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Adversity (Intro)
01:27
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Gehenna
05:11
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GEHENNA
Far, like a de-javu gagging, the stench of the dead comes
Over the canyons and valleys it stalks like a drone fly
Sticking like heat on my skin, through the course of the millennia
Stacking, the judged and the damned, calls the dead of Gehenna
Ever the burning, eternal yearning
mass grave of fire, Funeral pyre
Scores daily added, Tortured and murdered
The source of the fires of hell…Gehenna!!!
Beware, Return to Gehenna
We aim Return to Gehenna
We know the return to Gehenna
Its there, its coming, the deeds they dare,
the return to Gehenna we share…
Far like a prophecy told in the days of the ancients
Built on foundations of Rome, fighting for liberation
Freedom from laws in old books, fundamental irrelevance
Fearless competing to victory in preferred damnation!
Ever the burning, eternal yearning
mass grave of fire, Funeral pyre
Scores daily added, Tortured and murdered
The source of the fires of hell…Gehenna!!!
Beware, Return to Gehenna
We aim Return to Gehenna
We know the return to Gehenna
Its there, its coming, the deeds they dare,
the return to Gehenna we share…
(the left-over verses)
Abomination of Desolation
Returns for the third time (- The final time)
Ancient voices, prophecies laid down
when generations of mankind fall down
Original land, Genesis man’s original
Covenant claim, rebuild now
But Judas returns, the kiss that burns to throw down
Noted since the beginning of time
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The Masque
06:01
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THE MASQUE
In a line, One by one, Monitored, Expect delays in all ways, the automated answer says
Wear a mask, social distance, isolate, vaccinate, indoctrinate
Social feed lies multiply,
Anger flares, zombie stares, fear at the steer shifting gear in a new year
Try It! Trades resume in fake confidence
Rumors of war, rumors of a new strain, fresh pain, and pride-revised shame, pain revised pleasure, pain delivered revolt!
Like a nightmare we shared and never woke from, damned and incognito
Walked the ghosts like dusty memories… muttering Unclean!
Severed one from the other, one and all, such nameless prison game
By the hundreds fall, and thousands more, and then, and then the fear!….
Private world on my own
Its nothing but my eyes shown to a world of chaos
Brooding breed, anger seed
My face can twist behind a mask as my eyes mislead
Hate hordes clash, masks in trash
and some will die by this plague when the energies crash
Retrain your mind, retrain your promenade
Time has come to reveal your masque facade
In the safety behind this facial armor plate, privacy sees victory!
No forced false smiles and ethics faked….Totally Unseen!!!
But freedom always comes with a price indeed… stale air, fight to breathe
As newborn anxieties arise within, and then the fear!…
CHORUS
So then finally arrives the time to return, to let slip the masquerade
To hide the skeletons, or seek out grace desperate for redemption
What did you reveal in your hidden hour, did it haunt or inspire
Which one of the wolves will you feed in the end, the one of peace or the one of fire…
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Sacrifice
06:20
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SACRIFICE
Unseat the anchors of your solid ground
Unbalance the order of Stability
The rebel just needing to self-justify
De-stabilize de-sanitize; Bring anger to un-victimize
Little child do not fear
We cannot venture far from here
This is where we make our stand
Its all we are, and all we have
And all the entities unite
The need to stand and fight grows higher and higher
To be brave, not to be a slave, we rather face the grave
For God and kin the last war begin
Declare the tools of your corrupt sacrifice
Proprietor of Desecration of innocence
Identity the truth dies in the flood of lies
destroy valor, devalue life
Inflict the sick and enflame the Panic
Little child do not fear
We cannot venture far from here
This is where we make our stand
Its all we are, and all we have
And all the nations shall unite
Desperation to stand and fight grows higher and higher
To be brave, never to be a slave, we rather face the grave
For God and kin the last war destroy the beast
Sacrifice earth kingdom
Sacrifice earth power
Sacrifice earth glory
(SACRIFICE!)
Sacrifice for the Kingdom
Sacrifice for the Power
Sacrifice for the Glory
And all the nations shall unite
Desperation to stand and fight grows higher and higher
To be brave, never to be a slave, we rather face the grave
For God and kin the last war end the beast
Sacrifice earth kingdom
Sacrifice earth power
Sacrifice earth glory
(SACRIFICE!)
