There was a king made evil in mind
Gave orders to his men to take lifes
The weakest out, the strong in
The pain he caused his people
Meant nothing to him, money was all
The people were angry they blamed him
But he denied, and he denied
He denies with his lies and tried to be wise throughout the day
Then he´s crawling away
High on his throne he sat
He ruled his kingdom with his greediness
He could hear his people call him a parasite
The sleepwalker:
Light disappear, leaves me behind in abhorrence
I feels so naked here, my shields have been taken away
Something holds me down, makes me creep, makes me subject myself
Got my face to the ground, let me go or I´ll never forgive...
The air so quiet
Nothing to see
The fear creeps inside my skin
I feel a hate
Towards me
What sombre place have I arrived in?
A blear light uncovers his way, a small road into the dark unknown
Visions of a past fill his brain, where leads this road? What will it show?
Is this a gift to me? Am I rewarded for my greatness?
Well, let me see! Chests of gold, can´t be nothing less!
The Sleepwalker:
Starting my journey
On thoughts made of lies
Faith stay, don´t leave me
Will I find a fortune waiting for me?
The Sleepwalker:
What have I done to deserve this humiliation
Hear me I´ll never forgive!
Forces me to reflectation
Over the way I´ve lived
Visions appear in my mind of a past left behind
What do they want me to find?
I hear cries, cries of pain, I hear sounds of chains
My name´s cried out in spite
I see a king on his throne, his pride shines in his eyes
A pride meant for himself
Got a horrible feeling, but no... can´t be true
That man is not myself...?
Start to mislike the man on the throne
My hands folding in pray
Tell me Lord, am I worthy? Please all mightyness
Tell me it´s not me!
The sleepwalker:
I look at the smiles in life
I envy it´s reasons
Finding it´s truth beyond my path
I look at a woman´s kiss
I envy it´s reason
Finding it´s truth beyond my path
Look at the the sun rising
I envy it´s glory
I feel the warmth avoiding my greed
I watch the mountain
I envy it´s majesty
Immortal and wise it´s looming beyond my control
Envy it´s supremacy, take my retreat
I watch the birds fly
I envy their freedom
Just flying away from sorrow and misery
Strong wings
Lifting high towards the sky
The bird´s wing blows a wind which builds a storm
Slinking vengeance tries possess his heart
Finds it´s way into his soul
Hate, evil purity
Hurts his dignity
The Sleepwalker:
The moon hides the sun in a perfect eclipse
The dark swallows light
Lightning strikes down all over around me
Hammering the earth to stone
Falling down at me
Like a red star in space eats it´s children
The envy consumes my soul
The wind of bitternes slashes my face
The long arm of evil streched towards me
I feel so small against this, I feel the earth above me
I feel so small inside me, that I felt I´ve been for ages
Wrath
Part I: A Wandering in the Dark
(Instrumental)
Tears, blood and sweat you have shed
Where do the path through this
gloomy and dark valley lead, and will you find some
answers to what you´ve been dragged into,
what you have done to deserve this hostility?
You´ve been left here alone,
dragged out from your own safety
Will you pull through this or
will you fall into shadow?
The Sleepwalker:
Two red eyes in the dark, pierce through my soul
Hate, contemption, fill the air
Every move I make it follows, a sly smile on it´s mouth
Finally it moves
Out of it´s cave
Opens it´s mouth, then bounds!
A blur, ´fore my eyes, can´t see clear
A grip is tightening, ice cold
My heart is pounding, I see red, I smell blood...
The beast roares in the air
Feels no pain, no fear
Blinds me, drives me insane
A raindrop´s falling, hits my brow
Intruds my skin, cleans my soul
The beast now leaves me, loosing it´s grip
My eyes are open
I see my life passes by, now I see my slip
I´m finally free
The beast lies down and closes it´s eyes
Now it finally sleeps
The Sleepwalker:
Like water to rocks
Dryed out desolated wasteland
Consuming its victim
Corroding my life into sand
Years of hunger I fear
When trapped in this cave
Undying pain
Lies await in the light
Consuming a dream
I don´t believe
Feel sinner thy naked bones
Corroded like water to stone
The Sleepwalker:
The glass (of time) I´m filling with sand
But falling too fast
I´m counting the last
Bones lie under my crown
I´m breaking the glass
But the sand just slips through my hands
Infinite this wandering is
Crawling bones in a grave
The sleepwalker:
Like the river before a waterfall, like a wild horse being trapped
Those feelings do not cross my path
Like a drowning fly with broken wings, streching for its last breath
Those feelings do not cross my path
Red turns the sky as I watch the hour turn
I ride with the wind
Red turns the sky as I watch my life go blur
Nailing my skin
Like a starving people, working to grow, working to live
That feeling never crossed my path
The Sleepwalker:
Once more along my journey flames of the sun lightening up my path
Once more the shadows turn and fade
My arms are raised towards the sky, new strength are flowing in my veins
Find myself on a beach by the ocean
Always sailing with wind and the tide
Avoiding himself in pain
Turning away and hide
Sloth with rattling chains
The Sleepwalker:
A distant trembling closing in, dark clouds bring rain above me
Once more the shadow aims it´s bow
Stoned soul with broken wings tries stand up straight against this trial
What sort of face will evil show this time?
