EX DEO LYRICS

1. The Fall of Claudius

"I, Claudius, will tell you how to frame your laws. Profiteering and bribery will stop.
The senate will function only in the name of Roman justice.
And all of you who have acquired positions dishonestly will the replaced by men who love Rome better than their purses.
I will break everything wrong in the senate like an old dry twig!
On this basis only, I will become your emperor."

She's cast a spell on me, the leaves fall from the darkened tree
Still Hypnotized by her, Agrippina, my goddess, my queen
Rise from the root of the hive, rise from the blood of deceit and lies
The snakes are slithering, the stench of rot, lies beneath your paradise

Twisted are the sins of lust
All my life I was just and fair
Different but good
Different but good
All my life I was just and fair
Different but good
Different but good

Why have the gods forsaken me
Beneath the sorrow in disguise?
They called me crippled, they laughed at me
The cries of vengeance always merciful

Still her beauty beholds me
Fear has overtaken me
The fallen ways of diplomacy
Taken by the grip of power

Crippled dysfunction possesses my being, my everything
Oh, how this curse bestows the novelty in me
Ripped by the bowels of hell

"Through time I have been honorable.
I have served the people of Rome.
And as the great emperor
I was just, I was honorable
They laughed at me
They laughed at me!"

Of blood and fire, of poison and death
Of gods and slaves, of truth and lies
Of honor and death

The first betrayal, the wrath of fire, in her seductive eyes
Agrippina, the mother of snakes

Twisted are the sins of lust
Power turns to rust
I hear death calling my name
All my life I was just and fair
Different but good
Different but good
All my life I was just and fair
Different but good
Different but good

Why have the gods forsaken me
Beneath the sorrow in disguise?
They called me crippled, they laughed at me
The cries of vengeance always merciful

2. Imperator

From the bowels of eternal fire, risen deep from the womb of hell
I breathe the power, stricken from the poisonous tongue
Of filth and scum, strangulate the earth of the purest blood
I lay in the eagles' nest, surrounded by serpents

The days of silence are over
See the winds of devastation
Bring in the terror
Bring in the madness
My mothers blood forever entangled

Hear me now
I never wanted to be king
See me now
The reckoning for years to come

Imperator – Hail!
Hail me as the god of war
Imperator – Hail!
Seeded in thunder and Light
Imperator – Hail!
The lust, the blood, the sun
Imperator – Hail!
Hail me as the tyrant god

Reign – Forever – Antichrist
Worship – Forever – Antichrist
Sing – Forever – Antichrist
Elevate – Forever – Antichrist

Whisper, whisper, whisper
The seeds of devastation

Rein in the terror
Bring in the madness
My mothers blood forever entangled

Hear them now
The cries of faithfuls burned alive
See it now
Engulf the world in fire

Imperator – Hail!
Hail me as the god of war
Imperator – Hail!
Seeded in thunder and Light
Imperator – Hail!
The lust, the blood, the sun
Imperator – Hail!
Hail me as the tyrant god

3. The Head of the Snake

Mother, how have the gods betrayed you
You cradled me into a monster
Paranoia infects my mind

You whispered lies to me
You whispered words of deceit
I remember everything

Brother, how have the gods betrayed you
Innocent but you must die
Poisoned
Poisoned
Now sleep, little brother, sleep forever

Why couldn't you love me, everything you wanted was everything but me
I fell into your grip
But no longer shall I long for your touch
No more
No more
Now I shall take the head of the snake and bury it forever

You whispered lies to me
You whispered words of deceit
I remember everything

This world is not big enough for the both of us
The gods have spoken

Come
Take my hand, let me show you the empire you created
Agrippina
Mother of snakes and fire
My blood is your blood and it shall live forever through me

These waters will not drown you therefore
Stab the belly that bares the fruit of this god

4. Boudicca (Queen of the Iceni)

"Britannia must be annexed! By orders of Emperor Nero, under the prudent guidance of Seneca..."

You raped my children
You had me flogged
You broke the treaty
You spat on the kings will
Betrayer of all things sacred
Your eagles bathe in sin of blood and lust

Immortal enemy
Tribal chants of unity
Celtic warriors under the sun
Lift the Queen of the Iceni
Knower of the oak tree
Above the lakes and mountains

Can you hear the war cries
Can you hear the spirit rise
Can you hear the war cries
Can you hear the spirit rise

The winds of war calls the spirit of the ancients
Alliances broken by conflict and grace
Swim through the blood of the fallen Celts
To rise into battle of foreign invaders

The river flows eternal
The gods they whisper sacred hymns
Natures' way of liberation
Through the eyes of fire

The river flows eternal
The gods they whisper sacred hymns
Natures' way of liberation
Through the eyes of fire

Piercing wounds of fatal blows
Columns of bodies fall to death
Windfall of screams point to the skies
The resurrection of courage aligned

War
War
War

"Let us, therefore, go against them, trusting boldly to good fortune.
Let us show them that they are hares and foxes trying to rule over dogs and wolves."

