Old Season - Archaic Creation lyrics
Tracks 01. Meet Me On The Battlefield
02. Forever Damned 03. The Mission 04. Prowler 05. Bitter Is The Wind 06. At The Hollow 07. The Heathens' Dance 08. A Soldier's Song 01. Meet Me On The Battlefield
On the battlefield slain, ours sons of Erin
Through the battlefield's pain, our sons of Erin The earth will bleed the blood of your king To a river carved deep by the sword of a Fiann For our freedom this our plight This land of life and dreams Regal martinets march To rot us at the seams Course their warships towards the shore Prepare tools of death Await the dawn Vigilant stalk as the waves draw them near For our freedom this our plight This land of life and dreams Regal martinets march To rot us at the seams Meet me on the battlefield My sons of Erin So many times has our soil been drenched in blood So many lives has this blood drenched soil engulfed For the freedom this our plight This land of life and dreams Meet me on the battlefield 02. Forever Damned
Tearful the cries that fill the midnight sky
Dark spirits deliver their penance Thrice shrieking her lust, her lust for your soul Alone in the dark she bleeds this death romance Serpent nails caress her long mane Once flowed and mirrored beauty Beauty torn down, twisted, scorned Her first cry the warning, this deathly mourn Stalking 'neath the moon, scent of death Wolves serenade night, hour of death She moves on the wind so swift, such grace Relentless in torture, she leaves no fucking trace Trapped in the shadows, the flames left behind Her talons' first grip, existence exiled Stalking 'neath the moon, scent of death Wolves serenade night, hour of death Harvester of souls, precise first kill She feeds on your flesh Prepare the feast, feel your blood turn cold But yet you'll burn Your blackened soul burns You are the flesh sent, start the feast She brings you death, unveil the beast Blood falls from the altar, this chalice of death Transcend into darkness, claws ripping last breath Stalking 'neath the moon, scent of death Wolves serenade night, hour of death Harvester of souls, precise first kill She feeds on your flesh Prepare the feast, feel your blood turn cold But yet you'll burn Your blackened soul burns 03. The Mission
The autumn's vice on dregs of life has past
While roundabout the hills the snow drives fast The mercenary slips his lair And grappled in his hands there bears The solitary hope of nations thralled Wherefore comes this titan of men? The seas lie in wait for his ships of stealth 'Cross monstrous waves of seething crests And ocean vales of uneasy rest Ne'er terror nor lust shall ever waylay Tempestuous gales these masts will outstand And hold steadfast 'til death or land Ferried aloft the standard's face is revealed And borne upon the winds of a godless zeal He forges on through the perpetual dark And closes in on the ancient ark Where the fame of erstwhile heroes's stored And all cherished tales of battlelore The sceptre wrench'd from the master's hand Argentine skies below he stands Ferried aloft the standard's face is revealed And borne upon the winds of a godless zeal He forges on through the perpetual dark And closes in on the ancient ark Where the fame of erstwhile heroes stored And all cherished tales of battlelore The sceptre wrench'd from the master's hand Argentine skies below he stands Primordial mores are all but lost The latter days know nothing of the cost Insipid lives of lifeless men Their doctrine's claim on penitence Doth rules the weakest minds of those not freed Ensanguined spoils of crusades' toils are fixed To pietism's clasp on those betwixt the amalgam of gods and men Our mercenary strives to rend Anathematic bonds of theists' call, for one an all The faithless one shall never fall The faithless one shall never fall 04. Prowler
Prowler, fetish for flesh
Under darkness he waits, virgin blood he baits To complete the cycle Lying in wait, the seductive moment Eyes red with desire, cast from the fire This feast of predators Haunting - Your life's been sold Hunted - Your hellish nightmare unfolds Screams of pain as he cuts you down Crush your bones, burn you into the ground Shards of light upon the flesh, creep through the masses Infectious first touch, burning lust, it's so precious Lead them to the jackals, feast, gorge And savour the dripping blood Haunting - Your life's been sold Hunted - Your hellish nightmare unfolds Screams of pain as he cuts you down Crush your bones, burn you into the ground Back in his lair, black stench of death Trophy flesh shawl, caress Here in this hell, forged a soul masked in black Shunned by the light of day, by the light of day Inside his mind a statue of death Carved from the stone of his soul So now your time has come Just to satisfy My deepened pain, all life I slay This deadline for murder Haunting - Your life's been sold Hunted - Your hellish nightmare unfolds Screams of pain as he cuts you down Crush your bones, burn you into the ground 05. Bitter Is The Wind
Grand old Vikings ruled the oceans vast
