Avantasia - Ghostlights lyrics
Tracks 01. Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose
02. Let The Storm Descend Upon You 03. The Haunting 04. Seduction Of Decay 05. Ghostlights 06. Draconian Love 07. Master Of The Pendulum 08. Isle Of Evermore 09. Babylon Vampyres 10. Lucifer 11. Unchain The Light 12. A Restless Heart And Obsidian Skies 13. Wake Up To The Moon 01. Mystery Of A Blood Red Rose Music & lyrics by Tobias Sammet
We've played our roles in our passion plays
They've imposed on us right from the cradle No matter what you dream, beware of what you say Until the cogwheel's out of control to burst out of place No time to breathe Don't have no time to waste Bring on the night seize every drop of life away Slice of tasty hour off from Or in a blink it will be gone A stranding future bring it on Mystery of a blood red rose Burning like a raging fire When the day's been torn apart we'll leave it behind Mystery of a blood red rose Feasting on a blind desire Let the scent of poisonous flowers tempt me away A sweet temptation of a pure red rose While the hour don't wait for a blink to cram the past I'll get a move on No hesitation makes no one a better man I can't wait to finally know now what is gonna show now in Mystery of a blood red rose Burning like a raging fire When the day's been torn apart we'll leave it behind Mystery of a blood red rose Future glowing on a pyre Let the scent of poisonous rose tempt me away Boy, reach out for what is due Or you'll lap up what's left for you Throw ourselves into the waves And as the grinding wheel of time Is grinding of the chimes To echo in the night We're off into the moonshine Mystery of a blood red rose Burning like a raging fire When the day's been torn apart we'll leave it behind Mystery of a blood red rose Future glowing on a pyre Let the scent of poisonous rose tempt me away And I will waste no time tonight And I don't waste no time at all tonight 02. Let The Storm Descend Upon You Music & lyrics by Tobias Sammet
I'm smothered by your lucid nothing
I can't hear and touch and see But I feel it Though I can't believe it Like master of the observation Coming up with an explanation There's no need Making use of the spirit We can give you answers you are dying to receive Keep on dreaming Keep on screaming yeah You might be getting too much for your beating hart to take Your flesh is malice Prepare your chalice Lights breathe and sleep tight Will you defy intriguing ghostlights Seeing through all lies and foolish warnings There ain't no return Never like the darkness It may burn your soul away As you've been seeing What you've though you're dreaming Never open doors if you don't dare to walk on through Maybe you're old Now it's all your fault Light You're off to the light Will you defy all evil ghostlights Tell the truth from depuration Time Don't waste no time Prevail against the hands that tick your flesh away Now delve into your own reflection Ohhh in all that where I've been to There's nothing but a void Over the sanity of fools Shine your light into the darkness And let the storm descend upon you And I will make you mine Shine your light into the darkness Behold the lead aurora fall upon you Oh, Let the storm descend upon you Journey to the other side It's just a trip and pleasure ride And I don't know But does it really matter I am he who's always been Who dares to know what can't be seen I'm illusion or truth I'm confusion Light Bring me the light I will bring out certainty on a silver plate Like a mantle piece I will wipe out darkness Light Blessed is the lie Till there's no time left to spill To save and kill To take and seize Till this trip's your law Obey reflections of some crazy dream Or maybe the backside of reality Shine your light into the darkness And let the storm descend upon you And I will make you mine Shine your light into the darkness Behold the lead aurora fall upon you Let the storm descend upon you You gotta pray you're gunning just a ghostlight You gotta be won't be falling down the wayside Let it carry you away Cut the gem until it's purified away The candle burning to the ground I don't see nothing but addiction to the rhyme Kindles everything around For all the world we'll see it tower to the stars And all is melting into one We give them something to fall back on everytime They're too strung out to run Every moment, every heartbeat, every breath Leaves you one less to your last Still you cherish every second of the game Give me the future, you take the past And what if God is just an image in the mind A reflection of the will And what's the valor when the law you live in harmony Falls second for the drill I pray the lord ain't just a ghostlight in my mind a reflection of the will Let the storm descend upon me Let aurora fall upon me Let the fire fall upon him Let the fire purify him Never judge a thing you see It's only what your mortal eyes will want it to be Ohhh bring it on Let the dark and heaven confusion Spit out a conclusion Obey reflections of a memory Are just reflections in a crazy dream Shine your light into the darkness And let the storm descend upon you And I will make you mine Shine your light into the darkness Behold the lead aurora fall upon you Shine your light into the darkness (through the darkness) And let the storm descend upon you And I will make you mine Shine your light into the darkness (into the darkness) Behold the lead aurora fall upon you Oh, Let the storm descend upon you (let the storm descend upon you) Ohhh descend upon you, yeah. 03. The Haunting Music & lyrics by Tobias Sammet
