- A Retreat Into Delusions
Thematic flute solos on this track by Cheryl Pyle
The fear is closing in on us
Let the carnival of Cain commence
We'll never see the end of days, submit to the pain
We shall no longer hold the cards, shatter all rules
Hatred confronting hatred
- Behind The Veil Of Nights
Free me from these nasty chains, pull the same robe of tragedy
Don't forget what blind hate stole, bite into my hidden frontier
Rebel forces familiar with arms, fuming livid plots of despair
Interventions go wild with belief, overpowered by cagey disease
Torn apart by the blitzing thunderbolts
Screams are piercing through the dark
Speed-raging sharks of death and decay
- Believers in the Mist
Thematic Intro Lead: Allan Larsen
Rising, growing in the Haze
Hiding in the Maze
Fading in a Trench of Disbelief
You say Death is an Illusion
Acts of plain Exclusion
- Casus Belli
Intro lead: M. Mendelssohn
Seeing the growth of the frightening suffering
Pain puts on claws, we're streaming westward in disarray
Dragging a dead man's greatcoat over onto my soul
Falling into a deep sleep waiting for silent times
Recommendations in a dying world
- Final Perfection
Dreaming, deceiving
Dreaming to drain my body of pain
Believing, believing
Believing to wash my faults away
Blasphemy blowing through the corridors
Loyalty is victimless felony
Piety as the source of honesty
- In the Shadow of the Gallows
My world lies in ruins
My star is descending
The final step on this laths of justice
Heading towards me on my ravishing ride
Servile to the sinning
The court marks the beginning
When the curtains fall I remain in the middle
- Line of Ejection
See you on the other side, I’ll prove to you, that I’m all right
Revealing experience rolling onward in high ecstasy
Virus has killed my only chance to deprive Invaders from victory
Brushed aside by Hordes of Hell, breaching my defensive line
Forced to observe sheer annihilation, my flag of hope is fading away
Last-ditch effort to protect our land, the flag of hatred is standing tall
Restore my virtual profundity, subjecting to the essential truth
- My Pinnacle Of Power
Acoustic lead: M. Mendelssohn
Emerging from the skies of revulsion
Causing hurt and misery
Victorious powers become ever stronger
Haunted by suspicion
Robbed from my substance, provoking turmoil
- Salvation
Come and save me from Desolation
From this Circle of Hell
Atmosphere of Cold and Bleakness
Like a Flaw in my Eye
Caught in the Act of deserting
In this Wilderness
Distant Shape of my own Life coming
- Sentenced in Absentia
Painted with symbols of a sinful supremacy
Melodramatic play, an image of tragedy
Lending a helping hand, protecting the progeny
Trains keep on rolling towards my infinity
Invocations of purity
Floods of sham fill the starless winter night
Empty lines and lies exposed
- Sinews Of Anguish
Intro flute: Cheryl Pyle
Pain within, the final act begins
We are in command but not in control
Lavish parade of helpless dying frames
The land of dark forests is facing the end
Save me from this catastrophe
- Stainless Steel
Rushing along the smooth road after the great purge
Sentenced civilian saboteurs
The idealism of the men fades away now
Brought to a halt by endlessness
Leading us all into the noble disaster
Rejoin the battle; no respite
Outmanned and out-gunned, pile of staggering victims
- The Final Pledge
"All hell has broken loose upon the world
What we do today will send us to the depth of our own
Creation tomorrow"
Oh, we stand behind you with fortitude
We stand behind you in the midst of danger; you will sigh and weep
Oh, we have not vanished in the ending storm
We have not lost our saviour in the nightly fire raging storms
- The Graveyard of Broken Dreams
The Graveyard of broken Dreams
Slipping back beneath the grave Hate
Heading for the final Resting Place
Searching for Clarity
In the Graveyard of broken Dreams
Thematic Lead: Sparvath
- The Narrow Gates of Emptiness
"For wide is the Gate and broad is the Road that leads to Destruction"
Matthew 7:13-14
Thematic Lead: Martin Mendelssohn Sparvath
Building to Crisis; a Retreat is no Option
The Plan of Aggression is doomed from its Birth
True to my Oath, I fight to my last Breath
- Through The Night
Skeletons walking the slender Tightrope
Between profundity and absurdity
I raise my head from the ground and see you
They will cause us grief and agony
Stand at the doorstep of eternal glory
But the high tide now begins to ebb
Distilled take on the human dimension
- Where Darkness Is Light
Plagued by nightmares, vast armada
Clinch my teeth, shaking like a leaf
Carry me to an icy grave
Wrapped in secrecy
Ripped to ruin, floating force
Changes are unchangeable
Frozen moment, frozen minds
- Wrapped In Ruins
I’ll take you by the hand and make you realize
That life is a close cry from death
Enveloped in perpetual fire
I’ll lead you into the…
Winter’s descending with full force, devastating
Insane announcements from afar
The level of horror brings me to my ruin