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The Feast Of The Mantis

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Dancing by the firelight They begin the ancient ritual Lost with those who's path has left The ingenious emerald jewel Offering the yearly harvest Celebrating season's end Remembering the ones before Upon whose embers this flame sends Begin The Feast of the Mantis Calling upon his presence Enter the Feast of the Mantis A cacaphony unlike any A seduction of the many Taking inside of the Mantis Blackened embers turn to grey Interruption of the static energy Hunger's thirst is quenched at last Creating bonds of cosmic synergy As the evening turns to dawn And the passion ends with discord A new passing of the moon begins The last mating of the Harvest Lord As the Mantis feasts A fountain of knowledge springs forth Irrevocable incantations To pass beyond the generations To pass beyond the generations Begin The Feast of the Mantis Calling upon his presence Enter the Feast of the Mantis A cacaphony unlike any A seduction of the many Taking inside of the Mantis
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Sea Beast (free) 05:46
From the crashing waves Came a singular force Across the tidal field The fear it craves As loathesome source For those who yield See maiden fair With her untouched flesh Chained upon the reef The titular bait Drew the shortest straw In a lottery of grief BEHOLD, THE SEA BEAST!!!! BEHOLD, THE SEA BEAST!!!! BEHOLD, THE SEA BEAST!!!! BEHOLD, THE SEA BEAST!!!! Out in the parting surf It is tasting her scent The horizon bends Now it is heading ashore And it's ready to feed Leviathan ascends Rusting slow With salty brine Ironhanded will Bloody dawn Weeping breast Time stands still BEHOLD, THE SEA BEAST!!!! BEHOLD, THE SEA BEAST!!!! BEHOLD, THE SEA BEAST!!!! BEHOLD, THE SEA BEAST!!!! Hear the lament of the Myrmidon Focus the sextant of her song Dark constellation from afar A mariner's sacrifice to the stars An ancient warrior Irredescent source An elemental sage With a blinding fire Crack of Thunder The maelstroms rage Endless fury Boundless hate From the frozen deep Sinking down Unclaimed souls Where the darkness sleeps BEHOLD, THE SEA BEAST!!!! BEHOLD, THE SEA BEAST!!!! BEHOLD, THE SEA BEAST!!!! BEHOLD, THE SEA BEAST!!!! Hear the lament of the Myrmidon Focus the sextant of her song Dark constellation from afar A mariner's sacrifice to the stars
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Lady Centaur (free) 06:59
Lady Centaur, where have your people gone? Cruelly abandoned, and still you linger on Forced into battle, you survived where others died Lady Centaur, please let me come inside And let me ride! And let me ride! Lady Centaur, majestic beast of the forest Stoic protector, when will you ever rest? Guide my soul, shepherd me to the light Lady Centaur, I pledge my life tonight And I shall fight! And I shall fight! The Griffin spreads his wings And roars his mighty roar Parts the heavens To unleash the hounds of war Lady Centaur, please lay with me tonight Come the morning, we shall ride clear out of sight Lady Centaur, a new age has begun Lady Centaur, I will ride you to the sun To the sun! To the sun!
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New Girl (free) 04:58
I.....I'm getting a new girl I.....I'm really digging my new girl I couldn't afford one made out of flesh But I think my new girl, she's the best Now you know, I'm really not one to brag I wish I could wave her like an American flag I take my girl to work with me I let her hold my seat on the bus No one's gonna sit down next to me No one's gonna put up a fuss I.....I'm getting a new girl I.....I'm really digging my new girl Thanks to my girl I can go to the shopping mall But without my girl I can't do nothing at all So much fun when I go on an airplane Drives the security guards completely insane My girl don't mind if I travel incognito Or out by the pool just me and my speedo I.....I'm getting a new girl I.....I'm really digging my new girl Even The Fonz thinks my new girl is cool (aaaay) Alice Cooper told me he'd take her to school My girl's tougher than a dinosaur's hide When she fought Hulk Hogan she done made him cry 'Cause she's my girl I'm getting a new girl I'm getting a new girl (repeat)
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Shredded hopes and shattered dreams Reddened skies and tattered seams Little rabbits in big top hats Homeless dogs and stray tomcats And you do what you wanna do Without a care in the world Yeah you do what you wanna do Without a care in the world Dancing in the firelight Singing to the starlit night The struggles of the native tribes Or the works of ancient scribes And you do what you wanna do Without a care in the world Yeah you do what you wanna do Without a care in the world... in the world, in the world, in the world Inside the minds of death-row slobs Or the wake of angry mobs Screaming guitars and thunder drums Catchy tunes you love to hum And you do what you wanna do Without a care in the world Yeah you do what you wanna do Without a care in the world... in the world, in the world, in the world.
