Sol Invictus ("Invincible Sun") was the official sun god of the later Roman Empire. In 274 the Roman emperor Aurelian made it an official cult alongside the traditional Roman cults. Scholars disagree whether the new deity was a refoundation of the ancient Latin cult of Sol, a revival of the cult of Elagabalus or completely new. The god was favored by emperors after Aurelian and appeared on their coins until Constantine. The last inscription referring to Sol Invictus dates to 387 AD and there were enough devotees in the 5th century that Augustine found it necessary to preach against them.
It is commonly claimed that the date of December 25th for Christmas was selected in order to correspond with the Roman festival of Dies Natalis Solis Invicti, or "Birthday of Sol Invictus" but Pope Benedict XVI has argued that the December 25 date was determined simply by calculating nine months after March 25, regarded as the day of Jesus’ conception (the Feast of the Annunciation). This claim was mainly based on a passage of the Commentary on the prophet Daniel by Hippolytus of Rome, which was written around year 204.
I'll meet you where the moonlight falls
I'll meet you where the statues stand
I'll meet you beneath the falling walls
We await the gods to show their hand
Amongst the ruins
Feel the warmth of the unconquered sun
Light the torches, the swords of the sun
He looks down with a mocking laugh
At the fools lonely in the dark
Amongst the ruins
We rise with the life rune
And we fall with the death rune
We will wait beneath the yew together
We will lie beneath the yew together
Forever!
And who will lose?
And who will win?
And who will sink?
And who will swim?
And will they storm
The city gates?
And whose necks
Will they break?
But in heaven, no one cares
And in heaven, no one cares
And for our loves
And for our treasons
Oh, we can give
A million reasons
And for our hopes
And for our fears
Oh we give blood
And we give tears
But in heaven, no one cares
And if God is dead
Falling through space
Who will want
To take his place?
And for whom
Will the blood bells ring?
And for whom
Will the choir sing?
And as we stumble
Without sight
Towards the towers
And their knives
Who will drag us
From his claws?
Who will look for us
Washed up on the shore?
And in heaven, no one cares
I saw three ships go sailing by
Over the sea, the lifting sea
And the wind rose in the morning sky
And one was rigged for a long journey
The fisrt ship turned toward the west
Over the sea, the running dea
And by the wind was all possessed
And carried to a rich country
The second ship turned towards the east
Over the sea, the quaking sea
And the wind hunted it like a beast
To anchor in captivity
The third ship drove towards the north
Over the sea, the darkening sea
But no breath of wind came forth
And the decks shone frostily
The northen sky rose high and black
Over the proud unfruitful sea
East and west the ship came back
Happily or unhappily
But the third went wide and far
Into an unforgiving sea
Under a fire-spilling star
The seasons have turned, the sun is back again
The long nights are over, we have reached the serpent's
Forget this new God, let the old ones be reborn
We'll hang him on a tree, and crown him with thorns
Our king's beneath a hill, an army by his side
They wait with sword and shield, ready to rise
Our queen is in the moon, the stars and the sky
From a blood red mouth comes a sigh
They said the child was mad, or must be telling lies
Beneath the sun, a peasant heart
A land where bitter armies marched
But here even serpents have their day
Crosses and flowers bloom and stay
Past our pain and our losses
when we climb the hill of crosses
March through death to where love is
When you climb the hill of crosses
Murder turns the sky to rust
Children's faces crumble to dust
Tyrants wax and tyrants wane
The tree bends but still remains
Past our pain and our losses
when we climb the hill of crosses
March through death to where love is
When you climb the hill of crosses
Cross-crowned with the sun's rays
They tore it down but it grew again
With Motherland blood grows the grain
Rye waves and harvest will come again
Past our pain and our losses
when we climb the hill of crosses
March through death to where love is
The house above the world
Looks down upon the Earth
We look up and load our guns
In search of death and the sun
To the house above the world
The sun has no shadows
The sun has no doubts
Our destiny is plain
At Europa's broken heart
We have a path to run
The windows stare at an empty world
Above the doors that lead to nowhere
Home for skulls and wind-kissed
All these roads lead into the mist
The edge beckons
The edge beckons
Steel wands have lost their power
As the rain rusts them away
Green palms bend beneath the showers
That washed our world away
The edge beckons
The edge beckons
Church is empty, cross stand alone
Grave gardens, flowers of bone
Caves of teeth, hills of hair
The silver swan, who living had no note
When death approched, unlocked her silent throat
She leaned her breast against the reedy shore
She sung her first and last, and sung no more
Farewell all joys ! O death, come close my eyes
Never care for when you do, you'll wear the chains and
follow the rules
Of love's dark game, of love's dark game—of tears and
rain
Cut out your heart and throw it to the dogs, better this
than to face the loss
In love's dark game, in love's dark game—of tears and
rain
Her voice cuts my throat with a knife, her words crush my
soul in a vice
In love's dark game, in love's dark game—of tears and
rain
I will lock the windows and the doors, put out the light
Turn your face to the wall
You no longer wish to see
Stroke a hair trigger
You're now the devil's steed
Descend into Aqua Morta
You no longer wish to be
Gulp down tears of the siren
You're now the devil's steed
You climbed the high tower
But now it's time to leave
Become a leaf in autumn
You're now the devil's steed
The hangman and the doctor
On both, disease did feed
They both treat themselves
And are now the devil's steed
You're now the devil's steed
Lorelei whispers, as the river bends
Love Letters, they never had the chance to send
A German requiem
All is overgrown, as there's no one here to tend
Only broken glass and marks you cannot spend
A German requiem
A prince in his castle, a thief in his den
With thirty pieces of silver, and the murder of a friend
A German requiem
Barbed tongues and barbed wire
Dark angels descend
The dead with swords, the dead with pens
And who will lose?
And who will win?
And who will sink?
And who will swim?
And will they storm
The city gates?
And whose necks
Will they break?
