The Cainian Chronicle Part I: The Curse Lyrics - Ancient

Black clouds fill the day sky 

In the primitive lands of Nod 

As the two sons of Adam offer up 

Their gifts (of pride) to the one reigning high 

A dark fate born by sacrificial fire 

[Caine:] 

'Oh, great father of my father 

Whom thou banished from thy garden 

Look down upon thy faithful servant 

And accept my beloved brother.' 

With tears of love the firstborn thrust 

His sharpest scythe deep into Abel's heart 

Rendering him lifeless but eternally 

Prized in the mind of god as his body withered 

In the scorching blaze 

[Caine:] 

'Oh, my dear brother 

Forgive me for what I have done 

But to the one almighty 

A greater prize I have none.' 

[Adam:] 

'Caine, thou has broken my seal of absolute love 

The crime thou'st committed meets not 

The approval of him above 

Forever shall you wonder in the lands beyond alone 

And from this day forth I cannot call thee my own.' 

[Caine:] 

'Oh, father my great father 

Why 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 words 

This greatly unmerciful deed hast done his wrong 

I pray that thou find ways to repent 

And as I was cast out so you shall be gone!' 

Be gone! 

Exiled, the firstborn rushes off to the obscure yet 

Welcoming arms of Cimmerian darkness 

For there he shall find great wisdom 

And awaiting beneath the crescent moon lurks 

The mother of magick...