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from Manticora - Darkness With Tales To Tell (2001)
You've betrayed the men by your side
People with hopes and with longing Hopes of an endless Utopia Now you see that a new plague is coming ...a new plague is coming now you see that a new plague is coming..... Take a look at your burning lands You convinced them that you've got the power The death and destruction that came from your hands Will grow 'till it reaches your own tower ...it reaches your own tower will grow 'till it reaches your own tower... A ruler is killing for pleasure In a land all to near We all look upon a cursed kingdom The dynasty of fear Fleeing your homes and your cities That once to you was so dear We all look upon a tragic kingdom The dynasty of fear The symphony of well-meant ideals Working in laws of regressive progression Enchanting the hearts and the souls of men Dictating their violent agression ...their violent agression dictating their violent agression... A ruler is killing for pleasure In a land all to near We all look upon a cursed kingdom The dynasty of fear Fleeing your homes and your cities That once to you was so dear We all look upon a tragic kingdom The dynasty of fear [Kristian,Lars,Mads] |
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from Manticora - Darkness With Tales To Tell (2001)
Standing at the crossroad watching men in armour fighting
The fog is lying thick, the ground is shrouded in the dark The battle for the throne increases as it's done forever A dragon in disquise will send a knight to make its mark Fly away on the dragon's mist And seek the heir of kings I'll crave your first-born son in trade Of one night of your dreams Oh, give him the power Please bless him with the strength To pull Excalibur out of the stone Still the battle roars in spite of finding of thr king In search for pease he puts his life into the mighty hands Of knights who once refused to crown him as their rightful heir At last they gather'round the table, summoning the lands Fly away on the dragon's mist And seek the heir of kings I'll crave your first-born son in trade Of one night of your dreams Oh, give him the power Please bless him with the strength To pull Excalibur out of the stone A dream to some A nightmare to others The peace will come And Mordred will be born a bastard son The wizard and his powers will predict the silent future He holds the key to all success and forces it to the door To understand the secrets of his whisperings and riddles They die, and so the legend will live on forever more Fly away on the dragon's mist And seek the heir of kings I'll crave your first-born son in trade Of one night of your dreams Oh, give him the power Please bless him with the strength To pull Excalibur out of the stone (Lars,Kristian) |
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from Manticora - Darkness With Tales To Tell (2001)
[Saga Of The Exiles Part 3]
"Abbaddon, the angel of the abys & king Aiken Lugonn, the lord of misrule" The timegate remains closed... Silence approach the many coloured land The domination is broken Power is for the jester to grasp Believing the daemon is chokin' Chaos, rivalry, betrayal and despair The mad girl, the raven, enthroned as a ghost Gathering golden Torcs and the "spear" The holy weapon of the shattered host Fre humans are makin' bloodmetal weapons The deadly poison to the ancient foe As the angel of the abyss Plans with the jester the final show A metaconcert - To kill off the girl Conspiracy - To take over the world The lord of misrule - Burned by the blizz Created with fraught - By the angel of the abyss Rebellion, you Tanu brothers Bonded by blood The Battlemaster survived the flood ...And now you die! Hovering above the castle of glass A mindblasting fight for supremacy The Battlemaster revenging his loss The king is victorious - Triumphantly The only remains of the giant warrior - a blackened silver hand. All hail the king of the manycoloured land. [Lars] |
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from Manticora - Darkness With Tales To Tell (2001)
[Saga Of The Exiles Part 4]
