[Narrator:] To the sun she turns her head Unknown in her home steals fate And to the King there come the Prophets But he hears without fear what they state
[translation:] (Aina, your beauty seems so infinite and trust in it though you may don't turn your ears from the Holy Voice for darkness comes your way)
[The Prophets:] Demons of wrath creep up behind us Fingers of steel reach out to bind us Sorrow and despair can we foresee In the Oracles The Holy Voice calls down its warning Don't turn your back on what he's warning!
Darkness and death will swarm around us The dark won't relent until it's found us Horror and despair can we foresee In the Oracles The Holy Voice calls down its warning Don't turn your back on what he's warning!
[King Taetius:] Look around this land, you fools! No devilry resides here Away with thy malignant thoughts Rejoice in light tat shines here
Look into your hearts, you fools! What ill could here befall us? For centuries we've known no war No weapons shall recall us
3. Silver Maiden
[Storyteller: Sebastian Thomson] [Maiden Voice: Amanda Somerville] [Narrator: Michael Kiske]
[Storyteller:] The streets were never more grateful To be walked upon until she was born And when she's finished bathing How her absence water mourns The sky would blush in the setting sun underneath her lovely gaze and that her eyes should come to rest upon the moon, it stays
[translation:] (The Silver Maiden walks forever will her beauty shine The Silver Maiden)
[Narrator:] Oria Allyahan, her name the heavens sing And to her all the wonders it can bear The world will bring Fair Silver Maiden of Aindahaj, May you remain so pure For joy itself was never so bright as you, You may be sure
[Chorus:] In the Eve of Evermore she walks The Silver Maiden Her beauty and her innocence Perfume the air like sweet incense In the Eve of Evermore she walks The Silver Maiden
Oria Allyahan, her name rings out renown And every soul is certain She is destined for the crown The sons of King Taetius Have long held her in praise And one will surely win her hand To rule throughout the days
[Chorus]
4. Flight Of Torek
[Narrator: Tobias Sammet] [Talon: Glenn Hughes] [Torek: Thomas Rettke] [Backing Vocals: Robert Hunecke-Rizzo]
[Narrator:] The King has ruled a reign of long And good and fair he was to all But alas, the sun sets on his time Which renders him frail and small The throne now calls the next in line Where Torek stands, proud and strong His destiny writ in the books of old To rule as King in the House of Ainean
[Chorus:] But pride can come to rule the ones Whose hearts are faintly clouded For love can blind and torture you And in rage leave you shrouded Destruction of a soul Can be the aftermath of loss Then fear the flight of Torek For it will bring chaos!
The crown that lays upon his head Is surely bright and shining But won't compare to his shining love For whom his heart is pining A queen he needs to fill the place Beside his throne now empty And he's longed for his Lady Oria For a thousand years and twenty
[Chorus]
Of his love he'd said to none Whilst plans he'd had to make And on the eve that he would profess His plans he came to break For Talon came, his brother dear Shaking with delight And with growing rage did Torek hear His love was taken claim that night
[Talon:] My brother, I have such news to share My longing kept hidden in strife My heart is overjoicing For soon I shall have a wife To Oria Allyahan Did I profess my love And fall into my arms did she And say that she did love... ... me too
[Narrator:] Fire coursing through his veins To Oria he ran To beg her if it all was true To pray to understand
So hear did he her true heart said Her love belonged to his brother And curse did he their new found love
[Aina Choir:] For cursed she should be If she didn't love he!
[Narrator:] And should be content with no other!
[Aina Choir:] Yes, cursed she will be If she doesn't love he!
[Narrator:] Out he storms from Aina fair A self-imposed exile Far he'll go to escape the burn Of rejection's bitter bile Out he storms not looking back And vows to never return For now he hates the lovely land And would rather see it burned
[Torek:] For how I hate that lovely land And will someday see it burn!!
5. Naschtok Is Born
[Torek: Thomas Rettke] [Backing Vocals: Sascha Paeth]
[Torek:] Journey far and journey long Must I before I rest I leave the world behind My world, I leave behind No care have they, that evil folk For souls cast aside They beat my heart to dust My heart beaten to dust
Weeks I go over hill and plain Till I come to the pits of Hell A barren land of rot A land of barren rot A gruesome beast call this their home Who gladly I befriend They need someone to rule I'll be the one to rule
Then feast your eyes upon this jewel An empire arises! From nothingness I'll come to rule Over the world's horizons
The beast in you has longed for blood And blood you now shall taste Your Saviour has at last arrived In Nachtok we're embraced Our day is come!
The Krakhon folk I've come to love Near to my soul, they are We hate and burn as one We burn our hate as one In ugliness I've found my core A festering desire To loose the pending storm The doom within the storm
And feast your eyes upon this jewel An empire arises! From nothingness I'll come to rule Over the world's horizons Your wicked souls Have longed for flesh And flesh you now shall taste Your hunger will not be denied In Nachtok you're embraced Our day is come!
The hand of fate reaching From the bowels of the Earth They'll not foresee as it takes hold And grinds them into dirt Retribution I'll deal out No less than they deserve And claim their shining deity And on their knees they'll serve ON THEIR KNEES!
