HEAVEN SHALL BURN LYRICS

1. Godiva

Come save me from the burning,
Ride against these dire times,
Versus all apathy and disregard,
Yielding new hope to all the fallen ones,
To all the silenced, to those unheard...

A sign of hope in peaceless times,
A shining light among the darkest nights,
Godiva, your silent rage will bury them,
Godiva, promise me, convey our hate and screams...

Will you bury them, Godiva will you bury them,
No truth will ever reach them, no word will ever touch him,
A life beyond all sympathy...

A sign of hope in peaceless times,
A shining light among the darkest nights,
Godiva, your silent rage will bury them,
Godiva, promise me, convey our hate and screams...

One day the tide is turning,
And nothing will be left for them,
Of all their vanity, of all this selfishness,
Godiva will bury them, Lady Godiva,
When will you ride again...

No truth will ever reach them,
No word will ever touch him,
A life beyond all sympathy...

A sign of hope in peaceless times,
A shining light among the darkest nights,
Godiva, your silent rage will bury them,
Godiva, promise me, convey our hate and screams...

2. Land Of The Upright Ones

The dawn of a new age is near,
We'll put an end to all the chaos and fear
Under angry skies we march,
Against this downfall,
Against this unjust regime

No masters, no leaders,
This is the end of treason
There's nothing they will carry on
Black-hearted are their promises
Believe me, liberty is paid by blood

There's nothing they will carry on
There's nothing they will carry on
Nothing they will act upon
Nothing they will carry on
Nothing they will act upon

No masters, no leaders,
This is the end of treason
There's nothing they will carry on
Black-hearted are their promises
Believe me, liberty is paid by blood

There is nothing, I can pledge to you
But whatever we will win is more than slavery
This life, this golden future – it's in our hands
This wealth belongs to all of us

No masters, no leaders,
This is the end of treason
There's nothing they will carry on
Black-hearted are their promises
Believe me, liberty is paid by blood

Looted and defiled
Those days are over now
Felons will be brought to justice
Why don't you learn from my mistakes?

This life, this future, we'll build a new foundation
A new era we will bid welcome

This life, this future, this is a new foundation
A new era we will bid welcome

Your master, your leader this is the end of reason
There's nothing we will carry on
Good-hearted were the promises,
Why don't you learn from my mistakes

3. Die Stürme Rufen Dich

Until the day I die, I will not end this fight.
Believe me, that I am this haunted man forever,
Their hopefull eyes, their desperate cries,
This certitude to shatter dying dreams forever

Du kannst auf bessere Tage warten, doch diese Zeit ist deine Zeit
Deine Worte, deine Taten werden bald schon nichts mehr zählen
Die Stürme rufen dich, hier und jetzt muss es geschehen,
Du hörst die Glocken schlagen und keine Angst wird uns regieren

An unseen genocide, a world war on the enslaved ones
Shieldless, Facing depotism,
This is the awakening - Es ist die Zeit des Erwachens

Right here, right now within the walls of babylon
Die Stürme rufen dich
I stand and fight, deny your lies forever
Die Stürme rufen dich

Forced by northern kingdoms, looted and held down
Despoiled and patronized just like conquered colonies
Old men return to reason, as power is taken by their rival sons

4. Fallen

Fallen, long fallen are the righteous ones, long gone their high ideals
Corrupted are their leaders, feeding the machine, dreaming of yesterday

Never will I be someone, frightened by your threats, beaten by your clubs
Words are my weapon, conviction is my shield,
A new sun rises but bludgeoned are the upright ones

No remorse, still in power are the criminals, enforcing vicious claims
Wounded and hunted are the deviants, convicted and condemned

Never will I be someone, unsettled by my fears, corroded by this greed
Words are my weapon, conviction is my shield,
A new sun rises but bludgeoned are the upright ones
Never will I be someone, poisoned by your lies, betraying this demise

But your dominion turned my love to horror,
Converted my compassion into my darkest hate
We were about to stall this merciless machine,
Leading a strong-willed youth out of the shadow of your past

Raised in the bombing rain, scarred by an unforgiving war
Executed those who sparked the masses,
Unrepentant, state-aided violence takes its course

Forever will I be the one, draining your blackest tears,
Holding your darkest fears
Real are my weapons, terror is my yield
A dark sun rises and bludgeoned are the upright ones,
Forever bludgeoned are the upright ones

5. Hunters Will Be Hunted

This is the end of all endurance,
No mercy for assassins
Violence against violence
And hunters will be hunted
Until the slaughter ceased to be
Believe me, you'll regret your deeds
We took a stand and won't retreat
Until their malice ceased to be
Nothing justifies your greed
You will not succeed

You shall regret your felonies
We took a stand and won't retreat
And hunters will be hunted
Until the slaughter ceased to be
Across the open seas, together through the storm
You'll make no creature bleed, nevermore, forevermore

No drawing back, direct, actions strike upon you
No compromise, no giving in
Defending those who cannot fight
Justice must prevail
A campaign for relief

I looked him straight in the eye
This moment of compassion
I found my mission in life
We send them to the bottom
Forevermore

6. You Will Be Godless

Godless old men, confess your sins,
Why don't you practice what you preach

An isolated super state,
Lead and controlled by rotten tyrants
Detached from this world and disconnected from reality
Maintaining power is the highest destination
Suppressing real enlightment and ruling by oppression
Misanthropic doctrines, committed only to their profit

