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Mors Principium Est - ...And Death Said Live lyrics



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01. The Awakening

Instrumental

02. Departure

You paid the price for my desires
To satisfy my burning lust
I felt temptation taking over me
I lost control of what was real

I am aware of other times
It's like a dream of another game
I thought that this would never end
Pull me out from this dark country of the dead

I will never forgive you
For all the things you made me do
I will never forget you
For all the things you put me through

You paid the price for my desires
To satisfy my burning lust
I felt temptation taking over me
I lost control of what was real

I am aware of other times
It's like a dream of another game
I thought that this would never end
Pull me out from this dark country of the dead

I can never forget you
I can sense your body next to mine
I will never lose you
You will always be here with me

I can live, but you can't die
Closed like the love that bound me
You can't touch, you can't feel
The wounds I closed will never heal
You can't hear, you can't speak
But still I hear you calling me
I can smell, I can taste
And twine your arms around me
I didn't mean to kill you
I only tried to hurt you
But once I saw all your bloody tears
I laid you down and let you die

Yeah

I can never forget you
I can sense your body next to mine
I will never lose you
You will always be here with me

I can live, but you can't die
Closed like the love that bound me
You can't touch, you can't feel
The wounds I closed will never heal
You can't hear, you can't speak
But still I hear you calling me
I can smell, I can taste
And twine your arms around me
I didn't mean to kill you
I only tried to hurt you
But once I saw all your bloody tears
I laid you down and let you die

03. I Will Return

3,000 years of sleep
But now I'm awake
The moments were divided
By invertible pain (pain)
They seemed like years
Of torture and solitude
Despair and scorched
In eternal fire

Far more glorious
Than you could dream
I ruled them from my iron throne
Oh, mighty Lord
Oh, Mighty, don't let them forget
The fact that they betray

Now that I'm back in the throne
I will never be all alone
I will make you pay the price
For locking me up inside

You thought I would never return
But one thing you should learn
A true king never forgets
You betray me

3,000 years of sleep
But now I've returned
A fleeting eternity
My strength regained
Black wintery dead
Absent of color
Insect or beast
Unmeasured by all life

Far more glorious
Than you could dream
I ruled them from my iron throne
Oh, mighty Lord
Oh, Mighty, don't let them forget
The fact that they betray

The sufferings
Of man's mortality
I should weigh the sands
The sands of reality
Where all these things
Could pass us by
But I will not
Be deaf and blind

All but my pride
They gave me back
And the agony
They do not show
This suffocating
Sense of silence
Should use their voice
Until it's echoless

Far more glorious
Than you could dream
I ruled them from my iron throne
Oh, mighty Lord
Oh, Mighty, don't let them forget
The fact that they betray

The sufferings
Of man's mortality
I should weigh the sands
The sands of reality
Where all these things
Could pass us by
But I will not
Be deaf and blind

All but my pride
They gave me back
And the agony
They do not show
This suffocating
Sense of silence
Should use their voice
Until it's echoless

04. Birth Of The Starchild

Her beauty moved the new world
With a glare, with a smile
To a land of heroes
And glorious kings
They will one day be born
It has been written
In songs they will always
Remember her

You will have a little piece of time yourself
You will have a little piece of time yourself
We will live like this forever

You will have a little piece of time yourself
You will have a little piece of time yourself
We will live like this forever

Her beauty moved the new world
With a glare, with a smile
To a land of heroes
And glorious kings
They will one day be born
It has been written
In songs they will always
Remember her

Many will be dead below your feet
Oh, vision of cruelty
For your sake heroes shall be born again

For there is vengeance in your eyes
It will mean torturing
And death unto the sons of the kings

In your face, oh, beautiful child
Are the signs of warning
And the entrails of your past

Her beauty moved the new world
With a glare, with a smile
To a land of heroes
And glorious kings
They will one day be born
It has been written
In songs they will always
Remember her

You will have a little piece of time yourself
You will have a little piece of time yourself
We will live like this forever

You will have a little piece of time yourself
You will have a little piece of time yourself
We will live like this forever

Many will be dead below your feet
Oh, vision of cruelty
For your sake heroes shall be born again

For there is vengeance in your eyes
It will mean torturing
And death unto the sons of the kings

05. Bringer Of Light

He lost the heavens' war
He never found the way
Over the misty sea
Just like the sun he shined

