We are the outstretched fingers That seize and hold the wind...
The strangeness of awakening In an oh so silent world Breathlessly waiting For the first proud beams of light As the hours grow longer And the shadows never fall My sky has forsaken me My desperation grows
Bring me the light In the darkness that never ends The dawn will never come Punish my heaven
We have arrived At the outermost crossroads The charge of cosmos At our atmospheric skies Will cause our fall
If I had wings, would I be forgiving? If I had horns Would there be flames to shy my smile?
Hymns of loss are heard From the masses in the streets Praising the last of days I punish
Bring me the night In the fires that never end The dawn will never come Punish my heaven
The charge of cosmos Charging at us from unearthly distance I challenge the universe It's the choice between heaven and hell
My soul bears all the weight of mountains As mankind weaves its silent end Can there be no forgiveness? I curse the heaven above me As the light sinks through My outstretched fingers Fading in my open arms
Make each tear in my bare hands A lifetime in hell
On this last day of light When our autumn leaves fell And as heaven itself commands me Out of its lair I fear not My face lined for darkness I'll go!
2. Silence, And The Firmament Withdrew
Make all the cold trees mourn Their branches frozen in sightless motion Waving, reaching for the whipping rain
There was silence And the firmament withdrew Revealing all, shapelessly and swiftly In carmine and crimson stood flaming the sky The relics of myths that exploded and died
Dismantle the sun and stars in their rise And rend from the skyline The black in our eyes
The skyline so empty All but one, nonexistent
Words were not, nor gesture, thought or life The skydancers laid slain and old The firmament in perpetual withdrawal
Lux Aeterna - Sing unto the world
3. Edenspring
Time conceals itself in error When all is turned to lie Oh blissful rapture flee from me The liquid light shares its grandeur The spring of Eden shall never run dry Creation holds its breath
Tomorrow is no friend of mind Drench logic - Drench judgement Awake - Every sense is new
For we know no tomorrow And yesterday appears in fragmented form
What now must burn Shall with newfound strength emerge Drift my eyes Bacchi gates bid me welcome
Drench logic
Drench judgement
So drink from the fountain everlasting... drown
With these eyes the land can no longer deceive us
He cried into nothing with the voice of his soul New logic brought upon the remains of his land The land deceives Bacchi gates bid me welcome
Drench logic - Drench judgement Awake - Every sense is new
For we know no tomorrow And yesterday appears in fragmented form
4. The Dividing Line
Strangelove Dance the dividing line
We shall burn the earth We shall burn our lives
For the tallest tree shall battle most The wind it leaves the week behind The storm that you've denied me Shall force your world to fall Your castles made to tremble With foundations based upon a lie
The storm that you've denied me Sweep the undivided truth His mind shall not of thoughts be tempted Nor words can heal his bleeding scars
We must burn our minds
Colours collide with the world of his beliefs Bring back the storm of distant years Tumbling, trembling as there is no waking up There is no dividing line as logic now fails
Stream upwards, rage against them all Speak of words hidden in your song Mere mortals strive for length in numbers There is no dividing line
As the writer defies the empty page The empty mind its feed shall seek
Pass on to the frail and mindless Now what sanity discards
The storm shall sweep the weak of heart And tear your castles down Crush the very foundations On which your faith is based Torn across the dividing line
5. The Gallery
Come and dance through my vanity's halls Welcome to my exhibition
Ornaments fall The fate of my art, condemned And the creative seed That grows to the tune of the harvest song Embody my lifelong passion Intertwine with the structures of my art Those empty frames staring at me
One lonely portrait covers the lovestarved canvas In honour of the birthless rebellion within me
Every picture holds a tale Every shade tells of a thousand words
The artistry of living chaos Is pictured in the poets tears Because everything burns The final concept Is all but a thought away
Be gone, you foul enchantress of decay! My thoughts and words will come to right In my chamber where chaos conveys Kneel down to my desire
Deep in the vaults of my carnal agony Emptiness! Orchestration through colours
The gallery