The timegate reopens... Subsuming the minds of the traitors made me crazy Insomnia's their way of paying back My powers are lost, I'm calling the Grand Master Hidin'in her shelter at Black Crag The longlasting winter, the fall of Nodonn Adversary's coming, his breed on the run Predicted in old tales, envisioned before Indications of the Nigtfall War Searching the land for the metallurgist Only he can built the timemachine The children of Abbaddon I protect now Hidin' them within my mental screen The longlasting winter, the fall of Nodonn Adversary's coming, his breed on the run Predicted in old tales, envisioned before Indications of the Nigtfall War Floating in trance in the Quicksilver pool The lion, the dragon, the eagle - the healers Symbols of being reborn in the world of the living Will shine on forth in pain The conquesting races in false harmony Gathered on the ancient Field of Gold I saw through their treachery, saw through their lies Their minds are now ashes, their bodies are now cold The longlasting winter, the fall of Nodonn Adversary's coming, his breed on the run Predicted in old tales, envisioned before Indications of the Nigtfall War The War... "...and now,no one shall doubt my power. For I am the non-born king, and only I rule the many - coloured land". [Lars] |
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from Manticora - Darkness With Tales To Tell (2001)
A hundred lightyears away, lies a hidden heart
Made up for a purpose, I can't tell A bridge so insane, it tears my soul apart Made up for a reason I can't tell I can't remember my own name I look around, am I insane? Eternity is lost, and I am turnin' upside down Forever in the puzzle of my life A path of crooked thorns leads my lonely way Disappears in a distance, I can't tell A shadow in the dark, makes me so afraid Whispering me a story, I can't tell I can't remember my own name I look around, am I insane? Eternity is lost, and I am turnin' upside down Forever in the puzzle of my life A path of crooked thorns leads my lonely way Disappears in a distance, I can't tell A shadow in the dark, makes me so afraid Whispering me a story, I can't tell I can't remember my own name I look around, am I insane? Eternity is lost, and I am turnin' upside down Forever in the puzzle of my Forever in the puzzle of my Forever in the puzzle of my life [Kristian] |
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from Manticora - Darkness With Tales To Tell (2001)
I see no sense in what's going on
U sense no meaning, I see no light for us all Cold chill in spine shows me no future There's no safety around us - no protection, no wall Blind ignorance throuth generations It's hidden black on white, I turn to stare There's a taste of blood in my mouth It's sick, when I breathe the air I see no light in the ways that I choose No matter how I twist and turn, I lose I see no light in the ways that I choose No matter how I twist and turn, I lose I can't escape the numb feeling of Perpetual deceiving dreams again Problems too dark to touch, we're reaching Critical mass - The end I see no light in the ways that I choose No matter how I twist and turn, I lose I see no light in the ways that I choose No matter how I twist and turn, I lose Silence in governments shows the taste of fear Our world is falling apart, it's in the atmosphere!! [Kristian,Lars] |
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from Manticora - Darkness With Tales To Tell (2001)
Sinners on their chance to strike. willing to let die
To reap the harvest of one's work, now it's time to crucify Crawling under lines of blama, in their hands they've got your fate Now we've lost the game of man, misjudged by laws we hate Shout, let me hear you preaching - listen to your pathetic Shout, let us hear your story, now that we haven't got a choice Shout, let me hear you preaching - listen to your pathetic Shout, let us hear your story, now that we haven't got a choice Lost Souls Holding on to an illusion based upon a tale The ladder's leading down to Hell, our souls are now for sale Weak and helpless on our knees we're looking at the sky Time will run, the blood will flow as life is passing by Shout, let me hear you preaching - listen to your pathetic Shout, let us hear your story, now that we haven't got a choice Shout, let me hear you preaching - listen to your pathetic Shout, let us hear your story, now that we haven't got a choice Lost Souls Truth won't be the same when one is born There's no reason in the world, but we are movin' on Cursed by the palm of God Bright - hope blinded eyes If everyone had a chose, religion would fade at dawn Lost Souls One day we will understand there are no winners in this race Caused by your religion thoughts, we'll vanish without a trace With one hand on the holy book, you're reaching for a gun Put your hands together, praise the lord for what he has done Shout, let me hear you preaching - listen to your pathetic Shout, let us hear your story, now that we haven't got a choice Shout, let me hear you preaching - listen to your pathetic Shout, let us hear your story, now that we haven't got a choice Truth won't be the same when one is born There's no reason in the world, but we are movin' on Cursed by the palm of God Bright - hope blinded eyes If everyone had a chose, religion would fade at dawn Lost Souls [Kristian] |
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from Manticora - Darkness With Tales To Tell (2001)
