1. INTROITUS

(Instrumental)


2. S3V3N

In seven days we do create
In seconds we destroy
Indifferent or envious we judge

Seven years we lived in agony
In presence of greed and jealousy
And ignorance ruled as king the world

I’m heading for tomorrow
You’re living for today
Before I bare your rage in vain
I rather walk away

Voices in my head recalling
Secrets from my heart
I’m falling through time
To a life we used to dream long ago
And we fly over the borders of mind

Into infinity
Raising the final storm
Lifting dreams from the deep
May the stars sing our song

Seven times I asked you
And seven times you lied
Wondered about sympathy
Surrounded by your pride

Children starve to death
And people lose their home
A war rules above our heads
But still you carry on

Real gifts don’t come in boxes
So I’ll give you the truth
Take it as a compliment
I’ll never be like you

Fly into infinity
Raising the final storm
Lifting dreams from the deep
May the stars sing our song
On and on

Lacrimosa dies illa
Dona eis requiem

Lacrimosa diez illa
Solvet saeclum in favilla
Dona eis réquiem

Take a step out of a lonely heart
Tell me how it feels to be alive
Tear up your bonds
Turn from dark to light
Never surrender
And the gate opens up

Raise infinity
We are the final storm
Lifting dreams from the deep
May the stars sing our song
Till the end


3. ORATORY & SINS

Lonely winterstreets
Ghastly mist arises
In the land of nowhere
Darkness reigns

And with a breeze of faith
Voices call seductive
They’re charming, disarming
Poisoning your mind

“Ed duath ash luth ehui
Le u krimpat, le u durbat
Pol nin e lam le al naitha
Ve ghash naur mael u danta”

With a spell, a little sigh
What they pretend you desire
Forsaken they leave you haunted tonight

Absence of light
Jaded inside
Within my hands the chalice of scorn awaits

Innocence fading
My heart is imprisoned in pain
Sweet salvation
Have you abandoned me

Riding the steed of sins
They victimize, hypnotize
Your life is on the line

And you are caught within
A puppet on a string
Broken is your will

And in this wheel of death
You sell yourself just to stay alive
Now I understand, I want myself back again

Absence of light
Jaded inside
Within my hands the chalice of scorn awaits

Ephemeral time
Damned or divine
You wanted all
Now you’ve nothing at all
Into the abyss you fall

Oh how I wish to dream again
Why do we have to lose first just to repent

Crusader, uniter
Deliver my soul from the devil’s hand
Dry the rain from my ruptured face
Reanimate my broken fate

Absence of light
Jaded inside
Within my hands the chalice of scorn awaits

Innocence fading
My heart is imprisoned in pain
Sweet salvation
Have you abandoned me

Ephemeral time
Damned or divine
You wanted all
Now you’ve nothing at all
Into the abyss you fall


4. ELEGY OF R’LYEH

"I have seen the black universe yawning
Where the black planets rule without aim
Where they roll in their horrors unheeded
Without knowledge or lustre or name"

As the first ray of the sun
Surrenders to silver shores
Underneath the blue
Between a tale or truth
You can hear a mourning, solitude and sadness

I gaze to the cliffs
Oh, I remember, yes I do
How they long to see the light
Each of their days is night
And no one can imagine
The blackened place where they linger, oh

In agony and pain
Waiting for a sign
And from far horizons
You hear a song floating over the sea

For thousand years we cried
Under the waves
Our life to regain
The gates of despair open wide
Welcome to our paradise

One million tears we cried in pain
One million fears we bear
From the ones with eyes
Like bleeding dawn

So long we linger over dreams
So many times declined
To a scarlet rush
To praise the one

Before the world’s creation
Descend from horrid primeval aeons

He left a gift for mankind

Destruction, decay, ecstasy
Usher in the fall of modesty

When northern lights gleaming beneath frozen cliffs

And when all stars align
Unspoiled from the eyes of the mortal
In his blackened graves
He waits to revive one more time

For thousand years we cried
Under the waves
Our life to regain
The darkness holds us tight
Oh, like a prisoner in time

