PUISSANCE LYRICS

1. Grace of God

The last resort -- arch enemy
I turn to You in desperation
To understand, to set me free
Because I know You feed on desolation
And if you hear me, and I think You do
Won't You just grant me one thing?
To see the stars just one last time
And then go back to silent waiting

The sky is clouded by Your grace
Your sacred earth we desecrate
Supreme above it all, You reign
Please wash away this human stain
The time to crush, to overtake
The very end is still at stake
Won't You end this pointless quest?
And kill the world, then lay to rest?

Whatever I have done, I know that You forgive
This rotting world, ridden with infection
My biggest crime: I really don't want to live
Too much time is spent, on mere deflection
So if you hear my prayer, set the fields ablaze
I only want to gaze upon the sun
You have the power to end the human race
Just one simple wish, let it all be gone

The sky is clouded by Your grace
Your sacred earth we desecrate
Supreme above it all, You reign
Please wash away this human stain
The time to crush, to overtake
The very end is still at stake
Won't You end this pointless quest?
And kill the world, then lay to rest?

Now for the first time, I have heard your call,
and rest assured, you won't go out alone.
But it is time, to leave once and for all.
Too many lies have turned your God's heart into stone.
And I will leave you in fury and with rage
The earth lay sterile, for a while
So will the shadows fall and then it is too late
To think I do all this for a single smile

So the shadows falls...
So the shadows falls...
So the shadows falls...

The sky is clouded by Your grace
Your sacred earth we desecrate
Supreme above it all, You reign
Please wash away this human stain
The time to crush, to overtake
The very end is still at stake
Won't You end this pointless quest?
And kill the world, then lay to rest?

The sky is clouded by Your grace
Your sacred earth we desecrate
Supreme above it all, You reign
Please wash away this human stain
The time to crush, to overtake
The very end is still at stake
Won't You end this pointless quest?
And kill the world, then lay to rest?

2. Stance

Where do you stand?
And what do you believe in?
The rise and fall of an empire?
Picking up speed...
The winds of change.
To send you hurling back into the fire...

It's a sad fact that you never heard the call.
Say it's a tragedy but we'll forget it all.
Walk along the edge of a broken razor?
See it all wiped not a single trace and?
Left to be found in the layers of ashes.
Waiting for the final slashes.
Say it won't happen to you? and so?
History will prove you wrong, off you go...

So here we are...
Another futile attempt.
To rebuild and shape the future.
But what can we do?
That hasn't been tried before.
Mother knows, there's nothing new to her...

Why not face the facts now give up and submit?
It's not worth the effort you put into this.
To give your life for pointless cause.
and it only leads to even more pointless wars,
in the name of all that is wrong with your life.
You will misunderstand, then fight, then die.
And no one will even remember you lived,
and they'll blame someone else for the wrongs that you did.

And now it's obvious.
You made the wrong choice.
all through your life as expected...
So it brings us to a point,
we can clearly see,
that all the facts were neglected.

Well it wasn't really like you ever had a choice.
You're too in love with yourself and the sound of your voice.
And it's a real shame that we all must end the same,
almost makes you think it's an evil game,
that we all play wether we want or not.
We all play as we all loose and finally rot
in the grand curse, since dawn of time.
Somehow it's beautiful, yes sublime.

3. Walls of Freedom

Stand before the gates of hell my friend.
Brace yourself before the degradation.
Open your eyes slowly now, they will show you when and how.
Trust me they don't lack tools of persuasion.

Tear down the walls of freedom now.
Let likes of Caesar show us how.
Just like the emperors of past has lead the way,
Better to burn alive than fight another day.

A storm of greed that took away your children.
The winds of freedom swept away your home.
Even though they crushed your dreams, just to fit their thieving scheme.
You will be grateful or alone.

Tear down the walls of freedom now.
Let likes of Caesar show us how.
Just like the emperors of past has lead the way,
Better to burn alive than fight another day.

One day you will praise their foul persistence.
Say your prayer inside your precious cage.
You'll submit to market rules, just another feeble tool,
Forgetting all the decades spent in rage

Tear down the walls of freedom now.
Let likes of Caesar show us how.
Just like the emperors of past has lead the way,
Better to burn alive than fight another day.

Tear down the walls of freedom now.
Let likes of Caesar show us how.
Just like the emperors of past has lead the way,
Better to burn alive than fight another day.

