Epica (NL) : Vive la France !

Symphonic Metal / Netherlands
(2005 - Autopsy -Turvy Recordings)
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DISC 1


1. HUNAB K'U

Numquam Remotiores ab origine
Media parte mundi
Funditus aberramus

Ultimum excidium sui


2. MOTHER OF LIGHT

It always put me on the edge
To think of all the spoilt lives
Today I’m one step further
Not sure if I’ve survived myself

[Chorus]
Reality is sometimes stranger than fiction
Whatever happens in my dreams
And I know it can’t be worse than this
So I prefer to sleep

I am searching - Without vision
For the answers in the dirt
I am waiting - Just for nothing
For the day that I’ll be heard
You’re the sea in which I’m floating
And I lose myself in you
I am feeling these sensations
I communicate with you
I am looking - Without vision
For a different kind of way
I am thinking - Just for nothing
About that specific day
You’re the night so you’re the dark side
Of the day you’ll never see
You’re the past but everlasting
Can you share one day with me?
You’re the hand that I rejected
But I can’t forgive myself
I am selfish and not worthy
To think of - Even to die for

[Chorus]

Tomorrow - Don’t know where I’ll be
I need some place to go now
So do you know the way I feel?
Or shall I give up my belief?

You’re the lock I’ve never opened
‘Cause I threw away the key
I’m enclosed within my own thoughts
That will never set me free
You’re the hand that I rejected
But I can’t forgive myself
I am selfish and not worthy
To think of - Even to die for
You’re the question to the answer
And without there’ll never be
Any thought in this direction
You’ve created this in me
You’re the hand that I rejected
But I can’t forgive myself
I am selfish and not worthy
To think of - Even to die for

Serenity is taking over all I am - It gives me peace
And all I see are visions of my destiny
Why should I bleed and pay for the others’ greed?

We consciously sign our own sentence of death
How can you go on? - Did you forget?
What we have learnt from the past?
We can’t go on killing ourselves
And with us all the rest
Why can’t you see? - Don’t you regret?

[Chorus]

I am alone with all my thoughts
Alone without a hope and
I lost the thing I needed most
I feel I can’t survive this fall


3. THE LAST CRUSADE

(x2)
Magna culpa nostra
Poena danda nobis
Usque ad finem erit dierum

Ad finem temporum

You can't force yourself upon me
And you never will
You can't keep digging in
Desecrated graves
No more innocence left to spill

[Chorus]
Don't be afraid - Participate and
Just give us all your trust
Your soul will be saved
Just honour me - I'll set you free so
Get ready to join the
Very last crusade

Ad finem temporum

You can't get away with your crimes
And you never will
For you'll have to pay the price
And the time is near
No more innocence left to kill

[Chorus]

Magna culpa nostra
Poena danda nobis
Usque ad finem erit dierum
Ad finem temporum

[Chorus] (x2)

Get ready to taste the
Final victory

Ad finem temporum


4. SENSORIUM

Chance doesn't exist
But the path of life is not totally so predestined
Time and chronology show us how all should be
In the ways of existence
To find out why we are here

Being conscious is a torment
The more we learn is the less we get

No one surveys the whole - Focus on things so small
But life's objective is to make it meaningful
Only searching for this
That which doesn't exist
Although our ability to relativize remains unclear

[Chorus]
Being conscious is a torment
The more we learn is the less we get
Every answer contains a new quest
A quest to non existence - A journey with no end

I'm not afraid to die
I'm afraid to be alive without being aware of it

I'm so afraid to - I couldn't stand to
Waste all my energy in things
That do not matter anymore

[Bridge]
Our future has already been written by us alone
But we don't grasp the meaning
Of our programmed course of life
We only fear what comes
And smell death every day

Our future has already been wasted by us alone
And we just let it happen and do not worry at all

[Bridge]

Search for the answers that lie beyond

[Chorus]


5. RUN FOR A FALL

Do not use the past as an alibi
For all of your deficiencies always standing by
Face your negligence - Do not fool yourself
Shortcomings will soon appear
For weakness shows itself

[Pre-Chorus]
Blind from your success and all of the excess
Deaf from the praise you had

Don't cry out of self pity in forcing your way through
For I will not be vulnerable to slander made by you

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]
In a misty veil - Misplaced
Where castles in the air will be no longer seen
As something out of reach
In time the dream will be erased
So many things will never be the way they seemed
And pride will have its fall at last