For thousand years we lied
In our graves
All hope was in vain
To enter the gates of the night
Welcome to our paradise

"There hath he lain for ages and will lie
Battening in huge sea worms in his sleep
Until the fire shall heat the deep
Then once by man to be seen
In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die"

Now all stars align
All oceans start to seethe
A gleaming beneath the waves appears
I feel them come

Hail ye gods of the ancient world
Let your rain of blood come unto us
Mighty father of darkness rise
Drown all foundations with your blackened guise
And all life shall fade forevermore

For thousand years we cried
Under the waves
Our life to regain
Walk through the gates of despair
Welcome to our paradise

For thousand years we cried
Under the waves
Our life to regain
Walk through the gates of the night
Welcome to our paradise


5. DRACONIAN SPECTRUM

Ecce ecce lumina ardentia
Palescunt stellae super nos
Vivescit anima immortalis
Et terram obum brat

Under crimson skies
Emerald eyes ravenous
Reaching for my soul
And I’m under a spell

Anxious and paralyzed
But mesmerized
By an ancient tremendous power
And I taste the night

Unleash the fire
Silence fills your mind
You heart will find the answer
Two become one
And I surrender myself to this oath

Spread your wings
Together we fly
Through stormy skies
Over lands of ice
A dream of paradise
Soaring in a fiery lullaby

A glimmer in an old dragon’s lair
Fire rushes through the air
I defy this delusion of blackened might
Craving for my blood

No more I will be fooled
And this time I will rule
And when the dark waves embrace myself
My heart will be strong, yes it will

Unleash the fire
With a simple sigh
Open up your eyes
We unify
Forever as one
And I surrender

Spread your wings
Together we fly
Through stormy skies
Over lands of ice
Gaze at the paradise
Dragon flames conflagrate

Ceaseless longing
For the missing piece
Now that I’ve found you
Child of the night
No one can tear us apart
Revive old memories
Invincible we will be

Time to rise
We will rise

Spread your wings
Together we fly
Through stormy skies
Over lands of ice
A dream of paradise
Soaring in a fiery lullaby


6. COLD AMBER & SCALDING TEARS

Autumn leaves falling with me
Too long forgotten memories
And a ray of light makes me smile
And I feel alive for a while

Tireless, driven by visions
And beaten by fists of tomorrow’s fears
In a world made of ice
Underneath a wish survives

No one can feel what I feel
When all starts to die
Still we believe
And I know there is no way to give in

Gone with the wind
A teardrop of a dream
Is all that remains in your heart
A last wish to the stars
And I know their light will lead my way
And out of the ashes we rise

Walking an icy road
Of pain and tears
A long way from home

Every day this world tries to turn
All your dreams into stone

Oh, don’t be afraid
By the blinded
As long as your symphony
Keeps the heart beating

Arise and lift up your voice
Even when words seem lost

Gone with the wind
A teardrop of a dream
Is all that remains in your heart
A last wish to the stars
And I know their light will lead my way
And out of the ashes we rise

Caught in this wreck
Of my restless mind
Lost in the reverie
Of ancient time

Redeem my inner child
Bring me back to life

Gone with the wind
A teardrop of a dream
Is all that remains in your heart
A last wish to the stars
And I know their light will lead my way
And out of the ashes
Out of the ashes
Out of the ashes we rise


7. SAHARA SAGAS I (SHAHRYAR THE GREAT KING)

Sunlight fades
Violet skies surrounding
Dunes of ancient lands
Illusion forevermore

Banished soul
Lost in the sands of time
Eternal calling
Unattainable salvation

Lost and forsaken we stray
Oh, in these desert lands we despair
By the waters of Bahriya
Yeah, we wept

One thousand and one nights
Wishes to eternity
Breathless, stunned by the beauty
Of a world under diamond skies

One thousand and one dreams
How many tales to tell
Oh, I wish I had
One more night to live

Maiden in veils
Standing on the edge of life
And burned by heavens fire
She’s drowning in the sea of sand

