1. HERITAGE

(Instrumental)


2. ORIGINS

Have you ever come to question everything you see?
Stronger than a superstition
It's a parallel reality

There's a shadow in that corner only I can see
I can feel it watching, waiting
For the moment I finally give in

You told me it was all an illusion
And I don't know why
But I can't let it go
...and you tell me I should move on and get over it
But I need to see, I need to know

Descend another level down
In the face of danger
The origins of what I have become
It can't be left behind
So lay it on the line
It's a vicious cycle
It pulls you in
And it never lets you go

These secret messages from the universe to me
Catastrophic premonitions
Far as the eye can see
There's no way out, there's no way around
The only option: Forward
Moving on full steam ahead

A sudden realization
As the vision slowly fades
I was blinded by the will to find a
meaning to it all
A meaning to all...

And if the pieces fit together
And if they somehow make a shape
Then it wasn't all for nothing
Then there's meaning to the pain

But the vision fades
And the purpose too
All the struggles as I searched for truth
Was it all in vain, after all?

The crowds are calling
The curtains falling
On reasoning

Your thoughts are blurred
Memory obscured
Broken as you burn

Forever I may fall


3. DESCENT

A desert in my mind
Hanging by a thread
I saw your fire burn so bright
You taught me how to cry
Witnessed my descent
Yeah you showed the way
I remember…

I tried so hard to belong in your world
The treacherous sanctuary
of “Take it easy, play it safe”
But I couldn’t forget my calling
In the back of my mind it still echoes:
To forget or to be forgotten

Lose myself in sound
I feel it in the air
What you will never, ever know

I'll keep my sorrow and pain
Forge it into sound
I'll keep my sorrow and pain
But you'll never break me down

Looking back, I can see I always knew
Just how this thing would go
We were only delaying the step into the unknown
I can’t just leave it, I have to try
Give it everything I’ve got
While there’s still time

Breaking free
For better or for worse
I’ll take my chances
So hate me if you have to
(and) I don’t blame you
Because we both believed
That I’d be with you to the end


4. VENOM

A cold wind tonight
Through the snow
You ventured out alone
You couldn't have known
A stranger was watching you
Ready to strike

I'm trying to find you, 'cause
I'm having this strange sensation
Can you hear me calling?
You're so far away

You would forgive
But I'll never forget
It's my only wish
To make them pay

Light up the flame
The venom is spreading through my veins
I can't control this feeling

I'm going to find you
Revenge is an awful friend, but
It's all I have left now
I've lost everything (else)

I'll hunt you down
It's time to pay for what you've done

As I move on further
(I) regret the choices I've made
Have I made a mistake?
Becoming the thing I hate

Consumed by venomous thoughts
You're blinded by your rage
No contemplation of
The damage you create


5. REVENANT

Nobody could see it coming
Until it hit me hard (It caught me unawares)
You found me in a puddle of sweat
With a burning in my heart

I thought that I was strong until
I was faced with the unknown (faced with the unknown)
Confusion reigned for hours and then...
I came back to the light

Cross to the other side
Crushed by the truth it implies
Fighting through the aftermath
Just to make it back to you

The past is dead and gone
The future's yet to come
I'll make my present worth the stay
This second chance that I've been offered
Gonna live it all the way
I'm gonna live my way

Another day under the sun
An experience to share
I know that I got out of the dark
'Cause you were there for me

No there are no guarantees
For how much time we get
I won't let no fear decide
How I'm gonna live today

I'll fight through the aftermath of it all
Just to make it back to you

I'm holding on for tomorrow
Watching the night turn to day
I recall no transcendence
Only decay
I don't know what comes after
That's why I live for today


6. THE GATES OF THE UNDERWORLD

"A stinging like a burning spear
A piercing light, a sudden veer
As the world blurs out around you
In a vision, it appears..."

