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THE DEAD WON'T SLEEP
04:42
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THE DEAD WON’T SLEEP
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something in the air a fever
a morbid scent is wafting over
through the cracks it’s sneaking in
to sweeten our self-righteous dreams
tonight the dead won’t sleep
from the outbacks of our minds
they come creeping through the night
those who once so hastly buried
so that we don’t need to worry
tonight the dead won’t sleep
oh yeah
raven-black the godless sky
just the fullmoons evil eye
witness of the foulest deeds
shining on what treason breeds
tonight the dead won’t sleep
look out the window if you dare
soon they will be everywhere
let the dead sleep say their killers
let the dead sleep pray their killers
tonight the dead won’t sleep
oh yeah
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STONE AGE FUNERAL
04:11
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STONE AGE FUNERAL
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10000 years ago
the world’s a very different place
no one really knows
hard to put yourself into
what you’re gonna eat
be careful that it don’t eat you
you gotta have the fire
you need a roof over your head
you gotta find your people
they’ll bury you when you are dead
with sticks and stones and skin and bones, ok
will provide for tommorow and try not to die today
im a stone age man
she’s a space age woman
cos i'm a stone age man
and she's a space age woman
whatcha talkin bout
yuppie with the three-day-beard
carbos and lactose?
all the things i’ve never heard
once i’m in the hole
no saber tooth will scrape my ass
better keep your mouth shut
at the stone age funeral
you sit and stare and hear the mammoth's cry
you realize there’s stupid ways to die
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THE COLD HANDS OF FATE
03:54
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THE COLD HANDS OF FATE
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hold your breath, hold your horses
his greatness's arrival is near
our king, our saviour
speaker of truth, redeemer of trust
when he speaks there is silence
when he calls people chorus and cheer
courage and dedication
bearer of light and esperance appears
tidal waves of excitement
he enthralls them all
so close to the peak of his game
in the blink of an eye he will fall
oh the swoon, oh the letdown
let me spare you the horror, the grief
not a king, not a saviour
but a traitor and deciever
a liar a thief
finally mine is vengeance
dear people come forward and see
don't you lot recognise him
rustler of chicken now lies at my feet
pushing rocks up the mountains
watching them roll down again
forever in debt to the light
eager to see through the night that will never end
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MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
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southern sun of midnight pours it’s
reddish rays upon white snow
blueish ice and water lanes
black bits of exposed granite slope
great barren peaks of mystery
cryptic world of frozen death
puffs of smoke from erebus
the lavas that restlessly roll
their sulphurous currents down yaanek
in the ultimate climes of the pole -
outpost of the great unknown
cryptic land of frozen death
headlong through the biting cold
to fathom secrets aeons old
a burning curiosity
dares glaciated mystery
the doubts and horrors around us
we shall never reveal
transcent the loss of reason
with sheer scientific zeal
deep in the mountains of madness
the outer reaches of mind
is where i chose to be
is where i can see me
to wonder what is at the core
our little flames are burning for
the mountains stand as kingdoms fall
there are no answers none at all
would to the heavens we'd run back
before we'd seen what we did see
before our minds were burned
when we could easily breathe
beyond in the mountains of madness
theres something else, you see
a cauldron so vast
an abyss so deep
pylons of a frightful gateway into forbidden spheres of dream
complex gulfs of remote time, space, and ultra-dimensionality
we’re rolling in the wind across the endless leagues of frozen plateau
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HAUNTED BY WAR
03:55
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HAUNTED BY WAR
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who’s tearing cross the barren landscape
with no ones banner in the wind
heavy hooves that breach the dirt
malicious breed, the giant steed
the horseman, in a morbid frenzy
aroused by screams and scent of blood
ironclad with numb indifference
he wields the sword called pondering silence
swords and axes wedged together
its raining arrows, hailing spears
they’re screaming gore, they’re crying havoc
shieldwalls break and horses fall
beneath blind men the hillside’s blushing
one is vengeful the other’s proud
they won’t retreat, they won’t give way
in the thick of this battle the slayen won’t fall
forsaken horseman, he arrives
oh battlefield, my crimson lady
let me hold you one more time
every thrust the air is bleeding
every blow a dozen dead
every stroke has heart and meaning
silence falls upon friend and foe
for each one death brings understanding
the last beer was the last indeed!
the last cut done, my lady's gone
at waterloo or azingcourt we’ll meet again
haunted by war
peace shall never come
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BURNING VILLAGE
06:04
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BURNING VILLAGE
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the troops were tired, it began to snow
beyond sundown their horses became slow
what, from the distance, appeared to be a campfire
was a ransacked village slowly burning down
from out of nowhere
in the middle of the night
butchered, not a single soul left alive
see a man come of his high horse, see him shake
the generals slowest steepest descent towards hell
glowing sacrifices on the altars of hate
the broken wombs the severed heads of man and mice
he recognizes his place of birth
what we do it is not right!
as they were shouting: don't go inside
the flying saucer spreads its light
wolfs spring from the undergrowth
snakes crawl from the pitchers
of bitten throats and poisoned wells
of warlords and their witchers
a trick of cards
a bruised knee
amidst the graves
below the olive tree
the world at war
the mind at peace
a small device
with games and imagery
i'm not going to tell
cause they will take me elsewhere
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FORBIDDEN FOREST
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FORBIDDEN FORREST
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forbidden forest
no one shall enter
anyone who dares
will die! indeed
with my bow and arrow
i will hunt you down
the spirits of nature
they demand your death
on sacred ground you trample
cannot tell birch from spruce
no clue about moss, fern or funghi
it’s all the same to you
you call yourself a woodsman
i call you untrue
some stuff with the rodents
is all you want to do
guardian of the sacred tree
servant for eternity
never will be fooled by thee
go back to your hideous parking place
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ISLE OF BONES
05:36
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ISLE OF BONES
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take my hand and come with me
to a land across the sea
where blackened rocks break sanguine waves
where the shores have claws and teeth
where crackling steps will tread the land
covered in bones like snow
were twisted bowels hang like leaves
from stone cold dead old trees
there's no one here except for us
the tomb you allways craved
were even gods will take there lives
divinity depraved
how often did i strangle you
and then caress your head
how often did you stab my back
and ressurect me from the dead
all your tears can not revive
the withered rose that's now your live
since the day you broke my heart
fortresses kept falling apart
seaguls falling from the sky
stranded whales long past their time
when you squeeze my bony hand
i will tell you it's the end
theres wooden planks upon these bones
the stairs lead up to a hill
of what was once a prosperous place
only crumbled ruins tell
now tell me what did you expect
of all the love and hate
we’re going were this sickness goes
don't answer, it's too late
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