Curse you all men Who's coil is strong I recognise the sparrows heart Beneath the theatre of misery Disbelivers shalt by dawn Be forced To forever mourn
Curse you all men That resent my empire Cause I have risen again At war this time The truth I speak Is your decease My word is your defeat
And thou shalt not Be able to hide anymore The prophecy will Conquer at last Your sense of reality With mission to kill The theatre of misery
He has risen again Armed with the source of sin And as humans shalt fade He shalt inherit their strength Men of the damned; Your will reluctantly Secure His eternal victory
Yes, you are indeed the few; I am the one.
2. Decrystallizing Reason
[Music: Ihsahn, Samoth] [Lyrics: Ihsahn]
Reason This demigod Unto which you cluster Sacrilege You sacrifive the purity Of the air beneath your wings A slow and painful ritual To burn the youth you lost
Demigod Blasphemers walk among your flock
Despite your blindfold Proudly you carry the stone on your back Disillusioned You plant your feet safely to the ground
Demigod Blasphemers walk among your flock
As the stone You have become
Not once did you cry For the lost ones of your world Your care is limited To this demigod Onto which you cluster
Reason Decrystallize me Demigod I do blaspheme
The fallen you condemn Your heart even free of hate Yet, scared todeath by their disbelief To ordinary common sense
And with autumn closing in Forcing life away No mercy wil impale your sin Dead are your tears
3. An Elegy Of Icaros
[Music: Ihsahn] [Lyrics: Ihsahn]
Icaros, I dare you For I possess the wings of faith Though, heavy on my shoulders (No measurement can prove their weight) Still, a burden are they not to me I am the challenger of gravity
The fear is not the fate I seek My destiny will build upon The mighty turbulence beyond If I fall I will rise again
Some of envy Some of fear Asmonish by the graves of those who fell Praise the fool that pure of heart Leaps off your finger Into grace
Icaros, your voice once melted Into the choir of the fallen ones I have heard, I have seen The purity of their song
Icaros Your fate embrace A manifold of angels I summon thee From shattered graves And call upon the wind Recieve my bow of reverence Then spread your wings And fly into oblivion
4. The Source Of Icon E
[Music: Ihsahn, Samoth] [Lyrics: Ihsahn]
The land was created In the name of the chosen And the waves thrown For men to see The one who made men To be Prevailed from the source Of Icon E
The waves of fury Prevailed from the source Of Icon E Were mine to be Ordered to destroy and bury No remorse!
The destiny of the wave Was not to be found Nor was I travelling The deadly sea alone The sun never rose And my rose Was not to be
For what purpose I gave my return Is stil standing alone And as the raven dropped A feather on me I was again to be The chosen one...
5. Sworn
[Music: Ihsahn, Samoth] [Lyrics: Ihsahn]
Four eyes as two in one The forward circular view That never ends An orbital voyage Throughout the endless sphere of all Where time is lost and everything transcends
A graceful presence At stolen time
As ghosts to the world Ghosts to the world
For ice, outside, are we apart As cold and eerie mist to the hand Ever floating on its course Towards the heights of shadowland
Thus appear the truly sworn
To be seen To be feared Yet, not to be reached
Four eyes as two in one Thus appear the truly sworn As ghosts to the world Thus appear the truly sworn For ice outside, are we apart Thus appear the truly sworn Cold and eerie mist. Burning Thus appear the truly sworn
A graceful presence At stolen time
Thus appear the truly sworn
6. Nonus Aequilibrium
[Music: Ihsahn] [Lyrics: Ihsahn]
Hark For I speak of purity
I am unconquerable In my worship I am invincible On my crusade However hard the strikes may be However deep the wounds This blood immortal Bleeds for thee
In every breath I hear The silent whisper of your name In every harmony In every thought You make my water into wine Remember I am ever thine
Blessed was I with the consecration To indomitable dedication
Two bound as one In a trinity Where I comprise Infinite forms of unity
In unity reborn To a state Where all past burdens No longer shall be worn
I pledge to perfection No compromise can touch my woe Nor questions reach my faith In immortality
In the name of Nonus Aequilibrium I am thine IX times IX...
7. The Warriors Of Modern Death
[Music: Ihsahn] [Lurics: Ihsahn]
All raised To be men Given image and path Supreme Idolised warriors Bright steel Burning rage Never too late to try Stand tall Never plead Live and let die
I see the spirit Of those ancestors And reconsider the faith A primitive sword Can not win my war Cold fury Flaring eyes Calculated verbal gun My pride Justified Spiritual steel shines bright Beyond the sun
The pride of the warrior Is far from dead The colours of death Are still black and red Though modernised Blood wil be shed
8. Of Blindness & Subsequent Seers
[Music: Ihsahn, Samoth] [Lyrics: Ihsahn]
Ever behind me Rise a shadow Taller than I Yet, with a certain resemblance
How many times Do I have to contemplate my own reflection And say; I have been blind?
I have been blind Yet, I saw the search and dreams Of my rejection Walking behind me
Every time I am bound to have been granted The gift of better sight
But my anxiety Built one more brick Fearing again To choose the wrong step
Vaguely I remember The blurred eyes Of someone small These strangers often come as blind A troubled mind I left behind
