| "Umber Tower" | |
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| Song by Hungry Lights from the album The Awry Ascent | |
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"Umber Tower" is track six on the Hungry Lights studio album "The Awry Ascent." Remember that this is a summary, not the entire story! It is 1-10% of what is actually going on—just the skeleton.
Story[]
In this chapter, Prill arrives at a mysterious observatory called, "Umber Tower." There is supposedly a mystic who lives at the top and who can give Prill the coordinates to Fothcrah's lair. There is no direct way inside, so he eventually makes his way underground into a catacomb, is harassed by some mysterious cavern-dwelling creatures, and has an epiphany about himself as a person.
Lyrics[]
An umber tower is quiet and looming before me
And I once used nothingness to fill that void
Then the sky must thrown a gauntlet
To detour me from the center I knew
-And I've never been wrong
The winds had changed beyond your shore
Now a mattered mane that muffles the lion's roar
Such a place would leave a sour, familiar taste upon my tongue
How I trembled at the knees!
Underneath a mask, in the gully I hie
And I sank much deeper than I had prepared for
Tailing shades coalesced and converged on the walls
When I turned, they were nothing!
No, nothing at all!
O' such beguiling was their boisterous game!
My own shadow... now a faceless no one
Such a place would leave a sour, familiar taste upon my tongue
How I trembled at the knees!
At sudden, from inside me
I felt a rapid disassemble
And all around had turned to gloom
Still, all around was calm
And I raised my fist!
But there was no confrontation
Just a question had they asked
And with the comfort, I gave in
An umber tower was quiet and looming before me
So I used its gallantry to fill that void
Truly, I had embraced that delusion and glory
So I guess I don't know what I knew after all
Such a place would leave a sour, familiar taste upon my tongue
How I trembled at the knees!