Tears of the gods
Unleash immemorial might
Sultans words reflecting
In this child of the sun

On your side my life is in your hands
Oh, but still you want to live through my tales
Your heart melts up with every story
Every night with me is intoxicating

One thousand and one nights
Wishes to eternity
Breathless, stunned by the beauty
Of a world under diamond skies

One thousand and one dreams
How many tales to tell
Oh, I wish I had
One more night to live

On a magic carpet ride
Wishes falling from the sky
Three of them you have to choose
Your life is all you’ve got to lose

Rays of sun emphasize
The doorway to infinite delight
Find this secret saved in me
A riddle wrapped in this mystery

Oh, lord of the desert lands
The light of dawn tempts my fate

By the light of dawn
With ultimate power of Rah
All seals open up
Delight, delight, enter in
By the first kiss of the sun

Sway with me
Between illusion and verity
Our worlds are just
A crescent moon apart

One thousand and one nights
Wishes to eternity
Breathless, stunned by the beauty
Of a world under diamond skies

One thousand and one dreams
How many tales to tell
Oh, I wish I had
One more night to live


8. SERPENTS OF WAR

Striving through this world
Searching for the truth
Climbing endless stairs
Leading to the path of dignity

Let us dignify our leaders
Trust and faith is their cloak
We serve them well
While in our own hell we dwell

In silent agony
True heresy lies

The mourning shall end
Thus sinners repent
To oblige is to serve
Stay dumb, let your voice be heard
Now it’s your turn

A quest for life
Craving for the stars
Beyond reality
To bring Eden to this shattered world

Now useless it seems
This deranged odyssey
For all the treasures
Fallen to oblivion

Forever twisting and turning
To yield to broken dreams

The mourning shall end
Thus sinners repent
To oblige is to serve
Stay dumb, let your voice be heard

Bleed with me
One last time
Give it a try
To shatter their fortress
Built on a truth that is a lie

With eyes wide open
Blinded by the truth

In silent agony
True heresy lies

The mourning shall end
Thus sinners repent
To oblige is to serve
Stay dumb, let your voice be heard

Bleed with me
One last time
Give it a try
To shatter their fortress
Built on a truth that is a lie

The mourning shall end
Thus sinners repent
To oblige is to serve
Stay dumb, let your voice be heard

Watching stands
He who sees with just one eye
One last try
To shatter their fortress
Built on thousand lies


9. A CONTROVERSIAL MIND

Only silence spreads inside of me
Slowly images turn reality
Begging me to stay just for a while
And I dream

Invisible the wall seems
That keeps holding me back
But I know that every stone
Is made of insecurity

What is right and what is wrong
Inside my head resounds a song
Compensation for the try
To choose a way out of it all

Out of a crack there she comes
The sister doubt
How beautiful you are
With your staring eyes

Fear and shame blazon her
A blackened trail of anger
Reaches to her feet

Just one word from your invidious lips
Lays my whole body into chains

All confidence seems to be
Out of reach

I found reflected in those mirrors shards
A controversial mind
And I can’t revoke from
Its countless and zealous eyes

Help me to find a way
Through this hell I’ve built
With my own two hands

I know the answer lies within
Even if I don’t know
Which path I have to go

Greed, sloth, jealousy, vanity, pride
Rage, vexation, madness

Churned up inside
I feel a little bit closer to implode

I watch my humanity decompose
Every part of this deformity causes pain

It hurts so bad that I’m dying
Yes, I die a thousand deaths

Help me to find a way
I’ve got to find a way
To rise above it all

There is just one last resort out of this life
My savior am I

I feel how my enemy fades
I can’t fight anymore

And all I just want to do is to be rid of you

Go!

Oh, I belong to you
And you belong to me
Tear down these walls of misery

Within those mirrors shards I found
A controversial mind

Paralyzing pain combines with all disdain
An army of hate runs through my veins

Stop!

Help me to find a way
Through this hell I’ve built
With my own two hands

And in this endless war
No one will hear my call
I’ve got to rise above it all