Precious Jerusalem
No doubt
No longer need to hide it
I've found out who I am
I'm moved around in circles
I rise and fall again

I know it well
Every word I tell
Seems to make no sense at all

Words will heal it
Love will conquer
The hearts of the hopeless
The Almighty is still alive

Rising up from the heart of the desert
Rising up from Jerusalem
Rising up from the heat of the desert
Building up old Jerusalem

Rising up from the heart of the desert
Rising up from Jerusalem
Rising up from the heat of the desert
Heading out for Jerusalem

I've gone beyond but there's no life
And there is nothing how it seems
I've gone beyond but there's no life
There is no healing rain in Eden
The empty barren wasted paradise
Let's celebrate the dawning of the Son

I turn to you my precious Jerusalem
Deny your prophets
Their passion and treat them like fools
I turn to you my poor old Jerusalem
Deny my love but you can't change fate

Son of Man
You truly are mine

Can't stand the pain
No more grief and misery
It goes on and on
Father stop it now
We must stop it now

You really think you are half way up
I would not mind if you were right
It's not sure
I'd rather say you are half way down
So I am going to help you if I can

I've been caught in wilderness
I've get out well
I found myself in desert lands
But you've been on my mind

I turn to you my precious Jerusalem
Deny your prophets their passion
And treat them like fools
I turn to you my poor old Jerusalem
Deny my love but you can't change truth

Rise up and follow me cause I will bring the light
Rise up and follow me wake up and clear your mind
I try to bring it back the seed of life
I try to bring it back the seal of light

So if you say there's no faith in man
You better keep in mind
That I can read between the lines
My heavy burden brings eyesight to the blind

I turn to you my precious Jerusalem
Deny your prophets their passion
And treat them like fools
I turn to you my poor old Jerusalem
Deny my love but you can't change me

Battlefield
It cannot be seen but there's blood on the green
Only God knows I'm innocent take me home
A dark seed reigns in me like the Storm rules over the sea
I challenge thee do not cross this bridge alone

Don't dare me now
The threatening shadows will pass by
They're getting closer now
Open your eyes
Wake up my dear young friend
And hate shall fade away

I will not move, yet
I'll stand still instead

There on the battlefield he stands
Down on the battlefield he's lost
And on the battlefield it ends

War and anger shall reign
The clash of iron can be heard
By blindness you're driven insane
I'm lost in anguish and grief

Sorrow won't wane till you die
A shattered body deeply hurt
And darkness will cover the light
It's gone forevermore

The field's been left in sorrow
The father and the son they're gone
The Sun shines bright and anger rises
Lorn and lonely torn apart
Don't you think it's time to stop now
We were charmed and fooled by the old serpent's kiss

Let's pray that heaven is on our side
Through violence and horror shall honour arise
So let's pray and blessed shall be our leader
We follow the noble and bright

Don't you hear me crying
Come take me away I hallow thy name

That's what the minstrel sing
Join in the horrible screams
Take part in murderous deeds
Renowned be the lion-hearted

Join in the minstrelsy
Wailing in endless grief
It eagerly longs for more
Broken bodies lay down on the ground

Blood sheds all over the place
The green will be stained forever
And hate reigns all over the field
They keep struggling on in anger

Fiercely intense outrageous too blind to see
And in pain they keep on singing
We claim the land for the highlord
God bless the land and our highlord

Under The Ice
Run till you find the answer
Time out for our poor Cassandra
She's fairly safe inside the fire

Inside the fire
Awakes desire
Cruelly admired
They'll torture her soul
And they'll torment her heart
But won't change her mind

Would you like to see me
How I'll cut off
Her head life's a game
A lesson to learn

Don't be shy just blame me
Well, there is no
Need to feel ashamed
Remember the oath

Wake up it's time to cross the border
Is it true what they say
About the part you've played?
Enjoy your stay here

Welcome to the slaughterhouse
Release from rotten thoughts
No more pain and no more gods
Under the ice you will believe
Under the ice you will be free
Released from rotten thoughts
No more pain and no more gods

Please understand
It's not in our hands
Barren the land
It's all dead and gone

And still the tyrant's face is red
So witness my glory, my triumph, my fame
It's the sweetest taste

King of terror just stop wining
Hold your breath it won't take long
Realize this is your judgement day
In between the killing carry on
There are no rules here

Try to understand
You're the artificial enemy
An illusion we all need for our sake

We're not allowed to see beyond that's your skill
Will we ever learn the lesson
We can't fly with broken wings
Break the chains, time to change
I'm afraid to say but you won't play a part

It's been nice we now get to the climax
Your destination's unknown
Just get out of my way

