1. |
Guile
02:23
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[Instrumental]
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2. |
From the Inky Depths
05:46
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[Gods:]
A wise Creature emerges from the inky depths
He bears ancient knowledge from waves
Now you must welcome the Fishman into your homes
He will teach you how to behave
We deathless Gods witnessed him crawl up from the grimy sand
He will test your small island clan
[Villager:]
Fishman
Why are you here?
How can
You be a seer?
Calm down
Depart from fear
We can't wait to stay too long
To hear his Fishsong
[Gods:]
His slippery skin transcends maritime boundaries
With muscly legs he ambulates
The darkened secrets of things he brings from the seas
He sings deep truths, this Scaly Muse
We deathless Gods witnessed him crawl up from the grimy sand
He will test your small island clan
[Villager:]
Collapse
The distinction
Between
Gods and humans
The Fish
Can’t be outdone
We can't wait to stay too long
To hear his Fishsong
[Villagers:]
O, Fishman
We need you
We can do
Much with you
O, Fishman
We need you
We can do
Much with you
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3. |
Greasy Eye
07:52
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[Gods:]
When the village found the Fishman
Light of knowledge glimmered from his greasy eyes
[Fishman:]
Have you want of technology?
[Gods:]
They now rejoiced with newfound art
Oarless ships and oily lamps warmed their hearts
Viewing these things, they thought themselves smart
Bore the Fishman worthy honor from the start
[Fishman:]
Steer straight ‘cross the foamy waves
Lest they become a wat’ry grave
Please respect my native clan
Lay not on them your filthy hands
[Villager:]
We built ships that harnessed wind
Pulled by sails
Handsome ramparts do rise up to the skies
Prevent our demise
We shall not fail
Fishman brings ancient books telling
Of medicine
Potions keep us healthy, curing disease
Unnaturally
We become strong
We dug deep into the ground
For silver
We built war machines and vanquished our foes
Dealing them blows
We laid them low
[Gods:]
Civic bonds helped them lay down the law
Public forums raised their voices high
Oratory works filled them with awe
In triumph, they looked up at the sky
[Fishman:]
You have progressed far my friends
With great means but to what end?
How far do you want to go?
Birds don’t like machines, you know
[Gods:]
Passion for profit blocked empathy
Grimy concrete replaced all the trees
Growing weary of the people’s schemes
Fishman shattered all their vain dreams
[Fishman:]
You must relent on this day
I won’t teach lest we be prey
Pious Pilots
Patrol the stars
[Villager:]
Grimy Fish, you are a liar
From the deep
Scaly Monster, how you promised us power
Locked in this tower
You shall tell us
[Fishman:]
I will not relent
Nor divulge the secrets of the deep
[Gods:]
Using all his guile, he traced a line
From the window to the brine
To the brine
Using all his guile, he traced a line
(Using all his guile, he traced a line)
From the window to the brine
(Using all his guile, guile)
(Using all his guile, guile)
To the brine
(From the window to the brine)
(Guile, guile)
(Brine)
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4. |
Surly Pilot
10:56
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[Air Traffic Controller:]
Delta 7422, you're s'posed to be on Mike.
[Cruel Bird:]
Yes, sir, we're going out there right now.
[Air Traffic Controller:]
Looks like you joined Lima.
[Cruel Bird:]
Okay, you know what? We'll taxi up there any way we want, unless you tell us to. I don't like your attitude.
[Air Traffic Controller:]
I don't have an attitude, sir. I'm just saying it looks like you joined Lima instead of Mike. I'm just trying to correct you, before you, you stay on Lima.
[Cruel Bird:]
Okay, 'cause my God, there's another plane out there, like six miles away. Your attitude is really something, sir. We're out here on Mike. Good morning.
[Air Traffic Controller:]
Good morning. There was no attitude. I was just trying to correct you. That's my job to correct you if you mess up, and I make sure everybody does what I asked them to do for certain reasons.
[Cruel Bird:]
Alright. I make a mistake every two to three minutes but my attitude is not like yours. We're out on Mike. And you didn't tell us how to get there, so next time you can try doing that.
[Copilot:]
Settle down, Captain happy.
[Air Traffic Controller:]
Delta 1334...
