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Seasons 1, Chapter 3: A Dragon and his hoard

by Ruff Majik

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1.
When summer comes I'll sail again. I'll fight the waves and breathe the air. I'll conquer the land with my sword. I live and die by it, you know good lord. And I won't bleed for god or country. But I'd be more than happy to bleed for a woman who loves me. I just need someone who grieves me. Someone who knows that I'm leaving. I'm an empty coffin. I've got room for you. Won't you lay down inside me? And we'll sink into the blue. Blue devils been gettin' me down, 'cause I've been adrift in the ocean, I've been floatin' around. Sunburned skin 'cause the sun whips. I guess the captain's got to go down with his ship. The mountains don"t even look real from here. Guess I'll drift back to shore by next year. Maybe I'll find myself a woman then, one that might keep me from sailing again. I'm an empty coffin. I've got room for you. Won't you lay down inside me? And we'll sink into the blue.
2.
Woke up with the sun burning my eyes, crushing me down. Got one swollen tongue, one blackened lung since last sundown. Got blood on my chin, sweat on my brow and dirt on my crown. I'll drink til I fall, cruse all the gods, I'll bury them all. I hoisted myself up to half-mast. My mind is so overcast. Hammers keep raining down on my head. I must look just like the living dead. I'll walk into the sea again. Let the waves wash over me. I'll walk into the ocean, wash myself clean of these sins. Woke up with the sun burning my eyes, crushing me down. Got one swollen tongue, one blackened lung since last sundown. Got blood on my chin, sweat on my brow and dirt on my crown. I'll drink til I fall, cruse all the gods, I'll drink from their skulls.
3.
This sun never sets. The gods never forget. They sent their hounds down and stole my floral crown. Don't know where my woman went. They took her to the worlds end. They drove their hammers down with cacophonous sound. Only the vultures know where you'll go. They'll pick you clean my friend. And they'll carry you home to Valhalla where you belong, Valhalla where you belong. I can't hold my sword to fight the coming horde. 'Cause I left my woman behind to drift off with the tide. In summer I'll find my grave somewhere beneath the waves. She'll be waiting when Valkyries welcome me. Only the vultures know where you'll go. They'll pick you clean my friend. And they'll carry you home to Valhalla or where you belong, Valhalla where you belong.

about

The waves crash against the ship, newly washed ashore, with the sound of thunder. Pieces of wood snap and splinter as the mast folds in half under the gargantuan pressure.

The island it landed upon is shrouded in mist. Above, the black clouds congregate to hand out lashings of ice cold rain while the wind howls in a dark and foreboding voice. It speaks clearly when it says: "The gods have left you. The sepulchre of man is the deep blue sea."


The ocean, unrelenting, sticks out his hand and clutches the barnacle encrusted ship, dragging it back off the beach and into the depths. Before long, the ship is caught in the maelstrom mouth of the deep blue god himself and swallowed, leaving behind nothing but a floating, ghostly sail as a reminder of the arrogance of men.

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released December 22, 2017

Johni Holiday - Guitar/vocal/lyrics
Jimmy Glass - Bass guitar
Benni Manchino - Drums

Recorded by Evert Snyman and Louise Eksteen at Backline Studios
Mixed by Evert Snyman at Backline Studios
Mastered by Louise Eksteen at Backline Studios

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Ruff Majik Cottbus, Germany

Ruff Majik is a time traveling rock 'n roll band from South Africa.

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