Sacrifice for the Kingdom
Sacrifice for the Power
Sacrifice for the Glory
And behold, a fourth beast… with huge iron teeth,
Devouring, breaking to pieces and trampling under its feet…
But news from the East and the North’ll stir trouble
So he shall set out with great fury
to destroy and annihilate many
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High & Mighty
04:54
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HIGH & MIGHTY
How deserted lies
Once so full of people
A queen reformed
Reduced to a slave
Such bitter tears
No one to comfort her
By all betrayed
Afflicted Cursed Exiled!
Oooh How the mighty is fallen
Shiny lives with rotting entrails under their feet
Oooh, how the mighty sits high and dry
Castles on sand, but a storm is brewing
Ripped from their hands in the wake of the Gathering
How your splendor departs
from Daughter Zion
How the enemy laughs
at every destruction
As the hunger grows
In the gravel grovel
when a chosen land
In the winepress trampled
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So Fallen the world
Breaking as directed
So staged the pains
But the real’s rejected
To just float away
On a prayer of sorrow
Feel the opening eyes
in a silent tomorrow…
Lamentations 1:1 to…
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Darkland II
05:09
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DARKLAND II
Time and time again returning the Word
The progress of nations
to teach Ingest correct
the bloodlines prepair, that lead to omega when
He Shall Rule x2
Come the kings of the ages
The rise and the fall of the ancient nations
Come the Babylon, the Persians
The Greeks and the feast of the bloodless Romans
By principals and demons
The metal of blood thirst teeming heathens
Fall in the endless mass graves
The devil underneath getting drunk on the suffering
Now the white horse comes riding
with cavalries of warriors descend
The beast and his masses
curse hatefully till the end
Now we’re gathering together
Rise with the Risen to end all suffering
Battle at the city of Megiddo
The knight of the white horse faces the beast king
Evil arise in a sick tide
Hate, fear, jealousy, rage curse a-ravenous.
Faithful and True, comes the Righteous
Eyes blaze fire, slays dragon, man and demon
One day we’re tripping over ecstasy’s white light
A teardrop grows from the bulb of sight
The message glows, the power grows
the monolith from time has come to cross our line
message received…
We Shall Rule,
We Shall Rule
Are we the saved or are we damned
Is this the promised land
This is the fight for kingdom come
The victory will be done
Are we the saved or are we damned
Is this the promised land
This is the fight for kingdom come
The victory’s finally done!!!
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False Prophet
05:22
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FALSE PROPHET
Information Intoxication Saturated die like flies
Postulating death sentence isolated the plague mask
Statistical informatics condemnation bi-popularity
Truth persecuted, terminated, ask no answers, Plug and Play
While all the false prophets unite
They call the end of days
Blood cells bubbling microwave-fries
There is no end to Lies!
Truth suffers Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Justice shrugs undignified
Age of Misinformation Social life unrecognized
Fear, doubt; day in and day out, Manipulated news reports
We, the mess of the masses
So Distracted So transformed. So Plug and Play..
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The New Parade
04:08
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THE NEW PARADE
I feel your eyes
They stare into my soul
The eyes of an infinity
I feel it in the here and now
I hear they shut a man down
To win today
I hear they shut a land down
Ideal to reign
Red carpet stain
Ideal to reign
Acid on the pain
A deal to gain
Little death, little blood, little fire
Ideal domain
To reign
Annealed satire hast though been
As they got written by…
And all the dooms world-enders pray
Still breathing at the new parade
We walked alone
Cursed to distant parts
No hands No word don’t touch
Then loneliness became too much
I hear they beat a man down
The streets today
I hear they burnt a house down
To share the pain
To share the pain
Not all in vain
To make it plain
Try break the chain
Little death, little blood, little fire
To play insane
Insane
And all the dawn empire says
As legends twist today
Like sudden soothsayers proclaim
The sickness is a death parade…
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Cygnus
06:53
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CYGNUS
I don’t know why the good die young, stay hungry, fade away
Does the dark have victory to call the end of day
If love is really attraction like the cosmic gravity
Could there be a… secret handshake…that flips this agony!!
Bring them, drag them, out of chaos rise
Lure em, beckoning, light the darkening skies
Hunger, desperate, stumbling till you fall…
Got here too late. why did you wait? The spirit calls my name!
Chorus:
I used to think I have the secret keys
To speak the words and have it at my knees
To write the letters that break the fetters
And walk away like I am owning the day
I used to think I have the secret keys
To speak the words and have them at my feet
To write the letters that speak the headers
And walk away like I’m a prophet of a bygone age
So step by step the desert stretches, empty wasteland lost
Fata Morgana, mirror mirage makes empty promises
Tongue to palate stuck as mind seeks to desperately obsess
Eyes to the mountains, the helpless cry my life’s worth at cost!
