In the evening rain, I was standing outside...the hell
opera
I've been there before, a while ago...with Nosferatu
Saw the execution of my tomorrow...saw it and bowed
In the theater, of hellfire...the inferno is now!
I am lost again, I lean against...the purgatory gates
To ease my suffering, you're offering...to unlock my fate
The black rhapsody, I cannot breathe...inside my tomb
The devil's centurion, my world goes boom...The Hammer of
Doom
The Hammer of Doom
Ain't no sunshine where I go
I stand where no roses grow
Desperate in the Typhoon
Inside the house that burned
No exit, no return
A place of oak and ashes
The silence of a 1000 voices
In the ruins of blackened wood
The house of orphans stood
No play, no childhood existed
You checked in, you never left
In the house of a 1000 voices
There's the hall of a 1000 devils
Broken dreams, no hopes no choices
Just a box full of evil
There's a room that no-one has seen
In the walls, a 1000 screams
Little voices, toys and laces
In the mirrors you see their faces
Stones and thrash, grass and berries
In the yard, there's something buried
There's a smell of somethings that's wrong
Something is wrong
Tiny feet and tiny shoes
In the shadows they're still running loose
Innocent to murder and death
I am the king, of the great islands of grey
Windswept and scatted, bent and confused
My castle is my ruin, the mouldering grave
Where the memory fades along with the mourning cry of the
mother
Who counts the wounds, who sees the hunger, the flight of
denial
The fibres the nerves, the raptures and bursts, from
arteric to cell
Continuously repeating, the hymn of life and death
And the wholy whore, desecrated in desperation
I am the king. The ruler of the grey Islands
I'm the emperor of the void
I am grey. The weakened ruler of these islands.
I'm the emperor of the void
I stand before destruction, touching the stone of my
realm
So dignified...unmerciful, without empathy
You saw my birth, an ornament in your grain
I know that my old life is ending
very soon I'll lose my breath
But raise up high or slow descending
Death is a forecourt to hell, where the lost of humanity dwell
Through the shadows of my soul
walking in an endless cave
searching for a deep black hole
to find my destiny or grave
Death is a forecourt to hell, where the lost of humanity dwell
Doomed to hell
Misery and death, pain and sorrow
The air was poisoned by the smell of burning flesh
I saw the beast
A great shadow surrounded by black demons
"Holy was the star from which you were born
to a world where darkness and fear take form
A lonely sould with a heart of light to find
beyond reality, forgotten in time
Seek the heart, seek in your dreams
visit your nightmares and realms yet unseen
You are alone, the last one to be
a representative for mankind to decide the final destiny
Will you be saved or will you stay blind
deep in your soul the answer you'll find"
The words were spoken, I cried in my hands
the bringer of wisdom, or the one who condemns
Can I succeed where the mighty have failed
Suddenly I awoke, I must have fallen asleep under the oak,
where I used to sit and dream as a child
The dawn was soon to come, and the air was crisp and cold
Yet I felt warm
I remembered my strange dreams and knew I had the strength and
love in my heart to create something from my life. The world was waiting
North is cold, summer is late
South is sorrow, surrounded by hate
West is far, a dream you are creating
The rain kept on falling
and darkened the sky
the dawn was to come with the sunrise
Revealing the shadows
that passed through the mist
the torchlight was flickering, the storm
was chasing them on
A procession of dark coats
followed the star
foretold to come since ages
In silence they walked on
Crossing the lands
On their way to Bethlehem, to break the
chains of the spell
Stone, they worshipped the stone
In generation from father to son
A star, a star is to come
to light them way to the one who is born
The leader he knelt there
to greet the newborn
holding his pendant before him
Teardrops were falling from his eyes as he said
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Into the sundown he returned
the moon was rising and heaven burned
like shadows disappeared the men
and the black stone wielders were never seen again
Stone, they wielded the stone
In generation from father to son
A star, a star is to come
and light them the way to the one who is born
They came across the western sea
with powers greater than needed
The wizards commanded the lightning
every creature knelt in for their will
But they wielded the black stone with evil
and their evil was cast back on them
condamned to praise god forever
'til his son was born to deliver
Black heart, your soul is mine
gaze into and the secrets you'll find
Just read the signs
Gaze into the crystal
See what it tells
It can bring you all fortune
do you so well
Visions and dreams you can see in the
Crystal ball
