1. DAWN

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2. ABYSS

Wake up
Feel this world once more in darkness
Crawl on
Refind your way into madness

Black, black, black I’m falling
Fought with my might for justice
Been, been, been here before
Iteration’s just beginning

Face the dark
To see the light
Now go on
The future’s bright

Raise your head and don’t rest ever
The inevitable repeats

Things have changed
These are not my surroundings
Silence falls
As my hope breaks I gasp for air

My mind
Filled with screams and burning forests
I cry
Soon this pain will be forgotten

Bright, bright light is shining
Broken, battered, I fight on
Up, up, up into this
New world I’ve always known

Face the dark
To see the light
Now go on
The future’s bright

Raise your head and don’t rest ever
The inevitable repeats

Forgive me
Doubting myself will not help us
This world’s needs
Might be erased by my improvements
When the sun hits, I can shine eternal
Reborn, my strength

(Rise)
I will rise up and face the world
(Fight)
To battle injustice that I see
(Free)
I’ll set these wrongs right
(Fate)
Fate is my honored master

I’ll be
Everything we’ve ever needed
I see
Mighty sword shines golden for me

Face the dark
To see the light
Now go on
The future’s bright

Raise your head and don’t rest ever
The inevitable repeats


3. HERO OF AGES

Look and you will find in all the shine
I’ll be your fighting hero
Hopeful, fresh and reborn, no mission forlorn
As your almighty hero

Facing the darkness, I will slay
The monstrous beasts of power
Once they see me, they’ll back away
For all this potential on display

Blood glows lustrous on my hilt
Emeralds count the beasts that I have killed

Fading into history
I will make a way

Look and you will find in all the shine
I’ll be your fighting hero
Hopeful, fresh and reborn, no mission forlorn
As your almighty hero

A world changes swifter than foreseen
And I find it struggling
Using my last straws to maintain
A balance tippling at the scales

Blood glows lustrous on my hilt
Emeralds count the beasts that I have killed

Fading into history
I will make a way

Look and you will find in all the shine
I’ll be your fighting hero
Hopeful, fresh and reborn, no mission forlorn
As your almighty hero

Look and you will find in all the shine
I’ll be your fighting hero

Heavens, I’ll make mistakes
But how can I just take blame on me
A story is more than black and white
Far more to the eye to see

Fading into history
I will make a way

Look and you will find in all the shine
I’ll be your fighting hero
Hopeful, fresh and reborn, no mission forlorn
As your almighty hero

Instincts will guide my quests
To those that are in need of me
The cosmos’ skewed symmetry
Can be no more cruel to me

A hero rises
Deep in me


4. HYDRA

Attack
You’ll bow your head
Relent, abomination
Submit, and you will live
Defend your own existence

Hydra
I’m coming for you

The evil within it
Must be a devil’s making, all alone here in the dark
Believe it, is finished
Only needs a simple slashing, I turn killing into art

Alas, I am too strong
Suffer as I murder
Repent, it’s not too late
To save the lives you once took

Hydra
I’m coming for you

The evil within it
Must be a devil’s making, all alone here in the dark
Believe it, is finished
Only needs a simple slashing, I turn killing into art

You
Each of your heads will be now demolished
I feast on your deathbed
A drink to your slow passing
Hydra

As the life fades from my heart, I too must have existed
Waves of doubt will now fulfill you
Because
We know

No monster tells me what I should be
Atrocity has no right
To defile pure courage
I will always be
Hydra’s killer
Deep in me
Surviving the ages
Told by the children of trees
Shine through history
A sword yielding hero
Clad in your blood

(Our fate is neverending
We grow yet you’re pretending
Being able to slay us all
Pride comes before the fall
Worry as they come
Warrior of some
Tempted to take it slow
Attempt to be a hero)


5. THE TEMPEST

Rain dripping down
Drops fall in a cloak of clouds
Lightning writes purple through the sky
Embracing the black


6. THE FIRE

Cathuboduae augustae spiriti silvae votum solvit libens merito
Cathuboduae augustae spiriti silvae votum solvit libens merito

Alone in the darkness
Shadows fall quiet through the trees
I gather my courage
Each noise, a crack of the thunder before
My senses heighten in a whirlwind
The ghosts I see dancing in the dark
Spirits calling my name
My safety lies within the catching of a spark

