XANDRIA LYRICS

1. Where The Heart Is Home

[Music by Marco Heubaum, Dianne van Giersbergen, Joost van den Broek, lyrics by Dianne van Giersbergen]

Thou art my shelter when sorrow calls
Thou art my unknown grave where I belong
My heart and heaven refrain from song
Until I'm guided into thy bright

Blood-red lines against my ivory skin
Hear my heart still beating from within

Bridges may burn heavens might fall down
I will return I will be home-bound
I'll cross the land the boundless sea to sail towards thee

Shelter of bliss saviour of my soul
You are my world you are my unknown grave
Where my heart is home

Slowly sinks the blade into my chest
Lift it up to bury in your hands

With every beat away from thee
I say my rhyme and take my leave

Bridges may burn heavens might fall down
I will return I will be home-bound
I'll cross the land the boundless sea to sail towards thee

Shelter of bliss saviour of my soul
You are my world you are my unknown grave
Where my heart is home

Hush be silent no tears nor tempest sighs will do
Don't weep don't plead only thy bright eyes

Once I walked with destiny but that was all in vain
Now love does have a name
Lift my beating heart out of its chest
With you it can be laid to rest

Bridges may burn heavens might fall down
I will return I will be home-bound
I'll cross the land the boundless sea to sail towards thee

Shelter of bliss saviour of my soul
You are my world you are my unknown grave
Where my heart is home home where I belong

Thou art my shelter
Thou art my saviour
Thou art where I belong

2. Death To The Holy

See hypocrisy, in blood-red shade all wisdom raped
They feed their curse with poisoned words
And lead us to their inferno
Need the angels' creed, their kingdoms rise built upon lies
The deaths we mourn, their lives forlorn
Feel welcome to their freak show

Oh see the sky turning black everywhere
Our revolution is here

Follow the secret call and see through the crystal ball
The time for the oath has come, for ending the story
Walk through the open gate, behind you the broken land
Let's all make a final stand
Death to the holy

See humanity in golden chains, but full of stains
We walk their path, deceiver's wrath
Selling all our freedom
Break the demons' wave to let us be in unity
In search of mind, all that's behind the universe and its reason

Oh see the sky turning black everywhere
Our revolution is here

Seeking the truth
Wisdom shall rule

Follow the secret call and see through the crystal ball
The time for the oath has come, for ending the story
Walk through the open gate, behind you the broken land
Let's all make a final stand
Death to the holy

Hate ruling, dark ages, swords falling, death rages
Greed killing, truth murdered, no freedom, false order
For thousands of years this plague has been ruining us.
Destroying dreams, lives, the truth. We should have learned how to save us all.

Finding the truth
Wisdom shall rule

Finally our spell is cast, now make our freedom last
All of the rivers crossed
We won't be lonely

I'll follow you - oh crystal ball!
Oh I will walk through the open gate
Death to the holy

Once - once out time will come
We will all be one
Carry our flame to heaven
Burn forever!

3. Forsaken Love

Lost in heaven I'll be waiting
For our time to come
You were saving my decaying
Forsaken love

I remember how the stars fell from your silky hands
In this autumn night on frozen battlefields

See me now, still I hold them in my heart so deep
Reaching out to be close to our fantasy

Lost in heaven I'll be waiting for our time to come
You were saving my decaying forsaken love

Let us walk this path to all our secret worlds
Somehow you are the one opening the doors
I will drink forbidden waters from your rose red lips
I will keep the key to let this be more than a memory

Lost in heaven I'll be waiting for our time to come
You were saving my decaying forsaken love
Gone to heaven I'll be staying we don't need to run
You were healing my still bleeding forsaken love

Oh you are light years away - close though distant
Still I can find you in me - your beauty radiant

In this story we're the heroes
Turn the page, let the tale unfold

Lost in heaven I'll be waiting for our time to come
You were saving my decaying forsaken love
Gone to heaven I'll be staying we don't need to run
You were healing my still bleeding forsaken love

4. Call Of Destiny

Destined
This is predetermined, if you follow through
Follow through every byway
Follow fate on your journey
River deep, mountain high
Through daylight and darkest nights

Though my tale starts cold and lonely
The promise that I heard colored my world
To the outline of a greater spectrum
Where chances are revealed, fate will be sealed