Step onto the road before you
Shining the way through obscurity
Paved with salt it lurches onward
Desolation creeping under your skin
Look around, your eyes adjusting
Smoking pits everywhere
Nothing here may grow or prosper
A barren wasteland of darkness and despair

Oh the road it drags you forward

Only nothingness beyond
The portal to the unforgiving void
(The Gates of the Underworld)

Through the blackness, human shapes emerging
Writhing, corrupt and deformed
Withering slowly as the portal approaches

Wretched souls, lost and forsaken
Pulled in your same direction
Hear all their voices scream in fear of their fate

Ancient guardians
Of the borders of this world
They're calling you
They're calling you to come on closer

Only nothingness beyond
The portal to the unforgiving void
(The gates of the underworld
Calling you name
The portal out of this world)

Towering above you
As you coil before their scorn
When those gates will open
You'll be broken
Everything you are
Will be gone

An unremitting energy
(The iron gates are opening)
Merciless, it pulls you in
(The iron gates are opening)
The iron gates will open... now

Watching in horror as it unfolds
Matter tearing in its folds
A gaping rift
The great divide
This is the final stage
The final scene

Inside, a vortex, the hungry void
Unrelenting it revolves
There is no light
There is no sound
Feeling it reaching out
To touch your soul

No more emotion
(No more life, no more death)
Expire in solitude

So close to touch your impending doom
A sense of burning in your core
A purple flame, A million eyes
Something else reaching out
It pulls you away

No more emotion
(No more life, no more death)
Expire in solitude
Face the end alone

Ascending from the depths
Darkness left behind you
far away
Confusion fills your mind
Apocalyptic scenes go by
In a haze

You can't hold on to pain
Let it go, lest nothing else remains
Still can't erase the stain
That you'll be back down there someday
Not today

Only nothingness beyond
The portal to the unforgiving void
(The gates of the underworld
Calling you name
The portal out of this world)


7. ASCENT

Material for nightmares
I'll tell my story, I will make it known
You made me feel so special
You told me I'm the one
That was first of your lies

If I could have seen it coming
But I was blind
Your colors seemed so bright
And I used to blame myself
Now I know the truth

Freedom calling
I can breathe again
I'm taking back my soul
And I embrace the pain
Won't lose my way again
Now watch me as I ascend

You suddenly changed on me
Nothing I could do was good enough for you
And I believed your stories
I put myself down for you
It didn't solve anything

On my way to healing
No matter the distance
Discovering my own worth
Finding my true calling
Choosing my sanity
And my dignity
Over you

I can’t rejoice, you’ve depraved me of all I had
Cutting the ties, as I’m starting all over


8. OVERLORD

Nobody could see it coming
Until it hit me hard (It caught me unawares)
You found me in a puddle of sweat
With a burning in my heart

I thought that I was strong until
I was faced with the unknown (faced with the unknown)
Confusion reigned for hours and then...
I came back to the light

Cross to the other side
Crushed by the truth it implies
Fighting through the aftermath
Just to make it back to you

The past is dead and gone
The future's yet to come
I'll make my present worth the stay
This second chance that I've been offered
Gonna live it all the way
I'm gonna live my way

Another day under the sun
An experience to share
I know that I got out of the dark
'Cause you were there for me

No there are no guarantees
For how much time we get
I won't let no fear decide
How I'm gonna live today

I'll fight through the aftermath of it all
Just to make it back to you

I'm holding on for tomorrow
Watching the night turn to day
I recall no transcendence
Only decay
I don't know what comes after
That's why I live for today


9. ANIMA

One day I realized
It was you all this time
Looking through my mirror

You Came long before my time
A faded photograph
It revealed your face
You Suddenly disappeared
And left me all alone
with emptiness
But I'm not afraid at all

Because I know
One day
We'll meet again

Though we're separate in time
You're here talking to me
Will you tell me
If I'm falling, can you
Save me?

Falling, crawling, screaming
I'm alive
Can you see something more from beyond?

Falling, crawling, screaming
I'm on fire
Can you see something more from beyond?

Though we've never met
I know you oh so well
You were connecting from the other side

Though we're separate in time
You're here talking to me
Will you tell me
If I'm falling, can you
Save me from despair?

A call from another space
A whisper without a face
A freezing fire


10. ETERNAL

When I was young
I used to live without a care
It didn't make a difference
We weren't going anywhere
Now those days are gone
And they are gone without a trace
And nothing will return the time I've lost

And I felt so immortal
With you beside me
And I never thought about it
But now I know

All hollow voices
In time fade away
This is my legacy
Will you remember me?
Time will wait for no one in the end

It's been so long
Although it feels like yesterday
I've found my own direction
That I'll follow, come what may
Reach for transcendence
As I fight my own decay
Still, nothing will return the time I've lost

Still holding on to this ray of light
I won't go gentle into the night
Won't back down, I'll go on until
I've left you a memory

All hollow voices
In time fade away
This is my legacy
You will remember me
Time will wait for no one in the end