[Cruel Bird:]
I, the Pious Pilot, have come to end this charade
I act as messenger of Gods
Things are going to change around here, if I have my way
Keeping technology at bay
You know that knowledge is the domain of the Divine
We must not shoot past the limit of things
I keep my feathery watch around the mountaintops
Guarding the world from sure destruction
In ancient planes I fly, relics from a bygone time
With my beaked associates we form an order
The Fish was wise, but not enough
Now I’m here, I’ll show you who’s tough
[Villager:]
Cruel Bird
Relentless
Cruel Bird
Relentless
Traces tracks across the stars
To find you
He’s a Surly Pilot
Cruel Bird
Relentless
Cruel Bird
Relentless
Hatred, malice, in his eyes
Sharp beak
Cruel Bird
Blank expression
Gods behind the curtain, controlling the
Cruel Bird
Cruel Bird
Electronic wires, thinner than mortal coil
Relentless, destructive, violent
Cruel, Cruel Bird
Execute the Master’s commands
You dumb, stupid, idiot Bird
Fight the Relentless Swordsman
Evict the Evil Mouse
Cruel Bird
Relentless
Cruel Bird
Relentless
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5. |
The Prophet: Part I
05:16
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[Villager:]
Would that you could see
As well into the
Future
As well as your name
Does seem to proclaim
Prophetic Cat
You might have been spared
From your gruesome fate
Wicked Cat
Banished from the air
You live in despair
Forever
[Prophet:]
[Shrieking]
[Villager:]
We had faith in you
Thinking you’d be true
Forever
Now the Bird is here
We all live in fear
Because of you
Full of guile he is
All the power’s his
So cruel
How can we go back?
Avian attack
We’re ruined
[Villagers:]
Bird is so cruel
His harsh new rule
Bird is so cruel
His harsh new rule
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6. |
The Prophet: Part II
02:17
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[Prophet:]
You shall all perish
At the hands of the Gods
The Bird destroyed your dam
That was just the first
Just wait, you haven’t seen the worst
You haven’t seen the last
These fetters shall not forever bind these paws
You have broken all of Nature’s laws
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7. |
Cruel Bird
06:10
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[Villagers:]
The Bird has tortured our folk
He has put them under a yolk
We must complete the dam
[Cruel Bird:]
You have abused the knowledge of the Fish, and now the will of the Gods
For this offense you shall suffer and become subjects of the Avian Race
[Villagers:]
Cruel Bird
Cruel Bird
[Cruel Bird:]
The power is mine now
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8. |
Relentless Swordsman
03:34
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[Gods:]
Relentless Swordsman
There came a champion of the people
A Relentless Swordsman
So selfless he was
So gallant in stride
Determined
To end the reign of the Bird
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9. |
Contemptor Divum
20:04
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[Villager:]
The Bird sat on his lofty throne
Ordering bloody slaughter
The Swordsman stood up, challenged him
His feathers ruffled, he glared down
They were locked in strong contest
In the sky
We cheered our champion on to victory
Hoping we’d be free
The Bird took note of the dam
Built to recover the wise Fishfolk
He strove to wreck it, ending all
The Swordsman checked him, pressing hard
The bitter blade cut through the neck
Of that wretched Cruel Bird
But the structure could not withstand it
The dam burst water, killing all
Now I’m dead
Now I'm dead
Now I'm dead
Now I'm dead
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10. |
Relentlessness
27:40
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[Gods:]
Bear the cube into
The octagonal chamber
So the ritual might begin
I taste it…
The violence is the only cure
Is this how we treat our friends?
We are just Gods manipulating
Weightless soldiers
Bear the cube
Bear it well and far
Let the cube suck our lives down its narrow throat
Tight and moist
Bearer of the cube
Cube-bearer
Die a little to pass the war
Die a little to pass the time
War a little to pass the time
War a little to die the time
Time a little to die the war
Pass a little to time the war
Exit your spherical prison
To fight our wars for us
On the square battlefield
Human faces deformed
They are animals
30-year-old stinky green men hang on balloons
Going nowhere
Guardians lift up the moon
But it will fall again
As the war rages on
The Moon smiles its cruel smile
And gazes upon us
As the Prophetic Cat battles the Swordsman
And the Turtle reemerges
From the inky depths
Who lives in the diver’s helmet, thinking his watery thoughts?
Who lives in the hook?
As the war rages on
In the cube
In the cube
Cube
Bear the cube into
The octagonal chamber
So the ritual might begin
I taste it…
The violence is the only cure
Is this how we treat our friends?
We are just Gods manipulating
Weightless soldiers
Bear the cube
Bear it well and far
Let the cube suck our lives down its narrow throat
Tight and moist
Bearer of the cube
Cube-bearer
Die a little to pass the war
Die a little to pass the time
War a little to pass the time
War a little to die the time
Time a little to die the war
Pass a little to time the war
Exit your spherical prison
To fight our wars for us
On the square battlefield
Human faces deformed
They are animals
30-year-old stinky green men hang on balloons
Going nowhere
Guardians lift up the moon
But it will fall again
As the war rages on
The Moon smiles its cruel smile
And gazes upon us
As the Prophetic Cat battles the Swordsman
And the Turtle reemerges
From the inky depths
Who lives in the diver’s helmet, thinking his watery thoughts?
Who lives in the hook?
As the war rages on
In the cube
In the cube
Cube
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Emerging from the
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