Decast Tales

... "Death Eats Characters At Startling Tempo"

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This original song chronicles in musical form the misadventures of Decast's founding party as they engaged in a war of attrition against the Caves of Chaos, better known as the Keep On the Borderlands. At one point or another, thirty characters went in. Twenty two died -- 7 of them before the party even reached the adventure. Further fun included a medusa, a poison rope snare that put 3 brave adventurers to sleep, and a falling-rock trap that got a critical hit and killed off 4. Words and music by the Friends of Gravity Š2008.

"Caves of Chaos"
(DECAST'S FIRST ADVENTURE)

Welcome to the dungeon.
Blow your horn, my good man
Let the whole world know we've arrived
Our history precedes us
False stories where the truth survived
Gather friends around us
There's a quest out there and it calls
The villagers watch in knowing silence
Danger lurks beyond the walls

      And they're all dead now
      And they're all dead now
      And they're all dead now
      And they're all dead now

They went into the valley together
And one by one they never came out
One last chance to dance in the moonlight
One last flicker in the shadow of doubt
And the unmarked graves leave a trail
Of lost hopes and destiny's end
No one-hit wonders on the comeback trail
They only had one life to spend (aaaaarrh!)

      And they're all dead now (they're all dead now)
      And they're all dead now (they're all dead now)
      And they're all dead now (they're all dead now)
      And they're all dead now (they're all dead now)

The caves of chaos are calling
And the ninth life has met the tenth death
But defiant answers keep rising
As long as there's one who still draws breath
Through the poison rope and the falling stone
And the icy stare of the dark
There's a small voice trying to grow bigger
Thinking it can leave a mark (uuuuuurrgh!)

      But they're all dead now (they're all dead now)
      And they're all dead now (they're all dead now)
      And they're all dead now (they're all dead now)
      And they're all dead now (they're all dead now)

      They're all dead now
      They're all dead now
      They're all dead now.
      They're all dead now.