Forgebound by Violet Empress

[Intro: thudding drums pounding]

[Instrumental break: melodic lead guitar]

[Instrumental flourish]

[Verse 1]
There's a path by a lake
Where the bellows all hiss

That path by the lake
Where the hammers strike hot

Where slag melts away 
All the memories forgot
(Ohhhhhh) 
In the tomb by the lake
Those keys glint with sparks

When the hammers strike hot
With those molten burned marks

[Pre-chorus]
And when those hammers strike hot
Those memories forgot are like phantoms
That rise through the steel

And when those hammers strike hot
Those phantoms are caught
Between the bell and the peal

(Ohhhhhh) 
Empress, don't you know?
(You were always)
(Ahhhhhh) 
[Chorus]
You were always
Forgebound
(She was always) 
Forgebound

We were always 
Forgebound
They were always
Forgebound
(Ahhhhhh) 
[Post-chrous]
Forgebound by your kin
Forgebound for your sins
(Ohhhhhh)

[Instrumental flourish: 8 bars, lead guitar chases vocals]

[Verse 2]
There's a road by a river
Where the bellows all hissed

That road by the river
Where the hammers struck hot

And memory melts away 
Like sunlight on rock
(Ohhhhhh) 
In the tomb in the river
Where keys rest forever

When the hammers struck hot
With the sparks of the never…

[Pre-Chorus]
Ohhhhhh
Empress, don't you know?
(She was always)

(Ohhhhhh) 
Empress, don't you know?
(You were always)
(Ahhhhhh) 
[Chorus]
You were always
Forgebound
(She was always) 
Forgebound

We were always 
Forgebound
They were always
Forgebound
(Ahhhhhh) 
[Post-chrous]
Forgebound by your kin
Forgebound for your sins
(Ohhhhhh)

[Instrumental break: long lead guitar solo]

[Interlude]
[Spoken word: baritone male, half-whispered, solemn]
[Rhythmic Bridge]
"That is not dead
Which can eternal lie, (can eternal lie)

And yet
With strange aeons
Even death
May die. (may die)"

[Instrumental flourish]

(Ohhhhhh) 
Empress, don't you know?
(You were always)
(Ahhhhhh) 
[Chorus]
You were always
Forgebound
(She was always) 
Forgebound

We were always 
Forgebound
They were always
Forgebound
(Ahhhhhh) 
[Post-chrous]
Forgebound by your kin
Forgebound for your sins
(Ohhhhhh)

[Verse 3 ]
In the sea on an island
Forgotten by map and man

She waits in her sleeping
All part of her plan?

As the hammers lay rusted
In the rivers and the lakes

The world holds its breath
For its forgotten mistake

The world holds its breath
For the empress to wake…

[Instrumental flourish: virtuoso twin harmonised guitars]

[Outro]
[melodic lead guitar chases vocals]
That is not dead (ohhhhhh)
Which can eternal lie (ahhh ahhhh)
(And yet, with strange aeons)

That is not dead (ohhhhhh)
Which can eternal lie (ahhh ahhhh)
(And yet, with strange aeons)

[beat switch]
That is not dead (ohhhhhh)
Which can eternal lie (ahhh ahhhh)
(And yet, with strange aeons)

(And yet, with strange aeons)
Even death... 
Oh yeah, even death may...

[Big Finish]
And yet,  
with strange aeons
Even death [flourish: drums]
May Die. [flourish: guitar]

[Instrumental flourish]

[end]

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[Intro: thudding drums pounding] [Instrumental break: melodic lead guitar] [Instrumental flourish] [Verse 1] There's a path by a lake Where the bellows all hiss That path by the lake Where the hammers strike hot Where slag melts away All the memories forgot (Ohhhhhh) In the tomb by the lake Those keys glint with sparks When the hammers strike hot With those molten burned marks [Pre-chorus] And when those hammers strike hot Those memories forgot are like phantoms That rise through the steel And when those hammers strike hot Those phantoms are caught Between the bell and the peal (Ohhhhhh) Empress, don't you know? (You were always) (Ahhhhhh) [Chorus] You were always Forgebound (She was always) Forgebound We were always Forgebound They were always Forgebound (Ahhhhhh) [Post-chrous] Forgebound by your kin Forgebound for your sins (Ohhhhhh) [Instrumental flourish: 8 bars, lead guitar chases vocals] [Verse 2] There's a road by a river Where the bellows all hissed That road by the river Where the hammers struck hot And memory melts away Like sunlight on rock (Ohhhhhh) In the tomb in the river Where keys rest forever When the hammers struck hot With the sparks of the never… [Pre-Chorus] Ohhhhhh Empress, don't you know? (She was always) (Ohhhhhh) Empress, don't you know? (You were always) (Ahhhhhh) [Chorus] You were always Forgebound (She was always) Forgebound We were always Forgebound They were always Forgebound (Ahhhhhh) [Post-chrous] Forgebound by your kin Forgebound for your sins (Ohhhhhh) [Instrumental break: long lead guitar solo] [Interlude] [Spoken word: baritone male, half-whispered, solemn] [Rhythmic Bridge] "That is not dead Which can eternal lie, (can eternal lie) And yet With strange aeons Even death May die. (may die)" [Instrumental flourish] (Ohhhhhh) Empress, don't you know? (You were always) (Ahhhhhh) [Chorus] You were always Forgebound (She was always) Forgebound We were always Forgebound They were always Forgebound (Ahhhhhh) [Post-chrous] Forgebound by your kin Forgebound for your sins (Ohhhhhh) [Verse 3 ] In the sea on an island Forgotten by map and man She waits in her sleeping All part of her plan? As the hammers lay rusted In the rivers and the lakes The world holds its breath For its forgotten mistake The world holds its breath For the empress to wake… [Instrumental flourish: virtuoso twin harmonised guitars] [Outro] [melodic lead guitar chases vocals] That is not dead (ohhhhhh) Which can eternal lie (ahhh ahhhh) (And yet, with strange aeons) That is not dead (ohhhhhh) Which can eternal lie (ahhh ahhhh) (And yet, with strange aeons) [beat switch] That is not dead (ohhhhhh) Which can eternal lie (ahhh ahhhh) (And yet, with strange aeons) (And yet, with strange aeons) Even death... Oh yeah, even death may... [Big Finish] And yet, with strange aeons Even death [flourish: drums] May Die. [flourish: guitar] [Instrumental flourish] [end]

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