to the floor I can heal you soon When you've blurred your mind's foundation
It's too late for the rest now But it's never too late for you I'll share the truth The end will come and take us And the sun will bleed us dry My church renewed As promised soon
Where the rivers meet the coming red tide I got miracles for those on my side In the willows I built my steeple My spirit, my church, my people Newfound faith that's vested in me Now our bloody hands will heal the unclean In the wastes I raise my steeple My spirit, my church, my people
Wow, if there's ever been an exception to the rule that video game adaptations have to be terrible, it's Arcane. This show has perhaps become my favorite of all time, and I was greatly inspired to write a song about Jinx and her charmingly edgy state of mind. This show also inspired me to play the game, but that's a story for another time. Mistakes were made.
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Lyrics: I think I've lost my way A long vacation Like a rat that holds the plague The infestation We all got bloody hands While playing blackjack You live a life on chance You get your payback
I need a little help sometimes to listen to myself From someone else I can't believe I came so far surviving in this shame Am I to blame? I'm not, shut up, shut up
Welcome to the freak show Thought the odds were equal Roulette in my head keeps rolling on Let the bloody streets flow Nothing holds a candle To the rapid fire of my own gun Maybe psycho Push me and you might go Over in a blaze of arcane blue Stop me if I ramble I'll come take a gamble for you 'Cause you need a little bad luck baby
A new ghost in the house The city's haunted I never crossed the line But I like feeling wanted Foundations wash away The pain I tasted Now you'll love the game we play But your luck is wasted
I need a little hurt sometimes to keep me who I am To give a damn I came back with my shattered soul to find a better way Now who's to say Now who's to say
Welcome to the freak show Thought the odds were equal Roulette in my head keeps rolling on Let the bloody streets flow Nothing holds a candle To the rapid fire of my own gun Maybe psycho Push me and you might go Over in a blaze of arcane blue Stop me if I ramble I'll come take a gamble for you 'Cause you need a little bad luck baby
I need a little help sometimes to listen to myself From someone else From someone else I couldn't find the words to say I miss you more than peace So save me please Come save me please You taught me how to hate the world itself, well lucky me But am I free? Now am I free?
So welcome to the freak show Thought the odds were equal Roulette in my head keeps rolling on Let the bloody streets flow Nothing holds a candle To the rapid fire of my own gun Maybe psycho Push me and you might go Over in a blaze of arcane blue Stop me if I ramble I'll come take a gamble for you 'Cause you need a little bad luck babyAviators - Painkiller (Helluva Boss Song | Synth Rock)Aviators2022-06-16 | (EXPLICIT LANGUAGE)
I've been wanting to make a song about Helluva Boss for a while now, and doing an album about monsters seemed like as good an excuse as any. The biggest reason though is that it's currently one of my favorite shows of all time, and I simply can't get enough. One of my favorite dynamics in the dysfunctional world of the show is the afterlife marriage of Millie and Moxxie, which inspired this particular song. It ponders Moxxie's perspective as a clumsy and conflicted demon, appreciating his deadly partner in sin.
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Thanks to @Vivziepop for creating this charming thrill of a show!
And also to @ABluSkittle for the incredible artwork.
Lyrics:
I deserve to be here But no one could deserve you You're an intervention A hallucination of truth When I need a fix-up I feel you in my veins You're the spark I needed To start a whole new flame
Straight into my heart I am blown apart Like a bullet to my brain You tear the world away and When it goes to shit I can take a hit 'Cause you're here keeping me sane A spirit like a storm With you I'm reborn At the bottom of the chain It starts to look like heaven Cut and bleed me dry Take another life You're the killer of my pain
Ripped apart by something Inside me left from those days Walking with the earthbound I'd rather be in your gaze You're the one elixir Laced with the sickness I need And I'm gonna take you When my affliction bleeds
Straight into my heart I am blown apart Like a bullet to my brain You tear the world away and When it goes to shit I can take a hit 'Cause you're here keeping me sane A spirit like a storm With you I'm reborn At the bottom of the chain It starts to look like heaven Cut and bleed me dry Take another life You're the killer of my pain
Risking life I will never let go Never let go And while you're kicking ass I'll be there kicking too Through the blood and strife We will do what we know Do what we know Like a rose's thorns On your hellbound horns My thriller Painkiller I'll let you in to cure me Even if it's gonna hurt me
Straight into my heart I am blown apart Like a bullet to my brain You tear the world away and When it goes to shit I can take a hit 'Cause you're here keeping me sane A spirit like a storm With you I'm reborn At the bottom of the chain It starts to look like heaven Cut and bleed me dry Take another life You're the killer of my painAviators - Teeth (Beastars Song | Synth Pop)Aviators2022-05-20 | (EXPLICIT LANGAUGE)
Now available on Modern Mythology. Find this song on the platform of your choice! fanlink.to/modernmythology
This latest album gave me a chance to do some new things, so I got decided to try a funky synthpop style when I found some inspiration while watching Beastars. The song is a struggle of desire for Legoshi the wolf, who lives in a civil society experiencing the local dating scene while also hiding his instinctual carnivorous desires. The lyrics ended up a bit, uh, explicit, so fair warning.
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Can't stop to think about it Slave to the brain I doubted Feels like a struggle in my tortured body Seized up I stop and stammer Make me forget my manners But I've got warning if you think you want me You smack the sense out of me Redder than dirty money I'm not a monster but you make me wonder Put in a blaze of fury Eyes kind of getting blurry Making me want to roar like thunder
Maybe it's the moonlight Mixed with carnal insight Violent but it feels right You make me come unsheathed Like I'm a weapon Born and bred to threaten 'Cause when it feels like heaven I wanna bare my teeth
I can't escape the feeling Your eyes just left me reeling Lonely and gentle like I just might hurt you Wrapped in all mixed emotions Done going through the motions Who gives a fuck if we could let my claws loose Cinematic thrills of dating We'll get a hard R rating Done up and fancy for a horror showdown Too much love too inhibit Hungry like nature's own exhibit You wondered often but you'll know now
Maybe it's the moonlight Mixed with carnal insight Violent but it feels right You make me come unsheathed Like I'm a weapon Born and bred to threaten 'Cause when it feels like heaven I wanna bare my teeth
You put my head in the zone So come on throw me a bone Say you can take it Now can you take it Fucked in the head but I'm in here I know you're thrilled by the fear Here's our solution Natural solution The apex versus the prey My fangs don't get in the way But I can't promise I won't be too hasty We've got the time for it all You make it impossible To keep together when you look so tasty
Maybe it's the moonlight Mixed with carnal insight
Maybe it's the moonlight Mixed with carnal insight Violent but it feels right You make me come unsheathed Like I'm a weapon Born and bred to threaten 'Cause when it feels like heaven I wanna bare my teeth
You make me wanna show my teeth You make me wanna show my teethAviators - Into The Black (Berserk Song | Dark Alternative)Aviators2022-05-06 | Check out this song on my album Modern Mythology! fanlink.to/modernmythology
Finally, a chance to give tribute to the reluctant hero that started it all. Conflicted and cursed, the black swordsman laments the betrayal of Griffith, a newborn demigod who was once his loyal friend. On his journey into darkness he must choose between keeping his spirit intact and using his hate to fuel his strength.
Above all, this song is a love letter to Kentaro Miura. Without your world of dark fantasy and unique vision, most of my songs would never have come to be. Rest in peace.
Thanks to Fishpaste2100 for mastering this song and the entire album!
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Lyrics:
Walking the crossroads of hell on earth A devil's deal for a new rebirth I've given my all and day by day My soul still breaks I can remember crossing the line When ushered into a darker time Though we were in agony You left me in your wake
When I curse your name Can you see my face And do you taste my pain In this bloodstained place Forever on the attack I'm fighting into the black Without you Without you Will my scars reveal All the sins you chose And how betrayed I feel In my fractured bones For us there's no turning back I'm fighting into the black Without you Without you
Still hanging on for white hawk's fall When vengeance comes and I heed the call With every time I plunge the steel I'm seeing you You once had used my desire to kill Granted me hope with a quiet thrill I watched as you changed the world around me Cut in two
When I curse your name Can you see my face And do you taste my pain In this bloodstained place Forever on the attack I'm fighting into the black Without you Without you Will my scars reveal All the sins you chose And how betrayed I feel In my fractured bones For us there's no turning back I'm fighting into the black Without you Without you Without you
When I curse your name Can you see my face And do you taste my pain In this bloodstained place Forever on the attack I'm fighting into the black Without you Without you Will my scars reveal All the sins you chose And how betrayed I feel In my fractured bones For us there's no turning back I'm fighting into the black Without you Without you
I guess I gambled and lost when fate shuffled our decks Now that I suffer the wrath of your mad god complex As I follow the path where the darkness collects So much death, what for, what for, what for? Though I am losing control I can't give up the chase No time for mourning the loss of what hatred replaced There lies barely a soul behind my changing face I will break no more, no more, no more
When I curse your name Can you see my face And do you taste my pain In this bloodstained place Forever on the attack I'm fighting into the black Without you Without you Will my scars reveal All the sins you chose And how betrayed I feel In my fractured bones For us there's no turning back I'm fighting into the black Without you Without youAviators - We Rise (Elden Ring Song | Symphonic Rock)Aviators2022-04-08 | Check out this song on my album Modern Mythology! fanlink.to/modernmythology
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Wow, what a game. I've been waiting for Elden Ring for a long time, and not JUST so I could write songs about it... Yet it didn't disappoint in the slightest. The Soulsborne style of storytelling has inspired me once again, this time with a powerful anthem of perseverance in a world abandoned by divine will. More music will be coming soon, with this song appearing on Modern Mythology releasing May 6th!
