1. Vitriol

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2. Days Of The Blackbird

January covered the river
with an icy dress made of silver
Wedding times have gone
they have to return home to the other side

(River why?)

Standing by Po river
in the coldest winter days
you will hear the blackbird
look out because you won't be alone

Standing by Po river
when the sun is falling down
in the days of the blackbird
feel the wind frozen echoes around

How could they imagine the river
shattered their dreams into slivers?
February was coming
water flowing
three days a blackbird cried

Standing by Po river
in the coldest winter days
you will hear the blackbird
look out because you won't be alone

Standing by Po river
when the sun is falling down
in the days of the blackbird
feel the wind frozen echoes around

3. Misleading Paradise

Welcome to the land of sins and lies
warm rivers full of lustful mermaids
sun shining in perpetual April
In the golden palace on the mountain
lives Armida in her misleading paradise

Come to me into my realm
I'm the queen of Fortunate Islands
Stay with me in my dream
I'm the key to your garden of delight

Don't leave me here all alone
I will reject what I am
Purify myself from the spell I live into
Please carry me away...with you

How can you resist to her charming eyes?
Blinded by the beauty of her fool's heaven
in a lewd oblivion you will loose your mind

"Oh gather then the rose while time thou hast
Short is the day, done when it scant began,
Gather the rose of love, while yet thou mayest,
Loving, be loved; embracing, be embraced."

Come to me into my realm
I'm the queen of Fortunate Islands
Stay with me in my dream
I'm the key to your garden of delight

Don't leave me here all alone
I will reject what I am
Purify myself from the spell I live into
Please carry me away...with you

Don't leave me here all alone
My life now is yours

Come to me into my realm
I'm the queen of Fortunate Islands

4. Forever Gone

All my dreams are forever gone
memories fill my head again
every moment I smiled
Night, breath of the sea
far lost melodies
Will I see your eyes again
in mine?

Far lost melodies

Can't you hear me screaming
(screaming)
your name in vain?
My voice tries to reach you
wherever you are
The eternal night is covering my past
rain won't caress me anymore

I can't stand
to know you're so far away
Days are passing by
I feel powerless
Fate betrayed our promises
that dies

I feel powerless

Can't you hear me screaming
(screaming)
your name in vain?
My voice tries to reach you
wherever you are
The eternal night is covering my past
rain won't caress me anymore

5. The Prayer

Goodbye my dearest lake
I will be forever yours
mirror of my misfortunes
father of my painful days
All the tears I gave to you
will be drops of memories
Goodbye my lake
I leave to reach him

6. Girl By The Lake

Beautiful girl she was
promised to marry
a noble rich man
she didn't love

Every day she went to
the shore by the lake just
to cry the injustice
of a life without a way out

One day she hanged out
a little bit more and
she fell into the cold water
but someone came

The young fisherman
saved the girl in a while
always he came there
to glance her reflection

Then into my eyes
like a dream you appeared
and all the breaths I'll take
they will be for you my love

This terrible destiny
will be revenged
by a stormy violent wind
It will keep alive
the tragic sacrifice
and will be told the story
about the girl by the lake
and his murdered love

Father discovered
the secret lovers
and closed his daughter
into the tower alone

The cruel man then
threw the fisherman
into a deep cave hidden into
a dark wood

Before the wedding
Father moved to pity
allowed the lady
to cry the last time
by the lake

She heard him screaming
her beloved was killed
she said a prayer
while the water covered her face

This terrible destiny
will be revenged
by a stormy violent wind
It will keep alive
the tragic sacrifice
and will be told the story
about the girl by the lake
and his murdered love

Goodbye my dear island
mother of my childish days
Goodbye my lake
I leave to hold him

7. Minstrel Of Dolomites

Tonight I'll sing you the story of my life
I've loved music since I was a child
A spell turned my fingers into iron
all instruments broke into my hands

One day I met a beautiful wood nymph
she played sweet melodies with her lyre
She said I couldn't know and call her name or
she would disappeared into a lake of tears

Spirits of the mountains and the trees
of the lakes and rivers and the seas
Mother Earth she spread them
into the whole nature
Sun and moon take care of
her creatures

A night I saw a fire in the dark wood
sitting around little gnomes Cristiannes
I heard them telling rumours and tales
they said her name, my nymph Antermoia

Looking into her deep water blue eyes
nothing was as sweet as calling her name
The fate was done, do you know what happened?
She turned into a crystal lake

Spirits of the mountains and the trees
of the lakes and rivers and the seas
Mother Earth she spread them
into the whole nature
Sun and moon take care of
her creatures

Gnomes' choir:
Our dear Antermoia
now that he said your name
Oswald gained the music
but he lost you, his love

From the valleys to the mounts
Oswald tells legends and tales
everybody calls him
Minstrel of Dolomites

8. Alchimia

Into his secret lab
boil mysterious potions
and shine with emerald light
miraculous concoctions

Future is not so dark
prophecies are spoken
your crystal bottle reveals
the revolution's coming

You know the way to turn
metal into gold
and from court to court
you cast spells and wonders

You've got the power in your hands
troubles and frauds you don't regret
Some call you doctor some call you quack
your end was into a prison cell.

Into his secret room
the heresy flows into the air

The precious necklace
disappears at once and

One more time you try to confuse
alchemy and the truth
but now it is time
to confess who you really are

You've got the power in your hands
troubles and frauds you don't regret
Some call you wizard some call you sham
your end was into a prison cell.

IN HERBIS IN VERBIS IN LAPIDIBUS

9. Wise King

She came here
just to relish
the wonders they said about him
Sheba left
with gold and gifts
spices and wood
She crossed the seas
to prove majesty
about brilliant mind
of the wise king

You've got the pages of universe
in your hands
Words through your lips resound

God wrote the wisdom of times
into your heart

You hide the secrets of life
beyond your eyes
pearls at the bottom of oceans
where ages lies
Your temple mystery chest
house of prophecies
Kingdom of splendour and wealth
realm of light and bliss

Now I'm so far from my land
but I believe in your name
I bless you King Solomon
your wisdom shines more than
my precious stones

The queen asked him
riddles to reveal
if the king was so great
Everything he knew
stories told were true
about brilliant mind
of the wise king

God wrote the wisdom of times
into your heart

You've got the pages of universe
in your hands
Words through your lips
resound over the lands
Your temple mystery chest
house of prophecies
Kingdom of splendour and wealth
realm of light and bliss

Now I'm so far from my land
but I believe in your name
I bless you King Solomon
your wisdom shines high