RAVENSIRE LYRICS

1. Carnage at Karnag

Far from the west with sword and spear
I came to Karnag, I travelled here
I walk amongst the stones aligned
And spirit voices resound in my mind

There are men living their final night
Honour gods through sacrifice
Some brood with no hope, some gasp in fright
Threefold death, fire and ice

Insatiable is Toranos' altar
Before it men stumble and falter
The wooden giant shall be their urn
Voices in horror scream as they burn

The stones of Karnag witness this night
Honour gods through sacrifice
Cruel and blood lustful this hallowed might
Threefold death, fire and ice

The smoke is rising up to the sky
The fate of men, to live and to die
I walk amongst the stones aligned
And spirit voices resound in my mind

The stones of Karnag witness this night
Honour gods through sacrifice
Cruel and blood lustful this hallowed might
Threefold death, fire and ice

2. Thieves of Pleasure

I evoke the dawn
Of a thousand years of longing
Whose light caressed the walls
Of the city I was born in

The summer breeze was warm
In Alshelb towards the west
And peaches round as breasts
Invited calm and rest

Red lips
Holding secrets
Fan the flames
Of desire

Eyes with lashes
Thieves of pleasure
Ignite the blood to burn like fire

Stricken by the plectrum
Their ouds' strings deftly played
Filled the air with songs
That spread throughout the glade

Red lips holding secrets
Flames stirred by a fan
As water stirs the sense
Of the thirsty man

Flies the hawk
Over forests
Open wings
High above

Eyes with lashes
Thieves of pleasure
Oh, beware the burns of love

Warriors strong as lions
Not as dangerous, still
As women whose curved hips
Can subdue strength and will

The summer breeze was warm
In Alshelb towards the west
And peaches round as breasts
Invited calm and rest

Red lips
Holding secrets
Fan the flames
Of desire

Eyes with lashes
Thieves of pleasure
Ignite the blood to burn like fire

3. Gabriel Lies Sleeping

Gabriel lies sleeping
At the edge of the universe
His breath is mighty as the lightning bolt
I the end of time finally at hand as prophesied
And does he dream, the saint, of the time
When angels sinned in revolt

Gabriel lies sleeping
At the edge of the universe
One day his trumpet he will blow in rage
The prophets have revealed
The visions of the end of man's age

Cast down below
Man is lost

Behold the raging fire the wrath of the Sephiroth
Cast down below - man is lost

Uriel's sword of flame
Is men's bane from the hand of God
Creator that once sent down the flood
Apocalyptic fate decreed by the father of all
He who gave life, angered, condemns man of all
Behold the voice
That speaks and destroys

Behold the raging fire the wrath of the Sephiroth
Cast down below - man is lost

4. Dawning in Darkness

Gazing at the horizon, awaiting a new day
I accuse my doom, in this godforsaken place
On a barren field I lie, still, my mind astray
All alone and shattered, my fate I must embrace

When the ghoul cries
The night will never die
Howling up to the sky
Dawning in darkness - I rise

Yet no solace will I find when the morning comes
Demons lurk beyond, far away I hear their drums
And I'm cloaked in darkness, perpetual black void
Ready to take on the hunt, I won' rest 'til they're destroyed

When the ghoul cries
The night will never die
Howling up to the sky
Dawning in darkness - I rise

The vertigo of the chase
I hide in opaque shades
Evil I despise
Still the gloom light and hope fades

When the ghoul cries
The night will never die
Howling up to the sky
Dawning in darkness - I rise

Cast in an endless trap, my mind yields to despair
No amount of death that's left makes it easier to bear

Nightmare eternally, insanity is there for me
Swallowed by misery, shining light again will I see

5. Bloodsoaked Fields

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6. After the Battle

Now that even the echoes of the battle clamour died
My dying eyes gaze above up to the pouring sky
The blood soaked earth receives the drops like tears the clouds now cry

After the battle - all is past
After the battle - I have died
After the battle - long for
After the battle - a wild horse to ride

Whatever is true, the deed is done, in war we fought and fell
Maybe domes of gold await or just the depths of hell
Bur now is come our day of doom, here our lives were spent
Good or bad we fought to death - there's nothing to repent

After the battle - all is past
After the battle - I have died
After the battle - long for
After the battle - a wild horse to ride

Broken swords and shattered shields upon a crimson plain
Far above the field I see the ravens come for us
Life drains away I sink a dream
I see a stone engraved in red
And my sons and their sons will drink to memory and name

Whatever is true, the deed is done, in war we fought and fell
Maybe domes of gold await or just the depths of hell
Bur now is come our day of doom, here our lives were spent
Good or bad we fought to death - there's nothing to repent

After the battle - all is past
After the battle - I have died
After the battle - long for
After the battle - a wild horse to ride

7. The Smiting God

I am the god n the mountain
I am a howling gale
Less evil than good
A half-forgotten tale

Fire of purification
I was gleaming in flame
I drew up my hammer
And the storm came

God of lightning, god of thunder, god of rain
I am frightening, I cause wonder, I soothe pain

I am mist on the mountain
A haven for the beasts
A flash alights the altars
Fire for the priests

Standing on the rocks
High among the clouds
I bring fertile rain
that my land enshrouds

Boar of daring, wisdom spark, eagle flight
Fires flaring in the dark bring the light

Who shapes the weapons at the fires of the forge
Who but, I keeps mysteries under lock
Who rules the dance of the fire orbs
And penetrates with the mightiest cock

God of poets, god of strife, god of skill
I deliver unto life and I kill

Votum solue!

8. The Games of Titus

Here, where a hero fell, a column falls!
Here, a mimic eagle glared in gold,
A midnight vigil holds the swarthy bat!
Here, where the dames of Rome their glided hair
Waved to the wind, now wave the reed and thistle!
Here, where on golden throne the monarch lolled,
Glides, spectre-like, unto his marble home,
Lit by the wan light of the horned moon,
The swift and silent lizard of the stone!
(Edgar Allan Poe)

Behold, rayed with stars, the colossus views heaven anear
What race so distant or barbarous might be absent now from here
Rulers of the past brought ailings to the poor
Under, Caesar, your guidance, to itself Rome you restore

And the gods are now appeared
And one hundred days we feast

Diverse is the throng, yet acclaims you as one tongue, the country's father true
Let the past not boast, for every grandiose ghost the arena brings for you
The dreaded minotaur that a woman bore from her dangerous tryst
Bacchus gained his breath from his mother's death and so was born a beast

Power on display - the games of Titus
Woe to the foes who would dare to fight us

"In death we salute thee"

Two men fight to kill, and by Caesar's will glory is split in half
Orpheus unaware is eaten by a bear and the people laugh
An army fights and dies before your very eyes as two ships collide
In a sea of blood, merciless red flood, countless men have died

Power on display - the games of Titus
Woe to the foes who would dare to fight us

"In death we salute thee"

Power on display - the games of Titus
Woe to the foes who would dare to fight us

Behold the Divine, for beasts don't utter lies
To yield the stronger is valour's second prize
Heavy is the palm the weaker foeman wins
But now, o Caesar, you've come to redeem Rome of its sins





RAVENSIRE LYRICS