(I'm still playing Elden Ring with the group password AVIATORS, join the group so I can see all your bloodstains everywhere!)
Mastering by Fishpaste2100
Lyrics:
To dawn We've gone Adrift with the resolve to carry on When the climb is steep And the days are long We rise All rise Our fight Burns bright From filth we ascend to the tree of life The lowly empowered in faith unite We rise All rise
So far We are The hope scattered among the fallen stars The last note played on an old guitar But we rise All rise With hearts Of thorns We're matched with the will of the royal born To stave off the fall of a house that's torn We rise All rise
We will die again Where the oceans end Over and over In the dragon's fire We will testify Shoulder to shoulder In the lands between Spirits sharp and clean Mused with a purpose Through the scarlet mist For the maidenless We rise unburdened again We rise again
We bled Instead Of giving ourselves to the void of death Accepting the power for a final breath We rise All rise To yearn And burn With frenzy and flame to the rights we've earned In face of the falsehoods and secrets learned We rise All rise
Though some of us won't make it back We're following into the black Unknown for a long lost throne We rise again Where others might look for escape These lights in the dark search for grace Once lost To a blood-soaked cause We will rise Through battlefields scarred by the gods We're striving no matter the odds When nothing can hold back the tide We rise, we rise, we rise All rise
Though graceless and exiled We're loyal the same Returning to roots through the Worst of our pain When kings rise against Have it writ on their grave The old gods were felled By a mortal unnamed
Happy Halloween! The holiday always seems especially important on this channel where so many of the songs bring in our favorite monsters, demons, and various supernatural happenings. In the case of "Haunting Kind of High", a story is told of a hopelessly addicted man that has tried every drug in search of a feeling he can't seem to find. In his desperation for further bliss, he begins to strike deals with demons to satiate himself with the power of their blood and soon the otherworldly forces in his veins consume him. Musically, this one treads in some weird territory, but it was a lot of fun!
Lyrics:
I've been feeling kind of down Feeling like I'm going to drown Guess I think I need a new fixation Need experimental eyes Just to feel the other side And experience a close sensation You know, this earthly world gets lonely I want a surreal trip to haunt me
We're all just searching for that lasting mental spark When it hits you know it sticks And then your soul has hit its mark Ascending from this plane to walk along the sky But you need the supernatural For that haunting kind of high
Delve a little in the deep Grab a piece of hell to keep Wanna creep into a new dimension Warm possession by the fire Now it gets my spirit higher And my mind embraces the connection
Fill my psychoactive mind Bullet proof and armor lined Make me stronger, hold me closer Make me shine Leave a whisper in my brain Take the pressure take the pain This nirvana makes me wanna Go insane Take my being out of bounds Show me what the dead have found I can feel the rush just behind me Make me feel a spectral love It's a wicked potent drug With it you could make my blood almighty
I need the haunting kind of high That makes me feel alive The haunting kind of high Like you're never gonna die The haunting kind of high The devils dropping by The mortal spirit's cry Like the fire in your eyesAviators - Zombie (Rock | The Cranberries Cover)Aviators2021-09-18 | Download this song and lots of awesome new stuff on my new remix EP, "Hymns of the Dark"! soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-of-the-dark-ep
I'm far from the first to cover this song, but I've always loved it so much and felt like I'd like to give it my own spin. Like "Holding Out For A Hero" on last year's remix release, I look this new remix EP as an excuse to take the challenge!
Check out the whole release for more, including remixes from some friends of mine!
Lyrics:
Another head hangs lowly Child is slowly taken And the violence, caused such silence Who are we mistaken? But you see, it's not me It's not my family In your head, in your head, they are fighting With their tanks, and their bombs And their bombs, and their guns In your head, in your head they are crying
In your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie What's in your head, in your head Zombie, zombie, zombie, oh
Another mother's breaking Heart is taking over When the violence causes silence We must be mistaken It's the same old theme Since nineteen-sixteen In your head, in your head, they're still fighting With their tanks, and their bombs And their bombs, and their guns In your head, in your head, they are dyingAviators - Wartorn (Crusader Kings Song | Celtic Punk)Aviators2021-07-24 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/wartorn
Back to finishing up the last album here before we get onto the remixes very soon! This song is a tribute to my love of Celtic rock and the epic adventures of my (failed) reign in Crusader Kings III. "Wartorn" tells the tale of a proud and mighty kingdom, that while small, raised an army so passionate they would sing of each victory before it was won.
The artwork is by the incredible @ABluSkittle !
Lyrics:
With strength like the Atlantic wind We ready for a storm The call to rise as champions Starts where our kingdom's born With iron on our battered skin And anger in our bones We'll die to serve this petty crown Protect this fragile throne
Set your eyes On the fire in the sky Seems the war is neverending 'Til the true king sits on high Our birthright Taken swiftly in the night We write history as immortals May our nation never die
Blood spilled on these clover fields Will run into the sea Where we will take the reaches back With brave camaraderie Though brethren low have fallen We have will to carry on To build up on the ashes of Old lies and broken bonds
We put our fear away We heal after the break And announce our victory We claim this land as ours We fight under the stars To embrace this destiny
What a weird game this one is, yet I found myself extremely immersed and dove in to Risk of Rain 2's hellish planet for dozens of hours. It doesn't have a traditional story to play through, but instead every time you die you're back to the start and your journey will never be the same. Along this repeating experience of death the world and its origin are carefully revealed, all while increasing the dread that survival is only for the moment. "We Evolve" was born of that desperation, and the thrilling feeling of staying alive against the impossible.
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Lyrics:
The noise has settled down Before the storm arises A never ending climb No road to run away We're scared to keep on fighting We're running out of time
Fractured skies and acid rain We are sent unknown Temples high in trails of pain For a moonlit throne
The hourglass avails So haste must beat temptation The dream we're living out Is not imagination Across a living tomb We fight wholly outnumbered To swiftly face our doom And face the cosmic thunder
Fractured skies and acid rain We are sent unknown Temples high in trails of pain For a moonlit throne
Take a look across the hordes If you don't trust me Our nightmares will evolve And so must we
The chemicals They settle in The atmosphere Breaches my skin And there is not one ally left alive This time, this time The planet's wrath A natural will Against the test Adapted skill When the odds overwhelm us we surviveAviators - Can You Hear It? (Lovecraft Song | Alternative Rock)Aviators2021-05-08 | Listen to this song on my new album, Dreams of the Deep! fanlink.to/DotD soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/can-you-hear-it
Thanks to @ABluSkittle for some of his most beautifully foreboding artwork yet!
Back to Dreams of the Deep for a moment before we move on to new content! There's a still a few I haven't shared on the channel yet and this one definitely needed the YouTube treatment. "Can You Hear It" describes a rather rapid onset of insanity from the faint scratches in the walls and the dark history of a new heir's ancestral home. Based heavily on H.P. Lovecraft's "The Rats in the Walls". (quick tip: all of his stories are available for free online thanks to expired copyrights)
Lyrics: Born of the darkness From granted eyes beyond Dreams of the deep mist They hide a scratching song There's a primal fear That death is near Writhing now in wait Am I past the veil Consciousness failing I hear a wicked fate
Can you hear it? Can you hear it? The tolls of madness ringing Do you fear it? Do you fear it? An ancient choir is singing All consuming Calling to me In a dream, it's a thorn I can't dig out Can't you hear it too? If you listen close now
Lulled to the madness I have seen what I can't know Glimpsed at a nightmare To fester and to grow In this empty home Of flesh and bone A presence left unseen Laying awake in bed My hollowed head will Call back through the dream
I feel it humming deep inside the walls The dark vibrations Whispered acts unspeakable, horrible, reachable, audible I'm pressured to awaken my own sight To generations Ancient ones malevolent, reckoning, pestilent, beckoningAviators - Black Roses (Rock Ballad)Aviators2021-03-04 | You can grab this song and the whole new album on the site of your choice by clicking here! fanlink.to/DotD
Black Roses is a weirdly anthemic song about death and the inevitability of the end for all things. For this track I had the help of nearly 70 fans singing on the chorus with me! A huge thanks goes out to them for lending an important sound to this song.
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Artwork by the incredible @ABluSkittle !
