CANDLEMASS LYRICS

1. Wizard Of The Vortex

Embers of evil, coming my way
Where do you hide, what do you see?
Spiral skies, black gravitation
Can you trust the Savante Mezmerist?

Friend of darkness, in the chapel
Your magic's cold and worn, so stained
Hidden key, a haze of amber
The gate to hell opens today

Wizard of the vortex
Giving your soul, the spark of it all
Guardian of the godless
Stared into the pit, saw the abyss
Wizard of the vortex
Spreading your wings, down, down, down, down
Down, down, down

Did you surrender, when the demon rose?
Like a sphinx in silver light you held the deep?
Oh with flames, you gave catharsis
And stole our hopes and dreams from our sleep

Wizard of the vortex
Giving your soul, the spark of it all
Guardian of the godless
Stared into the pit, saw the abyss
Wizard of the vortex
Spreading your wings, down, down, down, down, down

I'm the wizard of the vortex
I'm the omen, I'm the sign
I'm the wizard of the vortex
I'm the symptom of our times

2. Sweet Evil Sun

I always said you are the wicked one
The wretched fiend, oooh the essence
I tried to reach you, my Babylon
So magnificent, my empress

Sweet sweet evil sun oh mother of the world, you are the one
Sweet sweet evil sun the battle for your love has begun

I see your presence, the yellow crown
In the east and in the west
Oh, you burn me from your golden throne
Am I the ant that you detest?

Sweet sweet evil sun oh mother of the world, you are the one
Sweet sweet evil sun the battle for your love has begun

Ever so high, electrified
Ball of wonder so alive
You never die, never tamed
Now put inferno into my brain

Sweet sweet evil sun oh mother of the world, you are the one
Sweet sweet evil sun the battle for your love has begun

3. Angel Battle

Happened on a Sunday
Grace from the heavens
They had swords, they had fire
They had stars in their eyes

Hundreds of ceraphs on the killing field, I hear them sing
Horns and trumpets, lasers and shields, god is grim

Angel battle
Saints with blood on their swords
Angel battle
The war to end all wars

Black wings and doves
Grace and devotion
Death from above
Poetry in motion

7 trumpets on the 7th day, wrath in the clouds
I see the solemn angel, and the white ones they slay
The vengeance of god

Angel battle
Saints with blood on their swords
Angel battle
The war to end all wars

Celestial battle, turquoise deadly rays
Put your arms around me, this very day
Heavenly lord, your white army came
All that you gave, you took it away

I saw the hordes of heaven, majestic and noble
Victorian swagger, bringing destruction to souls, beast and mortal
And the last city fell, with thunderbolts, cast from the eyes of the angels
Who relentless and worthy, walked the face of the earth only to erase what was left of humankind
And that was my dream

4. Black Butterfly

Like a wounded cockroach, the city died
The sunset cracked, it was time
The fallen dreamland of suburbia
Obsolete and purified

Children of the dark star, children of the grave
Moonless and crimson, eyes of the exodus
Oh child you are the butterfly, live and die

Caravan of corpses, endless night
Hypnotic fiery demon in the sky
Sinister and red, oh murder moon
We're the nameless forever lost, never to bloom

Children of the dark star, children of the grave
Moonless and crimson, eyes of the exodus
Oh child you are the butterfly, you live and you die

And I wonder who you are?

Oh oh black butterfly
I see your glow, in the everflow
Oh you ghosts in the evening sky
Oh you live and you die!

Children of the dark star, children of the grave
Moonless and crimson, eyes of the exodus
Oh child you are the butterfly, in the setting sun

5. When Death Sighs

I can hear him sigh, a soulless breath
In a sea of argent, a man called death
A ring of reapers, gathering round my shrine
Life-dust keeper, gimme some more time

When death sighs awaken from the slumber
When death sighs you know it's time to go
When death sighs your world is going under
When death sighs now tell me who you love
Now tell me who you love

Step by step, inch by inch, you're closer than before
Not of heaven, not of hell, I wish I could ignore
The bereaving god, the mourning angel, suckin' spirit n' sap
I see no exit, I cannot fix it, I wear the beggars crown

Same as usual, this freakin' labyrinth
I think of you, apocalyptic grin
He walks beside me, abacus in hand
It's like a date with Nosferatu The Damned

When death sighs awaken from the slumber
When death sighs you know it's time to go
When death sighs your world is going under
When death sighs now tell me who you love

When death sighs awaken from the slumber
When death sighs sundown says hello
When death sighs I see the wall of wonder
When death sighs now tell me who you love
Now tell me who you love
Now tell me who you love
Now tell me who you love

