1. THE ASCENDANCY OF THE EMPIRE

(Instrumental)


2. HELL

This is the darkest timeline
Veiled by a crimson skyline
He will undo Creation
Destroy every nation

We're in his kill zone
Subjects for the Skull Throne
All for a hellish pact
The heavenly contract

I will paint the world with the blood
The blood of your corrupted and foul God

And at every crossroad I took the wrong turn
Hell is empty, all the devils they are here with me
But through this darkness angelic fires will burn
Guiding my wounded heart, it sets my spirit free

Demonic blood sport
Fighting for our last resort
One Nation over Hell
We won't break the spell

The blood of your corrupted and foul God

And at every crossroad I took the wrong turn
Hell is empty, all the devils they are here with me
But through this darkness angelic fires will burn
Guiding my wounded heart, it sets my spirit free

You got the God, the God that you deserve
(And) It's easy for the dead to tell you to fight

I will paint the world with the blood
The blood of your corrupted and foul God
But how can you kill that which finds sanctuary in your blade?

And at every crossroad I took the wrong turn
Hell is empty, all the devils they are here with me
But through this darkness angelic fires will burn
Guiding my wounded heart, it sets my spirit free


3. THE BOTTOMLESS PIT

Mingle the wrath of the arch-angel
With the venom of the great dragon
Sleeper awake

Terror of the soul
His death healed
As he became whole
The Heartrender
Will ignite the sky
The world of the living he'll crucify

A perfect stranger to the sun
The perfect organism
Second to none

Your never-ending fall into the bottomless pit
Will only stop when your life ends
Your never-ending fall into the bottomless pit
Will only end when your life's forfeit

Face me

I am all of my scars
And my failures
Now I clear my name
Tonight, we will pit faith against faith
And smother your flame
Cause the abyss we will tame
Into the abyss

I admit
That only one of us
Will escape
The bottomless pit
Your forces
Against mine
To hell and back
I will make it

I am all of my scars
And my failures
Now I clear my name
Tonight, we will pit faith against faith
And smother your flame
Cause the abyss we will tame
Into the abyss

Your never-ending fall into the bottomless pit
Will only stop when your life ends
Your never-ending fall into the bottomless pit
Will only end when your life's forfeit


4. KILONOVA

Between the earthrise and moonquakes
What do you do?
Do you serve in Heaven or reign in Hell?

Everyone has a choice
And every choice has a consequence
Everyone has a voice
And some use it for dominance

Never tell me that the sky's the limit
When there are footprints on the moon
Never tell me that
One last ride and I'll leave the world behind
As the neutron stars they entwine

Between the gravity pull and the vast expanse
What do you do?
Do you drift through the nebula of heartache?

Everyone has a choice
And every choice has a consequence
Everyone has a voice
And some use it for dominance

I have seen beyond the bounds of infinity
And harnessed the force in this cosmic divorce

Never tell me that the sky's the limit
When there are footprints on the moon
Never tell me that
One last ride and I'll leave the world behind
As the neutron stars they entwine

Couldn't hope to hold down a heart
Any more than you could shackle the stars to the Earth
The fault is not in our stars but in ourselves

Bedrock laws crushed to sand
A Kilonova in the palm of my hand
Your wish is not my command
Your wish is not my command
No, your wish is not my command
No, your wish is not my command

Never tell me that the sky's the limit
When there are footprints on the moon
Never tell me that
One last ride and I'll leave the world behind
As the neutron stars they entwine


5. PRAETORIAN STALKER

A goodbye could be a second chance to something better
Two strangers dancing in the night
He might just get her

Love seems to fit as well as a hook in the eye
But this time
The high guard of his heart won't let him die

Pick your poison
Dress your wounds

At the far end side of a dream
You are the knight in dirty armor
My bloodstream
And every love story
Is a tragedy
If you wait long enough, you will see

Forged in violent flames
And brought back to life

Like a Praetorian Stalker, he will rise
The dark symmetry always cloaks his guise
Sacrifice your passion, throw the ashes to the sky
Make peace with your ego
It's your only ally

Pick your poison
Dress your wounds

At the far end side of a dream
You are the knight in dirty armor
My bloodstream
And every love story
Is a tragedy
If you wait long enough, you will see

We are all fragile creatures
Surrounded by hostile facts

At the far end side of a dream
You are the knight in dirty armor
My bloodstream
And every love story
Is a tragedy
If you wait long enough, you will see

Forged in violent flames
And brought back to life


6. THE CLOCK

The heart
The heart is a lonely and feral creature
And you think it's safe
Locked and leashed in a bone cage

But no heart will ever be safe
Against the devastation of time

We are burning the midnight oil too fast (too fast)
We're out of time
Shipwrecked at Point Nemo as outcasts
Caught in the clock's careless march

And the clock
It makes sure that time flies
It's up to you to be the passenger or pilot

At some junctures, you won't be able to choose
You have to follow the cruel flow of time

We are burning the midnight oil too fast (too fast)
We're out of time
Shipwrecked at Point Nemo as outcasts
Caught in the clock's careless march

