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To Paint a New World
10:33
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I gaze across this world
As cold winds blow
My heart grows heavy
As dark as my soul
Come make this your home
Stay with us
Embrace the mold, let all decay
Come share this our bed
Abandon hope
Forget the fire, just fade away
Endless night
Out of sight
In this prison
All is lost
As we rot
In this painted world
We are the Forlorn
Forgotten souls
Accepting doom, please let us stay
In this quiet place
Unburdened by flame
Betrayed by ash, this is our fate
We are weak
And the meek
In this cold hell
Our Father cries
Believing lies
In this tainted world
I've seen your kind here before
You seekers of truth
You lack the stomach for it
So die in agony
I trust you'll learn your lesson
Some secrets stay kept
By oath to my dear Lady
Curiosity be your cross
The one to show me flame
You've opened the door
I am pleased to see you
Uncle Gael has told me
Very much about you
I wish to return now
To paint a new world
Behold it, my canvas
So cold, dark, and gentle
And it will make someone
A goodly home one day
I see the flames, they flicker
Not enough blood shed
Please bring my flail, please Friede
Canst thou not see?
When the Ashes are two
A flame alighteth
Thou art Ash, and fire befits thee
Let your black flame burn
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Blacksmith's Wisdom
05:32
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Flame, I smell flame upon you
Power of the gods, how brightly you burn
Flame, dear flame, I give you my all
Still you waver and falter
Feel the hammer strike
Giving life into steel
With power from the flame
Artwork designed to kill
A weapon to tip the scales
Against the might of the lords
I hear the will of the blade
Calling out for their souls
To be one with the flame
To be kin to the fire
Tools and tricks of a trade
Born in righteous desire
Edge of sword, point of spear
Curve of axe, weight of club
Children of dying embers
From the flame that I love
Flame, I smell flame upon you
If you walk with flame, then I salute you
Flame, dear flame, we give you our all
Still you waver and falter
The embers radiate
A dull light nearly exhausted
Revealing an eerie resilience
Linked to the fire
From the start of time
Flame allowed man to flourish
And even now, we devise new fiery arts
The flame allures us, allows us to see
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Praise the Sun
04:00
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Gaze above, know the time has come
Raise your sword, the struggle's just begun
Ring the bells, reach the throne on high
Nothing there, illusion conceals night
Where can it be?
Have I not searched enough?
Am I a fool?
Surely I am blind in your eyes
Must not give up
I may not find a sun beyond
Yet much below
To find the truth in the lie
Seek the sun
Follow the will of the fire
Quell the undeath
Praise the sun!
Warriors unite
Engage in cooperation
Searching Lordran
Praise the sun!
Oh, my dear sun
What is it now that I must do?
I've come so far
Is this the path I must pursue?
I see it glow
Glimmering beneath the ruins
Beckoning closer
My journey ending soon
Finally I have found the one
I am now a truly glorious sun
Madness is all that I have left
Crawling deep within undead flesh
It's dark, so dark...
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Remember My Name
06:24
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I do not know you
You do not know me
No need to be friendly
Why do you want to talk to me?
Walls closing slowly
Decaying and moldy
I look, but I can't see
Who are you? Why am I here?
Long ago, in my land of birth
I joined the Order of a Lord
Risen from nothing
No name, no worth
Just the loyalty of my sword
What of my story?
Memory so hazy
Only the journey
What is this place? What draws us here?
Darkness surrounds me
Growing so weary
I stand, but I feel weak
What is this? Why are we here?
Please forgive me, for I am cursed
But you—you are the same
My thoughts are scattered
At loss for words
I beg you, remember my name
My brother
I remember
I pray you're still here as well
Dear brother
I'll find you
Before you've lost all yourself
Strength fading
Mind failing
Trapped within this undead hell
I'm fading
Body failing
The rot is starting to smell
My brother
Do I remember?
You must have come here as well
Dear brother
Where are you?
I fear I'm losing myself
Mask fallen
Legs give in
I've been reduced to a shell
Of what I
Once had been
But I can no longer tell
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A Once Proud Knight
08:44
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I’m slowly losing myself
How much longer can I hold on?
The light inside grows dimmer
How much longer ’til I am gone?
I’ve seen the realm of Lordran
On this quest before I’m lost
Travelled far from my homeland
At this curse’s heavy cost
And I’m so tired now
The burden grows within
Please let me get some rest now
To sleep, perchance to dream again
Visions of withered corpses
Nightmares, what I’ll become
When left no other choices
I left my family and my home
An ailing wife and noble daughter
To save them from myself
What kind of husband? What kind of father?
They must remember who I was
Through darkest depths
Fighting pain and sorrow
My eyes have grayed, memories fade
Soon I’ll go hollow
Daughter, why are you here?
Can’t you see what I’ve become?
Daughter, why are you here?
