ATLANTEAN KODEX LYRICS

1. Trumpets Of Doggerland (There Were Giants In The Earth In Those Days)

[Instrumental]

2. Sol Invictus (With Faith And Fire)

[Dedicated to Paul Busson (1873–1924)]

Sol, Sol Invictus
Sol, Sol Invictus

In this holiest of seasons, twelve nights betwixt the years
The silence of winter is all-consuming
Our homesteads lie sleeping the old folks are watchful
Gruesome tales of corn-demons (to forewarn) the young
Over the mountain, to the hidden temple
Where the pillar of flames shall be summoned by the priest
On through the biting frost and the wind-driven snow
A belling of stags echoes in the woods

In this ice-cold Solstice night death and resurrection await
To invoke the rebirth of the sun

From darkness grows light, from ashes a fire
To conquer the cold
The rites of Yuletide defying the times
The virgin-born child

Sol, Sol Invictus
Shining Guardian of the west
In saecula saeculorum
Conquer with fire and with faith

A solemn pilgrimage through nightclad wintry woods
Ghosts of winter screaming to lure us all astray
Neolithic magick, wisdom without words
Bloodbound memories pierce the gossamer veils of time

In this ice-cold Solstice night death and resurrection await
And summer shall (fall on)** our soil

From darkness grows light, from ashes a fire to conquer the cold
The rites of Yuletide defying the times
The virgin-born child

Sol, Sol Invictus – Shining Guardian of the west
In saecula saeculorum – Conquer with fire and with faith

Blood-sacrifice for the three-fold goddess
Summon the Goat with a Thousand Young
Mithras Invictus Jesus Christus
Fire brings cleansing, fertility through death

Mummers rage through snow covered villages
Reaping the souls of the careless and young
Domina Perahta grant us good harvest
In barter for the blood of one third of our youth

The sunwheels are rolling, the hillside‘s on fire
From Albion to Attica old Europe‘s ablaze
Unbroken tradition, neolithic bloodline
The Horned God approaches, the chanting now fades

Il dyi ei ischturien. Ei ven ad esser sarain.
Ei ven freid. Dieus mora!

At the standing stones the scythe will set him free
Bound to the oak, the Kingpriest‘s life for our creed
A crown of mistletoe, reborn for all to see
For a new year, in a red dawn, as the new sun

Sol, Sol Invictus
Invincible sun of the west
In saecula saeculorum
Conquer with fire and with faith

From Attica‘s green pastures to Albion‘s white shores
From Thule‘s boiling geysers to the walls of Hagar Q‘im
Beneath the fragile crust of this modern age of reason
A darker world lies waiting, primordial and pure
Hidden in the shades from ratio‘s great*** pondering
to rise when the stars are right

Sol, Sol Invictus
Lightbringer of the dreaming west
In saecula saeculorum
Conquer with fire and with faith

[* given in the booklet but not sung]
[** "shall free our soil" is given in the booklet but "fall on" is sung]
[*** "cold" is given in the booklet but "great" is sung]
[The song starts with "Sol, Sol Invictus" being sung once. This is not given in the booklet.]

3. Bilwis (Sorcery And Witchcraft In Eastern Bavaria)

[Instrumental]

4. Heresiarch (Thousandfaced Moon)

He is the Heresiarch
Even the spirits of the oaks heed his word
And so from the wells of night to the yawning gulfs of space
Ever the praises of his name shall resound

Thus spoke the Heresiarch
Enthroned in clouds and fire
When the seven suns align,
Down the onyx steps he strides

Roaming alone in black aether,
Looking for antediluvian knowledge
Written in the kodex of Atalant forlorn

Heresiarch!
Saint of the streets and whores.
Bringer of fire and force
Heresiarch
Heresiarch!
God of the sevenfold veil
Light on the warrior's blade,
Oh bringer of plagues

Go out among men and find the gates,
That he in the void may know.
To his messenger must all things be told.
And he shall put on the semblance of men,
The waxen mask and the robe that hides
And come down from the world of seven suns

Great messenger, oh bringer of death
Father of the million young,
Unholy stalker among the lambs
Strike with fury, oh thousandfaced moon
Come, oh vengeful, to our holy rite
A knife and a chalice
The sacrifice begins

Gorgo! Mormo! Wanderer on the wildest winds!
Look favourably upon our Saturnalia!
So the rite begins tonight.

Heresiarch!
Murderer without mercy!
Lightbringer of the damned
Heresiarch
Heresiarch!
Flame in Elysian gardens
Sword of the vengeful blessed
Oh groom of the night

Heresiarch!
Murderer without mercy!
Lightbringer of the damned
Heresiarch
Heresiarch!
Flame in Elysian gardens
Sword of the vengeful blessed
Oh groom of the night

Oh brilliant one, who wanders the black abyss
Crawl forth from the tombs of holocaust
Oh thousandfaced moon, oh doom of lost Atalant
Wading mid corpses
Through cities of dust
Oh monarch of mayhem, oh mind-reaping messenger
Rise from the dirges and wailing of psalms
Oh pestilent force, oh vanquish the veils of light
To rave and to rape and to rip and to rend

5. Twelve Stars And An Azure Gown (An Anthem For Europa)

A maiden by the seaside was taken from her land
On a bull across the waves until she reached a foreign strand
Her father, a great king, less human than divine
True godhood she would find - Twelve stars in azure skies

Stronghold walls of Uruk, Etemanaki's fane
Mighty rock of Zion your legacy remains
Aeneas left his mother Troy, summer birds search for new lands
The goddess sends her siren's call, across the continents

On a strong white bull, the goddess rides
In the darkest night twelve stars will rise
Daughter of the east with an azure gown
Our new Jerusalem we found

And I saw brothers fighting, not for honour but for gold
Enthralled by foreign agents like cattle we are sold
Oh goddess grant me an answer! Pray, make me understand!
Will the brothers fight forever? Can they be as one again?