But in heaven, no one cares
And in heaven, no one cares
And for our loves
And for our treasons
Oh, we can give
A million reasons
And for our hopes
And for our fears
Oh we give blood
And we give tears
But in heaven, no one cares
And if God is dead
Falling through space
Who will want
To take his place?
And for whom
Will the blood bells ring?
And for whom
Will the choir sing?
And as we stumble
Without sight
Towards the towers
And their knives
Who will drag us
From his claws?
Who will look for us
Washed up on the shore?
Let's drag the moon from the sky
Hold her down and silence her cries
She knows us, has heard all our lies
She knows we're to be despised
Dig a grave and put some people in
Shoot them dead, then fill it in
With our little banners and our little drums
Nothing changes, but I'm told that it's fun
In the name of the people or in the name of God
Let's throw someone to the mercy of the mob
Let their blood be washed away by the rain
When the sun comes up we can do it all again
Dig a grave, and put some people in
Shoot them dead then fill it in
With our little uniforms and our little guns
And in the days of to come,
The sound of iron and the sound of drums.
And in the days of to come,
The earth shall seethe and the clouds will bleed.
And in the days of to come,
Will we be drowned in a sea of scum?
And in the days of to come,
Will man spew out a bastard son?
But from the forest and the field,
Here she comes, here she comes.
And beneath the turning of the sun's wheel,
Here she comes, here she comes.
And from a womb of growing corn,
We are reborn, we are reborn.
Her moon that lights us til the dawn,
Here she comes, here she comes.
And in the days that will be,
The doors of hope will have no key.
And in the days that will be,
No books or gods, only greed.
And in the days it will show,
That the rule of gold will drag us low.
And in great halls where treason breeds,
Even noble hearts become diseased.
But from the forest and the field,
Here she comes, here she comes.
And beneath the turning of the sun's wheel,
Here she comes, here she comes.
And from a womb of growing corn,
We are reborn, we are reborn.
Her moon that lights us til the dawn,
Here she comes, here she comes.
And from the forest and from the field,
Here she comes, here she comes.
And beneath the turning of the sun's wheel,
Here she comes, here she comes.
And from a womb of growing corn,
We are reborn, we are reborn.
Her moon that leads us to the dawn,
Here she comes, here she comes.
Here she comes, here she comes.
When two eleven's meet: we shall think of you
When November calls: we shall sing of you
Your glory is like crystal, reflecting the sun's rays
Your banners rise again, on Heroes' Day
On Heroes' Day
In our comrades arms: we shall dream of you
When the war horn sounds: we shall be with you
Your memory leads us on, never to decay
With us once again, on Heroes' Day
On Heroes' Day
When on Vigrid's plain, we shall rise with you
When on Vigrid's plain, we shall fight with you
Your honour stands unbroken, your swords point the way
We'll meet you once again, on Heroes' Day
The world is full of gods and beasts
Some to serve and some to feast
Avert your eyes from the sky
The lies of God and the God of lies
And even forests once lush and green
Have the stench of murder and children's screams
But bird of prey in your eyes is where our heavens lie
The role of creator and destroyer
The laws of life need no lawyers
In the cruel world of blood and struggle
Coming in second means raining rubble
A laurel wreath upon his brow
Bloody garlands for his crown
The past is cruel and the prayers enforced
Man and nature become divorced
Hands torn from burr-clung face
Summer is a'coming, arise, arise.
Give us our bread,
And bury our dead,
And kneel to the cross on the wall.
Whether burnt at the stake,
Or drunk at the wake,
Just kneel to the cross on the wall.
We've original sin,
But we might just get in,
If we beg to the cross on the wall.
It's love your neighbour,
And rattle your sabre,
But kneel to that cross on the wall.
See the roof fall.
Hear the bells crash.
As flesh and bone,
Turns to ash.
Tried to conquer the sun,
With the Christian frost.
The corpses' stench,
Beneath the cross.
And give them gold,
And they'll save your soul,
And kneel to the cross on the wall.
And hail to the boss,
Of the great unwashed,
And kneel to the cross on the wall.
They wail and weep,
The march of the sheep,
As they go to the cross on the wall.
And it's ever so wrong,
To dare to be strong,
So kneel to the cross on the wall.
See the roof fall.
Hear the bells crash.
As flesh and bone,
Turns to ash.
Tried to conquer the sun,
With the Christian frost.
The corpses' stench,
Underneath the cross.
And it's ever so wrong,
To dare, to be strong.
And it's ever so wrong,
To dare, to be strong.
We cheat on our friends with rhyme and reason
As surely as the leaves change with the seasons
For love or money, or sometimes both
Let's hope this fire burns without smoke
In the garden; in the rain
You no longer loved him
I whispered your name
In the garden; in the rain
Swift, knowing looks
The rules of the game
Cupid's leering; let the game begin
He shoots the arrow, and our lives spin
Poison flows through our viper hearts
Put down our knives and raise a glass
Let the blinds hold in the night
Or let a candle be our only light
We whisper words, but are they true?
Let's be naïve, me and you
In the rain, by the tower door
Said we would love forever
We lied, of course
In the rain, by the tower door
We'd never betray each other
We did, of course
From the longest night in the year
From the deepest darkness of human existence
From the despire and the resignation
Sol invictus is reborn in the solstice in December
Let's turn our eyes inside
Our race's bloody river flows
There where our ancestors live
Let reach out our hand towards them
The fire will burn until the twelveth night
In the mirror of the sky
In the circle of the twelve immortals
Let's turn our eyes inside
Our race's bloody river flows
There where our ancestors live
Let reach out our hand towards them
As the days and the nights of autumn and winter
The veil that seperates the world of mortals
From the spirit world, becomes thiner and thiner
Unfold the banners light the candles and the torches
Flame up in your hearts the flame
Which lights the darkness of denial of our faith
The world stares silently at us
The world stares as we turn to dust
There's no succor for the saved
There's no hand of God to trust
There's nothing here
There's nothing there
Oh, there's nothing anywhere
We stand at the center of the play
We stare at the saints and holy blood
We watch as the heavens fade
And death dons a mask of lust
There's nothing here
There's nothing there
Oh, there's nothing anywhere
Oh, the blessed; the well-behaved
They cannot be the same as us
I watch, but I cannot believe
A family inbred like serpents entwined
Had no heart and little mind
A clan of madness, a terrible scene
They cursed the earth - the Sawney Bean
Lurking in the fog a fearsome brood
Poor traveling folk they caught and slew
No graves have the victims of these ghouls and fiends
Those taken and eaten by - the Sawney Bean
From their flesh they made a meal
Their skin the floor for their bairns to kneel
Their skulls a table from which to feed
Alas the victims of - the Sawney Bean
They lived by the sword, were felled by the axe
And I say "nothing wrong with that"
But in their hellish caves worse than any dream
Cursed with the stench of - the Sawney Bean
[Repeat]
Some are haunted by the tolling bell
Some by the fiery pits of hell
But what haunts me is what we did see
Here we stand, on some lost and lonely shore
All that's left to us, empty thrones and broken swords
Shall we watch the sun throw itself into the sea?