I can't count the days I've days I've roamed
A stray ghost liked to wither on the vine A paling tales of days long gone I won't be untill you close your eyes Sleep time Someone's always by your side A thousand nights we've been calling your name Close your eyes but I won't go away We're there for you The cold embrace that you don't want to feel Must not be but you know it is real We're there for you Don't you waste your time and try To understand this figment of the lie Don't breathe the word to anyone By the time you phrase me I'll be gone Sweet dreams See you in the twilight zone A thousand nights we've been calling your name Close your eyes but I won't go away We're there for you The cold embrace that you don't want to feel Must not be but you know it is real We're there for you Down I must contain the wayward fantasy Where did all those wicked dreams come from Pictures in the dark they seem so eerily Winter night, I pray my mind is wrong I'm the spot they refuse to conceive A thousand nights we've been calling your name Close your eyes but I won't go away We're there for you The cold embrace that you don't want to feel Must not be but you know it is real We're there for you 04. Seduction Of Decay Music & lyrics by Tobias Sammet
It ain't the far cry that it seemed
In just a wink we'd come for you You may not feel it We are the light, the scorching heat We are the untold chosen few And now we've come for you We'll fit you like a velvet glove That's gonna choke their minds Affiliate yourself with what you can't defy Some below and few above We're gonna numb their minds Riot on the edge On the brink of insanity Riot on the edge You'll hear me screaming your name I am the angel of decay to seize you There'll be no thoughts to maintain I'm the seduction of decay I hear the tales reverberate From shrouds of myth that only time would weave Bred in a den of lunacy Who can we trust? Who's next in line? The sacred drive to rationalize Commit ourselves another day To lesser crime Choke on your own pace with candour So pleasant in the quiet Vicegerents of the tide Riot on the edge On the brink of insanity Riot on the edge You'll hear me screaming your name I am the angel of decay to seize you There'll be no thoughts to maintain I'm the seduction of decay Time contaminating space To reinfect and agonize anything around We are metabolite of dreams The chosen ones to sacrifice the wasteland-bound Oh, Euphoria is looming in the darkness Coincidence of opposites we are Once beautiful intentions Oh, we'll drag you over Oh, it's gonna drag you over Oh, from the start we run away And don't seem to care what for Forever feels like a blink after passing by Just fools don't know the prime's another Stat of decay Riot on the edge On the brink of insanity Riot on the edge You'll hear me screaming your name I am the angel of decay to seize you There'll be no thoughts to maintain I'm the seduction of decay 05. Ghostlights Music & lyrics by Tobias Sammet
You're tossing and turning
You think you're awake While you're trying to run Like in a nightmare Time loves your ego to death You're leaving the wheelwork To the ground of being you go on Defying temptation in the engine room That is our self I feel a storm is looming With a shaking grumble I don't know if I'm right or wrong I don't know if I shall go on I don't know what I'll believe But I'm on my way Minds fly free When the gates fly open Walk on through Thunder and rain And the wind in my face Ghostlights dance Will you heed the token Glazing light Blinding my eyes Get me out of this maze The world as we know it Is beginning to shake I don't trust my eyes Are we all superstitious If we think what our hearts know is true Fireworks surround me Wherever I go they tell me: Always home Psychosomatic They'll name it the nature of God Off to a new horizon Time is the key to unite with the all Time is gonna make you see Right from wrong eternally Don't let the noises devour you Minds fly free When the gates fly open Walk on through Thunder and rain And the wind in my face Ghostlights dance Will you heed the token Glazing light Blinding my eyes Get me out of this maze And what if you're only a prism For the ghostlights that you wanna see And we're just reflection of your dreams It's speaking to me It's yelling at me It's screaming to me Resonating with me And a thousand lights Are trying to make me see They call me home They call me home They call me home They call me home Minds fly free When the gates fly open Walk on through Thunder and rain And the wind in my face Ghostlights dance Will you heed the token Glazing light Blinding my eyes Get me out of this maze 06. Draconian Love Music & lyrics by Tobias Sammet
