Ancient - The Cainian Chronicle, Part I: The Curse Lyrics
Black clouds fill the day skyIn the primitive lands of NodAs the two sons of Adam offer upTheir gifts (of pride) to the one reigning highA dark fate born by sacrificial fire[Caine:]'Oh, great father of my fatherWhom thou banished from thy gardenLook down upon thy faithful servantAnd accept my beloved brother.'With tears of love the firstborn thrustHis sharpest scythe deep into Abel's heartRendering him lifeless but eternallyPrized in the mind of god as his body witheredIn the scorching blaze[Caine:]'Oh, my dear brotherForgive me for what I have doneBut to the one almightyA greater prize I have none.'[Adam:]'Caine, thou has broken my seal of absolute loveThe crime thou'st committed meets notThe approval of him aboveForever shall you wonder in the lands beyond aloneAnd from this day forth I cannot call thee my own.'[Caine:]'Oh, father my great fatherWhy hast thou cursed me so?Have I not done what thou asked for?To the shadowed woods I cannot go.'[Adam:]'I can no longer endure thy sinful wordsThis greatly unmerciful deed hast done his wrongI pray that thou find ways to repentAnd as I was cast out so you shall be gone!'Be gone!Exiled, the firstborn rushes off to the obscure yetWelcoming arms of Cimmerian darknessFor there he shall find great wisdomAnd awaiting beneath the crescent moon lurksThe mother of magick...
