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The Age of Decadence
05:27
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The gods are on the side of the stronger, history, written by the victors
Those who created peace, do so stained in blood
It is only human nature, to hate, those you've injured
And once the killing starts, it's hard to draw a line
Because of their ignorance, they called it, a civilization
Ensnared under slavery, servitude, their submission
To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp, and to call it an empire, we created a desert, and called it peace
To rob, to rape, to plunder and call it an empire, we created a wasteland, and called it peace
What started off as a cause for the righteous, by the holy and pious, who claimed to be just
Is now reduced to violence, in the herd no ideas are allowed to stand above
This immoral, sinful place, sanctimonious faith, lures you in
And their hate filled dogma, calls all free thought sin
Individual thought and skepticism, is suppressed, for the sake of all
Burn the texts, burn the knowledge, burn the art; this city in fire will fall
The lies, despair, and fear, leads to superstition
You created an age of decadence, and called it right
Guilt, hate, self-righteous condemnation, you created an age of darkness, under shadow of night!
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Son of Arrius
05:09
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(Messala)
Be wise! For it's a Roman world you live in
If you have will to survive, you must become part of it
Judah, I tell you! Fate chose us to conquer the world, connect every corner
Our laws, our codes, our architecture, paved roads, our Legions rout every tribe and place
The glory of the human race
(Judah)
For you I would do anything, but not betray my people
The past and future of our tribe, to your will we won’t proscribe
For the sake of friendship, I will not commit sedition, this evil, this treason!
You may conquer our land, you may slaughter our children
But that is not the end, we stand above, rise again
A man can be broken, but you cannot break his spirit
An idea cannot be vanquished when its fiery words are spoken
(Messala)
You should know when you’ve been conquered, your dreams are dead and gone
You live off myths of the past, the lost glory of Solomon
Your prophets will not rise again.... Look to the future; look to the west!
(Judah)
An affront to our god, strangling his people
You control the whole of the Earth, and steal its lives and freedom
A day will come that Rome will fall, freedom will be heard
Such as the world has never seen, the page of tyranny turned!
You may conquer our land, you may slaughter our children
But that is not the end, we stand above, rise again
A man can be broken, but you cannot break his spirit
An idea cannot be vanquished, when its fiery words are spoken
You may conquer our land, you may slaughter our children
But that is not the end, we stand above, rise again
A man can be broken, but you cannot break his spirit
I swear I’ll take my vengeance, for justice, for triumph!
The spirit to fight, the sense to control it
My soul is full of hate
Keeps me alive, gives me strength
ROW, ROW, ROW, ROW, ROW, ROW, ROW, ROW!
BATTLE SPEED! ATTACK SPEED!
RAMMING SPEED! ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK!
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Hymns to Sekhmet
04:06
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SEKHMET, Mother of the gods
SEKHMET, Give birth to us all
SEKHMET, Lioness and Goddess
SEKHMET, Your people call
Deity of life, daughter of the Sun, grant us good harvest, fertility, and protection
Your will divine, lady of the ointment jar
Mother of the Gods – Guardian, the eye of Ra
BAST, Silence in the darkness
BAST, 'Til your holy light appears
BAST, From your throne give us comfort
BAST, Beloved end our fears!
Drive out the vermin, drive out the pestilence
Protect us from the spirits, that prey on the unborn
Your feline grace, shines down your light upon us
Trample down our evil, we worship your likeness
LEAD US, TO THE WATERS, OH GRACIOUS SEKHMET, OUR BELOVED
FEED US, PURE HOLY, BAST
PROTECT US, OH CURIOUS, SEKHMET
GUIDE US, PROVIDE US
THROUGH ALL THE TRIALS OF THIS WORLD
We bow before your grace..... your granite smiling face....
Your visions of the future, guide us through the sands of time
We answer to your call.... before the one and holy all....
Huntress of the vile, protector of the Nile
Rid our hearts of fear.... bestow your strength upon us....
Seep into our souls, seize our regrets, make us whole
We call upon you now.... hear our prayers well....
Heal our bodies, restore our vitality, the waters of life!
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SUNRISE! Over the vast, city, of Jerusalem!
The holy, the sacred, the city of christ! Reclaimed by the forces of crusaders might!
Martyrs and soldiers and pilgrims we fight, for salvation our sins are forgiven in time
Much blood we will shed in the name of the cross, forgiven, our crimes, through sacrifice lost
In Acre, baptism by iron we learned, the enemies of god must be vanquished and burned
Heathens and heretics, in all but name, how many Christians were captured, enslaved?
The forces of Saladin ride in from the east, with swords and with arrows we drive back these beasts
Burning with heat from the Judea sun, with steel we meet until battle is won
One signed by the cross, we fight for our faith! One signed by the cross, what price have we paid?
One signed by the cross, we give our own lives, for land and for church, we leave none alive!
