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Brooding
04:18
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Cold as stone
Like a tomb
Under the light
Of the moon
What's left of me
Awaits the hour
To see the sun
In a long forgotten tomb
In the hollow of a tree
In an old abandoned temple
At the bottom of the sea
What's left of me
Awaits the hour
To see the sun
Where the fires have gone out
Where the heart bleeds dry
Where hope fades to doubt
Where dreams go to die
What's left of me
Awaits the hour
To see the sun
What's left of me
Awaits the hour
To hold you in my arms
In the darkness of your shade
I'll wait
For you
What's left of me
Awaits the hour
To see the sun
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2. |
Purgatory
03:19
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by John Vincent Carpetta
Lost somewhere and far from home down a long and winding road
Sometimes I pray but the wind blows it away
I see your face in every shadow passing by
But you quickly fade away before my gaze can meet your eye
I walk the road of lost and broken dreams
I'll wait too long and fancy what it means
I walk the road of lost and broken dreams
I'll wait too long for you return to me
Less to see and less to know down the further that I go
And no exit lies in sight on this long eternal night
The howling wolves don't bother me, they're my only company
When your roses all turn black, then you'll know I'm coming back
I walk the road of lost and broken dreams
I'll wait too long and fancy what it means
I walk the road of lost and broken dreams
I'll wait too long for you return to me
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3. |
The Ghost
03:14
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He's long gone
but his shadow remains
That's where I live
where you direct your pain
I'm standing by your side
but you can't see me there
Your gaze fixed in the past
a burden I must bear
I am the ghost
You throw you rage at
Invisible
Yet a disillusion
Dead flowers a bouquet
A smile that slowly fades
Letters of love
The sun has bleached away
A path of yellowed leaves
A creek dry where they lead
Where all dreams go to die
and hearts no longer bleed
When a love has died
It doesn't happen right away
It's colors slowly fade
Like flowers on a grave
I've walked for miles and miles
In shoes too big to fill
An epic disappointment
The eternal bitter pill
Penance for a sin that wasn't mine
Punished for another's crime
You forgot that I was there
Forgot that it was me
But I am left here holding
All his pain and misery
I'm standing by your side but
you can't see me there
Your gaze fixed in the past
a burden I must bear
I am the ghost
You throw you rage at
Invisible
Yet a disillusion
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Incantation
04:01
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I wake
Cold earth for my bed
Arisen from the dead
While incense slowly burns
She whispers a spell
Incants infernal words
Calls my soul from Hell
In the night
Under the light of the moon
Her chorus of fiends
Like wolves call to me
I claw
Cold earth from my face
Awaken in my grave
While incense slowly burns
She whispers a spell
Incants infernal words
Calls my soul from Hell
In the night
Under the light of the moon
Her chorus of fiends
Like wolves call out to me
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5. |
Resurrection
02:37
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Come along and call to me
Cast your spell and set me free
Only you can save me from this deep sleep
Bring Me to Life
Raise my spirit with your spell
Pull my soul out of this hell
Only you can break the chains of this spell
All alone I slip I slip away
As my soul starts to decay
Another hole goes missing in me each day
Bring Me to Life
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6. |
Reunion
03:52
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It was as if I had awakened from a dream and you were there beside me
Suddenly the long nightmare was gone
Now that we are one there's not a thing that can't be done
And someday we'll rule the world
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Arisen
03:52
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At night I've arisen
A beast from his cage
My chains have been broken
Now all feel my rage
My spirits awoken
No victim of fate
My resurrection is fueled
By vengeance and hate
Now all will feel my wrath
God pity all those in my path
There's nothing under the moon
That you wouldn't do for me
Blood rituals and dark magic
Have set me free
Now we're together
To rule the dark night
We'll dance in the darkness
And sleep when its light
An army of dead
Will rise from their graves
To serve their dark masters
Hecate and Hades
Now all will feel my wrath
God pity all those in my path
There's nothing under the moon
That you wouldn't do for me
Blood rituals and dark magic
Have set me free
One day together
we'll rule all the world
Cast it all
Down in flames
One day mankind
will all be our slaves
To serve their dark masters
Hecate and Hades
Now all will feel my wrath
God pity all those in my path
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8. |
Let It Burn
03:39
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Rats one and all they seem to me
The cause of all life misery
So prolific in causing pain
So full of shame
What God's flood couldn't wash away
I plan to put it all to flame
Let it burn
Its this whole world against you and me
But we refuse to see defeat
My blade will cut its artery
Laugh while it bleeds
What God's flood couldn't wash away
I plan to put it all to flame
Twisting, turning
Crawling, Squirming
Lying, stealing
Looting, burning
Hating, sating
Sneering, leering
Groping, feeling
Trapping, baiting
Slaving, raving
Beating, hurting
Clubbing, stabbing
Passioned, rabid
Dreaming, scheming
Biting, fighting
Harping, carping
Bullying, bleating
What God's flood couldn't wash away
I plan to put it all to flame
What God's flood couldn't wash away
I plan to put it all to flame
Twisting, turning
Crawling, Squirming (Let it burn)
Lying, stealing
Looting, burning
Hating, sating
Sneering, leering (Let it burn)
Groping, feeling
Trapping, baiting
Slaving, raving
Beating, hurting (Let it burn)
Clubbing, stabbing
Passioned, rabid
Dreaming, scheming
Biting, fighting (Let it burn)
Harping, carping
Bullying, bleating
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9. |
Autumn Bells
04:06
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The time has finally come
To tell our love goodbye
I'm strong enough to know
That I just can't win this fight
The flowers will fade and the leaves will fall
I hear the bells ring and answer the call
Can't you hear the autumn bells heralding the fall?
The bells tolled once for me and now for us all
Can't you hear the autumn bells heralding the fall?
I can hear them ringing now and answer the call
Intro verse (Instrumental)
Parting is such sweet sorrow
And now I know why
Because I'm just too mad yell
And much too sad to cry
The flowers will fade and the leaves will fall
I hear the bells ring and answer the call
Can't you hear the autumn bells heralding the fall?
The bells tolled once for me and now for us all
Can't you hear the autumn bells heralding the fall?
I can hear them ringing now and answer the call
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10. |
Death
04:00
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When all is quiet
On a cold winters' night
I can hear you
on the breeze
I can feel you
In the earth
And in the trees
And all, all
All Around me
All hope's been lost to me
This world has shattered my cold heart
So to be with you again
This world I must depart
And so it has come
Time again
To descend
Into the solitude
From whence I came
And will return
In the end
To rejoin
My beloved
Now you've been lost to me
And we are worlds apart
So to be with you again
This world I must depart
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11. |
Reunion (Reprise)
03:31
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by John Vincent Carpetta
The king is dead, long live the king
Let the banners be unfurled
And someday we'll rule the world
Someday, someday we'll rule the world
So let the bells toll, and let the heads roll
And God have mercy on their souls
Someday, someday we'll rule the world
Someday, someday we'll rule the world
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