HEAVEN SHALL BURN LYRICS

1. March Of Retribution

[Instrumental]

2. Thoughts And Prayers

This burden, they are the scourge of mankind
Fear is their profit
And they will never rest producing sorrow and distress
Incitement of a monstrous industry

This is the time to act – just cut your idle talk
We're getting nowhere fast
Ruthless accessories, preaching dogma from the past
Decades of stagnation, but this order will not last

This is the time to act
But you send thoughts and prayers
Yet we will never rest
You ache for prudent leaders, but there are none
Declare your silent surrender
Thy will be done

Inhuman policies, serving their crime-fueled companies
A well known syndicate, but no regime is built to last
Numbered days, embrace all coming tragedies
Your fall from grace, just drifting, you're sinking
Descending from your decadence
Why should you take the blame, just lying
You're crawling before this blood stained shrine

This is the time to act
But you send thoughts and prayers
Yet we will never rest
You ache for prudent leaders, but there are none
Declare your silent surrender
Thy will be done
And now you dare to tell me,
That we shall never mourn again
And again I hear their hollow sermon
There will never be a compromise
Just empty words, forsaken are the victims,
But they will never fall

We see the signs of time
And we will never rest
You ache for prudent leaders,
But they're all gone
We are the final resistance!

3. Eradicate

For ever
Your deeds are pending
Eradicate the strife within you
Now we will rise and wake you up
We are your nemesis
Welcome your final dawn

I saw them fall
And still I see them falling
Every night and every day
There are no screams, there are no cries
Just dying souls and empty eyes
Their shadows haunting me,
But their ghosts won't break my peace

We had to fight this reign of terror
No choice for me, no choice for all of us, now

Destroy, erase, eradicate
No time for indecisions, for justice's sake
Wipe out, resist, obliterate
An ever-righteous fight became my fate

One community, a road of destiny
Bow to no one
No, nothing tears our bond apart
Their shadows haunting me,
But their ghosts won't break my peace
And I knew that justice must prevail
Confront the tyrants, confront them all

Destroy, erase, eradicate
No time for indecisions, for justice's sake
Wipe out, resist, obliterate
An ever-righteous fight became my fate

Destroy, erase, eradicate for vengeance's sake
No time for indecisions, for justice's sake
Wipe out, resist, obliterate
An ever-righteous fight became my fate
Annihilate their felon state

[Dedicated to Freddie Nanda Dekker-Oversteegen, Truus Menger-Oversteegen and Jannetje Johanna Schaft]

4. Protector

We rise!
Believe me, this is the very end
Still, I am chosen to protect and defend
Ride burning skies, cross dying worlds
But after all, I stand alone and fight this vital war
I'll join this war for you, to front the chosen few

Fight until the turn has come
And cry for all the fallen ones
No fear of pain, no strife in vain
Land is in sight, new hope will rise

Don't be afraid – I'm by your side
So strong in mind, we'll take their hearts by storm
And no amnesty for our enemies
I am your shield and sword

Just carry on until the day is won
All hail the vault, we bow to none
And I am here to heal
You have to know – I'll treat your bleeding wounds
Endure the pain, take all the strain
All doubt denied, grace will abide
I'll win this war for you

Don't be afraid – I'm by your side
So strong in mind, we'll take their hearts by storm
And no amnesty for our enemies,
This dark dominion will be torn

No oblivion, I've seen your darkest days
We've been through hell together, a proven bond
Forever true to ourselves
There's no denying, I am the last resort
This pure commitment is so firm
My iron will undying

I'll end this war for you
For fury and justice, I will take a stand
Regain your sight, embrace the light
For peace of mind, leave them behind

Don't be afraid – I'm by your side
So strong in mind, we'll take their hearts by storm
And no amnesty for all their felonies
A new dominion will be born
I am your shield and sword
This new dominion will be born

5. Übermacht

Absolute rule, reason alone did not prevail,
Only one hope, your time is up
And all the new entities will dawn
And they'll be risen from no ashes
Merciless and adamant, all options gone
We are surrounded by the wolves

Es zwingt Dich auf die Knie
Vor Unerbittlichem stehst Du allein
Und voller Zweifel im Zustand der Angst,
Endlich beugt sich Dein Haupt der Übermacht

