Beyond the sombre blue
Of distant horizons
I heard a song in the wind
From shining pinnacles
Of snow-crowned mountains
To the dark heart of deep forests green

Telling tales of the strange dreaming lands
East of the setting sun
And there appeared a tall white ship
Twist nights clouds and starlit sea

And I followed the wake of the white ship
Casting off modernitys gyves
To the lands where I reigned
By my fathers side
...again

Along ancient leylines down to the sea
On moonlit shores ten thousand meet
No words to be spoken, no thoughts to be thought
Waiting in silence, as great magic is wrought

Moonlit our witness blessed be the night
Calm be the waves may the winds be right
Gods and great spirits fled from these lands
Evil reigns by the black hand a few strong still stand

And wind fills the sail we head for the sea
Hear destiny calling let east and west be
What they may be just the ways of the wind

Across vast oceans onwards we fly
The veil has been lifted the leavetaking's nigh
Only our memories are bound to the soil
From shores forsaken we leave this mortal coil

And wind fills the sail we head for the sea
Hear destiny calling let east and west be
What they may be just the ways of the wind

"The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it."

Leaving the shores wave no hands
Long was our wait we're leaving today
Still on the dark waves seven tall ships lie
Golden sails set morning star our guide

Beyond the veils of time
Where past and future intertwine
Where written history subsides
Subconscious memories arise
Five keepers hold the keys
To unlock the gate of dreams
Behind the wall of sleep
Where Choronzon lies in wait

Behold the Urkraft, behold the sacred force
We strike with the wrath of the rightful
We wield the invincible puritan blade
Behold the fire, behold the force
We command the iron battalions
In the dawn of this new iron age

Sorcerers of yore wove mighty spells
While swords met shields like ringing bells
In places deep where dark things sleep
In hollow halls where dead kings weep
Where harps once sang with joy
Of the splendour, now buried beneath the seas

Behold the Urkraft, behold the sacred force
We strike with the wrath of the rightful
We wield the invincible puritan blade
Behold the fire, behold the force
We command the iron battalions
In the dawn of this new iron age

The days are growing darker
And what the coming age might hold
Even the wisest among us cannot say
And though some things are better left undisturbed
We must not bury the past
Or we will be buried by the future

Heed to the - Atlantean Kodex
Kneel before - Atlantean Kodex
Bow your head - Atlantean Kodex
Share the madness, the fury and the might

Foreboding mountains, threatening skies
Beyond these walls of stone, our sacred homeland lies
Ten years have passed now, since we left home
The green hills of my country, soon my weary eyes shall see again

From the black mountain a cold wind blows
Standing stones along our path bear marks of ancient runes
Midst howling gales pounding of drums
Whisper turn to battlecries chaos soon will rise

Beneath the black mountain we're lead astray
Never to see our home again
Beneath the black mountain our journey ends
Never to see our home again

Black folk of the mountains, watching our flock
Dark shapes are moving twist trees and barren rock
Green feathered arrows take down the steeds
Thrown into the dust, we will journey to the island of the dead

Blessed be the old gods, sacred warrior hordes
Blue their painted faces, the clash of bronze swords
Dark invocations grant eldritch strength
Bloodshed for the blood god, we are dying in this godforsaken land

Led to black mountains into the caves
Never to see our home again
Living and captive die in decay
Those not sacrificed forever be enslaved

Epistle One - The Fall of Man

Like gold fall the leaves in the wind
Long years numberless,
As the wings of the trees
The long years have passed
Into the west, beneath the blue vaults
Wherein the stars tremble in the song of the wind

Epistle Two - Through Years of Longing

From the Forests
And the green mountains far to the east
To the hills of Franconia dreaming in peace
See the fields full with grain
Shining like gold in the sun
Oh land of once and forevermore
As the Danube rolls slowly
To the seas of the east
Tall keeps of Bohemia
Are guarding the Reich
Land of proud halls,
Where legends resound in the night
Oh land of my youth and old age

Through years of longing we march
From here to the end of the world
I lead my folk to the gate
Where the past and today become one
Through years of longing we march
As seasons pass us by
Relentless in our stride, we enter the mountainside

Standing stones guard the tombs of our fathers long gone
Under the oaks, proud like titans defying the sun
Telling the tales of the days when our folk was still young
And took this land as ours

I remember the time, I remember the place
I remember the woods, where I first saw her face
Now the winds from the east strike fear in our hearts
Lost are the days of our youth as we part
Oh Upper Palatinate, where have you gone?
Once proud were your ways
Now all barren hills are covered in shade
Your past but a dream, no stars light us home

Through years of longing we march
From here to the end of the world
I lead my folk to the gate
Where the past and today become one
Through years of longing we march. As seasons pass us by
Relentless in our stride, we enter the mountainside

Epistle Three - Woodwards

~Instrumental~

"Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like wind in the meadow."

While ages passed, we dwell alone
Alone we wandered, died alone
'neath shadow green and standing stone
-'neath shadow green and standing stone
Far from the rule of modern throne

Beyond the veils of mistclad forests
As ages passed, we fought alone
'neath shadow green and standing stone
-'neath shadow green and standing stone
Alone we stand, alone we fall

As ages pass, we pray alone
-Alone we wandered, died alone
Alone with gods and gods alone
-Alone we stand, alone we fall
As guides to show us on the way
-'neath shadow green and standing stone
And light the road of the unknown

Our age has passed, we sail alone
-Far from the rule of modern throne
Into the west on ships of gold
-Carried by winds far from our homes
The evening star will lead us onward
-As guide to show us on the way
White shores are calling - ever home...

While ages pass, a legend's born
-Alone they wandered, died alone
Of shadow green and standing stone
-Far from the rule of modern throne
Who will remember the hidden folk?
-Who will bear the crown of oak and bone?
Borne on the wind their tale lives on....

Who will remember the hidden folk?
-Far from the rule of modern throne
Borne on the wind their tale lives on....

You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand, there's no turning back
The bugle sounds and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death

The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race toward the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We won't live to fight another day

We get so close near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds take my horse below
And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan