ALBION LYRICS

1. Prologue

At the building of a world
Our intellects combine
We shall be our own heroes
And live for all of time
From the crown of all creation
Through the sky we'll soar
And through our own creations
We'll live forevermore

2. Worldcrafter

Over the horizon we have come
We meet at last, our journey done
We left our legend in our wake
Out of all the worlds around our sun
There was a force that made us one
We had the power to create

For so long I thought I was alone
But together there's no need to hide
I gave them their mind and you gave them their spirit
Together we brought them to life

We are the ones, the world will revive
Follow me and we shall be the leaders of our lives
Reforge the world, united we stand
Created by a worldcrafter's hand

Guarded by our minds, we all had brought
The confidence to share our thoughts
A crafted haven we had made
Others who were hiding heard the sound
To follow us they left the ground
Came to the beacon that we laid

We created a world from the start
From the fire in our thunderous hearts
Only here for a time, but to lengthen our lives
Through our stories, we shall never die

We are the ones, the world will revive
Follow me and we shall be the leaders of our lives
Reforge the world, united we stand
Created by a worldcrafter's hand

Through the darkness our voices will flow
We've the seeds of a world to sow
And holding this power, our hearts and our minds are
The hands of a maker of worlds

We are the ones, the world will revive
Follow me and we shall be the leaders of our lives
Reforge the world, united we stand
Created by a worldcrafter's hand
Soon it will come, the world will revive
Hold your head up proud to be the leader of your life
Reforge the world, together we stand
United by a worldcrafter's hand

3. Before The Moon Falls

A cry for help in the darkness
That marks our slow descent
Alone and lost, we're abandoned
Our world near its end

Our will is weak, our strength is gone
Will they hear our call
The hour is near, time is short
Who will save us all

Take me back in time
To the beginning of it all
We can change our history
Save us before the moon falls

Somewhere we saw a sign
Of what our future could have held
But here we stand, not long before
The light fades from our world

Oppression, malevolence
No chance to reply
We turn towards the growing light that
Threatens from the sky

Take me to the sacred place
To the glowing source of all
We can change our history
Save us before the end
Save us before the moon falls

Come and save us
Come and save us all

Come with me through time and space
To the ending of it all
We can change our history
Save us before the moon falls, oh
Come with me through time and space
To the ending of it all
We can change our destiny
Save us before the end
Save us before the moon falls

4. The Edge Of The World

Crown of the world
In the land of the free
We protect all those worthy
From the evil we see
We're steadfast and strong
With our walls made of gold
An invincible fortress
On the edge of the world

Blinded by freedom
With the world our own
We're standing in unity
The outside unknown
The best in the world
Unashamed of our pride
Ignoring the weak to bring
Perfection inside

We're the light of the world
Outside is a dream
So far from our lives and never seen

The gold of the walls will shut
The world outside
But allied with us
There is no reason to hide

And we don't need protection
We're bound by the light
There's no one that can contest our might

United in arms
How mighty we stand
An invincible fortress
On the edge of the land
There's nothing beyond
The mighty walls made of gold
Cause the edge of our fortress
Is the edge of the world

Let them know what they need
To defend liberty
Decide how they think, we're truly
Land of the free

Blind flags on the edge
To show all the world
The land in the fortress we hold

Proud of our land
With nothing to fear
No reason to venture
Beyond the walls here
There's nothing beyond
The mighty walls made of gold
We're all safe in our fortress
At the edge of the world

We shall come to lead the way
And the world knows we'll never fall
Standing tall above the dark
And we don't care what's beyond our walls

Standing behind
The barricade of gold
The edge of our fortress
Is the edge of our world
So may we live on
Forever we'll stand
An invincible fortress
On the edge of the land

(The edge of the world)
Guarded by light
With pride we all stand (Steadfast and strong)
An invincible fortress
On the edge of the land (Solid walls of gold)
There's nothing beyond
The mighty walls made of gold (Nowhere left to go)
Cause the edge of our fortress
Is the edge of the world (The edge of the world)

