Dance of Death
Album - 3 settembre 2003 - Debaser id 76126

When I was wandering in the desert,
And was searching for the truth
I heard a choir of angels calling out my name,
I had the feeling that my life would never be the same again
I turn my face towards the barren sun

And I know of the pain that you feel the same as me,
And I dream of the rain as it falls upon the leaves
And the cracks in our lives like the cracks upon the ground,
They are sealed and are now washed away

You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something to wash the tears away,
You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something to wash the tears...

And I know of the pain that you feel the same as me,
And I dream of the rain as it falls upon the leaves
And the cracks in the ground like the cracks are in our lives,
They are sealed and now far away

You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something to wash the tears away,
You tell me we can start the rain
You tell me that we all can change
You tell me we can find something to wash the tears...

And I know of the pain that you feel the same as me,
And I dream of the rain as it falls upon the leaves
And the cracks in the ground like the cracks are in our lives,
They are sealed and now far away

There's a darkening sky before me. There's no time to prepare
Salvage the last horizon, but no regrets from me
Maybe I'll be back some other day to live again, just who can say
In what shape or form that I might be, just another chance for me

A hurried time no disgrace, instead of racing to conclusion
And wishing all my life away. No-one can stop me now.
Time is up it couldn't last, but there's more things I'd like to do
I'm coming back to try again. Someday maybe I'll wait till then

No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies

They're all sitting at my table, talking tar and drinking wine
There time is up just like me, but they just don't know it yet
So just a word of warning, when you're in your deepest dreams
There's nothing you can hide from. I've got my eye on you

The clock is fast the hour is near. Eventful past is everclear
My life is set the time is here. I think I'm coming home

No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies

A hurried time no disgrace, instead of racing to conclusion
And wishing all your life away, no one can stop me now
Time is up it couldn't last, but there's more things I have to do
I'm coming back to try again. Don't tell me that this is the end

No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies
No more lies, no more lies

I stand alone in this desolate space
In death they are truly alive
Massacred innocence, evil took place
The angels were burning inside

Centuries later I wonder why
What secret that they took to their grave
Still burning heretics under our skies
Religion's still burning inside

At the gates and the walls of Montségur
Blood on the stones of the citadel
At the gates and the walls of Montségur
Blood on the stones of the citadel
At the gates and the walls of Montségur
Blood on the stones of the citadel
At the gates and the walls of Montségur
Blood on the stones of the citadel

As we kill them all so god will know his own
The innocents died for the pope on his throne
Catholic greed and its paranoid zeal
Curse of the grail and the blood of the cross

Templar believers with blood on their hands
Joined in the choruse to kill on demand
Burned at the stake for their soul's liberty
To stand with the cathars to die and be free

The book of old testament crippled and black
Satan his weapon is lust
As for the knowleadge of god they had claimed
Religion's still burning inside

At the gates and the walls of Montségur
Blood on the stones of the citadel
At the gates and the walls of Montségur
Blood on the stones of the citadel
At the gates and the walls of Montségur
Blood on the stones of the citadel
At the gates and the walls of Montségur
Blood on the stones of the citadel

As we kill them all so god know his own
Laugh at the darkness and in god we trust
The eye of the triangle smiling with sin
No passover feast for the cursed within

Facing the sun as they went to their grave
Burn like a dog or you live like a slave
Death is the price for your soul's liberty
To stand with the cathars and to die and be free

At the gates and the walls of Montségur
Blood on the stones of the citadel
At the gates and the walls of Montségur
Blood on the stones of the citadel

Let me tell you a story to chill the bones
About a thing that I saw
One night wandering in the everglades
I'd one drink but no more

I was rambling, enjoying the bright moonlight
Gazing up at the stars
Not aware of a presence so near to me
Watching my every move

Feeling scared and I fell to my knees
As something rushed me from the trees
Took me to an unholy place
And that is where I fell from grace

Then they summoned me over to join in with them
To the dance of the dead
Into the circle of fire I followed them
Into the middle I was led

As if time had stopped still I was numb with fear
But still I wanted to go
And the blaze of the fire did no hurt upon me
As I walked onto the coals

And I felt I was in a trance
And my spirit was lifted from me
And if only someone had the chance
To witness what happened to me

And I danced and I pranced and I sang with them
All had death in their eyes
Lifeless figures they were undead all of them
They had ascended from hell

As I danced with the dead
My free spirit was laughing and howling down at me
Below my undead body
Just danced the circle of dead

Until the time came to reunite us both
My spirit came back down to me
I didn't know if I was alive or dead
As the others all joined in with me

By luck then a skirmish started
And took the attention away from me
When they took their gaze from me
Was the moment that I fled

I ran like hell faster than the wind
But behind I did not glance
One thing that I did not dare
Was to look just straight ahead

When you know that your time has come around
You know you'll be prepared for it
Say your last goodbyes to everyone
Drink and say a prayer for it

When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead
When you're lying in your sleep, when you're lying in your bed
And you wake from your dreams to go dancing with the dead

To this day I guess I'll never know
Just why they let me go
But I'll never go dancing no more
'Til I dance with the dead

In a foreign field he lay, lonely soldier unknown grave
On his dying words he prays, tell the world of Paschendale