Du hast die Henker selbst gewählt,
Hast jeden Widerstand aus Deinem Geist verbannt
Als die Jahre des Handelns verstrichen
Dein Tanz im Lügenreigen
Brachte Dein treues Herz zum Schweigen

Days of the green wolves dawning
A new hegemony ascending, survive at any cost
Like flies you'll crowd around the only light

No storm will sweep away what you call safety
No war will swallow all your rapture
For generations, unfolding in obscurity
Lifted upward to the stars by collective heresy

Days of the green wolves dawning
A new hegemony ascending, survive at any cost
Now you know, time wasted is time lost

Es ist vorbei
Vor Unerbittlichem stehst Du allein
Und ohne Gnade hör' ich die Seelen brechen
Endlich, devot folgst Du dem Übergang

Did you never see the shadows?
Freedom from danger is no more
How could you fail to hear the echoes,
The calling of impending doom?

Days of the green wolves dawning
A new hegemony ascending, survive at any cost
So much too late you saw and understood
Es zwingt Dich auf die Knie,
Endlich, beugt sich Dein Haupt der Übermacht

6. My Heart And The Ocean

Onwards!
There is a storm so deep within my heart
Still raging and untamed, yet focused and upright
Raised by visions of the future, now fueled by fury and hope

I carry the torch, just unerasable
Where winds rule mighty waves and lands so rough and cold
Know, all your scorn is just like salt on my lips
Athirst for freedom, hungry for change, eager for justness

Yes, I am at home where no one ever settled down
And I call family the ones that took a stand with me

I carry the torch, just unerasable
Where winds rule mighty waves and lands so rough and cold
Know, all your scorn is just like salt on my lips
Athirst for freedom, hungry for change, eager for justness
Committed to redemption, opposing hidden felonies
As truth was slain so ruthlessly

And all you once believed will fall into contempt
I know that all my sacrifices will make all the difference
I faced moments of reflection, but never times doubt
Enduring nights of contemplation,
But never days of indecision
These criminals will hear our battle call
Eager for justness, committed to redemption
Revealing silent tragedies

I carry the word, just unmistakable
Where lies spark bitter hate, in days so grey and old
Know, all your scorn is just like salt on my lips
Athirst for freedom, hungry for change

I carry the deed, just irresistible
Where fools rule mighty states and men so blind and dull,
Know, all your scorn is just the salt on my lips
Athirst for freedom, hungry for change

7. Expatriate

These are the final days of your pharisaic unconcern.
So just stand back and witness the fall of modern Babylon!
New empires rose from ashes and they will fall to dust,
Just like these everlasting fortresses will burn,
Believed to be untouchable, invulnerable –
Not taken by an alien army,
But eroded and weakened from within.
By rotten dogma and indifference.
Awake!

Now fools will be your leaders
And these jesters are your only hope?
Drowning in decadence and degeneration,
As inbred modes of thought will degrade all of your cultures.
This elitism has lead you down the darkest path.
Take up the baton, this is not the time for declining battles,
Never stop disputing, never stop the struggle –
this enemy is wide awake and willing to march way ahead of us!

They all preach harmony, but they just promote surrender.
And their poisoned peace will suffocate!
As liars rise to speak, yes, we shall wander this world
As wolves among the sheep.
Yet, they shall not claim these words!
They will not take this mind!
And here I stand, I can do no other!
I come into this unforgiving conflict,
So deep within the darkest abyss.
Excommunicated, expatriated, but still fighting
Amidst the heart of blackness
No longer am I misled by your deceitful hopes,
Embracing the certitude of victory, the triumph of integrity.
This is my strife, for all eternity.

Und wie Motten um das Licht, so tanzt Du weiter um das Feuer,
das die Welt verbrennt, stehst lauthals lachend und doch taub
und blind vor einem unbestechlichen Gericht,
das Licht von Schatten, das Existenz von Nichtsein trennt.
Dein geschundenes Herz, geknechtet und betrogen von falschen Träumen,
Verblendung und unsäglicher Vernunft,
klagt Dich und Deine eitlen Götter endlich an!
Dort steigt kein milder Nebel der Vergessenheit,
es fällt kein Tuch des Schweigens über all die Zweifel, all die Lügen!
Denn Dein Wissen siegte niemals über deine Taten,
Du hast verstanden und gesehen, doch niemals aufbegehrt.
Hier triffst Du die Wahrhaftigkeit, erbarmungslos.
Doch auch gerecht und rein. Ein kalter, klarer Blick in
stille Tiefen deines Seins. Aus diesem Abgrund starren dich,
hellwach, die Augen aller Deiner Ängste an
und tausend Stimmen Deiner Feinde verkünden eine
hohe Wahrheit, die wohl niemals vor in Dein Gewissen drang:
Eure Führer, Eure Farben, all Eure geliebten Staaten
und alles, was Euch heilig ist, sind nichts als Treibgut
in den ewigen Gezeiten
von Aufstieg, Herrschaft, Niedergang!

