Across the Ancient Desert

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Track 6 of Tanagra's second album Meridiem, featuring guest vocalist Jake Rogers of Visigoth (visigothofficial.bandcamp.com).

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lyrics

Apocalyptic whirlwind
The rage of nations

Across the ancient desert
Where only the crows bear witness

Of prophecies writ
The desert shall rise as one

[Korbolo]
Ride them down
Every man, woman, child
Bring loss and despair
Cast their souls to the wind
Our hearts burn like fire, evoke divine rage
Deliverance! Apocalypse! Rend their chain!

Follow the trail of the dead
Follow the chain of suffering

[Coltaine]
Save at all cost
Every man, woman, child
From loss and despair
In chains we unite
Rage-tempered steel fought with iron ice cold
We march ever southwards
Though witnessed, untold

We leave a trail of our dead
Forging our chain of suffering

This is the blood of our lives
This is the payment of our deeds
All soon to be forgotten

[Coltaine]
Wind-scoured and bled dry
A hate-ridden command
The rivers and the mountains
Once ochre, now stained red
Snapping at my hand
As wind howls through their bones
We lead a chain of dogs
Across these burning lands

This is the blood of our lives
This is the payment of our deeds
All soon to be forgotten

We were never what people could be
We were only what we were
Remember... you must remember
Remember us

We are abandoned to history
Raise high the tattered standard of the Fallen
Denied justice, denied legacy
Heroic deeds purged from memory

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credits

from Meridiem, released April 26, 2019
Produced by Sacha Müller and Tanagra
Music composed and arranged by Tanagra with additional arrangements by Sacha Müller
Lyrics by Christopher Stewart, Steven Soderberg, and Erich Ulmer
Additional lead and backing vocals by Steven Soderberg and Erich Ulmer
Special guest vocal appearance by Jake Rogers

Inspired by Deadhouse Gates by Steven Erikson

Music and lyrics © & ℗ Tanagra 2019. All rights reserved.

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Tanagra is a Cascadian Power Metal band that writes about all things sci-fi and fantasy.

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