Her eyes fell while the shame was written on her face
When she realised that her failures
Could never
Could never be undone again

You did not notice the manipulated hand
That overshadowed your thoughts all those years
That made you insecure
You did not notice the ancient shifting sand
That pulls you down into an everlasting sham
You will never be able to fight
Never be able to hide
Run for a fall - You'd better run

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]


6. DANCE OF FATE

When darkness will reign and blind us all
When darkness will reign and blind us all
Allegiance will blind us if we do not fall

We cannot tell when morning comes
Is there a choice to live another day?
It’s hard to find a new direction in your fragile life
The precious time of your existence is now to come
Don’t throw your life away by cheating time
Sugared placebos only fool your mind

[Chorus]
Now I want the water to wash away all my sins
The wind to blow away my thoughts without meaning
The fire to burn away my thickened skin

When darkness will reign and blind us all
Allegiance will blind us if we do not fall
Novas portas pandimus

What is the space - The type of dance?
I cannot tell which steps I have to take
I’d like to leave - Just run away
My feet are tangled up
So hard to face the pace of the clock
What do you think? - Will it ever stop?
So - Will I fall and not get up?
I take it all in stride

[Chorus]

Everything has a reason for its happening
Can’t you tell it’s your own spell? - And
Everyone has to dance his dance like anyone
Can’t break free of destiny?

We should open new doors
And close the ones that we’ve left behind

[Chorus]

When darkness will reign and blind us all
Allegiance will blind us if we do not fall
Novas portas pandimus
Et post nos occludimus


7. QUIETUS

The culprit - You act before thinking
Caught in your ignorant sin
And lying to your own reflection
You thought you could hide
Deprived of my own innocence - Denied

The infinity of recurring torment
Your comeuppance

See - Hear the torture inside
Devouring what was left of my pride
You thought it's not going to happen to you
Thought you could hide
Deprived of my own innocence - Denied

[Chorus]
The infinity of recurring torment
Your comeuppance
Dwelling in a mind - Mixed up and
Your regret has spread over the sea

Deprived of my own innocence - Denied

[Chorus]


8. LINGER

It feels so warm when you are near
You are all I want to feel
Tell me now - Is this for real?
It’s hard to breathe
We’re all lost in travel time
Cannot find my peace of mind
When the sun will rise again
We’ll fly away

[Pre-Chorus]
Take the stairs to the stars
Wander long - Travel far
Someday

[Chorus]
A summer breeze made all of our winters freeze
Autumn leaves
There’s no chance for spring’s romance
We linger on but
Leave the past behind us
Old lovers live it all anew
But chances are so few

Windows open up to life
Put your worries all aside
Sacred silence closes doors
For open eyes

[Pre-Chorus]

Away

[Chorus]

And choices are so true


9. BLANK INFINITY

Trying to keep myself afloat upon this stream
But a thought is pulling me down
Pulling me all the way down

[Pre-Chorus]
We are wandering towards a blank infinity
And extinguishing will now be the only way
To diminish your sins
This vortex can't be filled up again
A hole in space and time

Do you cry to the heaven's high
When you're confined in here?
Do you not ever wonder why
These leaden tears will never dry?
They'll leave behind so many shadows in my mind

High in the sky - All of the clouds are passing by
Wait for the storm - Wait for the rain
Wait for the tears to fall down on me

[Pre-Chorus]

Do you cry to the heaven's high
When you're confined in here?
Do you not ever wonder why
These leaden tears will never dry?
They'll leave behind so many shadows
Living in me - Living in all the memories - In my life

Do you wonder why
These tears never dry?
Time forced into life
Living in my mind

Can we ever find a way in this labyrinth without end?
Labyrinth has no end
Which turn should I take?
Left or right?
Should I stay?
Should I be the one?