I saw the rainbows end
I am raptured I cannot pretend
I have found Atlantis
The talisman of Seth
I have seen it all
dreamt away through the crystal ball
Tell me more I want to know
I bind unto myself
today the stong name of the trinity
Crypt of despair
the old man is there
forming a circle of magic and prayers
Guarding the well
the black whole to hell
its evil must never arise I can tell
Holy mission
forever he's sworn
to protoect our world from hatred and scorn
He will not fear
though the Sabbath is near
twelve strokes for Candlemass darkness descends
Chorus:
"Break the circle and all hell comes loose
the well of souls must stay sealed
Ancient force of light against the dark
the well of souls must stay sealed"
Black wind turns out the candles
the air grows cold and threatening
Dark shadows wicked laughter
brings darkness to your heart
Behold the goat from Mendes
red burning evil eyes
Lord's prayer holy water
just faith can save you now
Disharmony, satanic serenade
Black symphony, a tribute to the plague
The twisted souls awakened by the chanting
Unchained at last, rise, they will now rise
A new days dawn, holy light
Sunlight redeems
slays the dark, warms and heals, makes you
see nightmares terror is back in your dreams
Sleep well my friend 'cause
the tale's now to end, don't
believe our world's as safe as we pretend
Chorus:
"Break the circle and all hell comes loose
the well of souls must stay sealed
Ancient force of light against the dark
the well of souls must stay sealed"
Sunrise I greet you, the beauty of your light
so warm and tender was never the night
In tears I see you, the last time it will be
so give me your blessing, I'll meet my destiny
No rest for the Sinner
Hypnos refused me my sleep
This was the last night of my life
with wine I pondered on my deeds
I drank to the devil with servants
It's good with a friend where you go
No one would share my last chalice
So I drink to the ones that I know
Ring brother, ring for me
Ring the bells of hope and faith
Ring for my damnation
I am at the gallows end
With sad emotions, I sing this epitaph
my swansong, my headstone, the farewell of my heart
The hills of Tyburn, up where the gallows stand
only the vultures will come to see me hang
Behold the sight of my Golgatha
the gallows enlightened by the moon
proud of his art are the carpenter
his creation a tool for my doom
I am the outcast no winner
I am the fallen the one
that lived all his life as a sinner
The Tempter has called me his son
Ring brother, ring for me
Ring the bells of hope and faith
Ring for my damnation
I am at the gallows end
Soon it is time the dark has now fled
and I see the place for my death
the priest he will pray for my lost soul
I'm sure he's wasting his time
A sinner, a fool or a devil
or just a victim of life
It's no fun to burn in hell's fire
but I sure have enjoyed my life
Ring brother, ring for me
Ring the bells of hope and faith
Ring for my damnation
I am at the gallows end
Let me stay here by your side
be one with you my precious child
Let me cover your bed with tears
I will save you from all fears
I burn the candles for your soul
I sing you prayers as the preacher told
I bring you flowers, I dress in black
though I know this cannot give you back
Chorus:
I sleep by your shadow
remembering your light
In my heart
I'm with you every night
Far goes your journey
into the unknown
wherever you might be
be well my son
Why just you my flesh and blood
I cannot live nor understand
my dearest treasures to be found
six feet under in sacred ground
Watch me bleed you lucky ones
I envy you your living sons
I'll give mine the strength of my faithful breath
I will mourn him to my death
Death is present the candle has burned out
the scythe is raised he's eager to reap
the extreme unction prepares for the last night
but God knows where you will rest
Dark are the veils of death
To sail the seas of eternal damnation
to cross the desert of woe and despair
or drink the chalice of divine ambrosia
Your life will be put to the test
Dark are the veils of death
Enter the great adventure
just wait and see
Heaven or hell will call you
now when you spirit is free
Chorus:
Where can your salvation be
now when your spirit is free
where can your salvation be
now when your spirit is free
Fading light
disappearing night
tells you darkness is to come
Ancient rites
the death-mass itself
has never revealed where you will go
You will enter realms where angels fear to tread
open hidden door within your mind
Sail with Charon sail with destiny
accept your death and make it your own choice
I'm sitting here alone in darkness
waiting to be free,
Lonely and forlorn I'm crying
I long for my time to come
death means just life
Please let me die in solitude
Hate is my only friend
pain is my father
torment is delight to me
Death is my sanctuary
I seek it with pleasure
Please let me die in solitude
Receive my sacrifice
my lifeblood is exhausted
