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The Apostasy Canticle

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The Apostasy Canticle

Release date: 24th January 2005

From Arcane Rain Fell

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About This Track

"The Apostasy Canticle" is a track by Draconian, from the album Arcane Rain Fell, released 24th January 2005. It's filed under Metal. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Draconian

Draconian

Lyrics

The Apostasy Canticle

When our flames were lit by chaos...

We knew not the grip; the bondage of light

Then he waved his sceptre, and cosmos was formed

Too late we knew our freedom was lost

He blinded us; polluted our minds and forced us to drink his blood

I will show the world God's true face, I will let the thunder roar... forever more

I've deceived his world, but regained paradise in the fire of my soul...

(But) in the death of wind I sleep, as I wail this petrified landscape

Chaos, anguish... an optimum affection in the clarity of certainty... so empty

[The voice of the dark souls:]

"Mighty Lucifer - thou art the light that leads to darkness

As much as I praise thee, I love thee without praise...

As much as I love myself, I adore thee relentlessly

Thou art our true father; the wine of Venus, the essence of our hope"

Death, solemn death of the reaper's star, devour his legacy from afar

I fumble... live... I fall... die; isolated in the crowds of god... and suffering

In between lurks the everlasting absence... for my dark euphoria

Thence I am sovran created, like in heaven, myself... and I fell in fury

The indolence of solitude may drive out the soul of its sermon

And memory shall be lost to the blood which hopelessly pulsates

The indolence of solitude may drive out the soul of its sermon

And memory shall be lost to the blood which hopelessly pulsates...

...in our excruciating hearts

"Is this the region, this the soil, the clime

This the seat that we must change for heav'n

This mournful gloom for that celestial light?

Be it so, since hee who now is sovran can dispose and bid what shall be right...

Farthest from him is best whom reason hath equaled

Force hath made supreme above his equals

Farewell happy fields where joy forever dwells...

Hail horrors, hail infernal world, and thou profoundest hell

Receive thy new possessor...

One who brings a mind not to be chang'd by place or time"

In this abyss we shall be free

Here we shall celebrate the coming war

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Track details

From Arcane Rain Fell

2005

Album

Arcane Rain Fell

24th January 2005

Release year

2005

1A Scenery of Loss
9:11
2Daylight Misery
5:31
3The Apostacy Canticle
9:52
4Expostulation
2:05
5Heaven Laid in Tears
6:54
6The Abhorrent Rays
5:33
7The Everlasting Scar
6:00
8Death, Come Near Me
15:22
—Heaven Laid in Tears (Angels’ Lament)
—The Apostasy Canticle

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Draconian — Dominion (from In Somnolent Ruin)
Draconian — This Too Shall Pass (from In Somnolent Ruin)
Draconian — Anima (from In Somnolent Ruin)
Draconian — I Give You Wings (from In Somnolent Ruin)
Draconian — I Gave You Wings (from In Somnolent Ruin)
Draconian — The Monochrome Blade (from In Somnolent Ruin)
Draconian — Asteria Beneath The Tranquil Sea (from In Somnolent Ruin)
Draconian — Anima (feat. Daniel Änghede) (from In Somnolent Ruin)
Draconian — The Face Of God (from In Somnolent Ruin)
Draconian — I Welcome Thy Arrow (from In Somnolent Ruin)
Draconian — Cold Heavens (from In Somnolent Ruin) [5:14]
Draconian — Misanthrope River (from In Somnolent Ruin)
Draconian — Lethe (from In Somnolent Ruin)
Draconian — The Sacrificial Flame (from Under a Godless Veil) [7:31]
Draconian — Ascend into Darkness (from Under a Godless Veil) [8:54]
Draconian — Lustrous Heart (from Under a Godless Veil) [4:48]
Draconian — The Sethian (from Under a Godless Veil) [6:52]
Draconian — Night Visitor (from Under a Godless Veil) [3:48]
Draconian — Moon over Sabaoth (from Under a Godless Veil) [5:54]
Draconian — Sorrow of Sophia (from Under a Godless Veil) [7:29]
Draconian — Claw Marks on the Throne (from Under a Godless Veil) [5:43]
Draconian — Sleepwalkers (from Under a Godless Veil) [6:45]
Draconian — Burial Fields (from Under a Godless Veil) [4:35]
Draconian — Dishearten (from Sovran) [6:37]
Draconian — The Marriage of Attaris (from Sovran) [8:54]
Draconian — Stellar Tombs (from Sovran) [6:02]
Draconian — No Lonelier Star (from Sovran) [7:50]
Draconian — Heavy Lies the Crown (from Sovran) [6:39]
Draconian — With Love and Defiance (Bonus Track) (from Sovran) [4:21]
Draconian — Dusk Mariner (from Sovran) [8:00]
Draconian — Rivers Between Us (from Sovran) [6:48]
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Draconian — The Wretched Tide (from Sovran) [6:09]
Draconian — Cthulhu Rising
Draconian — Storming Heaven
Draconian — Devils Moon
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Draconian — Daylight Misery (from Arcane Rain Fell) [5:31]
Draconian — Death, Come Near Me (from Arcane Rain Fell) [15:22]
Draconian — Heaven Laid in Tears (Angels’ Lament) (from Arcane Rain Fell)
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Draconian — Akherousia (from Where Lovers Mourn) [2:32]
Draconian — The Cry of Silence (from Where Lovers Mourn) [12:42]
Draconian — It Grieves My Heart (from Where Lovers Mourn) [7:30]
Draconian — The Solitude (from Where Lovers Mourn) [7:54]
Draconian — A Slumber Did My Spirit Seal (from Where Lovers Mourn) [4:10]
Draconian — Silent Winter (from Where Lovers Mourn) [4:58]
Draconian — Reversio Ad Secessum (from Where Lovers Mourn) [7:31]
Draconian — The Amaranth (from Where Lovers Mourn) [5:20]
Draconian — Dont Give Up (from To Outlive the War) [4:55]
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Draconian — Sirens Song (from To Outlive the War) [5:09]
Draconian — The Eyes of the Rain (from To Outlive the War) [3:21]
Draconian — Indecision (from To Outlive the War) [5:43]
Draconian — Sequences (Instrumental) (from To Outlive the War) [3:33]
Draconian — The Mandate of Heaven (from To Outlive the War) [6:14]
Draconian — Words & Memories (from To Outlive the War) [4:54]
Draconian — I'll Never Leave You (from To Outlive the War) [5:12]
Draconian — Forever I'll Be Free (from To Outlive the War) [3:35]
Draconian — To Outlive the War (Intro) [Instrumental] (from To Outlive the War) [5:16]
Draconian — Out of Control (from To Outlive the War) [2:22]

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Credits

Writer: Anders Jacobsson, Erik Arvidsson, Johan Ericson
Lyricist: Anders Jacobsson, Erik Arvidsson
Composer: Johan Ericson
Producer: Draconian, Pelle Saether
Drums: Jerry Torstensson
Guitar: Johan Ericson
Keyboards: Andreas Karlsson
Vocals: Anders Jacobsson, Lisa Johansson
Arranger: Draconian, Johan Ericson
Background Vocals: Johan Ericson
Bass Guitar: Jesper Stolpe
Credited: Anders Jacobsson, Andreas Karlsson, Erik Arvidsson, Jerry Torstensson, Jesper Stolpe, Johan Ericson, Lisa Johansson, Pelle Saether, Peter in de Betou
Mastering Engineer: Peter in de Betou
Mixing Engineer: Pelle Saether
Percussion: Jerry Torstensson
Programmer: Andreas Karlsson
Recording Engineer: Pelle Saether