[The Vessel of Set] [ Verse 1: Intimate Vulnerable Male Vocals ] In an Iraqi crater where the drone strikes fell Nick Morton and Vail found a doorway to hell A pool of liquid mercury sealed up the stone Hiding a prison where a princess was thrown [ Pre-Chorus 1: Building Emotional Tension, Passionate Female Vocals ] The ancient dust is swirling on the ground A secret buried never to be found [ Chorus 1: Upfront Duet, Clear Tight Vocal Harmonies ] The weight of the ages is heavy to bear When shadows are rising to poison the air The struggle for life is a battle of will While the ghosts of the past are standing so still [ Verse 2: Intimate Emotional Female Vocals ] The C-130 Hercules climbed through the clouds Before a swarm of black crows acted as shrouds The engines exploded as the transport went down But Nick walked away from the morgue in the town [ Pre-Chorus 2: Building Emotional Tension, Passionate Male Vocals ] The coldness of the grave is in every breath Walking the line between life and his death [ Chorus 2: Upfront Duet, Clear Tight Vocal Harmonies ] To keep the horizon from falling to black The heart must surrender and never look back There is no mercy in the pull of the tide With nowhere for a broken spirit to hide [ Verse 3: Intimate Vulnerable Male Vocals ] Ahmanet stalks through the glass streets of the city Her double-pupil eyes show no mercy or pity Dr. Henry Jekyll watches the darkness expand As London is swallowed by waves of the sand [ Pre-Chorus 3: Building Emotional Tension, Passionate Female Vocals ] The bells are ringing from the towers of gold Stories of the end are beginning to unfold [ Chorus 3: Upfront Duet, Clear Tight Vocal Harmonies ] The price of a savior is a debt to be paid Counting the cost of the choices they made For love is the spark that can start life anew Even when the darkness is coming for you [Instrumental Break - Melodic Piano Solo and Acoustic Guitar Accents] [ Bridge 1: Dry Duet Vocals, Crisp Piano, Tight Rhythm ] Below in the tunnels where the iron tracks run The work of the goddess has finally begun Nick takes the Dagger of Set with the ruby so red And drives the cold steel through his own chest instead [ Bridge 2: Dry Duet Vocals, Crisp Piano, Tight Rhythm ] The humanity fades as the monster awakes Accepting the burden for everyone’s sakes To conquer the evil he becomes the same beast From the chains of the mortal he’s finally released [ Verse 4: Intimate Emotional Female Vocals ] He shatters the jewel to reclaim his own fate Bringing back Jenny before it’s too late Then Nick and Chris Vail ride away in the heat To find a redemption that’s never complete [ Pre-Chorus 4: Building Emotional Tension, Passionate Vocals ] The human heart is losing all its control Giving up the ghost to save a broken soul [ Final Chorus: Upfront Duet, Clear Tight Vocal Harmonies ] When the world is ending and the sun starts to rise The power is reflected in the traveler's eyes The monster is born in the skin and the bone To sit on the edge of a forgotten throne [ Outro: Upfront Dry Duet, Fading Emotional Resonance ] The dunes move along where the secrets were kept Away from the tomb where the royalty slept Into the desert where the wind starts to moan The king of the shadows is walking alone