no one gave love and understanding
Hear these words
vilifiers and pretenders
and please let me die in solitude
Earth to earth
Ashes to ashes
A hymn for the praise of the setting sun
in ancient egypt my home
Child of Horus catch the morningstar
to the Elysian fields we will go
The god at the top of the staircase
the usurper that weighs our hearts
In your court I deliver my soul
to be coming forth by day
North, south, east and west
My bones lay all around
My shadow will soon get rest
to higher ground I'll be bound
In the temple of the dead
In the temple of the dead
I am the moongod who dwelleth among the dead
I shall not perish in heaven or on earth
I've cleft the horizon, I've passed through the underworld
I have divided the heavens and scattered the gloom of night
To sail the northern heaven
with the sacred eye of stars
The white crown I bear forever
the immortality of my soul
In the temple of the dead
Julie's on the run so far away from home
a tiny little cottage in the woods
Hunting wolves are chasing this delicious mouse
where she went we never understood
Nothing really matters anymore
No Julie longer knocks on our door
a fallen princess bends her head in shame
in the end there's no one else to blame
And she's falling
falling without reach
Julie's falling, lost in her dreams
Afraid to go, afraid to leave
Into the emptiness what there's to believe
Julie's on the beanstalk way up in the clouds
can't stop climbing, refuses to look down
the giant in his castle, laughs gives wonderous wows
The rain kept on falling and darkened the sky
the dawn was to come with the sunrise
Revealing the shadows that passed through the mist,
the torch light was flickering
the storm was chasing them on
A procession of dark coats followed the star
foretold to come since ages
In silence they walked on crossing their lands
on the way to Bethlehem to break the chains of the spell
Stone, they worshipped the stone
in generation from father to son
A star, a star is to come
to light the way to the one who is born
The leader he knelt there to greet the new born
holding his pendant before him
tear drops were falling from his eyes as he said
"Take the stone and use it well
don't do as I did long ago"
Went into the sundown, never returned
The moon was rising and the heaven burned
Like shadows disappeared the men
and the black stone weilders were never seen again
Stone, they weilded the stone
in generation from father to son
A star, a star is to come
to light the way to the one who is born
Black stone weilder is born
They came across the western sea
with powers greater than needed
The wizards commanded the lightning
every creature knelt before their will
But they weilded the black stone with evil
and their evil was cast back on them
Damned to praise God forever
till His son was born to deliver
Stone, they weilded the stone
in generation from father to son
A star, a star is to come
Part I
Time stands still in these ancient halls
Only the castle itself can tell what it keeps
Dark are the secrets between these walls
hidden in shadows of death, while the sorcerer sleeps
Where is the morning
where is the sun
Thousand years of midnight
the sunrise is gone
An old man marked by a life so long
Is sleeping so sweet while his magic is growing so strong
Waiting still for new times to come
a thousands years to see if he has won
Where is the morning
where is the sun
A thousand years of midnight
the sunrise is gone
Part II
What has he done ?
Why is he sleeping so long ?
He wants to live for evermore
Soon is he young
When will he open his eyes ?
When he is strong enough to rule
Back in our time goes the legend
of a sorcerer so old
He drank the blood of the virgin to be reborn
Soon a tyrant will conquer
So spoke the wise
of the day when the sorcerer will rise
Blood is his wine
The sorcerer is cheating on time
and he'll be stronger than before
Cursed be the sun
the women will weep for his fun
In the name of his magic so strong
Part III
A thousand years have gone
Armageddon hasn't come
Only the cry of a child echoes in the dark
Backwards goes time
as the stars are passing by
and nothing remains of this foolishman except his fate
Lyrics by Leif Edling
"Edge of time, the dawn of our heaven
all is black, the return of the fallen angel
amongst us, a devil in disguise
the preacher of the wicked
establishing his kingdom"
A million souls so lost and damned
alive but not so well
and the devil raised his hand
and sent them down to hell
Just like your father held your hand
he's watching over his creed
Damnation and death, they'll burn in flames
no matter how they plead
To you, coming for your soul
Just like a shepherd assembling his floack
this one rules hells domain
Satanic force, Lucifers power
attack, and he will reign
To you, coming for your soul
Into the night we will go
Into the night we will go
Out from the night he comes
saviour but black
"won't you come, come and join us?"
You had better!