Sadly Sings Destiny
A wooden cup and a crown of thorns
Will set up the stage for the cross
I rent a room next door
There is nothing more
No further voices to hear
I'll be free

It doesn't matter anymore
That someone's knocking at my door
I've known it long before
The Galilean's on the floor
Shame on me, I'm a tool and nothing more

I can feel it's getting nearer
Images they'll turn out clearer
Creeps in and out of your mind
I'm destiny personified

I know there's something more behind
But is it really justified
To sacrifice, to crucify
The rescue of the human kind

Sadly sings destiny
For ages I've been waiting
Now spring is in the air
Let it in

I hear them howling hear them scream
The raging mob turns mad it seems
The king's in town, we need a crown
I think we all know how it ends

So we're not going take it longer
So all I know is I don't care
So we're not going take it longer
Now we are aware

There I tie the ass, there I tie the colt
Begging for a last chance I hear the voices say
We get him home tonight
And that's all you need to know
I'm alone

So I can't stand it any longer
And don't want to see it all
Nazarene, your vision will come true
Will come true they'll get you

The Maiden And The Minstrel Knight
The faithful crowd is gathered here
Soon they'll appear
The high and mighty show up
The king is in doubts
Apart from this beggar here
There's no one like you my dear
Tasting my lips no one but you and him

Round the fire everyone should sing
And praise the gracious queen
Round the fire everyone should dance
And we praise the handsome knight

Forever and ever we both will be one
The maiden, the fair and the young
Fell in love

Will you still wait for me?
Will you still cry for me?
Come and take my hand

There's a moment in life when all the years will pass by
And the eyes filled with tears we once shed
We recognize failures, the desperate cries
Of the ones who believed in our lies

Whenever I'll go you'll be with me
My first though and my last
Though we'll depart in bitterness
One day you'll understand
Carry on beloved maiden mine
Carry on or we have to pay the price

Yesterday's memories and melodies
Are gone with the wind, so sad
Snow-white her hands and golden her hair
But she's not the one

Out in the emptiness where everything's pale
There is no sign of you I'm alone
How I wish you would be here I'm alone
Telling me it's alright come rest your head

I'm alone and sadness reigns in my heart
As long as we live it won't go away
We are one but torn apart

Proudly it stands
Until the world's end
The victorious banner of love

Wait For An Answer
I cannot say that I don't care cause I'm aware
Of everyone and everything they're everywhere
Don't be a fool stop spinning around
You're right it ain't safe here
Start using your brain

The cautious hare cannot be seen as a coward
He's simply aware
He constantly knows what's going on
That the wheel of life turns on
It won't hold on

Silent creature, filthy teacher's
Spreading the disease, a release
A vanished kingdom falls

It goes on - on and on and again
It goes on - around and round
Oh I can't get it out of my head

Wish I'd be a bird of prey
A pure and a blessed
A hawk who could ease the pain

Don't look back tell me
Is it where you belong
A place in the dark
A song without hope

Don't look back tell me
Is it where you belong
Oh, I wait for an answer so far
Don't look back tell me

Is it where you belong
I will wait for an answer so far
Don't look back tell me
Is it where you belong
I will wait - yes, I will wait
Don't look back

We're the last descendants
In the line of valiant soldiers
We're mistreated angels
We are the blackbird nation
We're the chosen ones

We're the last descendants
We're the tribe of unsung glory
We are the fallen angels
Well the time is right you shall be on my side

I don't I don't I don't need anyone
Be with or be against me
I'm white I am chosen
There is not the slightest doubt at all, not at all
In lower airs we're ground down by their ignorance

Hate will grow like a foul cancer
To find a foe seems to be the answer
Round and round it goes on and again
I can't get it out of my head

Don't be a fool stop spinning around
Don't move it ain't safe here
They've stained holy grounds

The hopeful he sadly admits there's no hero
No place to hide there is no shelter from the storm
The maddened crow will spread terror
But I know bitterly they will stumble
Find themselves smashed on the ground

It's you who has said there's no tomorrow
I don't know but who I am
I wouldn't sit back any longer
It's surely built in sadness
But the sadness surely will go by
So we will all know the answer
The answer's within it's in your mind

The Soulforged
I'm not insane that's how it seems though
Spiteful, cruel but wise beyond his age

My body fails, my soul will rise
The end of life's immortalized
Disease and agony
And I see death through golden eyes
Beyond the door there's something more
It seems there's just one way

On through the heat I've felt the touch of evil
I still feel the icy claw in me
For a descent price I've banned kindness from my heart
The spirit of all truth and beauty pawned for my desire

