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TEMPT NOT (The Blade of the Assassin)
You’re walking on some thin ice
Better choose your next step wisely
Not a threat but more like a promise
That you shouldn’t take too lightly
The straw that broke the camel’s back
Instigated this merciless attack
Tempt not the Blade of the Assassin…
Assassin… Assassin…
Tempt not the Blade of the Assassin…
Assassin… Assassin…
The blacksmith’s masterful creation
Tempered steel, sharpened to sever
Separation of the rotten from the rest
Swift and clean – one cut lasts forever
Off with their heads!
Tempt not the Blade of the Assassin…
Assassin… Assassin…
Tempt not the Blade of the Assassin…
Assassin… Assassin…
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Call of the Watch
03:26
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CALL OF THE WATCH
A fearful storm is brewing
And we’re standing on the brink
You can lead a man to knowledge
But you can’t make him think
Feeding fear to millions
As the war mongers amass
I guess that it’s too much to ask to
Learn something from the past
Can’t you hear – The Call of the Watch
Won’t you heed - The Call of the Watch
Can’t you hear – Won’t you heed - The Call of the Watch
Won’t you heed - Can’t you hear – The Call of the Watch
The hour’s drawing nearer
But you stand there paralyzed
Afraid to act or face the facts
Right before your eyes
Can’t you hear – The Call of the Watch – there’s fire ahead
Nations aflame, cities burn
Won’t you heed – The Call of the Watch – echoes of the dead
Lessons repeated but never learned
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Gather, Darkness!
04:14
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GATHER, DARKNESS!
Enter the New Dark Ages
We’re leaving the light
The science that would save us
Has plunged us into night
Oh, brothers of the hierarchy
Your holy wisdom is all that we need
Gather, Darkness!
Enshroud the earth in nothingness
Gather, Darkness!
Where all light ends and nothing less
Where all life ends
Ruled by the apex council
Their word is divine
With wrath rods and religion
They keep us all in line
Oh, brothers of the hierarchy
Your holy wisdom is all that we need
Gather, Darkness!
Enshroud the earth in nothingness
Gather, Darkness!
Where all light ends and nothing less
Where all life ends
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The City That Waits
04:47
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THE CITY THAT WAITS
It has been waiting
For 20 000 years
To have its sweet revenge
The day they reappear
Invaders from the sky
Came to ravage and ruin
Exploiting all they could and
Leaving it to its undoing
A lost civilization
Across the universe
The city – now forsaken
Breathes a solemn curse
Tireless vigilance
Scan the empty streets
Circuits that won’t forget
And eyes that never sleep
Now something has breached its walls
Intruders have passed through the gate
As life returns to the streets
Ancient arms recharge – to annihilate
For now the waiting is over
Retaliation is close
Invoking a primal memory
The only word it knows:
“Humans”
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Dream Savant
05:43
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DREAM SAVANT
Filled with visions he just couldn’t explain
Something brought him back to that mirage on the plain
The world was still the same, but he saw it differently
Had he really been there, or was it fantasy
Dreamer – Dream Savant
Standing with the Centaur
Dreamer – Dream Savant
Running with the Centaur
It kept calling him from the depths of slumber
Left him profoundly tired from visions of wonder
The urge grew stronger, breaking down reality
While he grew more detached from society
Dreamer – Dream Savant
Standing with the Centaur
Dreamer – Dream Savant
Running with the Centaur
Intrepidly he moved between the layers of time
‘Cause in his mind, all was one and one was all
The world around him seemed shrouded in grime
And man was too blind, to the truth universal
When you dream – dream alone
When you dream – dream alone
When you dream (When you dream) – dream alone
When you dream (Dream alone) – dream alone
When you dream – dream alone
When you dream – dream alone
His journey would take him ‘cross deserts and oceans
Tracing the light of life, by esoteric notions
It all made sense now but words could never express
The unity he felt out there in the wilderness
Standing with the Centaur
Running with the Centaur
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Gods
04:00
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GODS
The sound of thunder
Heralds their arrival
The Creators have returned
For our survival
