SHADOWLORD LYRICS

1. Age Of Discovery

Thinking about days gone by
Paging through the past
A friend who is not here today
to guide me on my way

Wondering how my life would have been
If you were here by my side
Would we be together?
Would we still have carried on?

Fly to the end, I'll be one with you tonight
...OOOOH!

[Chorus:]
When I was young
The age of discovery
I wish I knew
that we'd never meet again
Oh how I see
that you shine on me
Born to be stars
To shine for ever in the night

On and on and on we sailed through
endless seas of endless woe
Seven stars to guide me
I must find my way again

Fly to the end, I'll be one with you tonight
...OOOOH!

[Chorus:]
When I was young
The age of discovery
I wish I knew
that we'd never meet again
Oh how I see
that you shine on me
Born to be stars
To shine for ever in the night

[Solos]

[Chorus:]
When I was young
The age of discovery
I wish I knew
that we'd never meet again
Oh how I see
that you shine on me
Born to be stars
To shine for ever in the night

Worlds come and worlds go
Creations are undone
Ashes to ashes
Dust will be dust once again

[Chorus:]
When I was young
The age of discovery
I wish I knew
that we'd never meet again
Oh how I see
that you shine on me
Born to be stars
To shine for ever burning bright

2. Dark Messiah

The gates of hell await you unsuspecting child
Wake up screaming, do you think the sun will ever rise?
another nameless victim of this dark belief
Another voiceless hero dying in your dreams

Crucifixion, Dark religion
Death and hell and sacrifice
Live in fear of eternal torment
Never seen by mortal eyes

When the sun goes down
Who waits in your dreams
Who will to save your soul
will anybody hear you scream?

DARK MESSIAH
Hear my name
DARK MESSIAH
Die in flame

See their faces in the darkness
Devils, Demons sight unseen
Magic, mystery, ritual
Satan and his ministry

When the sun goes down
who waits in your dreams
Who will save your soul
will anybody hear you scream?

DARK MESSIAH
Hear my name
DARK MESSIAH
Die in flame

Child close your eyes
There's no need to cry
This is the fear we live by
This is your ancient lullaby

Don't forget to say your prayers
He can find you anywhere
Listen to what the scriptures say
Or he will come and take you away...

3. Steel Wings

The end of the world is on this long and dusty road
Running with the wolfpack, I'm never alone
The sound of the engine is all that I can hear
Thinking of your face, and wishing you were here

Where are you tonight?
I couldn't stay, I had to fly

STEEL WINGS - Power builds inside
To the gates of hell, fire in their eyes
STEEL WINGS - Metal kings abide
To the end of the earth, Fire in the sky

The night loves her wicked children
Orphans of the road
wraps them up in moonlight
Wherever they may go

Brothers in arms are with me
You will never know
Don't know where I come from
Don't know where I go

Where are you tonight?
When the morning comes
I want you by my side

STEEL WINGS - Power builds inside
To the gates of hell, fire in their eyes
STEEL WINGS - Metal kings abide
To the end of the earth, Fire in the sky

[Solo : Herman]
[Solo : Ross]

STEEL WINGS - Power builds inside
To the gates of hell, fire in their eyes
STEEL WINGS - Metal kings abide
To the end of the earth, Fire in the sky

4. Mirror Of Fate

Too soon we fade away
too soon we fall
Living life today
Hard to stand tall

Learning every day
In every way
Searching in the night
Looking for light

I look beyond the rules
I fight my fights
To see the truth in lies
To say goodbye

[Chorus:]
And when you look into the mirror today
When you see yourself wasting away (just think)

I ain't gonna live forever
Neither are you
Live and die without the answers
What you gonna do?

Searching in the darkness
Searching for the truth
My vision wont fade away
Make your dreams come true

Ive lost a lot of friends
But I'll pull through in the end
What goes on in my mind
What burns, who's left behind?