Dawn of time, the first-born am I
I will be the last one to die Guardian of the Earth, protector of the sea To it all I hold the master key I can tell the faith of mortal men I can tell you how you die and when When I'm looking deep into your mind I can see you're ignorant and blind Dressed in all colours, called by all names I disguise as water, earth or flames I've shown you every dream, shown you every nightmare Even though you still don't seem to care I can tell the faith of mortal men I can tell you how you die and when When I'm looking deep into your mind I can see you're ignorant and blind I am the twilight shadow I'll enlighten your darkest sins When forever ends I'll stop the cause for living I've seen the way to paradise, I know the road to hell Where you're going I for sure can tell The end is closer, your maker you will meet Destruction of the Earth has been complete I can tell the faith of mortal men I can tell you how you die and when When I'm looking deep into your mind I can see you're ignorant and blind [Mads,Lars] |
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In my room burns a single flame
And night has come, so nothing looks the same Shadows on the floor,shadows on the wall So alive, you can almost hear them call I start to sleep, but my eyes still see I've taken the bait and now my mind has been set free As the room starts to turn and figures start to twist I'm drowning in blackness, in the sea of mist Stand very still, be very silent Shadows with tales to tell Stand very still, be very silent Singing of Heaven and Hell Lying, sleeping, dreaming neon white Angels and Demons coming out of the ligt Shadows on the floor, whispering in my ear Telin' me ancient truths of why we are here Stand very still, be very silent Shadows with tales to tell Stand very still, be very silent Singing of Heaven and Hell The shadows are dancing tonight By the power of one single light Visions show me places that can never be Terrible and beautiful, not for the eyes to see Out of the twilight, silence is born But I awake and now my dream is gone Stand very still, be very silent Darkness with tales to tell Stand very still, be very silent Singing of Heaven and Hell Stand very still, be very silent The shadows are dancing tonight Stand very still, be very silent By the power of the single light |
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from Manticora - Roots Of Eternity (2001)
Now that everything is lost my colours they are slowly fading
I cast no shadow but another level is waiting Journey through the black abyss is only in my fevered mind Even time and space have gone - impossible to find From far beyond the nothingness - the end A twilight voice is calling me back again Waiting at the bottom of the sea in giant twisted cities The story of mankind is soon to be unwritten Boundaries of dim expansion growing to a roaring river I'm screaming silent - I'm raving mad with fever From far beyond the nothingness - the end A twilight voice is calling me back again I stare into the darkness trying to believe my eyes Through eons dwelling formless Now it's time for you to rise Come rest thy tired soul until forever ends Rest until you know the future again on you depends Then go and free your mind - make up another paradise And the humans will be waiting... When forever ends i'll be thy servant, i'll be there for you your rotten smell is sweet - delight in mystery I will gaze into your eyes with black amazement in my head The Great Old Ones will now consume our hopes From far beyond the nothingness - the end A twilight voice is calling me back again I stare into the darkness trying to believe my eyes Through eons dwelling formless Now it's time for you to rise |
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Today the sky is gray
gray as the thoughts in my head And i have been down for so long always endless trails i tread I've climbed the highest mountains But I still can't reach the top Looking at a wasteland That just never seems to stop Come walk with me the world to see And look for understanding Come walk with me blue sky to see And hope to be set free Then like from out of nowhere a vision comes to me Picturing the king of eagles coming from the sea He talks to me in tongues That i have never known before but i notice that i understand as if it were my own Come fly with me out to the sea I'll show you understanding Come fly with me the end to see And i will set you free So now im flying to the sea To see the world with diffirent eyes I've found a place to call my own Where i can learn that i have been set free |
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from Manticora - Roots Of Eternity (2001)
I stare at the sky and see
