Hear my tale of tragedy:
Faustus:
"Alas, philosophy I have explored
as well as medicine and law
add to these regrettably
my studies in theology
Yet here I sit, a foolish bore
no wiser than I was before
No dog can live like this
knowledge gained is far from bliss
So I resolved my soul to free
through blackest magic and dark alchemy"
(Goethe: Faust)
And from my library old
I have this book which I am told
Holds the key to strangest lands
Places never travelled by man
It will, no doubt, open my eyes
through Hell I will finally find my Paradise
The Fool:
From browsing through this book I have learned
that all that I have ever yearned
may be accomplished easily
with words uttered feasibly
As long as I in my circle remain
nothing can harm me, the demons are chained
And with the next word I do burn
The devils back to Hell return
Faustus:
As a fool summons a devil, so will I
summon the Fallen Angel of Light
And with his widom in my sight
I will remain (both day and night)
as happy as a man can be
for no knowledge will be strange to me
Of stars in heaven I will know
As life itself I will explore
Rain and thunder I do endure, likewise
fire and ice
the elements are torturing me
with the only purpose that I shall see
and know the wisdom of the lord
Lucifer I summon thee!
Mephistopheles:
I have come to visit you this late
(although your spells are out of date)
To see who mocks the name of God
he might be of interest to my lord
Faustus:
Then I will speak, and you hear this:
In my search for eternal bliss
I will give my very soul to you
If what you claim is really true
Then you will serve me loyally
obey my orders accurately
For me accomplish any task
bring me the moon if I should ask
When time is up you claim your prize:
My soul forever absent from heavenly paradise
As I do sign this covenant
in blood from a cut in my hand
My soul is not for God to claim
I will have twenty-four years with maidens and fame
And now I do enquire of you
The secrets of life, of Oceans blue
of stars upon the mighty sky
of moon and planets far up high
Mephistopheles:
That is not for man to know
as words can not tell what they are of
and man cannot grasp what words cannot command
for words are far more glorious than ever was man
Faustus:
Your tracherous lies are powerless
You do not convince me, for I stress:
do I not grasp love and hate,
pleasure and pain, lust and fate ?
I cannot describe these, yet I know
that in my heart with fire they flow
How I repent my loathsome deeds,
these devils do not fullfill my needs...
Mephistopheles:
Faustus! I am not at all thrilled
you try to escape, yet you have no will
but to bath in all pleasures that flesh can give
even though, as it appears, your virgin is a devil
and now is the day of your fears
I will collect what is mine after twelve years
as day and night I gave you plenty
(twelve and twelve is four-and-twenty)
thus, what was thine
is now forever mine
Music: Kråbøl/Svee/Malmin/Hirsch March ´94
Lyrics: Hirsch November ´93
I will see hope as a loved one you seek
I will see ice made of tears on your cheek
I will see darkness trapped beneath the sky
I will see melancholy as you cry
I will hear wolves howl in the night
I will hear beasts wail in fright
I will hear elegies hurting the ear
I will hear men whisper "Winter is here"
I will feel cold as I walk through the mist
I will feel pain in my frost-bitten fist
I will feel sorrow as snow-covered I lie
I will feel comfort as with you I fly
Frozen lands...
Music: Bethzaida April ´95
Lyrics: Hirsch June ´95
Divine intervention is only a dream
You give up your lives and follow the stream
I saw the prophet, preaching his lies
I heard him beg for mercy the moment he died
Under many moons I looked for you
Under many names I sought for you
I never found you, it's a minor loss
I denied, saw you die upon the cross
Dividement... The Dividement
Thousands of years they've been preaching your lie
Giving people a reason to die
And on my death-bed, I do not complain
Because you were a servant of darkness, which held you enslaved
A smile on my lips, now pass on
Bring on your heritage, like father like son
A testimony of the evil of man
Music: Svee/Kråbøl/III December ´94
Lyrics: Hirsch August ´94
Creeping upon my soul, the disease was blinding me
The vulture's shadow was out of reach
The carcass of hope I could not see
My spirit trapped by midnight, deeper down it sank
I gasped at the land of shadows
At last in death I found my rank
Nine worlds below Nivlhel I went
That is where the dead of Hel's domain are sent
In a dream I saw a dark figure, a black cloak was hiding her face
My empty eyes stared insane with fright
By death would I now be embraced
I thought I had found a sanctuary, could a mind so empty go insane?
