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'The IVth Crusade' `92 |
1. 'The IVth Crusade' Mortified by the lack of conscience Our sanctity bears no relevance Insignificance is our existence Hear the litany of life's persistence Our pleas for mercy fall upon unhearing ears Take my life, my soul wipe away these bitter tears Vanquished in the name of your god One of the same to whom we all pray [To whom we all pray] Vanquished in the name of your god One of the same to whom we once prayed Try to close my mind - From the screams I hear Repentance is denied the conformation of my fear2. 'Icon' No escape, there's no way out Of this constructed existence A created image of untrue conception You cannot find the real you Manipulated a hyped invention Who is this false identity? The ideal person, perfect role model Beneath you can feel the cracks Now your nerves begin to break Losing grip, now it's too late Perceive this no fallacy This icon faces insanity On the verge of mental breakdown Forgotten realms of madness are found Now you face the final curtain Our future life is now uncertain 3. 'Embers' From the glowing fragments of what remains The soul shall rise from amongst the flames From smouldering ruins the power grows Feel the pulse of fear as we regain control From the ashes of a million dead The children of tomorrow now are led Into the darkness as emotions slowly [fade] Memories of the past cannot be saved Bowing down to face your new found life There is no escape, you must comply This resurrected hate can't be denied Asking for redemption - We laugh and look away There shall be no exception - Revenge on man begins today You thought that it was all over, but it's only just begun For your life is mortal, look to what fate will become Learn to live afraid of what may be For we possess this world - All that you see Your life is no more than a game to me Visions of the future reflected in the past Existing in the present which surely cannot last From the void terror takes its hold Face the wrath as history unfolds 4. 'Where Next To Conquer' Lost on a voyage with no destiny Forgotten original ideology Generations born and died Their intentions misplaced through time Another world falls to its knees With vast contempt your hatred breads [sings: breeds] [There's] nothing left for us to slaughter Annihilation achieved Where next to conquer? Civilisations of the past Faced attrition now ripped apart Moving onwards to another war Into battle to die once more An endless spiral of depravity Mankind's journey throughout infinity Where next to conquer? 5. 'As The World Burns' Turn around and shield your eyes Don't look back as the earth dies No tomorrow for eternity The apocalyptic prophecy Few shall survive the final war Our futile lives shall be no more Innocent victims of the nuclear glare Are torn apart as they stand unaware The whole world is radioactive What's left of man now unproductive None shall escape the fall-out rain Our future life shall be steeped in pain Feel the chill of the nuclear winds Our planets downfall shall now begin No excuses for the vast destruction Caused by man with no comprehension Life expectancy now decreases As atomic warfare rapidly increases Our foolish games, what have we learnt? No time for sorrow as the world burns 6. 'This Time It's War' Intimidation you cannot take much more No compromise - This time it's war Take none alive - Their battle cry roars Nowhere to hide - This time it's war Face the fear that grips your mind The final conflict - The end of mankind Read the hatred deep within their eyes It's your time to die, you now realise What has occurred to man Just isn't how you planned Enslaved by machinery Submit to technology Our future lives - Mankind's entity Lies in our hands - Together we must face reality A ruined world of lost identity Technological supremacy 7. 'Ritual' Remembering promises Once made but now unspoken Born of childlike minds These shadows of the past are now forsaken From the dawn of your first day To this death bed in which you lay To survive we must comply With the ritual of your life Can you remember things you said The dreams our expectations Like ashes scattered in the wind There is no recollection Throughout the passing years Faith will allay your years [sings: fears] Follow the holy rites In the ritual of your life Life and endless ritual Continuation perpetual Throughout the passing years Faith will allay your years [sings: fears] Follow the holy rites In the ritual of your life Try to remember if you can The pacts we made most solemn Hands of time have brought decay Those memories are forgotten Now as you reach the end All pain you must transcend When you die you can't deny The ritual of your life 8. 