In the heat of the battle, flesh impaled upon my blade
When my sword tasted blood, I knew this was my way!
Took up the blade, left those I loved, vowed to take up arms, for heaven above!
One signed by the cross, how far have we gone?
One signed by the cross, our journey yet long?
One signed by the cross, the battle rages on!
In the name of all of Christendom, we fight to save the city of God!
Would you know when you’ve been conquered? Pushed back to the gates of hell
We fight for more than home and country, for eternal salvation, from mortal damnation
The burning fields, a no-mans land, from wild forests to desert sands
This brutal world, cold and dark, crusader might will make its mark
One signed by the cross, how far have we gone?
One signed by the cross, our journey yet long?
One signed by the cross, the battle rages on!
Over countless years of conquest, I have wandered, fought, brought the sword
But a few years of peace out of decades, and what for?
The sieges never end, dismantling walls, stone by stone
Vanquishing the Saracens, we cut through flesh, we smash through bone
We offered protection to the pilgrims, to the defenseless, on their holy journey
To protect their wealth and riches, and to guard their passage
The barbarity of the world is often cruel and senseless, wanton, rampant
We vow to protect the innocent, we protect the whole of the masses
Desert passage, guide my way, ancient secrets, hidden demons!
Desert passage, our knowledge deepens, dogmatic prophets slain!
Sermons of shame, preaching visions of doom! Denouncing the common man, for his inaction
Looking down from the castle bastion! Leading the masses to their carnal tombs!
Led astray, from their normal lives, took control of their superstitions
Their fears extolled, their thoughts surmised, some joined for glory, some joined for riches
Holy preachers, guide our thoughts, keep the sheep confused, forever lost
Tongue of fire, twist our words
Burn our freedoms, let your lies be heard....
Scheming Kings, denounce the whole of the masses
Wage your wars of conquest - no matter the cost
Let the people suffer, let the fields burn
Use the texts of the holy, let the pages turn....
To my homeland I finally return, having fought through and traveled through foreign places
To come back to enemies, wearing familiar faces
For the cause we have fought for is lost, has not brought us salvation but brought us ruination
With the devil a game of chess, for no man can live within the face of emptiness!
Macabre dance of death! “What will your move be?”
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Intermission
03:25
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Into Woven Wilds
05:56
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From a distant unknown, a new voice will emerge
Calling me to another place, too late to escape
A shimmering light of auroras surround us
Guiding our way, to distant dreams
Once thought a story, of a long time forgotten
A world we repress, with civilization
We shall not seek to halt our true human nature
But master our instincts and to understand
Modern tools of evil, used by liars above
Forced upon us by the outside world
Break the seal of this mortal coil
Transmitting through your eyes, the plane of another dimension
Goes dancing into the skies, misguided meditations
Into woven wilds, we ride past constellations and the stars
Place your soul upon the pyre, prepare to be reborn
Into woven wilds, we ride across the mountains once again
Between the lines that divide the worlds of spirits and men
With rays of fire my heart bursts forth at the site
As arctic winds breeze by me in the middle of the night
Climbing ever higher, to the top of the mountainside
Captivated by a distant sign of nocturnal light, my hands are reaching out for eternal life
I’ve tried to escape these tormented visions
Trapped inside of this somatic prison
Faces worn of sickness, even in their own dreams
Human spirits torn apart by chaos and machines
Windswept trees painted in white skies
Hypnotic rhythms, mystic hymns
The great holy beings shine heavenly light
Upon vibrant flowers, the colors of life
Into woven wilds, we ride past constellations and the stars
Place your soul upon the pyre, prepare to be reborn
Into woven wilds, we ride across the mountains once again
Between the lines that divide the worlds of spirits and men
With rays of fire my heart bursts forth at the site
As arctic winds breeze by me in the middle of the night
Climbing ever higher, to the top of the mountainside
Captivated by a distant sign of nocturnal light, my hands are reaching out for eternal life
Ride! For wisdom begins in wonder
Rise! Till your heart finds its tribe
Ride! To what within, its written
Rise! Of flesh we're born of flesh we'll die
Ride! The world we know has fallen
Rise! With the fears inside ourselves
Ride! Let new days cleanse our spirits
Rise! On earth we roam, in skies we fly,
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Chiaroscuro
04:58
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Balancing light and darkness, to create a vision, of the divine
In shadow, tells a story, of when nature and desire collide
Two factions at war, one a great family, patrons of art, victims of envy
In the house of god, butchered before all, blood fills the streets, violence is law
Cut down like trees, once men of power, hanging disemboweled from the city tower
Conspiracy is foiled, nowhere to run, justice is served under the Tuscan sun
Smiling in torment, strength in distress
Your following eyes tell a story of loneliness
Faces of marble, bodies of oil
Fiction to tell truth, immortalized youth
When all we have left are our memories, unfinished, our works abandoned
Telling a story of humanity, the joy of understanding
The sacred is portrayed by the sinner in love, the image of christ, the frescoes above
A brother and sister, bonded in incest, a cloak of ermine, the smell of frankincense
Our faces unmasked, our eyes wide open, sanctity of marriage, vows are broken
Born into privilege, but power corrupts, scandal matters not to those beloved
Smiling in torment, strength in distress
Your following eyes, tell a story of loneliness
Faces of marble, bodies of oil
Fiction to tell truth, immortalized youth
When the bird has tasted flight, it will stay in the sky, never to look back
To earth it will never return, once it has spread its wings it will only fly
A beheaded martyr, a prophet a baptist, portrayed with ardor by a distinguished artist
A sacred image of a saint divine, salvation obtained for the apostles maligned
Blue eyes shining in the Florentine night, apprentice to a painter, the stars burn bright
Forbidden love, our one befall, accusations of the holy in the house of god
I thought I was learning to live, when I was only, learning to die
Between the shadows and light, where the beginning and end of all things lie
A beautiful body may perish, but a work of art, does not die
Spread, and open your wings, like an eagle above, you will learn to fly!
