YEAR OF THE GOAT LYRICS

1. All He Has Read

A monolithic terror stands - at the edge of the end
Hands surrounded by flames - glowing mist in the eyes
These are the keys - open the seals
All he has read will now come to pass
The raging thunder will witness as Chaos unfurls

He has seen the days that will come - the fate of man and gods
All are his to deliver - into the cruel ancient hands
Behold the sky - the clouds will burn
All that he has read - will now come to be
His witness is the thunder - as Chaos unfurls
All he has read - will now come to pass
This is the true rebirth - of the new World

Under the crimson moon shadows dancing upon the hills
The sky was clear and the vast reaches of the desert still
The earth cracks open and a river of blood leads the path
Voices of burning souls howls from under the northern star

The mouth of the earth is open now
See it, feel it
Channeling the ancient in!
Man's soul is released in the universe
Replaced with a god born in the dragons fire

Fiery ornaments appear in the shape of an open gate
On its threshold awaits countless aeons of hate
Pale faces cross a shapeless mass
Neither man nor demon, neither good nor evil

The mouth of the earth is open now
See it, feel it
Channeling the ancient in!
Man's soul is released in the universe
Replaced with a god born in the dragons fire
Man's soul is released in the universe
Replaced with a god

All he has read - will now come to be
The raging thunder will witness - as Chaos unfurls
All he has read - will now come to pass
This is the true rebirth - of a new World
All that he has read - all he has read
Will now come to be - all he has read
All that he has read - all he has read
Will now come to be - all he has read

2. Pillars Of The South

Black starlit sky, embrace the moon's halo
Out of the glowing portal a white ship paints the ocean
I see it shine, shines so bright, a path to the journey
Pillars of the south
Oh, rises up!

With sails of souls through the echoes of the aeons
Sirens of Cathuria guide us through the mist to the carven gate
See colonnades, bone temples, in the land of Thalarion
It ends here!
Oh, this early bound!

Look to the land of bones, the demon's calling you
Calling you!
No trace of man, only mad things walking here
City of Thousand Wonders many souls have passed
But none come back!
I see the spears of the temple as they impale the skies
So high
The sounds of falling waters
Cries
Of men and what is not man
Before me lies the raging ocean
The sounds of falling waters
I shut my eyes and I shut the world out
And wake up from this darkness

Suddenly I found myself, back from where I once was
A secret well kept, by the sea
On the shore, a white piece of wood
Hiding itself in the sand
And my guide forever resting

I saw the land of bones, I heard the demon's call
Calling you!
No trace of man, only mad things walking there
City of Thousand Wonders many souls have passed
But none come back!
I saw the spears of the temple as they impaled the skies
So high

3. The Emma

I read of her fate under the starlight.
Pulled into the deep by a nameless madness.
A silhouette of a foe on the horizon arose.
See scattered men afloat in a sea of sorrow.

The beauty of the ocean
The ones who call out the unspeakable name of the one.

Wants her gone
Not to return
But into my mind her name was burnt
Stuck in my head her name lingers and waits,
For me to find out why most of her men are dead.

The beauty of the ocean
Who wants her gone?
She, a beauty...
The ones who call out the unspeakable name of the one.
Wants her gone

The beauty of the ocean
Who wants her gone?
She, a beauty...
The ones who call out the unspeakable name of the one.

The Emma Of Auburn has sharpened her senses.
She sails through the mist, with armed defenses,
The ones who call out the unspeakable name of the one.

Now she's gone...

4. Vermin

The night falls upon the old ruin
Like dark wings, caressing the stones
Something hides just above the silence
Disturbing the peace of my mind

And in the darker corners of the night
While I twist and turn in my cold sweat
Mystic shadows seeking out their pray
Hiding away, from the light

I'm pulled from a dream, at o-five-o-nine
The source of the sound remain unseen
From under the floor and inside the walls
The maddening scraping, chills through the bones

And in the flicker of a candle light
A mystic shadow of a faceless soul
Showing the way, into the night

I feel - Eyes stare at me
I'm crying - Out for mercy
I hear them - screaming in anguish
From under the floor boards and up through my spine

I feel - Eyes stare at me
I'm crying - Out for mercy
I hear them - screaming in anguish
From under the floor boards and up through my spine
I can feel the compulsion growing strong in me
Insanity, a ferocious stream of destiny

5. World Of Wonders

Close your eyes
Let the spirit of dreams show you
In your mind
A hidden gate awaits you
Open now - "open now"
Open now - "open now"

Guarded by ghouls, raising your hands saying,
You may enter this world
With claw like hands, grasping your vessel
Throw you into the void

Oh! A world of wonders
Ride the flame into the night
Bow down pledge your soul to this nightmare
Is it real or is it death

A golden road to the forest
Charred trees on the sides
Magic vibrates in the air here
An omen of demise?
Over the oceans
Through the wastelands
A new world at the end of those steps
Counting seventy ways to die here
See the pathway
Open now

