VEXILLUM LYRICS

1. The Wanderer's Note

After the storm - WE STAND
Sailing again, discovering new lands...
WE FOLLOW THE WIND
Your eyes can be fooled, and lose every rules...
Under the sun - WE RUN!
Leaving each place, our own trace...
We tell our thoughts, we tell what we meet,
WE TELL ALL THE PEOPLE, THE FEARS,
THE NEEDS...

October 29, a shipwreck slows down the pace
The journey's end was painted on our scared faces
In the trouble, in the danger, we start to remember
What we earn, what we give, what we still believe

One page for an old man's folk story
One page for a woman's deep eyes
Even for a pain, even for a lie
A blank page you will find...

Carry on, feel the road
Where the journey ends again we don't know!
Once again, cross the edge
We keep alive what we live with this line!

And you cannot write until you have lived
How many words will fill this page?

Maybe a tale, maybe a rhyme
MAYBE A LOVE YOU CANNOT REQUITE!
A lesson you give, and the thousand received!
WE WANT REMEMBER ALL!

December 27, the first time we sail together
We don't know where is the way
But the quest for us, now, is the same

We leave the home, we leave affections
To take our own direction
We want it all, we keep on fighting
No disguise no compromise!

2. Dethrone The Tyrant

A smile like a mask
Not an answer when you ask
He moves his hands just to carry on his plans
Watching deeply in your eyes
He already knows he's lying
He don't care about your thoughts about your cries!

Change the meaning of the words
And you will dominate the world!

Dethrone the Tyrant, stop the silence
Raise your scream, awake your dreams
Let his words be falling lost
Dethrone that king, remove his crown

He was the owner of the words
No restrain, no shame, no laws
He should be the first with us
Not the first of us!
Sparkling nothing in your eyes
Many tricks to justify
He makes you believe you dominate your fate!

Down in the road, people start to know
Tired to comply, to hide, people start to talk

Rounded from his trusted man
Always ready to be squashed
He plays a game, a conquest game!
Here we are as rolling dice

Puppets he can sacrifice!
He wants that we are weak!
Precious lymph for his own reign!

Move the shadows on the wall
And you will dominate the world

Dethrone the Tyrant, stop the silence
Raise your scream, awake your dreams
Let his words be falling lost
Dethrone that king, remove his crown

We want back the ability to trust
We want back our freedom
Time has come for everyone to raise his head
Time has come, you will know our rage!
For our sons!

Dethrone the Tyrant, stop the silence
Raise your scream, awake your dreams
Let his words be falling lost
Dethrone that king, remove his crown

3. Dancing Goddess

I lost the path, the sun has set
I don't know where I am, but the forest is guiding me
Like a son, I'm alone, what is going on?
Suddenly I look at you
Charmed by your motions
Lights and shadows dance with you
In a game of emotions, you wear just the wind
Drops of sea on your skin
Under your spell dance I'm still

The seasons will change with a sign of your hands
Rivers from the eyes and storms from your glance

Your dance rules the wild, and the clouds in the sky
Heart made of earth, I'm an addict of your dance

Bright night, dancing fight
Of your powerful grace in your smile
High sight, hidden knight
Deep inside a warrior's laying
One more time, still alive
Facing the craze of the human kind
Dance of hair, endless dare
You know what is right, and what is really care
You close your eyes, the dance goes on
Your arms are the scale, and we are the burdens
In your hands, as simple men, breathless we stand
Now your eyes look at us
(We're) rounded by your brightness
It's a call, the time is come, to join to your dances
"I'm your land, I'm your sea, infinite curiosity
What you deserve, what you need!"

4. The Oak And Lady Flame

Quiet on his hill, with his branches in a breeze
An Oak was waving, unaware of his fate

He became the shelter, on a rainy day
For a young wayfarer, who held a flame in a lamp

The young boy ran away and left her alone
Would be her last day at the roots of the Oak

But he spread his strong branch, he built a safe place
The rain didn't quench her, first sight, face to face

She was shining, Lady Flame, she was shy...
The Oak was not able to stop watching her eyes...
Her warm voice... seems to sing... Let me burn...

LET ME BURN!
I feel a weird will to get out of my light
And embrace your crown, cause you make me safe
LET ME BURN!
It was not expected, it was a surprise
I'm sorry if it happened, but I feel you are mine...
LET ME BURN!

But something was weird
While the great flame went on
He knew she was fading
And she saw he was burnt

They were looking in their eyes
So near, so far away
Coming back in her light
Lady Flame sadly said:
„You're in my heart
And you live in my mind
We just need an embrace, to set us on fire...
Would be great for a while
Our blaze seen for miles
But my heat will burn you
I'm afraid for what we could lose..."

They knew what they were forced to do...
The reason was facing the passions within
The first creating concern and fears
Passions instead, leaves hope and tears...

In this night, silently, please... let me burn...

LET ME BURN!
Let your sparkling eyes watch the world from my arms
Let your flame dance with the wind of the night
LET ME BURN!
I can't wait for your touch, I can't wait for your heat
I can't think to see you and be not able to feel

LET ME... May it be
LET ME... A day far away
LET ME... How we can't say
LET ME... Oak will embrace in an
LET ME... Unending age
LET ME... Lady flame
LET ME... Again!