8. What War Means

An everlasting state of conflict, forgotten and remote,
Disregarded and concealed
There is slaughter and bloodshed every day,
Hunger, pain and forced migration
So far away from your safe homes
A world engulfed in violence
None of your fathers, none of your brothers,
Sons and daughters lost in action
Self-sacrifice, a privilege just granted to the poor

The cruelties you know are black and white,
So distant in time and space
Manipulated and sedated by military vapouring
About surgical precision and righteous interventions
Now they promise "no feet on the ground"

But you're just bored with peace
These wars are televised, edited and defanged
Blindness!

No screams of anguish resound,
No air raid sirens sounding through the night,
You just consume the horror, entertaining and amusive,
You're not at war
our land of bliss lies in an oppressed world of misery
There has never been esteem for simple human harmony

And you're just bored with peace
These wars are long-yearned-for,
They need these states to burn
Believe me, you do not know,
What war means, what war does to your families

Feelings of supremacy, reckless and inconsiderate
Contracted patriots heady with victory
And lacking ordinary empathy
An everlasting state of conflict, forgotten and remote,
Disregarded and concealed
And you're just bored with peace, an abysmal tragedy

9. Terminate The Unconcern

We're trapped within an endless loop
Of empty words and declarations
We will not trust in you!
This deliberate confusion makes me want
To carve the truth into their sneering faces
Our time is now!
All your deceptive protestations, I can't stand it anymore
We are the wake up call!
This is the end of your misleading
Divide and conquer – your tried and trusted concept,
Executed and enforced, yes, from year one

We see decades elapsing, years passing by,
This idleness an endless bane
In the name of progression,
It's time to terminate the unconcern

And a long time ago I heard you talk about our current age
And today you're still discussing times ahead
So powerless and impotent, phrases all repetitive
I say future – you mean futures
I scream future – you hear futures
Your talk is cheap!

A fight for "tomorrow"
Means the uncompromising transformation of today
Before uneasy truths become just bitter certitudes
Yes, all must change to save the status quo!

We see decades elapsing, years passing by,
This apathy a heavy blame
I cannot wait for confessions,
It's time to terminate the unconcern
As all your lies became convictions
And blind beliefs infected common sense
We cannot wait for shining saviors,
We will end your tampering
The days of your timeworn doctrines are over,
Your fall from power imminent

And never again will you fail to fulfill
Your duties are commitments
Those days are over, gone forever!
Strengths of purpose will now rule your corrupt world
You shall be driven!

[Dedicated to our unforgotten friend Florian Schäfer]

10. The Ashes Of My Enemies

[Instrumental]

11. Children Of A Lesser God

This is a life led in the shadows of your greed
As all your rotten leaders keep on corrupting our peace
So profit craving and addicted to increase,
there is no limit, no giving over
But I swear that this cold man-eating machine
Will be destroyed and shall rust away

This is a land, crushed by the pressure of your needs
Since mindless wastage and consumption growing stronger
Day by day

There is this cause you once called guilt
Now you just wash it off your hands
Yes, we are the children of a lesser god
But hear my oath, we shall untie this Gordian knot!
Never kiss the hands of the swayers

This is a man, scarred by injustice and defeat
Enslaved and kept away from education
Now so frustrated and distracted
On their knees they beg for reform, they pray for rescue
To the masters of their earthly misery
I swear, I'll throw just everything against my bitter fate!

