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The Flaming Sword

by The Golden Phoenix

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The callous king commands his tribes
to worship splintered silhouettes
and conjures creatures of the mind to
guard his chambers of regrets
Servants kneel beneath the sun to
sharpen daggers made of glass
Cast the splinters to the snakes
of inquisition in the grass

The empty cube beguiles the crowd
as false predictions follow suit
into the house of blistered cards to
find the blind man and the mute
Maidens meet beneath the moon
to clip the tips of angels wings
weave the feathers in their hair
as the nightingale, it sings

It seems no standing army can defeat the flaming sword
That rises to the east upon the golden cord.

The errant fool, he plays a harp that's
strung with threads of spiders silk
In hopes his clumsy melody will
charm the elders of his ilk
Seers and soothsayers gather round to
paint the pictures in their heads
Bury dreams beneath the ground inside
the catacombs of lead

It seems no standing army can defeat the flaming sword
that rises to the east upon the golden cord
The ghost of peace surrenders to the astral light
and turns the titans ashes into dynamite

It seems no standing army can defeat the flaming sword
that rises to the east upon the golden cord
The ghost of peace surrenders to the astral light
and turns the titans ashes into dynamite

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released May 21, 2017
All words and music by The Golden Phoenix, Recorded and produced at Empyrean studios, UK

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