DESTINY'S END LYRICS

1. Rebirth

Waiting and watching the sands slip away from me
Looking into the eyes of eternity

I have feared the cold grip of death and the unforeseen
I have hoped the end of my life would begin all my dreams

Returning from an empty eden and shattering life's fantasies
To my rebirth, I owe my chance

Spiraling into the mouth of infinity
Fighting the haunting remains of my memory

I have felt the cold hand of death and the nothingness
I can hear the calling that brings me back from the abyss

Returning from an empty eden and shattering life's fantasies
To my rebirth, I owe this chance
To know the only hell is burning deep in the stars
From my rebirth, to Destiny's End

We were born unto the end
Our destiny's in our hands

[Trade Off Leads: Dan, Perry, Dan, Perry]

Emerging from the womb of the universe
Walking the path of my former existence

I can see a vision of life and it's beckoning
I can shed the thoughts of my past and live once again
I've seen the end

Returning from an empty eden and shattering life's fantasies
To my rebirth, I owe this chance
To know the only hell is burning deep in the stars
From my rebirth, to Destiny's End

2. Breathe Deep The Dark

[To the Memory of H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Frank Belknap Long]

I'm Obscure, the shadow black
Alone I walk on the shunned path
Centuries mine, reveal the past
The unknown yawning black

Treading the lone path others fear to explore
Open gates to realm of eternal night
Material world, nothing to me now
I am one with the darkness
Seek not the light

Alien core, light is not for me
Free in the dark with the coffin worm
Survived alone in the world's dusk
Your gods are dead, earth buried them

Riding the night wind
Soar above the tombs
Of sorcerers departed and towers burned
Doom has taken shape and sealed Earth's fate
Still I live strange years
Stand beneath the stars

Free to ride the solar winds
Above the dying land
Taking my solace in dimensions far
This pale, blank aeon...

Recall years when the worlds sailed
Darkling tides in crimson skies
In galleries ever I search
For haunted crypts where no lamp burns

Lurking in the cavern deep within the mind
Crowning the throne of dreams with the blackened gems
Dwelling in the towers both ruined and vast
I am he who returnes when the scythe shall fall

Free to ride the solar winds
Above the dying land
Taking my solace in dimensions far
This pale, blank aeon...

Once I sough the shape of the world around me
Once I dreamed I'd walk the common path
Once I let the weakened minds disguise me
Once I thought I lost my outer shell

[Lead: Dan]

Dark world is rising
The sky is black
The light of day's not coming back

[Lead: Perry]

I'm the night, my visions dark
Alone I tread the ancient track
Centuries mine, learned from the past
The unknown yawning black

Treading the lone path others fear to explore
Open gates to realm of eternal night
Finding the release in the cosmic scheme
Welcome the exile from those they called men

Free to ride the solar winds
Above the dying land
Taking my solace in dimensions far
Breathe deep the dark!

3. To Be Immortal

Man or a myth, I've been shaped by the hands of the master
Fiction or fraud, my path has been laid in this manner
Pride of creation, a god in the eyes that would view me

Forever - alone with the fears and the haunts that pursue me

King of all kings
From atop this throne I shall reign
Just fuel for my fire, the ones that shall stand in my way
Born to this legend, must I rise to such unholy ranks
A legion behind me, we march towards this life I must claim

Eternity becomes my destiny
Eternity brings serenity

I believe the hand of fate is guiding me
Be not deceived, false gods and their treachery

[Leads: Dan, Perry]

Alone I stand this world that I have made
No more a man, I seek to be immortal

Like lion and lamb, one beast must succumb to the other
I shall take for my own the spirit and dreams of all others
Selfish, filled with greed, this is the caste that shall mark me
Unto this end I shall lead all into my darkness

Eternity becomes my destiny
Eternity brings serenity

I believe the hand of fate is guiding me
Be not deceived, false gods and their treachery

4. Idle City

[Intro Lead: Dan]

The dreams came withering through the trees when the dark had fallen...
No one dares to close their eyes; no ones dares to reach for
sleep when nightmares wait for the call...

[Theme Leads: Perry]

5. The Fortress Unvanquishable

[Inspired by the tale "The Fortress Unvanquishable Save For Sacnoth" by Lord Dunsany]

Night is the enemy men falsely perceive
Chasing pale spectres through a world within dreams
Fear is the catalyst to warp frail minds
At twilight's stroke phantoms besiege
Waking dreamers fall to an abyss of stars

Marching through the darkness where heroes always die
Comets blaze the way to nightmare's return
On feverish wings the creatures they fly
Fortress of dreams invincible you are

Fortress Unvanquishable - free my mind
Fortress Unvanquishable - let me dream

When darkness falls our faith dispells
Strength will break through castle walls
Illusions of peace are dwelling behind
Conquer savagery; time enacts its toll
Mundane is the curse others fail to see
Empty is the sky for those who cannot dream

Fortress Unvanquishable - free my mind
Fortress Unvanquishable - let me dream

Facing immortals shadows
Seeking the fortress tall
Escape the stark reality
Eternal, your quest of dreams

[Lead: Perry]

Men spin their tales of ages past
Leaves turning to ash, old legends die
Fear is the catalyst to warp frail minds
In lands beyond sleep, fleeing lost truths
Comets blaze the way to nightmare's return
Fortress of dreams invincible you are

Fortress Unvanquishable - free my mind
Fortress Unvanquishable - let me dream

6. Sinister Deity

Super god or so he claims
Making is living off of you
Addiction from the goods you receive
He knows what his poison can do
Lifestyle means nothing more
Distortion of values that were
Another fix only makes you smile
Vision now becomes a blur

Ruling this nation, on his command
Spreading corruption over this land

He hooks 'em first, his golden rule
Indulging his profits from our young
His empire, black market wealth
Richness while their necks are being hung