But one fear trod on the heels of another
Music and Lyrics by Anata
I offered you my world to have, my kingdom to explore
I gave you warmth and shelter against the ragings snow
My dark love was rejected, too bad you could not see
That love lasts eternally and we were ment to be
Your tears cannot move me, I am delighted by your cries
As blood runs down from your chest, I am smiling as you die
Though my eyes are red and wet, this is my greatest thrill
If I cannot have you then no-one ever will
I welcome you home one last time
To greet you goodbye with a knife in my hand
Steel so sharp against tender flesh
River of blood flowing down her chest
Metal blade carving up her skin
As one life ends a new one begins
Anger of Cain raging in my head
Again and again, she is soon to be dead
Tears in her eyes, I hope she can hear
Once so mighty I was aeons ago
I would make thunder roar and lava flow
Times do pass, moments do wither and fade
Man do forget the memories of my glorious days
Forever to live in purgatory's darkness
Blend in with the low-life among this putrid mess
Some praise my name, they do not know
I changed it millennia ago
Pestillence will spread across Earth
Death to the first set to birth
Snow-covered the ground shall remain
As yet another life I do reclaim
Fire from the ground to the sky
No place to hide, nowhere in safety to lie
Expelled again, myself to blame
I used to miss the cold winter-nights back then
I waited for the day to pass so you would come again
Remember how I fed you (those memories do stain) ?
I always gave you more even though nothing did remain
My world is black
Black fire burns the night
I greet the darkness
With wide open eyes
Cover me white, cold winter sky
Cover me white as I take off and fly
Cover me with your ice cold tears
Near you I possess no fear
I used to cry myself to sleep those nights so long ago
Both day and night I longed for you, I never could let go
But recently I realised that you were on your way
As frost did spread across the ground I knew you would come to stay
One last time I kiss the frozen ground
I wave goodbye to my fallen gown
Winter, winter... at last you have come to set my soul free
Black I was forever and will forever be
Embrace me, I will touch you, the wind my elegy
..og når mørket kaller går jeg atter inn
jeg lukker porten bak meg, porten til mitt sinn
jeg stenger verden ute, alene i min ensomhet
jeg legger hodet på min pute, tårene faller, en etter en
Å leve hvert sekund av et liv
Å dø hvert sekund av en død
Omsluttet av mørket, min lengsel og mitt savn
Tidens hjerte slår langsomt mens blodet ennå er varmt
Mine sanser har forlatt meg, kun døden gjenstår å se
Et skritt i riktig retning på den lange spiralen ned
..og du forsvant bort fra meg, du forlot dette sted
nå er det bare kulden å dele natten med
og mørket finnes der ute, og vinden blåser kaldt
mens tomheten vokser i mitt sinn forstår jeg at vi begge har forfalt
Nattens blod har dekket meg, søvnen vil bestå
Mørke skyer samles ingen kan meg nå
Sanden har har rent ut av livets timeglass
Wolves in the night searching for prey
Children of darkness, choires of dismay
Joining the wind in their cries in the night
Haunting the darkness devouring your fright
Feel me...
As I draw nearer
Look into my eyes
Seek my desire
What will you find beyond the fire ?
Look into my eyes
See my desire
Darkness, deception, all that they hide
Subjugation... Feel the blood pump in my veins
Mutilation... Feel your body teared apart
Asphyxation... Choking as death comes closer
Desecration... Pray for the sun to rise again
Feel wolf's desire in shadows so dark
Playing with flames, as you light up a spark
Feel its heart beat, look into its eyes
As the blood falls it is delighted by your cries
Subjugate to wolf's desire...
Dark as the night, but inside a fire burning bright
Music: Svee/Kråbøl March ´94
Lyrics: Hirsch April ´94
Darkness now surrounding me
I gaze into eternity
A burden I had to endure
For a heart that was unpure
A feeling of tranquillity
At last my soul would be set free
But the last thought in my mind
A memory of faded crimes
The wrath of darkness in your eyes
I see it as I cry
A wicked laughter, betraying smile
I knew my life to be a lie
Night I am awaiting thee
Soon I will cease to be
A life so long, a life of pain
An evil side I could not tame
A feeling of tranquillity
At last my soul would be set free
Regretting now but it's too late
I step forth to meet my fate
Plea of the dying:
"I see your hand, a palm so white
I dream of day, here's forever night
I know that I will never see
Music: Kråbøl/Svee February ´94
Lyrics: Hirsch April ´94
Inspired by a short-story by H.P.Lovecraft (1890-1937)
"Climbing up the tower, I'm on my way to light
Escaping from the castle, I've been locked up day and night
Have to find my way out, or I will go insane
Lust for light is leading me, flowing in my veins
At last I am free... what strange things to see
Marble slabs and columns staring at me
I'd better keep to the road this dark night
So I will not be led astray in my search for light"