And from the flames
As chance would have it
The Soulforged will come into light
And from the flames
As chance would have it
The Soulforged, the stainless will rise

I will never change my mind
I will leave it all behind

And through the hour glass
Everything's grey, everyone's pale
Nor colour nor beauty will enlighten my heart
The seat of life's empty and cold

Cadaverous you all seem to me
Stillborn but you're still alive
You're still alive

Truth lies in loneliness
When hope is long gone by
I'll wipe out the bliss of the new age
And welcome you precious night

From a distant time voices echo in the hall
Come and join us, enter life
And everything is gone now

And through the looking glass
I still fear mortality
And it's loss in the end
Unlimited power in my hands
Mourn for his lost soul
He's cursed and condemned
The claw of the dragon ascends

Each step I take mMay it hurt may It ache
Leads me further away from the past
But as long as I breathe and each smile on my bleak face
I'm on my way to find back to the Peace of mind

Age Of False Innocence
Cut off the light take a look
There's nothing beyond but pain
Suffer in the deepest void
The flame of hope is gone

What have I done?
Denied the father and the son
For a moment it seemed
There's space beyond the spheres

Aflame the night
So clear and bright
Unstable light
You've been sacrificed in fear
Now there's one thing for sure
I'm not afraid anymore

Day after day we've been fixed
In this bowl for so long
For ages we're captured
In shells and crystallized walls

Predestined or punished?
By Man or God?

I cannot, I will not
Deny it's false innocence
I cannot, I will not
The age of false innocence
Take it away from me

And for a while astronomy has moved the Earth
And we've turned around the Sun
Sanctum Officium
Has made me believe

We know for sure you're lying
Would you like to mess with holy science
You know the fear of dying
Would it be worth it to hear you crying
I've slaughtered truth and I've shattered my heart

Far too long I have played with hellfire
And science has turned into madness
But I should have taken it higher
So I feel like Judas must have felt before
That Wednesday night near by the tree

Day after day we will
Gratefully suffer for more
Predestined's our part
So we bleed in the name of God

Don't believe in their eternity
We're still held in blindness
And I've been turned into a liar
If there is no heaven there won't be release

Punishment Divine
It's warm and tender but very soon it will turn cold
Shadows stare down from the walls
Out of the mist it's coming closer now
It never rains - it pours on me
So let the saints
Set up the courtyard, the unpleasant cage
The obvious point is I'm insane

Was I aware whom I has slain I fear I was:
The faceless, the nameless
The bush set on fire
No one ever dared to speak
Shame on me, I don't believe
The here and now Is all we're living for

Joyful it seems but then suddenly
By one false move it's blown away
Joyful it seems but then suddenly
Their voices cease it's gone away
Vanished to the point of no return

Witness my last breath
I do not regret
A word I've said
The strong will survive
The weak must die

And out of the mist
It's coming closer now
Sinner and saints
The grateful slaves

Nature's law instead
Of God in heaven
From far beyond
I can hear them sing
I hear angels sing
Songs of innocence
I hear the angel sing

Despite the facts are clear
It cannot be what we can't see
I must admit it sounds so sweet
Angels sing
Can hear them sing
I hear angels sing

Far beyond I hear them sing
It's true, we don't exist
From far beyond I hear them sing
It's true, we don't exist

Well we all know there's no other side
It's good and evil
I know right between, there's no borderline
This is the punishment divine

Surrounded by night I've been offered insight
There is none but the sin of pride
Am I wrong am I right? Am I losing my sight?
Abandoning the superior mind

Right away through the valleys grey
I will be gone
Through the shapeless land I walk alone
I will be gone
I'm left alone, I will be gone
Through the deepest void a blackened paradise
I will be gone
I walk alone, I'm left alone

And Then There Was Silence
Turn your head and see the fields of flames

He carries along from a distant place
He's on his way, he'll bring decay

Don't move along
Cause things they will go wrong
The end is getting closer day by day
In shades of grey
We're doomed to face the night
Light's out of sight

Since we've reached the point of no return
We pray for the starlight we wait for the moon
The sky is empty
Alone in the unknown
We're getting nowhere

We have been betrayed by the wind and the rain
The sacred hall's empty and cold
The sacrifice made should not be done in vain
Revenge will be taken by Rome

We live a lie
Under the dying moon
Pale-faced laughs doom
Indulges in delight

It's getting out of hand
The final curtain will fall
Hear my voice
There is no choice
There's no way out
You'll find out

We don't regret it
So many men have failed
But now he's gone
Go out and get it
The madman's head it
Shall be thine

