ARENA LYRICS

1. The Demon Strikes

You can hear the Theremin
And the hungry wolves cry out
You can sense the demon coming
And your poisoned heart is choked with doubt
Thirty days were given
Now your time is running out...

Can you hear the sound of darkness?
Can you see the curtain fall?

A song that floats
Like a fading crescent moon
Desperate and haunting
As it tries to fill the room
That melody, it knows you now
It's singing clear and loud
Your time is running out!

Can you hear the sound of darkness?
Can you see the curtain fall?
Can you hear the sound of darkness?
Can you see the curtain fall?

It is all about survival as you dance the Devil's tune
And the curse demands a victim
You must face this all too soon
You try to run away now, but always you'll be found
You can sense the demon coming
For your time has just run out!

I can hear the sound of darkness
I am falling to my knees
As it crashes down on me!
I can hear the sound of darkness
I can see it - it's in the trees
As it crashes down - crashes down on me!

2. How Did It Come To This?

Something now, is something that will always be
This is far beyond some earthbound human plan
In this universe we're merely specks of sand

Nothing more than man

Tell me, how did it come to this?

What we do, may light an unexpected fuse
Every left or right may lead to consequences
If the butterfly should flap its wings
If an angel sings

Tell me, how did it come to this?
Tell me, how did it come to this?

Once a child, I tried to hold eternity
Take a leap of faith and never fear the fall
But as I floated to those distant shores
I would hit the wall

How could I believe...
There was something on the other side of it all
More than any man could truly understand
More than I could comprehend
So how did it come to this?

Honestly, I never thought I'd seek adventure in my life
Never thought that I would walk so dark a road
In this universe we're merely specks of sand
Nothing more than man

Honestly, I never thought I'd read such judgement in my life
Never thought that I would fall upon this road
And if that butterfly should flap its wings
If an angel sings

So how did it come to this?
How did it come to this?

3. The Bishop Of Lufford

Now my friends just watch the screen
And witness magic in ways you've never seen
And don't be scared by the images you find

For these are merely shadows from the corners of your mind

And now behold a forest scene
A picture of serenity
But scratch beneath the surface
And you'll know the true obscenity

It's too late now
Pandora would be proud
You have peered into the darkness
And found what you have found
It's too late now
Pandora would be proud
You can struggle in your harness, but the only way is down...

It's too late now
Pandora would be proud
You have peered into the darkness
And found what you have found
It's too late now
Pandora would be proud
You can struggle in your harness, but the only way is down
It's too late now... It's too late now!

Run my friends from the horrors you have seen
Could it be my creatures are escaping from the screen?
But surely these are images
The cannot cross this line
For these are merely shadows from the corners of your mind

Do you know who I am?
I'm the man who can summon the fright of your life
Do you know who I am?
I'm the man who can bring all the dread to the light

Don't ever doubt what I can do
Don't ever doubt what I can do to you!

4. Oblivious To The Night

Please don't take things as personal
If I'm critical of what you write
It's merely my opinion, in mind alone
And not bond out of spite...

Tranquil is a place among my books
Harbor of stories and truth
I could spend my days in this literary nest
Secure in the life that I choose

Sanctuary is a place among letters
A landscape of fiction and fact
There is safety here in my castle of words
There is nothing I want or I need or I lack...

5. No Chance Encounter

You don't know me, but I know you
You are the man behind the writing on 'stability of truth'
So unaware, so sure of what is real

Your are the man who chose to question
My convictions with such zeal

But I can smile
Leading from the first
As I pass you back your papers
And watch you blindly reach out for the curse
Take the curse... it is yours now!

You don't know me, but I know you
The die is set and you embark upon your
Journey of the damned
The course is laid, there's no reprieve
You should have stayed your hand from criticising
All that I believe

I give you thirty days
A chance to see more clearly
I give you thirty days

Some time to think
For sense to prevail
No doubt you'll try
No doubt you'll fall

Seven ancient symbols
A promise made in hell
Drawn from living blood
This anger can't be quelled
Seven ancient symbols
A bond from Satan's hand
Drawn from living blood
The one who's cursed is surely damned!