Voice of fate: "Longing for light, you're to find death instead
Out from the dark into darkness you're led"
"Following the road to a castle in the night
People there are screaming, going insane with fright
What could it be there that scares them so
Well... I hope that I'll never know"
Waiting until day-time he sleeps beneath a tree
The wild animals avoid the thing they see
Not even the wolves of the forest dare come near
It wakes in them an arcane fear
Looking for water when he wakes up from his dreams
Thirsty and dirty he goes looking for a stream
Finding a river he sees his mirror image in it
The thing he sees, he knows it is himself
"This is too hard to live with", he cries in desperate tears
Recognizing the unearthly fear
Drowning himself is the only escape
Hear my tale of tragedy:
Faustus:
"Alas, philosophy I have explored
as well as medicine and law
add to these regrettably
my studies in theology
Yet here I sit, a foolish bore
no wiser than I was before
No dog can live like this
knowledge gained is far from bliss
So I resolved my soul to free
through blackest magic and dark alchemy"
(Goethe: Faust)
And from my library old
I have this book which I am told
Holds the key to strangest lands
Places never travelled by man
It will, no doubt, open my eyes
through Hell I will finally find my Paradise
The Fool:
From browsing through this book I have learned
that all that I have ever yearned
may be accomplished easily
with words uttered feasibly
As long as I in my circle remain
nothing can harm me, the demons are chained
And with the next word I do burn
The devils back to Hell return
Faustus:
As a fool summons a devil, so will I
summon the Fallen Angel of Light
And with his widom in my sight
I will remain (both day and night)
as happy as a man can be
for no knowledge will be strange to me
Of stars in heaven I will know
As life itself I will explore
Rain and thunder I do endure, likewise
fire and ice
the elements are torturing me
with the only purpose that I shall see
and know the wisdom of the lord
Lucifer I summon thee!
Mephistopheles:
I have come to visit you this late
(although your spells are out of date)
To see who mocks the name of God
he might be of interest to my lord
Faustus:
Then I will speak, and you hear this:
In my search for eternal bliss
I will give my very soul to you
If what you claim is really true
Then you will serve me loyaly
obey my orders accurately
For me accomplish any task
bring me the moon if I should ask
When time is up you claim your prize:
My soul forever absent from heavenly paradise
As I do sign this covenant
in blood from a cut in my hand
My soul is not for God to claim
I will have twenty-four years with maidens and fame
And now I do enquire of you
The secrets of life, of Oceans blue
of stars upon the mighty sky
of moon and planets far up high
Mephistopheles:
That is not for man to know
as words can not tell what they are of
and man cannot grasp what words cannot command
for words are far more glorious than ever was man
Faustus:
Your tracherous lies are powerless
You do not convince me, for I stress:
do I not grasp love and hate,
pleasure and pain, lust and fate ?
I cannot describe these, yet I know
that in my heart with fire they flow
How I repent my loathsome deeds,
these devils do not fullfill my needs...
Mephistopheles:
Faustus, I am not at all thrilled
you try to escape, yet you have no will
but to bath in all pleasures that flesh can give
even though, as it appears, your virgin is a devil
and now is the day of your fears
I will collect what is mine after twelve years
as day and night I gave you plenty
(twelve and twelve is four-and-twenty)
thus, what was thine
I am the shadow's darkness
I am the sweetest pain
I am the curse of heaven
I am sweet tender hell
I bring you cold winter
Upon the mountains high
But what I crave from you my love
Will never satisfy
As nothing stands before me
I leave nothing when I am gone
I come with the cold wind from north
And I always must go on
I bring you nights of passion
Between walls made of wood
And when I have to go I whisper
"I thought you understood"
Take comfort as I leave you
one day I will return
Continue where we left off
You have so much more to learn
Why is the night so brief ? What we could accomplish in a small
eternity,
To be lost in endless mazes
with no thread to lead me home
As violent waves of doubt embrace me
(but for them I'm all alone)
All mysteries I thought I knew
Now wondering about life and death
As clouds of thunder gather above me
Layer by layer, my soul: Undress!
What can we hope to feed the gods with
when we do not understand
Their need for something far beyond
what ever came from hands of man ?
And still we say our prayers begging
to be heard in our plea
But they have more important tasks
to do than grant the wish of me
At night's dawn the darkness rising
Slowly eats the light away
And dreams of forces from beyond
that lives in veils of fright will prey
On minds of sane that never wished
to be entombed in madness' breath
As they begin their slow descent
at last devoured in dreams of death...
