1. |
The Wild Hunt Rides
06:37
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They ride forth on hoofs of doom throughout the dark
Twelve wicked nights they are prowling their path
Dare not to glance or be seen or else you will join them in your sleep
(in your sleep they take your soul)
Souls that have gone ere their time
Pale is their vanguard, pale as his steed
Pale are the hounds by his side
So bow your head and pray or be gone from their way
Bridge:
Candlelights
Holy scents
More we cannot muster
in defense
Chorus:
Hear the clamour from afar
(Come the night)
Leave no window ajar
(We will rise)
Bolt your doors and stay inside
(Run and hide from the storm that will come)
When the Wild Hunt rides
Forebodings, ill omens of famine and plague,
of draught and of war that shall come our way
Devils and demons scorning the heavenly skies
No gods by our side
Side by side
they`re marching ever on
Rise with dusk, fade with dawn
Leave us afeared of the days to come
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
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2. |
At The Edge Of Night
05:27
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Humanity is trembling as the centuries go by
Our senses are augmented, our feelings left do die
The gods have vanished long ago and not a grave remained
Nature’s drawn her last breath, we’re proud of what we gained
Lost in deadly rapture and a blinding decadence
Guns to do the talking, no more words with which to fence
Technology can never stop the starving of the poor
New diseases leaving only money as a cure
Chorus:
I see dark ages alight
Sun won’t rise again for human kind
Hark into the night
Greed is the gear that will grind mind and soul
Holding down the masses, best safety lies in fear
Hunting down the rebels, shedding blood but not a tear
Streets drenched in neon lies through treason and deceit
led me to a darkened heart and its corrupted beat
Standing at the edge of night, I will bring the dawn
The unseen hand to rule from shades, strings to lead you on
A path to freedom and to past, where all control is gone
Wings of wax to rise again beneath a brighter sun
(Chorus)
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3. |
Strings Of Sanity
06:53
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His world of beauty lay beyond the things we know and see
The old man`s violin was his voice - how it called to me!
From the attic music came, peculiarly composed
Tempting fascination in his haunting notes
Bridge:
(Horror is creeping up on me)
String by string the veil is torn apart
Strain by strain cold fear takes my heart
(slowly striking its roots in me)
Chorus:
A nocturnal trial
The sound of his viol
playing my strings of sanity
Woe finds its way
into Rue d`Auseil
fraying my strings of sanity
Many a time I stood entranced before his door
The dread of vague wonder crept into my very core
Until one night when from inside cacophany would rise
The shrieking of his viol and his voiceless cries
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
A storm arose from far beyond the world we see and know
The old man`s violin frantically made pandemonium grow
In the attic mayhem reigned and chaos was composed
Terrifying anguish in his haunting notes
(Bridge)
A nocturnal trial
The sound of his viol
playing my strings of sanity
His secret will stay
here in Rue d`Auseil
fraying my strings of sanity
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4. |
Sword And Sorcery
04:51
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Forged in the fire of ancient times
A warrior’s desire, brought forth to enemy lines
In steel we trusted our lives for nothing else would suffice
Yet dreadful swords of evil became our final demise
They came with iron and fire, black riders of doom
Slaughtering all of my kin before the rise of the moon
So the legend begins of one who would be king
Out of tragedy`s dead end, all bards forever will sing
Chorus:
Sword and Sorcery, the secret of steel
I´m heeding your call, so my scars can heal
Sword and Sorcery, a tale of revenge
Brave and glorious until the end
No time to cry, no time to bleed
If I should fall in battle, so let it be!
Defying the snakes of madness, the cult of the damned
Gone are the years of sadness, they all shall die by my hand
Grinding through their bodies, their blood will cover the land
Even death won’t stop me, I shall return for one last stand
Beheading the lord of darkness to end his venomous reign
Avenging all of my people, reaping the roots of my pain
(Chorus)
We stand on the battlefield of life,
fighting to live before we die
(Chorus)
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5. |
It Never Sleeps
07:47
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Youth is both blessing and curse
You can live in so many worlds
Your mind sets the borders, but something else orders your way -
for better or worse
Sanity`s kept by belief and by the bonds that you weave
Your charge is to keep all the burdening secrets inside -
in tombs far beneath
Bridge:
Through long-buried memories it creeps
to feast on the fright in your dreams
Fear is the hand on your throat,
like a boat caught in streams
you`ll be drawn to the deeps
(down here we all float)
Chorus:
It never sleeps!
Down below where they all vanished silently
It never sleeps!
Down below from where it stalks the city`s streets
It never sleeps!
Down below where we have to descend to bring it to an end!
You grew up in treacherous peace
Your past has been shrouded with ease
But your blood cast a spell and will call you when hell is unleashed
Imagination is your strength and your flaw
Fail to resist and you`re stricken with awe
Mesmerized by the gaze of these eyes
you fall prey to the voices you hear - the faces of fear
(Bridge)
(Chorus)
A wicked heart in darkness grew with veins that are of stone
A restless pulse that calls to you, whispering „come home!“
Follow now its hollow beat that lures you to its lair
And face your fears or face defeat, blinded by the deadlights` glare
(Bridge)
(Refrain)
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