Dark Moon rising

from Palingenesis by The Aphotic Strain

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Parting the clouds, the rays of a purplish sheen,
Lures out the travelling fair of the unseen.
Hear ye, hear ye folks! The fair is coming soon,
Under the skeletal face of the Dark Moon.
Fair of Madness
Coming to your town!
Fair of Darkness
Will never let you down!

Drawn like moths to the flame
We gather around here to join the game.
Come and revel tonight,
Dance with the clowns with jubilant spite.
Witness, such sights to behold here!
Attractions we brought you to feed your fear.
Curious creatures and furious freaks,
Tunes of merriment and tortured shrieks.

We gather to commune
Under the rising Dark Moon.
Carnival of the doomed,
Demented, lost, consumed.
Come 'round and join the fair,
Dive deep into the nightmare,
In our tent, on our mass,
Hear the Gospel of Madness.

Contorted acrobats and living cannonballs,
Demented magicians and midget cannibals,
We would like to invite all to our midnight feast,
Join us or just jump in for a snack at least.
Fair of Madness
Running through your town!
Fair of Darkness
In terror you will drown!

Burnt like moths in the flame
The revelers fall; they became the game.
A feast for the ghouls' delight,
A gore flooded table, a grisly sight.
Scattered around, bones, picked clean,
The crows are the last guests to leave the scene.
Leaving a ghost town, the fair rolls out
As the Dark Moon creeps behind the clouds...

We gather to commune
Under the rising Dark Moon.
Carnival of the doomed,
Demented, lost, consumed.
Come 'round and join the fair,
Dive deep into the nightmare,
In our tent, on our mass,
Hear the Gospel of Madness.

Fair of Madness
Coming to your town!
Fair of Darkness
Will never let you down!
Fair of Madness
Running through your town!
Fair of Darkness
In terror you will drown!

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from Palingenesis, released November 27, 2022

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Palingenesis

Nov 2022
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Oct 2022
God Eater

Sep 2022

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