Boic Bravesoul - Clamavi De Profundis

Come and peer into the cave

Forbidden gate where Boic Brave

Went down to save us from the grave

Our fathers sinned through avarice, the open hand became a fist

And greed: a misers drunkenness

The Dwarven treasure trove increased

Incessant mining roused the beast

The eldest born of fire released

Corporeal in his domain

He bound the Dwarves with heated chains

Save one, to fetch him gems, remained

The dwarf named Boic stood his ground

Amid the flames deep underground

The fiendish voice did then resound:

Puny dwarf, what treasure, tell

Have you brought me down to hell?

Your single hope to please me well

I went above, beyond your plane, and thought whatever might you gain

Since you would think of all as plain?

But there is one thing you have not, and I have it, so I brought

My few good works, a simple lot

I am Death, and I am Gloom

I am everlasting Doom

This chamber gapes to be your tomb

And then they fought with bitter rage

A dwarf and demon, flame encaged

One victor, one to pay the wage

Upon the beast’s back, Boic clung

And treasures round the demon hung

Boic seized a diamond like the sun

He gripped his blacksmith’s hammer dull

To subjugate the Demons soul

He drove the gem into its skull

I purge this mountain, hear my voice!

You shall leave, you have no choice!

Free from sin we shall rejoice

And Boic’s reign shall live a creed

Devoid of avarice and greed

Where wealth is meant to serve a need

Forbidden Gate stands at the hole

To remind us of our goal

Our wealth is found inside the soul