Chabtan : Nine Levels
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1. THE LAST MAYA KING
A smell of death in the air
The gods have always protected our city
Have no fear, my king said the priest
But, in my mind, an omen remained
You'll die if you get in Nojpeten
You'll strive, until our blades take your life
We are the descendants of Kukulkan
The war is the breast whish fed us, the source where we drank
Without warning the Christians arrived
Using thick armours and gunpower
Turning our monuments into blaze
We tried to resist
You'll die if you get in Nojpeten
You'll strive, until our blades take your life
We are the descendants of Kukulkan
The war is the breast whish fed us, the source where we drank
The shape of Muan appears
To bring my family. Down to the Infraworld
Down to the hell where we belong
Lord, allow me to come with you
Request granted. Abandon all hope be entering
2. ESCAPING SEVEN-DEATH
As I go deeper through hell, the ghosts are hunting me down
Forsaken by bravery, I've never had this kind of feeling before
Is it what the weaks call fear?
How can I live in this realm which looks like a maze?
Try to run away from the ghost ... and fall back again into their lair
As I flee I feel their hands trying to grab me
Sadly everything finishes in this never ending tunnel
Unless the red glow I glimpse comes from a shelter
I'll try to get in, take sopme rest and make the fear go away
Arrived at the shelter I suddenly lose consciousness
Some hands are caressing me forehead
They must be men from my tribe Fallen in field
They haven't forgotten their king
When will I ever Wake up from ths nightmare?
As I open my eyes I see a grimacing smile
The ghosts chasing you are men says the fall silhouette
Lord Akan laughs, he has something to announce to me
You're the prey of the hunting party of the Infraworld
I've been drugged by Akan. I see monsters who don't exist
Maybe I'm dead, maybe I'm not. How to know the unknowable?
Fighting is the only choise
I will kill each creature that will stand before me
Many will die today but not me
3. AMONG THE DEMONS
Each door leads to a nightmare
Successive hopes, excessive rage
Face the Gods treachery
Each door, leads to a nightmare
Successive hopes, excessive rage
Face the demons
Arrived at a sinuous river
There are no ghosts in this place
But an amount of insects
Forming an organic mountain
Climb up and save me says a voice coming from above
At the top, a body is laying
Etznab, throat cut with his mounth open
Spitting a swarm of insects taking shape of Cuchumaquix
The Infraworld cumulates horror visins
Each door leads to a nightmare
Successive hopes, excessive rage
Face the Gods treachery
Each door, leads to a nightmare
Successive hopes, excessive rage
Face the demons
You've killed Xiquiripat!
Let's eat your flesh!
I am the son of the Black Snake
I don't fear you demon!
Kukulkan. Feat the snake
Falling from the sky
Hurling himself on the cloud of insects
His fangs against their stings
This lair is not yours
Follow the Black Snake and find the jaguar in order to be saved
This house is not yours
Find the storm in order to be saved
4. JAGUARS HUNGER
I leave Kukulkan behind
And run away Under a cold rain
Ek Chuah the three headed jaguar is behind me
Jaws shredding me flesh
Claws ripping me skin
Sun burning my eyes
Demon eating me heart
Other men are running away
Hopefully I am faster than them
Ek Chuah devours them
I'm saved
Jaws shredding me flesh
Claws ripping me skin
Sun burning my eyes
Demon eating me heart
5. NEVER ENDING PAIN
Disjunction in my existence. Live again the same sequence
Linear time of legends reversed in an eternal return
I need to break these paintful loops
Back to Zotzi-ha, the house of bats
This place is now a tomb. Devastated by folly
In it's middle I see a blood cenote. Above it Camazotz
Suspended and smiling. He has something to show me
Falling into the Underworld
To rebuild on our ruins. To rise form our past
Follow the horses in order to be reincarnated as a God
But each time my choise is made the sequence restarts
I can't wander no more in this loop
I'll commit suicide to end my pain
In the cenote I see a heart beating
I make an opening in it. I'm leaving this nightmare
Falling into the Underworld
To rebuild on our ruins. To rise form our past
Camazotz is writhing in pain. While I devour his heart
Chaak is laughing at him. He takes me out of this maze
Chaak is laughing at him. He takes me out
6. MAYA MESSIAHS
Sailing on the pus river and see
Converted Mayas on the bank
Don't want to lose my time with this filth
I won't come alongside to see them
These monsters are holding crosses. They don't seem to be aggressive
But why are they beckoning me? I will come alongside to seem them
Your enemies are on the other side
The ones you hate. The ones who betrayed
The choise is now in your hands
Revenge says the Black Snake. Revenge screams the Demon
They tell me the Christ is the pure. And our legends are lies
Listen to the voice of the Master Within. Open the Bible!