What i've tried to see so many years the purity of space and time To see it all through intoxicated tears Cratinf a trip through hexagonal space Im fighting the laws of gravity Burning my eyes to understand blind agitation 'gainst my own sanity you can fool a man forever Fill him with you lies You can fool mankind once Drawing a web of lies Burning their eyes to understand you can't fool mankind forever I've never tried to embrace myself tight It's not how i want it to be And i found in my head that i always did right Even thoguh you speak angry with me Spiraling confusing appears As the world keeps coming back What i felt is description of ALL And madness is my only friend you can fool a man forever Fill him with you lies You can fool mankind once Drawing a web of lies Burning their eyes to understand you can't fool mankind forever |
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from Manticora - Roots Of Eternity (2001)
I eager for knowledge
And the power to travel beyond It's the soul within i'm after to journey with you is my bond Towards Algol - The demonstar We fly above valleys so deep In the shining mists of Orion's sword We'll meet beyond the walls of sleep More than two thousand years from now Evil empire Tsan-Chan will appear And what you call ancient egypt Is where i'll dwell next year Towards Algol - The demonstar We fly above valleys so deep In the shining mists of Orion's sword We'll meet beyond the walls of sleep [THE SAGA OF THE EXILES PART 1&2] |
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from Manticora - Roots Of Eternity (2001)
(The timegate is opened...)
I'll desecrate your weak beliefs You must feel so old Went out to see another world And found that it had turned so cold Stranded in unknown sourroundings In a place where time has no meaning Cant seem to find my way out of here Trapped in a nowhere land Open my thoughts to the masses The manticore is my illusion Cant seem to open the door out of here Trapped ina a nowhere land Absent but absolutely there Consciousness expanding I know the meaning of it all That's what im thinking Stranded in unknown sourroundings In a place where time has no meaning Cant seem to find my way out of here Trapped in a nowhere land Open my thoughts to the masses The manticore is my illusion Cant seem to open the door out of here Trapped ina a nowhere land And so we fought... |
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(The timegate is closed...)
(They came from a galaxy far away to fight their holy war in The pliocene world called Terra The manycolored land) They take a sadistic delight of destroying In a world of coercive power and might breeding a new type of hyprid child To conquer the world without a fight To condemn the power of strength The astonishing mental capacity The tool to obstruct the second Chance of trying for humanity - for humanity Healing every wound No sickness - no aging - no dying Living for a thousand years or more The human exiles are crying To serve the exotics of Tana They're feeling the gray torcs around their necks All can they stop mental punishment If unitu'd fight its way through - fight its way through A group of lowlifes refusing to submit to the host Making a plan to destroy the ruling race the non-born king of humans has the solving in his hands Deceiving his own - and shows his real face (Yes...we adopted the humans. They fight our battles, they grow our food, They operate our mines and factories, they administer our commerce, They infiltrate our sacret guilds, They mingle their very blood and genes with our own. But that is not all. We are faced with the ultimate humiliation - And once again we have brought it upon ourselves. For a human now aspires to our high kingship...) Interrogation - humiliation - blind agression - devastation The maddened raven creates the earthquake to break down the barrier to the sea Killing the host with the flood - catastrophe Water remains there to be |
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One hour ago - a step back in time
The season drew the pupils in my eyes When the water turned to blood It turned my guilt into the lies Gold is the metal of purity My body has turned in for good Every crawling corner in my mind Changing the things i understood How can it be - That you're blinded again You can hear them dying within the souls under your skin Crunple in a sea of sin Gold is the metal of purity My body has turned in for good Every crawling corner in my mind Changing the things i understood So well - so bright Im flying away - i cannot stay dawn breaks free and pale faces are turning the night Gold is the metal of purity My body has turned in for good Every crawling corner in my mind Changing the things i understood So well - so bright Im flying away - i cannot stay dawn breaks free and pale faces are turning the night |