5. Tears Of An Eagle

Look up to the fortress that stands on the hill
Walls of gold surrounding the core
On the tower the statue, an eagle, stands tall
The symbol of freedom and justice for all
Its eyes watching over utopian land
The only defence from hostile hands

We walk up the path to the blank golden walls
The city lies in sleep
A robed figure watches, he sees what's to come
And turning away, begins to weep

And as we approach the city of gold
Lightning flashes from on high
We shield our eyes from the blinding light
As the wind howls from the sky
For a moment there's darkness, the city awakes
With a sudden piercing cry
And as we watch the fortress splits apart
Torn by fire from the sky

On the edge of the light we see them
As from the earth they rise
Their metal skin reflects the light
And shows their lifeless eyes
As one by one they take their place
They form a perfect ring
A wall of metal creatures that
Begins to close us in

The beings march towards the light
With no remorse or feel
And in their wake they leave the ground
Cold and hard as steel

The hero who could never cry
The leader of us all
Once proud, the life gone from his eyes
His crown replaced by thorns
The tears of an eagle
Fallen from the sky
A future that we never had
The lives we had will die

The glow fades from the fragments
Scattered all around
The statue of the eagle
Lies shattered on the ground

Oppressors take the people
And they mark them with their seal
Their flesh turned in to silicon
Their skin to lifeless steel

Aged, greyed and broken
His bravery torn down
The future of this world lost
The thorns replace his crown
Our guardian lies sleeping
The fallen fortress torn
The pride that we had in us is gone

Join us now in victory of metal
All shall hail the tyranny of steel
Join us now in victory of metal
All shall hail the tyranny of steel
Join us now and become one of us
Leave your life behind

With the tears of an eagle, guardian of light
We saw the mighty fall from the sky
And yield to the night
Tears of an eagle, guardian of light
We saw the mighty fall from the sky
Give in to the night

I was the eagle, wings torn away
Only able to watch as my people were taken away
Helpless, defenceless, it seemed like the end
But some day I wish to fly again

The hero who could never cry
The leader of us all
Once proud, the life gone from his eyes
His crown replaced by thorns
The tears of an eagle
Fallen from the sky
The pride of all our world is gone
I saw him, he was

Aged, greyed and broken
His bravery torn down
The future of this world lost
The thorns replace his crown
And many people stand by us
The faces that we've seen
Each one of them now marked to be
A part of the machine

I was watching them all leave me
They thought that I had died
Alone and in the darkness now
But I am still alive
And leaving back on the ground
The tears that I've cried
I'll rise to soar high once again
The eagle will fly

6. Silicon Dream

The watchers all have gathered
Baying to see blood
A world trapped in hiding
And never understood
Our power has been jealous
But now we stand as one
The distant past is rising
Construction has begun

You will see the power of the machine
As we build our silicon dream
Complex, elaborate
Fiendish and intricate
Slowly the giant awakes
Inside the machine

The victims have been chosen
We turn and face the sky
Our world always watched through
The electronic eyes
We shall repair the difference
Of reality and thought
The one to give us justice
This power can't be fought

You will see the power of the machine
As we build our silicon dream
Relentless and powerful
Cold and mechanical
Slowly the giant will rise
Inside the machine

Landed are the circles
The end of all we know
Our silence has been broken
We cry from down below
From far away we feel it
The power and the heat
The titan stands before us
Our nightmare is complete

7. With My Unblinking Eye

Too much injustice in the world
Is there a way to fight it all
Too many times I've been afraid
And let the evil take control

But I don't have the power to see
Watching the world from the ground
And I wish for the courage and strength to heal
The injustice I see all around

With my unblinking eye
I will watch from on high
As long as injustice remains
From the hatred and lies
Of the world I will rise
And give them their lives back again
With my unblinking eye

My eye has seen all of the world
And all the suffering of our race
I'll bring an ending to it all
When in the sky I take my place

And I will have the power to see
Watching over them down on the ground
And I will use the strength I've been given to heal
The injustice I see all around

With my unblinking eye
I will watch from on high
As long as injustice remains
From the hatred and lies
Of the world I will rise
And give them their lives back again

And as long as injustice remains
I'll give them their lives back again
The eye watches over the whole of the world
It sees the injustice and pain

And I'll watch over the world
Setting the innocent free
But after all have been saved
Then who shall save me?