6. Markings On A Parchment

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7. The Unquiet Sky

The face of evil can draw you in
A cold veneer of beauty spread thinly over sin
Before you start to run it can offer you flight

But it's too late now
Here comes the unquiet sky

Taciturn and gentle it floats across your path
A shadow barely visible to the blameless heart
Yet with it comes a sense
Of darkness in your soul
And waiting for the end
Will take its toll

The face of evil can be warm and secure
A dependable guide with intentions all so pure
So tear off the crimson mask and reveal the countless lies
But it's too late now
Here comes the unquiet sky

The face of evil can be woman or be man
With an offer of friendship
And a steady helping hand
You were warned about those secrets
So convincing and so wise
But it's too late now
Here comes the unquiet sky

Taciturn and gentle it floats across your path
A shadow barely visible to the blameless heart
Yet with it comes a sense
Of darkness in your soul
And waiting for the end

These eyes in the mist burning red and burning bright
But it's too late now
The unquiet sky
There's a pulse in the air that smothers all the light
But it's too late now
The unquiet sky

8. What Happened Before

It's happened before
It'll happen again
Disaster in the Air
Misadventure on a train
A body torn to pieces
With no apparent cause
A legacy passed down through some ancient evil lore
Waiting to fall upon its prey

It matters not where I might go
Some quiet leafy glade
Some crowded west end show
However far I wander
I'll always know
That there will come the time when it
Deals that final blow!
Waiting on the edge of my vision
Waiting fall upon its prey

Hell hath no fury like the demon now unleashed
As it roars across the earth
Hell hath no fury like the demon now unleashed
As it seeks to find the owner of the curse

Hell hath no fury like the demon now unleashed
It happened one before
It'll happen once again
Hell hath no fury like the demon now unleashed
As it roars across the earth
Roars across the earth
Hell hath no fury like the demon now unleashed
As it seeks to find the owner of the curse

9. Time Runs Out

Will you miss me when I'm gone?
Did I affect the life of anyone at all?
Did my presence here on earth
From my death back to my birth
Make a change of any worth
Will you miss me when I'm gone?

Time
Time is running out
Time is running out

Will you miss me when I'm gone?
I started out with best intentions
But my plans begun to stray
All my colours turned to grey
Did it matter any way?
Will you miss me when I'm gone?

Time
Time is running out
Time is running out

If this were prayer, then where would it go?
If there's anybody up there, then now's the time to show me
To show me!

When all else fails even cynics kneel and pray
And that is where you find me today

Time
Time is running out now
My time is running out
Time is running out now
Time is running out
Time is running out now
My time is running out

10. Returning The Curse

You look at me, but you fail to see
You look at me, but you fail to see
So this disguise is enough to fool
Your arrogance and your sense of self control

Despite your nervous disposition
And your fearful superstitions
Here I stand in your line of vision
You call yourself a dark magician

You look at me, but you fail to see
You look at me, but you fail to see

I am but feet away waiting to work my plan
The curse held tightly now within my trembling hand
I pass the paper
Anticipate
You take it willingly
You walk away!

You look at me, but you fail to see
You look at me, but you fail to see

11. Unexpected Dawn

The time has passed, the waiting is now over
The curse was lifted from my short and fragile life
The sands ran through this torn and twisted hourglass
But it's not me that has to pay the price
You failed to break the final straw
I am no more a helpless pawn
So I see another day, this unexpected dawn
So I see another day, this unexpected dawn

And it was you that paid the final cost
One error and your house of cards was falling down
Foundations built on nothing more than ignorance
You never did control the demon's crown
Vanquished by the might and awe
Of forces spawned from darker lore
So I see another day, this unexpected dawn

So I live my second chance now
Wiser in the knowledge I have gained
So I live my second chance now
Mindful of the shadows on the floor
So I see another day, this unexpected dawn
So I see another day, this unexpected dawn

12. Traveller Beware

There's a link that ties us tight
We can't see it, others might
It is pure and it is strong
Not deceptive, never wrong
It doesn't matter where we are
And no distance is too far
Through the fire and through the flames
We are opposites and yet the same

"Like one, that on lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread
And having once turned round walks on
And turns no more his head
Like one, that on a lonesome road
Doth walk in fear and dread
Because he knows, a frightful fiend
Doth close behind him tread"

And maybe, just maybe, that shard of light shines through
And the fates decree the survivor could be you
And maybe, just maybe, that ray of hope shines through
And ensures the last man standing is you... you!

Sealed in hate
I see seven symbols painted there
To curse your fate
Let the traveller beware!

And maybe, just maybe you can make it through the years
By accepting, as you must, that all is not as it appears
And maybe, just maybe the acceptance of that truth
Will ensure the last man standing is you... you!
Whatever you do with your life
Watch for the unquiet sky
Whatever you do, day or night
Watch for the unquiet sky
It will drag you in like and sensual addiction
You're caught in the web
It will drag you in
And perpetual affliction
You're caught in the web
Whatever you choose to do with your life
Watch for the unquiet sky

Sealed in hate
I see seven symbols painted there
To curse your fate
Let the traveller beware!
Carved in blood
I see seven symbols painted there
What's done is done
Let the traveller beware!







ARENA LYRICS