You shed draconian love
You shed draconian... You shed draconian love You shed draconian... Welcome to your way Seemingly endless as you take your wings The world through kaleidoscope eyes Until you unlearn what you keep inside Those innocent eyes... Reflecting the light for an innocent soul Till the cold around's not gonna wait its turn Wait its turn no more Tell me how should I embrace Like roses we'll wither on the vine Why should bide my time If it flies away sometime Where are you now, where are you now Leaving me down here, lost in the waves Hey hey hey When will God explain this draconian love You shed draconian love, you shed draconian love Where do I go, where are you now Selling me love through fiery rain, angel When will you explain this draconian love It's all draconian love , it's all draconian Infiltrate us with mercy Bait us with sympathy Blind us with love We're lost in the clouds rolling by And in what some of us read Into what they feel Like a grain of nothing I feel cast in the wind of enthean caprice Of an unbred cause, of unborn will Whatever that may mean Tell me how should I embrace Like roses we'll wither in the vine Tell me why should I bide my time If it flies away sometime Where are you now, where are you now Leaving me down here, lost in the waves Hey hey hey When will God explain this draconian love You shed draconian love, you shed draconian love Where do I go, where are you now Selling me love through fiery rain, angel When will you explain this draconian love It's all draconian love , it's all draconian Aspiration and tears, heartache and fears Draconian love, you shed draconian love Unrequited love - down on my knees Draconian love, it's all draconian love Where are you now, where are you now Leaving me down here, lost in the waves Will you explain this draconian love Where are you now, where are you now Leaving me down here, lost in the waves Hey hey hey When will God explain this draconian love You shed draconian love, you shed draconian love Where do I go, where are you now Selling me love through fiery rain, angel When will you explain this draconian love It's all draconian love , it's all draconian Where are you now, where are you now Leaving me down here lost in the waves Hey hey hey When will God explain this draconian love You shed draconian love, you shed draconian love Where do I go, where are you now Selling me love through fiery rain 07. Master Of The Pendulum Music & lyrics by Tobias Sammet
Who's the one who's stretching out his hand
Is it it or is it me that won't lose hold Take on to the pendulum and sway Like a mistletoe I'm clinging to the cold, yeah I am the trellis for those in need to twine around The rock of ages for those who're meant to wander around I got no time for a break and we got no time to waste I'll save it up in the pace, I'll quantify thoughts away that you don't need anyway, oh what a beautiful day... Tic toc tic toc Someone's watching over me Begging for a dance While your sands are running out Rigid and firm's what I hold in my hands Tick away time, I allot and I divide Master of the hands that guide you Run if you can while the war drum's ticking on Ancient of days, I'm the shouldering pace I will make you mine, I allot and I divide Master of the hands that push you That's who I am. The master of these hands I lead the horse to the water and I make it drink I'm here to force precision just on everything I feel your breath in my neck I feel you behind my back And as I'm turning around There's just this frightening sound I feel it everywhere Oh I know that you're there... Tic toc tic toc Someone's watching over me Begging for a dance while your sands are running out Rigid and firm's what you hold in your hands Tick away time, you allot and you divide Master of the hands that guide you Run if you can while the war drum's ticking on Ancient of days: you're the shouldering pace I will make you mine, I allot and I divide Master of the hands that push you Angels fall Time's gonna winnow all Dying dreams Right from wrong Dwell in a run Turn the wheel Something's reaching out for me Begging for a dance While your sands are running out Rigid and firm's what I hold in my hands Tick away time, I allot and I divide Master of the hands that guide you Run if you can while the war drum's ticking on Ancient of days, I'm the shouldering pace I will make you mine, I allot and I divide Master of the hands that push you 08. Isle Of Evermore Music & lyrics by Tobias Sammet