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Standing up - I'm looking down
at the ground below Can't change my situation by execution How can it be my life it means so much to me? I'm doomed anyway - my friend can't you see? There's no god to save me From this private hell No angel of mercy Comes to my cell How can it be my life it means so much to me? I'm doomed anyway - my friend can't you see? Standing up - I'm looking down at the ground below Can't change my situation by execution How can it be my life it means so much to me? I'm doomed anyway - my friend can't you see? |
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[Part one]
[ETERNITY] Instrumental [PART TWO] [ROOTS] I can't see whether it's me or my blood that drags me down thoughts in my head tell me i'm not even around I can't see no solution to the suffering of the weakest creature of all One for me is the rope around my neck but i don't want the curtain to fall illusions of better days - ignored Buried in a state of mind - absorbed I don't care anymore cause my world is gone No hope for you - no hope for me No hope for everyone How can i tell the truth when i dont even know if its the truth i tell Damn it, my friend, i don't care if you won't help But would you please then put me into my shell Draw a line in the sand to keep me knowing where your boundaries explode I don't wish to die but if i had the choice i'd rather not corrode I will always cry inside - Profane Inapproachable, yes - insane I don't care anymore cause my world is gone No hope for you - no hope for me No hope for everyone carved in me to make it last, read it through the splintered glass Swallowed whole my only hope to lift the grief hiding from the past Dare not look into these eyes all too aware of the pain i'll find But i can't resist the temptation search for my soul to leave it all behind All locked doors inside my head - betrayed Shadows haunt my loneliness - depraved [PART THREE] [LAST CRY] I quite dont know why i smiled back then It must have been a memory Of a place that i have been Sorry if i said too much and now you know my name It's just a way to hide myself Can you tell me why i came there's no miracles no more and life it goes its ways water feels like fire In my hands i'll find my face For much to long i had my conscience on the floor Been drifting in a circle till i smashed my head into the door [PART FOUR] [THE END] It's because the roots are no longer below they're dead and it's easy to show Take my hand let's walk through the night wait for the end - There's no reason to fight |
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("Through a slow and painfull awakening")
...They met on the captain's dining platform. Seven pilgrims with different stories, But neverless with equal main factor - the mystery of the Chrome bladed creature ... the Beast Each one carrying the hope of being the chosen one, To have his wish fulfilled, Knowing that the other six must die hoping. All must they tell their story! |
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("In the Blazing Sunlight , the priest unveiled his horrid tale...")
I travelled on through the swamplands , sailed up the river damp To bring back the church from its state of oblivion A mission to the land of the long gone retired tribe The inbred people on the edge of the cleft I crossed the lightning horrors of the burning forest To face my unattainable holy task A Hell alive , Armageddon , a violent energetic eruption Of immense proportions Domine Dirige Nos Kept alive for eternity by this throbbing parasite Distorting , numbing , mind reducing - Eternal life through this horrid growth "Saying mass in my life's work - the awe striking chapel - sweet communion , I'm at inner peace" ... to drive out this parasite by self inflicted non-lethal pain... "I am eternal , immortal" ...I'm swirling in a vortex of the deepest agony... ...offered an eternity of mindless life... I saw the wonder of a giant church carved into the moutainside A descending path into the mystery of the labyrinthine worlds Idolized and worshipped by the tribe of the short retard men ... I began praying to my God again We walked into the tunnel mouth, eroded by elements As darkness gave away to light brighter than thousand stars I was embraced by the legendary avatar , (the creature of death) In the illuminated glowing vaults ...I'll fight my immortality Kept alive for eternity by this throbbing parasite Distorting , numbing , mind reducing - Eternal life through this horrid growth |
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["A long awaited journey. Now we're finally on the way. We leave behind the comfort of the poet's town..."]