Walk the path, ford the stream, 'til I reach my dream

This is the moment, my redemption
This is the day that all the stars align
I gain my momentum
Every endeavor, every measure led the way to overcome and say:
I've answered to thee
Call of destiny

Not a course for the faint-hearted
This journey that I'm on demands my all
I will overthrow my tribulations
And value what they're worth
Let it be heard:

Gain control self-esteem, 'til I reach my dream

This is the moment, my redemption
This is the day that all the stars align
I gain my momentum
Every endeavor, every measure led the way to overcome and say:
I've answered to thee
Call of destiny

Follow through every byway
Follow fate on your journey
River deep, mountain high
Through daylight and darkest nights

I'll walk the path
Every stepping stone
I'll ford the stream
Time to live my dream

This is the moment, my redemption
This is the day that all the stars align
I gain my momentum
Every endeavor, every measure led the way to overcome and say:
I am here today

(This is the moment, my redemption
This is the day that all the stars align
I gain my momentum)
The moment's now here and mine
(Every endeavor, every measure led the way to overcome and say:)
My fate fulfilled and defined
(I've answered to thee)
Oh! Call of destiny
(Call of destiny)

5. We Are Murderers (We All)

[feat. Björn Strid of Soilwork]

We are murderers
We are murderers
We are murderers
We are murderers

Sign bitter sermons with your name
All the evil to be blamed
Save your soul still wanting more
From this glittering life's store
There is something in your mind
Telling you that it's no crime
As long as we go to confession

We are murderers
We are, we are, we all
We are murderers
We are, we are, we all

Bleed our sacred gods and weep
Evolution into sheep
Living in euphoric sleep
All the toys we so much need
We are playing in our ground
With a solid fence around
So our eyes can't see the horror

We are murderers
We are, we are, we all
We are murderers
We are, we are, we all

We are, we are
The rulers of a burning world
We are, we are
The angels drowning deep into its blood

We are murderers
We are, we are
We are murderers
We are, we are
We are murderers
We are, we are
We are murderers
We are, we are

We are murderers
We are, we are, we all
We are murderers
We are, we are, we all
We are murderers
We are, we are, we all
We are murderers
We are, we are, we all

We are, we are
The rulers of a burning world
We are, we are
The angels drowning deep into its
We are the ones
Turning all the lead into our gold
There is no chance
No chance of washing
All this blood away

This blood
This blood
This blood

6. Dark Night Of The Soul

Abide with me or redeem me
Fall ends winter is nigh
With a gentle voice I'm guided to the void where loneliness roams

Rename me like a master from upon your bloody throne
I'll go forth here in silence and abandon my home
In the last light of noonday I fell wilted away
Oh mother please come save me from the dark night of the soul

I have come to see you reviled me
Reproved me with a sigh

Now from different shores a made-up story's told
Though my fears of yore

Rename me like a master from upon your bloody throne
I'll go forth here in silence and abandon my home
In the last light of noonday I fell wilted away
Oh mother please come save me from the dark night of the soul

Oh mother please come save me from this emptiness lead me away.
Oh mother please come save me from this emptiness!
Save me now from the dark night of the soul.

7. When The Walls Came Down (Heartache Was Born)

See me, heal me, lead me far from this worldly abyss
See me, heal me, lead me back to the emptiness of home.
One stop too far the story broke
Inflamed no more the embers cold
Aghast at last cast down this smile
The world is out no need for high-hat lies

Wake from your secret slumber here comes the tide
There will be no salvation all is a lie
Find that the world has fooled you and left you torn
When the walls came down heartache was born

Entangled smiles the haunted kind
How to restore what's left behind
All recomposed by a faltered fate oh!
My tainted soul's a masquerade

Wake from your secret slumber here comes the tide
There will be no salvation all is a lie
Find that the world has fooled you and left you torn
When the walls came down heartache was born

See me, heal me, lead me far from this worldly abyss

We are the scars from your mind
The most restless of dreams
We are the best that you can be
Return and see: without us you will feel misunderstood!