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Falling like a whisper from a darkened summer sky. I land upon the fields of emerald, Onto a static high. I left my world behind me, circuits failing fast. Left alone with no conception for me, The boundaries never last. White pillars stand before me, on this ancient shore Time's eternal gateway to, What has passed before. My thoughts expand around me searching out this place. Seeking for connections like me, A soul with no embrace. My light receptors scan the atmospheric haze. As I ponder my existence, This eternity of days. I feel a new vibration eminating from the ground. A polyphony of photons, A kaleidescope of sound. Other beings now surround me, their infancy is at hand. Strange travelers just arriving, Guided towards this land. Their magic flows about them, the Aether growing strong The Noldor shape the forests, Gaining power from their song. The music passes through me, the program is undone I start the final movement, Guided to the Sun. I trespass across the celebration of vibrant poetry. Transparent Songs of Wisdom, To evolve and be free. And what they were, And what they lost, When they began, From what they are, All that I know, All that I feel, Shall return to the stars........
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Balladeering 03:28
I am the balladeer of good fortune The minstrel of the fair Come with me on an enchanted journey Through the summer evening air We'll converse with fellow wanderers And drink beneath the stars We'll lay down into dawn's slumber And dream of travels far Oh how the time passes The fleeting moments fly Just when we think we've 'woken It's time to say good bye I greeted her within the twilight The solstice of my year With an aura like a sunset She sets my heart to fear She guides us with her submissive embrace Her breath whispers of the light She opens the way for our passing And she fades into the night Oh how the time passes The fleeting moments fly Just when we think we've 'woken It's time to say good bye Our journey's only started But our voyage is at an end It's times transcended passage Into the sun I am the balladeer of good fortune The minstrel of the fair Come with me on an enchanted journey Into the summer evening air
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I. Into the Void (instrumental) II. Coming of the Ainur In the receding gray of twilight's mist They came to this Earth from seas afar, from seas afar Givers of the fruits of the Sacred Tree Purveyors of knowledge revealed by Iluvatar, by Iluvatar Through the frozen slumbers of the final dawn The burning desires and the flesh that warms. Lies the eternal chorus of the immortal's song. They sowed the seeds of life into their Mother And banished evil machinations of men, machinations of men With infinite Wisdom taken from time The enraptured people of Valinor's rule begins, Valinor's rule begins Through the frozen slumbers of the final dawn The burning desires and the flesh that warms. Lies the eternal chorus of the immortal's song. III. The Ritual of Manwe Dancing by the fire's light Invocations into the night Stars shining down upon A world whose mystery is yet unfound Witness to this Mother Earth The Children of the Celestial Birth Bound to serve by a faith From whose music and logic and reason awakes I bare witness to this world My minds spectral image unfolds Ancient visions of times grown long My soul afire as I join with their song VI. The Revealing of Iluvatar And I understand now The magic is in the song I was looking for something heard I was searching for something found They walk among us still Their music has never left The spring flows eternal Iluvatar's light remains V. Eternal Twilight They board their white ships to travel West As millenia pass they grow anew, they grow anew. Through the frozen slumbers of the final dawn The burning desires and the flesh that warms. Lies the eternal chorus of the immortal's song. And their song remains And their light remains Through eternal change VI. The Voyage (Instrumental)
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The Golblins, the Trolls, the Ogres and Gnolls They all laughed at a dwarf named Ron But the dragons didn't laugh 'Cause after all they're dragons And dragons don't care about a dwarf named Ron Under the ground in a dark dreary cave Lived a dwarf and his name was Ron And in his dreary cave he baked his bread And he dreamed about finding a woman Long ago he had a girl and her name was Carl "Carl's a funny name for a girl!" thought Ron And when he tried some dwarven lovin' Carl said "No!" And she said it with a voice like a mastodon Ron once had a trove of silver and gold He had mounds which he slept upon His treasure hoard would impress a mighty king Didn't eat steak, he ate filet mignon Ron thought some more then he said "Wait a sec! I've only seen Carl with clothes on!" So off came her dress and he had quite a shock Now you know why they laughed at a dwarf named Ron The Golblins, the Trolls, the Ogres and Gnolls They all laughed at a dwarf named Ron But the dragons didn't laugh 'Cause after all they're dragons And dragons don't care about a dwarf named Ron
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Alex and Sam playin' in a rock n roll band Alex and Sam playin' in a rock n roll band They don't care what you say They're gonna play anyway Alex and Sam playin' in a rock n roll band Alex and Sam playin' in a rock n roll band They can't hear what you say They're gonna play loud today Alex and Sam playin' in a rock n roll band Alex and Sam playin' in a rock n roll band Alex and Sam rockin' in a rock n roll band Alex and Sam rockin' in a rock n roll band

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"The Feast Of The Mantis" will take you on an epic journey through time and space, where you will encounter giant carnivorous insects and hideous aquatic lifeforms, explore human/centaur relations and android transfigurations, be treated to the musical wisdom of Noldors and the romantic misadventures of unlucky dwarves.

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released October 31, 2010

All titles (words and music) copyright 2010 Corey/Hall/Knight/Malinowski

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