Looking beneath the waves
That one returned no more
Just so you know
The loss was planned indeed

He may rule his world
From his throne of lies
But you're the only one
Who knows the truth of him

Show me the other worlds
These signs of grief
And all that lives
Will move up from the earth

He lost the heavens' war
He never found the way
Just so you know
The loss was planned indeed

Afraid the nations will fall
Do more to win their love
But you're the only one
Who knows the truth of him

They may call you the prince of lies
Against the odds you once fell
From high above like a star
The bringer of light

They call you the prince of lies
Against the odds you once fell
From high above like a star
The bringer of light

And now the end is near
Apocalypse is here
And you shall rise once again
From your shallow grave

Now pass through the unknown
But still I know
When they tore all his wings
I heard a mournful cry

And all the angels wept
Their tears burnt the sky
It echoed through the heavens
As one of their own just died

Afraid the nations will fall
Do more to win their love
He may rule his world
From his throne of lies

They may call you the prince of lies
Against the odds you once fell
From high above like a star
The bringer of light

They call you the prince of lies
Against the odds you once fell
From high above like a star
The bringer of light

06. Ascension

A certain kind of delusion
That even you can't penetrate
A strangling cloud of deception
Envelops a jealous, empty being

A preacher, preying on the fragile
Blinded by self importance
Sowing infected seeds
Delivering an empty curse

Armed with a vile tongue
Spewing forth sweet blasphemy
Sacrificing loyalists
To feed a bitter soul

With wicked vows delivered
We stood steadfast and true
Embraced by fellow kindred
Slaughtered where we slept

A certain kind of delusion
That even you can't penetrate
A strangling cloud of deception
Envelops a jealous, empty being

A preacher, preying on the fragile
Blinded by self importance
Sowing infected seeds
Delivering an empty curse

Through our own ascension
Whilst clawing at our chests
A lasting peace restored
As we shed our rotting flesh

Armed with a vile tongue
Spewing forth sweet blasphemy
Sacrificing loyalists
To feed a bitter soul

With wicked vows delivered
We stood steadfast and true
Embraced by fellow kindred
Slaughtered where we slept

07. ?And Death Said live

Instrumental

08. Destroyer Of All

It's time for a fight
It's time for another round
I'll take you down with the fire
Never again, never again

I will fight
I will fight for the last time
I'll show you the meaning of hell
One more time, one more time

Now hear the lies of the unborn child
Nothing but truth will be told
When you kill the spawn
Now bring their souls against the wall
And forget them all
Just paint the sky fully red
With their blood

See this blade
This blade is gonna slice you up
I will skin you down from
Head to toe, head to toe

The fire burns within my soul
It won't fade away
Maybe I'll survive
To see another day

Now hear the lies of the unborn child
Nothing but truth will be told
When you kill the spawn
Now bring their souls against the wall
And forget them all
Just paint the sky fully red
With their blood

For a century
I will hold the key
To open the gates
To this forgotten world
When it's time to leave
All across the seas
I will close the gates
And find another place

For a century
I will hold the key
To open the gates
To this forgotten world
When it's time to leave
All across the seas
I will close the gates
And find another place

Now hear the lies of the unborn child
Nothing but truth will be told
When you kill the spawn
Now bring their souls against the wall
And forget them all
Just paint the sky fully red
With their blood

For a century
I will hold the key
To open the gates
To this forgotten world
When it's time to leave
All across the seas
I will close the gates
And find another place

For a century
I will hold the key
To open the gates
To this forgotten world
When it's time to leave
All across the seas
I will close the gates
And crush the human race

09. What The Future Holds?

And when the time was right
For us to march to war
We took our weapons
And went before the storm

This is another time
And this is another place
This is what
I was born to face

This burning planet
That we do call our home
Forsaking others
We are drifting all alone
Each passing day it's turning
Into a worthless hole
Living in denial means
You're not living at all

Be free, for thee
I call for the open colors
In another existence
Of time and life
For me, this means
An utter extinction
An end to an existence
Of time and life

To be killed
Or be the one who kills
I had to make that choice
Before I lose my thrill

So when the time was right
For us to march to war
We left our weapons
And went into the storm

This burning planet
That we do call our home
Forsaking others
We are drifting all alone
Each passing day it's turning
Into a worthless hole
Living in denial means
You're not living at all

