1. Down The Nails

Father was lifted up and high
To observe this sick inverted world
Wondering why he'd have to die
Before his master had returned

Suddenly he knew the reason why
A meaning for his pain and misery
Three times he had to tell a lie,
Live to die this day and fight the nails

2. Pillars Under Water

Two hours since I left behind the green New England shore
Narrow-minded people of my kin were all left behind
Mighty thunder took over my ship, she could take no more
Distant shadow in the pouring rain, then lightning made me blind

Sudden glance at the Monolith locked my soul in Hell
Godly finger pointing to the sky, crowned by dark seaweed
Constructed by some hidden race before Babylon fell
Rising higher in the changing tides, an ancient evil seed

Pillars under water in blue light
Sailing forward through the silent sea
Mutilated feet dance in the night
Children of Dagon are breaking free

All this fear is far too much for me, madness eats my mind
Find my peace in underwater death, drown myself to sea
Even if I swim as fast as I can I'm not hard to find
I can feel them coming for me, in vain I try to flee

Taken back by this twisted hand I fall into nightmare
Serpent tongue, bloody boiling sea, red horror has begun
She rides with the ocean beast, blue fire in her hair
Secret veils around the open gate hide the rising sun

Pillars under water in blue light
Sailing forward through the silent sea
Mutilated feet dance in the night
Children of Dagon are breaking free

3. Born Of A Jackal

There's a cross on the top of the mountain, erected by the hands of fools
Time has come for the Beast to be unleashed; He's bound to rule for thousand years
Yet again there are those who oppose him, uplifted by their iron rules
Holy fathers from the Christian orders living through their thousand fears

Once he was the most powerful Angel, trusting to inhuman dreams
Finally he will have his true vengeance; the privileged and Ardent Son.
Seed was sown in a disgusting union, breeding in unholy means
Everywhere there are crosses on fire, be awake, the Beast has come.

Born in a graveyard
Of a torn Jackal
Hail his ancient Guard,
Father fallen from the grace

4. The Last Of The Templars

Coming through the night
I am carried by the wind
Mansion in my sight
I'm the redeemer of the sin

He met me by the door
Praying for the dead
Remembering the war
And how I always walked ahead

Son, cry for Jerusalem
Where the order raised their Steel
To fight the hordes of men
And to claim back every hill

I walk the night alone
Unholy friend of fear
My flute is made of bone
The sound is cold and clear

A whisper in the dark
My hand will never fail
You will know my mark
Silence will prevail

King of the Dead...

5. The Spartan

Many have sung
about the Gates of Fire
About the narrow way
which leads to Hell
Guarded by the men
who never tire
Three hundred braves
who laughed before they fell

They were led by a strong
and restless soldier
At his peak
he would give his life away

Running side by side
his men would follow
A deadly wall of bone
that would remain

"Hear me, my respected brothers;
Take as many with you as you can!
Let the whole world remember:
We took our sacred oaths
and never ran"

Reaching higher every day
The soil that covers our graves
Still remembering the pain
We died protecting our way

6. A Man Called Horse

Arrogant and clean
I rode across the ocean
And took the steam train
through the mist and wasted land
Taken by surprise
I watched the silent motion
The strength to hunt and kill
was taken from my hand

Lifted by the braves
I'm waiting for my vision
I used to be a rider,
now I've become a horse
To be a man again
is my one and only mission
Standing straight and tall
I will have no more remorse

High above the ground
hangs the pale and bleeding horseman
And no-one in the circle
wants to know what's on his mind
Thinking about the golden face
of young and laughing Lucifer
He stares up to the Sun
and leaves the pain behind

See my vision of light
Feel my returning pain
Trust me, you know I am right
Because people are always the same

You will choose me to lead you to final war
You will put the gun in my hand
I will force you to come back
and ask for more
As I slowly rape your land

7. The Funeral Pyre

I find it hard to carry on
On this road, in a naked wall
Ashes whirl around the trees
that still stand

Endless pain hurts my soul
But no cry can be heard
Just some whispers escape my teeth
As I curse this land

I am a man who has nothing
Without your love I can't go on
When I laid down your frozen hand
I let go life

Now the dream is almost over
Sands of Time are running lower
Through broken glass

Lord of the trees is the one
who can make them fall
I carry the wood to the hills
to prepare her fire
Suffering under this burden I have to crawl
Building her funeral pyre to be lifted higher

I once had a dream
Of these fluctuating spiral skies
Where the smoke was fixed with red rain
that is still running down my sombre face

I'll have to be strong
To wake up from this red nightmare
But my head is filled with dull pain
That feels real to me in so many ways

Now the flames are reaching higher
And my love has passed through fire
Through teeth and claw