Lyrics:
Children joyful dancing in the sun With a blissful ignorance of what's to come When the guardsmen start to struggle And the barriers give way We're broken and we wither in the fray
We are husks Alive but barely breathing Sometimes we pull ourselves together But our efforts fade away We are dust Crumbling by the moment We try to push away the ending And black roses fall the same
Running off afraid of what's to come When you're facing down the barrel of the lawman's gun But the saints have learned the secret And the rebels know the same We're killing just to bury our remains
Preludes of every stanza End on repeating notes A tale of woe and sadness Chorus of silent throats We try and keep a memory Transcribing every line But when they turn to ashes We perish slaves to time Burned out on borrowed moments Used up like cigarettes We feel our time expiring But it's not over yet Each finds a meager purpose Though our cold grave awaits We face the morbid beauty Of our collective fate
We are flawed Chained to the laws of nature I guess we'll have to teach each other To leave legends to our names
We are husks Alive but barely breathing Sometimes we pull ourselves together But our efforts fade away We are dust Crumbling by the moment We try to push away the ending And black roses fall the sameAviators - Dreams of the Deep (Call of Cthulhu Song | NEW ALBUM)Aviators2021-02-19 | You can grab the new album on
At long last, and after a couple little delays, Dreams of the Deep is finished! The album takes inspiration from H.P. Lovecraft stories and many other sources, and puts it all together for a wild journey into madness. The title track itself is a tribute to "The Call of Cthulhu" and its surrounding mythos. The track embodies a slow discovery of a terrifying reality and coming doom, and the following journey by ship into the ocean to find answers.
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Artwork by the ever-talented @ABluSkittle !
Lyrics:
Enshrined By an ocean divine Waiting for the truth to come alive Before your own accursed eyes The call The end of it all Death lingers endlessly below Awaiting mankind's fall
It comes at last From ages past The madness below Beyond all that we know Will arise Nightmares foretold From days of old The secrets we keep And the dreams of the deep Realized
The end Of the sane world of men Now I question all that I have seen I this is a spectre or a dream Embraced By those with the taste For insight forgotten long ago Of futures laid to waste
And in the waves we wander Searching for our end Now our vessel's going under And an epitaph is penned With the sunken gateway opened Soon the sea reclaims And when the dark has spoken We will know its cursed nameAviators - To The Grave (Demons Souls Song | Symphonic Rock)Aviators2021-02-09 | Find this song on the platform of your choice: fanlink.to/DotD
What an adventure it was to go back to Demon's Souls after its community had dwindled so greatly and the servers were taken offline. The remake brought SO much life back into a universe I love, and I was inspired to write a song in tribute once again. This is also the second single from Dreams of the Deep, my new album coming soon on February 19th!
Artwork is by @ABluSkittle
Lyrics:
Deep in the mist I can feel something there A touch of the soul like the wind in your hair There's a light in the dark but it's just so far away While we storm heaven's gates And we heal our mistakes The fear could take us over But we heal in the light And we gather our might To find our spirit's closure
So we fall again We come together When the pieces fall apart They last forever With a prayer to fill our hearts And to keep us brave Our eternity A circle holding us between The threads of life This cursed reality Has doomed us with new purpose As spirits bound in service to the grave
Where some wander aimless and some quest for more In traces of kingdoms, the ruins of before We consider the cost And we're fighting to survive While we cross through the rift Our ethereal gift Will leave us shells no longer With the whispers in mind Of the demon inside We end our failures stronger
Something has eclipsed this land Covered by an unseen hand Suddenly in death we've found another kind of life Trodden under kings and queens We inherit greater means Power of the souls, now repurposed for our plight Demons from an ancient time Rise up from the filth and grime Soon we face the storm, but in numbers we stand strong Blessed with a kiss from the unholy light To get up when we miss and after we've died The battle will be ours, but the war is fighting on
So we rise again We stand together Like million lights aflame They burn forever With a song to guide us home And to keep us sane For eternity We're searching onward In the afterlife of Earth Our bones in ashes But we fight it all in wonder And we'll face it with each other to the graveAviators - Outside (Bloodborne Song | Gothic Rock)Aviators2021-01-19 | Find this song on the platform of your choice: fanlink.to/DotD
A hunter's work is never done.
Returning to the dark streets of Bloodborne, my new single "Outside" captures the tragic plight of Gilbert, the man in the window. Isolated in his room due to his sickness, he slowly feels his body transforming and his mind becoming weak. In his last days, a lone hunter arrives at his window to give him hope that maybe at last the nightmare will end.
This single comes from my upcoming album, "Dreams of the Deep" arriving on February 19th. More fantasy and sci-fi songs are on the way! The original teased release date for the album was December 2020, but that proved to be unreachable. Ignore the Bandcamp teaser (whoops)!
It is my own home's affliction Behind bars within a cage I've been marked the plague's possession And I've been locked in for days There's a ruckus in the streets Those I begged to stay inside Soon the noise gives way to silence For a moonlit lullaby Oh my mind, Oh my mind, Thoughts are fleeting all the time I feel bones begin to splinter As my fever starts to climb Who's to blame, Who's to blame For the blood that wrought this shame Now my ears have started ringing To a symphony of pain
My blood's contagion Brings transformation But all I want before the doom Is to see the streets outside this room Don't leave me waiting My lantern's fading And I won't be awake to see The monster that becomes of me Let me see the sky one last time Come home and take me outside
The new beast is isolation When I'm haunting my own home I feel my walls closing inward And my soul leaves me alone Here I struggle in the darkness To remember my own name I've caught glimpses through the window That the world is not the same Flesh and bone Hunger's grown Cries become an endless drone I fear soon I'll be the hunted Like the multitudes below Someone's there Someone's there Night is coming and I'm scared Starving wolves outside are howling And I join them in their prayer
Dark signs Flashing in my Cold mind Succumbing now with no time Left to cure the pain Pale and Clawing blindly Life still Clinging tightly But my own blood has been claimedAviators - The Man in the Chair (4EverfreeBrony Remix | Rock)Aviators2020-11-14 | Check out this remix and more on The Reimagined Future!
A HUGE thanks to @4everfreebrony for creating this mind-blowing remix that gives the original song completely new life. With those classic rock tones and solos, you just can't go wrong. Please go check out his channel, his own amazing music, and hopefully more remixes from him in the future!
Lyrics:
When you're crowded out by freedom's price And you take a shred of bad advice The system knows but you're kept underground When you can't afford a flight to Mars When you're never born to touch the stars The endless maze of concrete wears you down Can you theorize our better lives Where the grass is green on the other side We'd compromise and find a way to thrive If you're scared of being left behind Then you'd be so disturbed with dreams like mine The realization that our world's alive
Control comes cheap But nothing is fair They wake you from sleep But nobody's there You walk among sheep And that's why you're scared You'll never be the man in the chair
Take your medicine and swallow down All the bitterness that built this town Don't let him hear you start to criticize You know this array was rigged to fail When you fall apart then you can't bail To find a place of safety in the sky Light a signal flare and find a way Out of coerced androids on parade Assimilation comes or else we die When we worry still and break the rules Then our consciences will make us fools And you always end up the system's slave
When you are not enough to make it They've taken off and left you naked Like they did long ago to me But now I'm free They cut you out and tore the sutures Out of the cinematic future To shine with or without To silence doubt You know the shadows like I do We're driven by what we've been through And now we fall on the sword We'll never be the chosen kings We'll never know the finer things But we can open up the doorAviators - Slasher (Techno Cinema Remix | Dark Alternative)Aviators2020-10-31 | Happy Halloween everyone! I'm happy to announce to you that a new alternate version of this year's "The Cinematic Future" is available now! The Reimagined Future can be found on Bandcamp and is coming soon to Spotify and other platforms: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-reimagined-future
This track was on the original album but has been given new life by the incredible @TechnoCinemaMusic! As a spooky tale of murder and madness, I found it fitting for this most haunting of holidays. This version has extra cinematic flair and even more horror-inspired intensity than the original, which can be found here: youtube.com/watch?v=NW5ml2pHA2s
Lyrics:
Unearthed and trapped within the conflict The strings behind the scene Set to consume like selfish addicts The envy turns us green Our eyes shift up to one more face Out of place and Nightmares of murder and cold steel Become real
Knives out We're going down Just like a slasher It's a massacre Bloodstains On holy ground Here's your happy ever after
Starved out in dust to make a killing For shares that we won't see Our minds feel hate and flesh is willing We hurt what lies between One second passes and you're gone Our weapons drawn but Somehow these kills won't make us whole We've sold our souls
Alive for The weekend We're walled in To contend One could imply it's by design But nothing's left, I'm taking mine As nature rolls back time Destruction The horror To blame on The scorers They sit atop and watch the game Where no one wins and gets the claim 'Cause we all fall the sameAviators - Holding Out For A Hero (Synthwave | Bonnie Tyler Cover)Aviators2020-10-20 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/holding-out-for-a-hero-2
Oh man, I think I've wanted to cover this song as long as I've been making music. As a beautiful anthem of 80's cheese, I couldn't resist. This single is a new cover on the upcoming retro remix album "The Reimagined Future" coming very soon on October 30th!