Do you cry to the heaven's high
When you're confined in here?
Do you not ever wonder why
These leaden tears will never dry?
They'll leave behind so many shadows
This substance in time forced into life
But still exists because it's here
Living in me - Living in all the memories - In my life

Lost inside blank infinity


10. FORCE OF THE SHORE

[Intro]
Appearance is deceptive
So perfect in disguise
There’s more than what you see
A semblance is protective
A blinder for the eyes
A place to hide and flee

Flee and you’ll never see
What you’re going to be
If you throw away the key
The truth from the past you can’t make it last

[Intro]

Flee and walk away
From what you are this day
If you are afraid to stay
The truth from the past you can’t make it last

[Chorus]
Beyond the shore the sea is filled up
With sentiment and strength
Here lie the thoughts imprisoned
A field of forces and laments

How can we hide here?
We need to change our ways
How can we tell lies here?
We turn our eyes away
From the truth - From the past
You cannot - Make it last

[Intro]

If you do not cease to run away from truth
You will never see the shadow of your dying youth

A façade is what we all possess
But on the inside it stays a mess

Superficial changes won’t recall the past
Don’t deny the clock is ticking and it’s racing fast

Fading tokens of our latter days
Make us think we need to change our ways

Deep - The feelings hide
They’re wasted from within
And my shell will never break
The truth from the past you can’t make it last

[Chorus] (x2)

Appearance is deceptive
So perfect in disguise
A place to flee and hide and run away
Lift the shadow


DISC 2


1. SEIF AL DIN

The origin of a dogma
Placed in a new millennium
Vilified demons have been embraced
And given a warm - Warm welcome

The Seif al Din
Hasn't got the ghost of a chance to rust
Because it has always been kept in shape
In serving the one Almighty

The rudiments have always been misinterpreted during
history, despite the good intentions of many disciples
who's faithful believe was strong and unswayed.
Most leaders interpret the old words to their
advantage in the attempt of gaining leadership and power
over those unfortunate enough to fall under their maliciousness
and manipulative ways. This misuse of trust will
forever stain the pages of history, echoing the exploitation
and the frailty of decent
men carried away by nurtured rancour

Perpetual distrust fed by a belief
In the malevolence of the others

When the beautiful unreality holds out its hand
It's better not to lose yourself in blind faith

La Illah Illallah, Mohammed rasul Allah


2. FACADE OF REALITY

Sanguis meus tibi non iam perbibendus sit

Macula aeternitatis
Numquam detergenda
Quisnam surget et deteget
Imaginem veritatis?

People created religious inventions
To give their lives a glimmer of hope
And to ease their fear of dying
And people created religious intentions
Only to feel superior and to have a license to kill

[Chorus 1]
Our desire to die is stronger
Than all your desire for life
There is no getting away from it now
Only true faith survives

People created religious inventions
To give their lives a glimmer of hope
And to ease their fear of dying
And people created religious ascensions
To subject the others and to enslave
Just to further enrich themselves

[Chorus 1] (x2)

This mass terrorism is the new evil in our world today

It doesn't matter where we die
It doesn't matter that you cry
We will take you with us

It doesn't matter where we die
It doesn't matter that you cry

Those people who lost their lives on the 11th of September
And those that mourn them
Now is the time for the strength to build that community
Let that be their memorial

A disgrace on the beyond

O servator, sempiterne
Te grati coluimus
Odor atrox quo nos superfundis intolerabilis est

[Chorus 2]
Deceive yourself by yielding
To soft words that cause no pain
Enrich yourself with different views
Learned without disdain

A disgrace on the beyond
That can never be undone
Who shall rise and unveil
The Façade of Reality?

[Chorus 2]

Is there still room for new dents in old wrecks?
A disgrace on the beyond that can never be undone
Deceive yourself by yielding to soft words
Enrich yourself by making up your own mind

Sanguis meus tibi non iam perbibendus sit


3. THE PHANTOM AGONY

I can't see you
I can't hear you
Do you still exist?

I can't feel you
I can't touch you
Do you exist?

The Phantom Agony

I can't taste you
I can't think of you
Do we exist at all?

The future doesn't pass
And the past won't overtake the present
All that remains is an obsolete illusion

[Chorus]
We are afraid of all the things that could not be
A phantom agony

Do we dream at night
Or do we share the same old fantasy?
I am a silhouette of the person wandering in my dreams

[Chorus]

Tears of unprecedented beauty
Reveal the truth of existence
We're all sadists

[Bridge]
The age-old development of consciousness
Drives us away from the essence of life
We meditate too much
So that our instincts will fade away
They fade away

What's the point of life
And what's the meaning if we all die in the end?
Does it make sense to learn or do we forget everything?