Beautiful this broken town , even though it's fled by man White doves flying in the sun , above desert sands Where the city stood , now ruins stands Sitting in Darkness with Tales To Tell Arguing , drinking all night as well The last fair or pilgrims with answers to gain To go to the valley and meet with "The One" in vain Drifting down the river From the railing we stare Journey on to the sea of grass The old barge will take us there Led along by mysterious crew Bright shiny eyes and skins of blue The last fair of pilgrims with answers to gain To go to the valley and meet with "The One" in vain Drifting down the river From the railing we stare Journey on to the sea of grass The old barge will take us there |
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("In love and dreams she comes to me... The Keeper of Time")
Life as a soldier was all to easy for me - To eradicate and annihilate fit my identity Raised as a fighting machine, to destroy the enemy threat Suddenly and with no sense you came with the bloodshed Sons and daughters of war, I have witnessed a creature I can't control anymore Fell in love with a girl of the future, now talk to me, teach me... war lovers we will be! You made a difference in the chaos I saw - You gave me a reason not to fight anymore In between rage and sudden death - You gave me hope - you stole my breath Brainwashed in the art of war I've got the will to fight on - All sense of humanity is a history -long gone Following the orders - no remorse or no fear - You appeared to me Like a mad dream here Then you came from a distant unknown, between dream and reality Fighting together from time to time, now talk to me, teach me... war lovers we will be! I met you in your past, but in my future in a meeting still to come And listened to your whispers, you had a voice that made me numb Your eyes blazed like jewels in the sun as you whispered in my ear I'll take care of you my love - you've got nothing to fear When morning came, we kept each other perfectly warm in the chilling breeze Constantly sand or snow tore at naked walls Your voice burred with the hint of an accent unknown Constantly sand or snow tore at naked walls In a time of passion I close my eyes....... And see : Bodies burning in the solid laser light Heat of plasma explosions as I try to survive the night Fireballs enlarging as I lie among the dead More dead to come as suns explode in ruby red THE DYING WORLDS!!! Star systems, extinct in spasms of deadly fire Thickened air itself aflame as I can't control my desire Seas of superheated air rise in vast pulses of flame Blazing in mad heat - you brought a war from where you came THE DYING WORLDS!!! |
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["I'll write the story of the world"]
In cryogenic sleep I lost my sense, I lost my soul Experiencing craziness has made my heart turn cold For centuries and more, I've searched my head for perfect words I'll take my chance or live forever in a world of hurt Impalement on a tree of thorns is definitely an option I need the Beast to write my cantos without interruption The trinity is split, parts roaming back through time and space And Empathy is to be lured out of its hiding place I'll face the pain with open mind, Coz' otherwise I'd die inside The perfect irony in my life I know the answer to the future, Now is to be solved by us The seven pilgrims of mankind On the verge of suicide the butchery began And writting capabilities came back to me again The disappearance of my muse had ceased with all the killing The cantos only lived through all the blood the Beast was spilling My poem bruned, destroyed in desperate screams of misery And so, i'll find my inspiration on the shining tree I'll face the pain with open mind, Coz' otherwise I'd die inside The perfect irony in my life I know the answer to the future, Now is to be solved by us The seven pilgrims of mankind "With ashes flying to the sky I realize the reason why" |
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("infinitely picturesque")
Night fell upon the pilgrims While sailing on the sea of grass Through the infinite horizon The wooden ship sails by the wind to the pass They'll journey on awaiting doom Talling their stories in the gloom Disrupted by his baby's crirs ...panting The old jew carries on ...telling |
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("The loss of a day, through the length of a night")
