1. Through The Mirror

(intro)

2. Stormclouds

Alone I stand
On a field of emptiness
A wind's coming up
To whisper my name
Silence makes me shiver
Incapable to run away
Alone I fall
In deepest fear
Captured
In a slumber's dream
There's no awakening
From reality

Stormclouds are rising
Like shadows over me
Dark angels
Blacken the sky
Lightning illuminates
Their eyes of blood
And thunder sounds
like a demon's symphony

The moon drowned
With all dying souls
No guiding star will lead me tonight
Just the clouds are watching me
Like shades of darkness
They breathe and moan
From the depth of the realm of shadows they come
To shatter my soul
And the apocalyptic rain will fall
From their eyes of blood
Night they bring to earth
Forever

Stormclouds...

Alone I stand
On a field of emptiness
To drown in blood
Sacrificed by the dark angels
Lightning strikes my heart
... and night has come – forever
Alone I fall
In darkness
Scared
By the loss of light
Blood
spills from my eyes

Stormclouds...
... my wings grow
In a sombre time

3. Dying In Vain

Eyes wide open, staring into the dark
Thoughts of dismay punishing me again
All will to live is gone, no hope left inside
No tears left to shed, my soul cries silently...

The wall of sleep is coming
And I pray for salvation:
To leave my body forever
Never return to suffering
But dreams are haunting me
I even can't rest in my world
Visions of slaughtering
Are burning behind my eyes...

Dying in vain...

Pure black energy is floating through my veins
Screaming bloody gore, my eyes are turning white
Sweet and shiny razor, delightful is your steel
Caress my pale skin to cover me with eternity...

The wall of sleep is coming
And I pray for salvation:
To leave my body forever
Never return to slavery
But dreams are haunting me
I even can't rest in my world
Visions of slaughtering
Are burning behind my eyes...

Dying in vain...

4. Dreamscape Revelations

Dreams are portals to other worlds – windows to eternity...
But listen – never cross the abyss...!
This is what happened to me...

In a freezing winter's night
I read the book of the dead:
Bizarre, cosmic rituals
Tales from the netherworlds

Drifting away far beyond the stars
Dancing shadows dreadfully guiding my travel afar
The smell of blood and incense fills the air
In the end my astral body escapes

Unspeakable secrets are now revealed
As I sweep among the giant ruins
Of glorious empires once ruled this plain
Eons ago... long forgotten...

Emotions and knowledge, intense, pure and clear
Point of no return, the centre of fear
Overwhelming visions engulf my mind
In front of my eyes the horizon turns black

Before me, an enormous abyss appeared – the dimensional border...!
Created by the great old ones – guardians of nothingness...

Black whirlwinds of doom
With eyes of tortured souls
Forlorn, desolated slaves
Captured for all eternity

Roaring like thunder, solar beast unleashed
Chaotic hell-storm... cyclopic violence... the bringer of fear and disease
I must escape this terror-seed
The grim, interstellar reaper

Come, and join me in battle!

My brothers of faith – together we fight again!
United as one – Forces of doom and despair!
With fire and swords – we slay the enemy!
This battle is ours – we ride into victory!

I fly through the great silver eye
To enter the physical plain...

What lies behind the wall of sleep??

5. Existence Means Suffering

I can't control my thoughts
This damned, poisoning visions
Black paintings of maliciousness
Pain... Is what I have to feel
Blood flows as the steel runs deeper
Only my flesh is salvation
Existence means suffering
I rot in ecstasy...

Thoughts are drowning me, confusion
Pictures hurt, madness prevails
Longing for the gate, my genocide
Now I found the key, finally...

The portals to my mind
A kingdom opens wide
My subjects wait for me
For a supersonic victory
Towards the purple suns
My astral body travels
To regain control
Of my abysmal hate...
My sweet demonic agony
That builds my throne
A throne made of
Countless captured souls...

I can't control my thoughts
This painful, merciless knowledge
Like a dark, nocturnal blizzard
It's pumping through my veins...

Deepest midnight
Behind my bleeding eyes
Insanity is freezing me
Existence means suffering
I tear my soul apart
Me, the dark nemesis

Then memories are passing by
Of times so bright and warm
Of frozen starlight in your dying eyes
And pale skin in seducing moonlight
Your lips are covering mine
And I taste your kiss like wine
Before the blade is kissing you...

Oh, eternal sadness is grieving me
As I walk through darkest valleys
Shadows fall upon my tired eyes
Cold night, hear my cry
I can't no longer take existence
This pain is tremendous
The shimmering steel is smiling at me...

The final sacrifice for the ones that lurk behind
The mountains of eternal sleep
Just one step to leave it all behind
To kill the demons inside
Never to return into eternal agony
The last time I'm yearning at the stars
Sweet, everlasting silence
I sigh in woe, as I cut my veins...

6. The Eye Of The Storm

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7. Evoking The Grotesque

Evoking the grotesque
Calling of the absurd:
Torturer of desolated souls
Messiah of morbid pleasures
Summoning of blasphemy
Shadows transform to flesh...

