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Before The First Move

Clouds of Sulfur · Track 7 of 13

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Dark hands move the pieces, whispering schemes,

Pawns on the board, caught in their dreams.

They think they hold the threads of fate,

But the Weaver spins beyond their gate.

They carve their names into the stone,

Raise their banners, claim the throne.

Empires rise and kings take flight,

Yet He already won the fight.

Every gambit, every ploy—

He bends them all to serve His joy.

You think you rule? You think you're free?

He wrote the end in prophecy.

Before the first move, the game was set,

Every scheme is a failed regret.

What they meant for dark, He bends for light,

Every war is won before the fight!

A serpent coiled, a shadow cast,

A silver tongue that spoke too fast.

They thought the Cross was check and mate—

But He flipped the board and sealed their fate.

Every gambit, every ploy—

He bends them all to serve His joy.

You think you rule? You think you're free?

He wrote the end in prophecy.

Before the first move, the game was set,

Every scheme is a failed regret.

What they meant for dark, He bends for light,

Every war is won before the fight!

They twist the night, they plot in vain,

Still He laughs and breaks their chains.

From Pharaoh's pride to Babel's fall,

Every kingdom kneels to the Lord of all!

The last move played, the final breath,

No scheme outlives the King of Death.

He moves the stars, He holds the throne—

No one plays this game alone.

Before the first move, the game was set,

Every scheme is a failed regret.

What they meant for dark, He bends for light,

Every war is won before the fight!

They thought the Cross was check and mate—

But He flipped the board and sealed their fate.

What they meant for dark, He bends for light,

Every war is won before the fight!

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