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Gates Of Winter - Lux Aeterna lyrics



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01. Life Force Rapture

Climbing forever
Towards the end
This faceless dream awaits us
Take my hand
The light is blinding
Divine and endless
And it flows from me
Unto the corners of the Earth

The stars of heaven, have come to guide me
My body is dying
The stars of heaven, have come to guide me
My body is dying

I hear their voices, one and all
Amidst the black
Behind the wall of uncertainty
I fly above their cries
To only reach upon the darkened skies
To witness fear and wonder
But only tears fill these eyes

Rapture has covered us like the waters of the ocean
Turning in time with the sun and the moon
We struggle like fools in dying memory
This is the light that surrounds me
This is the light that you will see
This is the light that surrounds me
And this is the gateway home

The stars of heaven, have come to guide me
My body is dying
The stars of heaven, have come to guide me
The stars are crying
And now I am free

02. Burning Kingdom I: A Dark Affliction

Light pierced the sky, with a cry in the night
And its wings were of ashes and flame
Ages of misfortune would soon land in the orchard
And grace would soon fade from its frame
Its eyes were a fury of cosmic beauty
Yet worn from their witness in blight
Its heart now a chasm this broken phantasm
Called to the heavenly light

I'm so cold inside (yet this hellfire burns in me)
I've crossed this great divide (fallen from grace)
Drown me in flames (for all eternity)
And ride the crimson tide

Its tongue spoke of lies and the fortunes of night
It riddled and twisted to shame
Yet I felt in my place as its lips touched my face
And my blood ran a river of flames

I'm so cold inside (yet this hellfire burns in me)
I've crossed this great divide (fallen from grace)
Drown me in flames (for all eternity)
And ride the crimson tide

Come with me, my child
Through the gates of my burning kingdom
Take my hand, my power
To live without his grace
Forever

As we descended into the abyss never ending
Into the twilight of the nadir of hell
A tendril of light did escape from my heart and I knew then that I too had fell
A storm is approaching, its words are encroaching
I can feel the change in my mind
And I can see clearer as its evil draws nearer
That we've reached the end of our time

I'm so cold inside (yet this hellfire burns in me)
I've crossed this great divide (fallen from grace)
Drown me in flames (for all eternity)
And ride the crimson tide

03. Burning Kingdom II: Heavenly Insurgence

And as I fell he showed me everything
Before his glory on the throne of the demon king

"Kneel down! Kneel down before me And I'll tend to your suffering"

Far is the kingdom of heaven from my eyes
In the distance a sequence of sevens

And as I knelt a chill came over me
From the spire of souls
Came a brilliance so heavenly

"Rise Up! Rise to the heavens!"
Called the seraphim angel

On that day I had seen many things
The battle for heaven had only just begun

"Forgive me! I search the Earth for absolution"

Far is the kingdom of heaven from my eyes
In the distance a sequence of sevens

And I search for the key
To the forgotten realm
Souless now the wind my master

04. Burning Kingdom III: Lux Aeterna

Instrumental

05. The Wildwood Pariah

Pariah: I long for you
I long to be you
Softest summer skin
In the coldest winter chill

Child: Meet me in the wild
Meet me in the wild

Pariah: You came from beyond these woods my child
The eyes of the night stare back at you now

Child: My blood runs with this lust, to bridal all
To sit upon your throne, the weeping world

Pariah: The mountains and the hills
The valleys, all I feel
But to make it all anew
Like the wonder within you

Pariah: Meet me in the wild
Meet me in the wild

Child: I long for you
I long to be you
The wildwood pariah
Keeper of the still

06. Winter Flight

To the edge and beyond I peer over sky and sea
(The winds pass through my palm)
This grace I've longed to feel
(This touch to calm my soul)

Rocky land lay brushed in white
(The air it guides the path)
This winter flight that we've taken
(One to be my last)

Hand of heaven seize my soul
And bring me 'round again once more
To drift away through timeless lands
In the end we'll be again
Bound to one and free from sin
All senses aside
This eternity we ride

One more step across the edge
One more breath before I break

Hand of heaven seize my soul
And bring me 'round again once more
To drift away through timeless lands
In the end we'll be again
Bound to one and free from sin
All senses aside
This eternity we ride

High above the world I see you
Now it is time to free you

07. Gates of Winter

Instrumental

08. From the Flesh

Drowned in a sea of lust
Mirage of fate and dreams
Deprived of the only thing
The key to the balance of hearts

You pushed me into the dark
To these depths that I've fallen
One on my own, I've prayed, I've cried
I am the bringer of hate
This king of forgotten freedoms
This feeling that plagues my soul
No longer tears me away

Succumb to the evils inside
I've run and can no longer hide
Here I now stand on my own
Never to stay, I push you away

Reflections, directions
In which I glare
Pulls me from the flesh
This pain that burns within
Burns with the flames of despair

I am now your pain
I am now your innocence
I am now your chains
I am your indifference

Succumb to the evils inside
I've run and can no longer hide
Here I now stand on my own
Never to stay, I push you away

Come about to find myself again
Buried, gone, deep beneath the ashes
Here I stand to close the demon hand
They witness what defies their perception

Fallen mind torn at the seems
Blissful state of lust and dreams
Kick dirt at your grave
To never return
This shroud of hate
I'll let you burn

09. Omega

An empty cage, adorn by fire
A world in chains, across the ocean
What I'd do to bring her higher
On winds of change
We'd set the world aflame

What is this change that has crossed the land
From war torn glaciers to sickening sands
What is this change that has come on the air
To rid us grief?
To rid us despair?

Words call from her ancient tongue
To roam with the siren
So wild and young

The end draws near
For all of our fears
The end draws close tonight
This is the last time
This is the last goodbye
Born unto this world