Shall we open our veins and bleed?
Here we stand alone, empty days
Here we stand alone, never saved
See the world, watch her shake with rage
At this mass of fools, who mock her holy stage
She will spit them out like so much dust
For this is the age of gold, not blood or love
Here we stand alone, empty days
Here we stand alone, never saved
See the horseman ride in from the sea
See the Wildhunt through the trees
A hand shall come down and tear out the last page
Here am I, above this world
A face in flames and a knowing smile
Dream your dreams and tread your paths
It all ends the same, alone in the dark
And here am I drunk and bored
Even I don't want to drink any more
Here you are drunk and scared
You have finally realised that life's not fair
Outside they are gathering and their fangs are bared
For the bigger your fangs, the bigger your share
What deity made us, was it a good idea?
In theory maybe, in practice, oh dear
And here am I drunk and bored
Even I don't want to drink any more
Here you are drunk and scared
You have finally realised that life's not fair
Here am I, above this world
A face in flames and a knowing smile
Dream your dreams and tread your paths
It all ends the same, alone in the dark
And here am I drunk and bored
Even I don't want to drink any more
Here you are drunk and scared
I look back, past swings and slides
But I always return here by the tide
All alone, lost in a void
Surrounded by those who should be destroyed
If you were to look in my eyes
You would see the Killing Tide
Can you hear the future call?
Save yourself, kill them all
Like lost dogs, they snap and whine
Is to silence them such a crime?
A waste of breath, a waste of time
Who will notice, who will pine?
If you were to look in my eyes
You would see the Killing Tide
Can you hear the future call?
Save yourself, kill them all
Stars that sparkle and stars that fall
Lives of beauty and lives that crawl
In this Eden of serpent trees
With dead fruit and lovers who freeze
If you were to look in my eyes
You would see the Killing Tide
Can you hear the future call?
The world stares silently at us
The world stares as we turn to dust
There's no succor for the saved
There's no hand of God to trust
There's nothing here
There's nothing there
Oh, there's nothing anywhere
We stand at the center of the play
We stare at the saints and holy blood
We watch as the heavens fade
And death dons a mask of lust
There's nothing here
There's nothing there
Oh, there's nothing anywhere
Oh, the blessed; the well-behaved
They cannot be the same as us
I watch, but I cannot believe
Down the centuries, I was at their side
With a song to glorify their genocide's
Always knowing but never appearing too wise
Always had a rhyme to hide their lies
Here I am - just for you
Here I am - here stands the fool
I plot with pretenders and princes,
And I will shed a tear on the loser's grave
And some advice for you, if I may
It's better a knave than a slave
Here I am - just for you
Here I am - here stands the fool
To conspire and devour
That's how these empires are lost and won
I bow my head humbly to mistress and sire
And I will still be alive with the rising of the sun
Time flies and life passes
Already I seem to hear
the last trumpet singing
Oh, come out of the grave
You've scattered ashes and bones
Oh, rise again, you souls
Today we are born
and tomorrow we die
Time flies; life passes
Today we appear
and tomorrow we're gone
Time flies; life passes
Today we are born
and tomorrow we die
Time flies; life passes
Today we appear
and tomorrow we're gone
Time flies; life passes
Oh, rise and tell us, truly
If we should have served
This world or the king in heaven
To open our eyes to the truth
That life is but a breath of wind
that passes in a moment
This mortal life
has wings to fly so fast
and passes at such speed
The wind is thunderbolts
The day is swiftly kidnapped
and likewise, the night
Winter and summer fade
?? to eternity
Time which will not endure
devours us and measures our span
All life is given from heaven
Splinter the world with our fears
Walk the wooden road, branches tear
The mouth opens, but no breath comes
The furrowed face, life undone
Broken sky, watched with scarecrow eyes
Follow the cracks in the face of the world
A window to the sun
A window to the sun
Garden climbs the wall and runs free
Strangles statues, crosses the stone sea
Climbs marble shattered stairs
The future beckons with no eyes to stare
The world is rusty with blood and tears
Let this dawn come and light our fears
A window to the sun
A ship is burning
Out at sea
Flames in the dark
Caught on the breeze
From the shore
With tear stained eyes
The king is dead
But a phoenix will arise
From yesterday
To tomorrow
From yesterday
To tomorrow
From yesterday
To tomorrow
From yesterday
To tomorrow
On ancient stones
On misty moors
I carve the names
Of those who came before
Washed in moonlight
The shadows move
Hear the voices
Calling out to you
From yesterday
To tomorrow
From yesterday
To tomorrow
From yesterday
To tomorrow
From yesterday
Field of spears: Our creation
And for our crimes there be damnation
The blood of the past, it does bathe us
The fingers point to blame and claim us
And without love, we are lost
Believe me, we are lost
Without love, we are dust
Believe me, we are dust