There's no time to beg for mercy
the devil says no. no
You'll be his faithful servant
this time, on earth
Black is the devil, Antichrist
the Tempter damned your birth
Listen to the wicked, sell your soul
forever hell awaits
Every night outside my window, she is there
a frozen shadow in the street
Surrounded by silence and unspoken terror
hell on high heels
Demonic hunger, a mistress from the grave
welcome, she smiles
The poisoned smell of her sexuality
says love me to death
I can't resist the fear
her deadly demands
Desires of the flesh
what she commands
I cannot move, I cannot run, I cannot hide
hypnotized like a fool
Eyes of floating coal and dancing firelight
oh, hell's own delight
She has got me engulfed by her nature
a slave under her will
In her grasp she is boiling my blood
in for the kill
I can't resist the fear
her deadly demands
Desires of the flesh
what she commands
Black eyes, the crystals of fire are calling my soul
Black eyes, the burning desire is talking control
Black inferno, chaos reigns supreme
a cancerous growth spreading out the dark
Leaving the wounded land in ashes
A civilization in ruins and decay
Whores and scavengers violating the dead
like a filthy flock of hungry wolves
Tortured shapes of steel against the sky
the eve of destruction, the final tragedy
Nothing left to admire
Nuclear war and the aftermath
Down in flames, a rain of fire
Reach deep within where reality is hard to find
search in the corners of the wondering mazesof your mind
Seek out the treasures that open doors that some keep sealed
believe in your dreams and a wonderworld will be revealed
Come to the boundless land somewhere inside your fantasies
built by dreams and magic, the secret place that none have seen
Chase the horizons, catch the illusion
remember the child within
There's no tomorrow just sadness and sorrow
hold on to the Ancient Dreams
Great kings and tyrants, unicorns and elflords
devils and demons, dungeons and dragons
Phoenix is rising up from the ashes in the wind
born into glory, then back to ashes once again
High flies the dragon, the ruler of the seven skies
riding the winds, not knowing that he just can't die
Chase the horizons, catch the illusion
remember the child within
There's no tomorrow just sadness and sorrow
hold on to the Ancient Dreams
See how the wizard cast his spell with maddened eyes
using his magic to reach the heavenly skies
Witness the alchemist turning all his lead to gold
try after try, begging that his fantasy will hold
See how the rainbow bends its shape into the sea
follow the sign and your dreams will be reality
Chase the horizons, catch the illusion
remember the child within
There's no tomorrow just sadness and sorrow
Hear the cry
the cry of tormented pain
a voice darker than evil
the deadly moaning of hell
Oh no!
the unborn has tasted no light
Sharing the rest of the dead
not aware of the years that go by
Lurking in the shadows
twisted shape of creeping terror
guarding something special
gone since ages, dead and buried
.. dead and buried
There's a cry from the crypt
There's a cry from the crypt
It has been there for a thousand years
a lonely, lost and suffering soul
shedding all its black tears
faithful beyond death
cries of pain you hear
from the crypt below
the one the being loved so much
Once a year the white robes go on a quest
In search of a virgin, a child of innocence
Born of Apollon, divine is the heritage
chosen by foe to accomplish a holy task
Bearer of pain, Bearer of pain
lighten the burdens of woe
Bearer of pain, Bearer of pain
heal the wounds of the city
I bear your weight upon my shoulders
I bleed for you and pray
I hear your moaning in my mind
I comfort night and day
From my tower to your foundations
my soul reaches through your walls
Market square of guarded bastions
I answer to your calls
The tears of the city wiped away by summer breeze
the pain is lightened by sweet, sweet dreams
The cries of despair are silenced with a lullaby
sleep my child, I'm with you, we are one
Bearer of pain
Now a year, her chamber is opened again
led by servants, the old one is barely sane
Marked by her burdens, the guardian can finally rest
Autumn wind... summers end
Leaves and grass is ageing,
as the water is as still and dark... as her eyes...
Lifeless pond... love is gone
Rains and cracks... the church is black
Ringing the hollow bells.. time after time...
WATERWITCH... WATERWITCH... WATERWITCH...
Beauty wild... fathers weep
Little child is trapped in witches keep
Children play... Sean and Faye
All that's good is forgotten
Angels tears can't save... the witches prey..
Oh... time is standing still
She is coming for the kill
Don't be fooled by her charms
The witch means death and she means harm
If I ever die, I'm begging you, please come with me
We're gonna groove, into the blue
All the parasites, oh just leave them, pigs can't fly
There's no tomorrow, no regrets, no goodbyes
I will fly, into the sunset, way up high
Don't be sorry, nothing good I leave behind
You don't worry, evil lasts a 1000 lifetimes
It won't happen to me
I'm immortal, I cannot die
Rivers will dry
Pillars will break
Hell feels like ice
The mountains will shake
If I ever die
The stars will drop from the sky
The gods will mourn me and cry
If I ever die
If I ever die
If I ever die
I can hear the siren wail begin
Lovechants that'll bring me everything
Step out to the woods or let them in
The world goes numb when the sirens sing
I see the light high upon the hill
I'm drawn towards, I feel the sirens will
Have I becomea victim of the wild?