'Spearhead' [Spearheads] Spearhead marching onward Take my soul sacrificial offering Your initial strike taken by surprise Now left alone, condemned by my pride Drained of all emotion - Body now an empty shell There's nothing left - You've taken all away (Chorus) Adrenaline flows Now filled with anger Just what will be the outcome Mass confusion tears my mind Spearhead - No victory sublime Another fallen victim - I will not beg to you Spearhead - To which I cannot hold With clear perceptions my destiny unfolds I look to the reflection, fail to recognise what's seen A figure clothed in hatred, I pray that this cannot be Faced by this total stranger - Aware of your creation No vision of your former self - Controlled by your instructions Onward you advance, left in a mindless trance Hypnotised by your will, desire is now instilled Now staring face to face, your eyes filled with hate Held by your contempt, both by weakness and by strength (repeat chorus) [Adrenaline flows Now filled with anger Just what will be the outcome Mass confusion tears my mind] 9. 'Celestial Sanctuary' As the sky turns black And the earth sleeps in peace Roaming the clouds In search of a sacred place Spirits soar higher, to a land where they are king Mortal shells left with you, within shadows they dwell Take me far away - Deep within the dream There I can be free from life's misery Blood rushes through my veins, I can feel exhilaration The freedom of my mind can take me far beyond Take me far away - deep within the dream There clearly seen life's unreality Sanctuary Take me far away - Deep within the dream There I can be free from life's misery Each night I await the call of my silent quest To run through the wind alive in the darkness Take me far away - Deep within the dream There clearly seen life's unreality As the dawn gets closer - to my body I shall return To live amongst you all, for nightfall I yearn 10. 'Dying Creed' Fallen are the people of a decaying race Now proclaim the legacy inherited too late - Too late Mankind - The dying creed, reared on ignorance and greed On suffering we feed, devouring all beyond our needs A path of self-destruction they cannot see Regarding their only interest in profitability - They cannot see Open up your mind before it's too late Unlock the chains of confinement that we create Grasping all you can - Overloaded capacity Nothing can conceal instinctive rapacity A movement to disaster could this be the final plan Blinded by our avarice the closing chapter, extinction of man Mankind - The dying creed, reared on ignorance and greed On suffering we feed devouring all beyond our needs 11. 'Through The Ages (Outro)' From the (...) conquest of peace (...) 718 1016 The Norman conquest of 1066 Including the battle of Hastings Then the crusades (...)through the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries The French wars of the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth centuries (...)massacred The first English civil war of 1215-1217 The first of many The hundred years war from 1337 to 1457 The war of the Roses 1455 to 1495 One of the holy wars 1510 to 1540 Another war created in the name of God The eighty years war 1568 to 1648 Followed by the great English civil war of 1642 to 1651 The American revolution of 1792 lasted until 1802 Followed by Napoleonic wars of 1803 to 1815 Ending in the battle of Waterloo The wars are both (...)erous and horrorous[?] Through around 1879 to 1902 World War I 1914 to 1918 The so-called war of the wars The Great War Millions slaughtered in a (...) France World War II 1939 to 1945 The war that should never have happened A fine example of mankind's inhumanity Including the bombing of Japan Vietnam 1956-1975 The war that America would never forget Or recently the Falklands war in 1982 The Gulf war of 1992 Mankinds destruction's made sure Throughout the ages 12 'Crown Of Life' Rising - From mundane existence A new world - Seen through your eyes To deception - Give no resistance All your hopes and dreams are now sanctified Blind to the hypocrisy Goodness is all that you see Your past life - Is cast aside In false truths - You now confide Pledged to a life of divinity Superior through your own piety Holier than thou - Alone you wear the crown In your private asylum Look to what you have become Condemned to misery and strive Alone you wear the crown of life The crown of life The crown of life 13 'Lament' The time has come to leave this place - Never to return Nothing's left but ashes - My body now is spurned Your sorrow will subside in time - My one, true, only friend There is one thing we can do - To avert this bitter end Up amongst the stars I dwell - Tranquility is found I look upon the earth - To which all human life is bound Alone I wander aimlessly - For now my spirit's free My soul exists within you as I guide your destiny The tears of grief you weep for me - Through uncontrolled emotion You have given me your all - A life time of devotion So come my friend take my hand - Together we shall see The pathways through the darkness - For all eternity [Eternity] поло седан