LET ME BURN!
Let me burn of your voice, let me burn, I've no choice
Let the sound of our flame surrounds all the vale
LET ME BURN!
I don't mind what tomorrow will bring to us
Until the end in the future, not a thought in the past

5. The Hunt

A new dawn is come, my rucksack is done
Another day, another path wherever I will run
No time to say goodbye, no one is by my side
My mission is my new dimension
What I will find?

Running fast, grazing all the barks
The trees are moving all their arms
I'm streaking beaten tracks
I track the trail, I smell the air
I leave the river on my back I find myself

Looking at your eyes
You are gazing at mine
I can feel your breath
While my arrow is flying

Brother forgive me for what I have done
As hunter you found me, on this way we were bound
I'll pray for your soul for your sacrifice

As hunter you found me, as brother I will cry
Your strength will help my son
Your wisdom will guide my heart
As hunter you found me
Through your eyes no more be blind

I overcame the falls
The lair of the wolf
Do I deserve the gift?
Do I deserve to come back home?

And when the final blow has reached the unlucky goal
What will I tell your son?
Water, bow, speed and honest thoughts
This is all I need today to face my way

I'll tell your story, your deserved glory
I'll wait for my time to pay for my crime
Impartial justice, respect for everyone
The same chance to live or die
The chance to fall or rise

6. The Dream

I'm gonna to tell a new story now
Of hope, desire and pain
The dream of a king, the quest begins
So pay attention to me!
It's not too late, no it's not too late
Don't fall yet asleep
I'll take care of your dreams, with all the sweet
Words my tongue has ever tasted

Luriel was kind, beautiful rich
A nice man, strong and safe
He had his home, he had his fields
His cow a wife a child

Nothing less, nothing more, the perfect life for him
He said a gift, a precious thing god has blessed me

Nothing is taken for granted
When you don't have what you want
Who owns it does not notice it lacks
Until he loses what he loves

Working hard, working well
Day by day the story repeats itself
Lay aside, lay aside no time to play with your child
Are you the father that he deserves?
Are you the father that he deserves?
Are you the husband that he deserves?

Nothing is taken for granted
When you don't have what you want
Who owns it does not notice it lacks
Until he loses what he loves

Please my lord
Please my lord open your eyes and see
What I have, what I had, why it happened to me?
Tell me lord, tell me lord...
What I have done to deserve
To lose my loves my precious things
Nothing less nothing more, I want them back

Now he is a poor man who begs for gold
He lives in the dust in the sludge
The night he still dreams to have again it all
He leaves this life dreaming of his past

7. The Marketsquare Of Dooley

We crossed the line, in this famous square we arrived
A place of swap, forbidden to the cash

Hundreds of stands, here you can find what you search
Advice or wine, drugs or jewels which shine

All rely on all, nothing can be stolen

Leave the dough, leave it to the fools!
I hope they can eat it instead of food!
No more Slaves of this shining gold!
This is the faith, of the market square!

There are no ranks, no way for the banks
You'll have no debt, and nothing more to ask

Your skill as writer for a piece of fresh bread
New shoes to your horse, exchanged for a dress

Out of this wall, every one believes they can
They can do anything, they have no more to learn!

You can't hoard, you can't try to resell
Your commitment decides your success
Have just an hammer it's not enough
You are not a blacksmith, you are a bluff!
There is no place for those
Who only want to teach and earn

8. The Way Behind The Hill

Welcome to my eyes full of joy
I embrace the sun like a dad with his boy
How many tales I have in mind
A road full of folk is in front and behind

Searching for a new aim
How many odd fellows I'll meet in this game?
Whether you roaming or if you have a plan
Get your stuff, a new day has begun

A new dawn is again in my eyes
I've got a smile on my face and the sun in the sky
Step by step, man by man I see a place
I can stop here or keep walking my way
Not all who wonders is lost in the night
I'm tasting my life like it was the last bite
Needful of choice he is starving for play
The seasons change but we are still the same

When I'm old and feeble and in my sickness I'll rave
Wrap me in a blanket and give me what I crave
I have no remorse I've followed my stream
Don't you see that I gleam?

When you call for a candle to light the new path
When you sleep beside a fire
With some new road's friends
When the sunshine warm kisses your face
You feel a voice telling „carry on this way"
When our world seems too big for a single glance
Into the storm you think this is a game of chance
When the rain, so cold, kiss your face
You feel a voice telling „carry on this way"
Waiting for another day

On the road he walks alone
It's the house where our brother has grown
When I close my eyes I can see your smile
When he raises his eyes up to sky
Then he can see the approaching night
In these times I miss my fireside

Ships will come and ships will go
As long as the sea will play its role
A trip on sea a trip on shore
Until my heart will not be sore

9. Valhalla

White snow covers the fields
The sky is now empty and blue
I wear my armour and shield
I ride my horse to fight this war

My father is by my side
Fighting together for what is right
"I'm going to die my dear son
we'll meet again where we're reborn"

There is a place where we will go
Ancestors call it „Golden Hall"

In battle we fight, for glory we die
Valkyries shall be our guides

Valhalla - Hall of the braves
Valhalla - Home of the knights
Valhalla I'm waiting for you!
Valhalla

You'll place my body on a ship
And burn it in the sea

Your eyes will see my spirit rise
One of Odin's valiant knights!

