1. Midnight Serpent

Fire dance-in the morning sun
Altars burn-we celebrate

God of no gods-I'm slave of none
I pledge to fight-your cause is mine

Against-the against
From soul to soul-I speak to you
God of no gods-I'm slave of none
I pledge to fight-your cause is mine

Withered leaves fall
towards frozen grounds
Coiling, twist and turn
Midnight Serpent
do you fear my heart

Blazing fire roar
against the blackened sky
Floating, hell and moor
Midnight Serpent
do you hear my cry

Tundra swept-in my longing mind
Mortal winds-the towers kneel
Sunrise never came

Withered leaves fall
towards frozen grounds
Coiling, twist and turn
Midnight Serpent
do you fear my heart

Blazing fire roar
against the blackened sky
Floating, hell and moor
Midnight Serpent
do you hear my cry

Against-the against
Soul to soul

Call of the wild
Coast to coast

Onboard the vessels
we all know will get rocked
And yet with shame sail forward
hoping that none shall see
It's demise

Face of morbidly
spotted through the keyhole
Unlocked by the persecuted
who wants nothing but the sunlit meadows

Liberate, extirpate, pull up by the root
Let another song reverberate
Above the winds, soaring
Turn to the sun and let the cloak drop to the ground

Sunrise never came
It's cold again...

2. Blood Cracks Open The Ground

At the gate of nightfall
with the sword of ages
comes the spring of darkness
on the plains of nowhere
blood runs hot with my buried fathers

screams
wounds
scars
tombs

will to stand
(to) stand alone
face the loss
face the glory
now

River runs down the upstream
light forcing its way, through the surface
anarchy and free will
thus spoke the elders

Blood Cracks Open The Ground

Ravens flee
Pitch black
Another mind
Another dawn

Blood Cracks Open the Ground

Distant Roars
Dying Stars
Fading Blades
Never forget
At the gate of nightfall
with the sword of ages
comes the spring of darkness
on the plains of nowhere
blood runs hot with my buried fathers

3. To Your Brethren In The Dark

Forgotten days, forgotten thoughts
in the hour of chaos
pass the torch to your brethren in the dark

forever torn, forever gone
through the mirror, of despair
pass the torch to your brethren in the dark

Tomorrows dream, tomorrows gleam
its the burden in sorrow
pass the torch to your brethren in the dark

October sky, October leafs
and the silence, of nightfall
pass the torch to your brethren in the dark

These stories, distant and untold
These stories, of a world long gone
gone

To your brethren in the dark

Nocturnal light, nocturnal glow
on the mountain, now star it
pass the torch to your brethren in the dark

Eternal flight, Eternal void
with the spirit of chaos
pass the torch to your brethren in the dark

These stories, distant, and untold
these stories, of a world long gone

4. Deep Calleth Upon Deep

In the darkest storm through the cold of night
We hear the wolves cry at my chamber door
The path of evermore from the dawn of time

In the rain alone with your demons claw
Now, let your brother help if the palace falls
And the dragon dies we'll let the mothers mourn

In the forest old, when the moon rises and the shadows fall
Deep Calleth upon deep
And in the forest old
Deep Calleth upon deep

With a fearless heart and no one's dream torn
Just like the fire burns on the hillsides north
You will tear the skies and we will never die

In the forest old, when the moon rises and the shadows fall
Deep Calleth upon deep
And in the forest old
Deep Calleth upon deep

In the forest old, when the moon rises and the shadows fall
Deep Calleth upon deep
And in the forest old
Deep Calleth upon deep

5. The Ghost Of Rome

Through time, to the waters below
My song, for the silence above

The spirit of promise, on the table of stone
Under my skin-all the life you have ever lived

Seal the law
and pierce through the haze of time
The Ghost of Rome

No life lost behind that veil-just the death of broken hearts
The Ghost of Rome

At night, in the temple we lost
One throne for the kingdom forlorn

The waves of North-No tail broken it is
Over the wall-Veins rush from hate never trapped

Seal the law
and pierce through the haze of time
The Ghost of Rome

No life lost behind that veil-just the death of broken hearts
The Ghost of Rome

Through time, to the waters below

The spirit of promise, on the table of stone
Under my skin-all the life you have ever lived

Seal the law
and pierce through the haze of time
The Ghost of Rome

No life lost behind that veil-just the death of broken hearts
The Ghost of Rome

6. Dissonant

The nihilist trapped
in the corner of his head
Deconstruct and destroy
(This), the pathway out
of the corner of his head
Troubled, warped and mislead

Blasting through
The winds of misery
Hellbent and broken

My energy, my strength
My given right to march
No deep unvisited
Embrace the twisted
Accursed or not
It's Dissonant

Flying high
Above the storm
Freight train coming
Hellbent, broken and patched up

The abyss of man
His own worst enemy
Where is the awe?
Ambition stranded on the
doorstep of hope
Torn down by his (own) shadow

The prince of darkness
(His) distorted patterns
across the landscape

Dismantling the chord of pain
The longest ride
On the muddy roads of destiny

Behold-it's the nihilist
On the shores of madness

My energy, my strength
My given right to march
Embrace the twisted
It's dissonance

7. Black Wings And Withering Gloom

Silently moving in the snow covered mountains of North
Krieg-and the whispering cold winds
of death, in the snow covered mountains of North
Freedom, through the memories buried by time

Silently moving in the snow covered mountains of North
Cries-death will set me free,
in the snow covered mountains of North
Quietly breathing-knowing this is the day when our fire burns brighter than yours

Memories fading
Bloodthirst and truth

Black wings and withering gloom
And bloody broken feet
In the throes of war with unscarred youth
Death takes no prisoners
Blood back to earth

Silently--in the snow covered mountains of North

Memories fading
Bloodthirst and truth

Black wings and withering gloom
And bloody broken feet
In the throes of war with unscarred youth
Death takes no prisoners
Blood back to earth

No Triumph or glory
in the painful suffering of loss
No victor or king
Just the bloosoaked armour of Tyr
Set me free
From the misery distorting my mind
No triumph or glory, no victor or king
Just the bloosoaked armour of Tyr

Black wings and withering gloom
And bloody broken feet
In the throes of war with unscarred youth
Death takes no prisoners
Blood back to earth

Ashes to ashes
and dust to dust
No son forsaken
but many forgotten
Their names written in the sand

Black wings and withering gloom
And bloody broken feet

Silently knowing this is our fate in the snow covered mountains of North

8. Burial Rite

Hear the call
Hear the winds
Hear the trumpets
Hear the hooves

Trample
and the earth shakes
Broken
with a cursed fate

Lonely
when the night wakes
Naked
and the waves break
Leviathan
The seabed rumbles
Heads bow mourning it's the Burial Rite

Sound of fear
Sound of fortune
Beast of pain
Beast of hunger
Leviathan-let's hear the Burial Rite!

Lonely
when the night wakes
Naked
and the waves break
Leviathan
The seabed rumbles
Heads bow mourning it's the Burial Rite

World of storms
World of promise
Trail of death
Trail of sorrow
Deep
down
there
Now

Lonely
when the night wakes
Naked
and the waves break
Leviathan
The seabed rumbles

Lurking deep
In the soul of man

Naked
and the waves break
Leviathan
The seabed rumbles

"How shall the Burial Rite be read?
The solemn song be sung"?

Trample
and the earth shakes
Broken
with a cursed fate
It's the Burial Rite