Is this the way
We were designed to be?
Another man killing
For another man's land
I don't want this
To be like this
No food for the starving
No water for the thirsty

Is this the way
We want the future to be?
We are the ones
Who can change all of this
We keep on fighting
The eternal war
And this will be
Our final fall

I don't want this to end like this
The women are crying
And the children are dying
Is this the way
We want the future to end?
We are the ones
Who should change all of this
Maybe we just keep on fighting
The eternal war
And this will be our last big fight

10. The Meadows Of Asphodel

And then from the mountains
To the river of Acheron
Maybe one day they will meet again
Like friends once departed

At first light they will leap
Leaving light behind
And where they will end
They will need no sun as a guide
At moon-time they will flow
To the worlds below
To the meadows of asphodel

Farewell, my only friend
This night will be our last
Tonight we drink from Lethe
And lose our past

And then from the mountains
To the river of Acheron
Maybe one day they will meet again
Like friends once departed

At first light they will leap
Leaving light behind
And where they will end
They will need no sun as a guide
At moon-time they will flow
To the worlds below
To the meadows of asphodel

Farewell, my only friend
This night will be our last
Tonight we drink from Lethe
And lose our past
These body-erasing waters
Minds and souls are splitting (splitting)
When human beings have finished
They're just beginning

But if we live in Elysium
I pray we do
Then we all shall prosper
Hand in hand
To be among the chosen
Only few
When we get the call from the gods
Then we must go

Farewell, my only friend
This night will be our last
Tonight we drink from Lethe
And lose our past
These body-erasing waters
Minds and souls are splitting (splitting)
When human beings have finished
They're just beginning (yeah)

11. Dead Winds Of Hope

Who are you, warlike men
Wearing grey armor that is stained by rust?
Breaking the ocean surge
Warden of deserted shores

Stands on his abandoned coast
Leading troops over the sea
None of them have landed yet
One last sleep 'til the end

Mother ocean
Spread your arms around me
Mother ocean
Let your children come towards me
Under my lonely sky
He is no common man
Common man

And when the raven died
I stared into his cold eyes
I saw it all unfold
And saw what this life was about

Beneath my wings
Beneath my wings
My brothers lie
When the fierce winds hurtle by
On either side
On either side
And 'neath my breast
Our sons have known no other rest

Yeah

Oh, mighty Father, lead us far
With hope and songs of love and war
Over the black sea and white foam
From here their children will find home

Remember days from long ago
Slowly we wander to and fro
But now dead winds that blur the light
Pierce deep our feathers thin and light
Our feathers thin and light

Beneath my wings
Beneath my wings
My brothers lie
When the fierce winds hurtle by
On either side
On either side
And 'neath my breast
Our sons have known no other rest

Beneath my wings
Beneath my wings
My brothers lie
When the fierce winds hurtle by
On either side
On either side
And 'neath my breast
Our sons have known no other rest

12. The Call

[THE BACKSTREET BOYS Cover]

Let me tell you the story
About the call that changed my destiny
Me and my boys went out
Just to end up in misery
I was about to go home and there she was
Standing in front of me and said: "Hi
I got a little place nearby, wanna go?"
I should have said no
Someone's waiting for me
But I called my girl up and said

Listen, baby, I'm sorry
Just wanna tell you don't worry
I will be late, don't stay up
And wait for me
I'll say again
You're dropping out
My battery is low
Just so you know
We're goin' to a place nearby
I gotta go

Now two years gone, nothing's been won
I can't take it back, what's done is done
One of her friends found out
That she wasn't my only one
And it eats me from inside
That she's not by my side
Just because I made that call and lied

Listen, baby, I'm sorry
Just wanna tell you don't worry
I will be late, don't stay up
And wait for me
I'll say again
You're dropping out
My battery is low
Just so you know
We're goin' to a place nearby
Gotta go

Listen, baby, I'm sorry
Just wanna tell you don't worry
I will be late, don't stay up
And wait for me
I'll say again
You're dropping out
My battery is low
Just so you know
We're goin' to a place nearby
I gotta go

Listen, baby, I'm sorry
Just wanna tell you don't worry
I will be late, don't stay up
And wait for me
I'll say again
You're dropping out
My battery is low
Just so you know
We're goin' to a place nearby
We're goin' to a place nearby
Gotta go