1. IN APATHY AND IN SLUMBER

(Instrumental)


2. THE CITY LIES IN UTTER SILENCE

Silence

Absent are any signs of Life
A nameless City under a cloud-laden Sky
Dwelling aimless in vain existence
Half-awake, half-alive, half deceased

Slumber in dark sinister dreams

No expectations for a Sun to shine
(An) Image of the Sun just a fading Memory
Only a dim remembrance
Of how things once had been

Slumber in dark sinister dreams
An unchanging hollow Existence

Above the dreaming dead-like Place
An ancient fortress towered in the Sky
Erected in Colors of grey and black
From Bricks of Marble and Iron

Frozen in sheer terror
The Fear plainly in their eyes

Like walking on a Fog
No Sound to be heard
The City had fallen in Silence

Like walking on a Fog
The Figures hover through Streets
No Movement to be noticed
No Sound to be heard
Being Human only in shape, but with no Faces to be seen
Black against a grey sunless Sky
The City had fallen in utter Silence

Under an everlasting sunless sky
with clouds of grey
No Name to call this Place

The procession begins, the Bell is sounding
Something unworldly, an echoing noise
More to be felt then something to be heard
Like a Mist of Sound oozing down

After the Sound fades they emerged
Procession slowly down into the alley
From the Gate they came a Line of hooded Figures
Clad in grey, black and white

Slumber in dark sinister dreams
An unchanging hollow Existence

Above the dreaming dead-like Place
An ancient fortress towered in the Sky
Erected in Colors of grey and black
From Bricks of Marble and Iron


3. BLACK BANNERS

Dwelling under a sunless sky
Abandoned but not alone
Two Souls bound by friendship
By love for thought and wisdom

Surrounded by ordinary people
Whom never question their lives
Living their hollow existence
Daily routine without sense

Through the Grey Veil of Reality
A cut runs through this morning
Awoken in half light
With a shadow on the heart

No reason to rise
As daily routine never changes
But then the fortress bell rang
With the sound comes shock and terror

Clad in rags of Grey and black
The unholy Procession moves
Like black Tar they flow through the Streets


4. A TASTE OF UTTER EXTINCTION

No acceptance
No understanding
I can´t comprehend this fate
I am in constant disbelieve
I want to choose my fate on my own
As I refuse any predetermination

I can not be the only one
The only one with a glimpse of hope
So the decision has been made
We will run from this mad asylum

Unable to believe, unwilling to obey
My breath leaves me, I feel life is fading away from me
My mind is clouded with dark thoughts
Endless pain without been wounded, as if my soul is ripped from me
A taste of complete Extinction
I feel oblivion is forcing me under its spell

To make our escape
From this place of doom
Somewhere there must be a different life
A place of freedom and free will

The glooming loss of identity
A destiny as black as night
With it will come the lost of the soulmate
And then I be alone in this dark place
It seems like an easy way out
Accepting the banner and surrender

Invigorated by the Thought of sudden Death
But we will not make this unholy decision
Beyond the river there is the Unknown
Flowing water that will take us away
It can not be impossible to cross
Nothing else is on my Mind


5. THE UNWEDDED WIDOW

He is a prey to the shadows
She is an unwedded widow
The dreadful banner,
It towers over them


6. FROM SORROW INTO DARKNESS

(Instrumental)


7. A GREY CHILL AND A WHISPER

Born and raised
(In this) Place of Sickness
A barren existence in eternal twilight

I have faced the horror of reality
Seeking a new beginning
Shatter the old rusted chains

Unknown thoughts awaken deep in me
Where is the well that
Brought this new thoughts?

This reflection became my new found power
Thoughts lingering in darkness and rage
Burning like a flaming sword

He understands now. This is an inhuman fate
With its sinister sharp soundless voice
The fortress, looming high, is calling him to its gates
(By) soundless noises

Is this his unconditional surrender
As he slowly walks in confusion
Realizing hate and love are closely together
He became emotionally broken and without hope

Following them on the undiscovered trail
Leave the old Path and leave the day
become one of the shadows, whom hold the sign
An hooded existence in eternal night
Grab the Banner with Pride and despair
Following them on the undiscovered trail

The Time is here
Sanity breaks and vanishes
With soul-breaking pain
Every sound of the bell births endless fear
The echos rupture the spirit
All the noises suddenly die
And with them the sanity of the one that will fall

So It begins, with a grey chill and a whisper
A metamorphosis into horror upon horrors
To join the ranks of the hooded ghosts
To follow the dark fate

There is no Gate, no earthly entrance
Absent is all life, a dead wasteland
There only is an bizarre glow
Like an ominous invocation

Above the grey mass of shades
The Black Banners tremble
Follows miraculous behavior
Eternal caress of darkness and shadow


8. I MAY BE DAMNED BUT AT LEAST I'VE FOUND YOU

Dreadful fortress hovering high
Final destination after a fateful decision
Walking the road of the dead

Fire of Thoughts
Disguised in human Shape
A mystical discovery
Part of an interwoven mind
A greater purpose under the Sign
Of the Banner so black
Rise of horror testimony
Of the timeless bestial shrine

Echos of unhallowed thoughts and lies
Never had any living soul returned
From the towering fortress
build by an inhuman force

Finally the black gate
Massive and unreal
As if forged by the hands of Giants
Not of this Earth

The weight of stones and iron
Pressed hard against his chest
From his heart emerged
A small flame of red light

The black gate opens up
Then grey mists began to cloud his mind
Any doubt in his Decision
Is lost in oblivion

Pitch-black darkness engulfs him
While frozen in fear
He follows the path
Into nothingness
A hooded Ghost
Speaks without Words

Fire of Thoughts
Disguised in human Shape
A mystical discovery
Part of an interwoven mind
A greater purpose under the Sign
Of the Banner so black
Rise of horror testimony
Of the timeless bestial shrine

"You are damned
By your own will
You have chosen this path
For yourself"

The friend in sight
Transformed and lost
No release from the shadows
No escape from fate

Finally acceptance for their fate
He speaks
"I may be damned but at least i´ve found you"


9. WE REMEMBER TO REMEMBER

After the walls came down
The sun returned
Two lives were lost
We remember their names

Times passed,
Memories faded
Knowledge was lost
We remember their tasks

Later on
A legend was formed
Details lost in Darkness
We remember to remember

We remember to remember