To never return to my guidance Burning my art
6. The One Brooding Warning
Devoid of life Far from the strengthening force From which it feeds The unbroken silence swear allegiance to thee Behold the answers that darkness sets free
Freedom beyond the enslavement
Never let loose upon the world Con we forgive the enchanter that Dance beyond the skyline dark The stains of fire, the one begotten ancestor To one of far greater strength Starvation divine
For he shall stand no taller than the flames That is his feed Let us not go gently Into the endless winternight We are but strangers Acting on our fragmentary perception
Perception is the lie of the misled Things are not what they appear So swear by your deception
There shan't be fire, nor shall the flame Quench the desire to reign With fear of its dawning Appears now in sight The one brooding warning Stand clearer than night
Devoid of life Far from the strengthening force From which it feeds The unbroken silence swear allegiance to thee Behold the answers that darkness sets free
Freedom beyond the enslavement Never let loose upon the world Con we forgive the enchanter that Dance beyond the skyline dark
There shan't be fire, nor shall the flame Quench the desire to reign With fear of its dawning Appears now in sight The one brooding warning Stand clearer than night
7. Midway Through Infinity
Wings of fire burn the night Slumbering eyes their flares shall greet Let the past cling on its futile self And may the present rush for the future's glare
Grave to cradle Cradle to grave So infinity clash Grave to cradle
Cradle to grave In twofold matter
Two forces gone full circle Never shall one of the other grow fond Join me, the time is upon us He spoke and in fury we flew
Far beyond the limits of time Disown the borders of life itself Crafted and moulded all in one form Split up and scattered in the world that we own
Grow towards me Beknight the strength of the symbiosis Backwards striving Counterparts with different eyes have observed Of time unconditional
Grave to cradle Cradle to grave So infinity clash Grave to cradle Cradle to grave In twofold matter
Tell of days to come Tomorrow remembered Your yesterday, my future
Recollection of the day Delusions cast where dead trees sway
The sabre that separates Is the candle that burns both ends
Born from death you now confront me Back to death with my life I take you Die more with each movement of mine
8. Lethe
Give me the drink of the fluid That disintegrates And lend me the sweet balm and blessing Of forgetfulness, empty and strong Lethe [x2]
Hold me near, unravel the stars As I speed through the heavens Speed through the night For you are my blade and my rope Your are my [x2] Lethe
In currents of cobalt You storm through my heart To sever, to puncture The memories that burn Let sweep through the arteries In sharp stabs of pain Your talonlike fingers to kill me again
Steal me, invade me and charge me again For I burn and I shudder Burn with each movement of
So, cleansed through a floodlight I appear; renewed and reforged Caressed by the sweet balm and blessing Of forgetfulness, empty and strong Lethe
Hold me near, my one friend and guide As I drown through your fingers Drown through your love For you are the life I hate You are my [x2] Lethe
Drag me down, in passionate sighs With the ocean above me And flames in my eyes And grant me a life I can live Without... Take me away...[x2]
...From the life that I hate.
9. The Emptiness From Which I Fed
Silence in shivering solitude Obligations pressure for all to bear All the pitiful answers, the innocent lies Can mere words fill The emptiness from which I fed?
Be gone, oh yielding evidence of greed Safe now in the other shore Behind: The emptiness from which I fled
Can silence be shared? If so, can the perception of silence Fit into the frame which is represent The unity for which we stand? The confines representing a timeless sacrifice No eye can of silence tell lie
Silence, yet the absence of sound Does not feed me The essence of beauty alone Fall silent to lingering charm
Brought forth be the sun Shed light on the emptiness
What can be extracted from nothing What can be found within the emptiness Be gone, oh yielding evidence of greed Safe now on the other shore Behind: The emptiness from which I fed
Brought forth be the errors of our ways As is denial so is contempt Introspective to all but one Tear apart the flames No eye can of silence tell lie
How can I even begin The battle where no one wins From answers I now flee
Screaming out too no avail Have I become what for so long I've dread The missing pieces Must now be replaced
