Hunter

from Palingenesis by The Aphotic Strain

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On the streets of the old town,
Keen eyes scan for prey
Horrors around every corner
Betrayed by their stench of decay

Hunched over a fresh kill
Feasting, eyes aglow
Muscles spring to action
Beast dispatched by a precise blow

Blood drips from serrated blade
Crimson stains on rugged suede

Oh, dear hunter, on dark streets you prowl
Smell the beasts’ blood, hear as they howl
Your tool, the cleaver, their flesh it rends
With a quick strike a wretched life ends
Deep within these ruins lies the truth
A crawling nightmare, malign and astute
In this dream no respite you’ll find
But through insight you’re no longer blind

Bound by the contract
For healing you have signed
In exchange for your life
Kill all beasts that you can find

From ominous cathedrals
Through hamlets wrecked with curse
To fog shrouded castles
Knee deep in blood you’ll traverse

Oh, but knowledge can be a curse
A nightmarish hellscape reveals itself to you
Creatures, beyond the perception of man
What’s been seen, cannot be unseen again

Haunting your every step
A gaze, an unseen force
Lingers in the back of your mind
Draws you closer to its source

Then, it reveals itself
Here, where your journey ends
A presence, vile and eldritch
From the nightmare’s moon it descends

Pale blood drips from your blade
Ichor stains the rugged suede

Oh, dear hunter, in dark depths you prowled
Smell the old blood, eldritch and foul
Your tool, the cleaver, their flesh it rends
With a quick strike a wretched life ends
Deep within you unveiled the truth
A crawling nightmare, malign and astute
Its chance to procreate from it you snatched
Reborn, an infant old one has hatched

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from Palingenesis, released November 27, 2022

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Palingenesis

Nov 2022
Juggernaut

Oct 2022
God Eater

Sep 2022

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