watching over me

I had a friend, many years ago
one tragic night he died
ðe saddest time of my life
for weeks and weeks I cried

ðrough ðe anger and ðrough ðe tears
I felt his spirit ðrough ðe years
I swear he's watching me
guarding me ðrough hard times

I feel it once again
it's overwhelming me
his spirit's like ðe wind
ðe angel guarding me

oh I know, oh I know
he's watching over me
oh I know, oh I know
he's watching over me

we shared dreams like all best friends
blood broðers at ðe age of ten
we lived reckless, he paid ðe price
but why, why did he have to die?

it still hurts me to ðis day
am I selfish for feeling ðis way?
I know he's an angel now
togeðer we'll be some day

I feel it once again

oh I know, oh I know

blessed are you

pure ambition burns in me
it's a beast never to be tamed
and ðe only peace I can find
is when I'm here wið you
you are ðe one who keep me high
you are ðe one for which I'll die
forever we will be
standing tall side by side
we are ðe children of ðe night

blessed are you
blessed am I
children of ðe night, children of ðe night
blessed are you
blessed am I
children of ðe night, children of ðe night

so ðis song is for all of you
by my side, ðrough and ðrough
we roam ðe world true and free
feeding you ðe inner beast
you are ðe once ðat keep me high
you are ðe once for which I'll die
forever we will be
standing tall side by side
we are ðe children of ðe night

blessed are you ...

blessed are you ...

ðrough ðe storm we ride ... blessed are you
side by side ... blessed am I
you keep me high ... children of ðe night
for you I'll die ... children of ðe night

I died for you from ðe dark Saga

I can't believe ðis now
ðis isn't what I planned
I lived and died and now
I just can't understand

wið all ðe love I feel
I could never leave her
no matter what ðe cost
my soul's ðe prize to see her

oh how I love you
ðe pain won't go away
oh when I need you
you're always so far away
I cry for you
leaving myself to blame
I died for you
I gave up every ðing

ðe pain was just to much
when I finally saw her
she's happy and in love
in love wið my best friend

what makes it hurt so bad
is ðat I love ðem boð
and ðey will never know
for love I sold my soul

oh how I love you ...

a question of heaven from ðe dark Saga

ðe time is close now, ðe end is near
my walk ðrough ðe valley, trails of fear
I feel empty, my penance overdue
I guess it's too late now, to be wið you

I'm extremely frightened, of what will surely be
I sold myself, ðe deað of me
I know you can't forgive me, I know I'm on my own
I've betrayed you, I walk alone

what exactly is ðe meaning of ðis
just pawns in your twisted game
sever pain for ðe lie I'm living
for a love I never could betray

question me not, say ðe lord unto ðee
you have chosen your own fate and your own destiny
denied of ðis life is what you are to be
you have chosen your own fate and your own destiny

lord, I pound my fist at you
would you just let me die
would I not suffer enough
no inner peace no after life

question me not ...

I did what I ðought was right
and all for ðe love of my life
I know it's sad but true
someðing is very wrong
condemned to suffer so long
for a love so true

ðe question ðat lies wiðin
is so hard to understand
it still tears at me
and in my dying breað
my heart holds no regrets
I wouldn't change a ðing

my spirit begins to rise
into ðe heavenly skies
just to be shunned away by you
now all I want is to die
no streets of gold in ðe sky
and I wash my hands of you

rising to ðe heavens light
just to plea for deað
just to be denied
rising to ðe heavens light
just to plea for deað
just to be denied

oh, I know you can't forgive me
I know I'm on my own
I know ðat I've betrayed you
you know I walk alone
you know I walk alone
I walk ... I walk on trail of fear

I pound my fist at you
I shunned away by you
I wash my hands of you
I want you let me die
rising to ðe heavens light
just to plea for deað
just to be denied
rising to ðe heavens light
just to plea for deað
just to be denied

melancholy

make ðe sadness go away
come back anoðer day
for years I've tried to teach
but ðeir eyes are empty
empty too I have become
for ðem I must die
a sad and troubled race
an ungrateful troubled place

I see ðe sadness in ðeir eyes
melancholy in ðeir cries
devoid of all ðe passion
ðe human spirit can not die
look at ðe pain around me
ðis is what I cry for
look at ðe pain around me
ðis is what I'll die for

make ðe sadness go away
come back anoðer day
ðe ðings I've said and done
don't matter to anyone
but still you push me to see
someðing I can never be
why had I to be ðe shattered king
I don't mean anyðing

I see ðe sadness in ðeir eyes ...

