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Halfwolf

by Aviators

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1.
The Rot 05:09
The poison in the cherry wine A state of death but trapped in time Afflicted with a nightmare's touch That mother could not cure A crimson promise kept to me And I cling to it carefully When battles fought could break my soul It whispers to endure As flowers blow in southern winds They tell the tales of my own sin When I can't stop the fight I'm in And scarlet spreads once more This is the pain that feeds The rot inside A poison and a creed My parasite I am changed but free And it strengthens me Still to survive So like a river flows I'll move along As the infection grows My heart beats strong I will thrive consumed As a midnight bloom Into the dawn A killing blow from nature's wrath The detour on my divine path In fallout of the shattered The debtors are unpaid Misguided by the influence Of the last order's ignorance There's hope left in the bloodline still It slumbers far away Beyond the mountains on the sea Lies kindred grace for Valkyries The wait for a homecoming It grows to countless days This is the pain that feeds The rot inside A poison and a creed My parasite I am changed but free And it strengthens me Still to survive So like a river flows I'll move along As the infection grows My heart beats strong I will thrive consumed As a midnight bloom Into the dawn So if I must wait forever For salvation or the grave I have bound my soul to vengeance And I've taken what I crave I will stop the interruptions Even if I lose my mind When the roaches come I'll crush them As I'm running out of time Within the rot it seems There's a faint humanity That speaks to the affliction as it grows And all I have become In the years of growing numb Is perfect in the ways I've come to know This is the pain that feeds The rot inside A poison and a creed My parasite I am changed but free And it strengthens me Still to survive So like a river flows I'll move along As the infection grows My heart beats strong I will thrive consumed As a midnight bloom Into the dawn
2.
Pawns taken by the fates now In wreckage were reborn The death of past illusions With no place left to mourn A gathering of thunder A mind to fuel the storm With swords against invasion An undercurrent forms But who can make the difference Are futures set in stone A band of wayward strangers can't stand up to gods alone So what must you become then To not lose who you are And would you stop before you went too far Make your move and change it all Forevermore the odds may favor your endeavors Now don't fall back when you are Blinded by the shadowfall A guiding voice will always bind our hearts together You've got the chance so Make your move A fragile institution Regarded absolute Its veil to be unraveled And plucked out at the root With stirring in the masses And not much still to gain Resistance sees no glory In underhanded games But can you make the difference Are endings set in stone A band of wayward strangers can't stand up to gods alone So what could you become then But not lose who you are And will you stop before you go too far Make your move and change it all Forevermore the odds may favor your endeavors Now don't fall back when you are Blinded by the shadowfall A guiding voice will always bind our hearts together You've got the chance so Make your move What is the grand culmination Where does our victimhood lead When is the realization Who can still set our minds free Scattered across a long journey Choices we made leave their wake So what is the goal you will value When there's only one move to make Make your move and change it all Forevermore the odds may favor your endeavors Now don't fall back when you are Blinded by the shadowfall A guiding voice will always bind our hearts together You've got the chance so Make your move
3.
Stay Dead 04:41
Bet you'd like to get the freak show started But my moves work slow There's a presence here that I've imparted Centuries ago When the chilling of the night first hits you Then you'll know I'm there You can try to have the legends fix you But you won't be spared Balance exists that calls through the abyss And in the chaos I create again Go ahead Bury Me I will not stay dead Hold me down Take my breath I will thrive instead Cheat the game Break my stride You'll see me again Like the plague I will spread 'Cause I won't stay dead 'Cause I won't stay dead 'Cause I won't stay dead Flaunting danger like your head is empty But I've watched and learned You look like you never did expect me As if tides don't turn I've been known to win out with my patience There's no cure for fear You must think it's your imagination 'Cause the devil's here Risen from bone as the spirits come home When I awake with a message to send Go ahead Bury Me I will not stay dead Hold me down Take my breath I will thrive instead Cheat the game Break my stride You'll see me again Like the plague I will spread 'Cause I won't stay dead 'Cause I won't stay dead You recall To the past And ascend This crevasse Fused with power Strong of will Guided hands Fail you still All your might Gone to waste I will strike Leave no trace None can rise In my stead So why can't you just stay dead Just stay dead Stay dead 'Cause I won't stay dead Stay dead I will not stay dead Go ahead Bury Me I will not stay dead Hold me down Take my breath I will thrive instead Cheat the game Break my stride You'll see me again Like the plague I will spread 'Cause I won't stay dead 'Cause I won't stay dead 'Cause I won't stay dead
4.