[Chorus]

Tears of unprecedented beauty
Reveal the truth of existence
We're all pessimists

[Bridge]

Teach me how to see and free the disbelief in me
What we get is what we see - The Phantom Agony

A te spiritus noster devoratur et nostra anima capitur

The lucidity of my mind has been revealed in new dreams
I am able to travel where my heart goes
In search of self-realisation

This is the way to escape from our agitation
And develop ourselves
Use your illusion and enter my dream


4. VIVE LA FRANCE

(No lyrics)


5. CRY FOR THE MOON

[Chorus]
Follow your common sense
You cannot hide yourself
Behind a fairytale forever and ever
Only by revealing the whole truth can we disclose
The soul of this bulwark forever and ever

Forever and ever

Indoctrinated minds so very often
Contain sick thoughts
And commit most of the evil they preach against

Don't try to convince me with messages from God
You accuse us of sins committed by yourselves
It's easy to condemn without looking in the mirror
Behind the scenes
Behind the scenes opens reality

[Verse]
Eternal silence cries out for justice
Forgiveness is not for sale
Nor is the will to forget

[Chorus]

Virginity has been stolen at very young ages
And the extinguisher loses its immunity
Morbid abuse of power in the garden of Eden
Where the apple
Where the apple gets a youthful
A youthful face

[Verse]

[Chorus]

Forever and ever

[Verse]

You can't go on hiding yourself
Behind old fashioned fairytales
And keep washing your hands in innocence


6. CONSIGN TO OBLIVION

How can we let this happen and
Just keep our eyes closed 'till the end?

The only thing that counts is the prosperity of today
Most important to us is that our bills get paid
Our good intentions have always been delayed

[Chorus]
How can we let this happen and
Just keep our eyes closed 'till the end?
When we will stand in front of heaven's gate
It will be too late

[Verse]
Try to unlearn all that you've learnt
Try to listen to your heart
No - We can't understand the universe
By just using our minds
We are so afraid of all the things unknown

A must we appease is the lust to get laid
Nothing really matters - Just devouring our prey
Our good intentions have always been delayed so
Our generous acts have always come too late

[Chorus]

[Verse]

We just flee into a dream that never comes true

Low - Low - Low to the ground we feel safe
Low - Low - Low to the ground we feel brave

Oblivisci tempta quod didicisti

[Bridge]
Open your eyes - We're not in paradise
How can't you see this stress is killing me?
Fulfil your dreams - Life is not what is seems to be
We have captured time
So time made us all hostages without mercy

Seemingly generous fooling ourselves
Selfishly venomous time tells

Too much thinking goes at the cost of all our intuition
Our thoughts create reality
But we neglect to be
So we're already slaves of our artificial world
We shouldn't try to control life
But listen to the laws of nature

[Bridge]

Low - Low - Low to the ground we feel safe
Low - Low - Low to the ground we feel brave

We all think we're generous
But we only fool ourselves
The only thing that matters is
Our way and our vision
Selfishly we're venomous
But you know the time tells us
There is more to life than our
Higher positions - Race for perfection
Better - Faster
We must return to the laws of the nature
Free ourselves from madness


BONUSTRACKS (ACOUSTIC)


7. FEINT

The very brightest candle of all has been extinguished
Smothered by those who could not bear to face reality

[Chorus]
Every beat of your heart tore the lies all apart
Made foundations quiver
Every wave in the lake caused the porcelain to break
And I shiver

The leftover tallow just doesn't contain
All the right answers
Under a sea of dust lies a vast wealth of wisdom

As untouched snow turns red
Innocence dies

[Chorus]

This black page in history is not colourfast
Will stain the next
All what remains is just a feint of what was meant to be
This black page in history is not colourfast
Will stain the next
And nothing seems in life
In dreams like what was meant to be

[Chorus]

I shiver


8. SOLITARY GROUND

Living at different places
Evading into various spaces
My compass has broken - I'm losing the way
An ongoing madness has led me astray
My past breathes down my neck
And it seems now that all I can do is
Go back to beginnings when all lay ahead
A fading illusion now plagues me instead

[Chorus]
In me there's still a place that fulfils me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try - Can I find solid ground?

I follow elusive paths
Oh It seems they've been written in stone
And the door to a new life is closing so fast
Burning the bridges will not bring me back

[Chorus] (x2)

I know that in me there's still a place that fulfils me
A sanctity here that I call home
I run to when winter descends
If I try - Can I find solid ground?
Or am I just wasting time?

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