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Erecting fields of corpses
A voice spoke out of dragons
Passed into perdition
Impaling by the thousands
I feast upon indulgence
On silver wares I dine
A savoured bath of flies
Accompanied wine
Burning at the stake
The gnawing crack of bone
No mercy have I shown
Nailing in their skulls
There is suffering in masses
This is only the beginning
A voice spoke out to reason
Let this be a warning
Their cries a lone lament
All ears have fallen deaf
Faceless and forbidden
In decomposing scent
These travesties, beliefs
All dies is burning scorn
Your children, mothers, fathers, sons
Through fire is reborn
Petrichor and death
The stench of burning war
Rotting septic flesh
Upon these fields of gore
Carried in the winds
The mighty beath of god
To whisper fears of death
Upon a crucifixion rod
Tortured, blinded, and buried alive
Hosting fire at a banquet with our callers inside
Solidify dominance to a choir of shame
Impale upon them masts and to savour in their pain
Tortured, blinded and buried alive
Hosting fire at a banquet with our callers inside
Solidifying dominance
A choir of pain
Impale upon them masts and to savour in their shame
Unto on high
Shame!
His flesh we eat
Purified white souls as bright as snow
Shame!
I drink the blood of Jesus Christ
Shame!
Our father not to be forgotten
Wallachia! Bound by my rule
The masochist! The gruesome sadist fool
I renounce, blood fraught with sin
In conquest! Deceitful men chagrined
Heavens be praised
By the blood of my enemies
I have earned victory
By the Order of the Dragon
As the ruler of this land
I have vowed to vanquish the destroyers of faith Forsaken, the disloyal man
Blood shed by the unbelievers
Deceitful ways now forbidden
Those violaters and great deceivers
Shall perish from the earth
In the fires of hell
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I renounce god
This is how I'm repaid
I shall up from my own death
Forever a slave
I feel myself changing
I hear voices in my dreams
The mice in the attic
Stomping like elephants
Lost in a sea of wonder, doubt and fear
Upon this altar
I wake from horrible nightmares
Such sweet music they make
Love lost, immortality gained
Love lost, forever the same
Ecstasy, in lust for her blood
Agony, and promises of peace
For hundreds of years
I've worn this crown of sympathy
Sinning without remorse or pity
All of these terrible memories
Such tortures upon me
Fangs drip wet of weakness
The worlds cross to bear
Lifeless, soulless
Hated and feared
Warped by the ravages
And blisters of time
Misinterpreted, twisted, distorted demise
Love lost, immortality gained
Love lost, forever the same
Ecstasy, in lust for her blood
Agony, and promises of peace
I can hear the sound of birds
they sing
Silenced by stirred wood and ruffled leaves
Terrific beautiful melodies
I call to her in winds!
From this old church
I am excommunicated
Suicide graves are desecrated
Ageless
Old, gaunt and strange
Moving as dust,
The dead travel fast
Now horrid, whispered gothic myth
Once a great Romanian prince
Now a shell of what is left
Their pale king of ashes
Great pillar of past down story
Dark summit of forgotten fear
Dizzying visions, werewolf legends
Listen, he grows near
I cannot be saved for I am cursed
Mourning weary of an unquenched thirst
Tears shed upon her final words
Dire loss yet undeterred
Across the fires of hell
I shall burn beside you
Sleep and find me
In another life
Give me peace
I miss you too much to forsake you
Whispered voice from what remains
My hearts been plunged with stakes
My spirit, locked in chains
My love first lost to flame
Across oceans of time
I have sailed to find you
Drink and join me
In eternal life
"Make me yours"
I love you too much to condemn you
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