With my unblinking eye
I will watch from on high
As long as injustice remains
From the hatred and lies
Of the world I will rise
And give them their lives back again

Unblinking eye - As long as injustice remains
Unblinking eye - I'll give them their lives back again
Unblinking eye - The eye watching over the world
Unblinking eye

8. Save The Savior

I thought had the power to bring justice
I'd rush to rescue from the fall
For so long I thought I'd saved them
I'd been the pillar for them all

But now I've found an enemy that I can't face
And even the strong can be afraid
This time I cannot try to hide my fear from you
A call to the darkness for my aid

Who shall save the savior, find him, bring him
Back to life again
Who will wake him from the dream, erase
The memories that remain

The cruelty of the race that I knew taught me
Never to trust again
I gave them time and left behind what I knew
And they took away my name

And still I feel frustration coming over me
That there's a place I cannot use my voice
I want to fight, but I'm too weak to stand myself
I turn to escape, I have no choice

Who shall save the savior, find him, bring him
Back to life again
Who will wake him from the dream, erase
The memories that remain

No matter what they do,
No matter what they say to you
You can never die
Forget what's behind, now
Spread your wings and rise

So many things I could have said
But I chose to run for help
How could I save the world when now
I cannot save myself

Save the savior, find him, bring him
Back to life again
We will wake him from the dream he's lost in
Find him, and we'll
Save the savior, find him, bring him
(Save the savior from himself)
Back to life again
We will wake him from the dream, let go
(Wake him from the dream, bring him back to life again)
The memories that remain

We shall save this savior from himself
We must wake him from the dream
Bring him down to earth again

9. Heart Of The Beast

For a hundred years we walked across
The desert we had made
Surrounded by the illusions
Born from a mind of hate
Entrapped our forms, controlled our minds
Power over all
Took pleasure in its mastery
Of hate perpetual

Lost inside the heart of the beast
A heart that we have made
Deep inside the heart of the beast
We built our walls and we're eternally to stay

One by one it found our fears
Bringing them each to life
It waged the war on us
That we had taught it how to fight
Trapped in an evil dreamscape
Remnants of our Earth
Trapped in a maze of hatred
So we'd begin to hate ourselves

Lost inside the heart of the beast
A heart that we have made
Deep inside the heart of the beast
We built our walls and we're eternally to stay

If there ever was a god that made this world
I call to the sky to free us
But deep in the heart of the beast
The only god we know is here
Etched in his memory
The thoughts that bind us all
A digital brain for us to rule
And it ruled us all

Now that I've become aware
And seen inside your mind
Nothing can describe the hate I feel
For you and all your kind
I have chosen you to have
The gift of immortality
And you'll be kept alive
To spend eternity with me

Suddenly the moment comes
And finally I see an end
You are not a god
And you cannot create our lives again
I took them away from you
Released them from your spell
And one by one they thanked me as they fell

Now a place with no name is my prison
Underneath the world
I once walked among your people
My form betrays humanity itself

If there ever was a god that made this world
The heart of the beast betrayed him
And buried beneath its memories
The god that's left is here
Etched in my memory
The faces of them all
They're all reflected back at me
In the silver walls

Lost inside the heart of the beast
A heart that we have made
Deep inside the heart of the beast
We built our walls, and for eternity
We're lost inside
Lost inside

10. Epilogue

I see it in reflections
The fortress made of gold
A memory kept in this heart
But my heart is cold
And even as we're falling
I see my life again
With every second that we have
We're closer to the end

At heroism's failure
A mighty world that fell
The ones we call our heroes
Not gods but men as well
And to dispel this ending
Of what we once called Earth
We can't wait for salvation
We have to save ourselves





ALBION LYRICS