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Voyage's End I
04:33
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Chester: Another voyage has now come to its end
Mountains of gold and treasure rest in the cargo
Whipping sea wind inspires pride in what I am
Joy on our faces from new victory
Drinking on the deck and cheers from my brethren
I stand alone and strong on the bow of our vessel
Chester: This is the sea where I long to be
Endless mystery below a visage of majesty
Adventure and exploration
Not bound to the ties of the nations
Brotherhood and solitude
To my own journey, tis but a prelude
Tim: Learn its ways and you will conquer
Other mortals that you plunder
Chester: My friend Tim, he’s the only one I trust
But he’s made his own mistakes
His share of treasure turns into crack and dust
But he’ll team up with me someday
Because I’m sick of living in my father’s shadow
It’s time to forge my own way
I don’t want him to be all I’m ever known for
It’s time to make my own name
Chester: This is the sea where I long to be
Endless mystery below a visage of majesty
Adventure and exploration
Not bound to the ties of the nations
Brotherhood and solitude
To my own journey, tis but a prelude
Tim: Learn its ways and you will conquer
Other mortals that you plunder
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The Tavern
06:01
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Tim: I wait in here, the backwaters
Of this port, the tavern
Grim corners void of light
Homeless drunks waste away
This is where secrets exchange
This is where whole lives change
Chester draws near, unused to this fear
To learn of the lost eighth sea
Grim corners void of light
Homeless drunks waste away
This is where secrets exchange
This is where whole lives change
Chester: Tim here waits for me, from my father free
Make my own name, never be the same
I don’t want to feel, but only dread is real
This dark place beckons death, I take my final breath
Tim: Your proof lies to the north, hidden under ancient skies
Forgotten waters harbor treasure: the lost jewel of the eighth sea
Chester: I don’t want to lie, but there’s every reason why
I’ll prove I am my own, do all of this alone
Shown him I’m a man, in a way he’ll understand
Bring him back the jewel, escape from his rule
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Iron Bay
08:17
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Chester: Dark water below reveals nothing
Stars reflect on the black sea
The docks are empty at the midnight hour
Tim at my side, last glance behind
Onto deserted ship, Father’s boat now mine
In the morning he’ll know we’ve left here
Tim: Distant shouts and I whip around
Dock lights up with burning fury
We can’t give in, it’s just too early
Chester: We have been seen, hopes deflating
I’ve failed so soon, ready for my doom
Why did I think there was a way to prove myself
Tim: We’ve hardly just begun
Chester, get ahold of yourself, unfurl the sails, we must outpace them
And if we can’t we’ll turn and face them.
We’ve set our mind and we cannot change them
This is right, this is for you
For the world must belong to you
Pursuers fading fast
We are too far ahead
We will be back soon enough,
With glory in our hearts
Chester: All peaceful seas ahead, but turn around we’re dead
But it’s looking just fine
Now that my fear is gone, I know we’ll carry on
And I’m feeling all right
Tim: Discard your worry, discard your fear
We will see success coming our way
The sea is open and the sky is clear
This is the life we wish to lead, finally be freed
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Ithaca
03:05
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Ithaca: I know what you seek, all come to these waters for it
Pledge me part of our find, and I shall let you pass
Tim: This mermaid seems to want what we do
She’s our only lead beyond these incomplete maps
We have no choice, will she let us pass
I want the jewel all for myself but I will accept
Ithaca: I am pleased to hear that I have your cooperation
Fail me once and you will suffer the consequences of you lies
Head northward and you will find a mountain of immense size
Your treasure lies at the top, you will bring it back to me
Tim: This is not your conquest, this is for us and for us alone
We are the ones who have traveled and fought
The jewel is not for you
Chester: Ithaca attacks, sending waves with her wrath
Our ship starts to tip, to the lifeboat ‘fore it flips
One last fire of the cannons, hit the mermaid ‘fore she sank us
Just like that, she is gone, on our journey we go on
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The Mountain
05:16
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Tim: Ithaca can't be far behind
Luckily she’s got no way to climb
She could summon a wave to end us all
But this mountain is simply too tall
Seems no hope of reaching
Our destiny at the top
Sea monsters and storms galore
But here is something we’ve never done before
Sheer cliffs and rock falls
A long climb and a long fall
A stunning sight, one to be conquered
One last test before the jewel is ours
Seems no hope of reaching
Our destiny at the top
Sea monsters and storms galore
But here is something we’ve never done before
Chester: Might as well do it
might as well start
Better to die now
Than turn back
Tim: We steel ourselves
For this grueling last leg
Ditch the rowboat
Bring our meager supplies
A faded trail
Used but once
Will take us to
The end of our journey
Chester: It’s not going bad but our trail is so steep
I don’t mind anyway, for the jewel we will reap
Yeah it’s so high, a long climb ahead
Take one wrong step, slip, you might be dead
Seems easy enough, just stay on your toes
Look up, don’t think of your worries and woes
And it seems too damn hard but we’ll persevere
Let go of these worries woes and fears
Tim: A faded trail
Used but once
Won’t take us to
The end of our journey
The path ends here
All vertical ahead
No choice but to drop our gear
No hesitation
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6. |
Confession
02:04
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Chester: I have to stop now, before I go on and collapse
Legs are shaking and there’s no way up
Tim feels me slow, pause on the ledge
A calming hand, the only comfort that I know
Last words before I fade, fade to exhaustion, fade away
Now say I don’t want to ever return to Iron Bay
I want my own life, on the sea here with you
You’re the only one by my side
Say won't you stay with me,
Be my partner in crime, my partner in life
You’re the only one I can trust, be with me beyond the journey’s end
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Tim: Onwards we trudge up this mountainside
Our legs are weary but our hopes renewed
Bound now by our shared confession
Bound now as we breathe as one
Our original goal lies directly above
I see its glow, cresting the cliffs
On the last staircase I channel my will
And stop dead at the beauty in front of me
Chester: This is all I’ve dreamed of and this is more than imagined
Oh, its beauty, look how it glows
Radiates pure light, sat on the top of its pedestal
Seems so right
Tim: We’ve come all this way
We can’t turn back now
Chester: What if it’s guarded by some divine force?
We’d better return and replot our course
Tim: We have face plenty, what’s one more fight?
Take the jewel, and what is lost?
Both: This is our chance to free ourselves from the captain
This is our chance, for our own new lives
Is there a point to return without it?
Chester: Is there?
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8. |
Voyage's End II... Freed
10:44
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Chester: The jewel rides securely in our bag
No trouble on the way back
As if the fates knew it was meant to be
Another voyage has come to its end
Tim: I can’t believe what I am holding
This is the key to the beginning of our lives
All I could want, all I could ask for
All of this within our reach
Chester: I’m sick of living in my father’s shadow
I’ve gone and forged my own way
I did none of it so he would spite me
All I wanted was for him to be proud
Into the tavern I crash with this dread in my mind
His still body, eyes shut, sold the jewel for some drugs
Sit there beside him, take his hand
Cold and dead, hope is lost
We could’ve had our own life
But your greed drags me into pain
Tim I’ll miss you
Captain: Come along now son
I invite you back to my crew
as my equal
You have proved yourself
Your pain will heal
Soothed by what lies ahead
Wonder and conquest
Still young, your time will come
This journey never ends
More treasure on to be found
and more people on the high seas
This is just the beginning
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Eternity Opens San Diego, California
Experimental, eclectic metal from San Diego, California. Est. 2016.
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