1. WELCOME TO THE SLAUGHERHOUSE

My heart is bleeding, bleeding out
The lifeblood is dying down
All seems to be so bald and void
I close my eyes and can’t feel anymore

Welcome to the slaughterhouse

Crimson flames rocket high
Finally burning me after all
All seems to be so bald and void
I close my eyes, hope has gone forever

Death and pain, mourning and sorrow
Are hunting me, impaling my heart

Welcome to the slaughterhouse, welcome to reality
Tearing me out all feelings and hope
Death is retracting me
And will not only be with me soon

My heart is bleeding, bleeding out
Life is running out of me
All is to be so bald and void
I close my eyes and can’t see anymore

The world, the slaughterhouse

Crimson flames rocket high
Finally burning us all
All is to be so bald and void
I close my eyes, the world has gone forever

Death and pain, mourning and sorrow
Are hunting me, impaling my heart

Welcome to the slaughterhouse, welcome to reality
Tearing me out all feelings and hope
Death is retracting me
And will not only be with me soon

Welcome to the slaughterhouse, welcome to the world
Tearing me out all feelings and hope
Fear is retracting me
And will not only be with me soon


2. BLESSING AND CURSE

There are people in this world
You call crazy and insane
Don’t quest for sway and wealth
There’s no need to do in their brains

There are people becoming mad
Loosing your game, being no good
You cast a damning light on them
Therefore they’re misunderstood

With the aid of thoughts and without any words
They can break walls, conjure to every place
Can get over fears threatening all day and night
Can find hope and salvation through this heavy might

There are people without a choice
Closing their eyes to get away
What they see is their own agony
Close desperation everyday

There are people without any view
A whole world only in mind
Silence is growing all around
Imaginations in the dark, they bind

With the aid of thoughts and without any words
Forced to break walls, banned to a strange place
Can’t get over fears threatening all day and night
Can’t find hope and salvation in this heavy fight

Blessing or curse, salvation or death
Thoughts take us away
And no one knows where the journey ends

With the aid of thoughts and without any words
We could break walls, conjure to every place
Could get over fears threatening all day and night
Could find hope and salvation through this heavy might

Get over fears threatening all day and night
Find hope and salvation through this heavy might


3. SHATTER THE MIRROR

Hate … crime … devastation
Fear … lies … discrimination

Outside the window, there’s a world mankind won’t know
Their own creation given up for just one blow
Waking up to work for dumping value of their own
Listening to the sound of money, climbing up to pleasure’s throne

Ignorant members of a syndicate
Inventions just for war and hate
Argue with sister or brother
Unfaithfulness shown by each other

Looking blind across a field covered with dead bodies
The thoughts of remorse and compunction are still muddy
A lake of tears deserts, the eye of truth is bleeding
Running down to hell, and not just creeping

Why are we blind although it is in front of us?
Are we gone too far?
It is time to shatter the mirror close to our eyes
Look into your heart and bring back the worth of life

Deconstruct a world of liberty, going down insane
Mislead faithful people to eliminate disgraceful blame
Search for idiotic victims without looking at their selves
Running to stand finally still praying for god’s help

God’s commandments are there to violate
Accept the senseless self created fate
Searching for the truth of lies
Find alibis for alibis

Why are we blind although it is in front of us?
Are we gone too far?
It is time to shatter the mirror close to our eyes
Look into your heart and bring back the worth of life


4. TOO DEEP INSIDE

There were reasons, we had to think about
There were seasons, we had to struggle out
The strength inside your heart is there to keep the truth alive

Deep inside your soul, a new world down below
Full of emotions and hopes, endless love which grows
Sometimes bad to let it out, loosing you’re proud
And in the end you’ll see, a conflict to... reality

There were friends, which turned to enemies
There were acts of love, became wars of hate
The power in your mind is there to keep the truth alive

The world outside is here, creators of fear
Producers of hate, you were the one who paid
Mankind has denied, their answers they replied
And in the end you’ll see, a conflict to... your dream

You can’t set it free
You shouldn’t let it be
But it’s too deep inside
To build reality

Your final inner plea
Will turn into fear
‘Cause it’s too deep inside
To build reality

Too deep inside
Too deep inside
Too deep inside
Too deep inside

Deep inside your soul, a new world down below
Emotions and hopes, endless love which grows
Sometimes bad to let it out, loosing you’re proud
And in the end you’ll see, a conflict to... reality

The world outside is here, creators of fear
Producers of hate, you were the one who paid
Mankind has denied, their answers they replied
And in the end you’ll see, a conflict to... your dream


5. THE POWER OF METAL

Our hearts are full of love and hate
Revenge and power, mourning and pain

We are standing in front of you like other people
But there is more
The power of metal is in our hearts

Destroying our selves is not enough
The guitars have endless power
This sound keeps us alive
Stop struggling yourself and feel the sound

The power of metal – rules my life
The power of metal – is wherever we are
The power of metal – invades your heart
And then a new life will start

Our hearts are full of keyboards and bass
Drums and guitars, love and hate

We don’t stand in front of you like other people
This is the truth because
The power of metal is in our hearts

The sound will break into your heart
After many years of pain
The metal sound keeps you alive
Now this music is the meaning of your life

The power of metal – rules my life
The power of metal – is wherever we are
The power of metal – invades your heart
And then a new life will start

Feel the power of metal, let your soul drift with this sound
Just bang your head and forget the world around you
This aggressive feeling is the power of metal

The power of metal – rules my life
The power of metal – is wherever we are
The power of metal – invades your heart
And then a new life will start