Conqueror from beyond
Leader of insanity
Archangel, forever doomed
The revenge will be ours!
A gloomy unlight covers the sun
The stars are fading black
Worms are crawling on the altar
Feasting on the blood of the holy ones...

Evoking the grotesque...

Father of mighty witchcraft
Possessing the light...
Enslaver of dying wisdom
For thee my blood I give...
Destroy the shadows of divine!

8. Golden Age

Our will brought them down
By history drowned
To ruins their realm
All wail to my ear
Who wasted and spent countless lives on command
Now no more lords of the world

They who pursed-proud with power
Their wealth and their smell
Defeated by slaves
In our victory-hour
Rose to high like a child on a swing
Pomp pulled to hard at their wings

Used to ride the day
Through the lands of green,
Yet the land's turned grey
And the days cold and mean.
Escape reverie –
Wake up dead from your dream.

Has been gone a while,
Lies our way ahead.
Spare the ripened wine,
Drink stale water instead
Let them regret –
We'll take back what we had

That poor, dried out the land
Work hard on the soil
Work 'stead of rhyming
Rhyme 'stead of laughing
Laugh 'stead of rotting, nothing's forgotten
But we won't walk the road you descended

Used to ride the day...

I saw a time full of grief with my own mortal eyes
Hold me tonight
Then let me tell 'bout the pain and an age that had died

Like they feel now, we had felt when we fell on the fields
Like they cry now, we'd cried when they broke our shields
Return and pay back for wounds never healed
We're free from guilt for they challenged their fate to be sealed

I saw a time full of violence and cruelty
Hold me maybe
Then let me tell how we rose, fought and died to be free

Fearless and fierce as possible as men can be
Righteous claims in our backs, with us morality
Would we have died in the dawn we'd have lived finally

We won't forgive our suppressers – Never!
We've sentenced them all to be trivial forever
They're dust on the water, by the wind turning
Rather drowning than burning

Separate the crossed Spartacus
From criminals, messiahs
Hold the true martyrs high as
For us they have died
A Golden Age to raise on the lost
In freedom of leaders and gods

We will ride our way
To the lands of green.
Lest until that day
We forget our dreams
For we're all slaves
Born with hearts to redeem

Trust the lines you've heard,
Hear the words I said.
Cease from eating dirt,
We drink ale instead
To the time we've had,
To a time coming
Back to a world which's not worth to be hold in esteem.

9. Lords Of Creation

Caress sweetly my instrument
When words can only fail,
Elicit naive notes from it
When clouds form to prevail
And fever shakes my burning heart
More fragile than it seems.
I raise my will to save my breast
A Phoenix-life again to lead.

Hark to the world from a different angle
As far too few are able to,
At least it's no big price to pay
To see – not even you.
For you were helpless innocent
And you'll stay for all your time,
You might reach the natural border,
I will build a further line.

Gathered round the fear that makes us strong –
Freedom!
Summoned to fulfil the human role –
To grow!

Hordes of dread
Leave your throne.
We're the Lords of creation,
Human gods on our own!

A symphony
Carved in stone
Of bold, artistic glamour
Shall mark my home.

So scorn the dull, uncultured mob
Sticking on its seat
And satisfied with empty rubbish –
Ridiculous to me!

I caress my instrument...

10. Realm Of Slumber

Let me capture you in slumber
I will bed you in a rosewood grave
and cover you with clouds of snow
riding on imagination
I will take you to another world
where darkness will inspire you

In shades of twilight fear is rising
creeping shadows are haunting you
In shades of twilight
I capture you in slumber
where you can't bring your dreams to an end

In a realm of nightmares
you wish to die
but I won't let you come to rest
when at night my shadows race

Fear is haunting you
it gives you pain
you beg to die
but don't you see
you died this night

In shades of twilight...

I come to take you to the darkside
show you pleasures of imagination
in the realm of slumber
you are frozen by fear
Silence in the shades of twilight
creeping shadows guard you now
You're captured in the realm of slumber
but your dreams will live all time

In shades of twilight...

11. The Essence

Through misty forests I wandered
Across frozen plains I walked
The highest mountains I climbed
The wildest seas I sailed
I fought in the battles of Tir'Na'Nog
And murdered the tyrant of Skuld
I rode on the five winged beast
And attacked the towers of Ivory...

I am the ancient legend,
The elders whispering of
I'm the creator of sagas and tales
Written down in blood
I am the silence before a great storm
The sword in your chest...

With deadly ice-winds I flew
And conquered the throne of winter
I ruled the infernal abyss
To hunt the lords of Harad
Yes, I swallowed the stars
To slake my bestial thirst
And yes, I was there, when there was nothing...

I am the ancient legend...
... The wolf that swallowed the sun

Dead dimensions – empty and cold
Nothing to tell – nothing to show
Rotten worlds – long forgotten
Nothing to remember – never existed
I'm the essence of all fading memories...

I travelled through the time
And saw so many worlds
But I never lost my will
I am the birth of man
And destroyed god-creation
But I will be reborn again
And again... And again...

Through misty forests I wandered...