Screams, screams and tears shadow the sun,
Slaves, slaves in their dreams,
black has begun.
The light of blackness is but a shadow,
The dead of night is naught but hell,
As fiery flaying phantoms gather,
In a darkened oily Satan'd swell.
Midnight Hawk
You cannot see me now walking through yesterday,
Silent as a midnight hawk in search of prey,
Swiftly the silence brings fear to the hunted,
The hunter hangs gray, misted shrouds block the day.
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Screams, screams and tears shadow the sun, Slaves, slaves in their dreams, black has begun.
The light of blackness is but a shadow, The dead of night is naught but hell, As fiery flaying phantoms gather, In a darkened oily Satan'd swell.
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No stars can pierce the gloom, blackness haunts everyone,
All are imprisoned in thickening gloom.
Evil thoughts rend the air, sense tense to try and hear,
Passions of midnight lords, masters of fear,
Massed, massed in their wrath for assault on the light.
Who, who could match such incredible might.
Darkness bubbles in blank allies,
The black envelopes house and town.
Descending depths do once more conquer,
And all the world has been thrust down.
Copyright Robert H. Mason (c) 2004 All rights reserved
The guitar solo on this song is the only one on the CD played in orthodox lead guitar style with a pick.
The Band: Chris Schmitt and Matt Barrios
The core of this song was written as a poem when I was fourteen years old. The imagery is very dark and was influenced by the tragedy Mac Beth, by William Shakespeare, which I was reading at the time. The Dark Angels of the Nefilim, like Shakespeare's witches, have a long history in mythology of causing pain and grief to mankind. The Sumerian stories of Marduk, the Lord of Babylon and his brother Lord Nergil, tell of particularly dark characters, who fought each other following the accidental killing of their brother Dimuzi by Marduk. The destruction of cities loyal to Marduk on the South side of the Dead Sea is also a feature of Hebrew mythology. The biblical "Lord" has quite a discussion with Abraham prior to the annihilation of Sodom and Gomorrah. Nergil's wife Erishkigal, does not seem entirely an Angel of Light herself. For more on Sumerian mythology read Zecharia Sitchin "The Twelfth Planet".
Photographs by Robert H. Mason
Copyright Robert H Mason (c) 2005 All rights reserved