Walked this endless labyrinth of chaos and of pain
Filled with ancient artifacts of times far away
Sorrow fills my soul, for a moment to behold
Music: Bethzaida April ´95
Lyrics: Hirsch June ´95
Divine intervention is only a dream
You give up your lives and follow the stream
I saw the prophet, preaching his lies
I heard him beg for mercy the moment he died
Under many moons I looked for you
Under many names I sought for you
I never found you, it's a minor loss
I denied, saw you die upon the cross
Dividement... The Dividement
Thousands of years they've been preaching your lie
Giving people a reason to die
And on my death-bed, I do not complain
Because you were a servant of darkness, which held you enslaved
A smile on my lips, now pass on
Bring on your heritage, like father like son
A testimony of the evil of man
Music: Sandberg/III November ´95
Lyrics: Hirsch November ´95
Pray for darkness, pray for the world below
Pray for winter, pray for forever snow
Pray for the sun never to rise above the hills in the horizon far away,
far away
Forever night
Ah... Forever night !
Pray for sorrow, pray for melancholy
Pray for sadness, happiness will never be
And at night, we'll walk together, you and I
And pray for your soul not to perish in the darkest of nights
Chant of the Witch:
"Spirits whispering in the darkness
Shadows dancing in the night
Fear the demons, ever present
Sorgens sorte slør har senket seg over skogen
Nattens eventyr skal fortelles nok en gang
Skapninger som timer før søkte ly for solen
titter frem fra fjellsprekker i glede over nattens sang
Musikk så vakker og grotesk blir fremført der ved tjernet
Langt der bortenfra høres fossefallets brus
Hvisking i fra buskene og knaking i fra trærne
Alt blander seg og går i ett med vindens spøkelsesus
Du fremmede som nærmer deg vokt deg for skogens arme
Med mindre du for alltid vil ta del i nattens klang
Evig vil du sky den solen som før gav deg varme
Aldri vil du settes fri fra mørkets kalde fang
Når månens lys gir bekkens smeltevann gyldne farger
Da skal du snu og løpe hjem hvis du har livet kjært
For under mosekledde hauger eter mark og larver
Music and Lyrics by Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795)
Drick ur ditt glas, se doden pa dig vantar,slipar sitt svard och vid din troskel star.Bliv ej forskrackt, han blott pa gravdorn glantar,slar den igen, kanske an pa ett ar.Movitz, din lungsot den drar dig i graven.Knapp nu oktaven:stam dina strangar, sjung om livets var!
Himmel, du dor, din hosta mig forskracker;tomhet och klang, inalvorna ge ljud;tungan ar vit, det radda hjartat klacker,mjuk som en svamp ar sena, marg och hud.Andas! - Fy tusan, vad dunst ur din aska!Lan mig din flaska!Movitz, gutar! Skal! Sjung om vinets gud!
Music: Svee/Kråbøl June ´94
Lyrics: Hirsch April ´95
How I miss the cold winter's night, this spring is not for me
This is the dark season of my soul, so leave me be
This cold comes from within, there is no way you can take part
Darkness is upon me and there is frost deep down inside my heart
Darkness, darkness... How I long for you to caress my cheek,
To touch me with your ice-cold hand and whisper "Light will never
be...."
Once again we'll walk like lovers, both together hand in hand
At break of day we'll find our cover, sheltered by our covenant
But now as light reappears
I walk with you, this is all we share
In tears I cry, we have to part
Feel the cold of my loneliness...
Nightfall, I await you, greet me with your silent wind
In your world I feel at home, no-one else dares thread here in
Let loose the powers within you and pour down your rain so cold
Carpathian dream, bloodthirsty beast
Preying on man, every drop of blood a feast
A wraith in the night calls your name
At the mountain top burns the eternal flame
And from the flames they will come
Seven times seven
Vengeance of the ancient ones
Defier of heaven
Dreams of the living shall be no more
The dead shall rule this rotting world
Demons returning from the other side
Heaven is burning, there will be no more light
And from the flames they will come
A memory of the evil ones
To once again walk the earth
Travelling this strange and dark dimension
Awakened by the powers of the night
On insanity's path I saw redemption
Now I only see with the moon's eye
Brief is the flame
Burning bright for a moment
And then never to be seen again
All my life I lived in the night
I found comfort out there
All my life I lived in the night
I thought I had nothing to fear
As I gaze into the night
I see two figures sublime
As I gaze into the night
I die a second time
For a moment I stepped into the moonlight
At last... I behold my nemesis
The two cursed figures dissapearing once again
The shadowless vulture... the carcass of no hope
As I gaze into the night
Too late to realise
As I gaze into your eyes
All they told were lies
River cold, if I could be like you, flowing in the dark of the night
Black and lonely you are like my soul immortal
Without meaning, but in the great sea your journey ends
A death's shadow resting over me
I longed day after day to be set free
And then I turned towards darkness
Never again will I let your will restrict me
Darkness where I belong, now at last I can see
And then I turned towards darkness
I live my life to destroy the world you built
Dream of 2000 years never to be fulfilled
