Lyrics - Part I: The Curse by Ancient

Black clouds fill the day skyin the primitive
Lands of
Nodas the two sons of
Adam offer uptheir gifts (of pride) to the one reigning higha dark fate born by sacrificial fire
Caine:"
Oh,
Great
Father of my father
Whom
Thou banished from
Thine garden
Look down upon
Thy faithful servant
And accept my beloved brother."
With tears of love the
Firstborn thrusthis sharpest scythe deep into
Abel's heartrendering him lifeless but eternallyprized in the mind of
God as his body witheredin the scorching blaze.
Caine:"
Oh, my dear brother
Forgive me for what
I have done.
But to the
One
Almightya greater prize
I have none."
Adam:"
Caine, thou hast broken my seal of absolute love
The crime thou'st commited meets not the approval of
Him above.
Forever shall you wander in the lands beyond aloneabd from this day forth
I cannot call thee my own."
Caine:"
Oh, father my great father
Why hast thou cursed me so?
Have
I not done what thou asked for?
To the shadowed woods
I cannot go."
Adam:"
I can no longer endure thine sinful words
This greatly unmerciful deed hast done him wrong.
I pray that thou find ways to repentand as
I was cast out so you shall be gone!"
Be gone!
Exiled, the
Firstborn rushes off to the obscure yetwelcoming arms of
Cimmerian darknessfor there he shall find great wisdomand awaiting beneath the cresent moon lurksthe mother of magick...

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