Relive all that he's been through, last communion of his soul
Rust your bullets with his tears. Let me tell you 'bout his years

Laying low in a blood filled trench, killing time 'til my very own death
On my face I can feel the falling rain, never see my friends again

In the smoke in the mud and lead, smell the fear and the feeling of dread
Soon be time to go over the wall, rapid fire and the end of us all

Whistles, shouts and more gun fire, lifeless bodies hang on barbed wire
Battlefield nothing but a bloody tomb, be reunited with my dead friends soon

Many soldiers eighteen years, drown in mud no more tears
Surely a war no-one can win, killing time about to begin

Home, far away, from the war, a chance to live again
Home, far away, but the war, no chance to live again

The bodies of ours and our foes, the sea of death it overflows
In no man's land god only knows, into jaws of death we go

Crucified as if on a cross, allied troops they mourn their loss
German war propaganda machine, such before has never been seen
Swear I heard the angels cry, pray to god no more will die
So that people know the truth, tell the tale of Paschendale

Cruelty has a human heart, everyman does play his part
Terror of the men we kill, the human heart is hungry still

I stand my ground for the very last time, gun is ready as I stand in line
Nervous wait for the whistle to blow, rush of blood and over we go

Blood is falling like the rain, its crimson cloak unveils again
The sound of guns can't hide their shame, and so we die on Paschendale

Dodging shrapnel and barbed wire, running straight at cannon fire
Running blind as I hold my breath, say a prayer symphony of death

As we charge the enemy lines, a burst of fire and we go down
I choke a cry but no-one hears, feel the blood go down my throat

Home, far away, from the war, a chance to live again
Home, far away, but the war, no chance to live again

See my spirit on the wind, across the lines beyond the hill
Friend and foe will meet again, those who died at Paschendale

Everybody`s waiting for something to happen,
Everybody`s waiting for something to see
Lunatics waitin for bigger disasters,
Everybody`s waiting for news on TV

Winding lives at the end of the spiral,
Waiting dictators with their next big thrill
Everyone`s looking but no one is listening,
Everybody wants to be in at the kill

I wait for the signs, they tell me true, I see the signs of the end time

Everybody`s searching but nothing`s revealing,
Everyone`s looking for the reason why
Everyone`s hoping for life everafter,
Everyone`s looking at death from the sky

Everyone`s nightmares are going to happen,
Everybody`s ripping the mask from their eyes
Everyone`s playing but no one`s believing,
Everyone`s heroes tell everyone`s lies

So I watch and I wait, and I pray for an answer
An end to the strife and the world`s misery, but the end never came
And we`re digging the graves, and we`re loading the guns for the kill

Can the end be at hand? Is the face in the sand?
Future memory of our tragedy

Can the end be at hand? Is the face in the sand?
Future memory of our tragedy

I can`t be compromising in my thoughts no more,
I can`t prevent the times my anger filles my heart
I can`t be sympathizing with a new lost cause,
I feel I`ve lost my patience with the world and all

And all the politicians and their hollow promises,
And all their lies, deceit and shame that goes with it
The working man pays everything for their mistakes,
And with his life too if there was to be a war

So we only get one chance can we take it,
And we only get one life can`t exchange it
Can we hold on to what we have don`t replace it,
The age of innocence is fading... Like an old dream

A life of petty crime gets punished with a holiday,
The victim`s minds are scarred for life most everyday
Assailants know just how much further they can go,
They know the laws are soft conviction changes low

So we only get one chance can we take it,
And we only get one life can`t exchange it
Can we hold on to what we have don`t replace it,
The age of innocence is fading... Like an old dream

You can`t protect yourself even in your own home,
For fear of vigilante cries the victims wipe their eyes
So now the criminals they laugh right in your face,
Judicial system lets them do it, a disgrace

Despondent public worries where it all will end,
We can`t protect ourselves our kids from crime the trend
We cannot warn each other of evil in our midst,
They have more rights than us, you cannot call that just

So we only get one chance can we take it,
And we only get one life can`t exchange it
Can we hold on to what we have don`t replace it,
The age of innocence is fading... Like an old dream

The age of innocence is fading like an old dream...

From the red sky of the east, to the sunset in the west
We have cheated death and he has cheated us

But that was just a dream, and this is what it means
We are sleeping and we'll dream for evermore

And the fragment remains, of our memories
And the shadows we made, with our hands
Deeper grey, came to mourn, all the colours of the dawn
Will this journeyman's day be his last

I know what I want, And I say what I want
And no one can take it away, I know what I want
And I say what I want, And no one can take it away

But the memory still remains, all the past years not so strange
Our winter times are like a silent shroud

And the heartbeat of the day drives the mist away
And winter's not the only dream around

In your life you may choose desolation
And the shadows you build with your hands
If you turn to the light, that is burning in the night
Then your journeyman's day has begun

I know what I want, And I say what I want
And no one can take it away, I know what I want
And I say what I want, And no one can take it away

In your life you may choose desolation
And the shadows you build with your hands
If you turn to the light, that is burning in the night
Then your journeyman's day has begun

I know what I want, And I say what I want
And no one can take it away, I know what I want
And I say what I want, And no one can take it away