There is this cause you once called guilt
Yet you wash it off your hands
Yes, we are the children of a lesser god
But hear my oath, we shall untie this fatal knot!
Never kiss the hands of the swayers
And never bow to servants and betrayers

There is no conflict, as none of you has any interest in me
Where rights of men should rule, there are just blindness,
Disregard and apathy. Your shining promise
This so-called pursuit of happiness, it is all exclusive,
It's just a lie to keep you warm

World conquest
This baneful dogma of reckless accretion,
Your highest law and order
Within the darkness of your domineering ignorance
We roam about, we go astray and nothing will you ever hear
About this struggle, about this lonely fight for survival...

12. La Résistance

I speak of truth and sacrifice
Yes, here I am to end this rightless rule at last
High were your dreadful hopes
High are your casualties
Yes, I defy your leaders

As long as this heart beats, there will be defiance
As long as these eyes see, they'll look for hope
Ad infinitum, all the hatred you invoke
Only one spark to light the masses
To turn the fearful calm
Into a raging storm to liberate this world

I dream of peace and equity
But all this oppression
It leaves no choice for me
Heidegger is marching
High minded and reckless

As long as this heart beats, there will be defiance
As long as these eyes see, they'll look for hope
You'll never break these hands
As long as I breathe, I'll clench my fists
Ad infinitum, all the hatred you invoke
Only one spark to light the masses
To turn the fearful calm
Into a raging storm, to liberate this world
Unbroken, hard minded

13. The Sorrows Of Victory

[Prolog:]
We welcome the wandering years,
We follow the road of destinies
And then thousand men ride by my side,
Leaving their homes and pasts behind
At my command, the greatest armies fall like leaves
And I triumph, so I carry the sorrows of victory

A feeling of fatedness captures my mind
We are the favoured few and I am the chosen one
Bright eyes stare
Now I carry the sorrows of victory
And dark eyes glisten
A passage at arms, in veneration of the enemy

As crusaders leave their fortresses, sent by the only god
Blessed and elected man at arms
I see a grand and noble army of the highest knights
Brave and superior, elite leaders, never to be conquered
Yield to their fate, delivered to the splendid force of destiny
Their graceful providence predestinated
By the holy ghost alone

Their death defiance is so vital for this upright war
They ride with courage born from true belief
Boundless devotion, until their self-abandonment
From the beginning longing for his glorious order
To be immortal and eternalized
As deathless songs will carry all their names
This glorious endeavor, eternalized
Ad perpetuam memoriam!

[Interludium:]
Gone are their colours, all saviors lost without a trace
Set to each other by the same divinity,
As they stare into an unknown distance
Untold passages at arms, welcome this triumph, eternally
...and we carry the sorrows of victory

Oh, this glorious disaster, immortalized
Per omnia saecula saeculorum. In perpetuum!
I carry the sorrows of victory

As crusaders reach the promised land
Their sense of mission unrestrained,
I see a grand and noble army of the highest knights
Doomed and convicted,
Haunted elite leaders never to return
Per omnia saecula saeculorum. In perpetuum!

14. Stateless

My bitter truth!
I am stateless, just drifting loveless
Born into a dungeon and brought up by despair
Haunted by distress, isolated, dominated

Never will I reach my final haven
And your freedom burns my soul
For I am stateless, no past will set my future
Oh, how I miss the purity of my heart

There was nothing, that I knew about your world
And the more I learn, the more I grow apart from you
I've never met an honest smile, I never felt a caring touch
My bitter truth!

And never will I reach my final haven
And your liberty just confined me
For I am stateless, no past will set my future
Oh, how I miss the purity of my heart

All this falseness, all your vanities and stains
Your pointless pains and sorrows
It's raining down on me like countless burning arrows
Just scorch my body and pierce my unshielded soul
Escaped into a world full of deceit
I never learned to live under a thousand creeds

Never will I reach my final haven
As my inner dungeon defines me
For I am stateless, no past will set my future
Oh, how I miss the purity of my heart

My bitter truth! I am stateless

Inspired by the story of Shin Dong-hyuk

15. Tirpitz

[Auf Befehl des Führers und obersten Befehlshabers der Wehrmacht taufe ich dich auf den Namen "Tirpitz".]