Bringing lightning
To strike on command
With prophetic vision
They survey the land
Worship! Fall to your knees
The Gods must be appeased
Our obedience grants their promise of peace
Through thunder and fire
In metal and steel
They came from the heavens
To make us all kneel
Star… Born… Gods…
Star… Born… Gods…
With power like magic
The gods they are real
They ride the fire wind
Turn mountains to dust
Masters of life and death
Walk here among us
Worship! Do as we’re told
Our fate is in their control
All that we can give is this offering of gold
Through thunder and fire
In metal and steel
They came from the heavens
To make us all kneel
Star… Born… Gods…
Star… Born… Gods…
With power like magic
The gods they are real
Those who from heaven came
Divinity in carnal form
Bringers of the astral reign…
Star… Born… Gods…
Star… Born… Gods…
Gods…
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The Ghost of Orion
04:17
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THE GHOST OF ORION
The call of ancient yearning
Seeking triumph and conquest
The hunter awakens
Basking in the light of nature’s zest
The Ghost of Orion
Rekindles the fire
Of dormant desires
The ghost
On the eve of the Wild Hunt
When the furious host is released
The hunter sets out
To claim his right – the nature of the beast
The Ghost of Orion
Rekindles the fire
Of dormant desires
The ghost
The Ghost of Orion
Rekindles the fire
Of dormant desires
The Ghost of Orion
The Ghost lives on in me
Its spirit never dies
Riding with Orion
We hunt to stay alive
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The Thaumaturge
04:30
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THE THAUMATURGE
Watch my hands
And the power they possess
To heal the weak
With a touch of godliness
Enter the circle
My secret shrine
And you will feel
The force of the divine
The power that flows through my hands
Bears witness of arcane commands
Celestial currents devise
To bring the miracle before our eyes
I do the will
Of ancient deities
Who surround us
But none of us sees
Clean the air
Await the power surge
Hark to me
I am the thaumaturge
The power that flows through my hands
Bears witness of arcane commands
Celestial currents devise
To bring the miracle before our eyes
I am the myth – the one of which you’ve heard
Unseen wonders evoked by sacred words
Through this rift – a power will emerge
To aid the hands of the Thaumaturge
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I of the Storm
04:14
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I, OF THE STORM
I have weathered
The onslaught of the giants’ war
And now I emerge
Stronger, prouder than before
No more fettered
To the hell surrounding me
The storm did purge
A clean slate now, to carve my history
I… I of the storm…
Like a flame within the fire
Burning out to be reborn
I… I of the storm…
Ascending to aspire
Transcendence above the norm
I of the storm!
The juggernaut
Perpetual and tireless force
And now I can see
The jaded methods of your course
Against all gods
Forever I will stand defiant
Victory
My vengeance lies within my triumph
I… I of the storm…
Like a flame within the fire
Burning out to be reborn
I… I of the storm…
Ascending to aspire
Transcendence above the norm
I… I of the storm…
Like a flame within the fire
Burning out to be reborn
I… I of the storm…
Ascending to aspire
I am the law
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Soil of the Dead
06:08
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SOIL OF THE DEAD
We’ve severed all ties to the world we once knew
It took just a second to change, to change it eternally
Our future - torn apart by something we can’t touch or see
Sons of the Soil – The Soil of the Dead
Sons of this Soil – The Soil of the Dead
We bury the future in coffins of lead
Landscapes without humans, a sepulchre of concrete
Now all that is left are shadows of what was here before
Someone walked these roads, someone dwelled behind these doors
Sons of the Soil – The Soil of the Dead
Sons of this Soil – The Soil of the… Dead!
For ten days it burned
Ten days that will last forever
There is nowhere for us to go
As the world cries “pariah”
Sentenced for eternity
Wayward sons of Mother Gaia
Our gods do not laugh
Our gods are martyrs
Only the dead may return
And now we know that the world does not end with humanity
Thirty years ago but will we ever understand
What a force we unleashed and what truths we shattered
Now it is as if nothing ever was or ever really mattered
Sons of the Soil – The Soil of the Dead
Sons of this Soil – The Soil of the Dead
We bury the future in coffins of lead
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