Dark and dampness lingers
In body and in soul
Dead wall of stone I cry out
For twenty years alone
Exanimate a penance
Not fit for man nor beast
Innocent of mortal sin
Do hear me out at least

Man of strong mind and soul
Deserves a second chance
Just to see a glimpse of light
Would warm my icy hands

Any kin or family
Just an echo in my mind
Silence loudens tribulations
That I left behind
Just then a beam of light projects
From underneath the rock
Could it be escape I'm free
I'll dig my fingers raw

Deep in your mind look for the answer
It'll be there
Life, strange illusion
Stay low, I'll take care
Time is the sentence in which
You must abide
Make sin your companion
Then Satan be your bride

The tunnels deep and twisting
As I press my body through
Entrapped in this one way passage
The light I must pursue
I grasp the bars at the end of my crawl
As I gape down to the sea
The skeleton of a man who tried
A fool just like me

A cry shivers the night, a voice in agony
That shrieks above the trees
In a land where no one comes
In a land where spirits dwell
Hear their fatal screams
The old man clutches his heart
As he looks to the window
He knows his time has come
Woman stands in the dark
Her hair is wet as the snow
Nightmares just begun

Fates Warning is heard
Run shivers up and down the spine
Of those who believe
The old and decrepit have seen
They mourn in the night
Young and restless can't conceive
Moon looks through the drifting storm
Thunder cracks the sky
She screams through out the night
The laughing magpie spreads his wings
And looks him in the eye
And laughs at you in spite

Spirit of innocence take me away
Dancing her pitiful ritual
She's stalking her prey
The bard and the banshee
Sound a harmonious wail
Predestined hour has come

The old man wakes with the dawn
Sweat upon his brow, he casts the spell
Father O'Reilly found in the moors
The people mourn, hear the church's bell
Moon looks through the drifting storm
Thunder cracks the sky, and she screams
The laughing magpie spreads his wings
And looks you in the eye, and laughs

High priest, the man you look for
Prays in the garden tonight
Conceived by immaculate conception
King Nazarene creator of light
Healing cripples
Gives sight to the blind
Transforms himself
He's not of our kind
I know this begot by a kiss
He knows not that he's been defied

Demon lords won't you ride with me
Mount your horse to Gethsemane

Judas Iscariot, money man and thief of Judah
Tell me haven't you dined with the man
And preached with him in Galilee
You deny being one of the twelve
Wish to trade your king for gold
Thirty silver pieces be your reward
And may your rotten conscience never grow old

I am in you, you are in I
You have defied me
I see through your eyes
Beware the kiss of death

Pharisees I fall to my knees
We must nullify the contract we have made
I have pined, defied innocent blood
And returned the silver pieces that you've paid
What's this you say, who is he to us
See to thyself you greedy man
The place of the skull
In where lies your king
We have washed our hands

April thirtieth, the souls of the risen
Are leading the way. The first of May
Black magic night, witches holiday
Their torches glow
Eternal evil, it summons
The lords of hell, just once a year
Compel and beware the spell of the jackyl
Can't break the spell
Won't break the spell
The spell of the shadowless man

The witches fornicate, the demons dance
Blackmass romance
In hellish praise
Round Bröcken they prance
Their numbers grow
A harpie chants, fire fountains glow
Virgin of snow burnt by the torch
Of the one with no shadow
I saw his face, I've seen him before
The face of the shadowless man

As dawn breaks through the trees
Lonely town falls to their knees
A solemn belfry begins to toll
The mass begins to sing familiar hymns
Man in black has his back to the crowd
Spreads his wings and turns around
As my heart begins to pound

Because you, you're the one I
Saw in flight, at Walpurgis Night
You've betrayed and cursed the light
At Walpurgis Night
You're the one I saw in flight
Walpurgis Night
At the setting of the sun

(instrumental)

He was the son of a champion
A proud Olympian
Taught his boy all the tricks
He'd ever need to win
The games were fierce as battle
Not for ordinary man
A man born of royal blood
Must live by sword in hand
This one not so lucky
As he fell to his knees
Suddenly inflicted
Deranged with disease
His father act with fury
You must not scorn his name
Cast him to the forest
Return never again

The nights cold and darkened
As the boy turned into man
Took shelter in the jackal's den
The cave Tartarean
Confronted by the serpent
Now your soul belongs to me
For your health and strength
Sell your soul and you'll go free
Eager to accept the bribe
For revenge in his mind
Dawn reflected from the blade
The forest left behind
His strength grew with every stride
He was healthy as an ox
No one would stop him

You live by the sword
And die by the sword
Avenge everyone in your way
Condemning a Misfit
For innocence his sin
His blade will avenge you someday

Defeating every wild beast
And swordsman in the ring
Victor of the main event
Wed daughter of the king
He glances to the throne
Where sits the royal regime
The king who cast the misfit died
His father reigned supreme
The charge begins, first pass is made
The serpent's face revealed
Time has come to meet his fate
The bribe kept concealed
He casts his blade with vengeance
And pierced his father's soul
Satan would take him

(instrumental)

Little soldier, plastic pistol
Aiming for the head
Now you see me now you don't
You missed me, you're dead
Laughing, hiding in the bushes
Scatter for your life
Little soldier tripped and fell
Get him with your knife

Electric eye is loaded
It shows them it's okay to kill
They eventually will

Mother calls you in for lunch
Put the war on hold
Too rough to play with other kids
How many times you've been told
Laugh at pain it's silly
He'd make the soldiers bleed
Break the flesh, twist the bone
Bring them to their knees

You don't throw stick and stone
you leave the little girls alone, she said
First sight of blood at ten
Fell off the swing and cracked his head

A still and quiet conscience
Regardless of their doom
The victims play, they're on their way
Soldier Boy
No sense they have, of ills to come
Nor care beyond ills of today
They've lost their way, Soldier Boy

Playgrounds into battle fields,
Diapers into green and stripes
Mold plastic into steel, the war is real
The solders fight tonight
Little soldier falls once more
Sees red glow like the sun
Mother calls him back to
Arlington, in Washington

Little soldier, plastic pistol aiming for the head
Now you see me, now you don't
You missed me, you're dead
Laughing, hiding in the bushes, scatter for your life
Little soldier tripped and fell, get him with your knife

Electric eye is loaded, it shows them it's okay to kill
They eventually will

Mother calls you in for lunch, put the war on hold
Too rough to play with other kids, how many times you've been told
Laugh at pain it's silly
He'd make the soldiers bleed
Break the flesh, twist the bone, bring them to their knees

You don't throw stick and stone, you leave the little girls alone she said, leave them alone
First sight of blood at ten, fell off the swing and cracked his head, it's all red

A still and quiet conscience, regardless of their doom, the victims play, they're on their way, Soldier Boy
No sense they have, of ills to come
Nor care beyond ills of today, they've lost their way, Soldier Boy

Playgrounds into battle fields, diapers into greens and stripes, mold plastic into steel, the war is real, the solders fight tonight
Little solder falls once more, sees red glow like the sun
Mother calls him back to Arlington, in Washington.

You don't throw stick and stone, you leave the little girls alone she said, leave them alone
First sight of blood at ten, fell off the swing and cracked his head, it's all red

A still and quiet conscience, regardless of their doom, the victims play, they're on their way, Soldier Boy
No sense they have, of ills to come
Nor care beyond ills of today, they've lost their way, Soldier Boy