1. DAWN OF THE GREAT REBIRTH (ASHES OF OUR TIME PART II)

Fearful winds of burning fire
As we clean the scars of time
Rising from the ashes
Of a world destroyed

The light of dawn approaches
No longer shall we subvert
Eons spent in slavery
To the empty sky
As men, as brothers
We shall break free
I will lead thee: a phoenix race

Fearful were these men
Terror in the face of Zeus
From a lifetime beneath the ruins
But, I sought to bring light

With this banner high above our heads
Proclaiming a brand new day
For we have brought forth to thee
The dawn of the great rebirth

Fearful winds of burning fire
As we clean the scars of time
Rising from the ashes
Of a world destroyed

The light of dawn approaches
With this banner high above our heads
Proclaiming a brand new day
For we have brought forth to thee
The dawn of the great rebirth

Fearful were these men
Terror in the face of Zeus
From a lifetime beneath the ruins
But, I sought to bring light

With this banner high above our heads
Proclaiming a brand new day
For we have brought forth to thee
The dawn of the great rebirth
I, Prometheus, vow this unto thee


2. FESTIVALS OF ATONEMENT

I am the prophet of the end of days
I was there at the birth of man
And I shall dig your shallow grave
A light is in the air with the sounds of war

No more autumn leaves drifting upon the air
Nor winter frost the ground to make bare
Nought but cannibal sun and corroding sand
Such is my vision
Your fate is written in stone
An ark you may construct
Only to see it swallowed by the Earth
And carried to the deepest of hells

All hope is lost
In the shadows of fate
Grasp thy sword and curse the sea
As the rising tide draws ever closer

Ye idle man, my words you did not heed
Shall see your world sundered as a raft amidst the storm

All hope is lost
In the shadows of fate
Grasp thy sword and curse the sea
As the rising tide draws ever closer

All hope is lost
In the shadows of fate
Grasp thy sword and curse the sea
As the rising tide draws ever closer

This is a season - a season of tears
Embrace the winds - embrace winds of war


3. LED BY TEARS

As the wind bellows softly in the night
Next to you I will walk until the morning light
Hand in hand, soul in flesh
Let my words gently guide your steps
Now that chaos ensues

I promise to stand by your side
To embrace forevermore

As you walk solemnly
Down this endless path of flames
Let no flames burn thy skin
I will hold your hand

Soon approaches the calm after the storm
Still you are in my arms...
And I will lay you
By the shoreline of the sea
Where I am eternally to embrace
...Forevermore

I promise to stand by your side
To embrace forevermore

As you walk solemnly
Down this endless path of flames
Let no flames burn thy skin
I will hold your hand
Through this storm
Through the the raging waters
May my tears be your guide

I promise to stand by your side
To embrace forevermore

As you walk solemnly
Down this endless path of flames
Let no flames burn thy skin
I will hold your hand
Through this storm
Through the raging waters
May my tears be your guide


4. CARRION

Where will you be?
When the sky
Piece by piece
Falls from the pedestal
You placed it on
Where will you be...?

Will you pray to the sun?
Pray to the stars?
Seek forgiveness?
Will you repent your ''sins''?

Where will you be
When the sky
Falls from the pedestal
You placed it on?
Where will you be...?

In these final hours
Among carrion you will lay
In repentance and contrition
Among carrion you belong

Like a flock of headless pheasants
Searching without eyes to see
You sought truth
In the grandest of lies

In these final hours
Among carrion you will lay
In repentance and contrition
Among carrion you belong

Will you pray to the sun?
Pray to the stars?
Seek forgiveness?
Will you repent your ''sins''?

Where will you be
When the sky
Falls from the pedestal
You placed it on?
Where will you be...?

Like a flock of headless pheasants
Searching without eyes to see
You sought truth
In the grandest of lies

In these final hours
Among carrion you will lay
In repentance and contrition
Among carrion you belong

In these final hours
Will we be judged upon
How we have given our life to the suns in the sky
...Or is there something more?


5. WHERE FALLEN APOSTLES ASSEMBLE

Mother night
Cruel mistress
Huntress
Darkness moving
Upon the face of the deep

I know the darkness which consumes you
Ancient hatreds festering
I have watched the demons you hold at bay
Predatory wolves circling the fire

The light around you grows fainter
Soon you shall be freed
Shackled by your humanity
Cast aside the stench of purity
And receive my gift with open arms

In a sacred glade, a shrine forgotten
An ancient curse of ancient spirits
She beckons to me and whispers...
Free me and you shall have the world

Golden altar standing alone
Buried in a field of ash
Her scars entombment
Remnants of the fall
She remains imprisoned
Waiting to be freed

In a sacred glade, a shrine forgotten
An ancient curse of ancient spirits
She beckons to me and whispers...
Free me and you shall have the world
Where fallen apostles assemble

Your fears and nightmares
These are the seeds of evil
Which I have implanted in you
They have driven away everything you cherished
The power to banish them is mine
And mine alone

The light around you grows fainter
Cast aside staunch purity
And receive my gift with open arms

In a sacred glade, a shrine forgotten
An ancient curse of ancient spirits
She beckons to me and whispers...
Free me and you shall have the world
Where fallen apostles assemble


6. YERSINIA PESTIS

Dear God,
Take my soul tonight
Spare me... this wretched pain
Torturous. Ravenous.

From the shadows
It will rise. Evolve. Take form. Overcome.

Across the dust
Through the fields
Lurking eyes of fire

Pestilence; swept clean the earth
Every last one will fall
Insatiable thirst for human life
Everyone will suffer

Inject the sickness
Deteriorate the human genome
Strand by strand

Bow down,
Before the bringers of infection
Blind and merciless
Close your eyes
And accept your judgement

Pestilence; swept clean the earth
Every last one will fall
Insatiable thirst for human life
Everyone will suffer

Incurable, incomparable
Devouring without remorse
Relentless. Reckless.
Yersinia Pestis

Inject the sickness
Deteriorate the human genome
Strand by strand

Foolish and meek
The powerless hands of a man
Cannot cease the axe of karma

From the shadows
It will rise. Evolve. Take Form. Overcome.

Pestilence; swept clean the earth
Every last one will fall
Insatiable thirst for human life
Everyone will suffer

Looking towards the stars
Your last words are a prayer
Blessed is he
Who takes this pain away
Blessed is he...


7. AFFINITY

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