We don't regret it
That someone else dies
Hidden in disguise
Go out and get it
Orion's hound shines bright

Don't you think it's time
To stop the chase around the ring
Just stop running around the ring
Don't you know that fate
Has been decided by the gods
Feel the distance out of reach

Welcome to the end
Watch your step Cassandra
You may fall

As I've stumbled on the field
Find myself in darkest places
Find myself drifting away
Death's a certain thing
And the other world
The other world appears

Find myself she dies in vain
I cannot be freed, I'm falling down
As time runs faster moves towards disaster
The ferryman will wait for you my dear

And then there was silence
Just a voice from the other world
Like a leaf in an icy world
Memories will fade

Misty tales and Poems lost
All the bliss and beauty will be gone
Will my weary soul find release for a while
At the moment of death I will smile
It's the triumph of shame and disease

In the end Iliad
Raise my hands and praise the day
Break the spell show me the way
In decay the flame of Troy will shine bright

The newborn child will carry ruin to the hall
The newborn's death would be a blessing to us all
Good choice? Bad choice?
Out of three you've chosen misery

Power and wisdom you deny
Bad choice, bad choice
War is the only answer
When Love will conquer fear

So the judgement's been made
To the fairest the graceful says
Badly he fails

Warning!
Fear the heat of passion, father king
Don't let her in
Desire, lust, obsession
Death they'll bring
We can't get out
Once they are in

She's like the sunrise
Outshines the moon at night
Precious like starlight
She will bring in a murderous price

In darkness grows the seed of man's defeat Jealousy
I can clearly see the end now
The thread of life is spun
The coin's been placed below my tongue

Never give up, never give in
Be on our side so we can win
Never give up, never give in
Be on out side
Old moon's time is soon to come

Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide
Nothing to lose like one we'll stand
We'll face the storm created by a man

Roar!
Troy and as the lion slaughters man
I am the wolf and you're the lamb
Hallowed Troy will fall round the walls
Faith is shattered bodies fall

Nowhere to run, owhere to hide
Nothing to lose like one we'll stand
It's all for one and one for all
We live for will be wiped out

I feel that something's wrong
Surprise they're gone
Full moon your time goes by
And new moon's still kept out of sight we live

Roam in darkness - spread the vision
Roam in darkness
We will be lost if you truly believe
Roam in darkness - Troy in darkness
There's a cold emptiness in our hearts
That they've gone away and won't come back

They'll tear down the wall to bring it in
They'll truly believe in the lie
With blossoms they'll welcome the old foe
The vision's so clear
When day and dream unite the end is near
You better be prepared

The nightmare shall be over now
There's nothing more to fear
Come join in our singing and dance with us now
The nightmare shall be over now
There's nothing more to fear
The war it is over forevermore

No hope the blind leads the blind
Carry on though future's denied
Mare or stallion
There's far more inside
We are in at the kill we'll cheerfully die

Holy light shines on
So the judgement's been made
We're condemned though the trial's far ahead
The crack of doom, Father
Your handsome son is heading home

Still the wind blows calm and silent
Carries news from a distant shore
Can't get it out of my head, out of mind
Sorrow and defeat

И тогда воцарилась тишина
Посмотри вокруг, все объято огнем.

Он держит путь издалека,
Он приближается подобно смерти.

Остановись,
Иначе ночь поглотит все живое,
Конец уже близок.
Во мраке теней
Столкновение с тьмой неизбежно,
Меркнет рассвет.

Мы остановились у роковой черты,
Молимся звездному свету и ждем восхода луны,
Но небо затянуто мглой.
Одни перед надвигающейся неизвестностью,
Мы бредем в никуда.

Мы были преданы ветром и дождем,
Священный чертог холоден и пуст.
Принесенная жертва не будет напрасной,
Месть Рима дело времени.

Мы живем во лжи
Под блеклым светом луны.
Безликая смерть смеется,
Предаваясь восторгу.

Все вышло из-под контроля,
Опускается финальный занавес.
Поверьте мне,
У нас нет выбора,
Мы не в силах ничего изменить,
Скоро это поймешь и ты.

Мы не сожалеем о том,
Что так много пало наших воинов,
Но зато бежал и он.
Так идите же и принесите
Голову этого безумца,
Теперь она принадлежит тебе.

Мы не сожалеем о том,
Что кто-то гибнет до сих пор,
Скрываясь под маской лжи.
Так идите же и схватите его,
Гончая Ориона укажет путь.

Не кажется ли тебе,
Что эта погоня бессмысленна?
Сколько можно ходить по кругу.
Неужели ты не понимаешь,
Что судьба давно предрешена богами?