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Lyrics:
Where have all the good men gone And where are all the Gods? Where's the streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds? Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed? Late at night I toss and I turn And I dream of what I need
I need a hero I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night He's gotta be strong And he's gotta be fast And he's gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light He's gotta be sure And it's gotta be soon And he's gotta be larger than life Larger than life
Somewhere after midnight In my wildest fantasy Somewhere just beyond my reach There's someone reaching back for me Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat It's gonna take a Superman to sweep me off my feet
I need a hero I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night He's gotta be strong And he's gotta be fast And he's gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light He's gotta be sure And it's gotta be soon And he's gotta be larger than life
Up where the mountains meet the Heavens above Out where the lightning splits the sea I could swear there is someone, somewhere Watching me Through the wind, and the chill, and the rain And the storm, and the flood I can feel his approach like a fire in my blood (Like a fire in my blood, like a fire in my blood) (Like a fire in my blood, like a fire in my oh, oh)
I need a hero I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night He's gotta be strong and he's gotta be fast And he's gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light He's gotta be sure And it's gotta be soon And he's gotta be larger than lifeAviators - Glow (Anthem Rock)Aviators2020-04-21 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/glow
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Harking back to the fighting spirit of albums like "Building Better Worlds", "Glow" brings a rebellious anthem of the people to a futuristic world of total authority and oppression. After all, at the end of peace and civilization itself, sometimes all that's left is to burn it to the ground and start anew. To enhance the camaraderie and unity of this track, I had over 55 fans join me in singing the chorus of the song! Thanks to each and every one of you who helped give this song the extra "punch" that it needed.
Watch as the sky Starts to ignite Inhale the passion of the flame Loosen the gears Wipe off your tears Turn to the players of the Greatest game The hall of fame We're facing our fears Two hundred years We have been waiting for the turn Trust and obey Emperors say But they forget that we Live and learn Our furies burn
Hold on We're building new foundations On whatever's left When we reject the nation Of hate In its vulnerable state When will they learn? False words, no cares When our world burns Light up And fight the fire with fire When all else has failed We fuel the blazes higher Tonight Set the system alight What do they know? Rise up and Make this city glow
Holding a match We're going to catch Up to the first place after all Never to miss Born to resist Against the cracks within Prison wall The firefall Cult of the style Spanning for miles Refuse to roll back to the reign Cut all the ties Suffocate lies Loosen the grip of all the Colder days Before the blaze
Arrange The swirling winds of change When life keeps getting stranger They've had their time now We will take the reigns
Arise March on with brand new eyes Take back their power To confuse The lives they've used A storm The future's getting warm So we'll keep burning What we built To show their guiltAviators - The Red Hood (Dark Souls Song | Symphonic Alternative)Aviators2020-04-05 | You can find this song on my bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/masks-ep
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.
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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 killedAviators - The Cinematic Future (Synth Rock)Aviators2020-03-18 | Get this song and the whole new album on:
"The Cinematic Future" is the title track of my latest album, bringing us to a grim but colorful world in the year 2220, where laws have failed and the world's last societies begin to collapse. Times are changing, and all that matters now is survival. This song presents a "last stand" and a necessary embrace of chaos in the future ahead. Artwork is by @ABluSkittle .
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Lyrics:
Brightly in a sea of light The spotlight of a neon life Is only shining for tonight To spread across our culture's blight Infected with envy And restless for a change of scene Keep your eyes on the screen
The storm has come And life will never be the same No rules or heroes The only savior is your name Fight the darkest nights The only story's what you write Trust the age of dust There's no more honor 'til you die
Welcome to The world that waits for you Where the first one to the dollar Is the last one left alive The bright divide Shining a spectrum wide Into the cinematic future Are you ready to survive?
Headstrong in a deadly race The righteous never make first place Pandora's opened unto us The towers slowly turn to dust New chaos roams these streets So human, and spreading like a flame At the end of the game
Set scene Welcome to the future's matinee No dreams While we sleep in the dark of our last days Don't breathe In the smoke when the ash will fill you Don't flee Take the hint and watch the preview No pain Now the hurt just keeps us sober One flame Burning out to push us over Mercy Not a trace so don't tread lightly None worthy Take your place and hold on tightlyAviators - Cities in the Distance (feat. Nirre) (Synth Rock | NEW ALBUM!)Aviators2020-03-06 | You can download this song on my new album, THE CINEMATIC FUTURE:
We're back! After 7 years since our last collaboration @Nirre and I have come to present another song, this time with a cyberpunk twist. Cities in the Distance is about hope in the confines of one of Earth's last cities, where life seems so bleak and unchanging. The song dreams of the cities some say lie outside the known places, where freedom lies and escape can be found. The whole album is full of similar cyberpunk goodness as well, and will be arriving along with this song to Spotify in 1-5 days or so.
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Lyrics:
The rain pours longer every night The neon glows a lullaby And it's haunted Haunted with our pride Corruption intertwined with greed Performing interchangeably But I wanted I wanted to be free A system of the absolutes Distract to keep the people mute And we'll all move along But somewhere it's a different show The re-ignition starts to glow Far away now They sing a brand new song
Now from the shadows I can see their light The lone stars shine On the world's last night Trapped in the veil I've only heard their cries The cities chanting Their last reprise
Subsections of an institute The work of bureaucratic brutes They're trying Trying to save face But citizens of darker times Have learned to question better lies While they're running Running out of space But maybe there's one last resort When our resources come up short A light on the horizon shines alone The cities in the distance live With sanctuary left to give Resistance soon ignites into a glow
Raise Your hands upwards in praise Not of the gods but rather The human cause undying The fear Has held us back for years We sold our hearts for nothing We wasted our own time At fault With eyes on you all They kept us scared and silent And desperate to survive The light Grows closer every night So we will sate our hunger And know the world revivedAviators - Sainthood and Sanctuary (Dark Alternative | Album Pre-Order)Aviators2020-02-29 | PRE-ORDER THE CINEMATIC FUTURE and get this song right away! soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/the-cinematic-future
Sainthood and Sanctuary is a sorrowful song of betrayal and the extreme measures one would take just for the promise of safety. In the year 2220, the song's narrator has given into the false promises of his city's ruling cult in the hopes of finding safety in their temple. Instead of salvation, he finds himself trapped and constantly spied upon as his desire for safety in righteousness leaves him alone once again. Musically, this one is a weird rock/acoustic/alternative fusion that ends up being kind of an experiment in strange 3/4 drum lines. It's dark, yet soft, and serves to hint towards the more unique styles to come in the rest of the album.
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Artwork by Michael Kirby Album Artwork by ABluSkittle
Safe from an early grave But death feels closer still When does the human soul cave To find itself a kill Promised a crown of glory Fought for an equal stand But fortune would never find me In this blood red land
Why have I given my heart I've fallen so far Because now the future scares me Why am I broken and small I'd sacrifice all For sainthood and sanctuary
I would give anything To know I'm not alone I'm tired of suffering When I once had a home
After I sought protection The saviors broke my bones Lost streets that I remember Now lie here alone Mantras of greater purpose End up left behind The faithful don't deserve this Desperate and blind
Fallen graces Familiar faces Never look like mine Rings of fire And holy water Never turn back time Why do I Have many questions Intel I can't find Still unsure of My mind's selection To trust my fallen kindAviators - Ghosts of our Fathers (Dark Alternative)Aviators2020-02-19 | THE CINEMATIC FUTURE - FULL ALBUM COMING MARCH 6th
It's almost time for a new album and that means I have a new single to share! "Ghosts of our Fathers" is about a young man entering the world with his narrowed view of tradition, lured increasingly towards the propaganda of a futuristic regime that hardly has his best interests at heart. The song urges him to reconsider the flaws and bias of the misinformed traditions he was raised with and the blind obedience of authority.
Stay tuned for more music to come soon!
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Lyrics:
Searching for direction Aimless and afraid You dread to see the future come And take your home away It's cold and unfamiliar An outmoded charade The hope of generations Tossed aside, betrayed
You've been waiting for the truth to come find you Are you speaking for yourself or your pain? Do you sleep in the silence to wane the passing shame? You are more than what your history made you Let the ghosts of our fathers pass on There's a new dawn to come when the past mistakes are gone And now they're gone
Raised by hate and anger Fueled with nation's pride The time of change is coming When the old beliefs have died Make your choice enlightened You can't trust the lies Don't choose their side of history Leave the old world far behind
And you feel misunderstood Not succeeding like you should But the game says you aren't strong enough Work hard enough You've been blaming friends you knew But we all are victims too Restricted by the ghosts of days Long passed awayAviators - Undying (Sekiro Song | Hard Rock)Aviators2019-12-03 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/undying
Man, fighting in Sekiro with no GUI is really difficult as it turns out. Still worth it! This is a song inspired by game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice and tells the story of impure immortality and a warrior that guards his master to the death and beyond. The game itself is a wonderfully immersive experience, and I highly recommend you play through its mysterious story!