Without love, we lose our souls
And mine had left long ago
The gods above and the gods below
Believe me, believe me
A child is skating on the ice
Like a child playing with a knife
The gods above and the gods below
Playing chess for her soul
With tears of sorrow, and tears of rage
They lower her into the grave
The gods above and the gods below
I put my back against an oak
Thinking it was some trusty tree
But first it bent and then it broke
And so did my false love to me
I put my hand into a bush
Thinking some sweetest flower to find
I pricked my finger to the bone
Leaving the sweetest flower behind
O meeting is a pleasure
And parting is a grief
But an unconstant lover
Is worse than any thief
A thief will only rob you
And take you all that you have saved
But an unconstant lover
Will bring you to the grave
The grave it will decay you
And turn you into dust
There's not one in a thousand
That you can trust
They'll kiss you and they'll court you
And tell to you more lies
As the hairs upon your head, love
Or the stars in the skies
Come all you young lovers
A warning take by me
Don't place your affection
On a green willow tree
For the leaves they will wither
The branches will decay
And all your poor love
Will soon fall away
We hung upon a hook
Cut me to the bone
Froze me with a kiss
Laid upon your throne
In the abattoirs of love
You're in the serpent's jaws
Love chains you to the floor
Like fools you climbed so high
It's further then to fall
In the abattoirs of love
Nurse the sick but let them die
- God told me to
Tell children stories that make them cry
- God told me to
Rub salt into open wounds
- God told me to
Spit on all the heirlooms
- God told me to
Damn the lamb and curse the dove
Crucified on the cross of love
Damn the lamb and curse the dove
Curcified on the cross of blood
Put a stake through the sacred heart
- God told me to
Punch a hole through the ark
- God told me to
Put poison in the holy wine
- God told me to
Preach the gospel of war and crime
- God told me to
Damn the lamb and curse the dove
Crucified on the cross of love
Damn the lamb and curse the dove
Curcified on the cross of blood
If I could be any place
I would be the hand of God and slap your face
If I could be any place
The heavens open, and bloody rain does fall
On the good and the bad, on the rich and the poor
Insane laughter splits the heavens
Spits on the prayers of the masses
Is God in his heaven, is all right with the world?
Is God in his heaven, wrapped in a shroud?
See the dove fall, beneath the eagle's claw
Obeys the one law, of tooth and claw
The law of the strong: this is our law
And the joy of the world
Up to the heavens, an eagle soared
To meet with the sun
And where love is the call
Up to the heavens, an eagle soared
To talk with the sun
And where blood is the law
With shield and sword
And tooth and claw
The law of the strong
As I was walking all alone
I heard twa corbies makin' a moan
The one unto the other did say-o
Where shall we go and dine today-o
Where shall we go and dine today ?
In behind yon old turf dyke
I know there lies a new-slain knight
And nobody knows that he lies there-o
But his hawk and his hound and his lady fair-o
Hawk and his hound and his lady fair.
His hound is to the hunting gone
His hawk to fetch the wildfowl home
His lady's taken another mate-o
So we may make our dinner sweet-o
We may make our dinner sweet.
You'll sit on his white neck bone
And I'll pike out his bonny blue een
With one lock of his golden hair-o
We'll thatch our nest when it grows bare-o.
Many a one for him makes moan
But none shall know where he is gone
Oo'er his white bones when they are bare-o
The wind shall blow for evermore-o
We stand like trees in winter
We hurt each other with words of splinters
All our dreams will fall and melt like the snow
Unknown, unfelt by the swine below
But they say that love will come one day
But I think we might see idiots are easily deceived
These days, these lives are growing colder
And the hands turn ever faster
We are born, we live and we die
Never knowing the reasons why
But they say, God will come one day
But I think we might find, he's deaf, dumb and blind
The future waits with an icy kiss
As we stumble towards our nemesis
A sea of loneliness to engulf us
A noose of regrets to choke us
But they say that love will come one day
Where stone lions prowl
Sunlight glints on razors
Trees of water sprout
And blood crowns their brow
Where stone lions prowl
Drape the dome with velvet
Throw chandeliers at the sky
And blood crowns their brow
Where stone lions prowl
Through mist and fire
Books of fables and hours
And blood crowns their brow
Where stone lions prowl
Juggle with orbs and sceptres
Laced with ivory and of jade
And blood crowns their brow
Where stone lions prowl
White with fear and axe head
Daggers draw a bloody text
And blood crowns their brow
Where stone lions prowl
Gods that shimmer and whisper
Sigh over lake and sea
And blood crowns their brow
Where stone lions prowl
Build a crow gallows
A black noose, to hang the sun
And blood crowns their brow
Where stone lions prowl
Build a crow gallows
A black noose, to hang the sun
We are the dead men
Walk towards the church
We are the dead men
Walk behind the hearse
We are the dead men
Laughing at the wake
We are the dead men
Who will cut the cake ?
