TRIBULATION LYRICS

1. In Remembrance

Det är som mörkast före gryningen
De alla har slutat andas och luften står still
Ur stålet strömma en motståndskraft
Som brutit fasornas sigill

Who let it in, this fiend
They got entwined in the stuff of a dream
Whence came this shadow
Spreading its wings
As the dance of death begins

And so he plays the tune
As frail as the midsummer moon
Among bellflowers and devil's bite

With a song of doom
That black shadow loomed - I remember now
With a song of death
It led their souls to rest - I remember now
They were led by the devil
A procession in blood
A dance in the absence of god

Unholy force released
The power of his spell unleashed
By strange chords of blasphemy
As the serpent move on through the night
Moving away from the light
Their skeletons a blistering white
Those wounds will never heal
Leaving its mark so surreal

With a song of doom
That black shadow loomed - I remember now
With a song of death
It led their souls to rest - I remember now
They were led by the devil
A procession in blood
A dance in the absence of god

I remember now...

This is their requiem
A dance in the absence of god

With a song of doom
That black shadow loomed - I remember now
With a song of death
It led their souls to rest - I remember now
They were led by the devil
A procession in blood
A dance in the absence of god

I remember now...

This is their requiem
A dance in the absence of god

2. Hour of the Wolf

Phantoms haunting me
Specters in the night
Making me stare into the eyes of death
Bleak and mournful
Deities in disguise
Whispering curses with icy breaths

From the shadows they come
Relentless, their will be done
And all that you hold dear
Is bound to crumble
And come to dust
And come to dust

Priests of sorrow
Ushers of despair
Wraiths sprung from where the gloom has sound
Leaning down from above
Their faces close to mine
Slipped into this world from below

From the shadows they come
Relentless, their will be done
And all that you hold dear
Is bound to crumble
And come to dust
And come to...
Dust

Ghosts are haunting me
In the dead of night
Making me stare into the eyes of death
Awake and in dreams alike
In the hour of the wolf
I open my heart to their dark caress

3. Leviathans

Mighty regents of the sea
Ageless kings and queens
Wrathful deities of floods and all rains
From the cataracts
To the subterranean torrents
In the primordial watery abyss
Sovereigns of the deep and below

O Leviathans
Exalted be your throne
Dark, vast expanses, infinite depths!
Force flows endlessly
Ascending from your womb
Lead us to the epitome of your ways!

You who are traveling as rivers out to the sea
To become the tears of gods
The blood of the earth
We revere and beseech you!
You daunting, magnificent beings
Speak to us
Speak to us

Hear this prayer O undines
Emerge from the holy waters
From the roaring waves of the sea
We will desire your grace
Speak to us

O creatures of water
Spirits of the sea and of change
Of rivers and lakes
And the formless things in the world
Impart on us your wisdom
Let us experience your force
Bring us back to life
From primordial chaos
Into existence
Forevermore

O Leviathans
Exalted be your throne
Dark, vast expanses, infinite depths!
Force flows endlessly
Ascending from your womb
Lead us to the epitome of your ways!

O Leviathans
Exalted be your throne
Dark, vast expanses, infinite depths!
Force flows endlessly
Ascending from your womb
Lead us to the epitome of your ways!

4. Dirge of a Dying Soul

As I chased a ghost from a feverish dream
I got lost as I fled from the sun
Through an endless night I walked alone
The last hope I had clung to was gone
And the wind, the trees, and the birds in the sky
Had all become silent as death
From the ground rose a foreboding smell
And fog appeared to ascend

Then I froze in my tracks and looked up
When I realized that this is the place where I die
Into the river I stepped and bade
This age one last goodbye

May I drift away in Acheron's swirls
May my body be one with the earth again
As I travel from world to world
The black water so cold to my skin
As I sigh and exhale my last breath
My lungs are ash, my mind is void
Now I am waiting for death

To the unknown waters ahead

Now as I sink I look up to the surface
And oh! What a sight to behold!
Blessed be the unfortunate ones
That hear this dirge of a dying soul

5. Lethe

[Instrumental]

6. Daughter of the Djinn

Nepenthe
I drink from the river of the deep
Cold barren earth beneath
Embrace me
Shroud me in your sweet forgiving sleep
Oblivious about yesteryear