Wake from your secret slumber here comes the tide
There will be no salvation all is a lie
Find that the world has fooled you and left you torn
When the walls came down heartache was born

8. Ship Of Doom

We will call you all to gather
We will bring you fantasies
We are born from smoke and fire
We will sail the seven seas

One, two, three, four - can you hear the cannons roar
Five, six, seven, eight - it has been too long a wait
Nine, ten, eleven, twelve - now we need to raise some hell
So now sing with us

Oh we have come to your town with our following
To bring you light but we're gone very soon
We are the kings of a world that has never been
Oh we are bound to the ship of doom
The ship of doom!

One, two, three, four - see the hungry want some more
Five, six, seven, eight - take it now or it's too late
Nine, ten, eleven, twelve - soon it's time to leave this place
We will not forget

Oh we have come to your town with our following
To bring you light but we're gone very soon
We are the kings of a world that has never been
Oh we are bound to the ship of doom

Oh when the sun is down and the moon is up
Our story will be told

See the lightning, feel the thunder, come and fight
Take us further, bring us closer, to the glory
Take us further, drowning deeper, in the story.

Once we're home from the storm and the seas
There is nothing we will regret

Oh we have come to your town with our following
To bring you light but we're gone very soon
We are the kings of a world that has never been
Oh we are bound to the ship of doom

When the sun is down and the moon is up
Our story will be told
Oh when they call our names and we raise our cups
We are bound to the ship of doom
Bound to the ship of doom

9. Ceilí

[Instrumental]

10. Song For Sorrow And Woe

The tyrant's reborn in many a form
And feasts on our unspoken word
Come break the silence and sing our song
No voice will be left unheard

Oh name him and he'll be the face to your blame

A face for your slander and scorn
He'll join his voice to our song and our game
Away with our battle and on with love

Oh guide me my eyes to weary to see my spirit withered
Oh give me strength give me the will to go on give me a voice

11. Burn Me

Burn me, take me to the fire
Heaven's hunting ground
Angels dancing in a wolf's lair
Never let me out

Let the play begin in dusk's embrace

I know there's something wrong in heaven
I've seen the devil sneak inside
To star the sweet intoxication
Blacken the light

It's like a black mass celebration
To twist the innocent and pure
Oh what a strange fascination
Please give me more

There's no retreat - from me
You will believe - in me
When we will light the pyre

Burn me, take me to the fire
Heaven's hunting ground
Angels dancing in a wolf's lair
Never let me out

Like waking up from a nightmare
It's all just feeling so surreal
But unknown powers force me back where
I can be free

I can finally be free and go

I've stolen the precious fruit forbidden, but so sweet

There's no retreat - for me
I will be lost - with you
Deep in this thunderstorm

Burn me, take me to the fire
Heaven's hunting ground
Angels dancing in a wolf's lair
Never let me out

Call me, drown me in your fire
All I want is you
Hear me say my last prayer
Never let me go

12. Queen Of Hearts Reborn

Old as time long foretold
We all know how it ends before it has grown old
By the hand of the queen our hearts shall be redeemed

Out for blood call the bluff on his heart for the queen
Takes the lead and foresee stakes decline here tonight
Play the game lead the way ready to crush and scorn
Blood will fall from her thorns for the queen is reborn

Here I am to live the tale the game is in my hands
Now up the curtain goes though you won't seize or understand
The play before your eyes the fury in my mind
The score unwinding

Your house of cars will come tumbling down
Better fold or pass tonight I'm

Out for blood call the bluff on your heart I the queen
Take the lead and foresee stakes decline 'cause the wild card is mine!
The wild card is mine!

How ignorant is the fool who wears the mask of a king
Who is deaf to the truth screaming from within
Who so denies the world in his self - loving reign
That neither friend nor fear nor mirror could make him sane

King suicide you won't wither on your throne
Let it be known tonight I am

Out for blood call the bluff on your heart I the queen
Take the lead and foresee stakes decline 'cause the wild card is...
In the game on her way ready to crush and scorn
Blood will fall from my thorns call your bluff
For the queen of hearts is reborn
And the wild card is mine!

Oh let the truth be told the score before your eyes is unwiding! Queen of hearts reborn!