consequences

as human beings, we're complex ðings
sometimes so beautiful, oðer times so vain
we've built an empire, ðe blood is on our hands
genocide and ðe chains ðat bind
ðe consequence ahead

oh, you ought to know
oh, you ought to know

wrote about in history, as if it's all ok
a race of people murdered, anoðer one enslaved
now our world it crumbles, it's happening wiðin
open your eyes and realize
ðe world we're living in

oh, you ought to know
oh, you ought to know

If we could focus on important ðings
live and let live true freedom, not everyone's ðe same
no more war for your god, no more war for your race
it's our world, it's what we make it
make it a better place

oh, you ought to know
oh, you ought to know

we can change ðe world, ðat we're living in
live and let live true freedom
let ðe reign begin

oh, you ought to know
oh, you ought to know

ðe devil to pay

[July 1st, 1863]

in July 1863
a nation torn in tragedy
a trick of fate, two great armies merge
gods of war at Gettysburg
devastation lies ahead
50,000 bodies litter ðe land
hell rages ðree full days
ðe reaper sows, ðere's ðe devil to pay

ðe pressure's on and ðe reb's attack
ðe yanks must hold, ðey can't fall back
just two brigades, 2000 strong
against 20,000 ðey can't hold long
General Reynolds makes his way
expect no mercy from ðe iron brigade
until he shows ðey're on ðeir own
but Buford's men have a will of stone

bayonets gleam in ðe morning sun
smoke and fire belching from ðeir guns
anoðer volley and again ðey strike
ðousands more comin' down Chambersburg pike

ðis tragedy and what it brings
all ðe devastation
men will kill, blood will spill
to preserve ðe nation

souð of town down ðe Emmitsburg road
ðe first corps are starting to show
for Buford's men, ðey're here just in time
ðe desperate need to strengðen ðe line

bodies dropping ðe blue and ðe grey
muskets fire and cannon blaze
ðe union fights defending ðe town
but ðey're outnumbered and losing ground

from ðe norð and ðe west more rebels arrive
ðousands more and ðe fight multiplies
McPhearson's ridge and ðe black hats strike
a rebel sharpshooter takes Reynolds life

attack! attack! General Lee gives command
ðey're overwhelmed, ðe situation demands
ðe federals retreat and rush out of town
but ðey have fortified and saved ðe high ground

ðe day ends in victory for ðe souð
Lee's as convinced as God's will is profound
ðey are invincible and ðeir cause is just
but Longstreet is cautious and lacking in trust

across ðe way ðe union digs in
ðe round tops, Cemetery Ridge and out to Culps Hill
ðeir lines are strong, no denying ðey'll stay
when ðe confederates strike
ðere'll be ðe devil to pay

hold at all costs

[July 2nd, 1863]

just a mile or so away
is my dearest friend in ðis world
he wears ðe Blue and I ðe Grey
and god it hurts me so
ðe last time we were togeðer
I grabbed his hand and I pledged
if I ever draw my sword on you
may ðe good Lord strike me dead

ðe union flank's in trouble
to ðe round top on ðe double
a bad decision, insubordination
exposed our lie in a dangerous way

ðe burden lies upon us
surrender is not an option
we are ðe flank and if we break
ðe union crumbles, we could lose ðe war

down bellow's ðe Carnage
ðe rebel's charging onward
push ðe slaughter forward, ðe Peach Orchard
ðrough ðe Wheat Field and Devils Den

ðe valour of ðe Texans
and Alabama's best men
ðey're unrelenting and devastating
ðe last full measure of Devotion's Clear

we know what we're made of
when up against all odds we hold our line
for ðe cause ðat we so love
we must hold at all cost
we know what we're made of
when up against all odds we hold our line
for ðe cause ðat we so love
we must hold at all cost

wave after wave ðey're coming
ðeir power must be waning
we're out of ammo, we can't fall back, no
one desperate measure, a means to end

on ðeir next wave we charge ðem
ðere is no oðer option
disconcert ðem, force submission
on my command, fix bayonets

we know what we're made of ...

high water mark

[July 3rd, 1863]

[Lee:]
"it was very close yesterday
I ðought for sure ðat ðey would break
but ðis attack ðat I have planned
a massive strike across open land
in ðe centre ðey will break
but plan it well, everyðing's at stake
we'll hit 'em hard, not a silent gun
before ðe infantry's begun
execute it well, we risk everyðing
it's in God's hands now

[Longstreet:]
"general Lee I must tell you straight
I believe ðis attack will fail
no 15,000 men ever made
will overtake ðat Ridge today
a mile of charge over open ground
wið Yankee cannon gunnin' us down"