I wish I could sleep on like a child
At the gallows pole
Oh, you're swallowed whole
THE SIRENS WILL SUCK ON YOUR SOUL
The siren pack will feast upon my soul
Lick me dry and step over my bones
I can't resist, can't refuse no more
The sirens they will sing for evermore!
Where do the voices of angels come from?
deep down below or above?
Carols of crystal
Serenades of blood
Can you see her, slender and pale?
But so graceful she walks down the stairs
A perception of musk fills the air
The kiss of darkness, the baron's own heir
In the tower...shadows lurk
Full moon power...the Baroness' noble sleep
The daily escape...nature's mistake
Soon awake...ready for her nightly slay
She's so ruthless...evil, grotesque
In her glory...the Baroness...godless
Blood is precious...so delicious
Vampire white...ferociously vicious breed
Her heart is bleeding, time is fleeing
She's barely breathing, Baroness...you're an ancient
rest
Now in shock, surprise in stock...
You can't stop the clock...soon extinct like the pest
The Bleeding Baroness
Hours of slumber
Just before she will take you and make you wish that
you've never been born
The Bleeding Baroness
Crimes of passion
She needs you and feeds you and bleeds you with the
rise of the moon
The Bleeding Baroness
Hours of slumber
The spell I'm under
Can you see her, slender and pale?
But so graceful she walks down the stairs
A perception of musk fills the air
The kiss of darkness, the baron's own heir
The white queen smiles, the creature's alive
Thirsty forever, thirsty and proud
Her teeth drip of red, slowly...down her chest
Blood is life, blood is death
What is the price for your beauty?
Who dies when you shoe all the jewels?
The morning comes like the tide
You wish you could turn back the time
Is there a sun there in your hand?
A little light that battles with itself
Is there a message in the sand,
that tells me how to set the world in flames?
Do people cry or is it rain?
Do we care... do we count the stains?
When will the sunrise stay a day?
Laugh and shine, or is it all the same?
PSALMS FOR THE DEAD
SONG FOR THE LIVING
AND A WREATH FOR ABSENT FRIENDS
So tell me... fools and trubadours, can a simple stream
grow into a flood?
A beggar man, become a president?
And a sip of wine be shared... and thick as blood?
Idols, gods... Dictators and divine,
is this the path where blind men lead the blind?
What is love, but only a dream...?
Those pains and pures were meatn to set us free!
When time is gone, the page is turned
The door is closed and all is done and said
The band has played... the spotlight's burned
ALL THAT'S LEFT ARE
[Bonus track]
Gasping, groaning,
Alone, I fell to the Earth,
But did the red moon?
I know it happened too soon.
Circling sun, life goes on.
I'm alive and I still want more.
Mars at war, Venus whore,
Take me now to the electric shore.
Last night kissing bullets,
It hurts, oh God, so it hurts.
I bargained with the Devil
Before I met with the storm.
Circling sun, life goes on.
I'm alive and I still want more.
Mars at war, Venus whore,
take me now to the electric shore.
Trumpets roaring the dead hails,
and a jackyl invades my bed.
Black deaths under the night sun,
I take all the Valium I find.
Circling sun, life goes on.
I'm alive and I still want more.
Mars at war, Venus whore,
2 ‘o clock, the basement doom shift
Afternoon and you dig in the black ditch
Comatose, turned off’s the light switch
Collector of grief, full scale deathwish
Everyday, a grey and sad day
I dip my love in soul pain
And still looking for things to detest
Beware of the love that you’ll regret
And I’m sitting here with my arms around me, arms around
I’m a bit surprised that you haven’t found me, haven’t
found me
On top of mount failure, damned and ignored
I nurse the depressions….... I know what I’ve lost
Anti-social process, with razors in the closet
On a suicidal mission, whatever the cost
The Lord of grief, …....no relief
The Lord of grief…….no relief
Man of shadows
The clouds bear your name
And your thought fade to grey…. With
Days in shadow
The dark is the same
The monumental sleep
With the sunrise at my feet
Where's the altar of the gods,
The warth and the floods?