Ravager, destroyer
We’ll find your weakness
Murderer, pillager
No mercy for you

Ravager, destroyer
Murderer, pillager

Race, for light, for heat, is overwhelming
Fear that I, alone, will never be set free
Every step the shadows dance, play of light and black
Twigs snap in a rampant rage, feel glances at my back

Ravager, destroyer
We’ll find your weakness
Murderer, pillager
No mercy for you

Ravager, destroyer
Murderer, pillager

Breath, once dear, for all, is now escaping me
Heat I feel, burning, is all what’s left for me
Before I know the sky is ablaze, fiery tongues licking at the trees
Cries call in a million ways, as I crawl upon my knees

Ravager, destroyer
We’ll find your weakness
Murderer, pillager
No mercy for you

Ravager, destroyer
Murderer, pillager

Cathuboduae augustae spiriti silvae votum solvit libens merito
Cathuboduae augustae spiriti silvae votum solvit libens merito


7. MY WAY TO GLORY

Ride on
My way to glory
Fight for the neverending journey
Through this eternal forest’s morbidity

Bright flowers, all deceased
Facing this cold destruction
No beauty left to behold
Empty echo in the trees

Nothing left of what was
A swift step, uninspired
Time will never heal of this
Scenery of silence

Ride on
My way to glory
Fight for the neverending journey
Through this eternal forest’s morbidity

I hear them calling out
Excitement to be prepared
Seems a thousand souls passed here
Path with no mercy

Ride on
My way to glory
Fight for the neverending journey
Through this eternal forest’s morbidity

Melmë nóren sina
núra ala Eäro nur
Ilfirin nairelma
ullumë nucuvalmë
Melmë nóren sina
núra ala Eäro nur
Ilfirin nairelma
ullumë nucuvalmë
Nauva i nauva

Ride on
My way to glory
Fight for the neverending journey
Through this eternal forest’s morbidity


8. THE CHASING HORDE

We know you, trespasser
Be warned we are now aware
Pass us by, get to the light
That shines at the horizon

Outnumbered you are
Time for your departure
Before you lie too far

Fade out, trespasser
We have known you
We can see our fate unwinding
Get to the light


9. A TREACHEROUS MAZE

Footsteps in the air echo my ways
Flashes of shadows following my glance

City lights shine bright
Rush of energy
Dark figures lurking in corners
Looking out for me

Wisps of fatal rage
As I cross this place
Giant beasts that shine
Trunks boasting as they ride

Scent of spice is my nose
Filling satisfaction
The path my life chose
Tasting the shining lands
Buzzing life on any square
Beehive of progression
Up, down and in the air
Future is everywhere

Tasting the shining lands
Progress is everywhere

Grasping hands push me into the wall
Powerless
Am I surrounded by my lot?

Crowds anguish in tight places
Closing in on me
Pushing hands are all around me
Unable to breathe

Getting pulled inside
I get kicked to life
Burning eyes that soar
Anger unforgiven

Scent of spice is my nose
Filling satisfaction
The path my life chose
Tasting the shining lands
Buzzing life on any square
Beehive of progression
Up, down and in the air
Future is everywhere

Tasting the shining lands
Progress is everywhere

Scent of spice is my nose
Filling satisfaction
The path my life chose
Tasting the shining lands

Tasting the shining lands
Progress is everywhere


10. LEGENDS

High tide turns the hands of time
There is a chance all the world be thine
When all’s decided upon
By a hero ever self-proclaimed

The dawn faded into the night
With no days passed of endless fright
At the end of sorrow
You will fade in the crystal lands

I say
Never stop believing
That you’ll always be right
Hold the truth beside you
Knowing that you’ll always fight
Just keep on dreaming
Whatever you do wrong
I will always walk beside you
To judge the singer of this song

I once fought for what we have
When it was lost and then returned
We need a fighter to dance
With the evil that here lies within

When the snow flies, where the ice dies
At the height of your demise
The gods will sing
To the only one who speaks to them

You should
Never stop believing
That you’ll always be right
Hold the truth beside you
Knowing that you’ll always fight
Just keep on dreaming
Whatever you do wrong
I will always walk beside you
To judge the singer of this song

You can’t ignore your lot

Never stop believing
That you’ll always be right
Hold the truth beside you
Knowing that you’ll always fight
Just keep on dreaming
Whatever you do wrong
I will always walk beside you
To judge the singer of this song

Never stop believing
That you’ll always be right
(You’ll always be right)
Hold the truth beside you
Knowing that you’ll always fight
Just keep on dreaming
Whatever you do wrong
(Whatever you do wrong)
I will always walk beside you
To judge the singer of this song


11. NIGHTFALL

You’ve been making things up, having lived a lie
Where a hero grows, a human slays and dies
Face the ruthless truth
That you were never good

Look and you will find down in the gutter
A broken hero
Failing, hurt and in chains, fallen in agony
Your almighty hero

How will I die?