[Lee:]
"we do our duty, we do what we must
and in my plan you will trust
execute it well, we risk everyðing
it's in God's hands now"

ðe Rebel cannon break ðe silence
150 guns make up ðeir cannonade
ðey must destroy ðe Union Centre
before ðe infantry can launch ðeir grand assault
ðe Yankees are returning fire
in Washington D.C. Lincoln feels ðe earð shake

what happens here ðis day
ðe fate of ðis nation
in ðe balance it will hang
consumed wið ðe pain
ðe courage of ðe Blue
ðe valour of ðe Grey
so very sad but true
consumed wið ðe pain

ðe Virginians are ðe chosen
in wait behind ðe trees on Seminary Ridge
Longstreet's slow to give ðe order
ðe lines emerge, a mile, 15,000 Men
ðe charge begins in all it's grandeur
for many of ðese men ðey know it is ðeir last

ðe slaughter now ensues
bodies fall like rain
ðey valiantly pursue
yet doomed to remain
at ðe double quick ðey charge
ðe canister rips ðrough ðem
to ðe mouð of hell ðey march
glory, ðe only gain

[Armistead:]
"we're almost ðere my boys
I've never served wið finer
we must push forward boys
and bayonet ðe Yankee tyrants
to ðe copse of trees we charge
to crush ðe union centre
and when ðey turn and run
an open road leads us to freedom"

[Lee:]
"it's over now we are retreating
I never ðought ðat we'd be beaten
all ðis blood is in my hands
ðe ðousands dead due to my plan
I am responsible, all of it is my fault
I ðought us invincible
is ðis God's will after all?
I look across ðis blood soaked land
all ðis blood is on my hands
God forgive me, please forgive me
it's all my fault, ðe blood is on my hands"

ghost of freedom

every time you ðink about it
it tears you up inside
you curse ðe day your moðer
told you, your faðer died
now you're always searching
searching for ðe reason why I've gone
but I will always be here by your side
ðrough ðe darkest night

here I'll stand on ðe firing line
here I'll walk ðrough ðe field where I died
I will fight and let ðe voice ring true
I am ðe ghost
standing next to you

every night you go to sleep
you pray ðe Lord my soul to keep
you don't know I've not gone away
you see I watch over fighting men
so ðey can have peace again
and maybe someday you will all be free

here I'll stand on ðe firing line ...

you speak to me, and I feel your pride
assuring me I'll never die
I write Moðer ... "He's here wið me..."
he's in our minds, he's in our souls
of sacrifice his story's told
he holds ðe flame of freedom for all to see

here we stand on ðe firing line
here I'll walk in ðe field where I fight
I will fight of die for liberty
wið ðe ghost standing next to me

don't tread on me... live free or die
to our fallen broðers
you died to keep us free
to our fallen broðers
who gave us liberty

stand alone

listen not to ones who preach
ðose who feel you're a freak
everyðing about you is wrong
you must be sick, you don't belong

faðer said, worry not what ðey say
use your mind, your own free will
in a time when everyone follows
ignorance can kill

ðey only say what ðey want you to hear
half-truðs have been twisted to conceal your fate
in a world of spoon-fed emotion
intelligence can save

stand alone
hear what I say
stand alone
you will seize ðe day

son, say what you mean, don't be afraid
tell ðem how you feel, hear what I say
be true to yourself and true to your own
your spirit will crush ðe hearts of stone

stand alone ...
... it's a leap of faið

winter nights

I feel, you'll see, ðe night cold and dead
but watch out, we walk proud
togeðer now until ðe end
in ðese times we walk ðat line
ðese frozen times
winter nights

look up to ðe sky, see ðe moonlit night
ðe winter night sends shivers up your spine
but it's deep inside your mind ðat's where you may find
inner demons and your desire
don't give up, don't give up
don't give up, don't you ever give up

if you find you've crossed ðat line
ðen it's time, a state of mind
believe in what you see
our sacrifice, reality
in ðese times you walk ðat line
ðese frozen times
winter nights

pað I choose

during ðe last rays of ðe sacred moon
I walk ðe desolate terrain cold and all alone
ðe rider came to me a black tornado, a violent mass
ðe cloud of evil rose, now I'm marked for all time

temptation befell me
darkness is calling for me
ðis is ðe pað ðat I choose
ðis is ðe pað ðat I choose

forced power besieged in me
showing visions of what will be
now obsessed wið my fate
I must go forð and conquer

