1. Cry Of Our Nation

There's no beginning there will be no end
'Til every enemy becomes a friend
The will fall on the battlefield that we defend
To the cry of our nation

There's something in the air
Something strange and ever magical
Can you feel it in child
The thunder is the banging of the drums
We will freeze you with our stare
We will steal you blood and bone
When the Serpent Queen commands
She will haunt you with my moan

God will not save you from the throne
God will not save you

There's no beginning there will be no end
'Til every enemy becomes a friend
The will fall on the battlefield that we defend
To the cry of our nation

It's only make believe
It's only in the dreams of every child
That we learn to breathe,
To share our lonely prison of denial
We will strike at every heart,
That abandons us to pain
We will make you sing out loud
We will wash away your shame

God will not save you from the flame
God will not save you

Oh peace will come to those who wait
Love will fly away
Peace will come
To those who wait

God will not save you from the flame
God will not save you
God will not answer to your name
God will not save you

There's no beginning there will be no end
'Til every enemy becomes a friend
The will fall on the battlefield that we defend
To the cry of our nation

2. Betray My Heart

One little kiss for all your secrets,
One for every spell you cast
Turn the page to find a potion
That will cure an aching heart
Eyes of tiger, tale of sadness
Every single time we touch
But you will not set me free
You hunger for my blood too much

Though I beg for you to leave me,
Cut the cord that ties us true
Still you weave you magic further,
And I find I'm bound to you
Never taste the brew that binds you,
For you're damned with every sip
Poisoned ivy,
Blood red rose and
Every curse that goes with it

Rocky is the road to heaven
Hell is smoothly paved
Bitter is the truth of sinners
Never to be saved

Betray my heart with love and fire
I cannot live within desire
Betray my heart, it beats like thunder
You will not break this spell I'm under
Betray my heart

I have played each ace and joker,
I have played a fragile maid
I have tried to heal your demons,
Left you lonely, I have strayed
But each way I play my cards,
I cannot find a winning hand
Cannot leave you love behind me,
Cannot leave this barren land

3. Kissing The Knife

Oh where you are from
You think it's better than here
But you are wrong
Maybe I'm not being clear

All games that start in the night
End at the edge of a cliff
And you won't even fight
But bruise and withdraw like a fist

Crawling around on you knees
And you think you're first

The blade of the beast
Is a mighty fine spirit to host

All you dreams are sold
You and your counterfeit life

You won't be told
But you're just kissing the knife

Oh where you are from
I'm not surprised that you're ill
It's been too long
To ever find God in a pill

All dreams that start with a blade
End with a noose round your wrist
And you always betrayed you heart
With a cold blooded kiss

Baby that's one thing
I've got that you'll never have
Baby that's one thing I've got

All your dreams are sold
You and your counterfeit life
You won't be told
But you're just kissing the knife

4. Just A Lie

I've thought it over
I don't want you to be around
This four-leaf clover
Is poisonous, it brings me down

When I'm lying in my bed
I feel you next to me
When I think of what you said
Then I can hardly breathe

This is not war
This is just goodbye
This is not truth
This is just a lie
There's no way
That you're leaving
There's no way
That you're killing me
There's no way
That I'm bleeding
Your broken heart
Will set my free

I hate your silence
I hate the way you think you care
I hate tomorrow
Because I know you will be there

When I think of how you live
That woman on you arm
I have nothing else to give
But I can do you harm

This is not war
This is just goodbye
This is not truth
This is just a lie

Darkness encroaches
To my lone cravings
I am born wanton
I am born broken

5. Dark Star

Once there was a man who lived
A thousand centuries
Just to see what all this would become
Soon he saw the whole, all eventualities
Never took his eyes from the sun

As the years unfold and the sun grows
Colder and the moon
Becomes a ghostly serenade
Never to grow old and never wonder
What the greatest journey
Would become in days

Under the sea of blood
Under the sea of blood

Oh my salvation, you are my dark star
I will become what other dread to be
And so the stars exploded
Into the blackest void
And all was left to dust and light

He came to see destruction
Upon a noble steed
But all he saw was endless night

Once there was a girl who lived
A thousand centuries
Never found a friend to call her own
Soon she turned to ice,
a mountain of indignity
Couldn't bare the awful years alone

6. Long Live The King

I heard the dragon call his name
And I didn't like the sound
Never thought he'd feel such pain
Never thought to drag him down

But the story was a lie
And it's killing us inside
So we stand against his pride
We can never run and
Hide from the dragon
Bury it's selfish needs
Hide from the dragon
Bury it's lawless deeds

