Dreadwalker Vlood - Ave Moribunde

Instrumental Intro

(Distant bells and a lone organ swell)

(Ave moribunde)

Verse 1

Cold stone remembers my crown

Beneath the arches the old kings kneel

I drank from ages no living tongue can name

And still the hunger keeps me here

Chorus

Ave moribunde

Ave moribunde

We were royal once we were terrible

Ave moribunde

Instrumental Break

(Choir: Ave moribunde, ave moribunde)

(Choir: Ave moribunde, ave moribunde)

Verse 2

He wore the night like a second skin

The sovereign whose shadow bent even hell

I knelt at his throne before the bride came

And I have never risen since

Chorus

Ave moribunde

Ave moribunde

We were royal once we were terrible

Ave moribunde

Instrumental Break

(Choir: Ave moribunde, ave moribunde)

(Choir: Ave moribunde, ave moribunde)

Bridge

Soft now softer

The last of us thinning

Like candle smoke through a nave

Hold the bloodline hold the silence

Chorus

Ave moribunde

Ave moribunde

We were royal once we were terrible

Ave moribunde

Instrumental Break

(Choir: Ave moribunde, ave moribunde)

(Choir: Ave moribunde, ave moribunde)

(Timpani and war drums, furious strings, brass and organ surge)

Outro

(Whispered) Ave moribunde