| And axes cleave through mortal bones
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| Wise men follow the black-bird's call
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| That echo through the ancient halls
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| Banquets rot in the halls of kings
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| Empires sink as warriors sing
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| Scepters clasped in bloody hands
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| Oceans swallow holy lands
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| Villages in the distance burn
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| Black smoke rises out from the earth
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| And while men speak from altars high
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| Carrion crows gather in the sky
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| On mortal ears rest Elders lore
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| As bodies wash upon the shore
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| Their lamentations, their final songs
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| The aftermath of silver tongues |