1. HOUR OF JUDGEMENT

The fading sunset falls to grey
The Shifting skies are all they see
and now their lives have come to pass
A morning star illuminates through distant eyes
A thousand souls cry out in pain

Above the Northern sea as fire rains
Falling without end
Another memory burns
Drowned in the hands of Death

Beneath a rising moon they pray
Their heathen souls in the hands of gods
A sacrifice the only way
The morning star illuminates in crimson shades
A future torn from withered hands

The fortunes of all that they know
Now lying forsaken and dead beyond
The circle of life has been broken
Within the eye of Sol - illusions are swept away

Through the hour of judgement
We have fought in vain - bleeding silently
Cut by the knives of fate
In our memories of weakness
We claimed victory - so mistakenly
and paid the cost with our lives

Await the sign - the hour's near
and darkness covers all
Look down on what you've made
The memories slowly fade

And so it begins as it ends
The seas boiling, the night raging on
And through all this pain and servitude
the night rages on and on...

The fortunes of all that they know
Now lying forsaken and dead beyond
The circle of life has been broken
Within the eye of Sol - illusions are swept away

The fortunes of all that we know
Now lying forsaken and dead below
The edge of our dreams has been broken
Never to come again
Illusions of life are no more...

Await the sign - the hour's near
and darkness covers all
Look down on what you've made
The memories slowly fade


2. DROWN THE WOOD IN BLOOD

In the ritual fires flames lash at my feet
And the rope sears marks of shame and defeat

The good Lord weeps upon my remains
I am not a witch - God knows my name

These severed hands of the Holy Ghost,
And the Holy Spirit are cold to my touch

All their faces surround me, in these dying breaths
They are nothing but fools - the bringers of death


3. STANDING IN THE HOUSE OF SUFFERING

In this house of madness
He sings his dirge
For his sister, Madeline
As she fades from his life

In this house of suffering
I hear his words
Heavy and horrible
And they sang to me thus:

Our time now has been lost
In a dim remembered tale

My only duty was but to sing
And now I laugh - but never smile

A smile on her lips so cold
She leaves this place
Sleep - not for me tonight
In this house of death

My time now has been lost
In a dim remembered song

There's blood upon her white robes
A blood red moon
The House of Usher will fall now


4. CHILDHOOD'S END

Never will I follow you
And you'll never walk behind
There is solace within reach
Though your madness leaves you blind

Buried in unspoken fears
Daylight seems so far away...

Never will you find a way
From this pain you cannot hide
Like a child in the night
Searching for a glimpse of sky

On and on it burns
Coldness with no warmth in sight
Dead to the world outside
Rapture eludes you...

Moonlight falls in endless waves
Drains the life from your veins
Takes the life from your hands
Bleak is the path to childhood's end

On and on it burns
Coldness with no warmth in sight
Dead to the world outside
Darkness surrounds you...


5. THE SPELL OF DOOM

Day turns to dusk
Skies veiled black and shadows fall
In a spiral of twisting fate I crawl
Descent begins,
A sense of madness burns within
I am a slave unto sin

Inebriating tones are whispering my name
Under the spell you're never the same

From bleeding eyes
A crimson trail of bitter tears
Past fires burn smoke never clears
I turn from faith,
While shades of night hide my disgrace
Consumed by guilt falling from grace

In suffocating darkness I have been reborn
and for your sheltered souls I mourn