4. Warzone

There is no way back now, pointless to return,
lead us into victory, not a field unburned.
As you walk the path of lies, we will follow you,
blind mice on our way to hell, if we only knew.

Your crusade a futile one, just like the ones of Rome,
to build a holy empire, that you can call your own,
just a small glitch in the plan, one minor detail.
The holy warriors of the past, all they did was fail.

Stay with me.
Fight and die.
Stay with me.
Fight and die.

The fire's stirring now, you're whipping up the flames,
accusations all around, someone new to blame.
Another pretext, for another war to come,
a pack of lies prepared, we all know where it's from.

And so the next day comes, another list of dead,
to give a passing glance, names you never read.
True heroes stand among their men and not behind,
but you're not even close you're nowhere to be found.

Stay with me
Fight and die
Stay with me
Fight and die

A final conflict, you're the one to lead the way,
to save the world from ruin, and moral decay.
No matter that your conscience is blacker than the night,
you stand in safety and let others children fight.

No price is too high just as long as you don't pay.
We will stand firm, we will stand tall, we will prevail.
And so we bend the rules of freedom once again.
History will judge you, in the pages that you stain

Stay with me
Fight and die
Stay with me
Fight and die

Stay with me
Fight and die
Stay with me
Fight and die

5. In Death

I left before I should have
I failed to follow through
But venture to the fields of death
And I will walk with you
Together in a tight embrace
We'll cross the bridge of light
Into the land of never-was
Where echoes rule the night.

And all the things you fight for, and the things you hold for true
Won't change the fact we walk towards the end, and so do you
The steps you take so carefully may be big or small
But leads you to the edge and then eventually you fall

I really wish you could have come
But you must stay behind
In a world of dying flesh
Memories in your mind
One last thing I leave you
I really must persist
The hope of a better world
Where death does not exist

And all the things you fight for, and the things you hold for true
Won't change the fact we walk towards the end, and so do you
The steps you take so carefully may be big or small
But leads you to the edge and then eventually you fall

And so I cross the river
Move to the other side
No one left to hold my hand
As is for all who died
But finally I'm not afraid
There's nothing left to fear
And rest assured I won't forget
A single of your tears

And all the things you fight for, and the things you hold for true
Won't change the fact we walk towards the end, and so do you
The steps you take so carefully may be big or small
But leads you to the edge and then eventually you fall

A voice now from the other side
Wishing all the best
For everything and everyone
Eventually we rest
I walked as blind for all my life
Until the veil was cast
That life is truly beautiful
And death will never last

And all the things you fight for, and the things you hold for true
Won't change the fact we walk towards the end, and so do you
The steps you take so carefully may be big or small
But leads you to the edge and then eventually you fall
And all the things you fight for, and the things you hold for true

Won't change the fact we walk towards the end, and so do you
The steps you take so carefully may be big or small
But leads you to the edge and then eventually you fall

[Swedish version:]

[I döden]

Nu vet du att jag lämnat dig, trots att jag höll dig kär,
men kom, i natt, till dödens fält, så möter jag dig där.
Så kan vi båda vandra över ljusets bro,
till landet bortom ingenstans, där nakna själar bo.

Men du får inte komma, nej du ska stanna kvar,
och bära på mitt minne, det jag lämnat har.
Det sista jag kan ge dig, förutom allt du minns:
ett hopp, i all förtvivlan, att döden inte finns.

Så går jag nu allena till flodens andra strand;
ingen vid mig, längre, som håller i min hand.
Men jag är inte rädd nu, för du har lovat mig
att lämna mig i visshet om att jag älskar dig.

En röst, från andra sidan, som önskar dig allt väl;
för var du än må vandra, är döden hack i häl.
En brist hos mig, som andra, det du inte vet:
att livet nog är underbart i sin förgänglighet.

6. Conspiracy

Hiding in the shades of grey,
sheltered by the white noise I see you.
Finding just a single strand,
reel you in and make you see the truth.

Blending in so perfectly,
underneath the layers of disbelief.
Sharpening the claws again,
Cutting out the patterns on demand.

I'm gathering momentum...

Stalking in the shadowlands,
always looking out for number one.
Deep inside the neverland,
factories are cooking lies for you.

7. Brittle

8. Loreto

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PUISSANCE LYRICS