Triton Among the Minnows

I. THE PAGAN?

Time has stripped away, the hours in which you hide

Twilight is growing near.

The icy cold cliff, hanging overhead

Collects his frozen tears.

Scattered along the way, remnants of flesh.

He leaves a stream of blood, beckoning your lust

Vengeance fuels your thirst.

Hideous ferocious sight, not one whose charmed

Is your hatred justified?

Your knives like shards of ice, glisten in the night

You prepare another fight.

[TRITON]

"You declare that I'm evil, yet you bow before your pagan gods!"

He'll do what he must, in preservation

Don't blame him for your lust.

You teach your sons and daughters all of your lives

They believe what they learn, never knowing what's right

They grow to hate the monster, while you build his throne

You fertilize the enemy, with seeds of your own

II. PHANTOM LEADER

[AN ELDER]

Gather up your weapons now

Our time has come to purify

Leave your sympathy at the door

Make sure your hatred's magnified

[AN ELDER]

I'm your fearless leader

It's time you take your turn

Though you've never killed before

Just remember all you've learned

[AN ELDER]

Lean your heads back, look up high

Your destiny waits on the cliff

Our little friend, he scoffs at you

Taste the blood now on Your lips

[AN ELDER]

I'll lead you into battle now

There's no need to be afraid

I'll anxiously wait your return

I'm right behind you, miles away

[CHILD]

But daddy I'm scared

I never want to leave your side

And if we journey,

Somehow I know, that we will die

[ELDER]

DO AS YOUR TOLD!

III. THE POOL

[TRITON]

Alone for all these years

You've never shown me love

My heart is cold and frozen

It keeps me strong and tough

The moon, my only friend

I bathe in your light

I gaze into a pool

I'm lost within' the sight...

A school of minnows

In the stagnant water

You swim in filth

And eat your brothers

I rest up high

I am your king

I'm your Triton

I'm your everything

Taste the moss in your blood

It feeds my desire

The pool becomes a burning lake

Your swimming in fire

Taste the moss in your blood

It feeds my desire

The pool becomes a burning lake

Your swimming in fire

A shool of minnows

In my stagnant water

You create your own filth

And you kill your brothers

I stay away

Yet I'm to blame

You made me king

When you laid your blame

IV. THE AMBIANCE OF IMPENDING SIN

Tension thick in the depth of the night

A misty fog hangs in the putrid sky

Sadness within', only death could ever win

More scary than the creature we long to kill,

Is this night we brought upon ourselves.

No return from the creation of our sins

We choose this path, leading to our end.

V. ONE-DIMENSIONAL SCHOOL (creation of sin)

[MINNOWS]

Born in clear water

Embryo emerged full of life

Conform to one another

Begins the reason that we die

Caught in a whirlpool

A one-dimensional school

[MINNOWS]

Just a little bit different, push it aside

Now the water flows murky

So obsessed with one another, we eat our own

Now we swim in filthy water

Caught in a whirlpool

A one-dimensional school

Caught in a whirlpool

A one-dimensional school

VI. ASCENSION FOR THE KINGDOM (instrumental)

VII. TRITON'S LAIR

[ATTACKERS]

Rotting flesh beneath our feet

Bodies dangle from the trees

The smell of death is in the air

The demon's waiting in his lair

Closing in we hear him breathe

He seems to be fast asleep

Pull the blade, its time to kill

In the black his eyes appear

The moon hanging overhead

Has seen this happen all before

Like the minnows in the pool

Against their king they bring war

Frozen still by our fear

Eyes are slowly closing in

Finally given eternal glimpse

His face appears in the moonlight

No time to scream, held by his eys

Through their necks he scrapes his claws

One by one, he mounts their heads

Still alive, he eats their flesh

Over the side of the cliff

He throws their bodies in the pool

The water turns blood red

Where the next generation drinks

VIII. INFINITE MOTION

Gaze into the pool

Not too far removed

Looks like me and you

In their little schools

[MAN]

Selfishly I play

Bow to my pagan gods

A price that I will pay

Flows within' my blood

At the dawn of time

Something broke the surface

Crept into my make

Somehow holds me captive

Spinning in the pools

Held within' this motion

Trapped inside the schools

I can't see the ocean

In the depths of my soul

I search for the truth

My heart lies broken

By all that I've been through

In this motion, we call life

I fight for redemption

Out of nothing, stirs the hope

I will find salvation

I will search, I will pray, I will beg for the light

On my knees, I will fall, I will search until I die...

THE END?