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Demo 2012

by Lyceum

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1.
Armada 04:29
In battles of the East we’ve earned our names Victorious, their towers wreathed inflames And the walls off the world must bear the lion’s mark Empires rise and fall to dust in the passing of our march We are the golden horde, the shield of iron, mask of the beast ride far Who led by him, stalk the plains Engulfed in the fire of the dark We go beyond my brothers, far beyond But I promise you that soon we shall return From deep horizons to seas unknown Our enemies of the dark So set you scarlet sails aflight with hatred in your hearts And loosed like the arrow from an emerald bow We shall strike them from this world And the tyrants will fear our names And with brave words the ship set sail, carving through the silver bays Beneath the wheeling gulls and cormorants that day Following the northern star, where ice like dragon's teeth Had long guarded the ancient strongholds of the enemy Lashed to the mast a sailor, a traitor, will guide And with each shuddering night, the shadows return as he closed his eyes Their lives are were only his to lose His lantern is their comfort in the night We go beyond my brothers, far beyond But I promise you that soon we shall return From deep horizons to seas unknown Our enemies of the dark So set you scarlet sails aflight with hatred in your hearts And loosed like the arrow from an emerald bow We shall strike them from this world And the tyrants will fear our names
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Dominion 05:38
Riding quick upon the grey fields, hooves beat down upon scarred earth Steam rising from rider and horse as they thunder down the watchers road Gates open before him as he passes under the arch of the victor The crowds parted before his path, on the mount the towers loom In the darkness he awakened to cracking whips and oaken oars Gaunt faces stare through the gloom As callous hands pulled him from the black Worn and enslaved he was taken from the waves From high above the northern wastes The overseer gazes upon her dominion The winds cry through the night as flames guide their blades One thousand slaves from foreign lands clear the forest with axe and chain Backs bent while wheels turned, and the machines roared From the towers she gazed, enshrouded and malign behold the shadow of the queen in the fading light. The messenger strides up the marble stairs, footsteps echoing down the hall Advisors and guards line the throne, weary with somber voice he spoke “My lord, from the towers of the northern channel the mark of the lion was seen off our shore” The advisors warred, the crowd in uproar, one hand raised in silence The hall was suffocated, all eyes followed the king, rising to the crowd “One does cross one's enemies without declaration of war, If the East has risen beyond their barren confine, we will restore balance with rivers of blood.” “Send out the riders of the throne, they will seek the lions crest throughout our lands And I will await their word”
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Exiled 04:26
With swift winds at his back Landing on the kingdom’s shores He sought shelter along the outer paths Alone in the realms of the enemy As night fell, wandering far A light off the trail Fire and voices within, welcoming in the darkness Over him the white sun rose as departed for the mountain pass Many days he traveled into the windswept heights On the seventh day as the sun passed the northernmost peak He descended upon the forsaken city Between boulders of rock and rubble he strode A black shape appeared above Sword drawn an assassin fell upon him, crushing him to the ground Entangled in cloak and flashing blades, two men struggled in the shadow of the crags The gravel below them shifting As they rolled toward the ledge Sword ringing down the abyss Suspended over the precipice A dagger rose and fell The defeated foe cast down Broken upon the rocks “Keeper of the Golden Crown, Warden of the Gate Guardian of the Heaven Door, Enemy of Hate Mountain guard, O’ blackened loam Forests still and silent home Keep your knowledge long untold, guard it as the gold. Man is but a breathless runner, A deer fleeing from the sound, Stay still and calm, O’ Faithless Wonder In your silence, song resounds.” With swift winds at his back Landing on the kingdom’s shores He drew shelter along the outer paths Alone in the realms of the enemy Exiled

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released July 6, 2012

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Lyceum Concord, California

Lyceum was founded in early 2010 by the former members of three Bay Area metal bands.
The name Lyceum refers to the academy of Aristotle, the teacher of Alexander the Great, dedicated to Apollo Lyceus, pivotal in the history of western aesthetics, education, and philosophy. ... more

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