I'm thinking that it's delusional That I'd lose it all to you But there's a fire in my heart That craves the the things of the dark And not a moment too soon I see the trace of a shadow left And I'm underdressed for a fight Who's to question the moment when love bites? I want to be hunted by you Caught up in the things that you do 'Cause when we are moving You're something inhuman Transforming a warm heart's point of view A myth like enchanted tales sing But I wanna know the real thing You've got me alone now Don't spare me a showdown And give me the best shot you can bring I'm ready for anything Born in the moonlight an enemy But you're much like me, I feel Two hunters savor the chase Hearts of impeccable taste Behind the silver and steel A face off soon becomes deathless dance As the howling chants a song And I'm no longer afraid My own instincts are betrayed Flames of desire burning strong I want to be hunted by you Caught up in the things that you do 'Cause when we are moving You're something inhuman Transforming a warm heart's point of view A myth like enchanted tales sing But I wanna know the real thing You've got me alone now Don't spare me a showdown And give me the best shot you can bring I'm ready for anything The shadows shift Protection lifts And there's something in your eyes that tells me There are no rules For fiends and fools And nature would agree A night consumed Arranged for you And when the claws tear through I'm at the Mercy of lust In jaws to be crushed Under a hunter's moon I want to be hunted by you Caught up in the things that you do 'Cause when we are moving You're something inhuman Transforming a warm heart's point of view A myth like enchanted tales sing But I wanna know the real thing You've got me alone now Don't spare me a showdown And give me the best shot you can bring I'm ready for anything
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Victorious 08:34
For a time away I walked with the exiled and prayed For a conflict to call me back home To the champion's throne When the mountains quake There's strength left and glory to take A contender that stands in my path Here to tempt my wrath When circled by vultures I keep my nerve still With honor and a blessing I conquered each thrill And though I had fallen I'll come roaring back again As claws are unleashing The rivals will dance Like songs of a ritual Across the expanse Of order in ruin And nothing but pride to defend A crown for the victorious The battle will be glorious And they will call our names In the valley of the saints A test of strength to lay it bare Survivor takes the lion's share And tempers won't give way 'Til we've earned a hero's grave As the last one standing brave No, I cannot not be caged Like the jaws of the apex's rage For our nature has left but one way To honor the pain Every chance to die Is inspiration to survive In a furious duet of blades Two stars on the stage When circled by vultures I keep my nerve still With honor and a blessing I conquered each thrill And though I had fallen I'll come roaring back once again As claws are unleashing The rivals will dance Like songs of a ritual Across the expanse Of order in ruin And nothing but pride to defend A crown for the victorious The battle will be glorious And they will call our names In the valley of the saints A test of strength to lay it bare Survivor takes the lion's share And tempers won't give way 'Til we've earned a hero's grave As the last one standing brave The veil is torn A moment of truth For our sons and our daughters Is battle born The blood of the covenant Thicker than water Within the storm The lion meets your eyes A severance The splitting of fates And the passing of our own Remembrance The first and the last in a flurry of fists Bled in reverence So may the true king rise A crown for the victorious The battle will be glorious And they will call our names In the valley of the saints A test of strength to lay it bare Survivor takes the lion's share And tempers won't give way 'Til we've earned a hero's grave As the last one standing brave
6.
Halfwolf 06:34
Even if it's not forever We've together tread this path so far Wary of the will that made me Still you leave your trust within my scars Winterborn and forged strong Searching for centuries long Built for a dream like ours Keep holding on for me I'll lift you as I break Torn to the smallest piece Half dreaming half awake Take my conflicted hands My heart will light your way Know me for what I am Half wolf and half afraid Striving to control my instinct Terrified my nature won't obey I confess the burden's heavy Skies begin to change and soon I'll fade Don't take the risk on me I'll turn my tail and leave Before I lose my way Keep holding on for me I'll lift you as I break Torn to the smallest piece Half dreaming half awake Take my conflicted hands My heart will light your way Know me for what I am Half wolf and half afraid I can embrace the cold But I can't change my soul My nature still remains So long our quiet fight My battle ends tonight But our bond stays the same When the voices Make my choices And I can't ignore the sound Without purpose I deserve this but I refuse to drag you down I will fail you I may hunt you I must try to In the end So conflicted I've resisted Tried to fix it Now I can't None can mend What I am Keep holding on for me I'll lift you as I break Torn to the smallest piece Half dreaming half awake Carry on for the cause Spread light across these shores Remember who I was Half wolf, forever yours Hold on It gets better It's here at the end we turn it all around Keep faith I'm still with you We all need a friend to watch the world die out
7.