From a frozen world will you take me over
All alone, sweet embrace Leave the place I can't abide no more Take a look at ourselves, afraid to get closer Will the predermination drive us to a distant shore The tender velvet gown of destination left behind I'm wide awake, I'm on my way to evermore And I turn around to fading shores I'll sail on through this opening door Wide awake onto the isle of evermore I'm dead to the world, you blindfold my eyes while you're killing what I'm yearning for You just see what your eyes have been told to tell you Falling down to the ground, how come you ask if what you feel is true I'm staring at the maze and let it paralyze me Watch it come alive and burn me out until I'm coming through The tender velvet gown of slumber will just leave me just breathing Wide awake I'm on my way to evermore And I turn around to fading shores I'll sail on through this opening door Wide awake onto the isle of evermore I'm dead to the world You blindfold my eyes while you're killing what I'm yearning for What I'm yearning for... Wide awake I'm on my way to evermore And I turn around to fading shores I'll sail on through this opening door Wide awake onto the isle of evermore I'm dead to the world blindfold my eyes while you're killing what I'm yearning for 09. Babylon Vampyres Music & lyrics by Tobias Sammet
A lot of good advice
Nobody's keeping for themselves If you're playing by the rules You'll be a trophy on a shelf Give in to the ordinary run of things Like it's meant to be There's nothing left of me Praying for salvation, floating with the tide The very first temptation Drags you to the other side You learn to walk and run You fly until you fall as far as I can see The future ahead was not what it used to be Blessed was the darkness - veiling hypocrisy Babylon is burning, shining from afar Babylon is burning From sunset to sunrise Babylon is burning And you're glowing like a fiery star And no one can tell if we've been for real Babylon is burning Babylon is burning They say it's coming by the night To engraft into the brain What a scientific tongue won't recall Or even phrase It's crawling up your spine To breed a wicked freak if nature We will be a new society A headless congregation, a vortex needing more The road to good intentions is evil to the core The devil and the deep blue sea are waiting Side by side for me The sweet scent of poison Hazing the dread away This side of the moon I'll confess to... Another day Babylon is burning, shining from afar Babylon is burning From sunset to sunrise Babylon is burning And you're glowing like a fiery star And no one can tell if we've been for real Yeah Ever since I can remember I've been shooting up that road with a dream I saw gold at the end of the rainbow I was given an idea of what life should be What life should be Aint't there a light above the shadow Aint't there blood in the machine Aint't there flesh they'd been misleading Aint't there a longing soul within? I've seen believers on the wayside And I'm afraid to say, I think just like you That failed to pretend They could cope with what they'd find When they didn't have a clue - just like you Babylon is burning, shining from afar Babylon is burning From sunset to sunrise Babylon is burning And you're glowing like a fiery star And no one can tell if we've been for real, oh Babylon is burning, shining from afar Babylon is burning From sunset to sunrise Babylon is burning And you're glowing like a fiery star And no one can tell if we've been for real 10. Lucifer Music & lyrics by Tobias Sammet
Eternity is a goal I must have fallen
Through my pride being perfect in my ways The morning starling fire down from heaven Oh every wrap into a gown of grace I hear the screams that echo from the darkness I swear from dawn to dusk came off the edge Oh hear the creature crying in the distance Buried in the symbol on a shelf I'll take you home tonight to center of your soul I'll take you home tonight fire, flesh and blood Touching the flames tonight, touching the flames tonight Morning is dying, brace me on these grounds, angel of light How will I forgive him who wouldn't forgive me who just value the power How should I live in peace with the one, I'll shining be in the happy devour The feeling of light under the skies, black shape is the moon our scarlet tonight I'll make you fume in fury and rage I'll make you see what you made of tonight I'll take you home tonight to center of your soul I'll take you home tonight fire, flesh and blood Touching the flames tonight, touching the flames tonight Touching the flames tonight, touching the flames tonight 11. Unchain The Light Music & lyrics by Tobias Sammet
Who's got the answer