Glowing embers
The burning daughter of the djinn
Possess me, I invite you in
Smokeless flair
The burning daughter of the djinn
Fiery spirit, alight within

Drink me, eat me
I'll carry you away

Nepenthe
Sear me with your radiating power
Not dead, but dreaming
In slumber
Reveal to me your vivid ways of seeing
No doubts about yesteryear

Glowing embers
The burning daughter of the djinn
Possess me, I invite you in
Smokeless flair
The burning daughter of the djinn
Fiery spirit, alight within

Drink me, eat me
I'll carry you away
Love me, crave me
I won't lead you astray

7. Elementals

Eternal spirits of all things
Immortal, omniscient
Holders of the keys
To the hidden mysteries of the world

Gods of the wind
Sacred be the force of all fire
Grand solid earthly power
Wielders of the waters of change

I hear the thunder, your call
And leave to find my dwelling in your presence
Guide me through nightly realms of magic
In nature's arms, oh mighty souls

Resplendent
Your wisdom shines forth
As infinite spirits
Life and death are veering through your force

Gods of the wind
Sacred be the force of all fire
Grand solid earthly power
Wielders of the waters of change

I hear the thunder, your call
And leave to find my dwelling in your presence
Guide me through nightly realms of magic
In nature's arms, oh mighty souls

8. Inanna

The Goddess opened her ear to the great below
To her sister, the Black Widow, she wants to go

Through the seven gates of hell she must pass alone
And give up her sacred powers, her throne

So there she stood, before her kin
The Mistress of the black deep, her twin

The Queen fastened on her the eye of death
And the Goddess fell as her spirit escaped her flesh

The Widow then cried out in birth travail
The lament was heard, her wrath appeased

Sprinkled on the corpse, the water of life
And the Goddess once again would rise

Complacent spouse sent to take her place
Inanna, born again with demons' grace

9. Funeral Pyre

Haunting spirit, hear these words that I proclaim
I will guide your journey
And you will have your due of flames
Accept my humble sacrifice of the chosen few
Slain and flayed before the pyre
I'll make your wish come true

The beautiful dead that surround me now
Burnt black by the fires of death
The beautiful dead that surround me now
The transition through flames into the night
As the fumes rise from the funeral pyre

Oh, immortals hear my call, I've shorn my hair and lit the pyre
The stars shine and the fires cast light on the mournful choir
Winds, I summon you, from the north and from the west
Gather to feed flames, come forth to greet your guest

Blood is shed
The wine is spilled
Bellowing smoke from the tripods

No words unsaid
The deed fulfilled
An offering to the gods

Gathered now the burnt remains
A stark reminder of the pains
On the road to immortality
Where lesser men would die
The rites are ended on the morrow
The bones interred beneath the barrow
Enshrined in gold forever more
Pray Elysium awaits, and the names go on

The beautiful dead that surround me now
Burnt black by the fires of death
The beautiful dead that surround me now
The transition through flames into the night
As the fumes rise from the funeral pyre

10. The Wilderness

On the first night I called to the DEVI
The power at the base of the tree
On its roots a dragon was gnawing
Longing for its chance to be free

From the earth She was sprung, the support of this world
To whom we're all but the image of a child
The destroyer of safety at the threshold of the path
The road that will lead us into the wild

On the second night I bathed in the waters
Soaking up the dripping juices of the moon
I found the stream of blood and I pleaded
Please, grant me my wished for boons

On the third night as I sat by my fire
While inviting all the denizens to my side
A city of jewels appeared before my eyes
And I prostrated before my deathly bride

Leaving the shelter for the great wilderness
From birth to birth you have walked by my side
Leaving the shelter for the great wilderness
The place where the worlds open wide

On the fourth night as the wind rushed through the tree
I was ready to dispel my fears
You rode up to me, with a noose in your hand
To the unstruck music of the spheres

Leaving the shelter for the great wilderness
From birth to birth you have walked by my side
Leaving the shelter for the great wilderness
The place where the worlds open wide

On the fifth night I heard it, as pure as white snow
The seed that is clothed in space
And at the seat of the lover and the beloved
I humbly received their grace

They call Her the one with the earrings
Ascending from terrestrial planes
Now standing straight, a mirror was made
Now fit for the great wild plains







TRIBULATION LYRICS