Oh! A world of wonders
Ride the flame into the night
Bow down pledge your soul to this nightmare
Is it real or is it death

Feel thread lightly over the floor
A silent movement saves you
Watch your steps beware of your foe
Death or worse awaits you

Open now - "open now"
Open now - "open now"
Close your eyes
Let the spirit
Show you the way

Oh! A world of wonders
Ride the flame into the night
Bow down pledge your soul to this nightmare
Is it real or is it death

Majestic shadow spreads it's wings
Rising upon glorious
Take me home
On wings of gold

6. The Wind

In a deep dark ocean, where the Ancient rest
I can hear them whispering, inside my head
In the horizon I see glowing eyes
They seduce me, and break me like ice

A million voices bursting out
Coming on like a wave now
Dragging me down

I can hear the wind call out their names
Ah, I can hear the wind calling out

A hundred miles out in the cold
Spirits dancing in the rays of the moon
It's slowly rising a fear with no names
This is the ending, nothing will remain

A million voices screaming out
Stronger than a wave now
Dragging me down

I can hear the wind call out their names
Ah, I can hear the wind calling out

Ah, I can hear the wind call out their names
Ah, I can hear the wind calling out
Ah, I can hear the wind call out their names
Ah, I can hear the wind calling out

Ah
Ah
Ah
Ah

7. Black Sunlight

A morning breaks from light into nothing
A rebirth into a void
Sounds in my ears
A vacuum of whispers

A shapeless shimmer with eyes like coal
Leads the way into our world
See all their secrets
All those souls, exposed

Black Sunlight
Like star light
Black Sunlight
Like star light

A dark cloudy mass before me
Absorbs the falling stars
A chill down my spine
Euphoria and fear

Black Sunlight
Like star light
Black Sunlight
Like star light

Shine down on me
Black Sunlight
Calling out
Black Sunlight
Bringing me in
Black Sunlight
Make me whole

Shine down on me
Black Sunlight
Calling out
Black Sunlight
Bringing me in
Black Sunlight
Make me whole

From deep beneath the sea
Emancipate the chosen
Calling out to me
From down in the deep

Black Sunlight
Like star light
Black Sunlight
Shine down on me

8. The Sermon

Far beyond a dark horizon
Over a majestic sea
The island ascends
And upon the highest mountain
Under the stars aligned
Beneath a pale silvery moon

We gather for the sermon now
We gather for the sacrifice

Candles burn and smoke from
Fire rises high
Making morbid shapes and
Shadows crawl across these
Sacred grounds
West, North and South, the one more
Enlightened than us all
Turning pages made from skin,
Chanting long forgotten words

We gather for the sermon now
Black mass to call upon the Sleeping One

Wake up from your slumber,
Rise from your watery grave
Ascend from your sunken kingdom
And claim the universe again

We gather for the sermon now
To call upon the Elder Ones
We all come for the ritual
To call upon the Dreaming One

Deep below the rolling waves
Stone by stone, built this place
Where the ruler stays asleep
Chained by the dreams

We gather for the sermon now
To awake the Sleeping One
Gather for the ritual
A black mass for the Dreaming One

9. The Key And The Gate

From darkness we came
To let our souls transcend
The bounds of a holy earth
And be delivered to
The depths of a deep dark truth
All things are known by you

The cry of the birds will lead us to

La chiave, la chiave e la porta
La chiave, la chiave e la porta

The book of the dead is calling
From pages of human skin
Words burning in my mouth
Bow down and greet the old ones
As they repossess the earth
You watch from the great beyond

The howl of the horde is calling on

La chiave, la chiave e la porta
La chiave, la chiave e la porta

You're the passage open for them
You're the passage open to us
All in one and one in all

La chiave, la chiave e la porta
La chiave, la chiave e la porta
La chiave, la chiave e la porta
La chiave, la chiave per l'inferno
Per l'inferno

[Music by T. Sabbathi. Lyrics by T. Sabbathi & M. Popovic]

10. Riders Of Vultures

Ride into the midnight mist,
Guided by the glimmering stars.
Look at the twisted willows
As they dance in the miasma.

Follow the tail of the slithering line,
To the Riders of Vultures.
Follow the tail of the slithering line,
To the Riders of Vultures.

Old man, tell me is there a trail
To this world of phantoms?
His empty eyes rest on me.
"Endless darkness is coming", he said

Follow the tail of the slithering line,
To the Riders of Vultures
Follow the tail of the slithering line,
To the Riders of Vultures

Poisoned flames,
Dancing upon the old tombstones,
And into the swarming
Temple of the unknown.

Let the sermon begin, light the candles.
Here we are prepared to meet the Master.

I see them coming from the pitch-black sky,
The Riders of Vultures.
I see them coming from the pitch-black sky,
The Riders.

Endless darkness follow us,
Ancient starlight on our path.







YEAR OF THE GOAT LYRICS