Bring them, drag them, out of chaos rise
Lure em, beckoning, light the darkening skies
Hunger, desperate, stumbling to fall…
Got here too late. why did you wait? The spirit calls my name!
Chorus:
I don’t know how I got to Samaria (Some-area), drawing from the well
Do I find these Lonely places, to face what I deserve…
A beast of burden burning for some sustenance to find
Yet drink from me and thirst again no, Never-Thirst is at hand
Bring them, drag them, out of chaos rise
Lure em, beckoning, light the darkening skies
Hunger, desperate, stumbling to fall…
Got here too late. why did you wait? The spirit calls my name!
Chorus:
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Automated segregated dislodged from culture ties
Digitized monetized databased and classified
Scrutinize, philosophize indoctrinated, confuse all sides
Bend the sapling, chain the child, all murdered babies and Chaos reigns!
(all the babies murdered chaos reigns)
we sing the songs of the ages
the the words fall from pages of cycles returning
Ever the climax erupting
in power corrupting then self destruction
we sing the songs of the ages
the the words fall from pages of cycles of rise and fall
But when a man beholds power, He builds his tower
Beware the Ides of March!
offended penitented detained indicted incriminated
Corrupted
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Blind I
05:28
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BLIND I
An island in the tides
A sight the likes of which there’s none
Imprisoned in the night
Illumed with sonar sights
The echoes of your world show
Some kind of darkness animated world
You feel the wind
You turn, you bump,
Its there its not
Its here, its gone
I can hold you in my hands
But impression makes vague my oversight
I can hold you in my heart, but love is blinding
I can own you in my life, but possession blinds individuality
Like a focus extreme in any way but that focus just takes the sight from reality
Morning hour arrives
Open eyes but darkness reigns
Everlast midnight hour
Impressions texturized
Uninformed imagination
A world of graphic image like a super power!
You feel the wind
You turn, you bump,
Its there its not
Its here, its gone
I can hold you in my hands
But impression makes vague my oversight
I can hold you in my heart, but love is blinding
I can own you in my life, but possession blinds individuality
Like a focus extreme in any way but that focus just takes the sight from reality
And thus the blind man lonely
a handout from someone requires
Invited need proclaims
Dry sockets feel the warmth
moist fingers sorrow soaking
the useless lumps awaken, floods with light the world
You see the wind
in trees in clouds
Its all around
The sun, the stars
You see sunrise
sunset, twilight
you turn, there’s more
in dark and light…
Some say the prison goes into your blood
The medicine’s the poison,
so they fight to the end in the name of freedom
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Dark Wings
09:13
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DARK WINGS
Pre-verse:
Bring Gjallarhorn, calls the raven and
Destiny’s spear
Wielders of hammers
Align to order, ready to face the wars
Justice is fell, they think they’ve beaten it
down into the ground
Sword, axe and wolf age have come and gone
Get ready, ready, ready…
Verse:
In strangest days
of a darkest age
the Watchers came
The children of man
of ancient clan
Begotten
Their daughters, beautiful to appraise
Forgotten heavenly raiments
Abomination began!
Chorus:
Sons of man Rise, Giants aim to destroy us
The dark winged blood corrupted us with its curse
And in a valiant surge to save all of mankind
The evil caught and the reptile swallowed its tail…
Pre-verse: (Bring Gjallarhorn…)
Verse:
The centuries passed,
millenium
of empires
Of giants cleansed,
Of watchers purged
And multiplied
As cities burned and nations enslaved
Another dark winged rulership’s rise
The evil dead vindicate
Chorus:
Sons of man Rise, demons aim to destroy us
The dark winged curse corrupted us with its hate
And in a valiant surge to save all of mankind
The dead defeated as the reptile swallowed its tail…
Slow section….:
Years went by 2000 more
Millions cry for deliverance
Dark Wing grows, dark horizons
Darkness falls, Dark Wings Rise
When will it end
Pre-verse: (Bring Gjallarhorn…)
Verse:
The time is nigh
Man is proud
And chaos rise
Knife in hand
Offended stand
Anger cries
When Dark Wing the masses to control
Playing god in a broken world
The revelation unfolds!!!
Chorus:
Sons of man Rise, demons aim to control us
The dark winged weapons devised to enslave
And in a valiant surge to save all of mankind
The dead defeat as the reptile swallows its tail…
Faith for the children of Eden
Forevermore!!!
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