6. Scandinavian Gods

Young man, sinner, woman, sage
Carry love from birth to grave
You burning mortals will be remembered
When all is gone and all has withered

In rain and in sunshine - heaven and hell
Will you feel grief for me?
Scandinavian gods

Sing for me brother, sister and son
Sing for the brave and old
Scandinavian gods

Raging gods and dusty prophets
Your words they fly through blood 'n' puppets
It's time to leave you, it's time to go
Together we can heal this world

In rain and in sunshine - heaven and hell
Will you feel grief for me?
Scandinavian gods

Sing for me brother, sister and son
Sing for the brave and old
Scandinavian gods

God or devil, never let the wrong hand use you
All together, let's build a better future

In rain and in sunshine - heaven and hell
Will you feel grief for me?
Scandinavian gods

Sing for me brother, sister and son
Sing for the brave and old
Scandinavian gods

In rain and in sunshine - heaven and hell
Will you feel grief for me?
Scandinavian gods

Sing for me brother, sister and son
Sing for the brave and old
Scandinavian gods

7. Devil Voodoo

When everything's the same, and I'm lost and unsane
I just sit here and wait, for devil voodoo
Tired and so bored, like many times before
Longing for some soul - some devil voodoo

Ancient dawn, I need your love, it's what I'm asking for
Come to me and give your light, open up the door
Freeze the time, blind the mind, down to the core
Save my vessel, like you did so many years ago

Dancing with the devil - tango, room to room
Transmission from the tombs
Can I really do, what you want me to?
My charming little friend

From beyond, an inner storm, a swarm to the heart
The evening sun inside my bones, a welcome from the dark
Savage light, I weep and cry - your whisper is so bright
Now take me to the seventh gate, to the garden of delight

Dancing with the devil - tango, room to room
Transmission from the tombs
Can I really do, what you want me to?
My charming little friend

Step into the world of holy trance

Can't you feel it's coming, oh it's nothing new
The devil voodoo, it's here for you
In the midnight hour, touch of deja vú
The devil voodoo - it is true, so true
Greetings from the dark, daggers to the heart
It's devil voodoo, taking you

When everything's the same, and I'm lost and unsane
Longing for some soul - some devil voodoo

Ancient dawn, I need your love, it's what I'm asking for
Come to me and give your light, open up the door
Freeze the time... blind the mind, down to the core
Save my vessel, like you did so many years ago

Dancing with the devil - tango, room to room
Transmission from the tombs
Can I really do, what you want me to?
My charming little friend

Step into the world of holy trance

Can't you feel it's coming, oh it's nothing new
The devil voodoo, it's here for you
In the midnight hour, touch of deja vú
The devil voodoo - it is true, so true
Greetings from the dark, daggers to the heart
It's devil voodoo, taking you

Devil voodoo
Devil voodoo

8. Crucified

Here comes the river again, let's catch the day, and go far away
And here comes infinity, takes hold of me, into the blue

Crucified, forever and ever
Mystified, hell or heaven?
Oh the nails, all the black flowers
I'm de-humanized, this fragile hour

Crucified
Crucified
Crucified
Crucified in the blue light

I sacrificed, on the altar of madness
Gave and fell, like the martyrs of mercy
I'm drifting like debris, into a new tomorrow?
Hate or love, or is it over?

Crucified
Crucified
Crucified
Crucified in the blue light

Crucified
Crucified
Crucified
Crucified in the blue light

I've said it a thousand times
Oh I paid the prize
Let's walk into the setting sun
It's a loaded gun, and they'll be there for us
Those crosses, on the island of decay

Crucified
Crucified
Crucified
Crucified in the blue light

9. Goddess

You're the idol, the sanctum of my prayers
The hallowed water, the anchor and the saviour
Worthy shepherd, the bearer of us all
Oh assembler, the centre of my world

So I'm standing here before you
With sun in hand, a new day
It's not a dream, I do adore you
Do you really feel betrayed?

Humble messenger, the haven, perfection
The sacred word, birth and resurrection
Pious prophet, creator and destroyer
Law and lamb, then thrown on the pyre

So I'm standing here before you
With sun in hand, a new day
It's not a dream, I do adore you
Do you really feel betrayed?

You're not my goddess, no face of religion
And you are not the blood, no ocean inside us
I see you as witch, the enemy that finds us
Our tears fall like crystal, into the fire

So I'm standing here before you
With sun in hand, a new day
It's not a dream, I do adore you
Do you really feel betrayed?

In your eyes, I am demon
But I come as a friend
Oh your path of war and worship
The beginning of the end

10. A Cup Of Coffin (Outro)

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CANDLEMASS LYRICS