All is in vain
Of stars and of smoke I am
Of shade and of light
With dragons in every hand
I'm vading through life
From nothing I cam before,
To nothing I go
I heard that wise man said:
"From presence to silence...we flow"
The rainbows in the sky
Soon their colours die
I see the birds of prey
They've been circling here all day
It's always the same
We live the eternal dream
The big and cosmic scheme
A part that all play
To stand the last of days
It's all just a game
Of stars and of smoke I am
Of shade and of light
With dragons in every hand
I'm fading through life
From nothing I came before,
To nothing I go
I heard that the wise man said:
In the dunes of Egyptian sand
In the cities and small towns
The word goes from land to land
The dawn of enlightenment is here
Oh blessed the children of doom
As they dance on the meadows
Oh poet and merchant and witch
You know the master is here
Lucifer, Lucifer, Lucifer Rising
The caravan reaches the port
And they sail down the river
To praise and witness the birth
of the king the one that will come
Black worship in church and home
Seek their way to power
And free them from chains of Rome
To Shout the name of The Lord
Lucifer, Lucifer, Lucifer Rising
In the dunes of Egyptian sand
In the cities and small towns
The word goes from land to land
The dawn of enlightenment is here
Oh blessed the children of doom
As they dance on the meadows
Oh poet and merchant and witch
You know the master is here
Land of thousand needles
Land of cripple and lame
So much self indulgence
And so much shit in my brain
The people under the staircase
And all the vomit in hell
Parading here on my doorstep
I just want to get well
You walk amongst us, a majesty of wrath
Chaos and cleansing, one man world war
A mind on kill mode, expressionless face
Brain like a child, fuck the human race
There in the spotlight you grin
And the slaughter of delight begins
Oceans of limelight you drink
And society fall in a blink
You are the destroyer of the world
Destroy the destroyer
I’m plagued with disease
And soon we’ll all be
Praying on our knees
I am injected, with venom and your piss
My life is hatred, I spiral down the abyss
A mind on kill mode, expressionless face
Brain like a child, Fuck the human race
And there in the spotlight I grin
Let the slaughter of delight begin
Oceans and limelight I drink
And my dreamworld fall in a blink
Black chiseled beast
Under the surface
Demon of the deep
Above is Ursus
Cold water dome
Ancient predator
Atlantis is home
For this carnivore
Tyrant of the abyss
Plague of the seas
Tentacle kiss
Razor sharp teeth
Guardian of the grave
3 hellish heads
10 miles below
The city of the dead
Satan obsolete, your pitch black sheep, yours forever
Demon Amethyst, your world's not lit, a sunken
wasteland
Oh your name was lost, in the myths for us, and never
spoken loud
Born in Triton's caves
A million years away
Seeking out his prey
On his endless odyssey
Down there in the darkness
Centuries of evil
And his arms will take you deeper and deeper
God lives under water
We all seek his kingdom
You are the gospel that is spread
A mighty voice, the rhymes of the dead
The bible of the holy rage
A broken angel of this age
The fire in the flesh
God knows I'm still possessed
You are the thunder, earth and sea
A born devil, a saint that deceives
The silent footprints of the wolf
The morning, sun, the saviour that engulfs
I'm an image of perfection
I'm the sunrise, resurrection
You are the sense in all our fears
The very reason of our tears
A ticking warning in my soul
The demon son of my own mould
The fire in the flesh
God knows I'm still possessed
In the eyes of the world
For the roots to the soul
In the songs of the child
The dead angel's alive
In the eyes of the world
For the roots to the soul
In the heart of the wild
100 devils, follow me 'round
From the craters of chaos to the promised land
Thick black choirs, voices to guide me
Demon heralds sitting beside me
A little seed planted eats through your soul
You're not worthy when you're afraid and alone
Without warning it stars to grow
Spreading sickness inside your bones
I am freezing, and I shake
How much more of this shit can I take
Yes I'm crazy, with flies in my mind
Hellish dreams, espace I must find
The devil's round the bend
Churns me down with fire
And I kill a friend
Sorrow, devastation
My glasshouse cracks in two
Panic, desperation
I die for you
Devil seed
The evil seed is growing
The cancer stream is flowing
The evil heart is granted
Satan's will is planted
Still around facing the hopeless
Too much pain, and no way out
Once again doing the pointless
Dancing in the temple of the mad queen bee
Deep in the cinnamon forest
She offers me crickets, she offers me tea
In the court of her enchanted palace
Asks me if I wanna stay
Sing with the trolls and the fays
Swim in her emerald lake
I'M DANCING IN THE TEMPLE
OF THE MAD QUEEN BEE
A sip from the well
I am locked in a spell
TRapped in a grim fairytale
Endless the fun
I wish I had a gun
But I'm dancing forever... from room to room...
