Ballad Of The Unholy
How dare you disturb
My place of rest
Open the coffin
And bare my chest
Pick up a stake
And pray that it’s sharp
Plunge it right in
Deep in my heart
I patiently yearned
For this day to arrive
I bare my teeth
As I open my eyes
Trembling hands
Your aim is clumsy
The smell of fear
Is making me hungry
Nice to meet you
I’m an animal
A Killing machine
I’m an animal
Abomination, Animal
I’ll eat your soul
I’m an animal
Haunted memories in a haunted land
Are drowning you where you stand
So many words in your mouth at a time
Try leaving a few for your mind
Aging, lonely,
Out of time
falling apart
Always looking behind
Come up for air
leave your fears behind
You’re welcome to stay
Together we’ll dine
CHORUS
I give you my blood
Teach you how to behave
I lift you up
I make you my slave
I’ve created a child
A demon like me
When the sun goes down
Together we’ll feed
I’ve traveled the world
Over sunless seas
I can hear the screams
On the summer’s breeze
Inflicting pain
And agony
A thousand years of
Memories
CHORUS
Mirror Mirror
Upon The wall
Showing me nothing
Nothing at all
God doesn’t see me
I’m not of his plan
My hunger’s a fire
A plague on the land
Another peasant
Another child
Cold and lifeless
Bodies defiled
Call your Holy men
Say your prayers
Seek your revenge
If you dare
Comments
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That's very cool! Good match between the music and the lyric. It's a long song, but it doesn't drag. There would be ways to shorten it if you wanted to, but I suspect you don't.
Singing style works very well for the mood. The guitar solos are a highlight, but the whole production is very well done.
Good stuff!
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Very nice! Great production.
The guitars sound amazing. Killer solos.
I like your singing style. It really compliments the music.
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Thanks for the feedback guys. This was one of my grief projects, as I was losing my mother to cancer while I was wrapping it up. She always encouraged my music, and was a huge horror movie and novel fan as well. I feel like she really would've thought that this was special.
I thought about shortening it, and I actually did a bit, but it had such a nice groove, I figured I'd pay homage to some of '70's hard rock and metal heroes and let it breathe. I was going to cut a whole verse out, but couldn't pick which one.
Thanks again for patiently giving me your ears and your time
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Wow, this blew me away! It really rocks and, as you say, those 70s guys would have thought nothing of a six and a half minute song. I suppose you could do a shorter vesrion if you wanted to and have a "radio" and a "live" version. I was enjoying those guitar solos so much that I was quite happy to listen for 6:32.
The production is great and so is the performance :)
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Yeah, I love the guitar solos. A bit of Alice Cooper about
thisif you don't mind me saying. It is a bit long for me..perhaps the album version. Yes, the production is excellent.😀1 -
Very good! Great solo and a very well produced peace of work. Although it's not 100% my type of music, I like it very much. And the picture you used from the 1922 film Nosferatu are going great along with the music. This film still is one of the scariest movies I know, despite beeing silent, or maybe precisely of that reason...keep on rocking!
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Good stuff, Pete! Really great guitar work, lyrics, and a good video! I enjoyed it! Super good production too. Nice, clear sound. Keep the good tunes coming! 😃
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