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Lyrics:
Trapped in spirit to the earth Where shadows find their due rebirth My blade has fallen but rises new The final blow will still strike true A gift, a curse, but not my own A wish to guide this power home Through all the ghosts along the way I'll live to fight another day
Breath of the unyielding wind The dragon within Keeps the flesh alive To absolve my sin I'm the thief with a mark Redeemed by the Will of the undying spark The wolf in the dark
I am bound by monarch The thief with a mark The undying spark The wolf in the dark
Land of conquest, age of war The likes I've never seen before With spirits rising, and dead unrest This immortality's a test A gift, a curse, but not my own A wish to guide this power home Through all the ghosts along the way I'll live to fight another day
I rot the world around us As the colors turn to gray In a tale of death and pestilence These footprints soon decay So let us fade together To a pure and mortal dream I'll fight my way to get there With this power in my bloodstreamAviators - Have Faith (Faith Song | Dark Southern Rock)Aviators2019-10-31 | Download the song HERE on the new EP! soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/have-faith
The eve of All Hallows has arrived and I'm back so soon to share another scary tale from the new MASKS EP! This track, as the closer of Masks, tells the story of Father John Ward who lost his mind after a failed exorcism and returned to the possessed girl he couldn't save to put an end to the devil inside her. He searches deep in the woods of Connecticut for her abandoned home but finds other forsaken creatures lurking as well... Is his faith misplaced, he asks, or will his prayers deliver him in his encounter with true evil? Musically this song took a very odd turn especially after a mostly heavy EP, but I felt like trying something new and running with the "dark gospel" kind of sound. My friend Matrix has supplied some amazing graphical expertise for the unique video needs of this song, so big thank you to him for the... er... "faithful" look of the video.
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Lyrics:
Lord explain what I'm seeing Now I'm down on my knees Devil's been in the backwoods Came to whisper to me I need to get back Mother Mary protect me Into the black Cry your heavenly tears Is my confession loud enough For you to hear?
You gotta have faith To deliver from evil You gotta have faith In the shadow of death You gotta keep pace Looking over your shoulder You gotta embrace Your final breath You gotta take up Your sinner's burden To wear it on trial Like a crown of thorns You need to hold tight Like a man on a mission You gotta cut off These devil's horns
Lord, allow me repentance Let me hear what I've done Seek the devil's acceptance Show her mercy and run So where does this end With a bullet or silence Won't let you pretend That the father can't hear Can you show me some strength to Wash away my fear
Here on earth your own demons dwell Like miracles but instead from hell Now the enemy shows herself But father where are you? Through the darkness I've become lost Searching for this to bear my cross Now I'm ready to pay the cost But will you be there too?Aviators - Masks (Halloween Song | Orchestral Alternative)Aviators2019-10-29 | Download on MASKS - EP now! soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/masks-ep
HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Once again I've felt inspired by the spooky season to write a new EP. Masks - EP tackles a variety of horror and ghost stories but in this, the title track, the subject turns to a more realistic look at the nature of two-faced people and the struggles of coming to terms with one's true self instead of facing life with a well-tailored "mask."
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Lyrics:
Creeping eyes from across this masquerade Feeling scared, every stare will cut like blades Dead inside, try to hide behind And shake the tremors
Hiding with a smile in a crowded place Emoting through the lips of a plastic face Every word just a code that screams I'm owned by terror Are you scared to see what lies beneath Behind these artificial teeth Through the guilty strings this mask Controls its wearer
Trapped in our own disguises Cut free but soulless still Our dreams are haunted by the Ghosts we kill Identities of silence In search of cheaper scares We're all surrounded by the Masks we wear
Vilified for deeds done in the light Hiding away within plain sight These cloaks are keeping safe The secret faces Terrified of making one mistake Narrow mind 'till the soul begins to break We are just husks seeking The world's false graces
Awake within the moment Asleep throughout our lives We suffer in this torment Ensnared in our own lies In facelessness we're equal When we're not even there You're someone underneath this Behind the mask you wearAviators - Song of the Abyss (Dark Souls Song | Symphonic Rock)Aviators2019-10-07 | Now on Spotify! open.spotify.com/track/4GoRNX8ZAsgt7FsmggBuAE?si=bvXnana9QNGbIzOH6l1yEQ
This song is a single for my upcoming Masks - EP releasing October 25th!
The Dark Souls games keep sucking me back in. "Song of the Abyss" is a tragic tale of loyalty and inevitable defeat, following the story of Knight Artorias and his great wolf Sif. Once the greatest warrior in the known world, Artorias fails his final mission to stop the spread of the Abyss, falling to its influence and leaving his wolf safely behind under his enchanted shield. Of course we, the player, later find Sif and carry on the legacy of the Wolf Knight despite his defeat.
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Lyrics:
Old friend, we seem surrounded As decay is closing in And the kiss of deadly silence Has been placed upon my skin For the code we're bound to follow You have led my last crusade Now we're swallowed by the city As it fades
I will shield you from the darkness When the walls around us quake I will hold back all the monsters Until my bones begin to break When I've lost I'll have to leave you And the tears, they'll fall like rain If I'm taken by the shadows I will spare you from the pain
Cry a requiem for sunlight Hide away now from the dark To me the angered deep is calling Tearing me apart Somehow the whispers do command me When the abyss has taken hold Now carry on in glory When I grow cold
I will shield you from the darkness When the walls around us quake I will hold back all the monsters Until my bones begin to break When I've lost I'll have to leave you And the tears, they'll fall like rain If I'm taken by the shadows I will spare you from the pain
Foolishly I left the darkness creeping In this restless ruin my soul is bleeding I confess to you the dark Has taken me prisoner I am corrupt beyond any rescue I've forsaken my vow to protect you Oh, end these horrors Face the father of the sinister
If the fight's over I will sacrifice my mind Just to know you'll still be breathing When the years have been unkind So continue on without me Guard my body and my flame Keep a watch over the wasteland When the world forgets my name
I will shield you from the darkness When the walls around us quake I will hold back all the monsters Until my bones begin to break When I've lost I'll have to leave you And the tears, they'll fall like rain If I'm taken by the shadows I will spare you from the painAviators - Theyll Never Find Us (Dark Alternative)Aviators2019-09-20 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/theyll-never-find-us
They'll Never Find Us is the alternate ending of the Aeterno story, where instead of completing his assigned task of repairing the course of time, our hero ends his journey through the ages prematurely. He rescues the lost love of his own past instead, whisking her away to a period of history where no one would ever be able to find them. Together they doom the last remnants of humanity at the end of time, but they live on in peace and let the future take its course unaltered.
Stay tuned for more Aeterno uploads, as well as some upcoming Halloween content!
Lyrics: In separate folds We're desperate people In spite of ourselves The balance is equal It's time to go back But only to take you Somewhere to grow old Where nothing can break through
Our chance to survive The cosmos' winter Will leave them behind A world crushed to splinters We'll snuff out the light And hide in the darkness The closure of pain A final catharsis
Find your way Through the mist Where nothing else But only we exist We stem the flow And hold the dawn To step behind it all Beyond
When the silence falls at last And the clock tower rings no more We'll watch the hourglass Trapped like we were before And we'll lay awake in fear Of the past days come again But they'll never find us here Before they burn at this world's end
Don't cry for this world bleeding out They've had their day and ours is now The way of absolution is the end The end of all of time So have some faith and let it fade In the past our future's made We'll slip away unseen back to the start To the start again
Find your way Through the mist Where nothing else But only we exist We stem the flow And hold the dawn To step behind it all Beyond
When the silence falls at last And the clock tower rings no more We watch the hourglass Trapped like we were before And we'll lay awake in fear Of the past days come again But they'll never find us here Before they burn at this world's endAviators - The Path Home (Rewind Version - Synthrock)Aviators2019-09-02 | Aeterno: Rewind brings us back to the time-traveling story of the original 2013 concept album, and you can get it now on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/aeterno-rewind-ep
The Path Home was the "end credits" song of the original Aeterno album, and follows a weary time traveler back to the end of the world where he began, all for a chance to save the future.
Artwork is by Henning!
Lyrics:
Spent my days Watching and waiting Killed my faith Participating In this crusade Still masquerading As the lie That we're creating Blinding lights Leave me in silence Hopes and dreams Taken with violence Right and wrong Have made alliance Now I will Turn in defiance
Passing thoughts leave me alone And I'm on the path home
I won't stand down I won't give out I'm taking a chance despite my doubt I'm not gonna lose With so much to prove I'm coming home to you
Shut your eyes Don't chase the demons Know our way Back through to freedom I've seen how This course is shifting At the world's end The last are listening Let them hear Their fate is silence The fire grows near To bring us guidance Life unchecked Becomes infernal Now our time comes We are eternal
One more trip Into the hourglass Change our place In the upturned past I'll find you when This plague is mended When we're alone And they have endedAviators - Find Me (Rewind Version - Orchestral Ballad)Aviators2019-08-20 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/aeterno-rewind-ep
It's been a long time coming, but the revisit of 2013's "Aeterno" is almost here! Aeterno: REWIND takes us back to the post-apocalyptic future of the original concept album and re-tells the tale of one of the last humans on Earth traveling back in time to find the key to save humanity and alter the past, all while searching for his long lost love from years ago. She is the subject of this first single "Find Me" (now with lyrics!) as he leaves messages for her throughout the past thousand years.