We built the ships
For war and for peace
We built that church
In whose gardens we sleep
We are the dead men
With pillows made of stone
We are the dead men
Around an old throne
We are the dead men
Sharpen up our swords
We are the dead men
Being dead can make you bored
We built the ships
For war and for peace
We built that church
In whose gardens we sleep
We built the ships
For war and for peace
We built that church
The days fall like rain, on we fools and thieves
I stand at the cliff's edge, mocked by the sea
The memories of lost loves, or that never will be
With the turn of the tide, or the turn of the key
Some are brave, some are scared
But all face the fangs that are bared
Some are foolish, some are wise
But all are kissed, kissed by the scythe
The lost rise from the fields, walk into the trees
Above their sighs, the Earth slowly breathes
Whatever we do - whatever we say
Like leaves on the wind, we are lost and decayed
Some are brave, some are scared
But all face the fangs that are bared
Some are foolish, some are wise
I see a cross
So rotting and sad
I see a flag
A bloody torn rag
Oh, the games we play
Oh, the lies we tell
Oh, the hearts that are broken
Between heaven and hell
And the stones will fall
Never to rise
And the world will shrug
And close her eyes
In this black night
In these jaws of steel
All our battles lost
Beneath an iron hill
Oh, what damned mankind
And all his woes
And I'd murder Cupid
With his bow
And the stones will fall
Never to rise
And the world will shrug
And close her eyes
Across this earth
A poison seeps
From house to house
That plague does creep
With smiles and whispers
To blunt ourselves
With fools' gold
For our souls
And the stones will fall
Never to rise
And the world will shrug
pilgrimage
has begun
through the passage
let us come
in your image
triumph come
(let your light shine down)
ascending
dark and dire
never ending
flood and fire
tempest burning
raging pyre
(let your light shine down)
sphere of our sorrow
hangs over sea and land
near where tomorrow's
shadow is cast in the sand
gold burning fire
mother of earth and sky
old hanging spire
poised and waiting on high
to thee we cry:
invocation
spirits rise up, come forth, reach out and fly
into the light
awaken and breath life, reveal to unto me
immortal soul
from the eternal deep, bring your light unto
eternity
from this deliver us, give us release
circle of fire
protector of the crown, you are the seer
undying sphere
expel all darkness down, exile all fear
more red than blood
forged in the temple of the Nephilim
oh rising sun
your burning blades of fire, your spears of light
blossoming white
There's a silent place
You'll never know
There's a silent place
I never show
Colder than the ice
Hotter than a flame
An open wound
Forever maimed
There's a silent place
Where madness sleeps
There's a silent place
Where demons be
There's a silent place
You'll never know
There's a silent place
I never show
Where a tree
Bows to the ground
A tree that cries
Without a sound
There's a silent place
Where madness sleeps
There's a silent place
Where demons be
There's a silent place
You'll never know
There's a silent place
I never show
Where a demon waits
Where love is slain
Where a demon waits
To break its chains
The thrill is gone!
the thrill is gone!
i can see it in your eyes,
i can hear it in your sighs,
feel your touch and realize
the thrill is gone.
the nights are cold,
for love is old.
love was grand when love was new,
birds were singing, skies were blue.
now it don't appeal to you,
the thrill is gone.
this is the end, so why pretend
and let it linger on.
Tear off the roof, let in the sky
Take the shutters from our eyes
Pull back the curtains to these lives
Behind these windows are pigs and sties
But just seconds from where they stand
A dying world of throats and hands
But just seconds from where they stand
A dying world of throats and hands
Kissed with blood, kissed with bile
With these fingers murder dialled
With broken hearts and broken smiles
We spurt blood on white tiles
But just seconds from where they stand
A dying world of throats and hands
But just seconds from where they stand
A dying world of throats and hands
I am dying in your eyes
Grow a harvest for the scythe
Follow a long shot to the street
Where the real world meets and bleats
But just seconds from where they stand
A dying world of throats and hands
But just seconds from where they stand
When the hurt shall bring you woe,
God made the healing herb to grow
A bloom on the tree
When the apples are ripe
Means the end
Of somebody's life
Ash when green
Is fuel for a Queen
The Michaelmas daisy
Among dead leaves
Blooms for St. Micheal's
Valorous deeds
In dock, out nettle,
Don't let the blood settle
Elder tree, Elder tree,
Crocked, wrong
Never straight
And never strong
Never bush
And never tree,
Since our Lord
Was nailed to thee
Under a thron,
Our saviour was born
If the sagebrush
Thrives and grows,
The master's not master
-and he knows!
St. Agnes, that's to lovers kind,
Come ease the trouble of my mind
Elm dogrieve, Oak do hate
Hedda Gabler
Had a very funny face
Tired of waiting
Tired of the human race
Like her brother
Sitting in the library
Reading how dear Adolph
Was going to save all Germany
Hedda Gabler
She'll go down in history
Hedda Gabler
Down in all her misery
Like her mother
Married to the bank manager
She took the money
Hung him in the closet for fun
Hedda Gabler
She'll go down in history
Hedda Gabler
Down in all her misery
Hedda Gabler
She'll go down in history
Hedda Gabler
Down in all her misery
Sleep... sleep.... sleep, Hedda Gabler
Sleep... sleep.... sleep, Hedda Gabler
Sleep... sleep.... sleep, Hedda Gabler
Sleep... sleep.... sleep, Hedda Gabler
Sleep... sleep.... sleep, Hedda Gabler
A family inbred like serpents entwined
Had no heart and little mind
A clan of madness, a terrible scene
They cursed the earth—the Sawney Bean
Lurking in the fog a fearsome brood
Poor traveling folk they caught and slew
No graves have the victims of these ghouls and fiends
Those taken and eaten by—the Sawney Bean
From their flesh they made a meal
Their skin the floor for their bairns to kneel
Their skulls a table from which to feed
Alas the victims of—the Sawney Bean
They lived by the sword, were felled by the axe
And I say ''nothing wrong with that''
But in their hellish caves worse than any dream
Cursed with the stench of—the Sawney Bean
Some are haunted by the tolling bell
Some by the fiery pits of hell
But what haunts me is what we did see
The eternal hopelessness of being
Forever looking but never seeing
You think you have it, but then it's gone
We are dying the day we're born
See how we fall
These days, these dreams--what joy they bring
Beyond good and evil, such sweet things
To each--to all--there comes the cost
Even those that win find they have lost
See how we fall
We who become and overcome
We who swim amongst the drowned
We who fall and fall forever
And never, never hit the ground
See how we fall
Oh, you spilt a million words
About honor; about sin
Then slowly realizing
There did three Knights come from the west,
with the high and the lily oh !
And these three Knights courted one ladye,
as the rose was so sweetly blown.
The first Knight came was all in white,
and asked of her if she'd be his delight.
The next Knight came was all in green,
and asked of her if she'd be is queen.
The third Knight camme was all in red,
and asked of her if she would wed.
Then have you asked of my father dear ?
likewise of her who did me bear ?
And have you asked of my brother John ?
And also of my sister Anne ?
Yes, I've asked of your father dear,
Likewise of her who did bear.
And I've asked Of you sister Anne,
But I've not asked of your brother John.
Far on the road as they rode along,
There did they meet with her brother John.
She stopped low to kiss him sweet,
he to her heart did a dagger meet.
Ride on, ride on, cried the servingman,
Methinks your bride she looks wondrous wan.