Sitting on watch in deep and icy boreal fjords
Yet untouchable
A man-made mountain of cold Wotan-Stahl
Wielding a silent reign of terror, from afar, northernmost
Summoned to this distant post
Still shrouded under heavy clouds
And worthy crowned by glacial mountain chains
Absolute supremacy

A fleet in being, avoided fearfully by all her enemies
The lonely queen of the north, raising her lethal scepter
All superior artillery, but doomed to fall
As the last of her kind

A cathedral of steel, dedicated to annihilation and dismay
Wearing the signum of oppression
Surrounded by auroras of perdition
Breathing chemical fog, even trees refuse to grow

A fleet in being, despised abysmally by all her enemies
The lonely queen of the north, raising her lethal scepter
All superior artillery, but doomed to fall
As the last of her kind

Direct hits out of clear skies
12.000 lb armor piercing Tallboy bombs
Putting an end to her command
The death knell sounding over this iron tomb...

[Dedicated to Torstein Pettersen Raaby]

16. Truther

Unmask the lies, expose the filthy liars,
Combat the untruth, a lonely voice among the mute
You are the only one to see through all deception
Shunned by the world, an arrogant establishment

Your fear of sooth, no urge to get real
And wake the demon of self-awareness
And ye shall know of the truth and it shall set you free!
Mental overload and complete failure
Run like a common thread through all your lives
No, you never take the blame
Scapegoating!
Stubborn, escaping reliance
Deny a social contract, no rational perception
Abhorrence of science, elevation of deceivers, hysteria
Infatuation!

Your fear of sooth, no urge to get real
And ye shall know the truth and it shall set you free!

Again and again
Your faint ideas, your antic guesswork
Replacing common sense
Truthers, tragic figures

17. Critical Mass

[originally by Nuclear Assault]

The bio-sphere, the place we live
It seems like we don't give a damn
Other species flushed down the tubes
We need another race to rape
The way we live, we will destroy
Every other living thing
Till none are left except our race
And then we will destroy ourselves

Another oil spill!
Atomic waste displaced!
Another forest dies!
Bring on the acid rain!

Slightly insane, the type of greed
That makes a world unfit for life
Toxic wastes destroy our seas
While poison gas pollutes the air
A waste of life, while no one cares
The earth becomes a giant tomb
Critical mass will be achieved
And ruins will be all that's left

Another oil spill!
Atomic waste displaced!
Another forest dies!

A hell on earth, what we create
Dragging life to death with us
All living things destroyed or used
By shortsighted human beings
We do these things, let them be done
Apathy creates despair
The damage done will be too great
The world wounded beyond repair

Another oil spill!
Atomic waste displaced!
Another forest dies!
Bring on the acid rain!

18. Eagles Among Vultures

Yes, I see eagles among vultures
And I am an eagle among vultures
Yes, I lead off the fight
As an eagle among vultures
But I survive!

Yes, I am drifting, I am swaying to and fro
As I pay the price for all this dissolution
But I never lost my compass, purposeful stand upright
Rectitude against all odds and strong my will to sacrifice
But a steady object of damnation

There are untold fights within me
And my fair rage tries to break free
Alienation and unrest are my constant company
It is a million of them versus a thousand like me

I am an eagle among vultures
Yes I know, it is a million of them
Versus a thousand like me

There's just no deference
Towards the needy and the weak,
I see misuse of power, I feel regard declining
A community so disunited and corrupted
Only fist law will prevail

Still there are untold fights within me
And my fair rage tries to break free
It took so many tries and setbacks to see
It is a million of them versus a thousand like me

Yes, I see eagles among vultures
And I am an eagle among vultures
But I survive, I take this strife!
I hear them talk like masters, not like servants
I see them guard the palace, not the shacks

There are untold fights within me
For all one is worth, pushing the law towards equality
And always wary, to not fall between the cracks
It is a million of them versus a thousand like me

19. Weakness Leaving My Heart

There is no calling
There is no sense of temperance
There's nothing left to limit greed and pure malevolence
A vast and clear disorder of this stricken system
So shaken and displaced, all foundations torn

Just no one there to fight this spreading decadence
But I feel there is still uproar in this heart
I take my stance, but there is this yawning gap
Right by my side
As if your absence summoned all these wicked ghosts

But I feel, that all this pain is just weakness leaving my heart
Yes, I'll wear the mark of the outcast like an imperial crown
Yet, all my agonies and torments
Become victories and blessings

I will carry you in triumph and in loss
Your spirit is still strong within me
And our enemies will face you
Through my words and by my deeds
Finally I know, that all this pain
Is just weakness leaving my heart







HEAVEN SHALL BURN LYRICS