Stay tuned for more revisited pieces of Aeterno, as well as the next upcoming REWIND project!
Far away now Trapped at the start of all we know Traces of doubt Keep on obscuring my way out Lost in days gone Living in a memory turned wrong So far that I wake up now afraid When I can hear a whisper
Tell me to stay Find me the chance to walk away Show me the path Home to you in the aftermath Guilty with shame Of leaving you helpless in the flames So that we could thrive when I return When I can hear you whisper
In the beat of your heart I can still hear a spark I'll follow all the signs Across a thousand years in time, you'll know me I've been back to the start From the very last part And all the stars align To lead you to this place to find me waiting
What is it worth To give it all up for new rebirth If I could be strong Then maybe this wouldn't feel so wrong Now that I'm lost And now that I know this victory's cost Whisper a prayer to guide me home Into the deep unknown
I never asked to walk the road alone But someday I'll make it home Don't let the lifeline disappear To guide me back when hope is near Promise a future I can come back to When now all I have is you I'll follow all the signs Across a thousand years in time
I'm breaking We're fading But you're not alone One more try For tonight I can't do this on my ownAviators - The Bells (Game of Thrones Song | Orchestral Rock)Aviators2019-07-01 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/the-bells
I'm back! I've touched on Game of Thrones before, but this time I felt like after the finale I had to give it at least one more shot. This song is a medley of various themes and motifs from the show (can you hear them all?) telling an epic tale of two queens. This should go without saying, but MAJOR SPOILERS ahead in both the lyrics and video!
Lyrics:
High in the crimson towers Hate between a mother's eyes Certain of a costly price To pay when fire survives When all she loved has left the keep The rains above us gently weep And wash away the blood as it goes cold
And so she spoke And so she spoke The lion of Castamere When none remain To mourn her reign So proud yet founded upon fear
Gates swung open wide to wretches Lowborn pay the price in blood Placed upon the precipice Of near rising flood Terror in the hearts of children Worried that the war's come home As the sound of wildfire burning Nears the lion's throne
Let it be fear she told them Let it be fear they know Let them become ashes now upon the fallen snow
Blind with the power and fury Numb behind the dregs of wrath Set to pay the costly price And tread a father's path When thousands battled in her name She stormed the gates and showered flame To break the wheel but then would forge her own
Let it be fear she told them Let it be fear they know Let them become ashes now upon the fallen snow Burn them all down to embers Servants and lords the same Show them all fire and blood to win the mad queen's game
And with the swords lain down They screamed 'til the bells cried out In search of some mercy their hope became fear Their hope became fear And it fed her rage Her lust for the lion's cage She'll stand down for nothing Until they all cheer, with no one left here
Too Late for a Savior is an experimental song musically, lacking a true chorus and shedding a usual song structure to express a slow, methodical descent into madness. The Elder of the Godhunter saga sought power through eldritch worship of the cosmos, and as his efforts proved useless but his following grew, he pursued darker means of seeking immortality. As he searched he neglected his people, and the deaths grew quickly. It's too late for redemption, he claims, so he will stoop to any means to save himself.
Lyrics:
Never too late for changes Never too late to move With the barriers down There is nothing left to prove Then you're never too far to look back At the vengeance or the fall When there's nothing else left But to take your curtain call
Give the ending just a little flavor If you're going down, they'll break as well 'Cause it's too late for a savior But it's never too late for hell
Never too late for madness Never too late for death As the towers rise I will stand with bated breath Now there's no one left to hurt us And there's no one left to save At the ending of all It's the silence that I crave
Give the ending just a little flavor If you're seeing ghosts they'll face the same 'Cause you're never going to be the savior But a leader keeps the monsters sane Lift the burdens of the weak away now Let the many become the few 'Cause it's never too late for mercy To let the red tides rise to you
Never too late for secrets Never too late to hide Build the barriers up Let no one else inside Heroes can't save the future And no one can change the past You'd need the hands of a god Just to make this city last
Give the ending just a little flavor If you're seeing ghosts they'll face the same 'Cause you're never going to be the savior But a leader keeps the monsters sane Lift the burdens of the weak away now Let the many become the few 'Cause it's never too late for mercy To let the red tides rise to you
Bring the fire when they call you "traitor" If you're going down, they'll break as well To the ones who don't deserve a savior They've been ruined by the rebel yell Take the suffering and plague away now Let the madness become the truth 'Cause it's never too late for mercy When the red tides rise to you
As power tends Toward violent ends I'll choose to give up nothing 'Cause it's too late to be the hero And it's too late to see the truth I'm exempt of absolution But it's never too late for you
Bring the fire (It's never too late) Bring the rain (It's never too late) Grant desires (It's never too late) Numb the pain (It's never too late) Bring the fire (It's never too late) Bring the rain (It's never too late) Grant desires (It's never too late) It's never too late for youAviators - Way of the Strong (Nioh Song | Orchestral Rock)Aviators2019-03-14 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter
Nioh left me feeling inspired, as with most games of its kind, and I felt compelled to write something with the victorious yet futile story it told. A warrior from England travels to war-torn Japan in an age of demons and beasts, and this song tells of his undying pursuit for his guardian spirit and his embrace of the way of the samurai.
Lyrics:
The wind sings the longest tune Adrift under the ashen moon The road ahead has an unforgiving toll I've journeyed to where I stand A ghost among the far-off lands Survive against the fire and the cold
Walk in the deepest of footprints Step into the fog Breaking the silence A threatening song On the trail of the ancients The demons awake At the end of all evil The battleground shakes To the sound of the metal The splinters of bone In a war with the summoned The soldiers of stone As the vessel of guardians I follow along With the words of the wise In the way of the strong
Follow Step into the fog Follow A threatening song Follow We're carried along Follow The way of the strong
The mountains moving as night falls In the shadows I hear demons crawl No fear of death, just fear of something worse A power comes from the west Upturning all the dead that rest Still holding on to the burdens of their curse
One goal in mind A soul to find Taken by a madman Trapped within the deepest of these cursed lands They'll scatter when I rise again The spirit keeps the focus Even when the battle's odds are hopelessAviators - Lost Boys (feat. Moonraccoon) (Synthrock)Aviators2019-02-19 | Download as part of the new album on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter
Lost Boys is a song about the underestimated youth, and the reality that they have the power and the obligation to shape the future. Taking place in a post-apocalyptic revolution, it serves as an anthem of rebellion for the young citizens that grew apathetic to their current place in history.
Lyrics: Days in neverland grow darker The forbidden moments come To a hasty resolution When the battle starts with one
Through the crooked lies As the conflict dies Oh, their words have tied our tongues together These words have tied our tongues We've been left behind Blamed and made to fight But these lost boys won't stay young forever These lost boys won't stay young
Overlooked, denied Shamed for trying to find Reasons for the violent answers Young but unafraid A massive voice awaits Holding up to higher standards
With the seekers apprehended It's desperate time for truth In the war for information The ammunition comes from you
Balance shifts May the world be fixed When the words we use still matter, matter And bold faced lies are shattered, shattered Break the cage Bring us this new age When we hold ground when we know it, know it Make liars afraid to show it, show it Carry on the heavy load You've tread upon the longest road And they won't let you stop until the end Choose your words, think carefully Their patterns of dishonesty Are no match for your reason to contendAviators - Signed on for a Sequel (Synthwave)Aviators2019-02-05 | Download as part of the new album on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter
Lost in time, The Hunter gives a dire warning from the centuries she has seen: History repeats, and each conflict of the past keeps coming back. Civilization ignores the mistakes of their ancestors, and the pattern continues on into the 21st century, as she watches the dark future unfold.
Lyrics:
I begged the world to heal its scars again As I cried into oblivion And the victims passed me by I said The curse has kept us spiraling While the desperate keep on rioting And the greedy plea with lies One more summer And yet another While the more things change they stay the same Apathetic inaction Is gaining traction While the lost don't play they lose the game
Don't fade out, we'll go off script The last scene's behind our silent lips We're signed on for a sequel But nobody's seen the first act Seen the first act Of a hundred stories just like yours Through the history of an endless war They've come back Signed on for a sequel But nobody's seen the first act Seen the first act before
And I wept For the future of humanity To be free of this insanity Where the lessons learned repeat I sent A message to the least of us That the greedy are carnivorous And that hatred fears defeat One more summer And yet another While the more things change they stay the same Apathetic inaction Is gaining traction While the lost don't play they lose the game
And our eyes consume the world today Just as if the past has been erased So don't run away, don't run away from time There's a cycle of our symmetry As a sign that history will repeat So start looking back, start looking back to find All the tragedies we've tried to mend All the selfish acts with violent ends We don't learn a thing from conflict So it finds us once againAviators - Godhunter (NEW ALBUM | Alternative Rock)Aviators2019-01-25 | The new album is finally here! You can find it on Bandcamp with bonus tracks right here: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter
At the very end of the world, The Elder of the last city on earth sits on his throne awaiting the end of his immortal reign. There is only one being that can complete the task, and he's been warned that she's finally come to take him. He warns to anyone left listening, "Godhunter's gonna hunt you..."
