Once there was a time,
darker than the human mind,
the old man told me

If there was a light
it cried a while before it died,
it died away

That night he told me of the darkest time
With his own eyes he had witnessed this crime

Once there was a place
before it was a realm of grace,
not far from here

Ruined, raped and murdered,
sunken deep to dark despair
Sky covered in glowing clouds

Lasting night and winter,
fatal atmosphere

Misery
Is there no end to this tragedy, how many tears?
This darkest time laughs at divinity
This darkest time laughs at your fears

Once there was a war
of a kind never seen before,
poor stupid mankind

Brother killing brother
rulers crying out for more
always more

From distant swords lands wet with blood
Games of slaughter death the only goal

Again he sees the end it's light that blinds his eyes
Creatures of the night are calling him to darkness
To die for the glory and to be brave silent tears slowly running down
The darkness is here it has killed the light. Only one more war to fight

Last breath was taken now in the dark of the night
cold kiss of death will end this war
silence is there when the warrior is dying
last breath was taken when he died

Again he feels the breeze, it haunts him forevermore
There is no time to waste when he sees the stormy sky
Today is the day of war, today I'm longing to die
On this ice of eternity norther kills the light

I have come to the point where there is no return
I'm losing my mind and my heart will burn
This fear inside is eating me alive again
Left alone I'm not gonna stay. No fucking way

When i cut myself and laugh at you all
I am the released one, now my blood streams on the floor
There was nothing left anymore when i reached for you
You didn't care even then, now the bells are calling for you

I've been walking in the shadows already for so long
Don't know the difference between what is right or wrong
There is nothing to be done anymore to prevent my demise
The rope is around my neck meaning that I'm gonna die

When i hang myself and laugh at you all
I am the released one, and my spirit walks out of the door
There was nothing left anymore when i reached for you
You didn't care even then, now the bells are calling for you

With my heart black as the night I feel no pain while I kill
Blood runs warm as I fight against you
In my dreams I have seen the light but it is fading away:
The souls I curse haunt me forever 'cause there's no light
I hate myself now in the dark
When the sky turns black and there is no light in sight
I come from the dark to tear your heart apart

I am a fucking nightmare
I am the shadow
There is no turning back when you have seen my eyes
I have tried to stop but it's too late now
Everywhere it is just endless war

With my heart black as the night I feel no pain when I die
Blood runs warm as I fight against you
In my dreams I have seen the light, but it is fading away
My mind is filled with endless sorrow
The light that used to shine so bright is no more alive
When I walk through this dream I see the light
No way to escape this fucking reality of mine
With my eyes black as my blood I see the approaching death
The souls I curse haunt me forever
When the sky turns black and there isn o light in sight
I come from the dark to tear your heart apart

I won again but is this the way
Now I am leaving, leaving for good
To rest in eternal peace

I saw a dream that can't be real
It takes me to my mind
Now look inside this evil dream of mine
I left you dying in the rain
Now you feel my fucking pain
You know I am insane
but in the end it's all the same

In this dream I am only real
take my hand and fly with me again tonight
far away in the shining moonlight
we are forever and together we will die

Now you are dead and gone
I won't cry no more for you
I don't know why I'm going on
Now I am turning back for you
you are dead, it's all so true
After all this dream was real now
it's only pain I feel
Let me go!

Again I see the shadows crawling in my mind
I try to run but I can't hide
This endless war inside me has torn my heart apart
My mind's vengeance will be so sweet

Again I'm on the run to kill the pain inside me
I am the one who cries in the dark alone
hearing voices, I have to kill those evil memories
you don't know, but you have to die beside me

The night is here and I'm close to you,
there is a question for you to answer
Will you be with me forever
or will you die, just for me

I'm free 'cause you chose to die
but it won't change a thing
The fire in our souls has died away
My heart is evil and I have this lust to kill you

We are together in death and so it shall be
With my heart I see the flames again they are there for me
With my evil memories
I burn in misery

I know there's a sorrow around you but time will heal
I told you a lie that I could never die

The night is here and I'm close to you,
there's a question for you to answer
Will you be with me forever
or will you die, just for me

I am all alone in this pitch-black night
All my dreams in vain
I am the one who lost the fight
Black shadows around me, no hope, no light left inside

Heartless I am, it's time to cut, bleed and die

All this sorrow inside me turns to hate
I'll have my revenge now
I won't waste another day
thers's no use in denying our love
I have to go tonight,
I will fly away

Now we are together beyond the gates in eternity
I hold your hand as we drown together in this sea
There's no angels to guide our way
We are lost forever, the pain inside won't fade away

[instrumental]

We're leaving together,
But still it's farewell
And maybe we'll come back,
To earth, who can tell?
I guess there is no one to blame
We're leaving ground (leaving ground)
Will things ever be the same again?

It's the final countdown
the final countdown

We're heading for Venus (Venus) and still we stand tall
Cause maybe they've seen us and welcome us all
With so many light years to go and things to be found (to be found)
I'm sure that we'll all miss her so.

It's the final countdown
the final countdown
the final countdown...