Follow them and godless you will be
Preaching love but feeding hatred
Forgiving sins, concealing crimes
Just follow them and godless you shall be

Infallible, an ultimate authority,
Without any explanation
Manipulation, profiteering
Money greedy hypocrites, power-hungry dotards
Downtrodden believers, trapped within archaic structures

Why don't you practice, what you preach

Follow them and godless you will be
Feeding the sawyer, taunting the starving
Worship creation, while agonizing creatures

Black hearts beating under snow white cassocks
Their golden beringed hands, pray to a distressed icon
Ancient traditions of justifying dark suppressors

7. Valhalla

[originally by Blind Guardian]

High in the sky where eagles fly
Morgray the dark enters the throne

Open wide the gate friend the king will come
Blow the horn and praise the highest lord
Who'll bring the dawn he's a new god in the palace of steel
Persuade the fate of everyone
The chaos can begin let it in

So many centuries, so many gods
We were the prisoners of our own fantasy
But now we are marching against these gods
I'm the wizard, I'll change it all

Valhalla, Deliverance
Why've you ever forgotten me?
Valhalla, Deliverance
Why've you ever forgotten me?
Valhalla, Deliverance
Why've you ever forgotten me?
Magic is in me
I'm the last magic man
Never found what I was looking for
Now I found it but it's lost

The fortress burns broken my heart
I leave this world our gods are gone

So many centuries, so many Gods
We were the prisoners of our own fantasy
But then we had nothing to lead our lives
No, no, we can't live without our gods

Valhalla, Deliverance
Why've you ever forgotten me?
Why've you ever forgotten me?

8. Antagonized

We don't comply to normal standards,
Non conform and freedom-loving outcast
We've turned away! We won't betray!
A haven for the seakers, a shelter for the renegades,
No where else there's tolerance to find
Protecting the freedom of our thoughts, beyond compulsions
And against their uniform constraints, we had nowhere to go,
But here we can at last express our senses

This is the voice of those who turned away
And never to be victimized again
Now you can follow the calling of your heart
A place to be, claiming your needs

This is the fight of real believer,
A true defender of essential liberties,
Against their cultural defaults
And versus clerical blockheadness
Harassed and controlled,
Spied out and monitored without a gap,
Betrayers commanded unquestioning obidience,
But a stubborn mind bore up against the tide

We've turned away! We won't betray!
A haven for the seakers, a shelter for the renegades,
No where else there's tolerance to find

This is the voice of those who won't betray
And never to be victimized again
Why don't you follow the calling of your heart
He fought for you, so claim your needs

9. Like Gods Among Mortals

There is no peace to find and
Empty words of regret fade away,
As greed of gain has drowned all temperance,
There's nothing left to stem the rising blackness

This is the agony of human sympathy
Merchants of misery assumed control
Leading a biased trail, the ruin of democracy

They sell the seeds of perdition
To the highest price
Like gods among mortals they walk
The way of damnation

Deathmongers, elected and legitimised,
Sitting in secret councils
Corrupted henchmen, no beholder
Fraternity is wiped from the face of this earth

They sell the seeds of perdition
To the highest price
Like gods among mortals they walk
The way of damnation

10. 53 Nations

So many sons and daughters, poised to attack,
Born in distant fatherlands
Marching under the heavens of spain
And without fear go to the barricades

Brothers and sisters in arms
This is the reckoning
Now only hatred fills our hearts
Raising the colours of freedom

In ruthless fights, I saw my best friends die
Now buried far away, so far away from home,
Lionhearted soldiers, no one shall forget their names
Understanding what the world still had to learn

No mercy to the villains,
Defending the republic infected by a fascist pestilence
This righteous fight reveals your shame,
Delivered to oblivion, those who fought a horrid beast

Homecoming held no glory and silence covers our tombs,
Scorned and despised, left and denied, but still do I defy,
I still resist and fight your apathy,
And still I fight.

11. Beyond Redemption

Unprotected, defenceless, drifting through the void,
Forever at the mercy of all starving wolves

12. European Super State

[Bonus Track]
[originally by Killing Joke]
[with Katharina Radig]

I'm a Judeo-Christian morality
With a Greco-Roman intellect
It's the way we're short-wired
It's a civilizing force that demands respect

From the Baltic to the Straits of Gibraltar
A blue flag gold star sparks a brand new empire
Ours to build, ours the choice

I'm in a European Super State
Every citizen required to debate!
I'm in a European Super State
Every citizen required to debate!

Why are the proud descendants of Plato
Paying off more debts accommodating NATO?
We the caretakers of democracy
No longer tolerate this hypocrisy

Baltic to the Straits of Gibraltar
A blue flag gold star sparks a brand new empire
Ours to build, ours the choice

I'm in a European Super State
Every citizen required to debate!
I'm in a European Super State
Every citizen required to debate!

Old Europe, old Europe, old Europe
Old Europe, old Europe, old Europe

I'm a Judeo-Christian morality
With a Greco-Roman intellect
It's the way we're short-wired
It's a civilizing force that demands respect

From the Baltic to the Straits of Gibraltar
A blue flag gold star sparks a brand new empire
Ours to build, ours the choice

I'm in a European Super State
Every citizen required to debate!
I'm in a European Super State
Every citizen required to debate!







HEAVEN SHALL BURN LYRICS