1. INTRO

(Instrumental)


2. WIDOW BLACK

See Her Smile within hangsman's rope
The sky is black upon the gallows pole
Flash of light, crowds eyes gazing wild
They're waiting for the sign
The priest begins to speak
A prayer of relief
But her face it turns into a mug
Of hate and disguise

The widow, she killed in the dead of night
Seven men with a cold razor blade
The Widow, now she has to pay the price
For her deadly game

When churchbell chime, she will hang 'till death
The rope is put on and tightened round her neck
Her last words will be taken by the wind
Forever sire of her sins
"Hear what I have to say
Here on my dying day
I spit on you and your righteousness
May the devil fetch you all!"


3. TRAGEDY VISION

Thousand flashes weird, bizarre
Above in my head
Leave me alone
No more I can bear
What is the meaning of all

God, please take this gift from me
My bleeding eyes...

Vision obscure
Memorial beware
Caught in between the grim millstones of fate
The burden I feel, it is lowly crushing me

Pain is all I'm suffering
Ever since that day...
When the curse came real
My head explodes
And I know it has to be done
Before it's too late


4. VIKING

Stormwind and thunder
We lot the oar of hope
Without direction
Drifting away from...
Our course to the island
So many miles from home
Maybe we're sailing
Straight to the end of the world
Down, down to the shore
Out of the sea
Odin is calling for me

They told of monsters
Out there where nobody should go
High as a mountain
Tearing us down in the
Depth of the cold sea


5. CREATOR OF DESCENT

I'm the beginning and the end
Creator of descent

Kneel before my graven image
I await your sacrifice
For I will spare you all another time
Of being crushed, annihilated
By my anger that will rise
As soon as some of you small creepers
Won't avail me anymore

Bring me an unsullied maiden
And your first born son
Don't you ever dare to call up my wrath

From this temple of stone
I'm looking down on you

This time I'll destroy your harvest
For you can see that I'm still there
I am all knowing and everywhere
But this is only another warning
For you all to serve me well
Next time I'll rise
To open the gates of hell

From this temple of stone
I'm looking down on you
With this baptismal of blood
I destine your fate


6. WOLF

My thoughts're drilling deep into your mind
Your blood's slowly dripping down to earth
Over moonshine glades, there is no escape
An endless hunt can begin
I'm coming to rape, there is no escape
Life is an eternal sin

Look into my eyes
Human being dies
I'm your inner beast
I'm wolf inside man
You decrease

Well disguised I hide behind camouflage
A human face is my mask
Sin has been my guide, since I am alive
I will never set you free
A wolf that howls within, and tries to break the chain
That's exactly what I am


7. THIRST

As I walked the streets
That leads to nowhere
I heard a whisper
Taken by the wind

I turned around to see
Somebody's following me
But there was nothing
In the misty dark
So I went on
Apparent alone
And without aim
As I heard it clear
Someone was calling out
My name

What happens me

The last thing I now
Of this strange event
Is a piercing ache
At my neck
Then the world went dark
And my remembrance stops at once
I can say what went wrong
But now, when the night comes down
I always feel that thirst...


8. BREATH OF FREEDOM

The waves are taking us away
To a place that no one has ever seen before
What comes at our journey's end
Will we face the abyss
We all know from old tales
Is there a chance to survive
If we'll finally reach the end of the world
Or will we get swallowed into eternal night
Never to be seen

With heads held up high
Our hearts are free
Awaiting our black destiny
We're sailing the unfathomed sea

Breath the freedom
Even if it's your last breath
The taste of freedom
It will ease your death

Something tells me that I'm close
To the final chapter of this diary
A feeling like a bad presentiment
Let's me stare at horizon for so many hours
The sea's so calm-silence before the storm
So it seems to me-the sky is covered black
Will we reach another dawn


9. FREAK

See me here inside this cabinet
Of lost creatures
Garbled at birth, accursed by god
Nature's caprice
Exhibited to amaze
To satisfy your lust for sensation

See me human
Abhorrent sight
Inside this cage
Just manage to keep alive
Like a monster
Exposed to your scorn
Fettered in chains
From the day I was born...
...up to now

People - starring with disgust
At my appearance
But do they look inside my heart
Where I'm no freak
I try to tell my misery
But they only hear me roar

Only children seem to know
How I must feel
When they look into my eyes
They seem to realize


10. WORDS OF SORROW

Words of sorrow
To describe my grief
To deliver my heart
Words of sorrow
Send out my thoughts in liberty

I'm longing for warmth and the brightness of light
That I'm missing most in here
Beyond this prison walls where I was left inside
Waiting for my certain end
No, I know I can't expect forgiveness
For so my mistaken life
But let my try to relieve my heart
Before I reach out for the other side

I want you to know that all my love is yours
Even if I can't tell it you one time
I was the cause for all your desperate tears
How I hate myself for this crime
If there was a way to turn the wheel of time
Back - I swear it all would change
But sometimes death is more than merciless
And maybe it all was prearranged


11. IN BATTLE FOR METAL

I leave the world behind
The world of every day
Sunken in my memories
My mind wanders astray

Deep inside there is a wrath
That drives me to go on
Let it out with voices rough
This battle has to be won

And when you hear us from afar
Like a thunder in the dark
Don't be afraid the time is right
For another strike

Hunting through the dark
Lurk behind the corner
Prepare for your demise
We have come to conquer
And when your blood is spilled
All around the battlefield
You better run, cause
We're in battle for metal

And when my day is gone
Look in my eyes my friend
And let us sing this song
We'll bring this fight to the end

We have to rule the night
To be strong at day
Songs made of metal
Raging like wild seed