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KOBALOS - single

by Goblin Hovel

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KOBALOS 04:13
Muses guide my tongue to sing An ode to the amphora-keepers A song for the maenad’s groves Of the spirit strangers dwelling there Souvenirs from bacchus journeys Living essence of the soil Colored red with ritual wine And blood of wilderness . . . The rogues who haunt the mountain groves The drinking men of Bromius The shifty dwarves of far flung shores Let the spirits flow . . . Io! Io! Kobaloi! Take the sistrum in your hand Keep your children locked away! Our honored guests have been invoked The bacchanal has just begun! Though they are but strangers here Their impudence is never less. Are you ready to lie with Lust? Are you ready to Drink with us? *On, Bacchae! On, Bacchae! The skins of beasts upon us Io, Bromius! Io Kobaloi! Come taste the nectar of chaos! On, Bacchae! On, Bacchae! With thyrsi in our hands Io, Bromius! Io Kobaloi! Let the ivy twist from the earth we stand on! Thieves found by the son of Zeus Clever tricksters amusing to see Gifted unto Lydian crown Evermore to drink and jest!
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I carry a coin on my lips I see through a filter of grey The leaking craft carries me To a world of flameless smoke Under the cosmic roots In the vaults of asphodel My hope is their memory of me Here is a poison without root Here is a cry without sound As if I sensed the life I left Through my own dead senses I yearn to feel, the cold, the dark To be afraid, to be anything I cannot choose but walk The feet that carry me are numb The hands that guide me are bones The staff I lean on is my coffin lid I’m going blindly to my fate All around me they sleep Never dreaming, only walking Somnambulating ghosts Shades like me, but thoughtless If this be a vision If this be illusion If I am asleep, alive I pray not to die like this. And my descendants What of them? Will they pour some wine Into my grave-earth? Weill they tell my story still? As long as my line lives I live with them also.
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Χθών 05:56
Aidas, Orcus Agesailos You who know all Giver of wealth Polydegmon Eubuleus All who take Return to you Stygius, Lethe Cocytus, Phlegethon Lead the way And I will follow Agesander Ploutodotes This is wealth I kill to have *Eidinai Aidoneus Awides Chthon. Great one, I avert my face Spill this blood into the ground Can’t you hear the pound of fists Rattling adamantine walls? One day I shall stand before you Shall I feel the bident twist? Will I feel the three-jawed bite? Or shall the golden gates be opened?

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KOBALOS was recorded on spring equinox 2014. All songs written and arranged by Goblin. ©2014. Artwork and preliminary research by Alexios Ciancio. Mixed and mastered at Vagabond Studios by Tom Gerwitz.

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released April 24, 2014

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Goblin Hovel

A genre-defying band that entails the cooperation of several artists from several bands of several genres under the direction of a nameless Goblin. They present a view of the modern world through the lens of history, mysticism, and mischief.

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