Sometimes a choice is made
That decides if we live or we die
But to open our hearts and see
what it truly means to be free

[Chorus:]
And when you look into the mirror today
When you see yourself wasting away (just think)

[Chorus x2]
[Outtro]

5. Destiny

Night embraces blood red tears
In darkness I must find a way
Silently I watch in horror
What we thought were truth was a lie

Searching in darkness till we find our way
What lies out there? do the gates call my name?
Do gods play with our lives for sport and enjoyment?
Betraying no sign of fear I feel it

Far away under blood red skies
Where fallen angels fly
Far away in the dark of night
It is where my destiny lies
Human, demon who's to say
Do good and evil dance in flames?

6. Unholy

Without form, without feature
Severed from this human world
Watching as these mortals
Lead their brief and pointless lives

Imprisoned and tormented
with hunger ever growing
endless power imprisoned here
The eater of souls am I

Hanging on in desperation
Aeons passing by..
Always watching, always waiting
Some day I'll return

With a kind of madness in his eyes
He unsheathed the sacrificial knife
And then he turned to me, turned to me and cried
You'll never leave this place alive

Silence in the chapel reigns supreme
Monstrous now, the incantations ring
And they surround me
Helpless you and I, A mortal human sacrifice

Voices in the night, screaming my name
Dominus tyrannicus, I'll never be the same

UNHOLY

Voices echo through the chapel hall
A pentagram, inscribed upon the floor
The unthinkable is happening
The beast begins to rise
Before my unbelieving eyes

Voices in the night
Screaming my name
The time has come to summon up the vile and profane

UNHOLY
UNHOLY

[Solo : Herman]
[Solo : Ross]

Lying here, in mortal terror
cant describe my fatal error
with chanting from the acholydes
The priest raises his dagger high

The thing cannot wait nor contain its greed
and so the beast begins to feed
The robes of black burst into flames
sweet reward of he I dare not name

Voices of the dying will never leave my mind
Nor the insanity that burned behind his eyes

UNHOLY
UNHOLY

7. Triumph

In the name of our fathers we came to destroy
We spread through your land like a plague
Blood on our hands, blood in the sand
Killing was our sacred trade

(Ooh) Torture awaits
(Ooh) No one escapes
(Ooh) pillage and rape
(Ooh) your castles in flames

A triumph of honour, a triumph of faith
I know that we will live on
Baptised in fire, never to kneel
Power and glory stronger than steel

From the distant land, we sing as we slay
Songs sung for ten thousand years
The joy of the slaughter, the love of the kill
We shall teach your children to fear

(Ooh) from ashes we rise
(Ooh) look to the skies
(Ooh) Swords in our hands
(Ooh) We shall ride again

[Solo's]

Through glacial waters we set sail
We thirst for killing; we shall prevail
The blades of our forefathers clenched in our hands
We wage war for our icy northland

Valhalla awaits, mighty Odin reigns
The fear of the the fury of the northmen remains
From the land of the midnight sun we have come
Today is a good day to die

8. Hail & Thunder

We were chosen by higher forces
Lifting up unto blood red skies
Side by side, no fame and fortune
Tonight we ride

Clear across deserts and oceans
From hills and valleys to open space
Ten thousand marching we are immortal
Giants and gods

Since twilight times of myth and legend
The walls of Troy and Avalon
No one could see, no one could tell
The shadow is here!

Gather your proud, gather your strong
Cast away your fear and pain
The spark of will burns in us all
Light the flame

HAIL AND THUNDER, FIRE AND ICE
LIFE'S A GAME, ROLL THE DICE
WE DON'T NEED YOUR SPECIAL ADVICE
WE HAVE NO MASTERS, WERE MEN NOT MICE
WELL NEVER BE SLAVES NOR SACRIFICE
CLIMB THAT MOUNTAIN, PAY THAT PRICE
IVE HEARD YOUR ANGUISH, IVE HEARD YOUR CRIES
DON'T FEAR DEATH, CLIMB THE HEIGHTS

Today we start the march for freedom
Our brothers are one our souls unite
Today, forever our spirit of steel shall
Fight and overcome

The Shadow is far, The Shadow is near,
The Shadow teaches us respect and fear
The winds of war blows though our hearts
Stronger than all

9. Brothers Of The Storm

From far away lands they came
To further lands they went
Forbidden terrain they tamed
Forbidden rules they bent