And in this evil mind I see
There is no goal left in me
Forsake my soul into forever

You’ve been making things up, having lived a lie
Where a hero grows, a human slays and dies
Face the ruthless truth
That you were never good

I’ve tried and I have lost more than I ever could
This broken hero
Envy, pride and bloodlust, sinful wandered path
Powerless hero

Get me out now

And in this evil mind I see
There is no goal left in me
Forsake my soul into forever
And in this evil mind I see
There is no goal left in me
Forsake my soul into forever

I am lost
And forever I will be
Circle of hope
Destruction
Save me


12. A TALE OF REDEMPTION

Follow in my steps and I’ll lead you to home
I know that you’re cold and hurt to the bone

Let golden shine guide into worlds of frost
Trust my silver heart, the skies sing of our loss

The snowflakes on your skin resemble my heart
May your humble life pay your passage to the stars

Hold me
Don’t let me lose my goal


13. DEIFIED

My fate will guide me where I belong
I have to find the source
The effervescent knowledge
Right before my face

There are no more roads to travel
After this tale has unraveled
Come to realise
The terror in my wake

(Face your fate now)
My quest is final
I hear the calling for the end
(Accept yourself)
As I walk towards my goal

(There’ll be no hope)
This eternal asking
When the end brings a new start
(You are the beginning and the end)
I ascend to the highest good

Life brings the answer
When the circle finally joins
Destroyer, creator
Yes, we know you both
Destroyer, creator
When the circle finally joins
Life brings the answer

(You are the beginning and the end)
I ascend to the highest good
When the end brings a new start
(There’ll be no hope)
This eternal asking

(Accept yourself)
As I walk towards my goal
I hear the calling for the end
(Face your fate now)
My quest is final

The terror in my wake
Come to realize
After this tale has unraveled
There are no more roads to travel

Right before my face
The effervescent knowledge
I have to find the source

My fate will guide me where I belong


14. APOTHEOSIS

(I: The Last Pillar of Hope)

Join a new path
Find improved ways
To enlighten
Blackened days
Aim for high stakes
Grasp for close friends
And find no risk
So close to the end

This road has brought me here
At the end that’s the beginning

Way in and out of this fable
Fallacies and wrong decisions

Take me far away
Where my home lies
Lull me into sleep
As I stand demoralized

Join a new path
Find improved ways
To enlighten
Blackened days
Aim for high stakes
Grasp for close friends
And find no risk
So close to the end

(II: Through the Veil)

You’ve realised all along
There was nothing you would find
Nothing you would see or recognize

No redemption, signs of hope
Only chaos left behind
But is your presence in the end, not me?

Enduring the loops of faith
Just a playtoy of design
Always free to make up my own mind

Illusion of choice and grandeur
Created at science’s shrine
I composed this enigmatic dream, you see?

We’re misplaced into destiny
Battling for significance
Minds intertwined, here and there
Now in forever again

I call you from beyond the veil
Travel to the other side
Rejuvenation calls as a lifeline

Death lurking in a lasting second
I choose to have fate at my side
We’re not ready for the eternal end, are we?

We’re misplaced into destiny
Battling for significance
Minds intertwined, here and there
Now in forever again

(III: At Nothing’s End)

Anger embraced strength
To enforce its power

And in this evil mind I see
There is no goal left in me
Forsake my soul into forever

Look and you will find in all the shine
I was your mighty hero
Hopeful, fresh and reborn
No mission forlorn
For your almighty hero

Facing the edge
Has never felt good
But I know to choose
For infinity
Heroism on my side
There’s no horror
As terrifying as facing death on my own
Better to be hated
In this world of lies


15. DUSK

Scientia est cognitio certa et vera causas
Realitas est veritas
Recte age nil time