We had a moment
But it's called that (called that)
It's called a moment for a reason
Nobody wins with time
With time as the opponent

Tick tock tick
Feel the undercurrent
Tick tock tick
Of remorse
Tick tock tick
Pulling you under
Tick tock tick
To Point Nemo

We had a moment
But it's called that
It's called a moment for a reason
Nobody wins with time
With time as the opponent

We are burning the midnight oil too fast (too fast)
We're out of time
Shipwrecked at Point Nemo as outcasts
Caught in the clock's careless march
We are burning the midnight oil too fast (too fast)
We're out of time
Shipwrecked at Point Nemo as outcasts
Caught in the clock's careless march


7. RED ALERT

All the empathy is getting colder
While the world is getting warmer
Curtain closed and the dead hand system
Is in full operation now

The world, it always knew he could
But never thought he would
The writing on the wall is fading

Drunk on vainglorious power

Feeling safe inside the walls that you fortified
People dying in the streets of the war you justified
We will rise up from the deepest trenches
And fight, fight, fight for the freedom of our kind
Our future can't be denied

Save your waterworks it's not yet over
Brothers and sisters move as one
And you can't play chess with someone
Willing to set the board on fire

Drunk on vainglorious power

Feeling safe inside the walls that you fortified
People dying in the streets of the war you justified
We will rise up from the deepest trenches
And fight, fight, fight for the freedom of our kind
Our future can't be denied

In your fortress of solitude
Even you will know
From here on it's a different world
Distrust your own shadow
And how the truth was never your concern
But we will remember the crimson return

Feeling safe inside the walls that you fortified
People dying in the streets of the war you justified
We will rise up from the deepest trenches
And fight, fight, fight for the freedom of our kind
Our future can't be denied


8. I.D.K.F.A.

Betrayal, the fall of a paragon
And I searched his feelings
There was nothing left but his hate

Brother will betray his brother,
And a father, his child
Children will rise against their parents
And have them put to death

Hellven, a showdown on a pile of skulls
Turncoat, liar, I step out of your shadow

Even if you're the father of lies
You will always be
My father still

Hell Frost madness, it never fully healed
And in my sadness
His weapon turned on him on the battlefield

Brother will betray his brother,
And a father, his child

Even if you're the father of lies
You will always be
My father still
Here is where I succeed you
Forever now, close your eyes
Your part has been fulfilled

And all demons screamed in choir:
Ignite Death's Kingdom for Abaddon,
(all the demons screamed)
Ignite Death's Kingdom for Abaddon,
(ignite the kingdom)
Ignite Death's Kingdom for Abaddon,
(for Abbadon)
Ignite Death's Kingdom for Abaddon
(for our Lord)

The End of Day
Your heart piece fused with mine
The last fragment of yang
Overthrown by his yin
In a fit of madness

Even if you're the father of lies
You will always be
My father still
Here is where I succeed you
Forever now, close your eyes
Your part has been fulfilled


9. BLOOD MARE

Do you feel the loss of your assumed future?
Do you feel that life is ripping up your sutures?

A gift is just a debt
Unwritten but implied
A never-ending stream
Of sacrifice on your supply

When do we go from running things
To things running us?
Hannibal is at the gates

Everyone is fighting a battle
That most will never understand (understand)
You were given this mountain
To show them how
How it can be moved by your hand

The future is not what
It used to be
Our misfortune teller
Keep threshing our plea

And the Blood Mare
She is always on alert
As her foals keep disappearing
Straight after birth

When do we go from running things
To things running us?
Hannibal is at the gates

Everyone is fighting a battle
That most will never understand (understand)
You were given this mountain
To show them how
How it can be moved by your hand

Against all the science, against all the odds,
The magic and all of the things in between
Against all logic, we still put our hope
In the miracle machine

Everyone is fighting a battle
That most will never understand (understand)
You were given this mountain
To show them how
How it can be moved by your hand

She's the Blood Mare


10. THE DESCENT OF THE KINGDOM

(Instrumental)


11. HEAVEN

Upon this day
Where Zion should have fallen
Balance was hanging on a heartstring
Down came the Heart of the World
At the head of the army
This was power, and the prince turned king

And so the story ends
In a burst of divine light
By the grace of the Phoenix
Dispensing wisdom to undeserving fools
The dreadnaught of Heaven
Knows your heart and soul
And you've been weighed on the scales
And found wanting

Waking up in the blood of who we kill
Forgive only that which can be forgiven
Climb the stairway and close the gates behind you
Here is where your destiny gets fulfilled

Kingdom come
Thy will be done
Institute peace in a lifetime of war
We shall overcome
It's all around
(All around)
And it quakes the ground
(Quakes the ground)
The sound of a thousand footsteps following you
Now lead on

Another child will be born,
Who will take from the Earth
All that has been given to her
His mother's curse

Waking up in the blood of who we kill
Forgive only that which can be forgiven
Climb the stairway and close the gates behind you
Here is where your destiny gets fulfilled

I spent my life waiting for this very moment
Now it's here
And it makes perfect sense to me
When empires wane
And kingdoms rise
I will rule eternal