Is this what I'm looking for And who do I talk to What do I have to explore Attend to your god given duty You'll be taking your heaven by force How could you choose With your head in the noose With no time to lose High up in the open skies We'll chain the light We'll take the time from those it does to death, we're High up in the open skies We'll chain the light We'll take the time from those it does to death and I'll chain the light I'll bring it right down to illuminate unholy ways, we'll chain the light Too worn out to wonder We might not want to overextend them no more Our beautiful spook lights are all they will need All they will want to explore And after it's all said and done We won't fear the transcience no more Cause we don't realize Idle glance in our eyes Let precision prevail High up in the open skies We'll chain the light We'll take the time from those it does to death, we're High up in the open skies We'll chain the light We'll take the time from those it does to death and I'll chain the light I'll bring it right down to illuminate unholy way, we'll chain the light You look above to see inside yourself and find time standing still You see the world in different light You turn this moment into what you think it's ought to be Demystify the dark High up in the open skies We'll chain the light We'll take the time from those it does to death, we're High up in the open skies We'll chain the light We'll take the time from those it does to death and I'll chain the light I'll bring it right down to illuminate unholy ways 12. A Restless Heart And Obsidian Skies Music & lyrics by Tobias Sammet
A genuine soul to dwell on baleful grounds
Glances wandering around In the darkness of the world Clouds have closed a ring around the sky While the old ones hear the chimes Through the darkness of the world A genuine man will realize He must fawn upon the times While he shouldn't waste a word Tender feet on stoney ground See the young ones stray around Through the darkness of the world Sacred heart will you usher me now For I'll carry the lantern your way For I'll bring us home Dark is the night, scarlet the moon Sacred the light in the haze reflecting within Blazing the trail Be still my restless heart Obsidian's the sky Inward you look as you halt Be still restless heart I'm on my way Under obsidian skies Wake to the sound of passing time How could I quantify it in the darkness of the world Wake to the shadow of a dream Nothing's what it seems As you brave the darkness of the world Ghost lights and matter You'll know what is real Perception and fact - all the same Truth's what you feel Dark is the night, scarlet the moon Sacred the light in the haze reflecting within Blazing the trail Be still my restless heart Obsidian's the sky Inward you look as you halt Be still restless heart I'm on my way Under obsidian skies And the wind and the rain that were shaking the pane move onward along with the clouds And you're gazing in awe at the ghost lights above as if stars cut their way through the shroud On and on and on... Moon shines Ghost lights Oh they reach out for you Blazing the trail under obsidian skies Dark is the night, scarlet the moon Sacred the light in the haze reflecting within Blazing the trail Be still my restless heart Obsidian's the sky Inward you look as you halt Be still restless heart I'm on my way Dark is the night, scarlet the moon Sacred the light in the haze reflecting within Blazing the trail Be still my restless heart Obsidian's the sky Inward you look as you halt Be still restless heart I'm on my way 13. Wake Up To The Moon Music & lyrics by Tobias Sammet
You see the sun touch the horizon
You know the future awaits And yours hides in the darkness The stars are gonna line up in the night sky I see what some will deny As I follow the starkness Can you believe your eyes We'll make you rise to the occasion Follow your heart and run Seek shelter from the day Waiting for the moon The sound of falling angels calling you Strange and magic Hear us call your name Darkness shines a sweet deceleration down on you Wayward child wake up to the moon They wanna squeeze you in their picture from the outside they call your life a world of make-believe You're feeling pushed by a racing heartbeat Parameterizing the world They only see what they're told to see Child of the ocean floor No need of daylight that deceives you Don't let them wear you down Listen to the voice Waiting for the moon The sound of falling angels calling you Strange and magic Hear us call your name Darkness shines a sweet deceleration down on you Wayward child wake up to the moon Kind of buried alive You've been sacrificed They show you the key Till you love to agree A brave modern day This world is insane Waiting for the moon The sound of falling angels calling you Strange and magic Hear us call your name Darkness shines a sweet deceleration down on you Wayward child wake up to the moon Waiting for the moon The sound of falling angels calling you Strange and magic Hear us call your name Darkness shines a sweet deceleration down on you Wayward child wake up to the moon |