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Palace Of The Boundless Cold

from Consequences Of Failure by Skullview

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The lyrics for this song were originally about greed and how it controls people to destroy anything of beauty. It was a story about a Palace that harbored incredible riches where misers would go to pillage the gold, jewels, and things of value that lay within it's garden. They would find that the harder they tried to gather as many riches as they could, the riches would magically replace themselves to keep these greedy souls in the palace eternally grabbing all the riches they could find, never to be free to enjoy what they have. When we hit the record button in the studio to lay the vocals, the lyric sheet went to the floor and the song was improvised and ended up as some convoluded tale that we still haven't figured out it's meaning.

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NEVER FEAR, THE TIME HAS COM
FOR THE EVIL TO TAKE IT'S COURSE
LOOK INTO THE EYE OF THE SORCERER
YOU'LL ENTER INTO THE DARK
RAISE YOUR GAUNTLETS HIGH
AND LET THE METAL REIGN
SKULL SPLITTING FISTS OF WAR
ERUPT INSIDE YOUR BRAIN
I CAN SEE THE LIGHT THAT SHINES
THROUGH THE TERRAIN OF ENDLESS HILLS
UPON THIS BARREN WASTE
OF POLLUTED BLOOD STAINED SPILL
AS I TURN TO GAZE ON THE PASTURE DOWN BELOW

LOOK TOWARD THE SUN, LOOK TOWARD THE SEA
I AM THE ONE, THIS IS MY VALIANT DESTINY
LOOK TOWARD TEH SUN, LOOK TOWARD THE SEA
I AM THE ONE, METAL IS MY DESTINY

FOR NOW THE TIME HAS COME
FOR THE BEGGARS TO RULE THE LAND
HIDING FATE WITH YOUR DECPETION
WITHOUT THE SANCTITY OF SOMETHING TRAND
ATOP THE MOUNTAINS REACHING HIGH INTO THE SKY
ABOVE THE HEAVENS IN A REALM WHERE DEMONS FLY
RIDE ON THE IGNITED FLAME, FOLLOW IT TOWARDS THE GOLD
I AM THE ONE YOU SEEK FOR THE PAIN AND SUFFERING
NOW TOWARD THE SUN AND NEVER LOOK BACK
FOR ALL LOST SOULS WHO SEE

LOOK TOWARD THE SUN, LOOK TOWARD THE SEA
I AM THE ONE, THIS IS MY METAL DESTINY
LOOK TOWARD THE SUN, HAIL TO THE SEA
I AM THE ONE, THIS IS MY CHOSEN DESTINY

THIS IS THE PLACE OF THE BOUNDLESS COLD
THE PLACE WHERE GREED TAKES YOUR ETERNAL SOUL
CORRUPTED BY THE PALACE OF THE COLD
NEVER FEAR, IT'S NEVER GROWING OLD

YOU SEE HIM, I'M THE ONE YOU CANNOT BELIEVE IN
TAKE AWAY THE PAIN, THE POWER
BURN INSIDE OF THIS INSANITY
YOU NEVER KNOW, YOU'LL NEVER SET IT FREE

YOU SEE HIM, I'M THE ONE YOU CANNOT BELIEV EIN
TAKE AWAY THE POWER, BURN INSIDE
BURN INSIDE YOUR MIND
TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR BRAIN

UPON THIS LAND OF POLLUTED WASTE
I LOOK TOWARD THE PALACE OF FAITH

THEY TAKE YOUR HAND TO THE GARDEN
OF THE ENDLESS JEWELS
YOU ARE GIVEN AN AXE TO START
ON YOUR VALIANT QUEST

EACH GASH YOU TAKE MAGICALLY REPAIRS ITSELF
IT DOESN'T SCAR YOUR FLESH

YOU ARE THE FUTURE
RAISE YOUR HANDS TOWARD THE SKY

THE ANGER SEEKS YOU, YOU'LL SING THE WORDS
LET THE METAL GOD'S SONG NOW BE HEARD
YOU'LL SCREECH TOWARD HIM, YOU'LL DIE FOR THEM
YOU'LL NEVER KNOW TIL THE BATTLE ENDS
PALACE OF THE BOUNDLESS COLD

FOR AN ETERNITY FOR THEM
HARVESTING NEEDS HERE IN THE PALACE BAY
YOU ARE THE ONE THAT SEEKS THE VALIANT TRUTH
THE SWORD IN YOUR SPINE SPEAKS
THE ONE FOR YOU, YOU SEE THEM
I'M THE ONE YOU CANNOT BELIEVE IN
TAKE AWAY THE PAIN, THE POWER, LET IT BURN
PALACE OF THE BOUNDLESS COLD

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from Consequences Of Failure, released November 1, 2001

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