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The Missions Of Heracles

by Skullwinx

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1.
Herakles, he gave her pain he sucked to hard, now she screams for vengeance But now he had, devine force So he could restain everything, with no cause He won’t be one of the lost His strength is too much for the gods He won’t be one of the lost Their efford, is not worth a toss But she punished him With Insanity in his fragile mind, how could he be so blind? So he killed his wife and Slew his kids, he ruined all, which was worth the fight He won’t be one of the lost His strength is too much for the gods He won’t be one of the lost Their effort, is not worth a toss Oh, What have I done? Is it really me? I took the lives of my loved one How can I set these souls free? 12 missions? To flay myself for every live I took Hera, why am I damned? Why can’t you forget my sin? So I have to face my destiny
2.
There it stood, the nemëan Beast It’s a Lion, it’s energy released I shoot my arrow, but it failed A machine, it’s steam exhaled No weapon can cause any harms I need to challenge it with my own arms I got to fight it with my human strength I have to strangle it to great length Nemean beast Vicious deceased Nemean beast A monster bred by the moon All it brings is doom Back it flees to where it came from One of the entrances to block Now he’s waiting till it comes out Then he took it by the neck Strangle till it screams loud Now the demon is a wreck
3.
Hydra 04:18
The second time to show might Don’t surrender heavy hero You’ve got to fight To venge your sins You’ve killed Your children Threw them into burning fire Now it’s time to avenge For what you’ve done Hydra, You’ve got 9 heads One immortal, it can’t die Her Heads are able to multiply Welcome to your mission Herakles! The only way to overcome that beast is to burn every single head Till to the very last of Hydras parts Dig it deep into the earth And and seal it with holy stones He cut the rests of hyras body
4.
The third Labour of the hero Chasing the hind of Kerneia It had golden antlers like a stag And strong hovers of brass Ceryneian hind You will never find The Ceryneian hind Will he now surrender The creature could outrun an arrow So you could only see it, because it’s glint He was chasing the lightning fast doe Through the lands for a year He captured the hind while it slept Rendering it lame with a trap net So it wasn’t that hard This time to hunt the deer Ceryneian hind You will never find The Ceryneian hind he did not surrender
5.
Now it is the fourth time to show might It is a huge, wild hog with tusks It came down from his mountain every night To torture men and to rage out It wasn’t that hard to find the boar One could hear it snorting and stomping all around Finally it’s time to start the war it’s preparing to deliver its first pound But Herakles showed his might defeated the boar So Herakles complete the mission mission number four Herakles being louder than his foe A strong scream and light in his eyes It ran away into the deep snow He chased it so long that it tired out So Herakles showed his might defeated the boar So Herakles complete the mission mission number four
6.
Now the sixth mission needs to be passed To eradicate birds whose amount is vast. They’ve got wings of steel and claws of brass It’s a race which came to last Alone, with no helping hand There are souls to defend release them from the pain Will he see them again? Now facing the birds They attack in herds Needs to kill the adverse The stymphalian curse The Lake Stymphalus by his arm was freed, From those dire birds on human flesh who feed, By Pallas’ aid the dreadful race subdued, No more its banks with whitening bones are strew’d The mission needs to be won You’ve got to shoot ‘em down one by one Startle the birds that they fly high Shoot with your arrows, let’em die! After he had rotten out the ones to compete He finally saw the sixth task complete
7.
Diomedes, a despot of anger and revenge Rule gruesome! Rule evil! Depress that worthless folk And feed the steeds with these fools Four horses Wild, agleam, fast, depraved Drinking human blood Four horses Wild, agleam, fast, depraved Bound by chains of bronze So the eighth mission of Heracles Kill the king! Stop the terror! Help that defenseless folk And feed the steeds with that fool So he killed the king Be eaten by his own steeds One took the arm, one took the head The others the body and the hand Eating the flesh of their own master They got tame Only one final victim The escorter for the win
8.
When I was young, I was a man on the streets A man without a name Always able myself to blame But then came the day I couldn’t stand it anymore My old self faded away I can no longer stay Time to break out- to Unchain the hero To live in victory I wanna fight -Till I die I can’t rest here Until I am old So many places to appear The faith of the world I hold No use to obey (the evil) Gonna fight for our right My old self fades away I can no longer stay I’ll save the day I’ll save the world Whatever you have Heard from me

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The entire album (Except of “Unchain The Hero“) is about
the missions Heracles has to complete to save the souls of his family.
The greek mythology is very inspiring and offers immense lyrical content to
create a concept album like this. I hope we could deliver the emotions and the
characters of the creatures involved in the missions through the music. -Lenny

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released June 28, 2014

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