1. The Mercenary

Where you there back in ‘68
Didn't I drop my napalm on your back
I saw you burn and I knew we won
But you shot me dead at Saigon

Can you remember me from Stalingrad
I thought you'd beat me but you never had
At Gettysburg I rode with Lee
I was in the first wave in Normandie

We fight for the winning side
But we change if you pay us good
I am like you, you are like me
We thirst for war, we´re mercenary

I crossed Rubicon for the roman sake
We thrown our dices and we sealed our fate
I was a Varjag down in Miklagard
A hired sniper in a Balkan street

I was in Dallas back in ‘63
As well in D.C. a hundred years before
I got Revolution in my blood
My deeds feeds the conspiracy

There is always a new dug grave
For the people like you and me
We feed the war and the war feeds us
Like a parasite drenched in blood

We fight for the winning side
But we change if you pay us good
I am like you, you are like me
We thirst for war, we´re mercenary
They call for us when they want loyalty
We serve them well until someone pays us more
As long as peoples hate lives on, we will be here
We are reapers for sale, we're mercenary


2. Darkness Rise

Follow me down the traitors path
The Judas in me never let you be free
Moments seems like eternity
The daylight turns to dusk
If you were here you would try to flee
But you couldn't hide from the rage that lives in me

Jesus Christ
Darkness Rise
Take me down
Where I shall breath again

Walk with me through the flames
Dive below the oceans of sins
Scream in pain from all your souls
That been lost along the way
Wandering aimlessly in twilight land
Don't you pray for forgiveness there's no light at the end

Looking at you through my empty eyes
My mind is so weak doesn't seem alive
The heart in my chest have ceased to beat
My skin is turning cold
See me weep at all your sins
But I laugh in your face when you all are gone

Into the constant winter
Across the frosted plains
Beneath the bloodred sky
Where never sorrow ends

Take me home to a place where I can grow
Where the ruins of of tomorrow are gone


3. The Undertaker

am the undertaker, I will take you under
I measure you up, put you down, I close your lid
The vulture on my shoulder is my only companion
The grim reaper made my day so busy my work will never stop

I am the undertaker, You have my condolence
I come to you to collect your deceased, here is my card
I say I'm sorry and you don't have to worry but inside I smile
Your grief make my day so sweet I dig a hole for your coffin

Follow me I lead the procession
Slowly through the graveyard gates
At the vigil I'm always present
I know all names, I have carved them in stone

Sink you down in the ground for the last rest
Fill your hole with dirt and then I'm all done
I look at you and I'll know you coming soon
I know your names, I have carved them in stone

I am the undertaker, My skin is pale
I'm the one you never wanna meet, but I'm sure you'll do
Be careful not to smile at me, I might see your gold tooth
I sleep well at night because I'll know my recourses never ends


4. Battlegrounds

Follow me legions, pray to our god
Master of the highsword, command us in battle
I am the patriarch, to the forces of might

Free the land now
From our enemies
I pray for fortune
And you will hear my call
I can lead you
Towards our victory
We roam the plains
In a forgotten realm

I rule through religion, your fear is my power
My crusade carries the sign of the burning sword
The morning sun, gleams in my armour spikes

Pray to the mighty god of war
See a vision of a lonely horse
If it's white my horde will cheer
But if it's black we'll fail


5. Through the Final Gates

No more shall my morning rise
In ruin I've been laid to rest
I am lost into forever and ever
I'd rushed through the final gate

I can't hear you – Let me hear you scream
Don't you really wanna be – Just right here with me

Did you mourn me – Or was it just a show
You doesn't seem too sad – I'm watching from below
It's been too many days now – I have lost all hope
I better face the truth – Seems I'm gonna be here on my own

Life was a shadow to me – But now I live for eternity
I float in an endless void – Darkness becomes my relity

I never woke up from this dream – The pain of feeling nothing real
I'm near but no one hears me scream – The silence in my head
All around me I see shapes – Twisted into my own face
The desolation makes me whole – As it eating on my soul

Can you remember laughter – Can you remember tears
To me it seems so distant – like something I never knew

Do I know my name – I´m turning into gray
I am no longer me – I have ceased to be
Gone to a different stage – Beyond the human race
Time is standing still – I never thought I would taste fear

My death has been trapped in me – I know I couldn't see
Heaven was a lie as well was hell on that I'm sure
I'm getting nowhere slow and I am anxious to get there
Forgotten by my past and left alone here by my friends