Come child join me, now thatthe whiskey Has turned me into another man We'll talk and we'll laugh like old times And we'll try to understand As I see your face, pale and terrified It's a nightmare coming true And believe me daughter , everyday It's a new you I'm talking to Old Scholar - man of wisdom Take your daughter to Hyperion Now, don't hesitate to come Put a dagger into her heart - let her spirit fly to the sun Let her spirit fly to the sun How my God can this be true And why, did it happen to you Why do I have to stand helpless by To relive your life too I come to find upright in bed To remenber all the tears we have shed Don't tell me, coz' I already know I'll let you cry for the twentieth night in a row I remember you smilling in the sun I recall everything you and I have done To relive it everyday is too hard for me Welcome back little one I won't hold you back I won't stand between you and destiny There were times when I ignored all the signs I was given But now I have to let go and set you free |
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("Approaching the storm")
...and on they sail without water Overwhelmed by sudden emotions Looking at the sky (they'll see) Luminescence from vast explosions So we're finally leaving the ship Haunted by the stench of death Watching destruction sweep the sky Everyone will lose their breath ...and on they search for the Templar Lost from sight in a frenzied bloodbath Setting out watch, controlling weapons Invisible monster on a killing path So we're finally leaving the ship Haunted by the stench of death Watching destruction sweep the sky Everyone will lose their breath |
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from Manticora - Hyperion (2002)
("I instantly knew by the beauty of the young man that I'd experience a special case")
A murder without death,just one minute of complete disconnection Loss of aeons of time, loss of mass amount of information Left outside the web, with 5 days unaccouted for A millenium of non-communication Searching across the galaxy wide for the data lost Unknown enemies ready to strike, to kill at any cost Penetrating core periphery, finding the old earth re-creation Saved in a temple, as I received the implant information Secrets hidden in lost memory - Together we'll find it, and we'll write history Beautiful stranger, your life's a mystery - Powered by human genetics and poetry THE SECRET OF THE LEACHING NETWORK AND U.I.: Divided in 3, each fighting their own fight - to gain the same purpose, to gain the same might Solids argue that between core and humanity - A certain level of symbiosis is necessary The non-persistent advocate immediate extinction - Humans are a threat to complete prediction Extremes promote the project with obsession - Reconstruction and retrieval for U.I. culmination HYPERION! - The penultimate opposition Non-subject from laws of physics and computerized prediction Moving back in time with messages of war The majestic valley graves so disturbing to the core The outcome is two futures of war and Beast invasion One's a retroactive strike from core domination The second is a fist through time sent for core destruction A final blow from enemies who escaped the non-persistents' extinction I carry your child and I carry the memory of all you ever were and all you'd ever be Ans as they take your body away, the frantic worshippers are chanting to me Bless our Saviour - bless the tool to our forgiveness |
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from Manticora - Hyperion (2002)
("Everything changes tonight")
Finally arriving at the keep Reaching safety - the child asleep Altars of atonement aqainst the walls Whispering echoes in the endless halls rough carved corridors painted blood red Sparks of explosion from the distant bloodshed Illuminates the sky with colours of gold As the last story of the pilgrims unfold ... so hear the Keep - it shall reveal the traitor |
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from Manticora - Hyperion (2002)
["From true love only pain emerges, and yet the universe becomes one"]
We floated on the oceans in hazy dreams of love Living life to the full, sun blazing from above Strangers from different worlds Yet oh so much the same Dearest - I'll never forget your name ...I'll always remember your name Making love under the water Feel the pleasure on my skin In your eyes I saw the burning flame Of passionate vitality to fight a sin [HOLOGRAM:] Shipman, my love, to hide your disgrace That, at least, I think, you could have done for me See me the way I was in between "our" days Shipman - The pain shall not leave you, it stays ...The pain crushes your heart forever Making love under the water Feel the pleasure on my skin In your eyes I saw the burning flame Of passionate vitality to fight a sin It's time for the people of the sea to meet up with their sharks You're ageing much faster than me ...irrevocable time debt separates us Making love under the water Feel the pleasure on my skin In your eyes I saw the burning flame Of passionate vitality to fight a sin Entering your tomb, your monument of pride On our last reunion, I'm there but you have died Missing your touch - the energy you give Dearest - you're gone, but your legend will live on Your memory will last forever I'm crying tears that you will never see... |
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