We dance the fandango, we do menuet
Waltz in her shadow palais
Listen to the strings of a goblin quartet
See the magic ballet
Asks me if I wanna stay
Sing with the trolls and the fays
Swim in her emerald lake
I'M DANCING IN THE TEMPLE
OF THE MAD QUEEN BEE
I'M DANCING IN THE TEMPLE...
They buried me here in the winter
To an iron box I checked in
I've never heard birds or seen daylight
And nothing will ever come in
I'm happy to lie here in darkness
Naked, safe, undisturbed
Floating blind in water
In my little world of dirt
I live underground
Born in a tank on the day I remember
Buried alive, like a dog, late December
I think there was a sound from a battle
And once I heard somebody scream
Today a knock on the door
It was just another bad dream
They want to keep me secure here
From a world of chaos I'm safe
I'm better off down in my small crate
Protected by maggots and rats
I live underground
Born in a tank on the day I remember
Buried alive, like a dog, late December
I live underground
Born in a tank, in the midst of nowhere
Buried alive, like a dog
I was dumped and left here
They buried me here in the winter
To an iron box I checked in
I've never heard birds or seen daylight
And nothing will ever come in
I?m happy to lie here in darkness
Naked, safe, undisturbed
Floating blind in water
In my little world of dirt
I live underground
Born in a tank on the day I remember
Buried alive, like a dog, late December
I live underground
Born in a tank in the midst of nowhere
Buried alive, like a dog
Our names are written on the stars on heaven's tree
Yes, nine by nine they die just like you and me
These peerless eyes look down giving us our choices
Each one calls out a universe of voices
These are the ancient fathers, the laws that binds us all
White jewels of mystery, mirrors for our souls
They spoke of life and death, love and history
Today the stars are for fools and vanity
And there's Orion and there's a Zodiac
If you look close, they're needles in the stack
And you saw in your telescope on earth
Copernicus, the order of the worlds
Evening caress always yearning
I must confess the stars aren't burning
Copernicus
The sky is full of shining crosses for our sins
Each one a monument for what ends and what begins
Small emerald satellites orbiting so fast
Will they be gone tomorrow just like painted glass?
If I had wishes, I would shout to you and scream
But now I realize you're like young dying streams
I'm in the real world with people, crises and scars
Copernicus, I don't care about your stars
Evening caress always yearning
I must confess the stars aren't burning
Jaded and demented
In the attic the bonemen soared
I slammed the door behind me
Reality was no more
The screams of the demented
Follows me where I go
A secret door I entered
Leads to the everflow...oh no...
And the days before sunrise are the worst
When my mind... goes from friend to foe
So I stare into the wall of gloom
Where the troops of deceit and sickness loom
Confused and delusive
I stand where I stand
In the dungeons, in the chaos
Thought the truth would set me free
The cries of the demented
I tried to shut them out
So I did what they wanted
But failed... with poison glass and rope
And the days before sunrise are the worst
When my mind gets challenged by my foes
So I stare into the wall of gloom
Where the troops of darkness loom
The clouds in my veins
The clouds in my gaze
The sum of my pain
Sunrise, I greet you, the beauty of your light
So warm and tender was never the night
In tears I see you, the last time it will be
So give me your blessing, I'll meet my destiny
No rest for the sinner
Hypnos refused me my sleep
This was the last night of my life
With wine, I pondered on my deeds
I drank to the devil with servants
It's good with a friend where you go
No one would share my last chalice
So I drink to the ones that I know
Ring brother, ring for me
Ring the bells of hope and faith
Ring for my damnation
I am at the gallows end
With sad emotions, I sing this epitaph
My swan song, my headstone, the farewell of my heart
The hills of Tyburn, up where the gallows stand
Only the vultures will come to see me hang
Behold the sight of my Golgatha
The gallows enlightened by the moon
Proud of his art are the carpenter
His creation a tool for my doom
I am the outcast no winner
I am the fallen the one
That lived all his life as a sinner
The tempter has called me his son
Soon it is time the dark has now fled
And I see the place for my death
The priest, he will pray for my lost soul
I'm sure he's wasting his time
A sinner, a fool or a devil
Or just a victim of life
It's no fun to burn in hell's fire
But I sure have enjoyed my life
Ring brother, ring for me
Ring the bells of hope and faith
Ring for my damnation
Genocide destination
A scientific race
Symptoms of the evolution?
We're fresh out of the caves!