I wish I were on yonder stile,
For there I would sit and bleed awhile.
I wish I were on yonder hill,
There I'd alight and make my will.
What would you give to your father dear ?
The gallant steed which doth me bear.
What would you give to your mother dear ?
My wedding shift which I do wear.
But she must wash it very clean,
For my heart's blood sticks in every seam.
What would you give to your sister Anne ?
My gay gold ring, ang my feathered fan.
What would you give to your brother John ?
A rope, and a gallows to hang him on.
What would you give to your brother John's wife ?
Untouched by the sunlight
Or the moonlight
I stand like a statue
As the stars bring their light
Then I saw your face
I looked in your eyes
With a smile to die for
Even the angels sighed
But then you look away
Then you look away
You say that it's love
You say that you care
But when I look in the mirror
I'm the only one there
You've turned this heart
To the coldest stone
Like a fool on his stage
A king on his throne
Then you hide away
Well, now that I found you
And I cut out your heart
It's next to mine
And we will never part
To be together
'Till the end of time
As that old saying goes
Your heart is mine
Let the flies serenade us
Leave the doorbell to ring
Outside, it's raining
Inside, the angels grin
Let the flies serenade us
Leave the doorbell to ring
Outside, it's raining
Inside, the angels sing
You won't go away
In the garden by the wall
Something moved and someone called
Why is it hollow beneath the stones?
Why is Mother crying, on her own?
An english garden in the rain
Somenthing hidden, something strange
Don't go walking in the woods
Yes Father dear, you're understood
An english garden in the rain
Someone whispered my name
Victoria sits upon her throne
And when we fall, we'll fall like Rome
Why can't we in the garden play?
The servants stare then look away
Why has the hall clock suddenly stopped?
Why are the French windows always locked?
An english garden in the rain
Somenthing hidden, something strange
Don't go walking in the woods
Yes Father dear, you're understood
An english garden in the rain
Someone whispered my name
Victoria sits upon her throne
And when we fall, we'll fall like Rome
Why was the governess sent away?
Why won't any of the servants stay?
Is that thunder overhead?
And who's that standing by my bed?
An english garden in the rain
Somenthing hidden, something strange
Don't go walking in the woods
Yes Father dear, you're understood
An english garden in the rain
Someone whispered my name
Victoria squats upon her throne
Within the fire and out upon the sea
Crazy man Michael was walking
He met with a raven with eyes black as coals
And shortly they were talking
Your future, your future I would tell to you
Your future you often have asked me
Your true love will die by your own right hand
Crazy man Michael will cursed be
Michael he ranted and Michael he razed
And beat off the winds with his fist
He laughed and he cried, he shouted, and he swore
For his mad mind had trapped in a mist
You speak with an evil, you speak with a hate
You speak for the devil that haunts me
For is she not the fairest in all the broad lands?
Your sorcerer's words only taunt me
He took out his dagger of fire and of steel
And he struck down the raven through the heart
The bird fluttered long and the sky it did spin
And the cold earth did wonder and startle
Oh where is the raven that I struck down dead?
That here did lie on the ground
I see but my true love with a wound so red
Where her lover's heart it did pound
Crazy man Michael he wanders abroad
And he talks to the night and the day
For his speech it is plain and his eyes they are sane
And he longs to be far away
Michael he whistles the simplest of tunes
As asks the wild wolves for their pardon
For his true love is flown into all flowers grown
What figures, these, who stand and who wait
What dreams are dreamt by all the Fates
This web that binds us to jerk and to twist
That makes us dance and makes us twitch
How easy to lie, to smile and to kiss
The corpses laugh and start to jig
She cut his throat then cut her wrists
Oh what fun we have when we exist
A wheel was turned and a web that spun
A plot was hatched and then undone
A promise broken and a curse that's kept
The clock winds down and is then reset
How easy to lie, to smile and to kiss
The corpses laugh and start to jig
He cut our throats then cut his wrists
Oh what fun we have when we exist
The mirror darkens and the paint does peel
The photos fade and the box is sealed
Woods on stone or carved in wood
While others stand where we stood
How easy to lie to smile and to kiss
The corpses laugh and start to jig
He cut their throats then cut his wrists
Oh what fun we have when we exist
Oh such pain in all of us
We victims and villains who storm the earth
We plot and plunder, [??]
[??], the roles exchange
How easy to lie to smile and to kiss
The corpses laugh and start to jig
I cut their throats then cut my wrists
Cats nine tales, coffin nails
Locket for your sin
Proddie dogs, Papal plots
Bonfires start to sing
Weather vanes, the king of Spain
Points to the Cornish coast
A Norfolk home, worship Mary's throne,
Drinks a secret toast
A faerie king starts to singe
A poker finds a home
old firm rules, broken duels
The steel bonnets ride for home
Poison pens, an inn by the Thames
A drink for Dr.Dee
Friar's black, the hangman's trap
and falling masonry
City square, the bankers stare
Hush, the temple sleeps
Come winter rain, wash away our shame
Descending then ascending, the fall then the call
Climb ever upward to join the world once more
See the serpents rising, angels on a chain
Come to meet together, come to make their claim
Black Easter
Hear the chants of old powers, the weak fall on their
swords
Nature is above all morals, destiny a shameless whore
Fallen angels, like black flowers, bloom and are ripe
Gather round the lords and princes, bringer of a promised
light
Black Easter...
I saw a maiden by the river side
Waiting for her lover to come a-riding by
She dressed her hair with a golden comb
Love, it seemed, had gained the throne
And then he killed her
Struck once, then twice
And then he killed her
With his knife
From stately mansion to the lowest slum
Love and death beat their drums
Lovers touch and lovers sigh
Lovers part and lovers cry
And then he killed her
Struck once, then twice
And then he killed her
With his knife
How easily love's vine does wilt
How easily love's vine is spilt
The world and all its angels,
Talking in my head
The world and all its angels,
Lay upon my bed
The world and all its angels,
Set table for a feast
The world and all its angels,
Come to toast the suckling beast
Come the morning
By the dawning light
Such crimes and stories
Behold the wondous sights
The world and all its madmen,
Tremple and makes signs,
The world and all its madmen,
In a kingdom for the blind
The world and all its madmen,
Scribble endless lists
The world and all its madmen
Phantoms in the mist
Come the morning
By the dawning light
Such crimes and stories
Behold the wondrous sights
The world and all its people,
Die for dollars and for dimes.
