To The Riverbank

from Chapter Two: The Resistance by Ancient Mastery

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"The roots go deeper than you think
The trees grow higher than your eyes can see
And still you wonder where it leads
Just give in to the call of life

And if you're out here alone
Don't be afraid of the dark
Spirits are with you tonight
Gone with the first morning light
But until then you will be
Filled with the otherworld's bliss
Freed from the chains you run with the wind tonight"

After countless turns
We found the hideaway
Straight faces everywhere
We don't feel welcome here

Next to the fireplace
The bard sings her songs
Her voice can't lift the spirits
Heavy hearts all around

"Will we suffer here forever more?
Will they elect whom we've voted for?
It is time for social equity
We shall stand in solidarity

Look around and tell me what you see
Just look and tell me who's the enemy
Who's the one that took Ismina's life?
Our fate is not just to survive"

"The election is tonight
For the first time we were free to choose

We will get what we deserve
Pyros will get its own voice
Whenever the council will meet
We'll be there, you shall see
Justice will come for the ones
Who let Ismina starve in her cell
Now we march to the river of Myr and rejoice"

"Let's go my fellow strangers
You can rest when you are dead
You shall witness history
And be a part of the spinning thread"

Through the backyards and the alleyways
Hooded statures skitter through the maze
We're a part of them and don't know why
What's our task, why did Ismina die?

Men and women join us as we speak
A huge procession heads to the east
We don't know whom we are marching for
But that's fate which knocks on our door

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from Chapter Two: The Resistance, released December 2, 2022

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Ancient Mastery Vienna, Austria

Ancient Mastery was founded in late 2020 by Erech Leleth to tell the story of the mythical realm of Valdura with influences ranging from Power Metal to Symphonic Black Metal and Pop.

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