Location: Carpathian woods Characters: Outcast, criminal Merchant Wife of merchant - a Witch Chief of guards The Darkness - Death Narrator Opening scene. Someone is sitting alone at campfire in middle of deep woods. Narrator: Fellow traveller step out from the shadows Come and sit by me around the fire Cold night is falling and evil spirits are moving Come here and hear my story Story of betrayal and living thru death It was night like this decades ago… Chapter I - Like Moth to a Flame Narrator: When the sun is low and night falls Like rats the lowest ones crawl Out from their hideouts and lairs They seek for prey, a catch for this night Shadows raise and grow Sun hanging so low Daylight is gone and it's time Decadence calls for decadence Stragglers of the evening glow Those who come alive Divine - alive! Outcast steps out from his hideout Past an alley he walks A Figure from the darkness Calling his name… Shadows raise and grow Sun hanging, oh so low Chief of guards: I do not seek for any harm No reason to rise your arms I'm here with and offer With the purest of intentions Narrator: Grip tight on his dagger Waiting for he's attacker Our outcast walks deeper in to the alley dark To meet this strange nark Chief of guards: No need for alert I need a help from man like you You know the merchant And know his wealth too A Figure from the darkness Calling his name… Shadows raise and grow Sun hanging, oh so low Beautiful jewels own his bride Steal and bring those to me Next night house will be unguarded No one on your way Trust my words And you shall be rewarded

Chapter II - Trap... or sinister encounter Narrator: Staring thru the open window in the dark Everything is like promised the nark Climb in the room of the bride Walk towards table inside There he finds no jewels Instead there's a dagger on the carpet Blood on the long blade Oh no! something's gone wrong Staring thru the open window in the alley dark Everything is decieved by the nark Staring thru the open window in the yard Realise being decieved by the nark There is a woman lying on the floor She gives her last breath and moves no more Suddenly a bang on the door as it breaks unfold Instructor from alley - It was all lies he told Narrator: Dragged without mercy Out from the house Out from the town To the old sacrificial place He tries to scream No one listens - no one cares This is where the Dream turns grim nightmare Surreal! Chief of guards: Thief! There is a thief In the mistress chamber Guards! Narrator: No change Guards rush in And push him down Chief of guards: Thief! There is a thief In the mistress chamber Guards! Behold, our mistress is dead We show no mercy for this killer No need for judge - the sentence is clear Throw him into depths of the bog For he must suffer due this terrible act And suffocate on the sludge like dog Narrator: Dragged without mercy Out from the house Out from the town To the old sacrificial place He tries to scream No one listens - no one cares This is where the Dream turns to grim nightmare

Chapter III - Execution at Dawn Narrator: On the bog's black wet spot A place for an offering a place of rot Like a blind eye, a place to lie Perfect place for our outcast to die Outcast: Feeling the weight around me When the sludge surrounds me Cold blackness pulling me deeper On my grave with a grin on he's face The betrayer stands Executing his plan A triumph of the damned Outcast: Feeling the weight around me When the sludge surrounds me Cold blackness pulling me deeper I burn the truth I swear an oath You shall learn Beyond the veil I will return No sound - just blackness And the burning darkness Suddenly all binds are gone Yet still I'm drawn Outcast: Feeling the weight around me When the sludge surrounds me Cold blackness pulling me deeper Like in a mystical undercurrent flow Deeper and deeper I descend I am now drown? Sludge rises And my shout dies I can taste the mud I can taste the blood Am I falling? Thru emptiness - Forever No sound - just blackness And the burning darkness Suddenly all binds are gone Yet I'm drawn I'm falling thru emptiness

Chapter IV - Dreaming of orpheus in the Underworld Narrator: (For A) soulless soul A Sudden stop by a mighty force Smacked into ground so coarse Air escapes out of he's lungs Along with vomit of sludge That drips onto the dead ground Only darkness The one to embrace Agonizing feeling so intense This place make's no sense Darkness so vast and broad Still so horrid and odd Strange lights glow But there's nowhere to go Not for him... Not yet. Walking a timeless time Into the unknown realm Whispers rising out from the darkness Some are threating And some are begging Begging to come closer Towards the beasts and sirens Agonizing feeling so intense This place make's no sense Darkness so vast and broad Still so horrid and odd Strange lights glow Nowhere to go Finally the riverbank emerges There the black water flows without urge Narrow bridge made of stones Leads over to the path of unknown Step on it and you can hear How the Lost souls... From depth are invoking thee!!! Oh' how the lost souls of the Depths are invoking thee Across the bridge and then you see the door If you can tore it open See and adore what lies across The treshold... Walking a timeless time Into the unknown realm Whispers rising out from the darkness Some are threating And some are begging Begging to come closer Towards the beasts and sirens Across the Treshold

