the dream - the vampire

[Severian]

ecstatic golden lines of dawn
seven sad riders left to mourn
the passing fragments of the night
overridden by the first light
thirsting for forbidden features
illuminating God's creatures
among the valleys deep
waking the children from their sleep
of dreams that fall amongst sharp rocks
bleeding under the village clocks

an echo of beastly laughter
evil aroma of slaughter
the beast took the hetman's daughter
her soul sent to the hereafter
her corpse bereft of blood, left pale
the shadow of an old wives' tale
haunting the nightmares of the night
the vampire exalts in murder
in darkness he is lord of fright
humans! nothing is absurder
to watch them slaved to obscure fear
jumping at the things they hear
beneath a shining crimson moon
searching for blood to be spilt soon
he waits and sniffs the midnight air
searching for a maiden most fair

 

[Severian]

Gott der Vater, Gott der Sohn, Gott der heilige Geist
Hope, Faith and Love. A Religion long bereft of Christ
A host of liars waiting for their late messiah
Travel back centuries to find a noble friar
The price of the dollar more important than the soul
Human dignity descending the dark hellward hole
Whilst the Anti-Christ vanquishes the holy empire
Vanishing in a maelstrom of steel, stone, blood and fire
The Earth become a stinking mud mire devouring man
A satanic destiny fuels the fires that shall fan
The destruction of the ruling white mans' perfect world
Disappearing into the depths in which it is hurled

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in essence God and Satan become one
blood of the fathers spilt in freedom won
upon the battlefields of moral greed
purity and innocence left to bleed
ruling people at the point of a gun
becoming the evil that they have shunned
fooling the weak ones standing stunned
daring to question, dismissed as crazy
outnumbered by the mentally lazy
the truth fades away in obscurity
the hidden enemy vents its fury
executioner, no judge, no jury
howling at rabid christianity
on both sides unbridled insanity

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robotic pulse across the metal mile
muted melodies march in single file
dancing in retro futuristic style
while the distant dissonant motifs vile
defile the entity with cunning guile