All Roads Lead To You
Lyrics by Kazraine Maars
Music by Azrael Gexen
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About All Roads Lead To You:
All Roads Lead To You is 1 of 3 additional songs added to the 2019 10 Year Anniversary version of the debut album by Vampyrouss "A Dark Desire: A Decade Darker Edition". Unlike the other 2 new tracks on that version of the album All Roads Lead To You was originally written for the 2007 demo "Compendium Vampyrica" but it was decided it should be kept back as a track for a future release instead, although the instrumental outro of the song was trimmed and used under the name "Dusk" on that demo.
When work began on "A Dark Desire" right through the demo stages the now outro-less version of the song (at the time under the working title "The Gothic Poet") was intended to be the last non-instrumental track on the album. With the demo nearly done and that song still feeling incomplete compared to the others it was replaced with a pre-existing song Reflections Of The Past which already had a similar vibe both musically and importantly lyrically to fit with the concept of the album.
The track was rejoined with the "Dusk" outro for the final re-recorded version and given a proper name for the anniversary edition where it was placed directly before Reflections Of The Past to keep the story in tact.
All Roads Lead To You appeared along with the whole Vampyrouss back catalogue on the "Barely (A)Live Rehearsal" release in 2021.
The burden of days and the sprawling nights
In the silence of solitude there is no place to hide
From the past and its sins, the reflections within
The ravaging tides of time leave me gnarled, indistinct
The tolling bells of years gone by
Echo in the distance every chime
A shrill reminder of those once dulcet tones
Such goodness wrenched away from these fragile bones
But how the beaten organ can still sputter a pulse
For those moments in the sun, the thrill of the hunt
Oh spare me from nostalgia and her accursed front
Which may rend me man again for a taste of this spell that is spun
Around the cobwebbed coves of the darkest side
Midst the dank dungeon dregs of a derelict mind
Which sheathe my feats from the driving gale
Make swift my end like those I once assailed
Prey, we come closer with every breath
Brought slowly back together by encroaching death
The lurker in the shadows, sole victor of this game
Set in motion by vengeance now recalled as shame
The scapegoat still bleats I grind my jagged hooves
Head hung low, drunk with power, bemused
A mere pawn led to march in this terrible war
Revenge a crueller mistress than ever accredited for...
This hall of shame bears down on me
As it crumbles from the inside out
I can barely breathe
It all begins to tumble down
The edges blur
And then the pain subsides
I succumb to a sedated numbness
Until the next time
I choose to close my weary eyes
The arrows turned, the swords repel
I throw the flag
And set sail for the end
In flames I swear this sinking ship
Will be dashed to the depths
And never found
Torture artist not my chosen nom de plume
But this sordid desolation of my creation
Holds to this unspeakable truth
There is no place to flee, no haven
There are no more roads to roam
When all the paths inevitably
Still lead back to You
The musings of a madman on the edge
Still reeling from the feeding of the basest needs
My curse, this lover's pledge
And so it ends, this embittered tale
All the dragons slain, the piper paid
Now doomed I walk alone
On this scorched earth…
Lyrics by Kazraine Maars
Music by Azrael Gexen
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The burden of days and the sprawling nights
In the silence of solitude there is no place to hide
From the past and its sins, the reflections within
The ravaging tides of time leave me gnarled, indistinct
The tolling bells of years gone by
Echo in the distance every chime
A shrill reminder of those once dulcet tones
Such goodness wrenched away from these fragile bones
But how the beaten organ can still sputter a pulse
For those moments in the sun, the thrill of the hunt
Oh spare me from nostalgia and her accursed front
Which may rend me man again for a taste of this spell that is spun
Around the cobwebbed coves of the darkest side
Midst the dank dungeon dregs of a derelict mind
Which sheathe my feats from the driving gale
Make swift my end like those I once assailed
Prey, we come closer with every breath
Brought slowly back together by encroaching death
The lurker in the shadows, sole victor of this game
Set in motion by vengeance now recalled as shame
The scapegoat still bleats I grind my jagged hooves
Head hung low, drunk with power, bemused
A mere pawn led to march in this terrible war
Revenge a crueller mistress than ever accredited for...
This hall of shame bears down on me
As it crumbles from the inside out
I can barely breathe
It all begins to tumble down
The edges blur
And then the pain subsides
I succumb to a sedated numbness
Until the next time
I choose to close my weary eyes
The arrows turned, the swords repel
I throw the flag
And set sail for the end
In flames I swear this sinking ship
Will be dashed to the depths
And never found
Torture artist not my chosen nom de plume
But this sordid desolation of my creation
Holds to this unspeakable truth
There is no place to flee, no haven
There are no more roads to roam
When all the paths inevitably
Still lead back to You
The musings of a madman on the edge
Still reeling from the feeding of the basest needs
My curse, this lover's pledge
And so it ends, this embittered tale
All the dragons slain, the piper paid
Now doomed I walk alone
On this scorched earth…
Lyrics by Kazraine Maars
Music by Azrael Gexen
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