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The Wretch Screamed Forth

by Charles Dexter Ward

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Flesh so cold Blood so red The essence Of the dead Essential salts Beaker filth Craft Potion Drink my fill This, you know, is why you must die This is what keeps me stalking the night This is the reason I must take your life To steal your youth and live forever Drink your kin Like their taste Not a drop Will I waste Gets me high Keeps me young Kill your kid Feed my lust This, you know, is why you must die This is what keeps me stalking the night This is the reason I must take your life To steal your youth and live forever Take a look at your last sight Look into my hateful eyes Need so strong I can't stop I can see I am lost Feed to live Live to feed Just to be Eternally This, you know, is why you must die This is what keeps me stalking the night This is the reason I must take your life To steal your youth and live forever
2.
The wretch screamed forth As flames sake through A wizard cunning Alchemy pure Craft elixir Life eternal Hate filled man Eyes coal black Wretch of a creature Loathed by all Went to scour Herbs for potions Fell into trap Put to the stake The wretch screamed forth Bloody murder As flames sake through Affront to God Burn Flames did nothing Just passed over But he screamed Felt the pain Flesh not charred But Convulsing As he cried To be saved The elixir Kept him intact But the fire Burned him still The he carved A pentagram In his flesh Chanting aloud The wretch screamed forth Bloody murder As flames sake through Affront to God The wretch screamed forth Magic phrases As flames sake through Burning body The wretch burned Scorched by flame
3.
Time stands still in these ancient halls Only the castle itself can tell what it keeps Dark are the secrets between these walls Hidden in shadows of death, while the sorcerer sleeps Where is the morning Where is the sun Thousand years of midnight The sunrise is gone An old man marked by a life so long Is sleeping so sweet while his magic is growing so strong Waiting still for new times to come A thousands years to see if he has won Where is the morning Where is the sun A thousand years of midnight The sunrise is gone What has he done? Why is he sleeping so long? He wants to live for evermore Soon is he young Then will he open his eyes? When he is strong enough to rule Back in the time goes the legend Of a sorcerer so old He drank the blood of the virgin to be reborn Soon a tyrant will conquer So spoke the wise Of the day when the sorcerer will rise Blood is his wine The sorcerer is cheating on time And he'll be stronger than before Cursed be the sun The women will weep for his fun In the name of his magic so strong Back in the time goes the legend Of a sorcerer so old He drank the blood of the virgin to be reborn Soon a tyrant will conquer So spoke the wise Of the day when the sorcerer will rise A thousand years have gone Armageddon hasn't come Only the cry of a child echoes in the dark Wards goes time As the stars are passing by And nothing remains of this foolishman except his fate

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Originally this EP was not planned and this cover was going to be used for the 20min song; however, I felt it did not fit the atmosphere. I still wanted to use it so I took on of the song titles ("Immoral Immortal") I had planned to write a song for on the full length and made it an energetic rockin but also sludgy tune.
Next I wrote the title track "The Wretch Screamed Forth" and this I think I had already planned to name the EP, based of the cover and of course coming from Lovecraft's "The Alchemist" where it is said "With his last burst of strength the wretch screamed forth" and then Le Sorcier goes into his final monologue.
The Candlemass song is one of my favorites and the lyrical theme fits so I went for it. I'm more than happy with the music, It's hard for me to do a vocal performance I enjoy. I think I did fine, just not good, but still better than previous vocal performances as far as clean vocals go.

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released August 6, 2021

ZauTa - Lyrics and Music for Immoral Immortal and The Wretch Screamed Forth
A Sorcerer's Pledge originally by Candlemass

Cover art by Ryve Art
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insta: ryve.art

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One man, many projects. Interested in making stoner, black, death, and doom metal. Some other things too maybe.

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