Only the purpose you have in your life
Reaches the glory during the fight
We're ready to strike, don't cry my son
We will still be alive in lots of songs...

They will tell of rise or fall
We will sing from the Golden Hall

10. Letter From The Earth

I can hear your voice singing your passions
Your aims, your moods, and every single part of you...
In your eyes I see the strong will to grow up
Even if, sometime, your mind forgets me!

Decided for your proudness, from time
To trace your path alone
I'm so disappointed
Cause I see your fall comes so fast
Like a drifting boat, on the sea, prowling in the haze
Remember me, your guide on this path

I see the ground, not the wall
We'll create the strongest one
I see the paper, not the words, we will write those
I see your map, not my course
We will trace one for our own
I see the notes, I see the melodies, we'll play those

I can't believe that you forgot the gift you received
A gift I made for all of humankind
For you and your sons
I write this letter to your heart
Cause you are slowly going blind
You have to change your way to move
You have to stop these fools

It's a warning for you all
For those who care their raped world
I'm cure, you know what to choose
You are still in time!
It's the only way, change your views!

I hope you find that peace that you have destroyed,
I can only say, where is the right way
And I walk beside you!

I see the ground, not the wall
We'll create the strongest one
I see the paper, not the words, we will write those
I see the map, not the course
We will trace one for our own
I see the notes, I see the melodies, we will play those
And when the dark decides to come
You'll be able with the stars
Not walk ahead, not walk behind, only walk beside!
I see the paper, not the words, we will write those
I see your map, not my course, we will trace one

11. Megiddo

In a far and ancient land, the power of a ruthless hand
Enslaves and all burns
Steady at any cost to reach, dominion cutting meat
With false promises tries to cheat

Through the rivers through the sands
Searching for a good new land
To exploit with a smile so bland

Water, woods, ground and all the men
Who welcome you giving the hand
The awareness: a word he can withstand
The flame still burns, the new plagues are here
I have something to say

Overhanging the same fear of ancient crag
My call in raging sun
Hear the calling, shadows come back from the past
The void is come

Like a swarm of roaches
Eat and nothing leave for the coming kids
Some sort of a boil, some sort of a skin disease
Turn dark like a bruise

Welcome to the land of darkness, keep walking
Carry on the race
Ten plagues come back from past
Same story but this time it's not god's blame

Can see the overhanging?
Call the raging sun

12. The Last Inn

We carry on this way, we're searching for a place
Where, is told, you can feed your body and your mind
Not a sanctuary, nor seems a church, an old man sings:
"Welcome to the Last Inn!!!'

How many faces I see in
How many faces I'll meet again?
The starting point for most
And a point of no return!
Here you can rest before your journey knows
Hardest times for long

Welcome to the Last Inn
Where the time seems to stand still
Never mind where are you born
And where you came from
Never mind, the kind of your aim
If you're proud or ashamed

Welcome to the Last Inn
Where the richness is just all your skill
No one will ask
If it's your face
Or just another mask
No one'll rejoice
About your disgrace
Or award your race

The copped thief doesn't think to steal
Because no laws will protect him
The eager is bidding beer
The brave men charge the near
The coward seems to lose his fear!

WE ARE THE SAME!!!
In front of the host's eyes!
EVERYONE LIFE
Has shade and light!
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
Is the gold you can exchange!
IT'S THE LAST CHANCE
To map out your next path!

This is the last sweet home
The next one you don't know
How many miles you have to walk
How many eyes you have to cross
Here you can be
What you should be
The master of your voice!

The road is long, if your goal is worth
The road is long, don't think this is wrong
So drink and rest, my dear guest
So sing and dance, tonight begins your quest!

13. Il Giocatore Di Biliardo

[originally by Angelo Branduardi]

Soltanto l'erba sull'altopiano
É verde un po' di più
Ma non c'è da pensarci su
Non c'è da stenderci su la mano
Cercando di capire
Qual'è il punto dove colpire
tic-tac tic-tac
Per ogni geometria
tic-tac tic-tac
Ci vuole fantasia
C'e una luce che luna non è
In un buio che notte non è
E una voce che voce non è
Che non parla ma parla di me

D'improvviso mi brucia la mano
L'aria verde del panno sul piano
tic-tac
Ed il gioca si porta via
Rotolando la vita mia

Ecco perchè si trattiene il fiato
Finchè si resta giù
E per sempre vuoI dire mai più
tic-tac tic-tac
Per ogni geometria
tic-tac tic-tac
Ci vuole fantasia

C'e una luce che luna non è
In un buio che notte non è
E una voce che voce non è
Che non parla ma parla di me

E di colpo mi sfiora la mano
L'erba verde di questo altopiano
tic-tac
Ed il gioco si porta via
Rotolando la vita mia







VEXILLUM LYRICS