6. GREETINGS FROM THE DEAD WORLD

The wind is coming over the wood
Blowing through the hair of the old warrior
Hills are shining under the rising sun
His back hurts a lot today
But now he is standing between his men
His tribe he created in better times
Now he has to defend this area
He devastated in his glory youth

The fate of the Normans was passed
They decide, who will die
Death has been cast in everybody’s soul
If you still have one

A horn is roaring, the battle begins
Like thousands of thunders
The men attack the enemy
With no doubt Odin is waiting for
All warriors who will die in his name
With Met and youthful virgins
He greets them in Valhalla
With no exception

His son, gored by the enemy’s spear
His wife, burning cause of that oil
And burning arrows, they hit
Everybody in his clan is bleeding
"Where the hell is the ally
I've called for our guidance?"
The old man screams, in deadly rage
Killing, burning, hate is coming up

In an ecstasy of blood he is
He can't feel any pain
The power of ten werewolves
Is running trough his veins
The old sword gets sharper
He is fighting with no mercy
Faster, harder than he ever fought
Faster, harder than he was ever taught
With greetings from the dead world and
A smile on his face he walks through the lines

So he fought, until everybody died
"The surviving enemies escape!", but
There is not more than the number of his sons
With blood in their faces they won
His old heart is beating slower
He breaks down, falls into his brother's arms
With proud he has defended his tribe
With hate he killed the danger

Now the old warrior is dying with proud
He opens his mouth to say his last words:
"Odin has sent greetings for enemy and me
Greetings from the dead world.”


7. FATEFUL CONVERSATION

Hello baby, don’t fear pain
You will feel me in your veins
Day turns to night and luck to fear
I am a vampire, can you hear?

Your eyes are red and full of tears
The darkness all consists of fears

Step by step my evil will
Changes your way into my hall
You wouldn’t die if I wouldn’t kill
No one’s here to hear your call

Come on virgin, feel my kiss
That makes it hard for you to live
It’s not a dream but it is true
The only one I want is you

Finally my heart is beating higher
Now you will be a vampire

Step by step my evil will
Changes your way into my hall
You wouldn’t die if I wouldn’t kill
No one’s here to hear your call

Now you are my undead queen
Bring them fear with your cold scream
Keep their blood and make them slaves
Clean the world from every brave

Your eyes are red, your tears have dried
And daylight has your life denied

Step by step my evil will
Changes your way into my hall
You wouldn’t die if I wouldn’t kill
No one’s here to hear your call


8. 100 YEARS

Every day I go to work to grub me to the bones
To earn my money, does it make any sense?
Then I look outside the window straight to the sky
Wanting to know everything, but my life’s a lie.

Cause not much more than one hundred years
Is what man got on earth
It’s really not much time but man himself
has chosen it
Everything he wants to own, and therefore gets a piece of mind
Don’t you believe it’s useless when you’re blind?

I want to have a big car and live in a mansion
I can’t get enough of what I already have
But then I look outside the window straight to the sky
And I know I can’t afford this cause my life’s a lie.

Cause not much more than one hundred years
Is what man got on earth
It’s really not much time but man himself
has chosen it
Everything he wants to own, and therefore gets a piece of mind
Don’t you believe it’s useless when you’re blind?

All or nothing? It’s not a question, but the truth!

Cause not much more than one hundred years
Is what man got on earth
It’s really not much time but man himself
has chosen it
Everything he wants to own, and therefore gets a piece of mind
Don’t you believe it’s useless when you’re blind?

Cause not much more than your wasted years
Is what you got on earth
It’s really not much time but you yourself
have chosen it
Everything he wants to know, and therefore gets a piece of mind
Don’t you believe it’s useless when you’re blind?


9. HAIL OF FIRE

The winter is colder and longer
The earth is full of snow since one year
Although the sun is burning on our skin
There will be a huge disaster

Big lumps of ice are falling from the sky
They hit big holes into the ground
The people are running for their lives
And then:

The Hail of Fire
Is falling from the sky
And satisfies
His desire

Everyone knows that there must be a change
But the people ignore the warnings
No one wants to change his beautiful life
So the destiny goes on and takes the lives

Problems of the society are more important
Terrorism, crime is there and everywhere
The human race kills his self like cannibals
But the hail of fire will be faster and successful

Big lumps of ice are falling from the sky
They hit big holes into the ground
The people are running for their lives
And then:

The Hail of Fire
Is falling from the sky
And satisfies
His desire

The sky becomes black and dark
The sun is just a huge fire ball
The bells are swinging and ringing
Big mountains are breaking down
The people are worried and insane

It’s like hell on earth
The hail of fire is coming
The leaders just cry out:

“Kill the peoples who are responsible for this disaster!”


10. BEYOND ETERNITY

Even the strong are becoming cold these days
The way to the end is not as long you think
Dying is no stranger in this world
Only through death and pain to eternity

Keep your eyes open when you die
What you will feel is what creates
Entire gnosis achieves your mind
To arm you for life beyond eternity

Beyond Eternity there’s so much more
Beyond Eternity there’s nothing like before
Everything we do affects our time
Beyond Eternity

Eternal life only without eternal death
To those who don’t hold the last rope
It can only be the one who never mistakes
On the way to peace and salvation

Beyond Eternity, Beyond our time

Eternity is spreading her wings overall
But we are floating straight furthermore
Only who keeps his heart open is to see
When we dead will rise to be free

Beyond Eternity there’s so much more
Beyond Eternity there’s nothing like before
Everything we do affects our time
Beyond Eternity

Everything we do affects our time
Beyond Eternity
There’s so much more