What eyesight fails to grasp Is the emptiness from which I fled
10. Mine Is The Grandeur...
[Instrumental]
11. ...Of Melancholy Burning
Jackal, aches for pain beyond me Bestiality beckons - The anger set free For there is no pain greater than thine For there is no gain but the fury inside
Desolated since derived Torn screaming from the gaping wound
Always be cherished The grandeur of melancholy Outward reprisal Swear by your throne
Fallen words shall grieve thee The grandeur of melancholy
Frailty, thy name is weakness Vengeance, thy name is pain Storm through the still glowing night Ember eyes beyond reason shall see
Flee from the safety of the sheltering sky See all but logic, so vengeance shall be mine The grandeur of melancholy burning... oh burning
Charge into uncertainty's promised land
Always and never Your are the nail
Cursed, cursed Oh essence of the night guide me Cursed, cursed Oh sweet revenge heal me Frailty, thy name is weakness Vengeance, thy name is pain The nail
Jackal, aches for pain beyond me The storm that now grabs me Is the storm of my soul For there is no pain greater than mine For there is no gain but the fury inside
Once so bereaved And ever so suppressed Charge and split up the anger Wake up the jackal Let out his wrath
Always and never He spoke of his pain Always and never You are the nail
Always be cherished The grandeur of melancholy Always and never You are the nail
12. Bringer Of Torture
["The Gallery" 2005 reissue track]
[Kreator cover]
Young girl so sweet and once so innocent Your life is so brutal, true emotions suppressed You scream but he won't hear a word till he's had his way Victim of the cruelest kind of love
Against his urges there is no defence The one who gave you life stole your innocence You want to be at any cost But you're chained by the shame And everything seems to be lost
Bringer of torture
You're not afraid of dying Nothing could be worse than this life You're terrified of the pain The pain that returns with the night
Bringer of torture
Insanity and terror, hand in hand Till childhood dreams come to an end This situation, so vile and insane will never be over He's coming back again, again and again
13. Sacred Reich
["The Gallery" 2005 reissue track]
[Sacred Reich cover]
Striking fear in the hearts of men The war machine will leave you dead Rockets launching, lightning up the sky The end is near, it's your time to die Lightning war hitting fast and hard No time to act the world caught off guard The Fuhrer's troops invade the land To spread his teachings the master plan
Blitzkrieg, lightning war Hitler to kill them all Pure bred Arayan man Sacred Reich's master plan
His Nazi army to control the world Exterminate those who stand in his way Evil butchers know just what to do Killing millions of Russians and Jews Can this madman be stopped Is there hope for world peace We must kill Hitler To stop this Nazi disease
Blitzkrieg, lightning war Hitler to kill them all Pure bred Arayan man Sacred Reich's master plan
Goering's Luftwaffe turned to ash Stormtroopers fall in defeat The end of the Final Solution The Third Reich falls to it's knees His dream undone Hitler is dead The beloved Fuhrer Put a bullet in his head
Blitzkrieg, lightning war Hitler to kill them all Pure bred Arayan man Sacred Reich's master plan
14. 22 Acacia Avenue
["The Gallery" 2005 reissue track]
[Iron Maiden cover]
If you're feeling down depressed and lonely I know a place where we can go 22 Acacia Avenue meet a lady that I know So if you're looking for a good time And you're prepared to pay the price Fifteen quid is all she asks for Everybody's got their vice
If you're waiting for a long time for the rest to do their piece You can tell her that you know me and you might even get it free So any time you're down the East End don't you hesitate to go You can take my honest word for it she'll teach you more than you can know
Charlotte can't you get out from all of this madness Can't you see it only brings you sadness When you entertain your men don't you know the risk of getting disease
Some day when you're reaching the age of forty I bet you'll regret the days when you were laying Nobody then will want to know You won't have any beautiful wares to show any more
22 the avenue that's the place where we all go You will find it's warm inside the red light's burning bright tonight
Charlotte isn't it time you stopped this mad life Don't you ever think about the bad times Why do you have to live this way Do you enjoy your lay or is it the pay
Sometimes when you're strolling down the avenue The way you walk it makes men think of having you When you're walking down the street Everybody stops and turns to stare at you
22 the avenue that's the place where we all go You will find it's warm inside the red light's burning bright tonight
Beat her mistreat her do anything that you please Bite her excite her make her get down on her knees Abuse her misuse her she can take all that you've got Caress her molest her she always does what you want
You're running away don't you know what you're doing Can't you see it'll lead you to ruin Charlotte you've taken your life and you've thrown it away You believe that because what you're earning Your life's good don't you know that you're hurting All the people that love you don't cast them aside All the men that are constantly drooling It's no life for you stop all that screwing You're packing your bags and you're coming with me
15. Lady In Black
["The Gallery" 2005 reissue track]
[Mercyful Fate cover]
On a magical misty morning I was standing in the Autumn rain Suddenly the birds fell silent Would I ever hear them sing again... Hear them sing again...
Without a word of warning I saw a shadow in the Autumn rain Just like in my nightly dreams The Lady In Black had come again... The Lady had come again...
Begging me to follow her into the misty rain Begging me to follow her into the no more pain
Her eyes were hypnotizing Burning deep inside my brain The Lady In Black was here now She was here to take me far away... Take me far away...
"Follow me to the other side"
Through the tunnel of light we travel, fading away Through the tunnel of light we travel We're fading away
Through the light that's shining bright We're fading away Through the light that's shining bright We're fading away
16. My Friend Of Misery
["The Gallery" 2005 reissue track]
[Metallica cover]
You just stood there screaming Fearing no one was listening to you They say the empty can rattles the most The sound of your own voice must soothe you Hearing only what you want to hear And knowing only what you've heard You, you're smothered in tragedy And you're out to save the world
Misery You insist that the weight of the world Should be on your shoulders Misery There's much more to life than what you see My friend of misery
You still stood there screaming No one caring about these words you tell My friend, before your voice is gone One man's fun is another's hell These times are sent to try men's souls But something's wrong with all you see You, you'll take it on all yourself Remember, misery loves company
Misery You insist that the weight of the world Should be on your shoulders Misery There's much more to life than what you see My friend of misery
You just stood there screaming My friend of misery
