Ancient The Cainian Chronicle Part Iii And Iv: Disciplines Of Cain Lyrics

The Cainian Chronicle Part Iii And Iv: Disciplines Of Cain Lyrics

[Part III: Disciplines of Caine]

 

 My wrathful cries of anguish

 Filled that dismal night

 I tore at my flesh and drank my crimson tears

 

 When I glanced up

 Appearing in a myriad of stars

 The illustrious archangel Gabriel shimmered

 Like the moon in my eyes

 Bringing mercy even to the damned

 

 But why? Why?

 

 He spoke of a path

 The path of Golconda

 From which my children could once again

 Inhabit the light

 

 Without another word, he disappeared

 And I conceived

 I had awakened at last

 

 Then the bright-eyed demoness

 Taught me how to hide from the eyes

 Of those who dare to hunt us

 How to command obedience

 And demand respect

 

 Soon I found myself attaining (yet) greater powers

 I could alter forms, control all beasts and perceive

 Beyond sight

 

 Eventually I had to abandon Lilith

 And flee from the barren lands of Nod

 Set out to procreate my progeny

 Caine's children shall inherit the night

 

 [Part IV: zillah and the crone]

 

 Of all my children, none so beloved

 My sweet Zillah, none so desired

 Her tender skin, her blood so saccharine

 I was mesmerized by her enchanting eyes

 

 But she would turn from me, she had no love to me

 Nothing I'd provide could keep her satisfied

 So I took to roam the wilderness alone

 Amid the whispering trees, a wrinkled crone I did see

 

 Crone: 'My spell can make thee win her heart

 Drink of my blood then we'll start'

 

 Caine: 'Her (foul) blood I drank for many nights

 And Zillah indeed became my wife'

 

 Crone: 'The elixir hast bound thee

 My serving thrall thou always be'

 

 Caine: 'But after a year (and a day) her grasp (on me) had gone

 With a stake through the heart, I left her to the dawn'