I'd like to thank every single one of the 59(!) Discord server members and patrons who lent their voices to this song in the backup crowd vocals. You all sound amazing!
Lyrics:
Rumors heard From a little black bird The edges of a prophecy The pieces I have learned Said the daughter of the reaper Has been searching for the keeper And I fear she'll let me burn Locked tight up In the tower on top Of the domain of humanity The godhood that I've earned When you're holding on to majesty You'd fear the hunt, a travesty That balance may return
When you're sinful to the bone Unholy And you've claimed yourself a throne Like me Wield power of your own Making Godhunter's gonna hunt you down If you're something more than flesh Ascended And you've taken on the rest To end it Then she'll find you in a dream Tormented Godhunter's gonna hunt you down
Fear confined To the depths of my mind For what could be such a threat to me The conqueror of time Yet the whispers of a reckoning Have kept the spirits beckoning To look upon my crime Blood and war When the world is no more She's been watching for a century With hatred, and with scorn If you know the hunter's coming Then you hide or keep on running 'Cause she's slain the gods before
Don't let her see your power in the daylight Don't let her see it when you bring the storm To the master of the eldritch she's a growing bed of thorns Dark cults, leaders of the night, Tell the tales of a fright From a ghost of the future days A holy crusade On the gods decayed To end our violent ways Lost kings, fallen in the mist Made their names on a list And the hunt was carried through A price for the past When your name is last And the hunter comes for you
Of all the free She has none left but me And my loyal knights have passed with time A god and a throne, locked up all alone In the kingdom I called mine Dreams of a being From the watcher unseen Now he warned me she'll come to take his due "The hate in your head, she has more" he said "The godhunter waits for you"Aviators - Red Water Dreams (Acoustic Rock)Aviators2019-01-19 | Download on the new album, Godhunter: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/red-water-dreams
Before The Hunter's uprising in "Bleeding Sun" or her lonely cry for death in "Requiem for the Hunter", she ponders her place at the end of the world among the most violent times history had seen. Red Water Dreams is her mourning tribute to the fallen innocents of her city, as well as an oath that she will, one day, hunt those responsible.
Godhunter releases next week on January 25th, with this song and many more spin-offs involving The Hunter and other heroes of previous albums! soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/album/godhunter
Take me to the water Where the river meets the sea Let the memory of rising tide Come washing over me I saw fire consume the trusting With the victims still naive And so they bleed And so they bleed Take me to the tower Where false gods reside in peace Let them wither from the inside Watch their adoration cease Now with no more heroes left To cull the chaff among the streets The gates release The gates release
Sing in grief, a requiem The curse of our millennium These souls keep whispering from the river beds The end to all these violent means Alive in these red water dreams Their haunted burdens stirring in my head On streets still running red
Vicious thoughts are stirring And I hunger for their power Just to taste the opportunity To watch the elders cower When the waters fall below the ruins They'll see their final hour But rain still showers The rain still showers Take me as the vessel To infect the whole charade I've come much too far to accept This society they've made In the corner of the wasteland Under storms of acid rain The last remain The last remain
Most went in the flood A few were martyred by the flames Yet those who unleashed the waters Are still guilty all the same When the ignorance of puppets Serves the master's larger game They let it rain They let it rain When I gain the chance to rise I'll find the light in their cold eyes Or lose myself and carry out revenge The righteous hunt has just begun The dimming of the bleeding sun Will let these waters run clear once againAviators - Last Christmas (feat. d.notive, 4EverfreeBrony, Liv & Learn, and Matthew Mosier)Aviators2018-12-22 | Free Download: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/last-christmas-feat-d-notive-4everfreebrony-liv-learn-and-matthew-mosier
Merry Christmas everyone! It's been a while since I covered any holiday songs, so this felt like the perfect time to try one of my all time-favorites. Fortunately, I was joined by d.notive, 4EverfreeBrony, Liv & Learn, and Matthew Mosier to sing along! A big thanks to them for taking part in this spontaneous Christmas cover, and I hope you'll check out their music as well. Original song is by the incredible Wham!
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special
Once bitten and twice shy I keep my distance But you still catch my eye Tell me, baby Do you recognize me? Well, it's been a year It doesn't surprise me (Merry Christmas!) I wrapped it up and sent it With a note saying, "I love you, " I meant it Now, I know what a fool I've been But if you kissed me now I know you'd fool me again
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special
A crowded room, friends with tired eyes I'm hiding from you, and your soul of ice My my, I thought you were someone to rely on Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on
A face on a lover with a fire in his heart A man under cover but you tore me apart Now, I've found a real love you'll never fool me again
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone special
Last Christmas, I gave you my heart But the very next day you gave it away This year, to save me from tears I'll give it to someone specialAviators - Endgame (Infinity War Song | Alternative Rock)Aviators2018-11-22 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/endgame
The first single from "Godhunter" has arrived! "Endgame" is a song based on Avengers: Infinity War from the perspective of Tony Stark, fearing his prophetic vision of being the last one left alive after a horrific battle against an alien god. It's a long story of death and defeat, so SPOILER WARNING if you're hoping to avoid any details!
The full album will release on January 25th, 2019.
Lyrics:
I don't want to be the last one alive Facing all the wreckage of my pride and sadness Now the culmination will soon arrive Forming in the cosmos, one dark scheme of madness
We've never seen a fight like this Universal power amiss Cheating nature in a grasp for power Seeking balance with this stand Now the culling is at hand And we've awoken in our final hour
When every hero falls out of the sky And all we can muster is a desperate try We stand in the crossfire, eyes ready and wide Playing the endgame, at last unified For the weak to survive
Greater than the odds, higher than the stakes One shot to change the course, with no room for mistakes Bound with stronger will, in the hands of time So where's the pawn that turns the tide and keeps the game alive?
Now we're the bastion in the storm Split apart but uniform I'll give everything to wane this power Facing threats to every soul We've approached a hopeless goal Fighting headstrong in our final hour
When there were none To hold infinite power When the game was young And victory was ours I had seen the edge of fate beyond And knew one day it would respond In dust Set in stone Despite the distant thunder With our vision gone And our heroes losing numbers If the moment comes to pay the price I'll take the lead and roll the dice To save the most defenseless among usAviators - All Hallows (Halloween Song | Darksynth)Aviators2018-10-27 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/all-hallows
Once every century, on All Hallow's Eve, the monsters of long ago rise to get their revenge. Masked psychopaths, malformed beasts, and the saints of the unholy night of Halloween have come to cull the living while the blood moon lights the way. With only a few desperate hours before death takes them once again, the only way to survive is to disguise yourself, and become one of the monsters for the night.
Inspired by countless video games, cheesy 80's slasher films, and all the stories that make this my favorite time of year!
Lyrics:
Still air, the harvest moon in the sky Fools scared of their supernatural demise Raised hair on the back of your neck Tells you something is lurking tonight The hymns of the October wind are howling through the trees The sun sets on a night to bring the bravest to their knees A thin divide is lifted letting spirits through the fray When shadows fall the beasts have come to scare us all away
Dark saints All hallows The villains hunt before they're off to the gallows on a Cursed night A bone chiller Cover your eyes, 'cause you're living a thriller
Red feast, of bounty for violent delights Released from hell and its unending spite One breach, every hundred years To let the masked reign the living with fright A ravenous monstrosity to put Lovecraft to shame When horrors born with countless eyes, arise without a name The living and the citizens once mourned but fear the dead Those fiends have come for vengeance, and will bury them instead
The spirits and the whispers stir, the shadows come alive The dead ones in their sleep no longer pressured to abide Free reign, for those between the veil Held tight within a harrowing tale Lights out, hide on this unholy eve When the mortal boundaries failAviators - Streets of Gold (Orchestral Alternative)Aviators2018-10-06 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/streets-of-gold
Streets of Gold is a bittersweet tale in a kingdom far away, in an age long ago of magic and conquest. The traveler has fought honorably for his King, his family, and now finds himself with no one left to defend, wandering the ruined towns he once saw full of life. What is there left to do but wander, when every soul you fought for is lost?
Artwork is created by ReneAigner.
