1. Of Sins And Shadows

Passing through the void
The darkest grand illusion
Chaos is riding on the wind

Destroyed in agony
They create a maddened lair
Summon all to heed their cry

Innocence fading away
– the dying eyes of prey

Desperate cries, hail of fire deciding
All our fate in the night
Tempt in sin, shadows then begin to
Gather the souls they hold within

Victims of desire
Pestilence of their invasion
Forms then take on evil waves

Paralyze, victimize
The shadows fall and enter fast
from the sky – (from the sky)
Summon all to heed their cry

Innocence fading away
– the dying eyes of the prey

I've betrayed – slowly fade
I repent my inner plea
I've denied – sanctified
Cannot hide form this monstrosity

I'm immersed in a curse
Of this jaded imagery
Realize that your cries
Only jeopardize this legacy

2. Sea Of Lies

Today I've seen the shallow face I wear
Inside this shell, a living hell endures
I'm held captive by my fear,
decaying hope and wasted years
The knife of time carves another
line around these eyes

Good and evil – lust primeval
Dragging me into a sea of lies

Losing faith in who I am
Never changing just rearranging
my life again
Through into an eternal abyss I fall,
Silent screams through paper walls
I pray someday the sun will shine
on me again (shine on me again)

Good and evil – lust primeval
Dragging me into a sea of lies

Lies ... lies ...

Lies ... lies ...

3. Out Of The Ashes

In the house of my master
Beyond the chains there is a bed
of snakes where evil lays

Oh, I hear laughter
I forged the iron bars that
someday will imprison me
Ooh, mother will you help me
Mother will you help me
To find a reason to go on

Out of the ashes of my youth
– I rise a man
And through the eyes of truth
– I finally understand
The way

I've been beaten with his words
and whipped whith his lies
He will not break me down no
matter how hard he tries
Pray for my lost soul
Out of control the storm inside
me rages on and on and on

Mother will you help me
Mother will you help me
To find a reason to go on

4. The Accolade

Into the morning sun
Down his chosen road he rides to save the world
Cross of crimson, robe of white
Sworn to the quest for the rest of his life

Play shields and wooden swords
Slaying dragons as a knight of
Arthur's Court
Trained to kill, to sing a song
Youthful hope to right the wrong

Sons of Antioch
An angel's voice cries out to him
Free the holy lands,
bring peace to it again

Across the sees through sands of time
Knight of the Templar
A charging steed through lands unkind
A legend forever

A heart of gold pumps within his metal skin
A noble line he carries on

Braving the bloody din
Silver spurs are justly earned by
strength within
Squire to knight,
like prince to king
Chalice of life completes the ring

Into the morning sun
Down his chosen road he rides to
save the world

To see the light to spent his life
to understand
The sword he once held tight,
falls forever from his hands

5. Pharaoh

Ancient lands, lost in time
Storms of sand, walls of lime
Surround this mask of death I wear

Awakened by intruder souls
The jackal screams as my stone gods behold
Desecraters of Ra

Pharaoh's curse upon you
Who dares to invade his sacred ground
Gods of the Nile arise to strike you down

Forgotten days of my rule, cities
blazed with gold and jewel
Diamond symbol of riches beyond compare

Now I lay cold in this chamber of stone
Fools forsaken the wrath of my throne
Desecraters of Ra

Mystic gods of the stars
– I summon thee from afar
Sun, moon and earth
– align for my rebirth

I feel the blood flow through my veins
The life force shines on me again
Let the ritual begin
– you will pay for your sins

I am god, I am king of the land
The hour of judgement is at hand
Winds of revenges sweep through the sand
The mighty pharaoh lives again

6. The Eyes Of Medusa

Can you look into my eyes
Tell me, now do you somehow
still recognize this stare I wear
Through crystal tears

The light escapes my smile
There is no likeness to be seen,
it is so strange to me

Awaken vindication
The mirrors curse-it besets me

Endless, timeless, faceless terror
To the isle of deadly shores
Sightless, countless, ageless torture
To behold the sight of Medusa's eyes

Under a spell – I'm enchanted
The hand of fate is never late to ring the time
I'm forced to climb the walls

A voice bids last farewell
With no beginning or no end to be found by me

Instrumental
(The Isle of Deadly Shores)

7. The Witching Hour

T' was seven score and sixteen more
A dreadful scene to behold
Marble silhouettes, white statuettes
Forever gaze into time
(Caught in a web between life and
death)

Visions dance throughout the night
In the pale moon light
In the witching hour

Haunting minuet, immortal duet
Dance to the waltz of the souls
Stillness falls upon the aging hall
The fading chimes echo midnight
(Caught ina web between life and
death, life and death)

8. The Divine Wings Of Tragedy

Part I: At The Four Corners Of The Earth

On the edge of paradise
Tears of woe fall, cold as ice
Hear my cry
Renounce, have you, thy name
Eternal is my pain
Eternal is the pain that leads me
to the thrones of temptation
Eternal is the pain that leads me
to the thrones of temptation ...

Part II: In The Room Of Thrones

9. Candlelight Fantasia

Just one more night
One more score
Another question in my mind,
can't take no more

Kissing the tears form my face as they fall
To the ground in silence
in twilight and faded time
Spirits cold, with no love
Bells ring a lonely chime
Candle fires
These lit dreams can't burn alone

Winds of change bring songs
upon my memory
An empty heart and soul
intoxicates me
This darkened page orchestrates
my final destiny
Not knowing what,
what tomorrow will bring

From within the mirrors eyes
I'm forced to run away and hide
I feel those mystic eyes subside
And leave my blind
Through passages in time
A prisoner locked beind the door
Lonely roses slowly wither and die

I can't escape this captive misery
Heart stone cold, under supremacy
Thrown into a raging sea of tyranny

Lifes vile walls have tangled me in threads
Eternally caught in my futures threads
Play the violent strings of my symphony

Transcend the absence of this fantasy
Just another vision
Washed away with the tide
No place for forgotten ones
I cannot deny
What lies beyond, beyond this fantasy