The Castle Portal

from Chosen Bereft by Citadel

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lyrics

Can’t you see the martyrs?
Forever crowned in prolonged misery
One belief in the higher
Forgotten dreams from a kingdom out of reach

The ending nears the path alone
Beyond relation to the world I’ve known
Constellation of fates to weigh
Disposed horizon, a friend betrayed

Tonight we’ve gone to hell
Begging the skies to speak
The muse of glows fades from our sight
This is the home that we seek

Tell a truth to me
Death will set you free

Through the vapor’s rise,
I notice the color’s all the same
Spared from falling downwards
Held in the gray between

Go from Earth to see
I forsake this sleep

I can see they lower me in the ground

Sacrifice for this nothing
Withered the gates to pry
Absent disorder of spirit decay
The remains ignite
Cursed to live again

The reaping cries of liars
Damning me from returning once again
One’s lone desire
Across the trees, further from the rise

The ending nears the path alone
Beyond relation to the world I’ve known
Constellation of fates to weigh
The frozen silence begs me to stay

Tell a truth to me
Death will set me free

Through the vapor’s rise,
I notice the color is all the same
Spared from falling downwards
Held in the gray between

Go from Earth to see
I forsake this sleep

Forgoes this fated line built from grim wonder
We sail beneath under the corners of your eyes
Chariots of steam holding the lie closer

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from Chosen Bereft, released December 20, 2022

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