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The Whale

from The Machine and the Beast by Alwaid

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Let’s leave the much-travelled coasts
Whose wearisome landmarks hold
no interest.
Who knows what’s in the great below,
Down under the forever-changing waves
of a liquid waste?

Yes, off the map we shall sail
Keeping our will on iron rails,
Though our ship’s but a speck, a feeble shell
Charging a steep mountain.

Here be famished fiends
Here lurks the giant squid
Hateful things that swarm and swim
I shall kill or be killed…

Face winds and waves,
Chase the white whale
Demons never beg, (and) won’t be chained
Our course may lead our souls into
Ruin and perdition, (the) price for obsession
I’d defy you all, ocean spawns!
Bring it on!

Now, the water’s boiling all around
Stirred as in a witch’s cauldron
Now, the reflecting surface churns and burns
Leviathan, emerge!

Here be famished fiends
Here lurks the giant squid
Hateful things that swarm and swim
I will kill or be killed…




Chorus
I know your name, I know your game,
We’ll carry on against the odds
Till the last encounter, then I’ll
Strike through the mask, thrust through the wall
Pierce right through the monster’s heart
Risk it all!

No mercy, no doubt, no regret
Defying voracious Charybdis
No pity, no half-measures, no fret
Laughing at sunken Atlantis
No reluctance against evil
In the end it all comes to this
Come at us, damned devil!
Dance over the abyss

No pole’s too far, no chasm too deep
Reaching for the stars we’re stronger than demons and beasts

Face winds and waves,
Chase the white whale
Demons never beg, (and) won’t be chained
Our course may lead our souls into
Ruin and perdition, (the) price for obsession
I’d defy you all, ocean spawn!
Bring it on!
I know your name, I know your game,
We’ll carry on against the odds
Till the last encounter, then I’ll
Strike through the mask, thrust through the wall
Pierce right through the monster’s heart
Risk it all!

I’m the white whale!

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from The Machine and the Beast, released May 13, 2017

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Alwaid Lille, France

Alwaid is a melodic metal band from Lille, France. Founded in 2010 as a band both melodic and with a touch of heavy metal, it was named after a star that evokes a nocturnal and oneiric world. A demo was released in the course of the summer 2012. After a number of shows in 2013, the band's first album "Lacus Somniorum" was released in March 2014. ... more

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