Your mother’s gone? I can’t go on
Please no
I can not stop the monster that I am
Please go
Before I tear you limb from limb
Bloodlust wells up within
Losing control, I swing my sword
Sanity growing thin
All hope is lost to save my soul
And I’m so tired now
Nothing left of who I’d been
I think I’ll get some rest now
Thank you, my little Lin
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Spear and Hammer
04:41
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Golden in sunlight their armor gleams
Eyes fixed, determined intensity
The dragon slayer sworn to his king
Protects with honor and loyalty
Before you stand
Masters of spear and hammer
Fight for your life
Face the onslaught to ascend
Run, dodge, and roll
Seize opportunity or die
The tide has turned
Ornstein takes a mortal strike
The knight collapses
Gripping his spear to meet the end
Fallen in battle
No greater honor to achieve
Smough's hammer comes down
His laughter echoes gleefully
At virtue's weakness
A bloodlust knows not friend from foe
The lightning cracks
As pillars crumble beneath his mighty swings
Cannibal yearning to eat your corpse
Merciless evil without remorse
Psychotic laughs as he crushes you slowly
Immense destruction and death is so pleasing
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A flame alights the grey
Awakening lost spirits
Drawn they are to the blaze
Coming out from the shadows
Souls writhe within the fire
Lords of life, death, light, and dark
Gods to bring a new age
Rising against the dragons
War to split the world below
A swirling mass of death above
Chaos burns the land of ancients
Lightning piercing scales of stone
The dragons fall
Betray their own
The lord of light
Claims his new home
Lordran the great
City of gods
An age of fire
But at what cost?
When the flame begins to fade
What can we do to save it?
When the dark comes for us all
How can we hope to stave it?
Desperation, she alights
A chaos flame out of control
Consuming evil, untamed life
The witch reborn a demon lord
When the flame begins to fade
What can we do to save it?
When the dark comes for us all
How can we hope to stave it?
The lord sacrifices all
Against forces of chaos
His family torn apart
His people left to darkness
Illusion of the sun
Shines light upon the city
But soon the flames will fade
And only dark will remain
When the flame begins to fade
What can we do to save it?
When the dark comes for us all
How can we hope to stave it?
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The First Sin
08:53
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The lord of light banished the dark
Linking his soul to the first flame
Cursing us all; we are the damned
We live as shades of the first sin
Trapped by fate and false pretense
This world of warmth and resplendence
It's all a lie; we are deprived
Our heroes
Are hollow
Gone insane
Cursed to live again and again
Our burden
The chosen
Linked to flame
Cursed to die again and again
What lies beyond the scope of light?
What lies beyond the reach of dark?
We're all that remains
What lies beyond the scope of light?
What lies beyond the reach of dark?
Only ash remains
Our heroes
Are hollow
Gone insane
Cursed to live again and again
Our burden
The chosen
Linked to flame
Cursed to die again and again
When the flame begins to falter
The curse returns again
On this path we're forced to follow
We're slaves to the first sin
When the flame begins to falter
And the darkness creeps in
As the world turns to the hollow
The cycle starts again
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Welcome home, ashen one
Let these souls become
Thy heart's desire
Elucidated by the fire
Take nourishment from me
Relics of disparity
Yet hear my words
Deep in the dark where all converge
These eyes reveal a light
Such a terrifying sight
Images of betrayal
A flameless world beyond the veil
Please take this dream away
These visions cannot stay
We are drawn by fate
Is this your wish? It's not too late
But of course I serve thee
And hope you find your peace
When the darkness comes
Together then, thy will be done
Farewell, ashen one
Face your trials and overcome
Gather to the thrones
Cinders of Lords who must atone
Shackled by the sin
Life, but means to an end
The flame they fear
Will be the one to draw them here
The wolf knight of the past
A great giant and the last
The devourer of men
When princes fall, they'll burn again
Ashen one, the time's arrived
Beckoned here among the fire
Bend thy knee afore
The coiled sword and rise a Lord
But of course I serve thee
And hope you find your peace
Now the darkness comes
Together then, thy will be done
For a world that should not be
Into nothingness set free
No more curse, no more lies
Our eyes will see as the fire dies
We remain among the accursed
Unkindled yearning only for warmth
Burned by the flame to ash
On a pilgrimage from the church
Come sovereignless Hollows clad in black
To find their Lord at last
Is the soul the source of all life?
What distinguishes the humanity that we hold within ourselves?
If to be vulnerable is to be alive
What little use for humanity until we are undead
Dark is the mother of us all
To inherit the fire and harness chaos
Is to bring the Age of Men
Our world began without knowledge
Born into captivity
And without knowledge will it end
And as her black eyes shimmer within
I can see our strings are pulled
The two serpents and the crow
At the edge of existence
Lies a city hidden away
So easily forgotten
Where the furtive pygmies wait
Like a golden spire of light
Nestled in a blessed egg
Where all time falls to dust
And all kingdoms laid to waste
Among the ruins of the past
Innumerable souls gathered in red
The Dark Soul of man returned
When the blood of Gael is shed
This is our future to decide
The ancient gods are dead and gone
Damn them all to the Abyss
Our final battle will be won
No prophecy to be fulfilled
No serpent's tongue to have its sway
The canvas waits for our rebirth
There are no masters we obey
A world born from the Dark Soul's power
Painted with hope for all the lost
Escape the prison of undeath
Must break this curse at any cost
Warriors of cinder
Time has come to heed the call
The unremembered
Drawn to duel and doomed to fall
Fight, souls of cinder
Chosen ones without a name
Linked to the embers
Guardians of the First Flame
Rise, Lord of Cinder
You will never burn again
Vengeance delivered
In the Dark your cycle ends
We are one in the darkness
And alone we choose to face it
We are one in the darkness
And alone we will embrace it
Without light there are no shadows
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Soulmass is a duo made up of Lux Edwards and Brett Windnagle, making death/doom about Soulsborne lore and other dark and fantastical settings.
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