Тексты песен «A Hill To Die Upon»


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A Hill To Die Upon - Eclipse Of Serpents

[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by Michael Cook] ["The pyramids themselves... have forgotten the names of their founders." - Thomas Fuller Lyrically, this obviously has a strong Egyptian feel inspired by the Exodus of...

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A Hill To Die Upon - Heka Secundus (On Slithering Ice)

[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by Michael Cook] ["Life is the childhood of our immortality." - Goethe What is cold and unbearably hot, what is war and wordly triumph, what is hate, greed, and malice? What is our inner...

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A Hill To Die Upon - Of Fire And Division

[Music by Adam Cook] ["I have come to bring fire, and how I wish it were already kindled!.. Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division." - Jesus Christ, Luke's Gospel, 12:49-51 This...

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A Hill To Die Upon - Prometheus Rebound

[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by Michael Cook] ["Be what it is my destiny to be, The saviour and strength of suffering man, Or sink into the original gulf of things: There is no agony, and no solace; Earth can console,...

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A Hill To Die Upon - Rime

[Music by Adam Cook] ["Nought is given 'neath the sun Nought is had that is not won" - Swedish Hymn Rime was written specifically as the instrumental ending to this album. Possibly, it is the most focused song A Hill...

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A Hill To Die Upon - Season Of The Starved Wolf

[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by Steve Southard] ["The strength of the wolf determines the strength of the pack; the strength of the pack determines the strength of the wolf." - Rudyard Kipling Man's wolfish nature...

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A Hill To Die Upon - The Dark Road

[Music by Adam Cook] ["Tomorrow we shall meet, Death and I -- And he shall thrust his sword Into one who is wide awake." - Dag Hammarskjold, Markings Death is the place we fear out of ignorance, death is the...

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A Hill To Die Upon - This King Never Smiles

[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by Steve Southard] ["Avarice, or the desire for gain, is a universal passion, which operates at all times, at all places, and upon all persons." - David Hume Greed, at the very top of...

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A Hill To Die Upon - Titanic Essence

[Music by Adam Cook and Gage Love; lyrics by Michael Cook] ["Once one has seen God, what is the remedy?" - Sylvia Plath The true nature of humanity, the essence of our very selves, is a mystery to us because of our...

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A Hill To Die Upon - Twin Heads Of Vengeance

[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by Michael Cook] ["The time for war has not yet come, but it will come, and that soon; and when it does come, my advice is to draw the sword and throw away the scabbard." - Thomas...

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A Hill To Die Upon - We Soulless Men

[Music by Adam Cook; lyrics by Michael Cook] ["They wanted, as we say, 'to call their souls their own'. But that means to live a lie, for our souls are not, in fact, our own." - C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain The...