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Hex Volume 2

by Loot the Body

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1.
Many years ago two men of power built a stronghold High upon a hill beneath a tall and lonely tower Far from the wild marauding hordes Beyond the cities and the roads They built the place where we will go In search of the unknown In search of the unknown Adventurer beware for many dangers there will wait for us But the recompense a thousand times our weight in gold If half rumors are believed So many wonders we will see Our fortune calls we must proceed In search of the unknown In search of the unknown And somewhere deep within the 14 magic pools of blue Await the bold to make their every earthly wish come true The prize is there for us to claim Not much to lose so much to gain Now let's set out on this campaign In search of the unknown In search of the unknown
2.
They say a mighty fortress sunk into the ground in ages long ago Within its broken halls deep within the earth a cursed stake was sown A seedling then took root Up grew its evil shoots Upon on its limbs a wicked fruit They say that deadly thorns await in bioluminescent briars And an unholy outcast feeds the tree whomever it desires A legion of twig blights Rise in the dead of night To sate their bloody appetite But you never know if what they say is true Until you go below and see what waits for you They say from the ledge you smell the smoke of blazing dragon fire And savage rats and goblins feast upon the bones of all those who inquire But once a year we’re told A precious apple grows Deep down within the twilight grove
3.
I see that lust for gold in your eyes I’ve seen it in others greedy and unwise Ignored the countless warnings and sailed ahead Straight to their deaths in the isle of dread Old Barbarosa wrote down the tale But he met his demise before he could set his sail Would you rather be the quick or the dead Forget what he said about the isle of Dreadful tales, Howling Gales, Carnivores, Cloaked in Scales Avert your eyes, Run and hide, Or stay and be, Boiled Alive And if my warning doesn’t suffice I offer a final precious pearl of advice All the sailors who set foot on the beachhead Never returned from the Isle of Dread None have returned from the isle of dread There’s no return from the Isle of Dread
4.
We are the people of the dragon And for too long we’ve had to wait And watched the sprawl of all the heathens An infestation on the plane All the sheep that sleep on the Elsir vale Unaware that the wolf is coming soon When the jaws bear down and the flesh turns pale They will know they’re in the red hand of doom Now hear the chanting of the war priests Behold the one whose fit to rule The goblin tribes that once were scattered Will all bow down to Azarr Kul There’s a deadly secret we will tell On the battlefield when the blood red moon Lights up our banners on the vale They’ll feel the grip of the red hand of doom The red hand of doom In my words the spark of an empire That will burn the earth for a thousand years Go tell the wyrmlords and their armies The time has come to go to war Go tell the ghostlord in the thornwaste To unleash the lion’s roar Tell the queen who waits to resume her reign That the gates of hell will open soon When she walks upon this earth again She will know it was the red hand of doom The red hand of doom The red hand of The red hand of The red hand of doom
5.
The brotherhood will pray to Gorm For his justice and his mercy But behind their golden masks they call the lightning The magi say they want to heal you But they carry silver daggers And they only worship if the stars align The gods may serve you well But there’s something they won't tell How can you find yourself In a city that's lost The pretty maidens watch the seasons And they keep the incense burning But they’ll only help you if they like their odds All of them completely certain They alone are on the path But none of it will mean a thing when the Zargon’s back The gods may serve you well But there’s so much they won't tell You’ll never find yourself In a city that's lost Get down on your knees If it puts your mind at ease You’ll find no inner peace In a city that’s lost
6.
We came to this fertile place in search of a new life Where brotherhood and peace could prevail Side by side we worked the land and built a village fair Believing that together we could never fail But that which we did not foretell has made us turn upon ourselves Something has changed and left us strange Against the Cult of the Reptile God Suspicion grows, hide what you know Against the Cult of the Reptile God Precious ones go missing, never to come back And the ones who do return are changed within Through the twisted shadows and underground we search To find the madness that controls our kin Who can we trust, who do we blame What lies beneath the golden grain Forsake your gold, protect your soul Against the Cult of the Reptile God No place to run can we stand as one Against the Cult of the Reptile God The darkness that usurped our homes Awaits upon a pile of bones The time is here to face our fear Against the cult of the reptile god Take sword in hand, make your last stand Against the cult of the reptile god Against the cult of the reptile god Against the cult of the reptile god

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Hex Volume 2 chronicles a return trip to the land of classic Dungeons & Dragons lore. Picking up where its predecessor left off, these six songs are inspired by some of the most influential and beloved adventures of all time.

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released November 5, 2021

Words, Music, and all instruments by Loot the Body..
Tracks 1 and 3 mixed and mastered by Steven Pascoe
All other tracks mixed and mastered by Francesco Petrelli

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Psych indie rock songs and instrumentals inspired by classic sci-fi, fantasy, and D&D.

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