[The Krakhon Army:] Then feast your eyes upon this jewel An empire arises! From nothingness I'll come to rule Over the world's horizons
[Torek & The Krakhon Army:] The beast in us has longed for blood And blood we now shall taste Our Saviour has at last arrived Our hunger will not be denied A wave of war we all shall ride And Naschtok we'll embrace Our day is come!
6. The Beast Within
[Torek & Sorvahr: Thomas Rettke]
[Torek & Sorvahr:] Pulse and rage within my veins Oh, Mother Night, fulfil me Thick and black my will remains Oh, Mother Night, come thrill me The foulest deeds no man can think Oh, Mother Night, you teach me The darkness calls and breeds the stink Oh, Mother Night, you reach me
[Chorus:] Then heed the calling of the dark And feed the Beast within Your willingness will leave its mark And then the Beast will win Horrid beings worship me Oh, Mother Night, I love them They give me power that I need Oh, Mother Night above them My strength is growing here within Oh, Mother Night, you read me And Sorvahr brims beneath my skin Oh, Mother Night, they need me
[Chorus]
[Krakhon Choir:] Naschtok brutah'k goh sha turh Trahol Sorvahr kop da furh! [2x]
[translation:] (All bow down to Naschtok hail to Sorvahr, to imminent destruction!)
[Torek & Sorvahr:] I feel the change It's taking place No one shall dare To challenge me!
Pulse and rage within my veins Oh, Mother Night, fulfil me Thick and black my will remains Oh, Mother Night, come thrill me
[Chorus]
7. The Siege Of Aina
[Baktuk: Olaf Hayer] [Sorvahr: Thomas Rettke] [Talon: Glenn Hughes] [Oria: Candice Night]
[translation:] (Darkness is coming your way see it coming, Aina beware!)
[Krakhon Choir:] Naschtok brutah'k goh sha turh Trahol Sorvahr kop da furh!
[Baktuk:] My Lord, everything is now in place Our years of planning are bearing fruit Long have we waited for this day Now let us set out with our troops
Oh, yes, I long to pave their streets in blood And ebb and flow with waves of gore Long have we waited for this day Now let them taste of pain of our lore!
[Sorvahr:] Of course, your blades are thirsting for pain But don't your loins hunger for pure flesh? Rip through the maidens, slay the men Let them know the meaning of wrath!
But this, listen to me when I say Disturb me not when the battle dawns Long have I waited now for this day My eye lies upon other gains
Leave the Castle walls untouched I forbid you to enter that scene A score I must settle awaits me long What lies beyond belongs to me!
Your doom is nigh Though you see it not Our forces ride And your hope will rot
[Chorus (With Aina Choir*):] Lying under all *you believe Is a darkness to you all *but unseen Skies will be torn and rain On the siege of Aina Terror comes!
[Krakhon Choir:] Naschtok brutah'k goh sha turh Trahol Sorvahr kop da furh!
[Sorvahr:] Scream and run Run and fall Fall and burn Burn and die Die and rot Rot in Hell! [2x] Damn you all!
Ah, such familiar halls are these Here did I waste so man lifetimes Long have I waited for this day This day is such a fine time
[Talon:] Pray tell, What do you want with all this war? We live in peace and know you not! Please take our surrender and no more lives We relent and give you all we've got
[Sorvahr:] What's this, so easily you're giving up? Dear brother, I expect more from you For know me well you surely do But I've long shed my binding to you
Come now, I'm only taking what is mine The score I must settle here for us all Your land I leave to the will of my men I care not if your house now falls!
Your doom is here And now you can see Your every fear Belongs to me!
[Chorus]
[Oria:] Please, take me if you must But leave him , please spare him! I'll do anything you want Just take me, please spare him!
[Oria:] Talon!
[Talon:] Oria!
[Talon & Oria:] You'll always have my heart!
8. Talon's Last Hope
[Talon: Glenn Hughes] [Tyran: Andre Matos]
[Talon(with Aina Choir*):] My heart has left my chest My life, my love is gone I've failed my land, my Lady Now everything is wrong
I should have stood my ground I should have made them fall I feel I've failed *Aina I couldn't stop them all
[Tyran:] But Sire, don't lose hope Look to the rising sun You still have Oriana And she has everyone
The seed of your true love Lies in this shining gem Her powers are the greatest We've seen in all the land
There can be no more doubt That evil will be back And without some defences Our empire will crack
[Talon(with Aina Choir*):] But how can I go on And how will we survive? I'm only left to hope that Our love will stay alive
We don't know where they are We don't know what he's done She's out there *all alone *And he's already won
[Tyran:] But Sire, keep your faith Look to the rising sun You still have Oriana And she has everyone
The seed of your true love Lies in this shining gem Her powers are the greatest We've seen in all the land
There can be no more doubt That evil will be back And without some defences Our empire will crack
[Talon:] Then take her far from here That is the only way Our star will be protected Until that fated day
Then fight she must beside us And pray must we to win For with our Oriana There can be peace again
9. Rape Of Oria
[Oria: Candice Night]
[Oria:] Rest your mind, Silver Maiden Don't fear The things that happen to you now can't be helped Be strong and think of your love, your strength Beauty and purity hold the spirit where it can never be tarnished
Sleep, sleep Dream, dream Don't fear, don't fear Remember love Remember love...