The world and all its people
Just seem a waste of time
The world and all its people,
They never learn a thing
The world and all its people,
Just lepers beneath the skin
Come the morning
By the dawning light
Such crimes and stories
Behold the wondrous sights
He went looking for Europe, took love in his hand
With eyes of sunlight, like burning sand
Went to the west, rode to the east
Heard of life and honour, looked into the eyes of the
beast
Stood in a city, in the gold house of whores
Said: ''I'm looking for Europe'', then you're looking for
Sat on the throne of Arthur, held Boudica's sword
Kissed the flags of the great, beneath the towers so tall
Climbed up the hillside, where the eagle still flies
Said: ''I'm looking for Europe'', well be ready to cry
He walked to the forest, to the lair of the wolf
Said: ''I'm looking for Europe, I'll tell you truth.''
Some find it in a flag, some in the beat of a drum
Some with a book, and some with a gun
Some in a kiss, and some on the march
Descending then ascending, the fall then the call
Climb ever upward to join the world once more
See the serpents rising, angels on a chain
Come to meet together, come to make their claim
Black Easter
Hear the chants of old powers, the weak fall on their
swords
Nature is above all morals, destiny a shameless whore
Fallen angels, like black flowers, bloom and are ripe
Gather round the lords and princes, bringer of a promised
light
I see the torchlights
I hear voices echo from the past
I see black angels washed in silver rays
Embracing beauty and crushing slaves
Blood against gold
I see a spectre, I watch it grow
I see great armies lost in the snow
Their faces torn like a bloody veil
And history's winds blow betrayal
Blood against gold
Beneath where lovers walk the dead do sleep
They catch the tears that lovers weep
In this soulless age of broken dreams
But from the shadows, an accusing scream
The gods looked down, and they sighed
The gods looked down and wondered why
That like the flowers—we bloom and die
That however strong our arms—we let our hands be tied
We build great walls, but for our sins
We open up the gates and let the assassins in
And the gods looked down, and they sighed
And the gods looked down, and they cried
For the ruins that once stood tall
For we slaves who once ruled all
For a goddess who now lies still
For a civilization that's now an ant-hill
And the gods looked down, and they sighed
Blood and wine so easily poured
From golden throne to marble floor
And laurelled heads that turn and stare
With swords of silver and golden hair
Rex Talionis
And eagles stand at history's gates
Symbols of nature's beauty and crimes of states
With wings that thunder in the night
With talons sharp and eyes of light
The only things that are guaranteed
Are the gifts of hate and the gifts of greed
All our dreams are sent to deceive
Some for you and some for me
In God we trust, but not too much
In this world with haunted summers
Joy, it seems, is only ever borrowed
For every moment is paid back in years
For every kiss, an age of tears
In God we trust, but not too much
Some are taken and some are sent
Some are broken and some are bent
Some give and some receive
All of them guilty, and none reprieved
Dresden burning in the night, Coventry is still alight
Above the pain the blood and fire
Comes the sigh: we're ruled by liars
She took me from the village square
Through fields the colour of her hair
Where arrows crossed point to the sky
And fathers, brothers and lovers lie
She stopped and turned to look at me
But in her eyes no hate I see
She said for me and all the others—
Gold is king, and the wind blows misery
Gold is king, and the wind blows usury
A falling leaf from a poisoned tree
A fetid river flows into an empty sea
The lute is cracked as is the spinner's wheel
A broken plough stands on a barren field
The sun is dying, dark comes the dawn
And in the womb, the child stillborn
Gold is king, and the wind blows misery
Down the centuries, I was at their side
With a song to glorify their genocide's
Always knowing but never appearing too wise
Always had a rhyme to hide their lies
Here I am - just for you
Here I am - here stands the fool
I plot with pretenders and princes,
And I will shed a tear on the loser's grave
And some advice for you, if I may
It's better a knave than a slave
Here I am - just for you
Here I am - here stands the fool
To conspire and devour
That's how these empires are lost and won
I bow my head humbly to mistress and sire
Eve in the spoiled wood
Eve by the gate
Eve in the spoiled wood
Eve by the lake
Eve in the spoiled wood
Eve n the light
Eve in the spoiled wood
With a fairy knive
Eve in the spoiled wood
Eve with an axe
Eve in the spoiled wood
With sealing wax
Eve in the spoiled wood
With a shining knight
Eve in the spoiled wood
Sets the wood alight
Eve in the spoiled wood
With an hourglass
Eve in the spoiled wood
One hand in the past
Eve in the spoiled wood
Eve with a snake
Eve in the spoiled wood
Burning at the stake
Eve in the spoiled wood
Eve with an axe
Eve in the spoiled wood
With sealing wax
Eve in the spoiled wood
With a shining knight
Eve in the spoiled wood
Embrace a razor of ideals
Caught on broken crosses, broken wheels
Clock hands that turn like scything blades
Cut down our hopes and our days
Time's sands are falling to the floor
We follow them down into the earth once more
Love like a garland sickly sweet
How soon it fades, how soon it cheats
On all our hearts the worms will feast
For where comes love comes deceit
Time's sands are falling to the floor
For his rune and for his gold
How easily the flock is steered
By hands so fine, cruel, and kind
Hands that point us down the years
Down the years
The power of gold, or even God above
Awash in blood in history's mud
With assassins' bullets and martyrs' spears
Slaying and praying down the years
Down the years
Sex and money, like birds of prey
Feed on the betrayer and the betrayed
Time's demon lovers go from poison cups
Their lying and plotting just got too much
And your paper heroes--they'll turn to dust
Like our knights in armor--they turn to rust
Go hang the scapegoat; let the masses cheer
Their idiot laughter an anthem down the years
Run laughing towards the serpent's jaws, where England
meets the sea
Breathe in the old dreams of the dead that travel on the
winds
A taste of salt, of love, of things left unsaid, undone
A face like sunlight that burns my eyes and my soul
That haunts and comforts, whispers of what could have
been
In broken days that lie beneath a broken tree
I call to no one or to the gods, who never reply
The years that have melted away, and a future like a
sickness waits to destroy
They're making the last film
They say that it's the best
And we all helped make it
It's called "The Death of the West"
The kids from Fame will all be there
Free Coca-Cola for you
And Eurodisney is here
Just for me and you
The death of the west
They're making the last film
They say that it's the best
And we all helped make it
It's called "The Death of the West"
A star has risen on northern skies
And on that star we'll be crucified
And the chains of gold around this world
They're ruled by those who lie
Lonely crawls the night
Like ink into the fountain
The day has lost its sight
The gods have fallen from the mountain
Shake your fist at the sky
Loose the arrow to its eye
Stars with serpent eyes
Watch us cold and sly
The river reflects their scorn
At our loves broken and stillborn
Chorus
A chateau in the snow
Whose windows throw a light
Against a crow black sky
[Spoken: The Broken Wings Of Falling Tin Embrace This
World And All Its Sins.]