5. Britannia: The 9th at Camulodonum

Like madness running through their veins
Bloodthirsty to avenge the occupiers
Riddled with hate
The allied Iceni came roaring through the land

Cut through the Roman habitants
Boudicca with fire in her eyes
The taste of blood
None shall live
None shall escape
All shall perish

9th at Camulodonum
Behold the eagle of Rome
9th at Camulodonum
The grip of death awaits
9th at Camulodonum
Legion at the hands of hell
9th at Camulodonum
The slaughter of the brave
The slaughter of the brave

Beheaded veterans of Rome
Civilians disfigured and butchered
Merciless attacks of the tribes
Blood running through the stones of time

General Quintus Cerialis
Commander of the 9th Legion
With thousands of men ready to die
From Colonia we set forth the liberation
And reinstate the Roman glory

Distant are the graves
Distant are the cries of help
Attacks came from everywhere
They came from all sides
Like wild animals unearthing the afterlife
Dismantled

9th at Camulodonum
Behold the eagle of Rome
9th at Camulodonum
The grip pf death awaits
9th at Camulodonum
Legion at the hands of hell
9th at Camulodonum
The slaughter of the brave

6. Trial of the Gods (Intermezzo)

[Instrumental]

7. The Fiddle & The Fire

It was a calm night
The eerie sound of distant wolves
Made themselves heard into the night
As if Romulus tried to warn the gods

At the Circus Maximus
The darkened smoke comes alive
The crows roam over with death in sight
The fire burns the flesh

It burns the earth
It burns the soul
The fire rages
The distant sounds of fear

Oh, what art you witnessed today
Can you see the golden palace?
Hear my fiddle sing the hymns of sorrow
Of sorrow

"There's only one possible culprit for such atrocities to Rome:
Christianus, the sect of lies and deceit.
And for this they must be punished with death and fire."

Rise to witness the art of decadence
Listen to the music of hell
And these strings come to harmony

It burns the earth
It burns the soul
The fire rages
The distant sounds of fear

Oh, what art you witnessed today
Can you see the golden palace?
Hear my fiddle sing the hymns of sorrow
Of sorrow

Oh, what art you witnessed today
Can you see the golden palace?
Hear my fiddle sing the hymns of sorrow
Of sorrow

8. Son of the Deified

Seneca, tell me
Can an emperor be an actor?
But I love it
Love it

Music is the way to the soul
Gives me freedom from this prison
It makes me fly to the world
The plebs, they love me
They want to hear me sing

These rich filthy animals, these so called senators
They repel me, they want to see me lay in a pool of blood
My blood!
I, Nero, will skin them alive and feed them to their wives
Oh can you hear the scream of anguish

I'll wear their faces at the gatherings
I'll dance with their dead bodies
And play music with their bones
An ever flowing stream of blood
As I dine in laughter

Come forth
Kneel before me
I am the emperor
I will not be merciful, Piso
Here is the knife
Plunge it in your soul
Die, traitor, die

I'll wear their faces at the gatherings
I'll dance with their dead bodies
And play music with their bones
An ever flowing stream of blood
As I dine in laughter

I am the son of the deified
And you shall feel my wrath
You shall feel my wrath

9. What Artist Dies in Me…

You have no idea who I am
Can you feel the havoc inside?
In my dominion
I torture the sane for eternal rapture

Sacrifice the blood of the heavens
Tear apart the world of vultures
And sing with me forever

One by one
Skin them alive
Gauge their eyes so they can't see

Let the blood flow through the might of Rome
Theses sinister thoughts invade my mind
I'll make them pay
I'll make them suffer

They can't see the talents in me
Oh, what tragedy the world has bestowed on me
Will the sun god shine on me?

Pretorian
Tell me who's the traitor?
Pretorian
Are you the one they sent for me?

All the glory in the world cannot be enough to understand my philosophy
You have betrayed the very essence of my existence
Oh, what artist dies in me
What artist dies in me

10. The Revolt of Galba

As the dust settles in the night
The old voices of the fallen
Emperors of fortitude
Come to haunt the once glorious lands
You can still hear Nero's poems
In the arena of death

Presence, so glorious and magnificent
So envious in its elegance
The essence of domination
Of resilience, of power and struggle
Entwined in centuries to come

From Hispania raises Galba
Ambitious, ruthless
Conspirator, new emperor
Traitors aligned for the head of Nero
Nymphidus and Vindex on the front
Assassins

Bribes of corruption to abandon Nero
Pretorian guards to follow
The honor fades
The glory dies
The future turns to dark
The future turns to dark

As the dust settles in the night
The old voices of the fallen

From Hispania raises Galba
Ambitious, ruthless
Conspirator, new emperor
Traitors aligned for the head of Nero
Nymphidus and Vindex on the front
Assassins

Emperors of fortitude
Come to haunt the once glorious lands
You can still hear Nero's poems
In the arena of death

Presence, so glorious and magnificent
So envious in its elegance
The essence of domination
Of resilience, of power and struggle
Entwined in centuries to come







EX DEO LYRICS