Red turns the sky as I watch the hour turn
I ride on the wind
Red turns the sky as I watch my life go blur
Nailing myself within
Like my starving people, working to grow, working to live
That feeling never crossed my path
Greedy Eyes on wings
Watching you
Tempted mind beware
Light will fall
The Sleepwalker:
I run to the glory with joy by my side
No dark can intrude, nor can fire or demons
A gift, a reward this is, I´ve past the tests
I run to the glory with joy by my side
Runs with the greed by his side
He stumbles and runs with the greed by his side
Runs with the greed by his side
The Sleepwalker:
Light and glory awaits me in this land
I linger not, I´m safe now
No worries in mind, I´m blinded by the
Fields of glittering gold
A fire ignites inside my head
Burns me, consumes my sanity
Surrounded by riches beyond my wildest dreams
I linger not, it´s all mine
The ones who try to steal this from me
Enters their gate!
Fading light, creeping darkness
Yellow rain is searching the ground
Fading water, turning gold
Found it´s victim, hunting down
Fading light, creeping darkness
Yellow rain is filling dying soul
Telling lies, tempting minds
Leaves a heart in penjury
The Sleepwalker:
I want to hide away with all my gold
I can kill and betray to keep it as my own
I want to sacrifice a whole soul
To increase this grandeur I´m holding in my hands
Fading light, creeping darkness
Yellow rain is filling dying soul
Telling lies, tempting minds
Leaves a heart in penjury
The Sleepwalker:
Riches keep filling the air, covering the ground
Growing over my head, taking my breath
I cannot scream, I can´t breatheOnly struggle and hound for surface and air
Before the dark brings death
Light on foot I came and wandered
Into this tempting, glorious dream
I never heard the warning´s shouted
My greed was punished well deserved
Strangled by my greed I suffered
Sunset came and brought the night
Past sunset I now see a new dawn
Much clearer seems my mind indeed
The Sleepwalker:
This place of pleasure
Green trees, a waterfall
By this lake a naked woman
In my mind a tempting thought...
The Temptress:
Poor man come forward
Come to me
I´ll give you rest
In my arms you´ll find
What you seek in
This tiresome quest
The Sleepwalker:
This feeling haunts me
I try but I can´t resist it
Lost thoughts of reason
Lost into the storm of fire
The Temptress of Unchastity
Blind eyes with lost soul
Chained fists to the wall
Beaten, humbled, I´ve deserved
The beaker of compunction stands before me
Take it, drown the flame of unchastity
Blind eyes with lost soul
Chained fists to the wall
My will is taken
Am I damned, have I forsaken?
The Sleepwalker:
What is this melody I hear?
Fractions of a whole which is hidden from me...
Two sources of water
One I must wisely choose
Give a lead to follow
Don´t let me loose
Tones, familiar tones
They make me see
This mysterious melody
Finally reveals to me
A song which only reveals to the one
Who wants to be noble at heart
It draws me nearer redemption
I feel this warmness in me
A sign I have found
My past, my mind becomes clear
The source to my redemption
I walk towards with no fear
The water cleans my veins, my heart
A growing of hope
It breakes the chains and open
My heart and turns my lust into love
The song lights up my past now
A life I nearly lost
But pain and regression haunts me
All the hurts and means I have caused
My thoughts go back to my people
All the lifes I have drowned
All my life I´ve been digging
A black muddy hole in the ground
Fight your way with no delay
Feel the redemption near
Seek the truth, you will prove
You are worthy this chance
Fight your hate, know your fate
Or punishment comes your way
Open your eyes and see
How you have failed in life
The king:
There was a king, evil and cruel
There was a land, dying and poor
For never did he look back at the ruins he left behind
Avow my sins I learned from this quest
Finally awake, still longing for rest
´Cause my heart writh with pain when the silence overcomes me
So I leave my crown behind, I´m crawling away
I´m crawling away
I crawl away with despair so tight in my hand
I´m crawling away
Driven by thoughts of my betray
I crawl away from a waste and forsaken land
I have failed my call...