The Future's Dead
And All My Dreams Still-born
And Bloody Gangs In Tattered Uniforms
And From The North Comes A Still-grey Host
To Purge My Mind Of All Its Screaming Ghosts
An Angel Sings
An Eagle Soars
And The Moonlight Falls
Falls Like A Sword
An Angel Sings
An Eagle Soars
And The Moonlight Falls
Falls Like A Sword
The Solar Church
The Whisper Of Purity
It Fell And Drowned
In A Poison Sea
And My Eyes Weep
Like Melting Ice
At A World Plagued
With Human Lice
An Angel Sings
An Eagle Soars
And The Sunlight Falls
Falls Like A Sword
An Angel Sings
An Eagle Soars
And The Sunlight Falls
Falls Like A Sword
Alas, Europa!
A Museum Of Fools
The Storm Gathers
Over Fuel
And Shall We Wait
Beneath A Raven Banner
They Say This World Leads
To Heaven, Hell Or Valhalla
An Angel Sings
An Eagle Soars
And The Rain It Falls
Falls Like A Sword
An Angel Sings
An Eagle Soars
And The Rain It Falls
Falls Like A Sword
The Lightning Strikes
The Heaven's Core
And Love It Thrusts
Thrusts Like A Sword
My Hate Is Pure
The Bloody Form
My Hate Is Sharp
Sharp Like A Sword
The world and all its angels,
Talking in my head
The world and all its angels,
Lay upon my bed
The world and all its angels,
Set table for a feast
The world and all its angels,
Come to toast the suckling beast
Come the morning
By the dawning light
Such crimes and stories
Behold the wondous sights
The world and all its madmen,
Tremple and makes signs,
The world and all its madmen,
In a kingdom for the blind
The world and all its madmen,
Scribble endless lists
The world and all its madmen
Phantoms in the mist
Come the morning
By the dawning light
Such crimes and stories
Behold the wondrous sights
The world and all its people,
Die for dollars and for dimes.
The world and all its people
Just seem a waste of time
The world and all its people,
They never learn a thing
The world and all its people,
Just lepers beneath the skin
Come the morning
By the dawning light
Such crimes and stories
Semaphore through the seasons
With these ageing hands
Drunk with death and lilies
Twilight in the land
Time is a friend to no one
And makes it very clear
The sun is far behind you
And November frost is here
As the shadows fall
As the day is done
Let the clock wind down
Let the bells be rung
Dead seeds for our harvest
Mould upon our bread
Jackals drown out the service
Three withches by our bed
The pendulums waving
Looking down at the rocks
Dance along the black brick road
Knock, knock on Pandora's box
As the shadows fall
As the day is done
Let the clock wind down
Here we go again: the same old lies again
The empty words again, the pigs can fly again
From Wall Street to your heart
Neon Hollywood lights the dark,
Hear the bleating of the sheep
At the jokes of a media creep
And there's nothing I can say
See a world of tanks, ruled by a world of banks
Turn up you TV set, forget the chains of debt
See it all go down the drain
Switch channels, do you think it'll change?
Lapping prole food in the sun
Hail the masses—ugly and dumb
I saw a maiden by the river side
Waiting for her lover to come a-riding by
She dressed her hair with a golden comb
Love, it seemed, had gained the throne
And then he killed her
Struck once, then twice
And then he killed her
With his knife
From stately mansion to the lowest slum
Love and death beat their drums
Lovers touch and lovers sigh
Lovers part and lovers cry
And then he killed her
Struck once, then twice
And then he killed her
With his knife
How easily love's vine does wilt
I wait here by the coast, in the company of ghosts
I sit and watch the world go by, sometimes I just sit and
Just another English murder, a poster on the station wall
Just another English murder, Britannia gone rotten to the
core
I carry my guilt like a watch, but one that just won't
stop
Doomed by the hands of God, whose giggling won't stop
Just another English murder, a poster on the station wall
Just another English murder, Britannia gone rotten to the
core
By the line she lies dead, beneath a mattress, her
deathbed
In England - this septic isle; in England—Maxwell smiles
Just another English murder, a poster on the station wall
Just another English murder, Britannia gone rotten to the
core
Just another English murder, your photo on my wall
Just another English murder, it doesn't look like you at
Come the dawn, come the call
Come, the beating air
Chill the night, soldier light
We'll be dancing there
And rise up, rise up
Day stretching weary wings
Come the day, come the dawn
Somewhere it lays
Know my heart, know my life
Forget everything
Come the day, thief of the night
Lifts its voice to sing
Now rise up, rise up
Ever victorious
Know the time, know the light
Comes the sun again
Now rise up, rise up
Ever victorious
Know the time, know the light