Old as time and long foretold
We all knew how it would end before it could grow old
By the hand of the queen our lives and hearts were redeemed
And again the truth prevails or so it seems

13. A Theater Of Dimensions

[Part 1 - Awakening]

Father, oh father you told me to see
The world with my eyes and not just believe
So I was learning from the old books
The wisdom of a time that no-one know

I've seen our freedom
In the mist of time
The old signs I'll follow
For the day of relief will be yours and mine

Mother, oh mother you told me to go
Where the sun will lead me away from the snow
I have turned for a last goodbye
Now I do know it's my fate to try

I've seen our freedom
In the mist of time
The old signs I'll follow
And the day of relief will be yours and mine

[Part 2 - The Machine]

For years I have been searching
To find the missing blueprint
In corners of my mindscape
Deep inside those shades

The answers are a secret
Forbidden by the black kings
They keep us in this prison
Slavery is our fate

In the dark I can see
What nobody else can see
Oh this world is a cage
How can we all ever be saved?

I'm making my contraption
A strange machine construction
Einstein to Hawking see me
Watch me build your dream

This device makes me go
Where nobody else could go
To the past, to warn you all
So the sword can never fall

Fly! Fly away, fly away, fly away to the days
To the days, to the days, to the days in the haze, to the days - in the haze of time
We all will be together again
Fly! Fly away, fly away, fly away to the days
To the days, to the days, to the days in the haze, to the days - in the haze of time
Laying our hands on the uncertain

I'll change the world for you
We all will be together again
Flying through space and time
Laying my hands on the uncertain

"How fragile your childish dreams
Ignorance, ha! It suits you well
No ray of light shall accompany you
For it is darkness, in which you dwell"

[Part 3 - A Parallel Sphere]

All stars falling down
Such gold, such green, gleeful they gather
Stirring the sky like I've never seen
An emerald bee tingles my brow
Until it dissolves into a puny sea
Hear the hollow willow, hear!
Like a miser weep
Like leviathan shrieks
I fear - my delirium's here - it's here and now:
Are there monsters out to get me?
Who will tame or heed their growls?
Who is mocking me, who dares to?
Show your face, come forth now!

This new world you found might seem unreal
Who is mocking me, who dares to?
Mirror to your mind and to your soul
Show your face, come forth now!

We will abduct your senses forever
We will lead you into your dark night
You will give in to all the drugs served here
You will feel like you are dreaming

Slowly you'll forget where you came from
No power left to stay strong

"Yes, it's true... now you are my creature... a puppet in my theater of dimensions
The key that will unlock the entire universe to me!
Soon you will do all my bidding and you will be unable to escape this waking nightmare!"

[Part 4 - A battle of Minds]

I'll take you down with me
And I will steal your memories
You'll never be released
And you will never live in peace

You came here you fool
And now you will serve as my tool
My demons will haunt you
And I will use your powers soon

Laughters rises from the darkness
Whispers from a smiling carcass
Creatures of your childish nightmares
Grab you with their rotten fingers

Monsters and ghosts dance with you in a labyrinth
Demons and clowns laughing loud while you're suffering
Witches delude you with their dark sorcery
Taking you down into hell's fiery kitchen

Fear, only fear
Fear is everywhere
We can see your strength is fading
In your mind, a last chance waiting
You will turn your demons back on him

I can see my strength is fading
In my mind, a last chance waiting
I will turn your demons back on you

So you want to fight
Yes, I will free my mind
No, you cannot win
Hahaha! I'm not going to give in

What is happening?
Now your creatures are with me
Oh what have you done?
Now it's you has to run!

Oh world, bright abyss
Let us reminisce
Come dawn's warm embrace, all hearts will be...
Sanctified, saved and whole
Turned away from evil's toll
To free the world from its cage
Lay me down into my grave

Fly! Fly away, fly away, fly away to the days
To the days, to the days, to the days in the haze
To the days - in the haze of time
Wish we could be together again

Fly! Fly away, fly away, fly away to the days
To the days, to the days, to the days in the haze
To the days - in the haze of time
Caged in this parallel dimension

I changed the world for you
Wish we could be together again
Flying through space and time
Caged in this parallel dimension

Who dared to mock me? Oh!
I stood my ground, fierce and proud!
O let me living die!
The dark's defied, the time is nigh!
Till death does come, till death does come!

[Part 5 - Home in a Dream]

Children, oh children, when you'll be born
Your world will be no longer torn
I will watch your from afar
Down on our little blue star

And you'll see your freedom
In the mist of time
The old signs you'll follow
For the day of relief will be yours and mine
Finally it's yours and mine







XANDRIA LYRICS