Bow and arrow, fangs and fur
Neanderthals and cars
We burned the flame and tamed the earth
Looked up to the stars
The dogs, the apes... the buffalo
The fire and the wheel
From Trojan wars to World War II
THE INVENTION OF STEEL!
There's time for sin, there's time for laughter
Wonders in the lab
Babylon is still a whore
But the best time that we had!
Who stoppped the clock?
Who threw the rock
THE KILLING OF THE SUN!
We see atom, the crates of Jupiter
A cure for cancer, science is the word
What is progress when the streets of London burn
Thunder and lighting, action, come fire, come rain
The wizard is playing god in his armchair again
Cyberlike snake eyes they burn
The man with the black cat will show us what tricks he has learned
Abraxas, Abraxas, he's building cathedrals of air
Climbing the skies like a madman because they are there
Magic master control
He's hiding in a secret black hole
Man of Miracles, who are you and what you can do?
Will you live forever in your den feeling so blue?
Magic master control
In the wintercold I see the blood
clotting slowly in the snow
Unsung heroes cry in the night
may they die before dawn
Broken banners mourn fallen crowns
grieving swords lay all around
As the swansong touches the mountainside
unseeing eyes look at you
Can't you hear it
hear the sorrows vail
Oh, can't you see it
the newborn day
Impaled hearts welcome the end of pain
black blood releasing warrior souls
Vultures circle 'round the fields of grief
another graveyard, another tale
Can't you hear it
hear the sorrows vail
Oh, can't you see it
A shapeless form
A mindless soul
Senseless with no control
Eyes so closed
A heart that sleeps
A memory, a thought that is gone
I am born
Still I'm no more
A dying illusion
In the dream I am fading
"Oh Lord! This must be heaven"
tears in my eyes
A sweet dream bathing in sunlight
never to end
Shapes of angels
visions of grace
Promised love and delight
Let me be, let me be
At the edge of Heaven
There at the edge of heaven
where darkness begins
Twilight was calling my name
A cry in the night
I felt a chill in my heart
come to me
Somebody danced on my grave
Let me be, let me be
A faceless shadow
A blinded fool
Lost in the twilight zone
Dream or madness
Heaven or hell
A riddle a key to the spell
I am born
Still I'm no more
A dying illusion
I'm standing up, I'm sitting down
A precious jewel - creation's crown?
Someone is holding my breath
Someone is finding my fears
While the self got lost as the world appeared
Gimme more, gimme less
Than soulless death in the nightingness
I'm missing the moments of love, missing the moments of truth
But hell ain't too bad when you go where there's people you know
Love is such a thing
All join hands and we shall sing
Bade in all its light
And tomorrow brings new life
I Still See the Black
You can walk with me
You can talk with me
You make love to me
I recall
Feed me cake and glass
Put me in a trance
Trading thoughts with the moon
Do you know about infinity?
And with a broken spoon
I bless the ones without clarity
I see through these walls
The godlike urge, feverish fireworks
So when reality calls
Here I am
In this strange world
A different universe
Nowhere in time
I'm captured in my dreams
On this lonely journey
To find the morning light
To be me
Eternal life
Beyond the death we know
A restless soul
But am I dead?
This labyrinth
of my own feelings
A misty ocean
But where's the shore?
I know that I exist
But somehow I don't
Can't find the morning light
Can't be me
Here I am
In this strange world
A different universe
Nowhere in time
Lost in nowhere, timeless prison
Will I ever find the reason
I wish that I could escape this dream
Someone stole the starlight from the backside of your hand
Weak without the magic, you lay passed out in the sand
With controls set for night flights when witches ruled the world
In a twinkling moment you see cockroaches and crows
Go behind the great clouds if you want to stay the same
In nothing land you'll perish when they whisper aloud your name
A window full of trauma stares you in the face
You know it's time to scream now and leave this fucking place
Drunk and misled, face down in the mindless gutter
Puked and you bled the lifeblood of the holy mother
Lame and astray bloated in the crimson river
Needless to say, we are here to burn and wither
Come with me, walk with me
The voice of doom and new adventures
Love with me, love with you
The endless trip is what you're after
Blinding light, burning light
From excess to bitter laughter
Happiness, loneliness
Kneel before the disaster master
The night is almost over and still there you are
Half dead, numb and shipwrecked like a shooting star
Surrounded by black witches, you don't know what to do
Weak without the magic, the madness is killing you
Drunk and misled, face down in the mindless gutter
Puked and you bled the lifeblood of the holy mother
Lame and astray bloated in the crimson river