I'd rather be devoured
Follow us in Chayim-ha
The house of blades is now a Church
Gloria! Gloria! In excelsis Deo
Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis
Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te, gracias agimus tibi propter gloriam tuam
Gloria! Gloria! In excelsis Deo
Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis
Laudamus te, benedicimus te, adoramus te, glorificamus te, gracias agimus tibi propter gloriam tuam
Fools, I will never believe in your Christ
Your enemies are on the other side
The ones you hate. The ones who betrayed
The choise is now in your hands
7. XIBALBA
Lead me to the Lord's place. To join the east I belong to
King without throne, I need my attributes back
Dig up the dignity
What do we become when are rejected?
Honor shall be restored whatever happens
Ah Puch is presiding
Lord, I have a request
Does my noble blood allow me to live in your house?
No reaction. A deafening silence. I'm talking to a puppet?
Honor shall be restored whatever happens
Then the gates remained closed...
So it means that I'm too small
The the gates remained closed...
I must emerge from me shell
To be recognized as one of us you've got a pass a test
Ah Puch's judgment has Fallen. I must obey
Behind his eyes, I can see flames
Behind his words perfidy
Under the earth, among the ghosts
You're alone for the first time
Under the earth, among the ghosts
You're alone for the first time
8. THE FALL OF NOJPETEN
A New World, it's how they called our land
They were not messengers of the Gods
When they raped our customs
Conquerors, evangelizers. You were just usurpers
No one will ever change our mind. We use to fight for our tribe
I was the guide of my line. Not afraid to die
Descendants of Kukulkan
We failed on the battlefield
Our men ran away into the forest
Infraworld. Is turning into a desert
The sun is beholding my weakness
And our crawling carcasses
The Gods want me dead
Our civilization died by me fault
No one will ever change our mind. We use to fight for our tribe
I was the guide of my line. Not afraid to die
Chamiabac sets his dogs on me
The pain is huge but I deserved it
No one will ever change our mind. We use to fight for our tribe
I was the guide of my line. Not afraid to die
The world will exist without us
We're just a short-lived memory
9. NOURISHED BY FOUR GODS
Next to the last level
Don't even know how to assume my mission
After centuries of wandering
I find a crowd claiming for justice
Are you going to solve the conflict with your sword?
Or are you reborn as a peacemaker?
Two Franciscans are protesting against what they call the Maya Heresy
God is a simple substance
And your gods are composed
So your gods are undivine
We are the ones who think supernature rules the world
The Infraworld makes our divinity emerge
My dehiscence can start in this clay blessed by the Gods
Four entities are feeding me
Lifeblood of the Snake. Lifeblood of Jaguar
Lifeblood of the Storm. Lifeblood of the Sun
The Fransicans take their daggers and run to the statue of Chaak
Blasphemy! God isn't an animal
We must shop the head of the horse
We are the ones who think supernature rules the world
The Infraworld reveals who we are
I intervene and kill the brothers
Their blood imprégnâtes the soil
Our kingdom is preserved
Lifeblood. Blood for life
Chaak appears to give me a wrap
Take care of this, little king
Chaak appears to give me a wrap
Take care of this, little king
Cosmological pattern. The end is near
Take care of this, Son of the Sun
10. FACING ONE-DEATH
The journey comes to an end
Mystic forces are lighting my way
I'm still holding my wrap where four entities await
Await for their resurrection and a last sacrifice*Flames are getying closer. Lord Ah Puch is near
Walking through the demon's palace
Lot of screams coming from everywhere
I Wonder if all these ghosts are burning to live again
Or are they pawns in this dark game?
One-Death, at the end of the road
One-Death. Bow down before him
One-Death, at the end of the road
To look in his eyes
Ah Puch is smiling, I fear another trap
Lord of Death can't refuse my request
Flames are getting closer. Lord Ah Puch is near
One-Death, at the end of the road
One-Death. Bow down before him
One-Death, at the end of the road
To look in his eyes
K'imich. Chaak. Ek Chuah. Kukulkan
These shapes are rising within me
Now, I can face the Great Redemptor
Flames are getting closer. Ah Puch shows his fangs
I unleash the storm on the demon
Cut his throat with my jaguar claws
Swirls of blood blown by my flames
Have you ever seen a Lord of Death loosing a fight?
Have you ever seen a Lord of Death no rewarding an act of bravery when he seens one?
The Gods kept their promises. I am the last Maya God
The Gods kept their promise. Now it's time to transcend
11. THE LAST MAYA GODS
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