They came to prove their worth
They came to conquer the earth
For power and steel they fight
With metal they ride into the night

Brothers of the storm - they will never fall
Brothers of the storm - they'll never give in
Brothers of the storm - feel the steel in your heart
As brothers they fight and as brothers they shall die
With hearts of steel, its thunder they bring
With hearts of steel, its metal they sing
Against the world, they shall never change
Against the world, victory is theirs

10. Heavy-Metal Madman

Were on the road heading for the show
but your daddy wont let you go
he's a hellfire preacher, a non believer
in the power of rock and roll

He can't control, whats in your soul
Theres power in us all
were busting out, theres no doubt
were jumping over this wall

Got front row tickets, theres no limits
hit the gas and here we go
Sirens screaming, but we'll be leaving
them in our wake of dust and chrome

We've got your daughter, lambs to the slaughter
tonight she won't be coming home
Get to the hall, theres magic in us all
see the fists up in the air

Cause were
HEAVY-METAL-MADMEN baby, playing Heavy-Metal Loud!
and were
HEAVY-METAL-BADMEN honey, taking over this town

Chains and leather, its forever
our spirit will never die
Heads are banging, drums are slamming
power fills the hall

voices soaring, crowd is roaring
people are screaming for more
Guitars are screaming, Metal hearts beating
Thunder shakes us to the core

Cause were
HEAVY-METAL-MADMEN baby, playing Heavy-Metal Loud!
and were
HEAVY-METAL-BADMEN honey, taking over this town

[Solo : Herman]
[Ross+Herman Swap]

Oh yeah,
Heavy Metal
Yeah
Rock 'n Roll!

To the end of time we go
Screaming in the air Ah!

Cause were
HEAVY-METAL-MADMEN baby, playing Heavy-Metal Loud!
and were
HEAVY-METAL-BADMEN honey, taking over this town

Cause were
HEAVY-METAL-MADMEN baby, you can suck it all night long!
and were
HEAVY-METAL-BADMEN honey, taking over this town

11. Arthur's End

By my fate, here I lie in the land that I love
For my faith I have fought, born a servant
I'll die a king

In my life I have loved in my life I have lost
In my life I have fought for whats right

Now I beckon thee bedivere, my last faithful knight
Take my sword and cast it into the lake
So you took Excalibur and hid it away
and the glory of England came to this

Twice I beckon thee bedivere, my last faithful knight
My sword is a gift to be returned

Now the day of destiny will never return
Its only you and I that remain
For the gold on my sword, you've deceived me once more
My last friend have betrayed me twice

Is it worth it to die for a country destroyed
Take my sword and cast it into the lake

In my life I have lost those I love most by betrayal
As I draw my final breath I thank thee
Blessed are those who spoke out for their own
The heavens they'll claim for their own

Forget those who are caught by the fishers of men
The brave will inherit the earth

Rest now my heroes, you've hallowed this ground
with the blood that you've shed in my name

As I lay bleeding on the land that I love
I cherish the memories buried within
I go now to rest on the isle of Avalon
One day I'll return again

12. Fallen Angel

Driving on an endless road
in the middle of the night
searching for a place where i can
set my tired sights

pull up at an old motel where the
sign reads "by the hour"
welcome stranger, take a seat
do you like it sweet or sour?

she takes me to an upper room
where the red lights burning bright
welcome to your fantasy
you wont forget this night

it didn't take too long to realise
the words she spoke were true
with money in my hand and lust in my eyes
I'm a sinner through and through

[Chorus:]
oh all right
you're a fallen angel
oh yeah

the dark of night, the red moonlight
our bodies burn with lust
I've spent my money, done the crime
life flash before my eyes

sweating, screaming, holding tight
using used flesh like its new
I cannot stop it anymore
I am fallen just like you

fallen angel
I sold my soul to you
fallen angel
why don't you do it too? [x2]

[Solo's]

[Chorus]

I look up at you
and you turn the other way
find whats in your heart
and don't throw it all away

[Chorus (x2)]







SHADOWLORD LYRICS