And so it ends A lovechild of the heavens has been burned again Abandoned works of art Left on our own to fend For what mother has returned to make her own When the creator returns home A broken heart Has tainted our existence since our ominous start We pray to fallen angels But the foolish part Is no matter who you serve you're all alone Foundations are crumbling We live with our sins The zealots cry victory Then nobody wins Made heroes in hellfire The lovers at war With a wanderer like us To settle the score A tragic song It whispers from the taverns to the charred beyond The tale of hope in madness against countless odds When a lonely wolf resisted mother's grace And drew a challenge to her place The die is cast And devil's deals will haunt us from our distant past The peace we steal for promises will never last Because the angels care not for the ends we chase Foundations are crumbling We live with our sins The zealots cry victory Then nobody wins Made heroes in hellfire The lovers at war With a wanderer like us To settle the score A turn of the ages A quarrel for our lands In nightmares we suffer The game of the damned For heroes and villains In darkness they'll end But that's when our light Can be seen once again So cheers to the victors Not chosen or true The lost and forgotten Inspired like you Most touched by corruption But we still remain In the fight of existence Through torment and pain Foundations are crumbling We live with our sins The zealots cry victory Then nobody wins Made heroes in hellfire The lovers at war With a wanderer like us To settle the score
8.
Wings 04:39
Well I'm familiar with the concepts Of needing friendship in the darkness 'Cause these imaginary friends I've made are gone So maybe then it's time to embrace The magic calls me into this place Since the outer world I thought I loved feels wrong Heads will roll The times may change But we're wiser now together And we won't stop at anything Twists of fate And winds turn our page But I'll fly with you forever Right here With you I've got my wings Sure, I'm missing what I left home But you lit a fire in my bones And I'm so inspired to show you what I am In a family of misfits You're the spell I need to fix this To dissolve the walls I've built with my tired hands Heads will roll The times may change But we're wiser now together And we won't stop at anything Twists of fate And winds turn our page But I'll fly with you forever Right here With you I've got my wings Beyond my wildest dreams You showed me what I need And I can't ever turn away again Felt lost in lonely times But now these wings are mine And I'll keep soaring onwards to the end Heads will roll The times may change But we're wiser now together And we won't stop at anything Twists of fate And winds turn our page But I'll fly with you forever Right here With you I've got my wings
9.
Number Nine 05:00
One purpose doesn't always cut it Two tango to the grave and then there's Three chances that I'm gonna give you For the final warrant tendered Five seconds and your confidence is frozen Six, and you're already gone Seven deadly little sins that haunt you Eight, and it's just been too long I'm the hunter Creeping under And I know you've seen my face before A deadly agent Now impatient So I can't ignore you anymore Your bounty's far too prized I don't think you'll land on your feet this time Wasted each of your lives Now you're pushing the end of number nine 'Cause I think your indifference is a crime So I wanna remember number nine One slice and it's your shattered ego Too ready to escape the dark Three trilogies of flaunting, what for? Death has got more bite than bark Five seconds and you've left yourself wide open Six, and the last dance is on Seven steps and I will leave you broken Eight, when I snuff out your song Your bounty's far too prized I don't think you'll land on your feet this time Wasted each of your lives Now you're pushing the end of number nine 'Cause I think your indifference is a crime So I wanna remember number nine Cold steel Waiting in darkness for the last meal Owed to the underworld in signed deal Forces your arrogance won't conceal All heroes have to die Blades talk Singing into the night where death walks No wish can save you when the wolf stalks I've got your number when your heart stops So much bravado for a lie Your bounty's far too prized I don't think you'll land on your feet this time Wasted each of your lives Now you're pushing the end of number nine 'Cause I think your indifference is a crime So I wanna remember number nine
10.
The adversaries priming Like wolves within the snow A consciousness is dying Too stubborn to let go When the daylight comes for me I see what I am An alloyed extension Of invisible hands And yet I risk more than The credits I earn My soul is in ashes But metal won't burn The raven in the updraft I soar on borrowed wings With heart beneath the construct A cobbled mess of strings Red echoes in the fracture Sing to my weary mind Protected by the rapture I'm one of my own kind When the daylight comes for me I see what I am An alloyed extension Of invisible hands And yet I risk more than The credits I earn My soul is in ashes But metal won't burn Wrapped within a soulless shelter I possess the dread of war Is there still a peace to enter Or are we guiding aimless cores Visions of a flame keep burning Broken but still not decayed Fueled by the blaze awakened Human eyes remain afraid Sacrifice my embers Forge me better form Burn away remainders I am flesh no more No one has the answers So we all burn what came before For what the future has in store When the daylight comes for me I see what I am An alloyed extension Of invisible hands And yet I risk more than The credits I earn My soul is in ashes But metal won't burn

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Logic versus nature. Innocence versus instinct. Choice versus destiny. HALFWOLF explores the inner conflict that drives so many interesting characters throughout media and literature, and dives into the concept of two halves in one self. With major inspiration from Elden Ring, Armored Core, Baldur's Gate, and many more series, these stories in song range from confident battle anthems to melancholy ballads.

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released September 29, 2023

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Aviators is a Southwest Florida indie musician specializing in fantasy rock and gritty synthpop. Many songs are inspired directly by beloved video games, shows, films, and novels.

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