Their brave battle songs still thunder on the blast Riding in its might, bring tyrants to their knee The flag that flies above is the love of liberty Bitter is the wind tonight White tresses of the sea Heed now O king, what honour I bring Silence I pray, while I speak my lay Your exploits to tell, which all men know well Only Odin can say where the dead lay Sword metal peeled on rim of shield Their fate it was sealed on the battlefield The king advanced while axes danced Distant shore heard the clamour of war Blood ran free, beyond the sea I praise this king throughout his land And keenly sing his open hand His hand so free with golden spoil But vice-like he grips his own soil Sword metal peeled on rim of shield Their fate it was sealed on the battlefield To praise my lord, this tight mouth broke The word floods poured, the still tongue spoke From my poet's breast these words, they took wing Now all the rest may learn to sing Bitter is the wind tonight White tresses of the sea 06. At The Hollow
Ahead of me the bridge awaits
Alone, I hear the creaking of the souls Entrapped in the death soaked beams, they draw me closer As this eerie chill grows upon my back Black knight, stark horrors, how they unfold Mysterious reaper, oh! he tills the fields Unseen eyes stare right through me, on this hellish night Onwards I march through the darkness for his immortal soul And the moonlit trees with their shadowed age old arms Cast out to steal my frightened soul And the hooves I hear, his breath do I fear Am I about to meet my death? This final date with destiny, oh! is this him or is it me? Can I make it to the other side, or will he for one more time ride? This steel I hold, of age I'm told, and forged in the depths of hell Destruction spread one slice and death, this glory must be held At the hollow it sleeps At the hollow it sleeps Sweeping fast, it's hell unleashed, the mighty roar, the savage beast His glaring eyes rip through your mind, just don't let him in Steel against claw, the ferocious last fight And the wolves as they howled and the moon for the light Death befall you, my only command I'll swear that you'll die by the sword in my hand At the hollow it sleeps At the hollow it sleeps Ahead of me the great hall awaits, Virtue the spoils to the victor on this day My sword, his blood, this path to the brave Rapturous demon, laid down this eternal grave 07. The Heathens' Dance
Winter has dawned
And the sun has breathed its last In the bitter moonlight winds I can hear The crestfallen cry of angels As the heathens dance in circles 'Round a blaze impaling the sky The lamb has been slaughtered The wine has been cloven Exult... This unhallowed hour Like an eye in the sky This now perpetual moon leers above us Vigilant as a sentinel masqueraded Awaiting to summon the ancient world As the heathens dance in circles 'Round a blaze impaling the sky The lamb has been slaughtered The wine has been cloven Exult... This unhallowed hour The stench of archaic creation Cascades these wilted lands The rebirth of a forgotten season Once buried deep in time Rise... up from beyond the realm Cleanse these lands and all who dwell Renew the yearning in our souls Rid us of fallacy The fallacy Bestow unto me immortality Winter has dawned, and the sun hath breathed its last In the fire light sky we feel the desperate cry of angels Now the heathens dance in circles, 'round a blaze reigning the sky The blood of the lamb on the altar, exult... this unhallowed dawn The stench of archaic creation Cascades these wilted lands The rebirth of a forgotten season Nevermore buried in time 08. A Soldier's Song
Thunder sounds my coming, this vitriolic will
Lays waste these lands before me, for blood shall spill The interminable suffering in which your kin will wallow Shall wipe your seed from this earth, so none may follow Kneel and serve before me, I'll slay yours one by one Behold the age of pestilence, I am your kingdom come Yet stood as one With tempered nerve and steel Ten thousand strong Our kings had become his pawns Hiding our fate inside their walls When tumbled down so did reveal Insidious and heinous deals To sell the souls of kindred men Deal death to those opposing them To smite the spark of life from birth And sow the seeds of hell on earth This night will see our vengeance won My life this land still holds 'til war is done A soldier's song We chant this night of the Fianns' might To drive us on and on Ready now men with your horse-swords and bows Our dead to avenge as we round on our foes The skies fell red and winds came cold O'er steely clasps on arms there borne Such woe beheld through eyes of men Could stir the heart to fight 'til the end Quicken your step and be bold men Lifeblood for the seasons old From forth the mass one hundred brave Led out first charge that night And followed on ten thousand strong Their foe to bring the fight March, on the bastion of helotry March, to the thunderous cheer Too long enslaved have our forebears been March, for the battle draws near Ready and fire the funeral pyre Of servitude under them Lo! The tide of iniquity slows The hour it is ripe for the blow Let children of men be shown Lest happens they forget their own Saw them sold, that kings of men Saw them sold, these kings of men Would see us sold Impassioned cries for the war-felled men Rake thin the verve of valour's yen Foul price that sees our freedom won All life in war a victim has become A soldier's song Intones this night our people's plight And drives us on and on and on and on... Impassioned cries for the war-felled men Rake thin the verve of valour's yen Foul price that sees our freedom won All life in war a victim has become A soldier's song This soldier's song |