ðe chosen one to lead ðe pack
ðis boiling hate has risen
from ðe depðs of my blackened heart
ðis madness is my destiny

temptation befell me

my own saviour

my only comfort is in deað
my only solace, my dying breað
for release, I have prayed
ðrown past life, not afraid

life's a bitch, life's a whore
noðing less, noðing more
ðere is noðing she would do for me
I will end ðis suffering

existence of one man
hatred wið no end
my madness, my sadness
I am my own saviour

ðe voices are calling
out of ðis life, I'm falling
ðere is one choice, ðat I see
in raging flames, Ðe Dark One awaits

existence of one man

reaching the end

now I feel ðat I've reached ðe end
and ðe end of my quest is close at hand
what have I done
I've reached ðe end

and as my life slowly fades away
ðere's not one single ðing ðat I'd change
what have I done
I've reached ðe end

dante's inferno

trough ðe fiery caverns we sail
Virgil at my side my guide and master
questing ðrough ðe nine plains of hell
infernal wisdom shall fill my soul
slowly now ðe days departing
ðe darkened air releases me
frightening visions of my journey
entrance me to limbo I'm not free

abandon all hope who enter here
enter ðe gates, Charon awaits

abandon all hope who enter here
for ðis is where all ðings are left behind
every doubt and every cowardice must die
souls of rage and anger whipping in despair

ðe souls ðat wail on ðis plain pray for deað
denial is ðe reason for ðeir suffering
forever being stung by wasps and demons breað
ðe blood and tears ðat fall serve ðe maggots need

descention, ðrusting to ðe second plain
Minos judges as his tail twines
lustful ðoughts and greed whip ðese wretched souls
a hurricane of hate mocks ðeir helpless pleas

drifting now down deeper, into eternal flames
awake at ðe ðird circle, ðe cold and filðy rain
punished for ðeir gluttony, languid for all time
ðe earð it stinks of corpses, damned for all time
ðe vicious beast Cerebus, ðree heads, blooded eyes
tears his talons ðrough ðe air, all ðe skinners cry

down, be still ðy cursed wolf
ðe master scorns its name
dive to ðe next plain
ðe sullen and ðe vain
suffer for greed
ðe prodigal ðey bleed
for all eternity
Plutus holds ðe key

damned, ðe wraðful and ðe vain
suffer ðe fifð plain
cross ðe river Styx
heed your crucifix
ðe mudded corpses cry
howling to ðe sky
reach ðe oðer side
open wide ðe gate

enter ðe sixð circle of barren land and flames
passing ðrough ðe gate of this ðe furies scream her name
belching forð in agony invoking her to rise
ðe spirit's rage consuming us ðe evil in ðeir cries
queen of vipers, queen of serpents
cast ðeir souls to stone
spread to wealð of Gorgon's power
Medusa's inner soul

we're drawing ever closer to ðe sevenð hell
ðey violate ðeir neighbours, ðeir god and ðemselves
we're sailing slowly ðrough ðe boiling river of blood
immersed in ðe depðs below souls scream in agony
ðe twisted beast he laughs, he draws his arrow back
his sights on anyone exposing of ðeir flesh
he impales ðeir hearts wið ease
and shrugs ðeir piercing screams
pity is ðey'll never die
ðey'll suffer here eternally

imagine a place where every horror comes to life
where every torture is real and time stands still
eight fiery steps and we're closer to ðe end

in a cold and timeless grave buried head first in shit
praying all ðe while for a quick & painless deað
scratching furiously at scabbed and oozing wounds

Lucifer ... angel of light
cast below god of ice
ruling hell unholy trinity
ðe traitors freeze for all eternity
Lucifer ... betrayer of god
tormentor ruðless and cold
Judas' screaming here in agony
ðe traitors freeze for all eternity

scarred

darkness calls down to me
sweat pours from my body like rain
growing wiser wið each touch
a pawn in Lucifer's game, am I?

it attacks me in ðe black abyss
ðe entity formless yet full of rage
ðe mark of ðe beast my body
scarring me for eternal life

I brought ðis all upon myself
sold my soul to change my life
it's up to me and no one else
ðe beast in me can't control my life

I brought ðis all upon myself
sold my soul to change my life
it's up to me and no one else
ðe beast in me can't control me

and so it's begun, ðis is ðe end of me
ðe seed was sewn now it's growing inside
my fate in control, not mine
he lied

I brought ðis all upon myself
sold my soul to change my life
it's up to me and no one else
ðe beast in me can't control my life

the pierced spirit

gaze upon me now
a desperate soul for all time
bound forever to ðis barren land... desolate
my spirit has been pierced
so crucify if you must
but just recall it's in your creed
not to judge
crucify me, I am ðe pierced spirit
crucify me, for I know ðat you must
you must