Chapter V - Rebuild - Reborn Narrator: On a throne made of skulls sits a dark shape a Man molded of shadows Where light can't escape Soulless face without eyes or mouth a feeling - he can see right through your soul And when he speaks Disgusting voice fills ears and mind Snake like hiss with thunderous aftermath Secrets of the Dead Oozing through this putrid air Death: Lost soul wondering at the lair's of death Not knowing what is your journey's depth a Betrayed thief blinded by shiny shilling My servant has an offer if you are willing Outcast: From the darkness a pale beauty rises Flames of anger burning her eyes She walks slowly like circling a prey And when she reaches me - whispers into my ear Witch: Do you want to go back to the land of living I can guide you to right path You seek for revenge? Outcast: Guide me back - mold me and rebuild me as a weapon In hate I am reborn As your slave For revenge I'm willing For eternity we walk thru the gloom And then suddenly a field right before my eyes Where shimmering tree stands Golden leaves from which the clear nectar lands those drops drip drip and slowly form a lake before my eyes After timeless time I finally realize This is my escape Witch: Lake of the living ones Where the death now shuns Drink and your wishes will be reached Even Death's bind is breached - Ye are no more deceased Outcast: I kneel to the shore From the depths hands rise Grabbing me, pulling me Deeper and deeper in blackness I sink Soon I can't hold my breath no more I embrace to face another death Narrator: Like a corpse rises man from the lake A mind full of strange noises he awakes With hunger like itch inside that burns the soul Behind the lucid Rises the voice of the witch Witch: You grave for revenge I guide you to the right path To this house you need to go I guide you to the right path Do this for me And I will let you go Narrator: Haunted by hunger Possessed by voices Hoping for salvation Yet leads to damnation The vagrant hided by darkness of the night He seeks his way in like spirit of an old friend You grave for revenge I guide you to the right path To this house you need to go

Chapter VI - By darkness promised Witch: Down, down the hill on the north side Find the sewer, an underground path Lock is old and rusted, I swear To the dungeons this sewer will guide Narrator: Through filth, rot, rust and dust that pave this narrow path Like Death's aftermath Rise up from the underground

VII - The End - The Nightmare Narrator: He found the right door to knock To wake the chief of guards And when he opens the door There stands our dead stranger Like a beast he then attacks Obeying the craving hunger Abashed victim has no change Lust to flesh - to rip and tear Entrails fall to the floor Arteries flood the ceiling And the red... starts to drip, drip, drip Blood and gore is everywhere Witch: Soul for a soul Life for death Death for life The light of the almighty serpent Guide's my way from death's lair Thought darkness and despair Soul for a soul hahahahahahaha... Narrator: Like in a dream guided thru the halls Severed head in his bloody hands In the bed - sleeping man The cold lips against his forehead A paralysis - a kiss from the dead Witch: Soul for a soul Life for death Death for life The light of the almighty serpent Guide's my way from death's lair Thought darkness and despair Soul for a soul Narrator: As chant continues and the light appears Around the severed head spheres of light flicker Slowly forming a figure on the witch's shape The Merchant then screams - but there's no escape He's Dead wife emerges out from the light With glowing hand she grabs and pulls light out of his eyes And screams of unbearable agony rise Light merged in the Witche's hand To the body of merchant surges Then a snap and all the light is vanished The severed head is there no more Slowly, slowly merchant rises from the floor Merchant/Witch: Now the old ritual is done I need your services anymore As a reward I will bring you back but there' price to pay If you don't consume fresh human flesh Your rotting will progress Closing scene Narrator/outcast: How you like my story? It was not full of glory Yet all of it is true And he's hunger grew…