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01. Envoy Of Death

These six souls have left lower planes of existence
To be shifted to higher planes
We are gathered in this court room to listen
To them recounting their past life to the Envoy of Death
and his jury to hear the final judgements passed

He's one of the divine family
The envoy of heaven and hell
He don't know mercy, he don't look things through his fingers
If you have something to hide
He knows it without telling
So you ought to prepare for what's coming
The great judgement day

He don't let you rest in your grave
He'll give you eternal life or a nightmare in hell
Which one shall be your final destination?
I hope you lived your life in the right way

Envoy of Death gives you the answer
Envoy of Death gives you (the passport) to heaven or hell

Your soul will be weighed in a scale of a balance
If your soul is lighter than a feather you will get to heaven
But if it weighs moreyour soul will be lost forever
So pray for your salvation, it's the only thing you can do

He don't let you rest in your grave
He'll give you eternal life or a nightmare in hell
Which one shall be your final destination?
I hope you lived your life in the right way

Envoy of Death gives you the answer
Envoy of Death gives you (the passport) to heaven or hell

He don't let you rest in your grave
He'll give you eternal life or a nightmare in hell
Which one shall be your final destination?
I hope you lived your life in the right way

Envoy of Death gives you the answer
Envoy of Death gives you (the passport) to heaven or hell

The Envoy of Death is here, the trial is about to begin
We will now proceed to first case and now it's time
For the first story to be told

02. The Deadly Game

I was a successful businessman
And life was just a big game for me
One has to beware all the time
'Cause there's always someone behind you
Who's ready to kick you out of the game

It wasn't one of my rivals who really fooled me
It was a game of Creator - death's game
The attack came from a direction I couldn't fight
Although I was accustomed to survive - death's game

I was hurrying back from a business meeting
When I apparently died
They verified me to be dead, I tried to make them understand
But I couldn't communicate

I awoke in a coffin six foot underground
I was buried alive - death's game
I screamed and pounded but they didn't hear me
I was finally choked to death - death's game

03. Wheels Of Destruction

My life was balanced and happy
I had a wife and two children
I worked in an office as an engineer
And I enjoyed my job

We had saved money
And bought a small house near town
It wasn't in the best area
But it was our own, our own

But nothing good lasts forever
And troubles started to gather around
Changes come over our country
And we couldn't ignore them

We tried to live as we were used to
But wheel of changes broke our harmony
Our government had declared war
And I was bound to join the army

I didn't understand that killing and destroying
We were innocent victims of dirty political games
Could that destroying build us a better land, as they said?
I didn't find it out, I was killed in action

04. Insane Rebels

I was born to be a drifter
Chasing shadows through my life
I guessed I'd never found
The meaning for my life
Or at least didn't recognize it

Heavy rock was the thing I liked in my life
Fast cars made my life bearable to live
My life passed by before it really even started

Insane rebels, they didn't like me
Insane rebels, they just killed me

I played heavy rock in different groups
And fixed my Dodge drag, yeah
I didn't have time to do either enough
'Cause death had other plans for me

Heavy rock was the thing I liked in my life
Fast cars made my life bearable to live
My life passed by before it really even started

Insane rebels, they didn't like me
Insane rebels, they just killed me

Heavy rock was the thing I liked in my life
Fast cars made my life bearable to live
My life passed by before it really even started

Insane rebels, they didn't like me
Insane rebels, they just killed me

It was a dark and cold winter night
When I least expected it, five guys attacked me
Senseless beating and kicking, terrible pain
Ended at last in sweet, sweet death

05. Die To Win

I was an angry man in the streets
Destroying everything that stood against me
I didn't like anything
I just outbursted all my inner frustrations

So that thought grew in my mind, day after day
Until an inner voice told me to act
Load the gun, point it to your head
Pull the trigger, try your chances out

Die to win, was my only triumph
Die to win, have no reason to live

Hate seemed to be my only feeling
I was unemployed, all promises were broke
I was just sixteen years old
When I knew what was life about - just nothing

So that thought grew in my mind, day after day
Until an inner voice told me to act
Load the gun, point it to your head
Pull the trigger, try your chances out

Die to win, was my only triumph
Die to win, have no reason to live

So that thought grew in my mind, day after day
Until an inner voice told me to act
Load the gun, point it to your head
Pull the trigger, try your chances out

Die to win, was my only triumph
Die to win, have no reason to live

I got involved in crime
'Cause it seemed to be the only way to survive
The pressure of getting caught grew all the time
It was too much for me

So that thought grew in my mind, day after day
Until an inner voice told me to act
Load the gun, point it to your head
Pull the trigger, try your chances out

Die to win, was my only triumph
Die to win, have no reason to live
Die to win, was my only triumph
Die to win, have no reason to live, have no reason to live
Oh yeah

06. Stolen Salvation

I had prepared well to face my death eagerly
'Cause I had the money and power to follow death's book briefly
I wanted to get to the Western land to be part of eternity

All preparations went well and according to plans
Stolen salvation, how could it happen to me
Stolen salvation, nothing can go wrong, I always thought
And I waited my time to come to join my gods

Stolen salvation, how could it happen to me
Stolen salvation, nothing can go wrong, I always thought
And I waited my time to come to join my gods

I, the great Pharaoh, died in the arms of my mistress
That betrayer made me drink a glass of poisoned wine
My death wasn't very honourable for a great Pharaoh

The ceremonies began to prepare me for the last voyage
Stolen salvation, how could it happen to me
Stolen salvation, they buried me in my pyramid
But grave robbers stole my treasures and shamed my mummy
Is my fate to never reach the Western land?

07. Black Contract

You have two weeks' time to live, those damned doctors said
But who will die when one's life is just at the beginning?

I had read a lot about black magic and I knew some of its worshippers
I turned to them with my troubles and they had a solution for me

Black ceremonies after another, they prepared me for the day
Finally I was wandering in the secret tides of my subconscious

I met the master of evil, Lucifer himself
I signed the contract, seven years against my soul were his terms

He promised I'll never regret this deal, so he said
Just sign and seven years more will be mine

I awoke in a hospital, cancer was gone
I could live again but the contract was always in my mind
Oh no, oh no

Just a nervous breakdown, you've read to many black magic books
A couple of weeks rest and you'll be well again, so they said
But was it just my imagination, the terrible nightmare of a dying person?
But they couldn't explain what cured my illness
Today is the day, seven years are passed
What's that noise, who's there?

(Devil): Have you forgotten our contract?
The time is up and we have come to fetch you
Weren't those years worth living?
I hope they were, 'cause now it's time to start worshipping your new master

Oh please, I don't want to come
I didn't understand what I did when I signed
Leave me alone, oh no please, I don't want to come

Please leave me alone, go away, go, oh please go away
Where is my God, where is my God, my Creator, answer me

(Devil): Shut up, stop moaning, there is no other god or creator
'Cause I'm your creator, your god, I am all
I am the universe, I am the eternity, I am everything

Isn't this a nightmare, why don't I wake up?
I can't stand this anymore

(God): How dare you, evil alien, stand against me, stay in your underworld

(Devil): We made a contract, he sold his soul to me, I have all the papers here

(God:) You tempted him in a moment of weakness and lead him to darkness

(Devil): I stress the legality of this document, this is a very clear case. You are making your contracts with people by promising them an eternal lie

(Envoy of Death): Order in the court. The jury have heard all the cases and will now withdraw to reach their verdicts.