Long Live The King
We will remember
that every moment we are
Running our of time

Long live the king
We will remember
Long live the king
Long live the king

I heard the dragon had his way
And I shed a tear for us
For the years he had to pay
For the strength and love and trust

Stand true mighty warriors of the condemned

(There's no reason to be frightened
We're just passing through the lightning)

7. The Circle

Welcome my friends,
I'm the creator
Your host for the night
I'll put you at ease
These are the beasts,
The apes in their cages
And I will atone and do as you please

I will destroy your peace and favour
I will console with empty bliss

Welcome to sin,
To hell and damnation
With each growing limb,
The race with unfold
Bones that are straight
And hands that are open
I offer you this 'til our story's told

I will explain away confusion
I will be more than any God

These are the words we never will write
These are the pictures we hide in our heads
These are the thoughts we strip from our minds
We are all bound to the circle of flesh

So now my friends,
We've come to the section
Where it all depends on how much you'll pay
Some will pay hardship and
Some will pay money
But it's all the same at the end of the day

I will accept your soul conviction
I will crucify again

These are the words we never will write
These are the pictures we hide in our heads
These are the thoughts we strip from our minds
We are all bound to the circle of flesh

(Come to my arms my faithless companions
I promise you this,
You'll never regret
Reach for the sun that
Glitters so sweetly
And go to our graves as one)

8. My Perfect Enemy

It's just the little things you do
That make me want to fight with you
You're just the perfect enemy
So wild and angry but so free
Its just your fire,
Fire burns me through and through

My perfect enemy your nature
Will decree destruction
My worthless dignity is burning
In your flames
Of love and cost and
Nature that is lost
Of truth and pain
With nothing left to gain

You are the day to my night
The stinging salt in my wound
You are the reason I fight
I long to dance in your
Fire of retribution, fire of amnesty
You give my hate solution
Keeping dignity
Your true motive is clear
No more pain no more fear

My perfect enemy
Your sticks and stones will never break me
You make me stronger so
I live to fight again
In dust and rain
In murder and in pain
Your heart will find
No reason to unwind

I miss the little things you do
When I'm not arguing with you
It's just your fire, fire

9. Heartless

So my friend, it comes to this
You stand below the precipice
You are looking up at me
I am leaning on the breeze

You think you cannot break my fall
I blame myself for wanting more

Though my love is blind
My eyes are open every time I hurt you

It's not your fault you cannot love me
You are not to blame
I never told you, I was heartless
I'm heartless
I thought you'd be a stronger master
So I took your sword
You're not the bringer of disaster
I'm heartless

Well my fiend to tell the truth
I've loved you every way I can
I was broken long ago
By an evil cunning man

I think we've done our very best
To fill the hollow in my chest

Though your heart is strong
I won't remain to see it
Broken longer

It's not your fault you cannot love me
You are not to blame
I never told you, I was heartless
I'm heartless
I thought you'd be a stronger master
So I took your sword
You're not the bringer of disaster
I'm heartless

And when I dream, I feel the beat
The flutter makes me hopeful
What mighty fears of love deceit
All distant lies and memories

No more tears of pain
My friend, you know you're better off
Without me

It's not your fault you cannot love me
You are not to blame
I never told you, I was heartless
I'm heartless
I thought you'd be a stronger master
So I took your sword
You're not the bringer of disaster
I'm heartless

10. Our Forgotten Land

This is the last time we will speak
We have no words left for tomorrow
All of these years, we've been alone
Waiting for your call to return us home

Now we know that time
Left us far behind

We buried our children
We planted the barren sand
We were faithful
We fought for our kingdom
We fought for you sword in hand
Our forgotten land

Now that the winds have come to change
All the broken oaths
They are silenced
Never a king, never a prince
Will regain our trust
Every hope is dust

Now we know that kings
Bribe with broken rings

We buried our children
We planted the barren sand
We were faithful
We fought for our kingdom
We fought for you sword in hand
Our forgotten land

We came here in peace but you must not forget
All of your people who live in regret
All of the hardship and all of the pain
Whilst you lived in splendor
Enjoying your reign

Look to the night when our people will come
When your majesty will find his life course has run
We are the men you forgot to recall
And we will have revenge and we will see you fall

This is the last word we will say
This is open war
And it's time to pay

Now you know, my lord
You will face the sword

We buried our children
We planted the barren sand
We were faithful
We fought for our kingdom
We fought for you sword in hand
Our forgotten land