The goddess speaks:
"My son. War is forever. He's the father of all men
But brothers once united will stand as one again
My touch was felt in Dublin, my voice was heard in Spain
Ten thousand years may pass by, but this fortress shall remain"

There are shadows over Athens and Rome still lies in flames
In these days when need is great, there's no heroes there's no saints
But when the night is darkest, Prometheus' torch will burn
And the goddess on a white bull - though she never left - returns

6. Der Untergang Der Stadt Passau (Flaming Sword Of The Watcher)

[Instrumental]

7. Enthroned In Clouds And Fire (The Great Cleansing)

When the iron dog is howling in the forests of the east
When summer is like winter and women are like men
When the woods are like a beggar's vest and the peasants dress like lords
When palaces are raised for soldiers - the great cleansing is near

When money turns to iron and our misery burns red
When two-hundred gulden can not buy a loaf of bread
When the heavy handed lord arrives and skins his folk alive
When laws are made which none obey - the great cleansing is near

The kodex tells of days to come - a winter without end
Who is left to tell our story as rose clouds of ash descend?
Fortress Europa falling - none left to defend
Enthroned in clouds and fire, ancient harbinger of the end

When presumption is on the rise and Christian creed fades away
When the crucifix is torn from walls and banished to the graves
When the redcoats march the new roads - our front-line the Danube
When pestilence is raging the great cleansing is at hand

The kodex tells of days to come - a winter without end
Who is left to tell our story as rose clouds of ash descend?
Fortress Europa falling - none left to defend
Enthroned in clouds and fire, ancient harbinger of the end

[Spoken in Bavarian dialect:]
Vom Osten her wird es kommen und im Westen aufhören.
Das Feuer das alles vernichtet wird vom Himmel fallen.
Das grosse Sterben wird über das Land gehen.
Ein Himmelszeichen wird's geben.
Ein gar strenger Herr wird kommen und den armen Leuten die Haut abziehen.

Es wird aber nicht lang dauern und dann kommt das große Abräumen.
So viel Feuer und so viel Eisen hat noch kein Mensch gesehen.
Alles wird dann durcheinander sein.
Es wird nichts helfen wenn auch die Leute fromm werden und den Herrgott wieder hervorholen.

Dann kommt der Krieg, und noch einer,
Und dann wird der letzte kommen.
Der letzte Krieg wird der Bänkeabräumer sein.
Wenn man Sommer und Winter nicht mehr auseinanderkennt
Dann ist's nimmer weit.

Alles hat ein Ende.
Auch diese Welt.

Alles hat ein Ende.
Auch diese Welt.

[English translation:
"It will come from the east and end in the west.
The fire that destroys all will fall from the sky.
Dying will pervade the land.
A heavy-handed lord will come and skin the poor.

But it will not last for long and then the great clear-away begins.
This much fire, this much iron, no man has ever seen.
All will be in shambles.
It will be of no avail that people, pious now, revert to our Lord.

Then comes the war, and another war.
And then the last one will come.
The last war will carry off thousands and thousands.
When summer and winter can not be told apart.
It is not far.

There is an end to everything.
And to this world, too.

There is an end to everything.
And to this world, too."]

[The spoken passage combines various prophecies of Mühlhiasl of Apoig, a Bavarian seer (1753–1805).]

8. White Goddess Unveiled (Crown Of The Sephiroth)

Once More the chains of time are fading
As the three-fold goddess shows her face
Neath dark horizons armies gather
Apostates tremble as we march

The godless heathens they cower in their crannochs
As we march forth from Autumn's golden mist
Ten-thousand Strong, in search for glory and wisdom
The ageless altars of reason now in sight

The gates of twilight open, a crown of oak and bone
Enthroned in stone and starlight
The goddess unfolds the path

Arise now from thy sleep*
Cast off the chains of guilt
Her voice is calling you
The goddess stands unveiled
In the light of the evening star**

Wooden idols gaze from solemn dead eyes
Witness to the pagan age
When blood was spilt in hope for summer and corn
And dead cold bodies lowered to the moors

The road to Keter beckons
Crown of the Sephirot
Vanquished is all iniquity
Dominion of timeless bliss

Arise now from thy sleep*
Cast off the chains of guilt
Her voice is calling you
The goddess stands unveiled

The goddess in the darkness spoke
Of days to come and empires to fall
Awake now! From the sleep of thousand centuries
The spell has been broken
Your soul is free to soar

For all the words unspoken, for all the deeds undone
For all our shattered dreams, for all the songs unsung
For all the lines unwritten and all our broken hearts
For all our wounds still bleeding and all our kingdoms come

For all loved ones never forgotten and all burning memories
Goddess take our hand, oh won't you grant us peace
For all that we are longing for yet we shall never have
Beyond the dreaming west, once we all will be healed

[* "slumber" is given in the booklet but "sleep" is sung]
[** This line is given in the booklet but is not sung]







ATLANTEAN KODEX LYRICS