Prelude: Altar Of Blood
Brotherhood of the Cantara Monastery
Behold and listen!!
Flesh and Blood is what we desire
We will leave the spirit world soon
As tonight we will complete the ritual
Prepare the Altar Of Blood
And we shall rule the world once more
Rise my brothers, rise rise rise!

Preludium: Ara Sanguis Ordo Monasterium Cantara
Vide et audite!
Carneus et sanguis sunt cupio noster
Brevi eximus mundus animus
Noctu complemus ritus
Parate Ara Sanguis
Et regnamus mundus iterum
Surgete fratris mea, surgete surgete surgete!


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Act I: The Cantara Hills
A cursed place
So far away but yet so close
The Cantara hills where you'll find the ruins
Surrounded by a dead wood

Cantara
It bears an ancient secret
Cantara
Don't ever go there

Ruins of a mighty monastery
Hidden by dead trees surrounding the hill
Breeding in darkness
The hills
Emerging from the thick mist You can see a mighty tower
In the middle of the graveyard
The Cantara Hills
A place with so many restless spirits

Cantara
It bears an ancient secret
Cantara
Don't ever go there


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Act II: Unholy Grounds
It haunts my dreams
This old and dark path to the ruins of Cantara
This malicious and secret place Deep in the woods
The burial grounds of Cantara

Unholy Grounds, Unholy Grounds ...

Mist protecting these ancient walls
The graveyard ... roots crawling all over the place
Ancient Statues staring from the dark
A huge tower in between the graves
They say it is a sacred place
The burial grounds of Cantara

Unholy Grounds, Unholy Grounds ...

Midnight
Fires are lit and words are spoken
Ancient rhymes and incantations
I see them rising
Spirits of the Cantara brotherhood
Rising from their graves

The things I have seen in my dreams
You would not believe
Shadows moving in the dark
Like spirits in the mist

Unholy Grounds, Unholy Grounds ...


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Act III: The Ghost Tower
Standing there in the middle of the graveyard
The tower seems to be alive
Feel the tension it's trembling in the air
A giant hall inside
See the stairway which is leading deep down
Into a maze of ancient catacombs

Feel it, can't you feel it?
Deep down inside the catacombs
Evil malus purus

At the bottom of the stairs
Inscriptions on the wall
Immense sewers leading into the unknown
Reflection of sounds
They seem to come from anywhere
My visions ... so much clearer

To the east chanting can be heard
A sound so divine
Deep down the catacombs
Fires burning in the distance
The chanting is getting clearer
I am getting nearer

Feel it, can't you feel it?
Deep down inside the catacombs
Evil malus purus


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Act IV: Ara Deus Sanguis
A chapel, the purest of white
Filled with candles burning so bright
Dark symbols on the wall
I do not understand
Ghostlike figures standing in a circle
Chanting ancient rhymes

I see the Abbott appearing
Wearing a habit so white it hurts my eyes
Raising his hands from behind the misty altar
He starts his prayer
Speaking in the strangest tongues
I do not understand

Someone is laying on the altar
Arms and legs bound
I do not understand
Ara Deus Sanguis
The ritual has started

A big knife in the hands of the Abbott
Blood is dropping into a chalice
As the wall behind the altar starts to glow
I do not understand
Ara Deus Sanguis
It needs to be fed


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Act V: The Blood God
Blood God...
Yearning for mortality
Unholy one we call to thee
Seeking life for far too long
Hear our chanter!
Come to us ooh great One!

Revive..the fallen
Revive..us all
Revive..the fallen
Revive!

Blood God...We pray for thee
Blood God...We call to thee
Blood God...We waited too long
Blood God...Master
The room is filled with magic
A magic darker then ever before
Suddenly I realize. I am not dreaming
As I feel the knife deep in chest
It's me who's on the altar
Blood flowing into the chalice
Ooh no

Revive..the fallen
Revive..us all
Revive..the fallen
Revive!

From beyond the mist a figure appears
Steaming mist
So vague so dark
Glowing eyes so dark


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Act VI: Beyond The Mist
I feel so strange inside
Fear in my body
A heartless soul
Dead inside

From beyond the mist
A ghostlike figure appears
Dead eyes staring at me
Drinking from the chalice
Blood dripping from it's mouth
Bringing back life

Blood God revive
Surgete!
Blood God revive
Surgete!

What I see is so unreal
The brotherhood of Cantara
One by one I see their spirits turn into flesh
Life returning in their eyes

From beyond the mist
A ghostlike figure appears
Dead eyes staring at me
Drinking from the chalice
Blood dripping from it's mouth
Bringing back life


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Act VII: Blood Red Eyes
I feel a sting in my chest
This pain
Is so unbearable
Blood red eyes staring at me
As magic flows into my body
What I see I cannot believe

The ritual is over

My spirit is leaving my body
I must be dying but I am not
Words are spoken
Words I do not understand

The ritual is over

As my mind comes together
I know now that I am part of him
The Blood God
A nerve on his body

The ritual is over

Flying high above the altar
My life seems to be fading away
All I see is black
Blacker than ever before

The ritual is over

I feel like I reached my final destination
The place for my soul to rest
Underneath this cold soil I wait
Until the next moon reaches the sky

The ritual is over


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Act VIII: Until Eternity Ends
Victimized I Am
Cursed I Am
Under the spell of Cantara
A predator I've become
Serving the one unknown to mankind


My soul awakens
Predator in my blood
Hunting
Roaming the Cantara hills
I am searching for my prey

A heart without souls
A demon without a heart
I am what I am
Slave to the one

No one shall pass these hills
Without passing me
I shall send you the dream of death
The one which was send to me
Live the fear I feared
Feel the pain I felt

I know it's starting all over again
And again
And again
And again