Lyrics:
I see the golden years behind us I'm getting scared to move along My inspiration has subsided Without a muse to keep me strong I can't remember our last victory Was it the past, or just a dream? The world we grew to love has crumbled With my own efforts losing steam
I think I need your hands to lift me I think I need your light to shine There lies a trail of fire behind us From a warstruck, weary time I'm going to need a guide to show me To walk me through the streets of gold When death will meet us at the end Of our own lost and broken road
I've made mistakes that devastated Too many battles lost to tell If I could turn back to time to find you I'd find our confidence as well So please forgive the tears and whispers If you are only in my head Sometimes I want to think you're listening When every other voice is dead
The last survivor of the fall Without a will to live at all The sun is setting as No one remains my weakened call I've come a thousand miles alone Passed every kingdom's empty throne And I can't shake the feeling You'll arrange the stars to lead me homeAviators - Requiem for the King (Dark Souls II Song | Dark Acoustic)Aviators2018-09-15 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/requiem-for-the-king
At last, after being inspired by Dark Souls 1 and 3, Demon's Souls and Bloodborne, Dark Souls 2 gave me a story with more emotional impact than I expected. Within the expansion "Crown of the Ivory King" lies a story of love and sacrifice, telling the tale of The Ivory King's plunge into the depths of chaos to save his dear Queen Alsanna and the rest of the world. Years later, his soul remains in torment without rest, reliving the pain of leaving his love until someone comes to take his soul.
Also, outside of the really bittersweet lore, I got to know The King very well in this area of the game, because it is really, REALLY hard. I think I'll leave him and his queen alone from now on.
Lyrics:
Last kiss for a burned man Dark child of the outlands My heavy heart will take this last goodbye Brave souls for a last stand Spilled blood on my charred hands A sacrifice to know you'll stay alive
When the fire has come I will die to protect you Light a candle for me On this winter's day My queen, don't cry tonight There's a dream left to cling to I will rest in ash To leave you safe, I pray
Fresh snow for the dark years Frost graced by a king's tears My love, I must not waver now in death Deep earth, where the fires glow Faced down with the unknown A whispered vow to you on my last breath
Always these winds will whisper Laced with an endless shiver Leave a light above for me to find Last queen of lands forsaken Hold strong when life is taken Keep a memory, for peace of mindAviators - Ordinarily Human (Blade Runner 2049 Song | Alternative Rock)Aviators2018-08-16 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/ordinarily-human
If there was ever a series that left me completely stunned yet inspired, it is Blade Runner. The sequel last year proved to be every bit as immersive as the first, and I quickly started work on a song to pay tribute. "Ordinarily Human" follows K's journey of self-discovery and questioning the very nature of his world. Perhaps the line between "artificial" and "human" was made up all along.
I don't know where my own dreams end And where the world begins Am I alone in the core Of the body I'm caged in On the run from my origins So scared to see the light Am I awake, conscious flesh Or will this static fade to white
Like the cracks in the pavement I've fractured my mind Artificially soulless, perceiving that I'm Ordinarily human but programmed to seem Too unnatural to live my electric dreams
All the faults of reality Are crawling in my head If this machine is a pawn Why do I lie awake in bed Let me find where the program stops To put my open eyes to sleep No turning back, I'm set free Within a herd of plastic sheep
Self-aware of my bounds From the truth that we've found Cut the wires, reject my own memory Life inside of a shell Mindless commands to quell Human thought, so deeply ordinary
My existence has never been true Reconciled with the dream that we knew A hive of empty space Flawed in function, humanity Our lives were never freeAviators - Incandescent (Dark Souls Song | Synthpop)Aviators2018-07-19 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/incandescent
Time for a sunbro song! This is a reflective anthem of fellowship, inspired by Solaire, the most loyal knight of them all. The Warriors of Sunlight are a bastion of friendship in the bleak world of Dark Souls, and I was inspired by the jolly co-operation and uplifting aid that they bring to the game. This song is less about the death and destruction of old lands, but instead about the ability to overcome impossible odds and fight to the very end with the help of friends. For this track, I reached out to my patrons and Discord server members to help me out with backing vocals! There are over 70 people singing with me on the chorus, joining in on the anthem much like they did for "Dystopian Fiction." A big shout out to my amazing fans for lending me their voice and praising the sun together!
Lyrics:
We're chasing ashes in the wind When the end of fire begins Just look to the sun and soon you'll find your aid Don't fear the demons in the dark We have a journey to embark You're never alone, even when light will fade
We are the heroes Never defeated March to the ending History repeated Together as equals At heart we're the same Live in the present and signal your name Shine like a beacon The light we are after Here in the fallout Bound in disaster We're burdened with purpose So here we remain We're incandescent A glorious flame
Overcome by this vivid dream When the odds aren't what they seem You've got a friend to watch your back and guide the way Mistakes that set you back too far I've set a sign just where you are I've struggled as well, but I won't let you die today
Don't rush through the night's fog Join these shining watchdogs To chase your fear away when you're alone Spite the rolling thunder Tear these streets asunder Toward a shining sun to call your own Savor every moment Here comes our atonement When hell's own flames arise, we fight as one Step forth now, ascended Grossly incandescent You're part of something more, a warming sun
Spent years waiting for the time I'd come to see the truth behind The darkness that we face in our own lives Cast aside your fear We're strong in numbers Holding back a fate of endless slumber I want to stay to keep you strong Side by side is where we belongAviators - Paralyzed (feat. Lectro Dub) (Dance Rock)Aviators2018-07-05 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/paralyzed-feat-lectro-dub
"Paralyzed" is dance-infused rock song making for one of the more intense moments on my most recent album, "Let There Be Fire." Lectro Dub came on board and took it even further with his gritty, visceral vocals and lyrics! The lyrics portray a fantasy hunter and a cold-hearted monster locked in combat, both on their best game and enthralled with a skilled battle. Instead of the usual monster hunter's perspective though, this song is held mostly in the eyes of the monster itself. Playfully deadly and intelligent, the war has come to the lair of this beast and it has been preparing.
Lyrics:
So I know what you've been thinking That you're the only thing that's lurking in the night You aren't safe within in the shadows 'Cause tonight begins the hunt and you're in sight Moonlit eyes under still and haunting sky I can see within the soul you've stowed away Tend your fire, draw this cursed evening's ire Try your odds and you just might become the prey
That adrenaline rush when weapons fly It's the fear that brings out that body high So you know that I'm stuck here paralyzed with you In a midnight clash of circumstance At the mercy of my inhuman hands I will bring myself to see this challenge through It's a stalemate In a twist of fate When you're face to face with death itself Grounds of battle where no heroes dwell For a light thrill Or a cold night's chill You will be this hunter's golden prize If you leave your guard down, paralyzed
Wicked traps are set around you Not a lantern lit in sight to guide you home You've been looking for the danger And you sense my presence chilling in your bones Take your stance, I will give you one fair chance So let's make this dance a bloody masquerade Understand how this ends, and what I am You're against the night itself, so be afraid
As the darkness takes the light Shadows crawling through the night I will let you take my hand But I hope you understand That it's always been the same Bringing thunder with the rain But you shouldn't be afraid Of the games they like to play Every moment left alone Gets to feeling more like home Leaving chills under your skin So let's start to settle in Through the multitude of eyes Taking shapes under the skies Aren't you curious to see What kind of monster you've set free You try to scream but there's no sound Try to hide but you'll be found You'll be next to bear the mark From the tendrils in the darkAviators - When Our Bodies Wash Ashore (Bloodborne Song | Dark Alternative)Aviators2018-06-13 | Download on Bandcamp: soundoftheaviators.bandcamp.com/track/when-our-bodies-wash-ashore
Let There Be Fire is a SoulsBorne inspired album after all, so I looked to Bloodborne once again for inspiration. This time, as a spiritual successor to "No One Will Save You," I've told another sad tale of unfortunate encounters with a higher power. Long ago, an unnamed fisherman hears voices beneath the waves and wanders from his decrepit village out into the Deep, to find ascension in death and to have audience with the mother of the ocean. "When Our Bodies Wash Ashore" is a Lovecraftian tale of madness and unholy infatuation with the deep wonders below.
It's also very nearly a 10 minute song, so I may have gone a little mad myself.
Are you waking up afraid Are you brave enough to glance behind the curtain To use the eyes inside Have you felt them in your sleep Have you seen them in a vision that's uncertain A dream outside your mind
Once come upon in and ancient land I've heard the tales of an unseen hand Myths of the otherside that took my breath away Out in the deep I've seen something real The mouth of the void that the waves conceal Speaking low, as my thoughts draw near the fray
When the currents carry on Lifeless waves we float along There's a solemn depth below Deeper truth I cannot know Our own hastened time has come In this death our minds are young When our bodies wash ashore Sorrow's children nevermore
Are you scared to look behind Do you feel the breath of sunken apparitions Awake, impure, divine Now I'm sure they're coming soon In the blackness my unholy friend has spoken Through a shiver in my spine
My own senses wash away I've let go of my eyes Grant me life beyond the veil For this humble sacrifice You're the next to float along As we all grow insane Let the dream pull you below No more watchers will remain
So bring me close to you I want to be consumed I'm transcending yet alive Grant me vision deep inside Transformed and unafraid This earthly vessel fades