Beating the system, twisting minds
He rips your heart and leaves you blind
The law pretends that he's not there
Paying off bloody affairs
He runs your life, he's picked your crowd
You are his slaves, he's walking proud

He counts his victims, more each day
Your empty lives are cast away

[Lead: Dan]

Takes a life every now and then
Climbing his way straight to the top
The innocent only feel his pain
Will the killing ever stop?
The criminal who can't be stopped by any law of the kind
The overlord with the power of a sinister mind

Spreading corruption over this land

He hooks 'em first, his golden rule
Indulging his profits from our young
His empire, black market wealth
Richness while their necks are being hung

7. Unsolved World

Our every future has been foretold
The contradictions are growing old
Into the unknown we all were born
Suspense eats away, inside we're torn

An unsolved world before us lies
Our backs against the wall
A sea of teardrops will drown our days
We must endure them all
The hurt's forever, the endless search
Who'll free us from the pain?

[Lead: Perry]

A million questions have filled my head
That won't be answered until I'm dead
Then all life's secrets unfold they say
The mystery, was there another way?

An unsolved world before us lies
Our backs against the wall
A sea of teardrops will drown our days
We must endure them all
The hurt's forever, the endless search
Who'll free us from the pain?

[Lead: Dan, Perry]

An unsolved world before us lies
Our backs against the wall
A sea of teardrops will drown our days
We must endure them all
The hurt's forever, the endless search
Who'll free us from the pain?

8. Under Destruction's Thumb

Breaking the silence: lonely screams that can't be heard
Casting the shadows, in your mind his spoken word
Famine and wars, prophecies are said and done
It's growing black, blackening.
Where's the sun? Where's the sun? Where has it gone?
Can you believe all forms of life just die
Atomic fate will show our eyes

Here lies the sad reality
Insight that saw forbidden destiny
A vision saw what was to come
Time is now under destruction's thumb

[Lead: Perry]

The eyes that saw tomorrow
Leads us to the road of sorrow

[Lead: Dan]

Echoes of thunder shout across the reddened sky
So in an instant existence will die
All for the power, money and its lust
Our politicians return us to dust

Here lies the sad reality
Insight that saw forbidden destiny
A vision saw what was to come
Time is now under destruction's thumb
Under its thumb...

9. Clutching At Straws

Twist the world to fit the mold of what you think is right
Colors of the rainbow are really black and white
Clutching at the straws of faith, you're hanging by a thread
Weave a line of lies or you must face what's in your head

[Lead: Perry]

Dial your tomorrows and don't think about today
Desperate empty hearts leaving mind in disarray
Daily dose of fantasy is there for you to read
Caught up in the circus that the media portrays as real

Look now who is crying
Look now who is lying
You'll find you'll die trying
You'll clutching at straws

Doctrines inspired by fear, insight slowly fades
Frustration has you in tears
From confusion you have made

[Harmony Lead: Dan & Perry]

Contradict all that you hear
Your hope slowly fades
The shadows keep drawing near
From illusions you have made
Betrayed!

[Lead: Dan]

You're sailing a darkened sea, not knowing when you'll go
In search of new tomorrows, still pain is all you know
Running out of excuses you can take no more
Sad but true your story ends, you saw nothing to live for

Look now who is crying
Look now who is lying
You'll find you'll die trying
You'll clutching at straws

10. Where Do We Go?

Searching for answers still unfound
Words and lies keep going round
Will I find the golden way?
Feeling lied, feeling betrayed

The times I've tried, the times I've cried
For the ones who've always lied
The times I've tried, the times I've cried
For the ones who've always lied

When I look up to the skies
Is there someone out there?
When it's time to say goodbye
Where do we go when we die?

Only knowing what you fear
Always fearing what you know
If you speak the thoughts you hide
You're an outcast being denied

The times I've tried, the times I've cried
For the ones who've always lied
The times I've tried, the times I've cried
For the ones who've always lied

When I look up to the skies
Is there someone out there?
When it's time to say goodbye
Where do we go when we die?

[Lead: Dan]

The times I've tried, the times I've cried
For the ones who've always lied
The times I've tried, the times I've cried
For the ones who've always lied

When I look up to the skies
Is there someone out there?
When it's time to say goodbye
Where do we go when we die?
Where do we go?

11. The Obscure

[To the Memory of Frank Belknap Long (1901-1994)]
[Inspired by his tales "The Flame Of Life" and "Giants In The Sky"]

[Intro Acoustic Lead: Perry]

Out in the distance the voices are calling
High in the night, the sirens are blaring
Will we survive or just fade away...

Humankind bleeding with arrogance
To not realize they're so insignificant
Adapt to change and leave the Earth behind...
Behind... Behind!

Flame of life - reach the core of space
Suspend time - reach eternity

Won't you tell my future?
The unknown is waiting
Won't you tell my future?
Memory is fading
Won't you tell my future?
Words are forever
Won't you tell my future?
The unknown is waiting

When the final days are approaching
Watch the arrogant ones burn themselves out
Legacy of the obscure
The remaining force going beyond... beyond...

Flame of life the creative mind
Suspend time reach throughout the years
Flame of life reach the core of space
Suspend time reach eternity

Won't you tell my future?
The unknown is waiting
Won't you tell my future?
Memory is fading
Won't you tell my future?
Words are forever
Won't you tell my future?
The unknown is waiting

[Leads: Perry, Dan]

To die as a pauper, while memories remains
To live an outsider, outcast from this time
Masses fall into self destruction
Vanish from greed into oblivion

Won't you tell my future?
The unknown is waiting
Won't you tell my future?
Memory is fading
Won't you tell my future?
Words are forever
Won't you tell my future?
The unknown is waiting







DESTINY'S END LYRICS