10. Son Of Sorvahr
[Sorvahr: Thomas Rettke]
[Krakhon Choir:] Syrius! [3x]
[Sorvahr:] All behold- my masterpiece shines He'll take control and blur all the lines
All bow down - he plan is complete He'll wear the crown and taste of the sweet Our wondrous dawning is nigh Now sing out his song to the sky!
[Chorus:] Praise unto the Child of Darkness Soon the Hand will strike out again Praise unto the Son of Sorvahr Destiny's spoken We'll ride out to rule again
[Krakhon Choir:] Syrius! [3x]
[Sorvahr:] Hear me now, his name rings out proud And Syrius will shake all the ground
Reign supreme, will our little Master Lead the team to crush all the bastards Our wondrous dawning is nigh Now sing out his song to the sky!
[Chorus]
All behold- my masterpiece shines!
[Chorus]
11. Serendipity
[Narrator: Michael Kiske] [Backing vox: Robert Hunecke- Rizzo] [Ainae Angel: Nicholas Westerman]
[Narrator:] Years went by and Angels sighed Young girls laughed and old men died Lovers loved and people tried To live amongst the shadows
Sunlight chased away the waste But couldn't take away the taste Of all that, taken in the haste Of hatred's bite and swallows
[Chorus:] But love will bloom even in gloom And serendipity visits soon Two fated souls bound for doom Whose time is all but borrowed:
Then the Sun came to the one Who'd make him come all but undone If not for her, He might have won But lost in all that mattered
She cast his soul in liquid gold But those who know would have it told She, too, was touched by his soul And hand in hand they wandered
[Chorus]
[Angelic Ainae Choir:] Shaena lithou tou risewr Parotin lalae amer Syrius oudeti ere Kin Oriana vaetou
[translation:] (All that's forbidden becomes a love song Syrius about to fall And Oriana waits)
[Narrator:] The made love and all was said Forever they would share a bed But little did they know that dread Was creeping up behind them
Days grow long and silence spawns The eagerness to right all wrongs And even though the darkness dawns Brighter days will follow
[translation:] (Everything is so perfect perfect, yet so completely strange at the same time I've never met you, the name Syrius says nothing to me And yet I feel I've known you forever Does this have a greater meaning? Yes, it seems you and I have a long And beautiful song ahead of us But no, I have no fear because I feel the love in you)
[Talon:] The mountains are calling The heavens, they beckon her home Our sadness is falling We'll take back our fate on our own
So hear what I tell you It's time we strengthen our land It's true, He can smell you But let them come, this time we'll stand Up and fight!
[Chorus:] We'll take back our land Take all the fret they've made Take back he Hand Make them regret that they Ever turned their sights on Aina!
It's time Oriana Was restored her rightful place It's now going on a Long time we've been running the race
We've been lost without her No more confusion will reign Te future's about her Out liberty we will reclaim Once again!
[Chorus]
No more disparity Out with insanity Peace for eternity We'll drive out the Demons And make sure they never return!
So hear what I tell you It's time we strengthen our land It's true, He can smell you But let them come, this time we'll stand Up and fight!
[Chorus]
14. Oriana's Wrath
[Oriana: Sass Jordan] [Syrius: Marko Hietala] [Sorvahr: Thomas Rettke]
[Chorus] [Oriana & Aina Choir:] Today we ride! Today all wrath abides! We ride to win! We won't give in We'll define the meaning of victory!
[Syrius & Krakhon Choir:] Today we ride! Today all wrath abides! We ride to win! We won't give in We'll define the meaning of victory!
[Syrius:] Halt! My fighters, But who is that there? At the defensive line rides A maiden so fair But, no, it can't be! Oh, yes, it is she! Do not charge ahead There rides my love Nali!
[Oriana:] Halt! My people, But what is this now? At the offensive line rides A face that I know But, no, it can't be! Oh, yes, it is he! He holds up his hand He calls my name: "Nali!"
Oh, yes, it is Syrius The Son of the wicked Sorvahr But soon you will see Soon you'll agree He's not as you would think Him to be
[Chorus]
Sorvahr: My son, how dare you disobey me! I sent you to destroy Not to make peace! I cast you down from the throne Renounce your name as my own You're truly a son of a bitch I've no use for you Now die!
[Chorus]
[Oriana:] Oh, no Please, no...
This has gone too far I have had enough! You have made us bleed All our world a ruin I will not stand anymore! Now see how it feels
I cast you down from your throne Renounce your name ever known You nasty, sick son of a bitch I've no use for you No pity for you Your reigning is through Now DIE!!!
[Chorus]
15. Restoration
[Narrator: Michael Kiske]
[Narrator:] Blessed land, the shining star Once again in light you are Broken lives are mended Though minds never forget their scars
