For Eternity We'll Ride: a Cyre 1313 Song

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Today, the Bard College of Citrus hitches a ride seldom chartered - the train of the dead, Cyre 1313. A lightning rail train from Eberron caught in an unbelievable catastrophe, this terrifying transit now stalks the Shadowfell as a mobile Domain of Dread, trapped to scream through the mists for eternity...

-LYRICS-
And now the Mourning Rail’s bound for forever
The lightning roars into the night
You hear the pounding of our engines
In our neverending flight!
Outrunning the cloud of death that’s already inside…
The Mourning Rail’s departed, we’ve started to realize… for eternity we’ll ride

The whistle’s blowing at the station,
Panicked screams are all alight
Oh as the cracklin’ cloud of death is close at hand
From every creed across the nation,
All the same with masks of fright
Crammed together, no more room with which to stand
Each train is burstin’ at the seams,
Tryin’ to leave before our doom
Makes us equal in that very special way,
But down at Cyre 1313,
Gotta wait to make some room
For there’s a VIP who’s making us delay

They say you cannot take it with you,
Seems like no one’s tellin’ him,
As all his valuables force others to the floor
But now that he and all his retinue
Arrived, it’s lookin’ grim,
Some of that mist slipped in just as he closed the door!

And now the Mourning Rail’s bound for forever
A sickly glow where once was light!
You hear the wailing of our whistle,
A haunted story that we write!
Outrunning the cloud of death that’s already inside…
The Mourning Rail’s departed, we’ve started to realize… for eternity we’ll ride

Well the conductor gave the signal,
The train is tearing out the gate,
Heading for safety, for anywhere but here!
But unbeknownst to one and all,
Their stalled departure was their fate,
And as the mist consumes them all, they disappear!
You hear the panic now increasing,
Those who could not get aboard
Have clung with life and limb to not get left behind.
And with their grips now not releasing,
The Conductor pulls the cord,
Picking up speed to see if there’s safety to find!

But there’s no edge to that miasma,
Growing darker ever still
Now no more tracks are there to keep the train all well!
And as the passengers, they pass the
Border, now the air is chilled
And now the Cyre 1313’s tearing through the Shadowfell!

Our cursed cabin is a Domain of Dread,
Don’t come aboard, leave regrets unsaid
We’re never stopping through these mists,
The Train of the Dead!
This pale existence, this fate of ours
A voyage where seconds feel like endless hours,
Forever cursing the noble who doomed us
to the Dark Powers
And in the chill of the night, if you hear the train’s wail,
Keep your distance, and save your own tail
Lest you find yourself with a ticket
FOR THE MOURNING RAIL!

And now the Mourning Rail’s bound for forever
We are the freight that’s filled with fright!
You hear the tearing of our steel
Against the wrong no one can right!
Outrunning the cloud of death that’s already inside…
The Mourning Rail’s departed, it’s too late to realize… for eternity we’ll ride


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For Eternity We'll Ride was originally composed, written, and performed by the Bard College of Citrus and released on October 5th, 2023 (posted on YouTube on February 10th, 2024).